OFF GRID LIVING. Upcycling & a solar power upgrade with Bluetti.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 มิ.ย. 2022
- Bluetti (Poweroak in the UK) have kindly gifted us their EB70 model with SP120 solar panel. Perfect timing as our generator isn’t working, so we were able to test which of our tools we’d be able to use with the 1000w power bank. Iwans happy as he gets colder beer from our cool box, and Carissa is chuffed that she can more peacefully water the garden.
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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.
A woman of many talents, you will be cabinet maker soon at this rate
Oh Sweetie, You've probably heard the comments about helmets and eye protection, but I'm going to add another one. Please tie up your long hair before using any power equipment. I was using a hand electric kitchen mixer at about age 14 to do a cake mix, and while leaning over, it caught up my hair and pulled tight to my scalp in seconds. I laughed about it but when I got to machine shop class a year later (first class of girls allowed to take metal shop, 1972) I took the cautions about safety very seriously, and have put up my hair every time I get out a power tool since. I enjoy your channel very much. Be safe.
I had the same accident with the kitchen mixer but i think i was about 11 years old😂
Wow a whole trunk of tea! I did like watching all the other channels where everybody is working hard and building stuff but I do prefer the pace of yours; tea drinking, listening out for birds, waiting for old wood to dry, cycling back at dusk ❤
The place is so transformed. It looks so cosy and neat. Your hard work has paid off.
FRANKIE IN A PACKSACK...TOO ADORABLE FOR WORDS!...I WASN'T SURE ABOUT THE BOARDS, BUT, IT CAME TOGETHER SWIMMINGLY...THE RACK LOOKS LIKE AN ANTIQUE...GOOD FOR YOU...NOW THAT YOU HAVE SELECTED YOUR TILES FOR THE FLOOR, CAN HARDLY WAIT TO SEE YOU GET STARTED ON THAT PROJECT...ALL THE BEST, CARISSA & IWAN...;)
Necessity driving the design of you kitchen is fantastic. Living in a space and making improvements slowly is a lost art. Thanks for the inspiration to improve living by patience and need. Peace.
I’m so proud for you when you use terms like counter sink. And I’m proud of me for knowing what you mean. Life is ALL learning curve.
Love you for taking tired Frankie on your back, Iwan!
She loved it in there! Haha
You got your vehicle back! Wonderful.
Yes I’ve enjoyed as usuelle yours films see you next week
95* here north of Houston. Real Feel 101. Stay hydrated, and you BOTH need hats and sunglasses.
We have had a absolute awful week and sat down to watch your latest video, now, can I just say that we were brought up not to laugh at other peoples calamities, however, we just wanted to thank you for the greatest laugh with tears when Carissa took down the whole work bench whilst planing the wood ready for the spice rack, It lifted out spirits immensely, so thank you, thank you. Spice rack looks great, well done!! Super video, xx
😂😂 glad you enjoyed it!
The snake you found is a Ladder snake (Amenis scalaris).Completely harmless.
Still playing catch up and loving it. In the Army an “egg buttie” is called an “egg banjo” 🙃
I just don’t have words to express how much I enjoy your videos. I love the Contant, I love the music, and I just love your sweet little family.
Oh what a laugh. Thanks for my laugh out loud ! The cat joining Frankie "On The Road" !!
Oh and maybe Frankie can have a basket to sit in on the bike?
Oh he has a backpack. That's nice
£10 to spend on what you like plants seeds nails pet food pizza keep up the good work
What a way to end the day !! Almost as beautiful as your shelves (even with your miscalculation).
Wow... a second bike (great company who provided those!) AND a wonderful new battery unit. Well done on that spice rack. I love it.
Yay! So happy with the second bike, I see us going on lots of adventures. Thank you, I’m super happy with it too ☺️💛
Great video guys, loving the carpentry skills, loved the bike ride and Frankie in a bag❤️
You two are soooo creative. LOVE your work - the pair of you!!
