WE BOUGHT LAND 18 months ago & now THIS IS OUR LIFE.
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Carissa, Iwan, Frankie & Albi
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.
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i watch lots of channels about buying land in portugal, self sufficiency, off grid etc. I love all of them, they are all so different and offer something personal and unique and I have learned so so much helpful stuff both practical and creative as well as all being inspiring and so encouraging (despite the heat) -all of them. But theres something about yours which always ignites the yearning-perhaps because its so grass roots and honest and fully appreciative of every little bit of nature. I just find your gentle, open, naturally sharing way so real and riveting. Such a gorgeous offering-sometimes almost poetic -or like a french film 😊🌿
Well said. i couldnt agree more. youve put into words what i felt, but didnt know i felt until i read your post!! if that makes sense.
hum hum , .........I am having allergic reactions on the ovedose off "sphere dreamy content " on some of the off grid channels....
@@glenn65 what's 'sphere dreamy content'?
Yuppers!
CARISSA & IWAN, EVERY TIME I SEE DIOGO RUNNING THROUGH YOUR LAND, IT TOUCHES MY HEART...HE IS SO HAPPY TO HAVE A LOVING HOME...BLESS ALL YOUR FURBABIES...ALL THE BEST...🙏;)
I love your slow moving videos, the music you choose, watching you tend your Garden, and your precious animals interacting with each other and you.
true , imho , brilliant editing , deep respect !
Love the gentle, easy openings of your vlogs... each is lovely all the way through. 🤗Albi🐈... always wants to be near Mum and helping... like Diogo🐶. Scritchies to Frankie and João.
Frankie pilfering your socks then burying them in the garden is too cute! ❤️
Carissa, I’m a bit jealous that you can plant seeds year round. Diogo has settled in nicely. I love to watch Frankie and Diogo interacting❤️
It’s definitely a plus, we call the autumn here a second spring, I can’t wait to have the garden blooming all year long as I learn what does well in each season. He’s settled in so well ☺️💛
Perhaps begin sitting in meditation for an hour a day... that will not only pass the time but bring you a deeper sense of peace. 💜
I must say your filming and editing is really good now. Funny to look back and compare to the earliest one where you were just starting this adventure. Here in Australia we would definitely be watering everyday during the height of summer. :-)
Thank you Andrew ☺️ I often go and watch our first video to remind me of how far we’ve come! Can’t wait for a few more years to be able to reflect on it all, so glad we’re documenting it
🌀💚🌀 Diogo is so sweet…. Good company for sausage!
The best video you have ever released. Great cinematography, the simplicity of flowers in a cup 14:21 I watch your videos because you both show the future that hopefully awaits me. A life slightly slower. Are you going to add Diego to the About page or is he heading to China?
Thank you Patrick! It’s certainly a slower life in the summer!
You’re right we haven’t added him to the about page! He’s definitely signing a new deal with us, although the money is China is better for him.
Am really loving your garden!
Thanks Cindy! When it cools down I’ll come give you a hand with yours again ☺️ I’ll sow some extra seeds for you next time x
Did you know that in India we stir fry courgette leaves and tender shoots with some garlic and onion to make delicious side dish?
I did not know that! Sounds delicious and I love using parts of the plant that we didn’t know we could use. I will try it, thanks for sharing ☺️💛🌞🌱
@@FrankieOffGrid I forgot to write that since the leaves are little fibrous, we chop it fine before stir frying. Amranth leaves are also consumed like spinach.
I agree with many of your commenters that your slow pace and relaxing music is why I am a fan of your channel, please continuej ust the way you are;)
17:36 cat yoga and it did it perfectly :3
it was an awesome yoga stretch
I love all of Clarissa's ♡ videos,and I think your piece of land is so idyllic ! It's the same with the hot temperature here ,we spend half the day resting in the house, taking it easy.
I kow the mixed feelings about not being productive enough quite well,but we need to keep in mind that resting means recharging !
Our grapes are much the same as yours , smaller but 3 x more than last year.
Kindes regards from Liese (62; middle of Austria)
Thank you Liese ☺️ we love our land too, I’m sure yours in Austria is idyllic too. I think the grapes are struggling as we’ve not had enough rain this year, but we’ve still got some nice big bunches so we should be able to make some wine ☺️ do you make wine too? X
I love seeing Diogo running free and happy. You guys have an amazing place and family. Enjoy every minute for those of us that can’t.
The sun chokes are supposed to stay in the ground until u are ready to eat them!
