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This part touched me so much: "[...] Live a life that feels true to yourself, because there is no one else in creation like you. And what you have come to do, and what you have to offer, is like no other." What a magical life you've built, Eugenia.
“Silver is for the kettle, and gold for the furnace, but The LORD is the tester of hearts- Bible” your heart is like discovered silver, dirty and not pure, when silver is purified it is melted over and over, to the point that when it’s melted and glows red hot, it is pure enough to see your own reflection in the puddle, so also does the LORD purify your heart, till HE can see HIS own reflection in it, seek the LORD and be reborn, ask The LORD to renew and restore you, repent and ask The LORD for HIS Salvation for those who seek will find and those who knock the door will be open unto them, no man is good, all are in need of salvation, Jesus died so that our sins will be wiped away and so that we could be made new, seek The Kingdom of GOD for if you would be wise you would be wise for yourself, pick up your cross and deny your flesh and follow the path of GOD, for The Kingdom of GOD is at hand, in JESUS MIGHTY NAME Amen and Amen
I'm a grown man in my 40s and I'm watching this with tears in my eyes. I'm sure I'm not the only one. Cultivate a life with purpose and watch it grow. Bravo!
This was so therapeutic for me,this whole video is giving new life. Seeing you turn that dry land into something really spectacular has just birthed new life in me. THANK YOU!!!
I cried at the end 👏🏽 Society has convinced so many that there is no other way and we’re helpless and need to rely on corporations and government. Yet with dedication, careful attention, passion and patience, we can really guide the land to come back to life, thus bringing ourselves, wildlife and our community back to life. It’s so beautiful, and brings hope. We truly can create heaven on earth if we just stop getting distracted and get to work!
Thank you. It’s so true. This is why I value freedom so much and am for the individual and smaller government instead of for the collective and bigger government. Because ultimately having the freedom to cultivate and create our own life is so magical and no institution can tell us what’s best for us.
I always think of how the world would be different if everyone had their own garden. Thank you for sharing your beautiful story! How rewarding it must be to see how far your land has come and how you can now survive off-grid.
It would be great, but we got some countries now with restrictions to growing your own food, which is insane and i think against human nature and freedoms.
@Ergjon In America, many states have restrictions unfortunately. Thanks to laws unchanged since the 18th century, you may run into trouble with your local authorities just by installing a hoop house for your tomatoes. Florida became a seat of contention recently as local residents of Miami Shores battled the local city authority to allow them to grow vegetables in their front yards. In July, a law was finally passed that allows Floridians to grow their own food on their front lawns, as reported by the CNN. It look six years and a very determined couple of gardeners to turn around laws around gardening that go back over a century. The main reason for all the restrictions? It's mainly about the way front yards look and the misconception, sometimes written into law, that vegetable gardens are unsightly. Long live the vegetable garden 🙏🥦🥬🥒🍅🫑🫒
@Ergjon its probably more easy if you have a few things in your backyard and not a big plot where you try to be self-sufficient. But it should be encouraged to grow food. I have a balcony on my apartment here in Copenhagen and grow strawberries, apples, raspberry and flowers to help the bees. It's small scale of cause and it's legal here in Denmark to gather all edible food like mushrooms and fruits from all public land and forests. We need more of this 😊
Actually... For example in the US, most foods we eat comes from an average of 1200 miles away. If trucking ever stopped for some reason, like an EMP attack or a massive CME occured, tens of millions of people would die within a months time. Not only from starvation but uncontrollable crime as well. Society is built on extremely flimsy foundations. It's a shame that we aren't taught in school about edible plants and animals in our environments, how to garden and when to grow. How to safely preserve things. One of many things that humans should learn in school growing up that they aren't taught. We don't prepare our children for the worst, for the real world, to think ahead, to be prepared, to be self sufficient... (In general. I know not every parent is not that bad.)
