Living in a secluded olive grove 🌱🫒 Building our dream life in Portugal 🌞🌻🦎
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A little of our story:
Carissa, Iwan & Frankie decided one night over a bottle of wine that moving from North Wales to Portugal would be a good idea. Within a month they were on the road to Portugal to find the perfect piece of land to call their new home. We picked up Albi the cat along the way. Subscribe to follow our journey as we turn an old stone barn into our home, and learn the ropes of looking after a piece of land to make an abundant garden and one day, our very own winery.
For the small openings, I’d turn the fork end around and use the handle, it should fit.
Thank you Carissa. 😆 I nearly fell off my chair when I saw my scribbled envelope.
Iwan, I think you need a go pro to either wear around your chest or have mounted on your cycle helmet so you don't need to ride your bike one handed.
The actress Carol Drinkwater has written books about growing olives and earlier this year there was a tv programme about her and her olives. I remember that she would go to the fishmonger to buy sardines and would pop a sardine in a bottle of water that she would hang in every olive tree. She claimed that humans couldnt smell them but flies could and that it was the most effective way to deal with the flies.
Your kitchen/lounge looks great.
Sweet Basil is my favorite too !! I love making pesto🥰❤ and here is one of my favorite pictures of a sweetpea 😄
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You guys really need a lawn tractor 🚜.
You could even drive it into town. 🙂
I love watching your videos, they have a calming effect on me. 😌
We would love one! They’re pricey though. Definitely one day
I saw you heated up some water for your shower? A good way to heat water up is having a plastic bidon sitting in the sun and try put it high up to gravity feed you water and then a cold bidon you can connect to for cold tap in case it gets too hot which it often does! 😊xx
WOW what a kitchen !!!!!!!!!! Splendorous comes to mind, if it even is a word. No longer a hobble, but a deluxe food making establishment, well done !!!!!!!!
can make simple fly traps by using old 1½-2 liter plastic bottles... cut the top off, reverse it inside itself, ducttape it on, fill it with sugarwater, some also say sugaryeast water works, haven't tried it... flies fly inside, and are too dumb to fly out again and eventually just drown in it, so no chemicals/poisons and is super cheap and simple to make
🤍🧡💛💜💙❤ The Perfume of Sweet Pee flowers filled my
Childhood room all Summer
Iwan's intro is definitely "Our Man in Portugal " 😎
Love your videos...so peacefull. Your place is looking more beautiful every day.🌺🥰🌺 Is it only me but sometimes I have problems hearing Iwan clearly...maybe his 🎤
Hi 👋 dear, how are you doing?
A plastic bag also works for flies, fill, tie, hang. Friends have them hanging all around their patio and work efficiently.
Also if you add a couple of copper coins in the edges it changes the light and confuses the flies so they avoid the them.
@@flowerphotos6440 because of their eyes and prism shapes.
When I lived in Spain, we were taught to put artichokes in tin foil with a little olive oil and then chuck them on the barbecue or fire - natural and nice! We had a glut of them and struggled to find a means of preserving them.
When Iwan walked in the kitchen, I said WOW! I was very sceptical at first. Your vision was spot on.
Great video. Being from Souther Italy I grew up eating home grown artichokes 🙂 my mum made a wonderful artichoke risotto with little chunks of sausage. My grandma would take the hearts, coat them in an egg wash, cover with breadcrumbs and fry in olive oil. Delicious! You can also preserve them in olive oil for or lightly boil them and freeze them for winter 🙂 enjoy! Love from Scotland x
I love the neatness of your rocks around your lovely gardens. ❤️
You guys play the BEST music.
Ah thanks James ☺️☺️
Nice work on your garden!
The kitchen is INCREDIBLE.Well done both of you !!
Thank you ☺️☺️☺️ we’re so happy with it. Still a bit more work to go but already the space feels so different
20:37 It's kind of ironic, but if you place the fly trap close to living quarters, you will experience more flies than what you had before. Trap them away from your living spaces. My favorite way of dealing with the buggers, is with a swatter! I am a pro and think it should become a competitive sport (only because I happen to be really good at it). I am available at reasonable rates...
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Your videos are always so enjoyable. I love seeing your garden and your property, and your sweet little animals. It’s a lovely thing to open this video and see both your smiling faces.
Good job on the strimming on such a hot day, Iwan. The gardens look really good after the weeding, Carissa… well done❤️❤️
You have grown to make beautiful videos. I am watching closely, trying to learn. I aspire to be like yours💖
Where do you get your jazz music?
Have you considered filling the stone/ concrete square thing with water to make a little cool off pool for yourselves. Is it rendered? You know how to do that now. Bee and Theo have a tiny one of those pools, yours is a nice "spa" size. Your place is very nice, love watching it evolve. The barn renovation will be very cool to see you do as well.
You are blessed with gifts❤
Yes hot summer always, and when I was Lisbon at summer time we had. Week of 42 in the shadow ...we had to stay in house with all closed. Work and plus all closed...but summer is summer 😎😉
Check out Cog Hill Farm, they have a fly problem and have used a type of wasp to keep them under control.
