you are one hard working woman. And I am slightly envious of your property and proposed projects but I thoroughly enjoy watching your work making progress. Well done folks
The editing of this video is quite humorous. Especially the comparison between Kylie working in the No-Man's-Land and you "working" with the chipper that didn't really seem to be doing a lot of chipping lol. Too funny.
You two are AMAZING. Can't believe all you can do with just the two of you. You must end your days absolutely exhausted. Really enjoy watching your progress. Can't wait for the next video.
Omg your senses of humour just is so satisfying! I'm glad you said it Guy, with the amount of manual labour the two of you do one would expect you to be thee size of the twigs!! The time lapse of Kylie vs Guy plodding through the chipping just had me laughing!! Love you guys and what you do. Thank you Hugs from 🇨🇦
As a new fan of yours, I've been binge-watching as many of your videos as I can find. One thing that would be VERY helpful would be the addition of date titles (at least the year) instead of "Present Day." And as everyone agrees, you guys are amazing!
In the States we call "No Man's Land" "The Back Forty" and you would say it with a Southern drawl. You remind us when we owned 3.5 acres in Northern California. We worked one day mowing the property for 9 hours.
It is so satisfying to see the'beforeandafter' pictures, are a testament to your hard work. Kudos to you and Kylie!! Also, 'no-man's Land's could also be called 'alternate food forest. Eagerly looking forward to seeing your vision for that part of the land.
You are both beasts when it comes to menial work around the house and yard. People will drive by and say; Oh my, what a beautiful farm or homestead or garden, without realizing how much backbreaking work went into making it that way. I watch several videos of people moving to , and living in Portugal, and if it weren’t for the oppressive heat, it seems like a heavenly place to abide. The land seems to be so giving, but only with a lot of good hard labor. That being said, your place is beautiful and I can’t wait to see what y’all will end up with with all your hard work.
I just had this done on our property in Viseu, it's 45000 square meters so no way I was tackling THAT alone! You guys need to invest in protective clothing when you're clearing land! They have plastic pants that will help but there are also leather chaps (my favorite) that you can wear so the brambles don't tear your legs apart. By the way, if you get an infection from the ferns of brambles they are very, very hard to cure... Continued good luck on your journey!
Hi, I love all the changes that you have made to your land. I’m new to your videos. I want you to know that you have a beautiful and a wonderful and hard workin wife! She tackles everything full blast! I admire that in a woman. I hardly ever seen. I have been working hard labor science I’m 6 years old. I grew up in Mexico. If you don’t work you don’t eat. At least it was my situation. I can’t wait to see how beautiful your home and farm will look like. As I know it will look fantastic and homey. Blessings to both of you from Eldorado Texas🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙋🏻♀️🇺🇸
Your video's are so amazing! Kylie and yourself are such hard working people! I always stop what I'm doing to watch a new video.Just amazing the transformation!
Your work in the garden and in and around the house has made such a difference in such a short time. It must be a very satisfying feeling to sit on the deck of an evening, wine in hand, surveying your little piece of paradise.
It’s so great to look back on those old videos to see how much you two have accomplished 😊. I remember the water tank video and how much work that was. Everything looks great, give yourselves a Pat on the back and drink some wine 🍷 👍👍
Thought I had the wrong channel , when I watched you cutting weeds with the string trimmer , I remembered the first video I watched , you were cutting with a walk behind , and there it is , The world is right again .
I love that you give context to everything you do, like how long the strimming took compared to the machine, which area you are working on shown on the map insert, etc etc. This info makes everything more meaningful.
You can still put chickens in you vineyard area. Once you have it cleared you can put them in a chicken tractor. They will fertilize, break the surface soil up so water can more easily be absorbed. You can make a few chicken tractors cheap using PVC pipe and chicken wire and a tarp to provide them shade. The every day you move the tractor one space over and repeat till you have covered the area. In the dry season you need to decide I’d you want to water the area or not to keep the cycle going. Check out a few sites on TH-cam for more information.
Compelling. Such an extraordinary amount of hard work. Incredibly well done - and I loved the BCS rock and roll montage! I can't wait to see what is next - thank you very much! And if you haven't already seen his films, Carl Rogers is another English TH-cam person who is helping his Dad renovate the family farm in rural France. I think you two would be impressed with their craftsmanship, meticulousness hard work, and his storytelling and filmmaking. Worth watching. Thanks again!
