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April Showers - Water, Water, Everywhere!
10:52
3 месяца назад
Channel Membership #HowardsPortugal
0:59
4 месяца назад
Seed planting - Time To Dig Up Your Garden!
12:04
4 месяца назад
Pottering and Planning - A Day On The Quinta
12:55
4 месяца назад
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@tanasilverland1330
@tanasilverland1330 3 дня назад
Your tile idea looks good! I'm sure I've seen other roofs like that around here - it might even be exactly what those tiles were made for!
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 3 дня назад
Fingers crossed! Hoping we won't need to buy any as they are hard to come by!
@johnpierce2390
@johnpierce2390 4 дня назад
Ola’ Howard I believe in using what you have to save money every time the old roof tiles looks good to me I like it go with it just clean them up with a wire brush attachment for your drill that would be easier see you in your next video 👍✌️🤙❤️🇵🇹❤️
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 4 дня назад
@@johnpierce2390 thank you!! Great to have you on the journey!
@phbrand8548
@phbrand8548 4 дня назад
Thats why you dont stand and watch you move away as soon as it staets to fall
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 4 дня назад
That is true! Cutting trees is always a dangerous job!
@ezclappoggers
@ezclappoggers 4 дня назад
wow that could've went bad
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 4 дня назад
Yeah - bit close for my liking!
@deranocasper
@deranocasper 5 дней назад
Hello, have you ever recycled a ibc for a hot tub etc great to see you working on the building
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 4 дня назад
@@deranocasper i hadn't thought of the hot tub idea I admit but I do have plans for the IBCs! Cheers for watching!
@tanasilverland1330
@tanasilverland1330 7 дней назад
Very cool trick with the hose! 👍
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 5 дней назад
Thanks Tanya 👍
@tanasilverland1330
@tanasilverland1330 3 дня назад
@@howardsportugal LOL Who's Tanya?! 🤔😆
@AfricanSouthernCross
@AfricanSouthernCross 7 дней назад
We were not “evolved” to be omnivores, in fact we were designed to be omnivores, great channel Howard, lovely to hear common sense been spoken mate !
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 7 дней назад
Thank you! Cheers for coming along on the journey!
@robertlee6479
@robertlee6479 10 дней назад
Evening Howard, just picked first box of Bramleys. Hope you are ready for the heat this week forecast for next 4 days is very hot touching 100. Too hot to work so watering will be all that will get done here.
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 9 дней назад
@@robertlee6479 ww have pears & courgettes - the tomatoes are resoultey green!
@robertlee6479
@robertlee6479 9 дней назад
@@howardsportugal I have more than enough red ones, am sure they will be red by Friday in the coming mini heatwave.
@operatorfig
@operatorfig 11 дней назад
That thing is intimidating. I saw a cicada wasp last week that scared me inside lol
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 10 дней назад
Really cool insect but when I first saw them I did have a bit of a run & hide moment!!
@Xynk.
@Xynk. 11 дней назад
Nice focus
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 10 дней назад
Yeah...the phone isn't the best!!!
@AfricanSouthernCross
@AfricanSouthernCross 12 дней назад
Great video Howard, keep it up mate I’m loving it !
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 12 дней назад
Thank you very much! Cheers for watching!
@paulocalderon2587
@paulocalderon2587 12 дней назад
Hi, the old methods never fail and it's cheaper🙂
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 12 дней назад
Yeah, sometimes you just don't need to have all the fancy kit! Cheers!
@brianpoole5483
@brianpoole5483 13 дней назад
Love the improvised level and those old beams are amazing!
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 12 дней назад
@@brianpoole5483 cheers, Brian!
@Uhtoothein2852
@Uhtoothein2852 18 дней назад
is it disel or petrol?
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 18 дней назад
@@Uhtoothein2852 this one is the 2.4 non-turbo diesel...plenty of torque but not much power!