Black eyed peas and rice. I southern US staple.
another great video and a pretty table setting with the fresh cut flowers from your garden. so much beauty in the simple things.
Your garden is doing so well. A lot of work for sure. Fresh produce is the best and taste so darn good. I have noticed you have a lot of ants. I sprinkle Epsom salts or baking soda mixed with a little bit of sugar in my garden and it does a great job of keeping them away and reduces how many there are. Even setting a low dish in the garden in different places filled with Epsom Salts/ and a little bit of sugar works to. If you can find the ant hill and sprinkle the Epson Salt mixture on top of it, they will vanish. The great thing it is dog and cat friendly and it is a natural remedy. We love to cook outside to and I think the food is better and you have a heartier appetite. Your kitchen looks wonderful and so bright and cheerful. I have never seen or heard of walking onions before. They are a very interesting plant. Your gardens look so well manicured and are producing quite well. You do have a green thumb. Grapes are so sensitive to grow here in Canada and Concord grapes seem to do the best but they are not the sweetest grape. I must say the flowers have such a vibrant rich color. Must be that hot sun you have. You both are making great progress on your homestead. Enjoy your beautiful paradise.
Wonderful start of the video. Love your nature shots. Two particular shots intrigued me - when you were filming the wall and both dogs ran across, and then one again later. Did you plan it or was it just a "happy accident"? In any case, for me both shots were perfectly edited in the right place, as a kind of break of pace, let's say. Wonderful.
They are getting better at editing and appear to enjoy the experience more
Could be the beez drinking from the grapes when it is so dry.
Regarding your camera, my first step would be to hold the camera lens down and use a vacuum cleaner to try to suck the particles out and to gently tap the lens cover whilst doing so. I realise you might not have a vacuum cleaner to hand but perhaps a neighbour??
But it will be very concentrated, full bodied, could make a great wine
Embrace the slow pace while you have it! It will end eventually and you will be able to get to your projects soon, so I hope... Keep cool guys!
The land looks so beautiful and looking forward to the new plants. Your hair looks beautiful. Love and be safe!😘🤗🌼🇻🇪
Thank you Monique! ☺️ much love and hope you’re having a lovely summer ☺️💛🌞🌱
Cat: mum, I inspected all those things , in orden to find out ....just cat's curiosity nothing else
Black-eyed Peas are my favorite.
I put mayonnaise on them and eat with cornbread
Thanks for a lovely relaxing video. How are the chickens coping with the heat? I wonder how many socks Frankie and Diogo have buried between them?
Stay cool.
What a difference you have made to your land this year. You should be so proud of yourselves 🤩
I was sure you wont give Diogo to a new home. 💝
You're lucky. Our river dryed up to early this year. Our well is empty every day but it fills back with ground water. It's a very bad situation. We save as much water as we can but I have to water the garden. It's scary. We'll buy a big tank to store much more water for the worse case. It's 6 weeks more until the days are shorter and the ground water starts to come back. Have to plant the fall garden.
🙏🙏🙏
They are so lucky with the water situation. The days are getting shorter already in North Wales, has been since the 21st June. So much rain in Snowdonia, although we had a look at the reservoir that feeds our village and it is a little low. Couple of hose pipe bans in South Wales.
I grew up with this kind of oppressive summer heat and I'm loving these videos during our heatwave. This really is how you do it. This year I bought a little desktop cooler/fan that I can fill with ice and it's been life changing. It won't cool off a room but if I point it at me I can fall asleep! I'm also dragging hoses around to keep plants alive and planting and cooking in the dark, but I'm renting in California. That being said. A swamp cooler will really make things comfortable if the humidity is low. I've never lived in a house without one.
The farm is looking good. The heat is such a killer. The animals are adorable. It's funny that Frankie likes to bury socks in the garden. One of my cats, as a kitten had a thing for playing with bras. He would run through the house like the caped avenger. I often found them in the kitty box. Anyway, in N.S. the heat is hot. Temperature + humidity 39-41 C. Summers are hotter than they used to be. 🙂👍🐈⬛🐕
😆 I love that! At least it always makes us laugh when we dig them up, maybe she’s hoping for a sock tree to grow. Ooof it’s hot! Luckily it’s not very humid here and today only 36 which feels like a lot less than when it’s 42+
If you feel like you need to do something take up knitting and quilting and things like that. You can sit in the shade and move at your own pace.
Also you might want to look into drip irrigation and passive water retention systems to help with your grape harvests. You're in a seasonal monsoon climate driven ecology so as much water as you can store during the winter months will help you out during the dry months.
