Building our OFF GRID cottage. Hot Summer prep and working on our abandoned land 🌞

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A little of our story:
Carissa, Iwan & Frankie decided one night over a bottle of wine that moving from North Wales to Portugal would be a good idea. Within a month they were on the road to Portugal to find the perfect piece of land to call their new home. We picked up Albi the cat along the way. Subscribe to follow our journey as we turn an old stone barn into our home, and learn the ropes of looking after a piece of land to make an abundant garden and one day, our very own winery.

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@annadaurie2435 2 года назад

It must be so satisfying going to the garden to get your dinner.

@justoneacre7873 2 года назад

Your figs will comeback next year. They need a really good hard prune every few years so they come back big, fat, juicy little balls of deliciousness! Your grapes are looking soooooo healthy. I used to make wine, stomped by virgins (my little children and their friends) we used to have a fab day with other parents of little children, bbq and lots of laughter, then the same all over again when we bottled the wine! The children have grown up and I miss the fun, I am waiting for grandies. I love your vlogs, you have it all ahead of you!! What fun 😀 !!

@deehalpern8988 2 года назад

Frankie is so cute...and the kitties too.

@auntytutu 2 года назад

Lovely rain after your plantings...must have been a nice day to relax!

@101life9 2 года назад

Aw....fruits from the land coming....home looking cooler and comfy.... Very happy for you. Keep the curtains down by tying something heavy at each corner. Just a thought 😅💖

@bedlam8159 2 года назад

5 litre full (from the well/tank) water bottles make great anchors

@carolinawren3594 Год назад

am becoming more and more attached to the vibe. the videography may or may not be unique but definitely a pleasurable view.

@Crazy_Garden_Lady 2 года назад

You can buy black out cover for ICB tanks for 25 Euro. They protect the water from building algae.

@trevorwindle8980 2 года назад

The sun creates the algae so shade will slow it down big time 👍❤️❤️❤️😳

@duartemonteiro7463 2 года назад

😀

@bedlam8159 2 года назад

Time to pencil 29th November 19:00 GMT into your diary Euan - Wales vs England in Qatar

@FrankieOffGrid 2 года назад

Already on it!

@AleeshaSattva 2 года назад

Poor Sausage... no food :(

@FrankieOffGrid 2 года назад

Bless her, she’s just having smaller portions, we thought she was thinner but the vet says she’s still too chubby, not good for dachshunds with their backs, otherwise I’d be giving her all the treats 💛 I think she does steal the cats food though 😆

@AleeshaSattva 2 года назад

@@FrankieOffGrid ya you really have to watch their weight. I had four in my lifetime... love love love them.

@joyharding6052 2 года назад

It would be rude not to go for a beer!

@cwestran 2 года назад

Perhaps a pipe from the tank to the garden? That way you can cover it up and not fall or trip over the trough.

@johnpierce2390 2 года назад

Can you use your old roof tiles in the trench that would help with the water flow if you have some to spare 👍✌️🤙❤️🇵🇹❤️

@thisorthat7626 2 года назад

@John Pierce, that's a good idea. Use the tiles as the lining for the trench.

@jamesrivis620 2 года назад

Wow, quite the deluge ! Iwan I wonder of staples will hold against a strong wind. I would suggest that you fold over the edges of the fabric and hold it in place with a strip of 1" x 2" screwed on.

@FrankieOffGrid 2 года назад

Ye it didn’t last long James 😂 the pergola one is strong enough but the bathroom lasted a few hours

@julietlehrle-fry6696 2 года назад

Love your choice of accompanying music

@vickiwalker3486 2 года назад

We’ll be ok with one video BECAUSE we need to view them multiple times! Whatever makes you happy 😊

@venturingout4235 2 года назад

I would suggest digging up your mint & putting it in a pot. It will take over your ground only if you can't keep up with maintaining it. If you don't already know bunny poo can be used in your garden right away but chicken poo you have to compost it first. Donkey poo is great and they will help with some weeding. It would help if everyone living around you that you know who are youtubers should constantly support each other by putting their info down in your info and talking about them. Do you have a list of what you need too help you live a better life.

@nadinebournivalyrure8928 2 года назад

What about using a pipe to go from the outlet to where you'd like the water to travel to? Just a thought! BTW, love ❤️ your videos!

@joantrotter3005 2 года назад

I wanted to give you my coleslaw dressing recipe. Mix equal parts yoghurt and mayonnaise, small can drained diced pineapple, a diced apple, and 1/4th teaspoon onion powder. I think it's 2 cups each on yogurt and mayo? Anyway, it fits in a regular canning jar when done. I keep it on fridge door. Hopefully that makes sense, my pills are kicking in...