@Uhtoothein2852
@Uhtoothein2852 18 дней назад
@@howardsportugal Thank you so much for your reply.
@emmanuelchristianah903
@emmanuelchristianah903 19 дней назад
This is amazing are you open to suggestion
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 19 дней назад
Always happy to hear suggestions! Cheers.
@AfricanSouthernCross
@AfricanSouthernCross 19 дней назад
Chain saw”R” ing ?? 🤣🤣
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 19 дней назад
👌
@AfricanSouthernCross
@AfricanSouthernCross 19 дней назад
I’m not sure if you own this property and how much work you’ve done on it but it would have been great if you had documented the renovation of this dwelling it probably would have brought in way more viewers and possibly subscribers, just my thoughts not trying to be smart, take care mate.
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 19 дней назад
Thanks for the feedback - this was a paid job so I didn't film too much of it...the real renovation vids are on the little barn - but that is going slowly!!
@brianpoole5483
@brianpoole5483 19 дней назад
An enjoyable glimpse of your Quinta life, many thanks. Can you do a piece on how the year old tree plantation is doing? I’d be very interested to see how they are progressing, whether good, bad or indifferent, and maybe later in the year when the vegetation has died down and you’re less busy!
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 19 дней назад
@@brianpoole5483 thanks, Brian - and yes, I plan to do a "tree review" - all the strimming is revealing lots!
@brianpoole5483
@brianpoole5483 17 дней назад
@@howardsportugal Excellent, I look forward to it!
@tanasilverland1330
@tanasilverland1330 20 дней назад
Truly, you are a weed-whacking machine! My elderberry stick didn't grow either, btw...
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 19 дней назад
Gosh, there is SO MUCH to strim!!! 3 hours a day and it's hardly touching the sides!!
@makoke1matsuri
@makoke1matsuri 20 дней назад
Hermosos los cardos y muchos beneficios para la salud.....
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 19 дней назад
@@makoke1matsuri Obrigado - as flores do cardo também são utilizadas para coalhar o leite para o fabrico de queijo!
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 19 дней назад
Obrigado - as flores do cardo também são utilizadas para coalhar o leite para o fabrico de queijo!
@AnneHeyns
@AnneHeyns 20 дней назад
Lovely place you live in☺Huge wasp on a very beautiful lilac color flower☺
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 20 дней назад
@@AnneHeyns thanks, Anne...yes the scenery is breathtaking...and those wasps are very cool indeed!
@rickkin6386
@rickkin6386 20 дней назад
Hi Howard, sorry to see your pride and joy in tatters. Unfortunately my truck also suffered the same fate last August on our land, in Odeceixe. I tried to evacuate in it but it broke down half way on the track. Long story short, she’s still there, not for want of trying. I am really struggling to dispose of it, how did you manage it? As I see it after many dead ends, my last two options are a 12” grinder and a generator, pair of gloves, goggles and a trailer. Number 2 is burying it with a JCB.
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 20 дней назад
@@rickkin6386 sorry to hear that your's burned too! Thankful that you got out!! We actually got the local scrap merchant to come and collect it (there's a vid of it!) as otherwise I was faced with cutting it up myself... they paid around 600€ for the scrap AND did all the work so I would definitely suggest you ask around locally. Good luck & thanks for coming on the journey - your village looks beautiful!
@FootBloging
@FootBloging 22 дня назад
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@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 19 дней назад
Thank you for the feedback! ...I have updated the SEO tags but any tips gratefully received!
@FootBloging
@FootBloging 22 дня назад
very nice
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 19 дней назад
Thank you!
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 23 дня назад
One for @Shynefest for sure 😂
@deranocasper
@deranocasper 24 дня назад
Lovely Hilux 😍
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 24 дня назад
@@deranocasper cheers - she's not bad for 36 years old!