Hi guys,love all of your honest videos. Your garden is coming into its own, basil is quite drought tolerant and lives for a few years if pruned well. Grape harvest is hit and miss for all this year. I lost both my fig trees. Rosemary can be cut back hard, it will sprout . Doggy and cat helpers are the best. Stay safe and sane. How's the home bruing going?.
Beautiful video. So relaxing to watch. I love being there with you in your patch of heaven with your dogs and cats, flowers and freshly picked vegetables. The mist was so beautiful and the music. Thankyou for sharing.
Yah! You have finally learned how to shift down a couple of gears. Life is the best instructor in this regard! You need a creative hobby! Like needle work or reading or painting. Something you can do where outside conditions make being outside, impossible? I enjoyed this video, very much! I send my love and prayers to you, both! Frankie stealing socks is a hoot! (Sort of?)
I love all your videos.
They are really soothing
I would wait until the Jerusalem artichokes top growth dies back and the energy goes back into the tubers before harvesting.
They should start to flower soon, then will start to die back after the first frosts.
It's easier to only dig up what you need at the time, as they go soft if not used.
I have the same feeling when I sit down! Just remember that you are resting in the shade you made... lazy you are not!
What a lovely Vlog! 🥰I can truly relax watching you going about in your garden. I wish I could share some of the rain we have here. I will certainly find a spot for more onions. So far, I only grow green onions. I like to grow shallots, and a few types of red onions…🤔
I heard ants don't like coffee grinds. If you put it around your plants without touching the plants it help with the ants.
You live a really humble life 🙏🏼💚🥰💯💯💯🌿
Oh Carissa, watching you mending your clothes, reminds me of when I had this one pair of jeans, it was as holy as hell, and it had a strategic hole by my bottom no pun intended and I sewed on a patch of fabric, I cut it into the shape of a flower sewed it over the hole it, was one of my favourites wore it for at least 2 more years, then cut off the pockets and made square bags to stuff with bath salts to put in my draw😂
Repairing clothes is sadly a skill we are losing as a throw away society
Perhaps a local professional photographer (on google i see there are a couple of bridal/wedding in Castelo Branco) know a place where they can repair the camera.
Love your video's ❤
Black eyed peas are one of the few beans you don't have to soak overnight. Texans, and Southerners in general, love Black eyed peas. I ate them in salads, soup or stew, and just as cooked beans. They are delicious. I like cooking mine with sausage,which I render,then add onion, celery, bell pepper and Old Bay, Thyme, Bay Leaf and Chilis. Once those are sweated, you add water or stock. In the winter, I also would add Potatoes, and at the very end, Swiss Chard or Spinach. Collard greens if you grow them there can be added much earlier in the cooking process. They take a long time to cook down because they're so fibrous.
Wonderful, once again
Thank You
Love and Rainbows
Just love your doggies 🐶🐶 you get so much love from animals 🐓🐃🐥🐱🦆🐷🌞
I use the smal oniens from walkingoniens in food making. Jerusalem atisjok are often ready to harvest when it has flowed a bit. But it is smart to hav them in the graund, they dry out wery fast.
Another beautiful gentle relaxing video, thank you! 😊
Everything planted is looking great. Each season is beautiful.💕💧💦💦💧
Thanks Rachel ☺️ feels like I’m starting to get there with the garden 🪴
I👌 I also have already started sowing cabbages: couve portuguesa, couve coração, lombardo e couve bacalan Spinach I usually sow later
All the best for you both and your person
Coincidence... My TH-cam video this Monday starts with the same flower 😀 And Clovis my dog loves his doggy pool.. But he really loves my outdoor claw foot bathtub when it has clean water waiting for me 🤣😀🤣
Another lovely video!
Thank you Clarissa and Ewan.
Thanks Isabelle ☺️
wonderful to watch your rich lovely world, my wife and I miss Portugal very much. We should have laid down roots just like you both have. Don't ever get discouraged you are living the dream.
Carissa, you have such a gentle manner, and you have selected the perfect music to match your level of chill. It makes your channel stand out as very relaxing. Have you seen Martijn Doolard's channel? You remind me of him. It's a pleasure to watch you & Ewan creating a home from the ground up. Your garden is lovely... a kind of therapy! The results just give me a lot of hope and encouragement. I also like how the pair of you take turns both filming and being in front of the camera. We all need time off and away from the eyes of the world.
I had no idea at the wonderful health benefits of the sunchoke. I'm going to give them a try. Thank you for such a nice video.
