Hi Carlos and Laura l enjoy your videos very much. My husband is from Pico I am from Flores 2 years a go we stayed at PICO for 3 weeks we enjoyed it very much! You two are a good team,keep up the good work, Carlos does a good job on grilling it looks so yummy... Love the idea of your garden no digging!
Thank you so much for the kind words Fatima; so glad you are enjoying our channel and our experiences here on Pico. Maybe we will meet next time you guys are on Pico. Flores is on our bucket list! Cheers! Saude!
The house looks great as a nice open space. Love the ceiling. It looks rustic.I am sure once completely renovated it is going to look awesome. Carlos and Laura you both are a great team and working hard to make the house and garden look great. The food looks so delicious Carlos. You two are so inspiring. Look forward to see all the plans you have to make this house your Pico home. Greeting from NY. Angela
Thank you so much for the kind words Angela; really means a lot. The house will be an awesome place to just chill and enjoy nature! We just want visitors to fell at home here! Take care! Saude!
Laura and Carlos....that already looks amazing and feels like you're DEFENITELY on the right path. When you see these little plants sprouting, what satisfaction. I'm learning constant too. Thank you for showing all the animals, so precious.
It’s fab guys. Superb strategy with the no dig method. I love growing loads of herbs to add flavour to dishes, plenty of disease fighting antioxidants too. Your lush soil will help those beauty’s flourish. What a joy! That chicken sure looked delicious too. XOXO
Carlos&Laura nice job if you want a natural weed killer when i am there i use sea water with vinegar and dish soap just becareful what you spray it on it burns it all but won't hurt the pets.
We stared a vegetable garden also with the no dig method, and we are having great results. One year later, I can say thicker layer on the cardboard. And make sure you have a good drainage. Maybe Laura wanted to say raised bed? Have a nice week!
I love Charles Dowding-he has such a relaxing way of speaking. I’m also trying no dig for the first time here in California. I think you guys need to get some good gardening boots (do Canadians also call them wellies?). Then you can just hose them down. Can’t wait to see the garden as it progresses!
We would like to meet him someday; maybe he can come to Pico and review our no dig! lol. Funny enough ; we had left a comment on his TH-cam channel letting him know that we had mention him on our vlog. He actually took time and responded to our comment; super nice guy!!!! Take care!
Hi guys another great video,we are just waiting to get our second vaccine to get back,while we were there we did a lot of the same, it was so much fun, can’t wait we missed our place, you guys are an inspiration keep it up.
Thank you so much for the kind words Jorge. This is a special place for special people. Not too many places left on the planet like the Azores!!! Saude!
Will follow your garden experiments with no digging (digging is that’s I been doing for some days) and so good to know we have a private driver in November 😄 Take care and good luck with your garden.
Thank you Carlos and Laura for the beautiful videos! My husband and I love every single one, keep them coming 😊 We wish you all the best living in Pico, who knows maybe one day we will visit you 😉 From London, Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
Awesome! I am living vicariously thru you! I purchased 3 acres in Sao Miguel on north shore ... called Santana eastern part of Rabo de Peixe. Similar views as yourselves. Once vaccinated, I will be journeying to Sao Miguel to meet with my architect and builder to get my project moving! Keep doing what ur doing! Really enjoying your channel!
The gardens are going to be wonderful when completed! 1) The neighbors cattle eagerly await all the deliciousness you are planting for them. HA! My island is over-run with deer and our garden has a fence around it to keep them out otherwise they would eat everything in sight. 2) Some islands have snake or rodent issues that are not native to the island but introduced through sailing ships. Does Pico? Lava walls make great condos for rats., so just curious (we learned the hard way.) 3) Off topic, but when is the last time Pico blew its top? Is volcanic activity a part of life in the Azores? All those people who spend the big bucks for a cramped condo in Toronto overlooking "majestic" Lake Erie don't know what they're missing. I'm so mesmerized by the view, I don't know how you get any work done. Oh! And the grilled chicken segment inspired us on what's for dinner tonight. Carlos should develop a B-roll and send to the Food Network. Wouldn't that be a fascinating show with the island backdrop? So many locales have been done to death shooting from the Azores is truly unique (a much over-used word but appropriate here.) PS- Really enjoy the variety of topics you're covering! Keep it up!
We never thought of that; our own show; I do think the Food Network needs fresh authentic shows. You are correct: the Azores would make a really nice eye candy backdrop; as they say. definitely Pico's last eruption was around 1726; last earthquake to make a bit of damage was in 1998. I see you are aware of Toronto's sardine condo complexes; not for me. Thanks for taking the time and comment; take care!