I’m doing this in the Caribbean right now (my parents home) and I’ll tell you one thing this living off the land thing is HARD. This video is so beautifully shot and the voice over is dreamy since your accent is charming and tone soft and warm. I’ve read some of the rude and distasteful comments but don’t let them discourage you from posting more of these videos. There are so many people who just need to see that it IS possible. Whether you’re alone or with a partner/family. And no you don’t have to be rich or from wealth to achieve this. It’s all about determination and how badly you want this life. Keep up the good work ❤
so inspiring but its difficult to have a partner who sees things the same way and work towards a similar goal, you are blessed both of you a great team
Totally agreed! I hope to meet someone like that someday. Or will build a cabin somewhere alone and adopt a dog, and invite friends and family often to stay over. It's possible to do this in solitude, but I think it can get quite lonely (I am basing this comment on my experiences living off-grid).
My partner and I did this too. Built our house together..went off grid ..started farming.its been amazing..but nobody tells you how hard it is and how much work it is .. it's seems so peaceful, yet in actuality it is constant work and no rest..but it's worth it... through and through a million times over. Cheers x
That actually sounds wonderful, despite the hard work. I'm glad you said this because these precious, off-grid princess videos are getting ridiculous and tired. They're so fake.
@@susanmacaluso5218 thanks man x yeah it's rediculous. Add a kid or two and it's even crazier. It doesn't look picture perfect like it is shown at all. It's complete caos ... But... A good kind. A kind where you learn what your priorities are. You never just chilling... You've always got a million things to get to and your house is never clean... But what a full life. I wouldn't want anything else.
this is gorgeous for you, im starting to learn what you mean. my partner and i own our house/property and im starting our garden this year that’ll hopefully be able to sustain us in a few years. we have fruit trees/plants already producing, plans for chickens, we want to have a homestead :)
we have a large in-ground garden area fenced off with vegetables, two raised beds off our patio and several containers of varying sizes with herbs, fruit, more veg and florals-even just this, and it’s not much nor is it enough to support my partner and i, is HARD work. fulfilling, absolutely more than anything, but it’s nowhere near as aesthetic to care for + BUILD a garden that you’re counting on for production.
You seem to be confusing the idea of hard work as being in conflict with peace. They aren't mutually exclusive. Work enables peace. It's the idle mind that sets the world up for disaster.
Alone is not alone when you are in a couple. That’s togetherness, and a what a beautiful journey you were able to share together. For the many solo people out there, I would retitle your video, as only when you are solo in life, are you alone.
you guys made me almost cry. the simplicity, the beauty, the courage. Astounding beyond any imagination... hope you 2 will have a lot of children togheter so you can share this knowledge to everyone else, share your love for everything. Greetings from Romania, beatifull people.
I am heart cracked open right now. Just so humbled , inspired, and impressed in equal measure. Thank you for caring for Mother Earth so well. Your garden makes me smile so very wide!
This clip is an example of how extraordinary the human will is when it’s in sharp focus! It’s so inspiring and celebratory; that the joy we can get is so far off from the materialism we’re being fed! Bravo guys! 🙏🏻👏🏻
OMG! I got so emotional watching this video! I saw the life that I've been dreaming for myself. I am so happy that you have accomplished it all by yourselves! I am amazed and I wish you to be healthy so you can continue building that dream even bigger in favor of the mother nature! Thank you for sharing it! ❤❤❤
This sings to my own heart 🌱 Your garden is so lush and beautiful Eugenia. My dream is to grow food on our land to harvest for the community for free. 40% of New Zealanders have experienced food insecurity. This drives me so much to help others. No one should go hungry. So proud of what you’re doing Eugenia 🥰
Thank you so much Liz! and what a beautiful idea you have for your land to help your community 💚 I hope that dream of yours becomes true one day. Sending so much love to you! 😊
I have the same desire to do the same thing. We already live offgrid but just to get to know the land what we can plant in the acidic soil and what we need to grow in containers and raised beds. Getting there slowly.