I so love your videos. Thank you for sharing your life and beautiful place. ❤️
The artichokes can be taken now we waited till the stems died in autumn and did the big harvest , a mistake a slow bed by bed I find after a couple of days they go limp so grab and bake or a lovely soup a Jewish friend loved them , diago is looking a bit better limp wise , I feel for you all in the heat it can be so tiresome do you have a fridge at all , I love nick & andrea they are such a help to others in so many ways stay cool if only hip👍❤️❤️❤️🙏
Ooh thank you that’s good to know, maybe we will try some this week then ☺️🌱 yep he’s definitely starting to build some muscle in that leg now. We have a check up next week so hopefully they can let us know it’s going well 🌞
Take the bigger ones out they are attached to the stems ours were 4 inches wide and pushed themselves out of the ground , some went a tad green like potatoes from sun, roasted with garlic Rosemary s&p & olive oil is a doozee
They have a small gas fridge, which is not brilliant
@@nickytanton107 mm I went off grid for a bit and bought a Aldi 3 way small esky type fridge I hooked up the gas and every use the carbon blocked the gas starter & the whole back had to come off it was epic fail and only did ambient temp no good in 40 degree oz 👍
Keep up the good work. I joined your Patreon page. I’m 75 now, so it’s too late for me to run off to Portugal for a new adventure. In retrospect, wish I had done it when I retired at 62. My grandparents immigrated from the Azores in the 1906 and 1915 and they settled in Northern California. My brothers still farm the land they bought in 1947 in Willows, California. When I was a kid, it was a dairy but not they grow rice. I may make it to central Portugal later this year. Spent 3 months in the Azores last year.
Lovely video guys , hope to join you soon 😎
You can fix the camera easily. Try to consult local authorized agents. If you wish, I can help.
I can help too teaching you Portuguese if you need, using teleworking.
The best for the couple. You are friendly and with an humility very rare for a immigrant! I love to year your stories about gardening.❤️❤️❤️
The grapes will have more sugar because of the drought. Vines have deep roots so they don’t need to be watered.
That’s not how it works unfortunately, the drought has hugely affected agriculture around the area, it will be the lowest production vintage in decades
@@FrankieOffGrid yes, but sometime that makes for the best vintages. I grew up around vines, the more the struggle the better as the roots go deeper in search of minerals.
Fingers crossed! The berries are a lot smaller and more are disfigured this year, but they may be more concentrated!
Do you like daikon?? Wanted to send you more Japanese veggie seeds, but not sure what you are into. Thinking burdock, daikon, cucumbers etc. I used to live over there, too. Sorry to see your war wound on your leg, C. Vitamin e oil really helps heal scars. Stay hydrated you two! Cheers
I live south of Valencia, also brutally hot right now. I get stir crazy during the summer due to not being able to garden. You have to use the summer almost like winter in England to read, learn, mend etc, just as you’re doing. Hope that flower patch comes up nicely. All the best to you and the menagerie 🌱🌱🌱🙏
Your garden is so beautiful and I love hearing about it - you’re doing an amazing job ☺️👍
Yes be smart in the heat, even though you’re young, those cultural norms about keeping busy or you’re lazy are a pain and they aren’t good for anxiety levels, but physical and mental health are far more important ☺️
Wow! Fantastic editing, we really must up our game, you have picked up the ball and are now running away with ❤️❤️
I have never seen wondering onions before. I love all the videos and have learned a lot along your journey. I know about the heat, living in Arizona. I honestly would not know how to survive in that heat without air con., sometimes the sound it hard to hear, when your voice goes up and down. Love, love the kitchen. Thank you for sharing. I cannot wait to visit the area next year. Stay cool.
We enjoy every one your video thank you
Thank you Andrew ☺️🌱
Hi guys great video, take advantage of the beach rivers to cool off when it’s sooo hot , I know u did last year but I haven’t seen much of the river beaches this year , I think segurelha herb is savoury
Thanks Liz, yeah we definitely should visit them more, there’s a few other ones we’d like to try out. It’s just a shame most of them don’t allow dogs which is why we do mostly go to the marateca.
Ur home has come on so much, u have done so well 🏡🐶🐱⚘🌱🌴🌾
What a shame about ur camera! Would a hair dryer work on blowing dust out? Xx
Are you sure they artichocks, garden look wonderful,
Thank you 😊 yep they’re Jerusalém artichokes (similar plant to a sunflower) not the globe artichoke, they’re a bit like a potato 🥔
Loving the look of the garden with the extra watering.. you should get a good harvest.