Nick on “ Project Portugal “ re-rendered the inside of his water tank ,he adds a liquid plasticizer to the mix to make it waterproof seems to work well . Love the progress you’re making on your property .
Thanks, Nick did a great job with his tank. We prefer to use natural solutions where possible, but if we don’t find a suitable solution we’ll probably go that route too. Next year we’re hoping to experiment with building some more tanks and the learnings from that should aid in the repair of the existing tanks
There is a product here in Canada called 'Xypex' or something like that. When applied to cracked walls with water spray, it will crystalize and thus makes the surface waterproof.
I think that you probably find the mix of essential work helps to provide you with much needed breaks from boring repetitive work. You two are a classic example of tackling jobs that are difficult, offputting and downright backbreaking but sticking to it . Then comes a moment when you look at the results and can't quite believe your achievements. Congrats on a job well done - may I say that you are probably physically fitter than your previous lifestyle would have permitted. As one who has always benefitted from a mix of hard physical labour and mental gymnastics, you can't beat the level of satisfaction. Stick with your positive outlook and you won't go too far astray,
I am glad you are having the experience of shaping your land it is always a lot of work and you folks have accomplished it and in short time. One day you will be able to sit back and remember what it took to make that wine you will be drinking. So enjoy your youth while it lasts.
After chipping put it through a shredder. And Turning it into mulch and use it for rustic pathways/bare earth cover. You can use it for crop mulching 1ft deep to suppress weeds. it will will help trap water, increasing moisture which helps lower fire risk.
I love the choice of background music for the well cleaning. Very suspenseful, had me on the edge of my seat! It was good to see the progress on the farm from where you started till now, we both really enjoyed it.
I got rid of a lot of my larger branches ( too large to mulch in the Briggs and Stratton mulcher) by putting them into Hugelkulture beds. Planted with Hakurei turnips and Black Dragon bok choi - all doing famously
Get the rototiller attachment for the new brush crusher. Preparing your gardens will be a MAJOR lower-back and time-saving investment. It would allow you to increase the growing area(s), substantially.
This was very nostalgic as I've been here from the beginning (from your previous channel) and you can really see how much progress you guys have made. 💪
Amazing progress - well done - Yes - been there and done that regards filling a pool up with tap water in summer (its always freezing being from underground!) but I bet you it warmed up after 12 hours or so...great to see the chickens running free and providing an insect control function...
Always great to visit the past, to remind you just how well you are doing in the present. All that must have been hard work, however, the contrast must be very satisfying. It all look great!.
Neat Tanks, knowingly there were built by hands of a land owner makes it even more epic. U both are Tanks yrself, I've been here since 1st video and WOW the work that has been done is nuts, glad to watch as it all comes to life again.💝
What a great reflective video. I’ve followed you from purchase to present. You and Kyle are the most hard working couple and I’m full of admiration for you both x
You are living the dream! Hats off no enjoy it! Wouldn’t mind getting in touch as we work on a similar project. A few thoughts… Understand that fire prevention leads you to cut grass. This said, vegetation protects your soil from light, hence prevent it to become too acid and of the desertification process. If you have enough rain and are able to keep it in tanks (Brits have developed amazing techniques for such in Bermuda) and use it as desired, the rain, combined with the several compost input you seem to have (that need to be diversified…compost seems to be a science on its own) and the sun are the best recipe to create micro-organisms, that, when spread with the compost on the ground, will increase the O2 in your soil, enabling your plant to capture more CO2 but more importantly making your soil less acid, more basic and more fertile. It is going to take a few years but a better soil with water and soil, you are off to an amazing start. As a matter of curiosity, where is roughly the farm? Best wishes! … After having seen more on your videos, it seems that your no-dig approach suggests that you are already aware of everything!
Wow and double wow you've worked hard clearing that land and it looks spectacular. I enjoy your videos so much I never want them to end lol. Have a good week ahead Kylie and Guy xxx
it's a good idea to exchange the woodchips on the floor of the chicken coop from time to time, will cut the ammonia smell and enrich the compost piles.
I bought the 739 a good while back. The only issue I have ever had is my failure to lube the control cables. I broke the throttle cable due to rust at a low point. Easily prevented. I searched for someone to blame, but I came up behind myself.