@anniemac3075 2 года назад

Loved watching as usual, Frankie & Albi are such good buddies. See you in a week, be nice to see the chickens in their new daytime safety enclosure.

@micaltoy824 2 года назад

Have a wonderful blessed weekend

@denisemeredith2436 2 года назад

Hi Iwan & Carissa. I am glad that you are going to matriculate the van so that you can use it for transport. Am pleased you had some much needed rain too because your plants needed it. Loved the wonky carrots - they always taste nicer than perfectly straight ones (that is most likely not true because they will taste the same).

@bjmcia 2 года назад

Add sand to the soil to prevent wonky carrots....more room to grow straighter.

@robine916 2 года назад

Try using nail polish to write on the broken tile. It should last much longer. Brad Lancaster is an excellent resource for water conservation ideas on YT. I believe he lives in Tucson, Arizona and has helped transform his neighborhood! I love the idea of using different types of cabbage for coleslaw! :D

@ncjewelersllccascao123 2 года назад

USE TELHAS UPSIDE DOWN TO CREATE THE WATER DIVERSION. IT WILL BE LESS MUDDY,LOVE WATCHING YOU 2.

@rachelfrees1268 2 года назад

Transplant the fig tree. Keep it. Everything is looking beautiful. Your slaw looked yummy. I’m going to start using more of the outer cabbage leaves.💕🤣

@annar6430 2 года назад

Forgot to say...if you remove all the thick cabbage stems and slice the cabbage leaf really fine...dry it very well..use a Wok...lots of olive oil..heat. stir frying till crisp...put on kitchen paper role. Season with sea salt etc..That is how you can make fried "SeaWeed". Great decision about the van 👍

@notajoke4587 2 года назад

Of you have any old roof tiles hou could line tour veg gully to make the water flow easyer

@FrankieOffGrid 2 года назад

Ah that’s a brilliant idea! We have a few old ones, thank you 😊

@peterwhite9261 2 года назад

Yes, a very lovely vlog. It is a challenge to grow and garden in your soil but you are doing so well with it. Your little babies are adorable. The rain must be a welcome sight to water your garden. Those wild flowers are beautiful. Maybe you can keep a patch of it. Fires and heat waves are terrible here too in summer. I am impressed by the variety of veggies you have.

@peter6411 4 месяца назад

I just love Frankie, love your videos too of course I'm working my way through from 3 years ago to present day May 2024. All the best Peter.

@marlenegearon4709 2 года назад

I have seen people use painter's cloth for curtains and shade. It's reasonably priced at home improvement stores. Great video. Will the videos be longer to keep us up-to-date?

@helenblatherwick8994 2 года назад

Hi, I throughly enjoyed your video, interesting and enjoyable. Your both on a great adventure....your veg are looking good and it's nice to try something new. I'd move your fig closer to your kitchen,even grow it up the wall, shade the roots once you transplant it. Tie it in to a espallier shape and enjoy the lovely fruits later in the year. I do love your grass flowers, it seems a shame to cut, they will come again. Stay safe,good news about your van.

@eileenstec7862 2 года назад

Since you’re thinking about renaming the channel, how about “Farmer Frankie” and draw a picture of Frankie in Wellies?

@notajoke4587 2 года назад

Hi lovely coupel. Think of engeniering a self watering system with help of ollas.they do not nead to be earthenware pots.expensive. Join any containers with a hose that are duf in and keep them waterlevel. Make small holes for a drip system. Just film the containers at ome point till end point is full to the brim. Top up when neccisary. I hope hou understand what I mean. I am dyslexic and make a lot of spelling mistakes. Check automatic irrigation with dripping springs ollas. Hope ut van help.

@anitamoolman168 2 года назад

Carrots don’t like very fertile soil, that’s why they split

@trudylatchman2002 2 года назад

I’m okay with one a week knowing it’s cus it’s summer and more to do I hope the one a week will be a lil longer ….fingers crossed….looking beautiful you two!

@monalingan9523 2 года назад

So enjoy your videos. You’re such lovely people and your pets are darling.

@anamoreira6563 2 года назад

I will miss the mid week video but I understand your reasons! Have a nice week!

@maryxerri4800 2 года назад

I love enjoying your videos so relaxing and great work

@SRH420ful 2 года назад

The algae will enrich your garden with added nutrients not hurt it

@deniseanglesey972 2 года назад

You might want to try putting cardboard down instead of digging the weeds out Carissa. So much easier. Just pile all your compost and soil on top and the weeds disappear within a couple of weeks and don't come back. You could even rake up some of your strimming grass and use that as compost. Also chip your prunnings green so lots of nitrogen goes into the garden.