@@ourjourneyonpicoisland-car552 BTW - If -- IF a show could get an initial run, the exposure would be massive. About a dozen well respected Production companies are always looking for something new. Perhaps it's worth a call to the Dept of Economic Development (or something similar) for a wee bit of seed funding -- call it advertising. Maybe this isn't a great idea after all, as I'd prefer to keep the Azores as a hidden gem not to be discovered by the masses. The number of people seeking a major life change is skyrocketing and your glamping resort couldn't be better timed. Continued good luck!
Hi Carlos and Laura that's a good idea for gardening wish I was there doing what you guys are doing going I'm going toPico next summer to visit my mom she lives in S. Caetano I always enjoy watching your videos
Carlos mistura areia. E Muito bom para senouras tudo que é de raiz. Vai navegar na nete. Então quando vem. Se tem dinheiro que chega. Para viver injoy. Vai a pescar. Etc. 🇨🇦🍀🙏🏻🙅🏼👍🌺
Gotta try that no dig garden too... Laura, my mom always said. When you step in #### it that means good luck and money... 😃 take care both of you... hi to Joe
How incredible! The chicken looked amazing!! Love you guys. In a typical year, what are the temperature extremes? I hear that the mainland can get really cold in central and northern Portugal. I'm ready to retire there in 7 years.
The taste and smell was even better. The summer temperatures usually are between 24 and 28, this winter's average was is between 12 and 18. Portugal mainland does reach extremes in the summer; way over 30 degrees Celsius in the summer. The water this past summer averaged around 21. These are the healthiest levels in our opinion; we love it! Take care!
Very nice!, I never get tried of the pico life especially old school baking of breads and those legendary family get together meals...with wine and agua ardente of course!
Hoi Truus. Ik volg al maanden Carlos and Laura hun videos. Zelf ben ik meerdere malen in Pico Geweest ( 8 mnd). Leuk dat er ook vanuit Nederland volgers zijn.. Geniet en bezoek de Azoren mocht je daar nog niet geweest zijn.. ze zijn paradijselijk..
You two are awesome OMG! 🤗 You'll be able to grow pretty much anything you want. I think you're in plant hardiness zone 11A or 10B, which means you have an average annual extreme minimum temperature there around 4.4 degrees Celsius, so yeah like it doesn't even freeze but maybe you're high enough up the slope of Pico that you could get a light frost some years. I remember seeing snow on it in one of your previous videos. So exciting to watch you grow things!
Great question Delia! The answer is yes we do!; we feel so fortunate to belong to 2 incredible countries. The goal is to divide our time between both places. Glad you enjoyed the video! Cheers!
I can tell they haven't adapted to the Portuguese food yet. The real Portuguese way to spice a chicken requires at least garlic🧄 piripiri🌶️ and lemon 🍋! And where are the sides??
I should of gone through the ingredients of the marinade; my bad. They were exactly the ones you mentioned. Laura has adapted very well. I adapted to Portuguese food since I was 7 days old; lol. Saude!
Our home base is in Lajes; this a family home which my uncle and my mom own. We only bought the house that we're renovating in Sao Mateus village. Cheers guys!
Your project in Pico is interesting but the way to go about it is not very clever. Let's see. 1-Pico is a volcanic island, and as such it has volcanic soil, very fertile! As you can see from the landscape, Carlos and especially Laura, almost everything thrives in the island. Also due to plenty of rainfall. SO buying compost at the market is a complete waste of money and useless, much like pouring sugar on top of icecream! 2- At 7'00'' you said: « a way of not disturbing the nutrients...and the bugs, it keeps all the nutrients inside...», what??? The nutrients are in the top layer and intermediate layer, and don't require you to 'keep them in', and the bugs, how are they supposed to thrive and digest organic matter if you deprive them of oxygen by covering the top soil with cardboard!!! 3-Laying cardboard on the ground is tantamount to adding glue, resins, ink, etc, to the soil. Why would you want the vegetables you're going to eat straight out of collecting them to absorb those compounds?
Hi Carlos and Laura l enjoy your videos very much. My husband is from Pico I am from Flores 2 years a go we stayed at PICO for 3 weeks we enjoyed it very much!
You two are a good team,keep up the good work, Carlos does a good job on grilling it looks so yummy...
Love the idea of your garden no digging!
Thank you so much for the kind words Fatima; so glad you are enjoying our channel and our experiences here on Pico. Maybe we will meet next time you guys are on Pico. Flores is on our bucket list! Cheers! Saude!