Another awesome video, huge congratulations, and I keep saying this, you are both so inspiring. And boy do I need motivation. After, having various builders/predators into my property and then having to repair their huge mistakes, which financially wiped me out, I am girding my loins to continue the renovations on my own. Your videos are the anti-dote I need. Many thanks, can't wait for the well-cleaning video.
Y'all have worked your butts off. The farm is looking fantastic. Can't wait to see what you do with the house. I know you have priorities and that the house may come a little later. Best to you both!
The bcs is useful but tricky in more delicate areas. The wilderness can be strimmed around vines etc and if you can figure out rows then the bcs can maintain those. Hydraulic cement on cistern cracks, inside & out. Scrub clean, paint, drinks & dunks in the summer evenings. Yes, also for irrigation.
Dig up those smaller grape Vines and plant them at the bottom of your walkway trellises. And just make better use of them. They will be closer to the house. And fill the walkways for shade. And make noman's land into something else you want. Or add still more vines. In a different variety.
Hi, just a hint from a soldier settler who had to clear land for farming. Two things you have to set up first, one is a good bound perimeter fence to protect your stock from escaping and to protect your feed on your land from encroachment by neighbours animals. The second is a good constant supply of potable water for yourself and your stock. You can then subdivide your property with fences and gaits and water troughs. Using a mob of goats to clear land has been the best and cheapest method. The most expensive is the hire of machinery to put in access tracks and building sites. Shelter for stock, yards to handle, vaccinate, shear etc is more important than human habitation. You can always make do with a tent or caravan. Goats are the most intelligent animals you will ever have on the farm and will find all the holes in your fence within 15 minutes, but they do need shelter. Sheep have a bad reputation for return on your investment as price for wool is rock bottom and price for lamb is high but you need the right breed for good results. Beef is a constant good price but its best to stick to steers as you can buy them young off a dairy farm and fatten them up. They do play havoc with your land if not suitable. Deer bring in the top money but are very hard to handle and need high fences and good yards. I have farmed all of these animals and started with bare land until I got too old and could not lift the fence posts and anyway the dog died, so we sold up and moved to the city! Mate, it sure is noisy and smelly! Go luck to you, just keep going till you fall flat on your face! Cheers mate. Harera
Just an FYI, in Bermuda we use our roofs to catch water and store it underground. We regularly add a small amount (~1 cup per 10,000 gallons) of pure bleach to help sanitise the water and kill off any larvae. Not sure if this is something that can help with your storage.
You two restore the dignity of that land. Very good.thank you
you are one hard working woman. And I am slightly envious of your property and proposed projects but I thoroughly enjoy
watching your work making progress. Well done folks
The editing of this video is quite humorous. Especially the comparison between Kylie working in the No-Man's-Land and you "working" with the chipper that didn't really seem to be doing a lot of chipping lol. Too funny.
The map overlays with the red dot are very helpful in this video!
Your choice of music for Kylie "strimming" and you "shredding" is hilarious.
What a machine!
You two are AMAZING. Can't believe all you can do with just the two of you. You must end your days absolutely exhausted. Really enjoy watching your progress. Can't wait for the next video.
Omg your senses of humour just is so satisfying! I'm glad you said it Guy, with the amount of manual labour the two of you do one would expect you to be thee size of the twigs!! The time lapse of Kylie vs Guy plodding through the chipping just had me laughing!! Love you guys and what you do. Thank you
Hugs from 🇨🇦
What a great accomplishment
As a new fan of yours, I've been binge-watching as many of your videos as I can find. One thing that would be VERY helpful would be the addition of date titles (at least the year) instead of "Present Day." And as everyone agrees, you guys are amazing!
Started watching your old channel when covid started and all the lock downs, dam it's been 18months, keep up the good work.
In the States we call "No Man's Land" "The Back Forty" and you would say it with a Southern drawl. You remind us when we owned 3.5 acres in Northern California. We worked one day mowing the property for 9 hours.
Flashback Fridays! Fab idea! 😀
It is so satisfying to see the'beforeandafter' pictures, are a testament to your hard work. Kudos to you and Kylie!! Also, 'no-man's Land's could also be called 'alternate food forest. Eagerly looking forward to seeing your vision for that part of the land.