I’m so pleased you’re happy with the kitchen. It’s very, very special what you’ve created. I just picked up same tiles for my covered outdoor floor, so I heartily agree with your choice…they’re beautiful and historically complements your white walls. I suspect you’ll spend many years enjoying the transformation, sipping tea. It was a busy week for you and the camera. I especially appreciated your time resting in the orchard listening for the birds. With the busyness of homesteader youtubers, I think it’s important for people to see the necessity of doing nothing. Homesteading is hardwork, this shot reminds us all of the rewards of a slower, more quiet existence. With the bossa nova music I was transported to your farm while you cycled home with the setting sun. I wondered if your evening fields smell like mine. I pretended they did. Thank you for transporting us every week to your magical place. You both look well rested - I think once a week videos agree with you. K
Love the Quality of videography ..and the new length is perfect. Spi ce shelf.. well done...Bluetti.. awesome. Frankie....Hugable🤗🌭🥰🧡🇯🇲
Frankie In Backpack hahaha.
He was beat wasn't he.. watched him running and was laughing my arse off. omg. Good thing he got to ride as a passenger though, poor sausage.
Your little kitchen is beautiful.
love the long video. Wish I had a reason to purchase a Bluetti, you completely sold it to me.
Well done with the shelving One idea if you like. Paint the screws brown and the shelve will look much better Take care and looking forward to the next video Adeus
Shelf looks brilliant well done.
Frankie's carrier made me so happy. 😍 I was worried about her short legs, lolling tongue, trying to keep up. Love the spice rack, fits beautifully in the kitchen. Hope the Bluetti makes life a bit easier, enjoy the quiet!
Love the spice rack. You did a fab job. The kitchen is so beautiful.
Would love to see an episode all about how you power your house, use your solar panels etc, how much you get for the system you have
Love the old wood spice shelf. Very ingenious. I pray you will be protected from the fires. Frankie hitching a ride was too sweet. 💕
The kitchen looks amazing. Earthy and homely, a great look. Well done guys.
That was such a beautiful evening sky line. Good luck free ride !
Hello there. There will be some nice birds out where yous are.
Coca-Cola and backing soda work good for that roasting metal try that next time.❤️👍👋
OMG. the kitchen looks so pretty
Some mistakes happen for a reason, the shelf looks so nice with that curve at the top! Lovely way of using beautiful old wood x
Have been following for some time. I feel so happy with every achievement of yours. Oddly, your success seems to mine too. Good luck.
Nice Strimming and beautiful shelf. NM. USA is also experiencing extreme draught and we are surrounded by fires. Systems are set up on "Ready" "Set", "Go" for evacuations. Carson National Forest where my land is ..is closed. No camping or 4 wheelers... Tourists not allowed. Generators and chainsaws are not allowed. I am at my daughter's on the Mesa currently. Yesterday we heard of a fire that started about 40 MI from us. 60 acres and this morning was at 500 acres. We are still at just a "Watch" alert. A fire in the forest 50 mi east of us. .. They drop water on.. Last week communication was "off" and they dropped on our Firechasers😪
Wonderful to watch you reuse and recycle ...The kitchen looks amazing.
Great music selections. Very unlike many others. Happy to see your progress!
Another lovely video. Music choices are amazing.
I love your spice rack. Wonderful episode, thank you. I missed not seeing a video on Wednesday but this long one made up for it. Your kitchen is gorgeous. Stay cool and thank you for recording such wonderful videos.
Love the spice rack well done and great recycling that wood, goes lovely with your white walls. The kitchen looking lovely .
That charging unit it, does lots of things, we would love it for our camper but would have to save up for a while.
Always relaxing your videos and I really enjoy watching them.
Hopefully in time we can make a trip to Portugal.
Take care all hug to Frankie
Hello Iwan and Carissa! 😀
J'adore, c'est trop beau.