@robertlee6479
@robertlee6479 26 дней назад
Evening Howard, hope you 2 are enjoying the summer sun and don't get burnt. it says a bit cooler tomorrow. Picked my first Bamley's this week so should have plenty ready by month end if want some to go in store for winter, Crops doing well busy freezing everything for winter, peas done on french beans broccoli and sweetcorn just now o and not forgetting brambles.
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 26 дней назад
@@robertlee6479 gosh! You're doing well! We have a few green toms, courgettes & that is about it! June was quite cold, especially the nights, so we are on the back foot. This glorious sun will help - we have had 30 degrees up here today.
@robertlee6479
@robertlee6479 26 дней назад
@@howardsportugal You planted too late here is 6 weeks in front and I would think at least 4 weeks up there. Yes we had 90 today and 92 yesterday forecast is 78 tomorrow and some rain by Tuesday. Will believe it when I see it. have had my first toms this week
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 26 дней назад
@@robertlee6479 we had a cold wind from the Serra almost all the start of the year...rather than it coming up the valley
@arjanvogel6444
@arjanvogel6444 26 дней назад
Thanks Howard for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you guys, good carpentry good work 👍😁 you where with Osher having fun 😊
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 26 дней назад
@@arjanvogel6444 there is a good vibe here, as you know. Cheers for coming along on a diversion!
@denissweeney4034
@denissweeney4034 27 дней назад
I enjoy your videos. But would be 10x better is you would use an external/ clip-on microphone, to properly hear you.
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 26 дней назад
Thanks for that - I am aware sound is the weakest link & am saving up for a microphone...cheers for your patience!
@dmg1029
@dmg1029 27 дней назад
Looking good Howard. Don’t take this wrong, but the audio is extremely hard to understand. A few suggestions. Eliminate the background music Reduce the volume of the background music Try a better microphone. We’ve been following you for a while now. We live in northern Portugal close to Spain. Always interesting to see your progress. Stay cool and be safe working around the roof.
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal 26 дней назад
Thanks for the feedback...I know sound is the weakest link & am saving up for a micriphone! Cheers for your patienc!
@oilgas6076
@oilgas6076 Месяц назад
Loving your music choices too!
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal Месяц назад
@@oilgas6076 luckily there are loads of talented people around here! Glad you like it!
@oilgas6076
@oilgas6076 Месяц назад
Fantastic view up there - is there a lack of oxygen- it would explain why you’re mi Ong so slowly but your good lady is not…👍😁
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal Месяц назад
@@oilgas6076 yeah, I speeded upnthe parts of the vid she is in 😝
@steveventer2317
@steveventer2317 Месяц назад
Why are you not allowed to use the rubble to fill the potholes on your own land?
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal Месяц назад
It is just something that isn't looked on well - roads here tend to be repaired using cut stone cubes & I guess that they don't want random rubble being used...
@RaneyRidge
@RaneyRidge Месяц назад
New sub here. Anne Heyns sent me over. ❤❤❤
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal Месяц назад
Welcome to the channel!
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal Месяц назад
The amazing Fire Boss planes in action...
@robertlee6479
@robertlee6479 Месяц назад
Hope you got a tarp for that roof as rain forecast all day tomorrow.
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal Месяц назад
@@robertlee6479 yeah...we've got the timing sorted...spent the two hottest day this week doing a loft to boot
@deranocasper
@deranocasper Месяц назад
Thanks for sharing with us I enjoy the restoration work
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal Месяц назад
@@deranocasper cheers & thanks for coming along!
@saeedandalusi7579
@saeedandalusi7579 Месяц назад
Kool headgear,where can I get one like it🤠
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal Месяц назад
Yeah such a great hat. Given to me in Melbourne in 1986 by a great guy called Bill Waters...think it's 60's Aus army issue.
@mmarauut
@mmarauut Месяц назад
Great! is this tile telha marselha/french ?
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal Месяц назад
@@mmarauut they are Portuguese manufacture...sorry if the translation isn't perfect!!