All the hard work has paid off. Well done!
It seems be the channel moto: "More digging required..." Well done, by the way.
Four industrious hands made a vast improvement to that land. I'm sure your neighbours must be impressed
You are both beasts when it comes to menial work around the house and yard. People will drive by and say; Oh my, what a beautiful farm or homestead or garden, without realizing how much backbreaking work went into making it that way. I watch several videos of people moving to , and living in Portugal, and if it weren’t for the oppressive heat, it seems like a heavenly place to abide. The land seems to be so giving, but only with a lot of good hard labor. That being said, your place is beautiful and I can’t wait to see what y’all will end up with with all your hard work.
I just had this done on our property in Viseu, it's 45000 square meters so no way I was tackling THAT alone! You guys need to invest in protective clothing when you're clearing land!
They have plastic pants that will help but there are also leather chaps (my favorite) that you can wear so the brambles don't tear your legs apart. By the way, if you get an infection from the ferns of brambles they are very, very hard to cure...
Continued good luck on your journey!
Thanks for posting and sharing.
Hi, I love all the changes that you have made to your land. I’m new to your videos. I want you to know that you have a beautiful and a wonderful and hard workin wife! She tackles everything full blast! I admire that in a woman. I hardly ever seen. I have been working hard labor science I’m 6 years old. I grew up in Mexico. If you don’t work you don’t eat. At least it was my situation. I can’t wait to see how beautiful your home and farm will look like. As I know it will look fantastic and homey. Blessings to both of you from Eldorado Texas🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙋🏻♀️🇺🇸
Your video's are so amazing! Kylie and yourself are such hard working people! I always stop what I'm doing to watch a new video.Just amazing the transformation!
What a beautiful transformation. A piece of heaven.
Glad I found your new channel, missed your videos
Your work in the garden and in and around the house has made such a difference in such a short time. It must be a very satisfying feeling to sit on the deck of an evening, wine in hand, surveying your little piece of paradise.
Grafters United....you guys have done so well. Super impressed with the progress 👍🏽😜👍🏽😜👍🏽
It’s so great to look back on those old videos to see how much you two have accomplished 😊. I remember the water tank video and how much work that was. Everything looks great, give yourselves a Pat on the back and drink some wine 🍷 👍👍
These are all really well produced videos. I’m thoroughly enjoying them. 🇦🇺🤗
Thought I had the wrong channel , when I watched you cutting weeds with the string trimmer , I remembered the first video I watched , you were cutting with a walk behind , and there it is , The world is right again .
I love that you give context to everything you do, like how long the strimming took compared to the machine, which area you are working on shown on the map insert, etc etc. This info makes everything more meaningful.
Very interesting videos. I’ll catch up. Best to you both. Greetings from Texas. Hard work can accomplish miracles.👏👏
Well done so far. Amazing to see the progress the both of you made. I can't wait to see the next video.
I really love watching when you're doing things. So interesting to watch you work! Thanks!
You can still put chickens in you vineyard area. Once you have it cleared you can put them in a chicken tractor. They will fertilize, break the surface soil up so water can more easily be absorbed. You can make a few chicken tractors cheap using PVC pipe and chicken wire and a tarp to provide them shade. The every day you move the tractor one space over and repeat till you have covered the area. In the dry season you need to decide I’d you want to water the area or not to keep the cycle going. Check out a few sites on TH-cam for more information.
Compelling. Such an extraordinary amount of hard work. Incredibly well done - and I loved the BCS rock and roll montage! I can't wait to see what is next - thank you very much!
And if you haven't already seen his films, Carl Rogers is another English TH-cam person who is helping his Dad renovate the family farm in rural France. I think you two would be impressed with their craftsmanship, meticulousness hard work, and his storytelling and filmmaking. Worth watching. Thanks again!
The right tool for the right job
The garden looks incredible, what a shift you’ve both put in to get it looking so good & productive
Delightful editing! 🌺
Gorgeous piece of land mate hard work plays off
Nick on “ Project Portugal “ re-rendered the inside of his water tank ,he adds a liquid plasticizer to the mix to make it waterproof seems to work well . Love the progress you’re making on your property .
Thanks, Nick did a great job with his tank. We prefer to use natural solutions where possible, but if we don’t find a suitable solution we’ll probably go that route too.