It’s a bit late to start watering the grapes now but next year, especially if it’s really hot, put some water on them too. You will have a far better yield.
Cheers from Australia ❤️🇦🇺🌸
Well, I lost ur stream, lots to watch
Best video yet love you guys Carol from Adelaide Australia 🇦🇺
Genius idea and pretty fix for the hole in your shirt.
Unfortunately I can only imagine a cool breeze to send your way. Hot and humid here in Massachusetts today. I’ve been meaning to ask, is the heat dry or humid where you are?
It’s very dry, which is at least something. Humid heat is horrible. Thanks for the cool breeze, I think it arrived today!
It's the thought that counts in this instance!
Lovely video. moving into the right speed for the summer 👍
Love your vlogs guys ..
Love love your videos so amazing your life is beautiful xx
lovely vlog
Hows Diogo, is he still favouring his back leg? Your garden and land looks amazing ❤💙💜
Stressed vines can produce better, more flavorful wine.
Fingers crossed
@@FrankieOffGrid as a cautionary tale, in the early 60’s my dad was institute director at the mathematics research center in Oberwolfach in the Black Forest. The department chairman at the nearby University of Freiburg had a brother who made wine that they served at Oberwolfach (the price was right: free). In a bad year the wine was so sour it would shrivel up your stomach. In a good, sunny, dry year, when the unique taste of the wine would come out, it was undrinkable. 🤮
great barbecue
I love your vlogs
I take it that you managed to get the van reregistered
Another lovely vlog. All of the animals are so content. The garden looks great and the grapes look delicious. It is not as hot here but the heat has slowed me down. Best wishes.
merci pour ces jolis paysages!
Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love you guys
Jerusalem artichokes are best consumed lacto fermented to convert the gas causing insoluble fibre. They taste great as they are but are very gassy.
Este ano o calor tem aparecido..pena haver pouca água…fiquem a salvo dos incendios
Hi Guys, Iwan, I met your mum earlier, I went to Conwy to buy some tea and coffee! She is lovely but you know that 🤣 so I am just enjoying a cup of jasmine tea. I got my FOG discount, love to you guys xx
Hi Dale! Ahh thanks for stopping by! Glad you’re enjoying your tea! X
Great video
Thanks Thomas ☺️🌞🌱🪴
Great video again...always such a pleasure & relaxing to watch. You are so good in decorating therefore I am quite suprised that the wall behind the sofa isnt adorning some of your artwork...this is just a thought and not critique! Fond greetings from Spain🌺🌺🌺
Thanks Anita! I am contemplating whether to leave that wall blank as it has a lot of shape and texture. Or maybe even paint a little plant growing up it 😬 hope you’re having a lovely summer 🌞
I love the painting idea.
@@FrankieOffGrid can I bring my stencils in September
Another great video from you both its also good your out and about in your van more, any news on your car or is it a no go. Many thanks for what you give us all.
Hi Stephen! The engine is going to a reconstruction place this week, they’re pretty confident they can rebuild it for us. It’s going to be pricey though 😓
Do you know anyone who lives in off-grid how bought one land in Portugal and who isn't a digital nomad? Is it possible to have a self sufficiency sustainable life?
I love the project life and want to change my life a better life.
Thanks
Hi Joao, to be honest with you I don’t know. If you were very good at growing food and we’re able to sell or trade that for things you may need or money for taxes etc then I suppose it’s possible, we wouldn’t have done it if we didn’t both have incomes I don’t think.
@@FrankieOffGrid thanks 🙏☺️
Look up THE NEWBYS on utube. The just bought a place in northern Portugal I believe. There videos are wonderful. I watch several different channels on utube. I'm from the country in Kentucky in the USA. You guys are all inspirational. Watching all you guys from Portugal are my entertainment. I love you all. Many Blessings. GOD IS GOOD.
I have to stress that yu missing reed betruts in yr garden yang lives ar great to make sup and its super healthy food 😋🤗 and yellow and green peas lol
Beijinhos 😘😘 de Lisboa
How's Diogo's hip doing? I see he still limps. Do you massage the area or get him physio sessions?
He doesn’t have any muscle to massage at the moment. The vets said we should start seeing some real muscle growth after 12 weeks. He’s using it a lot now, he’s able to scratch himself etc
@@FrankieOffGrid Thanks for the info hope the muscles revive fully 🙏 Such a sweet boy 🥰
There is an insect which loves the thread in clothes....one of the OLDEST bugs....I live with them rather than fumigating horrible fumes everywhere.