Great progress👍the yard is looking great.now im hungry for barbeque.😅
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The house looks great as a nice open space. Love the ceiling. It looks rustic.I am sure once completely renovated it is going to look awesome. Carlos and Laura you both are a great team and working hard to make the house and garden look great. The food looks so delicious Carlos. You two are so inspiring. Look forward to see all the plans you have to make this house your Pico home. Greeting from NY. Angela
Thank you so much for the kind words Angela; really means a lot. The house will be an awesome place to just chill and enjoy nature! We just want visitors to fell at home here! Take care! Saude!
Laura and Carlos....that already looks amazing and feels like you're DEFENITELY on the right path. When you see these little plants sprouting, what satisfaction. I'm learning constant too. Thank you for showing all the animals, so precious.
Thank you so much! It definitely enriches our soul, we are still learning but the fun is in the journey❤️
It’s fab guys. Superb strategy with the no dig method. I love growing loads of herbs to add flavour to dishes, plenty of disease fighting antioxidants too. Your lush soil will help those beauty’s flourish. What a joy! That chicken sure looked delicious too. XOXO
Thank you Lorna; no dig is going to be a fun and exciting experience. The soil is quite amazing; it will even get richer with no dig. Cheers!
Great video. Nice to see the neighbour cows on this one and of course.....Carlos's BBQ skills.
Glad you enjoyed it Tina; it's all about the simple life! Saude!
A simple and fulfilling life is the best life. It is the best way of being rich. Enjoy your herb garden, it is going to work perfectly. :-)
That is exactly it Regina! Simplicity is priceless! Thanks for your warm words. Take good care! Saude!
Carlos&Laura nice job if you want a natural weed killer when i am there i use sea water with vinegar and dish soap just becareful what you spray it on it burns it all but won't hurt the pets.
That is great advice; appreciate you sharing this. Take good care Tony!
That is simple life in Pico,BBQ in an old pig pan and gardening ,its so good for the soul! Can't wait for next video.
Thank you so much Paula! Very good for the soul! Saude!
Amazing love the bbq na pia do porco fantastic 😁
It's my Pico men cave cozinha! lol. Glad you liked it Fatima. Saude!
We stared a vegetable garden also with the no dig method, and we are having great results. One year later, I can say thicker layer on the cardboard. And make sure you have a good drainage. Maybe Laura wanted to say raised bed? Have a nice week!
Thank you for sharing Catarina; we're always learning. Raised bed; not bed. 😂. Take care!
I love Charles Dowding-he has such a relaxing way of speaking. I’m also trying no dig for the first time here in California. I think you guys need to get some good gardening boots (do Canadians also call them wellies?). Then you can just hose them down. Can’t wait to see the garden as it progresses!
We would like to meet him someday; maybe he can come to Pico and review our no dig! lol. Funny enough ; we had left a comment on his TH-cam channel letting him know that we had mention him on our vlog. He actually took time and responded to our comment; super nice guy!!!! Take care!
Hi guys another great video,we are just waiting to get our second vaccine to get back,while we were there we did a lot of the same, it was so much fun, can’t wait we missed our place, you guys are an inspiration keep it up.
Thank you so much for the kind words Jorge. This is a special place for special people. Not too many places left on the planet like the Azores!!! Saude!
I can only imagine the garden you could have there! Hi Joe! LOL. Love the cows!! Hello from Alberta. 👍😉🇨🇦🌱🌼☘🍋🌿🌷p.s. Will be over ASAP!!!
Pico is waiting for you! Glad you enjoyed the video. Take care!
Will follow your garden experiments with no digging (digging is that’s I been doing for some days) and so good to know we have a private driver in November 😄 Take care and good luck with your garden.
Driving Mr Lars! lol. It's quite cool experiment! Cheers!
I love your videos and your new project!😉👍 🐈♥️
Glad you are enjoying the journey; it means a lot. Cheers
Great video sir so nice sir
Another awesome, educational video thanks
Thank you George, glad you enjoyed it! Cheers!
Thank you Carlos and Laura for the beautiful videos! My husband and I love every single one, keep them coming 😊
We wish you all the best living in Pico, who knows maybe one day we will visit you 😉
From London, Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
Thank you so much for the kind words; glad you are enjoying the videos. You never know; maybe we will meet. Take care guys! Saude!
Well done on your journey and your garden is great , azores are beautiful ❤️
Thank you so much! Azores is Peaceful! Cheers!
Awesome! I am living vicariously thru you! I purchased 3 acres in Sao Miguel on north shore ... called Santana eastern part of Rabo de Peixe. Similar views as yourselves. Once vaccinated, I will be journeying to Sao Miguel to meet with my architect and builder to get my project moving!