What a beautiful story!! 👌😍☺️ Was just thinking of how we can create heaven on earth as humanity if we can use your life story, courage, strength and experience as a blue print. So much inspiration in how you teamed together in creating that haven. May God continue to richly bless you boutifully as you continue to show God's people how to really live life here on earth. Thank you so much ‼️Much love ❤️❤️❤️💃💃💃
I came across this video by chance, and I am now sat with tears in my eyes at the inspiration that this has provoked in me. The part with "imagine a forest of 200 trees here" instantly gave me full body chills and seeing you navigate this journey with grace, patience and compassion towards the Earth which is always helping you, guiding your hand, made me feel incredibly both humble and capable, at the same time. Thank you
One of the most beautiful you tube videos I have watched... When I feel disheartened about all the self serving and superficial content on platforms like this... People like you restore my faith in their value! Wishing you the most success in your endeavours - I hope more of us can be like you ❤️
"We were running our own race, focused on what we can do, day by day." Thank you so much. Everything you did and said, and for this video. Thank you. God bless you.
you’re living my dream🥹 crying bc i can’t wait until i can make it a reality like you have. it’s my life goal to be able to live like that one day. self sustaining and creating a thriving mutual relationship with nature. so peaceful!! thank you so much for living your dream, being kind to the earth, and inspiring others to do so!!!
My mother said to me that when you put your heart into something it will always show and others will feel it too. This is the best example. You did a wonderful job! Gardening requires patience, skill and a lot of effort but it is also beautiful, rewarding and connects you to the earth. Thank you for sharing your journey and may your garden be forever green🌱💚
We ARE in end-times Jesus is coming back to do that and make it the Eden He made it before sin entered but love watching this ladies journey! beautiful!
I came across this video by chance and it made me so nostalgic that it took me 30 years back when I was young and my parents would spend hours in their vegetable and flower garden they built in a desert, 30 kms away from town. Those were glorious days….
I am so happy that you have selected the interior of Portugal to start this amazing project and life style. By doing so, you are contributing to revert the desertification of once very productive land and bring people back to these amazing landscapes. Deus vos abençoe!
I was wondering where it was, because bananas and avocadoes don't grow here in Europe. She has such a great selection of food in her garden. How dyou know it's Portugal?
I have more respect for people who are capable of doing something this laborious than big names who create empires. This is hard work, with your own hands and your head. Just wow. Well done 👍💕🌿
This is the most well made video that I have ever watched on youtube. It is beautiful from start to finish and a joy to watch. What you have done in one year is incredible and I can't wait to see the magic you create in the bigger garden.
I'm not sure what is more impressive, your gardening skills (amazing) or your abilities with a camera (v v high standard of skill) , sound (perfect balance) and video editing (it would have taken months and months). Well done on all your achievements.
Amazing cinematography. The way she captures movement and life in the garden, the lighting and color- incredible. I noticed some drone shots too!! Anybody know what camera equipment was used?
Currently living off grid in a van and needed to watch this 🙏🏻 I’ve just gone through a second flood this year and watching my garden suffer from it is heartbreaking. My goal is to grow food for the struggling and single mothers for their children. This gave me the positivity to get back up and start again 💕
My family has a piece of land back home in Africa. This makes me look forwards towards all I will do. So much love and care in this garden and your life. 🌱
Спасибо за видео. Я тоже в своё время приняла решение уйти от шумного города в природу и уехала. Но позже разошлась с мужем. Теперь новые поиски огорода с домом и обживать территорию) Когда вы вдвоем, всё кажется легче, решения легче принимать, а когда одна, как-то стимулов мало для себя единственной))
I know that maybe I could be strange, but i'm crying of joy seeing how much work , love and dedication you gived to this wonderful project. Seeing you two as a couple building an house.. your house. it's amazing. I'm from italy, and this is my dream in the southern. sending you so much love and lucky for all the things that will come. ❤❤❤
I’d love to see the garden in another year, as the plants in the garden often change after a year or two. Some plants disappear, some grow bigger and spread across the garden. I think it’ll be cool to see how the flora will change.