Next year we’re hoping to experiment with building some more tanks and the learnings from that should aid in the repair of the existing tanks
There is a product here in Canada called 'Xypex' or something like that. When applied to cracked walls with water spray, it will crystalize and thus makes the surface waterproof.
Love the musical selections 😂
I think that you probably find the mix of essential work helps to provide you with much needed breaks from boring repetitive work. You two are a classic example of tackling jobs that are difficult, offputting and downright backbreaking but sticking to it . Then comes a moment when you look at the results and can't quite believe your achievements.
Congrats on a job well done - may I say that you are probably physically fitter than your previous lifestyle would have permitted. As one who has always benefitted from a mix of hard physical labour and mental gymnastics, you can't beat the level of satisfaction. Stick with your positive outlook and you won't go too far astray,
I am glad you are having the experience of shaping your land it is always a lot of work and you folks have accomplished it and in short time. One day you will be able to sit back and remember what it took to make that wine you will be drinking. So enjoy your youth while it lasts.
After chipping put it through a shredder. And Turning it into mulch and use it for rustic pathways/bare earth cover. You can use it for crop mulching 1ft deep to suppress weeds. it will will help trap water, increasing moisture which helps lower fire risk.
WOW! You both have laboured extremely hard on your land and it shows! Well done👏👏
you two are amazing love your channel
Most splendid, correct.
that is the beastiest-ever lawnmower
Totally loved this one.
amazing transformation well done to you both
Absolutely magic
This is a great compilation of all the different things you've done to the land! ❤️ can't wait to see the well adventures in the next one 😁
I like your new sound effects. very entertaining lol
I have nothing to say really, but I appreciate your content, and wish to help with the yt-algorithms.
I love the choice of background music for the well cleaning. Very suspenseful, had me on the edge of my seat! It was good to see the progress on the farm from where you started till now, we both really enjoyed it.
Bravo to you both. Hard work , lots and lots of it.
How beautiful your property is transforming into!!
I look forward to your vids. Regards from a fellow Aussie of Kylie’s.
I got rid of a lot of my larger branches ( too large to mulch in the Briggs and Stratton mulcher) by putting them into Hugelkulture beds. Planted with Hakurei turnips and Black Dragon bok choi - all doing famously
Get the rototiller attachment for the new brush crusher. Preparing your gardens will be a MAJOR lower-back and time-saving investment. It would allow you to increase the growing area(s), substantially.
Wait for it .... garden expansion video coming soon where you’ll see the rotatiller in action 😃
This was very nostalgic as I've been here from the beginning (from your previous channel) and you can really see how much progress you guys have made. 💪
What's the name of the other channel?
It's amazing what you've done in the short space of time!
Amazing progress - well done - Yes - been there and done that regards filling a pool up with tap water in summer (its always freezing being from underground!) but I bet you it warmed up after 12 hours or so...great to see the chickens running free and providing an insect control function...
I loved that comment that maybe we found the septic tank.
Always great to visit the past, to remind you just how well you are doing in the present. All that must have been hard work, however, the contrast must be very satisfying. It all look great!.
Neat Tanks, knowingly there were built by hands of a land owner makes it even more epic. U both are Tanks yrself, I've been here since 1st video and WOW the work that has been done is nuts, glad to watch as it all comes to life again.💝
You did a lot of work ! Well done!
Great progress shots guys. You forget how far you’ve come till you look back!! 👋 🇦🇺 👍
I really enjoyed this video. We got to see the before and after. You two are such an awesome team.
I would suggest you waterproof the "Plunging Pools" with paint on waterproofing, and then tile it without seems/Morter 😊
Lots of hard work! Congrats! Greetings from Coimbra-Calhabé.🙂🙂
Great look back it's amazing to see the difference.
Amazing progress
What a great reflective video. I’ve followed you from purchase to present. You and Kyle are the most hard working couple and I’m full of admiration for you both x
You are living the dream! Hats off no enjoy it!
Wouldn’t mind getting in touch as we work on a similar project.
A few thoughts…
Understand that fire prevention leads you to cut grass. This said, vegetation protects your soil from light, hence prevent it to become too acid and of the desertification process.