@judithtaylormayo 2 года назад

you will be missed going down to 1 a week, I enjoy your company. Maybe shorter videos?

@celiapereira5223 2 года назад

Thanks for the updates... lovely video and your pets are so adorable 🤗👍

@magicwendy210 2 года назад

Thank you for your lovely video as always, your pets are so special and make me giggle :D Hope you are both ok you seem a little tired and a bit stressed? hugs to you all

@ruthconstantino6861 2 года назад

Very enjoyable vid. Love how you continue to work at and get tasks done and make time you're enjoying the fruits of your labor... work/life balance at the office could NEVER be as good as life with Frankie Off The grid. Frankie & Albi are so cute together (and individually) that i nearly 🤯 when i see them together. And João is a sweet little guy, too. I want to type more, but my cow-colored kitty (white with black splotches) is sitting on my belly... i think she wants me to go to sleep now 😄.

@annar6430 2 года назад

Good Morning ,Iwan and Carissa...from a 33.c 🏖🥵 Jamaica. Totally agree..Summer Prep is a must.Thanks for sharing your soloutions.Shade clothes is becoming harder to source. Shade, and Water conservation also is only part. Yes bugs, Bird shooting and heat exhaustion. I had to purchase a freestanding water cooler/heater. Have to buy purified drinking water,as main supply is too chlorinated. As I was watching this I was peeling 20 Mangos ready to freeze the pulp for blending Mango and Ginger drinks. I have given away dozens. 😅🥭🥭🥭🥭sure you could grow them. Love sleeping to the sound of Summer rain.

@chamqual6480 2 года назад

Frankie in the Barn

@isabellevince5174 2 года назад

Another lovely video! Thank you, Clarissa and Ewan!

@alanwilkins139 2 года назад

❤️👍

@bjmcia 2 года назад

Congrats on a successful growing season so far! You can use the carrot tops for a pesto too.

@arjanvogel6444 2 года назад

Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 love you guys.

@ritaribeiro3011 2 года назад

I like seeing your videos, they are very peaceful. And I think my cat agrees, because she is looking at the TV for at least 10 minutes now... Seeing the trees and the animals ☺️

@FrankieOffGrid 2 года назад

Thank you Rita!

@jenniferhord203 2 года назад

We used to call our sausage dog the food tube. Diet food did work slimming him down. Great video!

@ecowarrior1888 2 года назад

Just thinking canvas material be stronger, stapled to a basic square wooden frame could make a temporary window shade, that you could attach to rope straps so you can tie them onto structure for summer and remove for winter 🤷‍♀️

@mauricebrown9094 2 года назад

Have you read or seen any Utube video's about Jadam Organic garden food before.??? I mention this because every time I see you using the weed wacker on your grass it reminds me of all that nitrogen and carbon you have .. Hope you look it up. make a structure and maybe a back wall so when your paddling in it ( your water storage tank ) no one will sneak up on you's. Also make the roof over it connected to the corners but so you can lower the middle for collecting water when it rains.

@daffs0 2 года назад

Great video such beauty Love watching thank you for sharing 😁

@deborahlee8135 2 года назад

If you dig your ditch on contour when you fill it it will not have shallow or deep bits, and therefore water things evenly. Yay! Yum yacon, pretty flowers too.

@clivewright5437 2 года назад

Thank you both, Loved it Love and rainbows

@ginashiel105 2 года назад

Enjoyable...great music...

@adbc8737 2 года назад

Your land is beautiful! 🌀💚🌀

@FiuMcFadyen 4 месяца назад

So nice to see the lovely Joau rolling around in the garden …..🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

@deborahwhite2339 2 года назад

Another lovely day on the farm. Hopefully you will get enough rain to tide you over when the heat hits. Is the car repair delay due to problems getting parts or do they not move too fast? Kisses to the doggie and kitties.

@FiuMcFadyen 4 месяца назад

So lovely to see Frankie and Albi trying to help dig out trench …very happy and healthy animals …they have such a great life ❤❤❤

@jmwoods1428 2 года назад

Your videos are so relaxing. I am new at growing garden food. My pepper plants look just like you sunflower plants. I hope they are not sunflowers. Lol

@djazt.8053 2 года назад

15:17 Carrot greens are edible!!? 😯 Thanks, I learned something, will practice!