This is the most calming, peaceful, positive video that I've watched on RU-vid in a long time. Congratulations Eugenia and partner for accomplishing so much and thank you for sharing your journey with us.
Yes, absolutely beautiful! What a wonderful team you make! Curious what the kitty and dog eats? I felt like I was watching a documentary on tv. I don’t watch tv anymore, but I remember seeing like this! I’m so encouraged by both of you! May GOD BLESS you and your life ahead of you! TRULY INSPIRING 🪴❤️
Absolutely beautiful and thought provoking. It made me think back to a time when I was young when we would spend all day working outside in the garden or playing at the beach. We would be thoroughly exhausted and aching at the end of the day but felt so good, so satisfied and at peace. I currently spend my days at a desk and often feel so dissatisfied after a long day of work. Your life, the changes you and your husband have made inspire me to explore new ways of thinking and ultimately, I hope, a new way of living someday soon. Life is fleeting and we often step all over the best parts of it as we blindly rush from one task to the next.
first, congrats on the beautiful homestead! the work and love you invested into this place is admirable. second, stunning video work, generating a feeling, not just visuals. beautiful video!
I am happy that you exist. I am proud of of what you've accomplished. I pray that your garden flourishes. And I pray that your life continues to flourish. And I wish your RU-vid channel explodes, so it reaches millions of people. The world needs to see you. It desperately needs to see that a deep sense of fulfillment and happiness is achieved only through living a meaningful life with purpose. You deserve success and everything beautiful that this life has to offer. So, I am sending you positive energy, love and support. - Love, from a fellow human being doing her best to live this life meaningfully, trying to use my potential to help the planet, help the people on it and create meaningful change. While also cherishing the little moments of daily life.
@@EugeniaDiaz this had me in awe I was in tears! We should all learn to live this way you’ve really inspired me to do the same! If everyone or even a bunch of people did this think of how we could bring those areas back to what Mother Nature intended!!!
Respect to the hard work and efforts you two put into this land. "You serve your purpose, your purpose serves you!" You are living an abundant life, not generally viewed luxury, but very rewarding, inspiring, self sufficient and sustainable. Thank you for sharing, yes, you do shine light to my life!
There are no words to express how inspiring this was and continues to be. I will be following along EVERY STEP of the journey, as I hope to help make my little family make this same jump as well.
How incredibly inspiring…❤❤❤ I’m a Horticulturist so I fully get the incredible labour & work this involves. I’ve just done some Spring sowing here in Melbourne & it’s incredibly gratifying to grow your own food. I believe it’s the best thing you can do especially as the world has become. You’ve managed to inspire me even more. What a beautiful life you have created for you & your family. Utterly mesmerising. I’m glad I stumbled across this video. Peace & light ☀️⭐️☀️⭐️☀️
This was so inspiring to me! The immediate before and after of each plant was so satisfying and intriguing! The message at the end moved my heart! There is no one else on the planet like me, or like you. So powerful! Thank you!
Thank you kindly for sharing this joy and passion for a “Back to Eden” experience. Each year during the Summer I grow peppers, tomatoes, onions, squash, mint, oregano, melons and roses in my pot garden. It’s a great experience!
Have you seen that documentary? I have clay soil on my mountain, as she said here too, my property has been farmed for centuries but I plan to do lasagna gardening on it.
Oh my goodness.. I am so happy I came across your video. At a crossroads in my life, I’m almost 56 and truly needing to as you said, ‘run my own race’. Thank you for the love and insight and inspiration.. blessings
Wow Eugenia What an amazing video. Just found out about this channel today. The garden is so beautiful. The way that you merged different types of plants in the same bed created a natural art piece. Along with the two buildings you and Pere have created an oasis. You are to be greatly congratulated. Can wait to see more
I just happen to run into this video and let me just say, what a beautiful story. The garden turned out gorgeous and so full of life , flavor and colors. I love it ❤️ you guy did an amazing job.