Keep doing what ur doing! Really enjoying your channel!
We are so excited for you Carol! Thank you for watching!!
You dont need the Jab
You just go to doctor get letter that says Medical Excemption.
Hi you two , always enjoy your vlogs. Having a glass of merlot and Lindt chocolate as comoany😉🥰
Love having you along with us on our journey Yvette. Pour us a glass! Saude!
The gardens are going to be wonderful when completed!
1) The neighbors cattle eagerly await all the deliciousness you are planting for them. HA! My island is over-run with deer and our garden has a fence around it to keep them out otherwise they would eat everything in sight.
2) Some islands have snake or rodent issues that are not native to the island but introduced through sailing ships. Does Pico? Lava walls make great condos for rats., so just curious (we learned the hard way.)
3) Off topic, but when is the last time Pico blew its top? Is volcanic activity a part of life in the Azores?
All those people who spend the big bucks for a cramped condo in Toronto overlooking "majestic" Lake Erie don't know what they're missing. I'm so mesmerized by the view, I don't know how you get any work done. Oh! And the grilled chicken segment inspired us on what's for dinner tonight. Carlos should develop a B-roll and send to the Food Network. Wouldn't that be a fascinating show with the island backdrop? So many locales have been done to death shooting from the Azores is truly unique (a much over-used word but appropriate here.)
PS- Really enjoy the variety of topics you're covering! Keep it up!
We never thought of that; our own show; I do think the Food Network needs fresh authentic shows. You are correct: the Azores would make a really nice eye candy backdrop; as they say.
definitely
Pico's last eruption was around 1726; last earthquake to make a bit of damage was in 1998. I see you are aware of Toronto's sardine condo complexes; not for me.
Thanks for taking the time and comment; take care!
@@ourjourneyonpicoisland-car552 BTW - If -- IF a show could get an initial run, the exposure would be massive. About a dozen well respected Production companies are always looking for something new. Perhaps it's worth a call to the Dept of Economic Development (or something similar) for a wee bit of seed funding -- call it advertising. Maybe this isn't a great idea after all, as I'd prefer to keep the Azores as a hidden gem not to be discovered by the masses. The number of people seeking a major life change is skyrocketing and your glamping resort couldn't be better timed. Continued good luck!
@@admindesk2760 Those are all great ideas, appreciate you sharing them. Let's see what happens! Saude!
Hi Carlos and Laura that's a good idea for gardening wish I was there doing what you guys are doing going I'm going toPico next summer to visit my mom she lives in S. Caetano I always enjoy watching your videos
Thank you so much Ilda! We love Sao Caetano; pass by almost every day. Pico is waiting for you! Saude!
Nice ! I had never heard of this process.
It was new to us, a lot of gardeners/farmers are using it. Take care Carlos!
Carlos mistura areia. E Muito bom para senouras tudo que é de raiz. Vai navegar na nete. Então quando vem. Se tem dinheiro que chega. Para viver injoy. Vai a pescar. Etc. 🇨🇦🍀🙏🏻🙅🏼👍🌺
Beautiful!! Enjoying 👍
Thank you; glad you enjoyed it! Cheers!
Omg you guys had a great place and you gonna have fun of planting your vegetables. Great video. Take care
Thank you so much; glad you enjoyed it! Saude!
Ola guys....
Still here..
It is a simpele life, but therefor full of Richness...
Your smiles says everything.....
Please continue..
Cumprimentos.....
We will continue; glad you are enjoying the videos Jorge. Saude!
Enjoy seeing PICO in the background. Enjoying your journey!
Pico mountain is always present and guiding us. Glad to have you along with us on our journey. Cheers
Great video guys. I got to try that cardboard no digging in the US. Thank you
Absolutely Roy; worth a try! Cheers
Gotta try that no dig garden too... Laura, my mom always said. When you step in #### it that means good luck and money... 😃 take care both of you... hi to Joe
My Dad said that when a bird #### on my head! 😂 thank you Francine we will tell Joe you said hi!! Laura
How incredible! The chicken looked amazing!! Love you guys. In a typical year, what are the temperature extremes? I hear that the mainland can get really cold in central and northern Portugal. I'm ready to retire there in 7 years.
The taste and smell was even better. The summer temperatures usually are between 24 and 28, this winter's average was is between 12 and 18. Portugal mainland does reach extremes in the summer; way over 30 degrees Celsius in the summer. The water this past summer averaged around 21. These are the healthiest levels in our opinion; we love it! Take care!
