Nice job on the ditch, we had a neighbour fill in a huge water channel mouth, it caused water 2 feet deep 30 meters wide to come through our place, digging in sloppy mud is not fun but rewarding once done. I tell a lot of people to put the plastic water channels with the metal grid on top, used in driveways etc, put them around the perimeter of the house, it should stop all that water running through your home, hope your hard work has helped stop it too! Also after all your digging could you not put a pipe, solid or soak away pipe, in your trench and then cover it over for next year? I have found most swales dont do much apart from during the rain to help stop erosion .... problem being is the ground will still dry out by the time late spring is here, being Portugal is built on bed rock there is never much depth underground for the water to soak in, it soaks down to the bed rock and moves off anyway.... i also think this is why we get so much surface water run off, hilly land and not much below the surface to absorb all that water. Merry Christmas to you both
Hi Alex thanks for such a helpful comment you are right about the land drying out quickly here. At the moment we are waiting to see how it works before we do anything more permanent. We have been thinking about French drains around the house however the public road and geography complicates it it has been suggested we can put the French drain inside the buildings Dan @ Nearby veggies
@@NearbyVeggies Your welcome! I would want to keep the water out these xisto houses, like ours is, as any moisture in the wall will make your walls go black and mouldy and make the house very damp. I have some bedrock at ground level next to the house, you can cut a channel into it with a disc cutter, use that as it is as french drain or put those plastic channels into the slot you cut, if thats your issue. stay warm n dry🙂
@@danwilkin3031 Dan, highly advise against interior french drains. You really want to intercept the water before it reaches the building. You'll invariably introduce moisture inside the structure and unless you install continuous vapor barriers (not easy in an existing stone building), you can create unhealthy humidity levels.
Good job, smart thinking !!!!! as they say, be careful what you ask for, Portugal wanted rain, and so they got rain, Lisbon sure had way more than they could handle, they got floods everywhere. This reminds me of when I was around 8 years old, we had the same type of atmospheric river go through Lisbon, lots of flooding and damage, but we survived.
A generous advice, by letting water flow off you are slowly depleting the soil quality. Instead dig some water pits , store the water and see the magic results in Summers
Happy birthday, Dan 🥳 So much for tidying up 😄. Congrats on a acquiring your vise. Sorry you've had flooding, bit it's better to know where water comes in under your structure than not knowing. And it's terrific when flooding can drain away. Our big city house has flooded several times during what were supposed to be singular storms of a century. Now most things that must sit in the garage is raised several inches off the floor. Good work with your swales and berms. The Dutch Farmer (in Portugal) plants on their berms to help stabilize them.
Dan says thank you 😊. He loves his new tool and of course the tidying never went beyond clearing the bench. 😂 We will be planting the berms as soon as we get a chance. Have a great holiday. 😊
He looks right rugged and manly to me, he does. 💪 And my hubby is wondering if the little lady has a twin sister. Not to worry, all is fine on the home-front ... just this couple is wonderful to watch. Somebody used the term eye candy, not that we judge people on their looks.
@@NearbyVeggies If they are anything like you, they must be lovely! But as they say, don't mess with the masterpiece! He says you're perfectly seasoned and perfectly perfect. It's true what they say, there's no substitute for experience in life. Keep it up and if we don't comment again, enjoy your holidays and all the best to you both in the new year!🥳
This is something we have had to deal with this year also. Hard work but rewarding when you see it work. We have our trench and natural pond dug out, ready for landscaping next spring. Lots of love from Co. Meath, Ireland 🎄❤️🎄
People are reporting heavy rainfall in Portugal over a number of weeks. You are not alone in experiencing extreme rainfall. In Wales we had eleven inches in the first week of December. That’s three times the monthly norm. We have then had below freezing going to minus ten for three weeks. Lucky no heavy snow but challenging to keep warm. My bees are wrapped up but my allotment plots are water logged in places. Good luck with your endeavours.
Those diversions & berms should really help move water to where it's wanted. Looks like you need one around outside your garage & maybe gutters too. It's great you have made friends to have coffee with. It's all part of self-care. Isolation isn't always healthy.
It was great to see you dig your drainage channel out, although I felt sorry for you squelching in the mud. My land has gone from hard baked clay with huge cracks in it, to a squelch bog. A bit of respite from the rain this weekend, then more to follow. At least the barragems will be filling up somewhat. Always a silver lining. 😊
What’s with all this rain we are getting? 🤷🏻♂️ I feel your pain. We were hit 2 weeks ago here in southern Italy. Our whole veggie garden and hoop house were completely flooded. The rain finally stopped and we are now in the cleanup phase. Luckily for us the garage and houses were ok.