Loved the video so many beautiful flowers
Garden is looking amazing thank you for sharing 😁
If you can find a farm that will sell you hay/straw bales cheap it makes a great garden mulch that breaks down really well & attracts worms. The better the soil gets the easier the weeds come out. If you can find bales of lupin straw even better.
Hello Iwan, Carissa, Frankie & Albi! 😀
That fork tip is awesome! I've got some potting up to do later, I'll give it a go. 😊
That’s a good idea about the fork to pluck the seedlings out of their plugs… if you have an old fork you could break a tang off so it will accommodate the smaller seedling plugs….😀
Your kitchen is so beautiful
There's many herbs and flowers that will keep pest away.
C'est trop beau, le bonheur tout simplement, vous avez de la chance.
Hey the kitchen is looking good 👍
Great video again guys, love the shower/bathroom area, never seen it before❤️❤️
Everything is coming together. Love your videos.💕
congratulations, your kitchen looks fabulous, i need to catch up, seems you have progressed so much. keep it up
This was a much better video than your others. A different format, better editing and not the same walking around the garden every week. I hope you will continue with new things and not get into a rut.
Kitchen looks fab! You have inspired us! We need to get cracking on our kitchen when we come back to Portugal next month.
Thanks guys! If you want some help give us a shout!
@@FrankieOffGrid Thank you we might hold you to that. We will be back in Portugal on the 16th June. Don't forget to come and see us. X for Frankie.
Kitchen looks amazing. Do you think that a temporary backslash would protect the wall behind the stove? Stay cool.
I was able to use my "picture this"app when I paused the video, the tree is a pin cherry, and the bush is an elder.🙂
Awesome! I love those apps, they’ve helped me Id so many beautiful new plants here 🌱
LOL, I messaged the wrong people. Anyway, the app is great for identifying plants. I was surprised that I could get an ID from the TV screen.
😆 I was thinking I wonder which tree on our video you were looking at, I only have a very tiny elder
@@FrankieOffGrid I thought I was messaging someone in New York State, but I realized I sent it to you by mistake.😀
Must be amazingly amazing 😁
It reaches those high temps here as well and I feel for you two. Being out in it with no air con or fans blowing at you sucks!
It’s gotten hot so quickly too! 6 weeks ago I was still sleeping in a down sleeping bag 🙈 we have found a small usb charger fan which is surprisingly good. Going to need to get a pool sorted soon 😬
Do you have high humidity with the high temperatures, or a dry heat. It’s 34 here and humidity almost as high! Dripping wet and unbearable!
@@sheilakerr-jones4345 if you were asking me (which I'm not sure you were)... I'm in Thailand so a huge YES to high humidity at the same time. Right now... it's 80% but a cool day of 30C
94* here for high north of Houston, which is apparently 34* for you. But we have a good breeze off the water.
Would a relish spork be small enough for the small seedling?
Jun's Kitchen has videos where he is cycling with his cat. You should ask him how he films it. Very smooth.
Congratulations on Wales qualifying!!!
Thanks Lily! 😁
Get a go pro for your helmet, or? Love video, seeds, and wow the kitchen is a stand out!
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nice
I have been following for a while but can’t remember seeing your toilet and bathroom facilities
Plant flowers called Marigolds and you won't have a problem with pest flying around. 🌻🌼
Why don't you put some tiles behind the stove....just to keep your wall free from cooking splashes....
That white kitchen is as stunning as the white Nigella. I notice a suntan forming. I assume you're using sunscreen...very important health and safety in hot climates. 🇦🇺🎸⚡🤘🏿🤘💋💜🍦
MAYBE MAKE SMALL WOODEN SLEDE IN DRAWERS FOR THOSE BLOCK CUBBIES THAT ARE LITTLE.
Do you have a window or two in the bathroom for ventilation?
Well it doesn’t have a roof… so ventilation isn’t too much of a problem for us haha.
@@FrankieOffGrid glad you liked it!
I wish you could come and help me with my gardens!
We can! Would love to come and give you a hand ☺️
@@FrankieOffGrid awesome!
Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 love you guys, maybe think of a dipping pool or take cold shower's.
Lovely Italian couple Sara and Luca on Leave Everything & Wander grow artichokes in their garden in the mountains near Turin and Sarah makes lovely recipes with them - check out their TH-cam channel ☺️👍
A word of warning !!
The trading of seeds across National borders can have un-anticipated outcomes !
Luckily these were from a friend in Portugal ☺️ but I know taking seeds and plants over borders can cause trouble, especially if they carry pests and diseases 🌱
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The Rule of 3....whether you are Bush whacking , mowing, poisoning or chopping weedy grass. Every 3 weeks.
Likewise shaving or creaming hairy skin...Every 3 weeks .🤣🚜👍
Isn’t there a more permanent or efficient solution to strimming (sp?)? Seems like your strimmer should have a brand name of Sisyphus. Also, out of curiosity, how have you solved the schengen area time restriction problem?
Just be a little careful of the garlic chives they can spread like wild fire and take over the whole bed.
It can become a bit of a nightmare
maybe a good one to keep in a pot?
I think,We can't ship seeds back and forth to each other here in the USA. The DEA / the drug police will be checking every package 📦 😃😄
You might want to consider purchasing a portable air conditioner for extremely hot weather…