Well done you two. The kitchen looks great 👍
The spice shelf is beautiful!
The spice rack looks amazing well done.
What a view franki lol when u washed the wood lol 😆
Your spice rack came out great. I love it. The block shelves look wonderful, too. You are so artistic. Lovely of Iwan to give poor Frankie a ride. Too bad her little legs can't keep up with the bike. 😞😝
Favorite channel! Soothing and peaceful with out click bait and reality drama for higher viewership. Well done!!
Frankie on the land would have been cute too!
Boa tarde, aqui São Paulo- Brasil 15° ☃️☃️☃️☔☔☔
Beautiful the kitchen looks. Resembles you 🌺
What an amazing sunset. Everyday is different isn't it? Beautiful! Thoroughly enjoyed this video xx Kisses to both!
Your video is awesome. The kitchen looks so pretty. You two are hilarious too. You figure things out as you go and if the first try doesn't work then you try the next idea. I just love your attitudes. You need a basket mounted on the front handlebars of your bike for Frankie.
Love the sausage roll. :)
The shelf looks so good!
Looking really cool - well done 👍👍
Mix sawdust with glue to fill holes and cracks in the wood.
fantastic spice rack .fantastic job well done
Great using old wood for spice rack! Turned out wonderful.
At one point your beautiful hair was down as you leaned over with the drill Please tie it back when using power tools.
Your Spice rack looks very professional as is your Block shelves
Sawdust and wood glue also makes a good filler.
Very nice what you did ❤ the kitchen wow🥰💕
Great environmentially friendly spice rank. Great Job!
Great name change like how you introduced it at the start of the video :) amazing gifts you have been given. Love the longer video l know some people prefer the shorter ones but l like the 40 plus ones :D oh you got your van back on the road yay! and you both have bikes now, loved the pink sunset, wonderful video very well put together x
Slow and Easy...🌻🌻🐈🐕🐕🐈. I put the laundry soap into a large wash bowl and then soak the whites in the full sun..hot water and overnight soak is also good for work clothes. Saves on electricity. (I do have a washing machine)
We loved the video! ❤️
Thanks Manny!! ❤️
Hope Ewan tested for covid before siphoning! :) Hahaha!!! Love your chill vibe as the pair of you get so much done!
I love the new/old shelf made from old wood and not costing anything. When I rebuilt our house back in thr late 80's a Spruce 2x4x8 cost .89c. Now they are getting $8. apiece !!! Hence reusing wood has become absolutely essential, especially when done so artistically !!
Regarding the fire hazard...I was watching another 'off gridder'and he was rushing to strim his olive orchard before the fire came closer. The problem I see with this is that fallen and super dried grasses are probably going to be more flammable than standing, especially if not raked up. Though a wind driven blaze is going to have it's way, sadly. No fun.
Your kitchen is looking awesome...love the vibe. I would suggest a smoke and grease extractor...all my stuff got covered in grease.
Good vid ,,,when dad comes over get him to make you a work bench nice and sturdy and rustic 🤪🤪🤪🤪
Very nice, your personal well done work...🥰
Wonderful job guys I love the way you are decorating your house!
You could use the ‘mistake‘ holes and tie small dried herbs bunches with hessian through them
Did I just spot a work book from Chestnut school? :D I'm also taking an herbalism course this year, love it
You did! ☺️ I’ve not been able to put as much time into it as I’d hoped to but still find it so interesting and hoping to create some drawings inspired by it too. Hope you’re well 🌱 xxx
You made a really good job of those shelves and yes the old wood gave them real character 👏 👌
The kitchen is looking Amazing. your spice rack looks beautiful. Thank you for sharing with us. Enjoy your weekend. Stay cool.
In all honesty, the EB70 would have been a great power station if it had an option to add an extra battery.
Yes I agree completely!