Hello from California! Love your videos.
Thank you so much Maria. Saude!
Very nice!, I never get tried of the pico life especially old school baking of breads and those legendary family get together meals...with wine and agua ardente of course!
Neither do we; enjoy the existing connection to the past. Always brings back fond memories for me! Take care George! Saude!
Thx for showing how to do no dig gardening. Can’t wait to try it!
We will show more! Have fun with no dig Sandra. Cheers
Love your view, love your energy, love your island! Good luck to you from the UK!
Love having you with us on our journey. Take care! Saude!
Hey from the Netherlands
Welcome Truus! We love the Netherlands! Saude!
Hoi Truus.
Ik volg al maanden Carlos and Laura hun videos.
Zelf ben ik meerdere malen in Pico Geweest ( 8 mnd).
Leuk dat er ook vanuit Nederland volgers zijn..
Geniet en bezoek de Azoren mocht je daar nog niet geweest zijn.. ze zijn paradijselijk..
You two are awesome OMG! 🤗 You'll be able to grow pretty much anything you want. I think you're in plant hardiness zone 11A or 10B, which means you have an average annual extreme minimum temperature there around 4.4 degrees Celsius, so yeah like it doesn't even freeze but maybe you're high enough up the slope of Pico that you could get a light frost some years. I remember seeing snow on it in one of your previous videos. So exciting to watch you grow things!
You are correct on all counts; frost is rare around the altitude we are in. We are learning as we go; definitely rewarding! Take care Wayne! Saude!
I miss those eggs. So orange and they sit sooo high. 😊
You must be talking about real eggs; abundant here on Pico, Take care Helena! Saude!
"Gardening takes away from us three great evils: boredom, vice and want." Voltaire
Absolutely; totally agree Maurice. Cheers!
Gardening is Theraputic and Healthy and Out in Sun Vitamin D
Another great video.. this is a silly question .. do you miss being in Canada ? lol..
Great question Delia! The answer is yes we do!; we feel so fortunate to belong to 2 incredible countries. The goal is to divide our time between both places. Glad you enjoyed the video! Cheers!
Another beautiful blog.Awesome views.
Glad you enjoyed it Maria. The view never gets old. Saude!
Thank you for your videos. Really look forward to them. Watching from Bermuda.
That is awesome Shanna; glad you are enjoying the journey. Take care!
Love it guys! Great video as usual!!
Glad you enjoyed it! Saude Susie!
Hi, you two! Did the painting arrive? We’re so excited to hear that it has arrived safely.
Hi Maggie! I keep checking; it has not arrived yet. I did send you an email; not sure if you saw it.
🍗🥂🐝happy
Cheers!
I can tell they haven't adapted to the Portuguese food yet. The real Portuguese way to spice a chicken requires at least garlic🧄 piripiri🌶️ and lemon 🍋! And where are the sides??
I should of gone through the ingredients of the marinade; my bad. They were exactly the ones you mentioned. Laura has adapted very well. I adapted to Portuguese food since I was 7 days old; lol. Saude!
Mr. Carlos,
Check out Antonio Faria Channel He Does TH-cams around Pico and interviews
And also videos with Ivo Silva channel.
I have seen his videos, I call him the Azorean drone man. He does a great job! Cheers!
Joe and sue from bermuda
Boas!!!
So you purchase 2 homes
I was wondering the same thing
Our home base is in Lajes; this a family home which my uncle and my mom own. We only bought the house that we're renovating in Sao Mateus village. Cheers guys!
When do you tell us your story, if you are both Portuguese and so on.
I have on a few of the videos. Go Start watching from the beginning, you will get to know our story. Take care Lourenco! Saude!
Your project in Pico is interesting but the way to go about it is not very clever. Let's see.
1-Pico is a volcanic island, and as such it has volcanic soil, very fertile! As you can see from the landscape, Carlos and especially Laura, almost everything thrives in the island. Also due to plenty of rainfall. SO buying compost at the market is a complete waste of money and useless, much like pouring sugar on top of icecream!
2- At 7'00'' you said: « a way of not disturbing the nutrients...and the bugs, it keeps all the nutrients inside...», what??? The nutrients are in the top layer and intermediate layer, and don't require you to 'keep them in', and the bugs, how are they supposed to thrive and digest organic matter if you deprive them of oxygen by covering the top soil with cardboard!!!
3-Laying cardboard on the ground is tantamount to adding glue, resins, ink, etc, to the soil. Why would you want the vegetables you're going to eat straight out of collecting them to absorb those compounds?