If you have enough rain and are able to keep it in tanks (Brits have developed amazing techniques for such in Bermuda) and use it as desired, the rain, combined with the several compost input you seem to have (that need to be diversified…compost seems to be a science on its own) and the sun are the best recipe to create micro-organisms, that, when spread with the compost on the ground, will increase the O2 in your soil, enabling your plant to capture more CO2 but more importantly making your soil less acid, more basic and more fertile.
It is going to take a few years but a better soil with water and soil, you are off to an amazing start.
As a matter of curiosity, where is roughly the farm?
Best wishes!
…
After having seen more on your videos, it seems that your no-dig approach suggests that you are already aware of everything!
Wow and double wow you've worked hard clearing that land and it looks spectacular. I enjoy your videos so much I never want them to end lol. Have a good week ahead Kylie and Guy xxx
Just found you!-looking forward to finding the 1st episode and following your adventures- my kind of dream-well done x
It all looks amazing. No man’s lands is embracing ‘no mow may’ 😊
Great video! Really enjoy seeing your progress, congrats!
it's a good idea to exchange the woodchips on the floor of the chicken coop from time to time, will cut the ammonia smell and enrich the compost piles.
I bought the 739 a good while back. The only issue I have ever had is my failure to lube the control cables. I broke the throttle cable due to rust at a low point. Easily prevented. I searched for someone to blame, but I came up behind myself.
Well...healthy leaving!
Congrats on what you've achieved!....and thanks for taking us along. atb
OMG, I remember most of that, but you’ve done one heck of a job with your land, what a difference!
Ya'll are amazing. Success in all your endeavors!
oh luv the music
lol just right time as you had me giggling thanks
Another awesome video, huge congratulations, and I keep saying this, you are both so inspiring. And boy do I need motivation. After, having various builders/predators into my property and then having to repair their huge mistakes, which financially wiped me out, I am girding my loins to continue the renovations on my own. Your videos are the anti-dote I need. Many thanks, can't wait for the well-cleaning video.
Y'all have worked your butts off. The farm is looking fantastic. Can't wait to see what you do with the house. I know you have priorities and that the house may come a little later. Best to you both!
Great editing
Started following on your previous channel. You guys have come so far!!
The bcs is useful but tricky in more delicate areas. The wilderness can be strimmed around vines etc and if you can figure out rows then the bcs can maintain those. Hydraulic cement on cistern cracks, inside & out. Scrub clean, paint, drinks & dunks in the summer evenings. Yes, also for irrigation.
Que Trabalho fabuloso , os vizinhos devem ficar admirados ! :-) well done !
Dig up those smaller grape Vines and plant them at the bottom of your walkway trellises. And just make better use of them. They will be closer to the house. And fill the walkways for shade. And make noman's land into something else you want. Or add still more vines. In a different variety.
Nice job look is amazing.👌😄
I’ve seen this on the old channel, but nice to have some kind of flashback.
werry good job vell done
most exciting episode yet!
Great job
Hi, just a hint from a soldier settler who had to clear land for farming. Two things you have to set up first, one is a good bound perimeter fence to protect your stock from escaping and to protect your feed on your land from encroachment by neighbours animals. The second is a good constant supply of potable water for yourself and your stock. You can then subdivide your property with fences and gaits and water troughs. Using a mob of goats to clear land has been the best and cheapest method. The most expensive is the hire of machinery to put in access tracks and building sites. Shelter for stock, yards to handle, vaccinate, shear etc is more important than human habitation. You can always make do with a tent or caravan. Goats are the most intelligent animals you will ever have on the farm and will find all the holes in your fence within 15 minutes, but they do need shelter. Sheep have a bad reputation for return on your investment as price for wool is rock bottom and price for lamb is high but you need the right breed for good results. Beef is a constant good price but its best to stick to steers as you can buy them young off a dairy farm and fatten them up. They do play havoc with your land if not suitable. Deer bring in the top money but are very hard to handle and need high fences and good yards. I have farmed all of these animals and started with bare land until I got too old and could not lift the fence posts and anyway the dog died, so we sold up and moved to the city! Mate, it sure is noisy and smelly! Go luck to you, just keep going till you fall flat on your face! Cheers mate. Harera
Just an FYI, in Bermuda we use our roofs to catch water and store it underground. We regularly add a small amount (~1 cup per 10,000 gallons) of pure bleach to help sanitise the water and kill off any larvae. Not sure if this is something that can help with your storage.