We sort of created the problem by diverting water onto our land and creating a pond which is draining a bit too fast. Overall our property is in great shape despite the rain. The new drainage channel and berms and swale are already doing wonderfully well. So sorry to hear you had a lot of damage on your farm. Good luck with the cleaning up.
@@NearbyVeggies Thank you! Cleanup is going well so far and surprisingly enough most of the plants actually survived. No major damage just had to move all my conducting to be above any future flood points. 😊 Good luck with your cleanup too. 👍🏻
Farming is a heavy work and never ends my parents had a big farm and we never stop working i don't think i have a childhood on that farm as i have to so many little jobs.
hiwhat a down pour i was going to say if you get some plastic pipesyou could joine them together and you can cover back up and every itime it rains it will go through the pipes i no its hard work
th-cam.com/video/ez-27vKbdkE/w-d-xo.html this tuber has put in drains under his floor so all moisture that percolates down walls is drained away. He’s arguably in a more extreme, wet climate, northern Spain. The Make, Do, Grow tubers documented their French drain build for anyone interested, although every property is different of course. It’s always interesting to see different approaches and solutions, that looked like hard labour but very satisfying when you broke the dam. So many people affected by this! Thank you for sharing 🙏💪👏
Thanks Monica. It’s a blessing to see the water flows in full wet weather conditions as it gives us time to see the challenges before we invest in the rebuilding. The drain is working fabulously. 👍
Nice job on the ditch, we had a neighbour fill in a huge water channel mouth, it caused water 2 feet deep 30 meters wide to come through our place, digging in sloppy mud is not fun but rewarding once done.
I tell a lot of people to put the plastic water channels with the metal grid on top, used in driveways etc, put them around the perimeter of the house, it should stop all that water running through your home, hope your hard work has helped stop it too!
Also after all your digging could you not put a pipe, solid or soak away pipe, in your trench and then cover it over for next year?
I have found most swales dont do much apart from during the rain to help stop erosion .... problem being is the ground will still dry out by the time late spring is here, being Portugal is built on bed rock there is never much depth underground for the water to soak in, it soaks down to the bed rock and moves off anyway.... i also think this is why we get so much surface water run off, hilly land and not much below the surface to absorb all that water.
Merry Christmas to you both
Hi Alex thanks for such a helpful comment you are right about the land drying out quickly here. At the moment we are waiting to see how it works before we do anything more permanent. We have been thinking about French drains around the house however the public road and geography complicates it it has been suggested we can put the French drain inside the buildings
Dan @ Nearby veggies
Dan’s replied to you, Alex. Thank you 😊
@@NearbyVeggies Your welcome!
I would want to keep the water out these xisto houses, like ours is, as any moisture in the wall will make your walls go black and mouldy and make the house very damp.
I have some bedrock at ground level next to the house, you can cut a channel into it with a disc cutter, use that as it is as french drain or put those plastic channels into the slot you cut, if thats your issue.
stay warm n dry🙂
@@danwilkin3031 Dan, highly advise against interior french drains. You really want to intercept the water before it reaches the building. You'll invariably introduce moisture inside the structure and unless you install continuous vapor barriers (not easy in an existing stone building), you can create unhealthy humidity levels.
These will come later. 👍
Sorry you are getting so much rain water, you surely keeping fit!!!😊
Well, Dan was doing all the work while I was eating lunch with friends. 😊
I recognize your signs of fatigue.
The mimosa leaves are very pretty.
Plenty of rest periods you don’t see, Shirley. 😊
Be sure to ask Santa for a shove with a pointed tip and longer handle..😇 Happy birthday...👏👏☘
Will do. 👍
I love that old man's hand gestures, trynna get his TH-cam game strong.
Glad you enjoyed it. 😊
Happy belated birthday!!
Thank you 😊
Bravo for your efforts at trench creating, must feel rewarding when the water starts flowing once those dams are relieved!
It’s working well so a job well worth the effort. 👍
Happy birthday 🎂. Digging mud it's not a very good birthday present 🎁 but looks like you enjoyed it 😄. Have a wonderful Sunday.
Thank you 😊. Love the mud. 😂
😂😂😂
👍
A wonderful Christmas ⛄🎄 and a very Happy New year for both of you. All the best for 2023.