Parabéns,parecem realizados! Façam um estudo simples da Geografia da sua quinta, Se aceitares uma boa dica, economizará na irrigação, ferramentas e ESFORÇO. Cuidado com a coluna, estudem postura para trabalhos físicos; no futuro sentirão a diferença. É muito bom ter tempo para curtir esta vida sem tanto trabalho.
Hi Carissa, Iwan and pets. I found your channel last week and have been catching up on all the vlogs. I love your journey so far and cant wait for the next vlog. You are so hard working. Your kitchen looks wonderful. Thankyou so much for sharing your life.
Loved watching Frankie follow along the bike ride, good for her slimming down journey, but I am sure she loved the back pack even more☺️
Great video overall, but the spice rack (the hinges were a great idea) and Frankie stole the show. Also, lovely music choices.
Love the way you make do with what you have on hand. Such a rare skill nowadays. Please tie your long hair up or use a hair net when working with a drill or saw. Scalping happens so quick nowadays even far away from the wild wild west ;-)
I love the spice rack! It's so nice to reclaim and reuse what you have instead of purchasing. It's great for the environment and awesome on the pocket. Frankie is so cute. I enjoyed this longer video.
Wow, excellent video loaded with great content, j'adore ça! ❤ Frankie leading Frankie Off Grid (with Albi!). Loved how you just got on with realizing the spice rack you saw in your mind. So clever and resourceful of you to use so much of the old barn door.. it turned out beautiful and pops off your breeze block wall the way you styled it. The furbies conked out on the couch makes me smile every time. Albi so adores being everywhere with you, Carissa. Your lunch and the Bluetti were awesome. Appreciate your walk-thru and demo of what that powerbank can do. That Gyoguru is beautiful when water is added, it moves like something magical in Harry Potter world. Your shot looking up into the cork oak canopy was stunning. Ewan's wines look beautiful. He certainly means business when he strims! The nee ventilation in/outlets should do the trick. Frankie clearly was having fun running along your bike ride, and i'm glad you bundled her up for the rest of the ride home, bless her. Gorgeous sunset vistas.
Silly me for walking away and not seeing the other vent on back!
Those tiles are a perfect choice , they’ll look spectacular against the white .
You need to have a basket for that little dog ... her little legs
You need a basket for Frankie to sit in.
Iwan, you need to put some screening on the vents, or the wasps will be coming in and making nests? 😉
They’ve got screening built into them Manny 😉 one step ahead of you this time!
I love this shelf & the fact that it was created out of a stack of old wood. Good job!
I was wondering when the tools would be making their debut 🤣🤣
Oh Jesus Andy! We’ve almost got a running joke about owning the tools for a job and not being able to use them! They’re hopefully coming next week!!
@@FrankieOffGrid if you get some hex drill bits for the impact driver then you'll dill into the walls no problem. I thing the new drill might have a hammer setting too
A trailer for the bike would be handy, especially for Frankie. I have a two-wheeler with a simple attachment that is quick to use and is secure. Nice small shelves. (I personally like to only have the spices/ herbs out that I use all the time, and the rest in a spice chest). Very enjoyable, thanks.
Love the spice rack …………
Love the slightly longer video, and the spice rack looks briliant! Great that you now have a slightly easier way to water the plants instead of hauling the generator around. The sunset shot was lovely, and so adorable to see Frankie being given a lift :)
36 ° celsius where youre at .😮
Love the spice rack, the weather worn wood is beautiful, and you white painted stone shelving unit idea I may pinch for my bbq area in my garden.
Little tip when countersinking, if you drill the hole first then us the countersink bit, it will be easier and quicker that way, also gonna look into the bluetti power bank.
Loved everything in this video. It was really nice to go on a bike ride with you.
Best video yet looking forward to the next one so we can watch while we have our dinner we are very jealous of your lifestyle. Euan needs to Support a Portugal team now lol and sausage is great we did not get to see the chickens this time or the garden maybe next time stay cool stay safe love you long time x