@johnpierce2390
@johnpierce2390 Месяц назад
That’s Looks like some good firewood to me 👍are some fence post👍✌️🤙❤️🇵🇹❤️
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal Месяц назад
Yeah...nice old chestnut & fencing sounds a good idea!
@arjanvogel6444
@arjanvogel6444 Месяц назад
Thanks Howard for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you guys, it's very healthy jumping into cold water 💦💦💦
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal Месяц назад
@@arjanvogel6444 so I understand!! That is a bit cold for me though...12 degrees 🥶🥶
@AnneHeyns
@AnneHeyns Месяц назад
I'd put a roof window in for more light☺
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal Месяц назад
@@AnneHeyns yes, that is definitely on the cards...!
@arjanvogel6444
@arjanvogel6444 Месяц назад
Thanks Howard for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you guys good work 👍😁💪.
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal Месяц назад
Thanks for following the project! Hope to show decent progress! Cheers.
@AnneHeyns
@AnneHeyns Месяц назад
Lovely sunny day to start a new project in. Yes, doing a roof is no simple task at all and especially when its on such an old building to boot.☺
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal Месяц назад
Yes, I have never seen a more wiggly roof! Much is now off & we're working to preserve the old decorative beams...starting to realise this is a big project! Cheers, Steve.
@brianpoole5483
@brianpoole5483 Месяц назад
And so it begins, the grand designs project! Good luck with the conversion works, Howard! I shall watch with great interest
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal Месяц назад
Thank you!! Should be some challenges...!
@Nuno.A
@Nuno.A Месяц назад
Hey, make sure that you can still buy tiles compatible with what you are pretending to reuse, many old companies have gone down and many models aren't available anymore, good luck
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal Месяц назад
Thank you - and that is a good point! Luckily, we have quite a few "spare" & are also planning to re-roof thd main house so can "borrow" from there...
@deranocasper
@deranocasper Месяц назад
Awesome project I was over in Central Portugal looking at property I have been looking forward to this series on the tiny house barn restoration ❤
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal Месяц назад
Thank you! Good luck with your search for property!
@arjanvogel6444
@arjanvogel6444 Месяц назад
Thanks Howard for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you guys, good work 👍😁, the dak tiles are cemented in because they will fly away when there is a storm and you have to protect the walls against the rain or all the sand and clay will wash out maybe put plastic or tiles on top of the wall, just saying.
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal Месяц назад
Thank you! So many people think a roof is simple...omg!
@robertlee6479
@robertlee6479 Месяц назад
Should take them of in rows as well then you have something to walk on, yes I have done before , before you ask and I used The Knack first and nextdoor was a builder.
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal Месяц назад
Good advice...the reason we started like this is it is ground level, but the rest of the apex is next - oh, and the wasp nest!!
@robertlee6479
@robertlee6479 Месяц назад
Evening Howard, you harvesting veggies yet. I expect too have bramley's in about 2 weeks idf I can get a net on and keep the dam fox's from eating them, Tomorrows job for me. If you have done a roof before ok, if not then you start at the gutter and lay the tiles on top as I did see someone once start at the top and they were in tears before it dawned on them what they had done.
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal Месяц назад
Very good advice!! No wonder they were in tears 😅 We have courgettes, salad, but not much else grrr bring on the sun!
@robertlee6479
@robertlee6479 Месяц назад
@@howardsportugal Don't screem for it too much or we'll get too much of it. I have spuds, carrot, beetroot, peas all in the deep freeze, French beans just started, broccoli hearting and sweetcorn setting as well as Rasp just finished, brambles, nectarines, plumbs, cherries done, and apples i the offing only thing I buy is bananas. as too cold in winter as tried in Scotland and went rotten in the middle from cold and damp.
@howardsportugal
@howardsportugal Месяц назад
Hi & thanks for coming on the journey! This is the first "real time" video for a couple of weeks as I popped over to the UK to attend Shynefest... I made a little video that you can see on the @Shynefest YT channel...please do check them out! Hope you enjoy!