Good job, smart thinking !!!!! as they say, be careful what you ask for, Portugal wanted rain, and so they got rain, Lisbon sure had way more than they could handle, they got floods everywhere. This reminds me of when I was around 8 years old, we had the same type of atmospheric river go through Lisbon, lots of flooding and damage, but we survived.
We’re doing our best to make use of everything we have. Including the rain 🌧
A generous advice, by letting water flow off you are slowly depleting the soil quality. Instead dig some water pits , store the water and see the magic results in Summers
We have dug a pond as well. 👍
Hard work indeed. Perhaps a few strategic French drains around the back of the buildings to prevent the flooding of the interior ?.
Yes indeed 👍
The effort made by this senior to combat the floods is admirable.
Thank you 😊
senior, what do you mean? weak? does he look weak, not at all.
We are both energetic and fit. It’s not the first time that word has been used 😂
I correct, I meant "this gentleman".
I admire you both, I have subscribed to your channel and watch all the videos you post!
Happy birthday, Dan 🥳 So much for tidying up 😄. Congrats on a acquiring your vise.
Sorry you've had flooding, bit it's better to know where water comes in under your structure than not knowing. And it's terrific when flooding can drain away. Our big city house has flooded several times during what were supposed to be singular storms of a century. Now most things that must sit in the garage is raised several inches off the floor. Good work with your swales and berms. The Dutch Farmer (in Portugal) plants on their berms to help stabilize them.
Dan says thank you 😊. He loves his new tool and of course the tidying never went beyond clearing the bench. 😂
We will be planting the berms as soon as we get a chance. Have a great holiday. 😊
Eline emeğine sağlık bu güzel vlog için kolay gelsin hayırlı işler....👍👍👍👍
Thank you 😊
He looks right rugged and manly to me, he does. 💪 And my hubby is wondering if the little lady has a twin sister. Not to worry, all is fine on the home-front ... just this couple is wonderful to watch. Somebody used the term eye candy, not that we judge people on their looks.
And to me. ☺️💪
I have 2 much younger sisters 👯♀️. Your comment gave us a great big smile. 😊
@@NearbyVeggies If they are anything like you, they must be lovely! But as they say, don't mess with the masterpiece! He says you're perfectly seasoned and perfectly perfect. It's true what they say, there's no substitute for experience in life. Keep it up and if we don't comment again, enjoy your holidays and all the best to you both in the new year!🥳
Thank you both and have a great holiday. 😊
Merry Christmas to you both love your videos
Thank you so much, Jeanette. Merry Christmas to you too 😊
This is something we have had to deal with this year also. Hard work but rewarding when you see it work. We have our trench and natural pond dug out, ready for landscaping next spring. Lots of love from Co. Meath, Ireland 🎄❤️🎄
Great sense of achievement. Thank you 😊
People are reporting heavy rainfall in Portugal over a number of weeks. You are not alone in experiencing extreme rainfall. In Wales we had eleven inches in the first week of December. That’s three times the monthly norm. We have then had below freezing going to minus ten for three weeks. Lucky no heavy snow but challenging to keep warm. My bees are wrapped up but my allotment plots are water logged in places. Good luck with your endeavours.
The weather is a challenge for sure. Take care and hopefully all will settle down soon.
You've had rain but we have have had snow and freezing weather here
in UK. Things get warmer as you go
south. Happy birthday 🙂
It’s wet but still pleasantly warm during the day.
Top Effort. Well done
Those diversions & berms should really help move water to where it's wanted. Looks like you need one around outside your garage & maybe gutters too.
It's great you have made friends to have coffee with. It's all part of self-care. Isolation isn't always healthy.
We definitely need gutters. Interesting that you thought we were isolated. We’re very sociable and enjoy company. It’s lovely to enjoy girlie time. 😊
@@NearbyVeggies That is great!
It sure is 😁
Yes. It's raining a lot this year. so dry in the beginning. Greetings from termas de monfortinho
Hello there! It was a dry year for sure.
Good to know that Dan’s only vice is being able put his hands on a decent sized washer.
It was great to see how he prioritised the vice over the tidying up 🧹
THis current weather pattern is either feast or famine! I hope it helps you at least to better understand the natural water flow on your land.
It sure feels like that at the moment. Looks like a successful project already. 😊
Excelente vidio meu caro senhor
Thank you very much 👍👍👍
Obrigados 😊
It was great to see you dig your drainage channel out, although I felt sorry for you squelching in the mud.