I am so inspired and brought to tears! This is truly incredible what you two have done and has inspired me to keep going with my own projects. Thank you for this beautiful video ☺️❤️
You have inspired me so greatly! I have known this is how I wanted to live for a very long time. This video has given me the push I needed to begin my journey. Thank you so much! And I pray for your continued prosperity 🙏
Going off grid ain't easy. You've done an amazing job in one year. Really really productive.. Please if you have any books to suggest on the gardening and raising the land etc, tell us ! 🥺 Thank you for the amazing video, everything you did is so beautiful, and I hope this will make at least a couple of people move off grid just like you ! :) Bless you guys ! ❤️
Running your own race and doing what you can do day by day....same for me. Ten months into my first year doing the same thing ,small village in n quarter acre. Living in campervan ..built a one room cabin and lots of veggie Gardens and have left a third of the block to the native trees and plants. In the hardest part of winter ATM. Thanks for your inspiring video...
This was so beautiful to watch! From beginning to end and everything you’ve built together is amazing! I love your self-sufficient off grid life! What an incredible place to call home.
I’ve been in my tiny house for 4 years. My garden is barely started. I’ve been working on stopping erosion(with edible hedges), building soil, and bringing back native plants to my field. This inspires me, thank you.
Wishing you all the best! I hope you can find some support in either or both the local and international community. Many would love to help and learn from your vision. Don't feel bad that it's 'slow'. People are inspired by your dream amd want to help make it come true! And learn and develop! Share your tough stories is real and helpful to all of us. Big love to you! ❤️
This entire video, from the words you’ve spoke to the photography/ cinematography was absolutely breathtaking. You have inspired me to live a life true to myself. ♥️
I have gone my entire life never having any curiosity about the country of Portugal until this past year. I feel like I've been inundated by Portuguese people being introduced into my life and videos of Portugal and I'm just captivated by how freaking gorgeous this country is! I now truly want to visit someday and am working on plans for a trip in 2 years from now.
The whole video is so lovely, there was one scene where she was just riding her bike and it actually made me want to cry and wake up and realise how beautiful earth actually is and its so sad how humans dont realise and treat how we should be treating it. wow this touched me!!
Beautiful and inspiring...i am in my 60s, alone and want to be off grid ..but do not have the skills..currently growing and preserving food and learning..thank you
Most inspiring thing I’ve seen in months. Me and my husband recently moved to a warmer climate so that we could be more self sufficient and produce our own food.
This was beautiful Eugenia. My husband and I really enjoyed watching your journey and it gave us inspiration for what is possible for our future. Much love from Australia, Brendan & Hannah Mercer. xx
You have a wonderful garden, you can immediately see how much effort and love is in it, this is what the energy of the thought is capable of, how much you are in harmony with yourself and nature, this deserves great respect, thanks for showing life, it touches the minds of many people
This is extremely touching and beautiful to see. I've never seen such a magnificent food garden with that much flowers. It really make sense and adds to the magic :)
I need this life 😩 😫 Sick of the poisonous food and water in the city. You have inspired me and living your lifestyle with a partner that 💯% wanting the same is so much sweeter. Cheers to you both. ✌️💛
Love this so much! All your hard work is paying off! From dry land to a gorgeous, sustainable garden. Even more impressed you built your own home! Can't wait to see the future! Hopefully someday I'll come across your place in my travels.
Wow! This was such a beautiful and inspiring video to watch. I am in awe of what you have accomplished on your land. I love your encouragement to others that "there is no-one else in creation like you!"
I'm just jealous, such foresight and positive thinking while still young and physically able. The life you've chosen has the potential not only to lengthen life, but to keep your bodies youthful well beyond retirement age. Bless you for going full on.