My land has gone from hard baked clay with huge cracks in it, to a squelch bog.
A bit of respite from the rain this weekend, then more to follow.
At least the barragems will be filling up somewhat. Always a silver lining. 😊
Thank you. Dan loves getting muddy 😂
Towards the end your cadence took on a Liverpool slide which was charming.
👍
Peaceful and phenomenal life 💞. I would like to visit your place 💐
It’s a beautiful area.
I correct, I meant "this gentleman". I admire you both, I have subscribed to your channel and watch all the videos you post!
Wonderful. Love it. 👍
অনেক সুন্দর জায়গা, মনে হয় আজকে বৃষ্টি হইতেছে ভাই জান,
Raining a lot for weeks ⛈
@@NearbyVeggies আপনি কেমন আছেন ভাই জান,
Happy Birthday 🎂
Thank you 😊
You are looking fit!
Thanks 😊
Um abraço carinho dos portugueses ❤ !!
Um Feliz Natal para si e sua família 🎄🎄🎄...
Obrigada e igualmente 😊
What’s with all this rain we are getting? 🤷🏻♂️ I feel your pain. We were hit 2 weeks ago here in southern Italy. Our whole veggie garden and hoop house were completely flooded. The rain finally stopped and we are now in the cleanup phase. Luckily for us the garage and houses were ok.
We sort of created the problem by diverting water onto our land and creating a pond which is draining a bit too fast. Overall our property is in great shape despite the rain. The new drainage channel and berms and swale are already doing wonderfully well. So sorry to hear you had a lot of damage on your farm. Good luck with the cleaning up.
@@NearbyVeggies Thank you! Cleanup is going well so far and surprisingly enough most of the plants actually survived. No major damage just had to move all my conducting to be above any future flood points. 😊 Good luck with your cleanup too. 👍🏻
Really could use one of those (relatively) cheap Chinese mini excavators with a hydraulic thumb. Very handy machine for a property like yours.
Very handy indeed 👍
There are UV resistant tarps available. All those woodchips will help you build up your soil so more water can be held.
Thank you 😊
🎄🌟👍🍀💐 16:17
Thank you 🎄
👌👍🏻♥️
👍💯
Last year Portugal had a really bad drought
It sure did. We felt the pressure of the drought. 👍
Good work. It's a shame to lose the mimosa, it's about to flower in a few weeks.
We have a small forest of it. Grows faster than we can cut it almost.
@@NearbyVeggies 👍 Happy Christmas 🎄
Same to you. 😊
Farming is a heavy work and never ends my parents had a big farm and we never stop working i don't think i have a childhood on that farm as i have to so many little jobs.
That’s true. The jobs are never ending. 😊
2 hrs early for Portuguese lessons..when she could be digging a ditch !
Perhaps we could go on an overnight Portuguese class trip. Maybe even a week 😂
@@NearbyVeggies Field Trip 😉
That’s what I meant to say. 😍
hiwhat a down pour i was going to say if you get some plastic pipesyou could joine them together and you can cover back up and every itime it rains it will go through the pipes i no its hard work
That’s a great idea when you need to move the water to a holding tank. We’re no there yet. 👍😊
but the drains will work take care
👍
ভাই জান আপনি একা কাজ করতেছেন, আমি আপনার কাছে থাকলে আপনার সাথে কাজ করতাম,,
He enjoys it.
All that tarp plastic ending up in landfills. Bummer.
Lesson learned 👍
Your land would be perhaps good for Permaculture ponds th-cam.com/play/PLNdMkGYdEqOArISsDK7sYZw7UbIaCdhYX.html
Yes indeed and we have done.
How old are you Dan?
A bit younger than Meraid 😉
You need a dog
That’s an interesting observation.
th-cam.com/video/ez-27vKbdkE/w-d-xo.html this tuber has put in drains under his floor so all moisture that percolates down walls is drained away. He’s arguably in a more extreme, wet climate, northern Spain. The Make, Do, Grow tubers documented their French drain build for anyone interested, although every property is different of course. It’s always interesting to see different approaches and solutions, that looked like hard labour but very satisfying when you broke the dam. So many people affected by this! Thank you for sharing 🙏💪👏
Thanks Monica. It’s a blessing to see the water flows in full wet weather conditions as it gives us time to see the challenges before we invest in the rebuilding. The drain is working fabulously. 👍