@ruthconstantino6861 2 года назад

Perhaps you can put some weights or a pole in the hems of your outdoor curtains to help weigh them down? This idea borrowed from HRH ER's skirts, dresses, coats 😉.

@carolleenkelmann4751 2 года назад

Good that you are realising shade as a basic permaculture design point and are attempting to put it into practise.Suggestion: weigh your outside hanging curtains down with a beam - old tree stems or the like inside the bottom hem, then tie them down to a large rock or some stable fixture. Have you ever seen the RU-vid videos of Geoff Lawton ,"Greening the Desert." or an older video from the now deceased, Bill Mollison on Housing. These may give you ideas and be of assistence.

@charmainkilloran86 2 года назад

I wouldn’t encourage caterpillars in the garden, they can strip a plant of all its leaves in a matter of hours if there are dozens of them. I had a gooseberry bush stripped in a few hours. I had to cut it right back virtually to the ground. It took 12 months to grow back reasonably.

@tomstopper5281 2 года назад

Joao is a vampire…

@victorgoncalves2442 2 года назад

Why not connect a piece of pipe and direct it better to patch ,also you can walk over it without having the ditch . How is Frankie feeling ? Fig trees are very resilient , you can always re-plant it elsewhere while it still small . Thanks for the video.

@bigkevcanb 2 года назад

Funny to see the eucalyptus so far from where we are in Australia. While you’re on your walks collect the bits that fall on the ground for kindling if you have a fire. The natural oils, combined with the way it drops branches and bark all year round gives you access to plenty of fuel to start a fire.

@coby6417 2 года назад

🌟👍🍀💐

@ilonakatalindako-tolman5545 2 года назад

🥰🤗

@josiebriggs4922 2 года назад

Reading Losing Eden and loving it! Love all your videos ❤️

@sondraflesch1463 2 года назад

Sorry you have to lose your wildflowers. They are lovely

@leonardodiangelo1197 2 года назад

Super nature, very special life. 🌄

@sarahsmith-iq6fn Год назад

Maybe build abit of a wooden trellies

@CindyVine 2 года назад

Yours looks so green compared to mine!

@FrankieOffGrid 2 года назад

Give it a few weeks and it won’t be 😅

@flowersflowers473 2 года назад

Use a tiny bit of black food safe dye in the tank - it will significantly slow down the growth of algae, and is completely safe for wildlife & plants. You can also use a tiny bit of pool chlorine, as long as you wait 48 h to use the water for irrigation.

@SRH420ful 2 года назад

something you may not know, the algae serves a vital purpose in the well consuming as food the ammonia generated by rotting vegetation in the bottom of the well and it's growth should celebrated for keeping your well healthy and be sure to feed the excess algae to your garden

@dweamy1 2 года назад

yup, those 'aubergines' are definitely Sunflowers :-)

@FrankieOffGrid 2 года назад

😆 I’ve been looking around the garden and there are no aubergines anywhere! I must have mixed up the seeds somehow 🙈

@dweamy1 2 года назад

@@FrankieOffGrid it'll be so pretty and you can eat the sun flower seeds when ready, great on top of salads :-)

@sallystanley4526 2 года назад

Looks tasty 😋

@cleaningtime8156 2 года назад

Very enjoyable video thanks for sharing.

@mariajoaopeixoto9006 2 года назад

Beijinhos 😘😘 de Lisboa

@vickyeblatherwick284 9 месяцев назад

As a new subscriber, watching older videos each day. I have not seen and evidence that you are composting. Do you plane to compost in the future?

@FrankieOffGrid 9 месяцев назад

We have 3 compost sections, one from the chickens, one is kitchen scraps, and one from the loo ☺️ (they’re the pallet sections you might spot in the background)

@forlee5861 2 года назад

This is Small Hotel 🏖️

@leslieanderson7899 2 года назад

❤️

@BzugoDiaries 2 года назад

Hey guys! You're doing an amazing job. It's really interesting to see people coming to Portugal an starting these projects :) Keep going 😊

@FrankieOffGrid 2 года назад

Thanks guys ☺️ I just checked out your channel too, wow! You’re work is so so beautiful 💛

@marybates2201 Год назад

Catching up with old video's and never knew carrot leaves could be used in cooking x

@ecowarrior1888 2 года назад

Looking at your outside pool/bathing tub would a chlorine pool tablet, not work to keep your algae growth down, would be fine for reuse into garden, we drain our splash pool into our garden to water the grass and flowers, we use a very mild chlorine floater for small pools in it and we do cover it with black round tarp type material, when not in use, we change the chlorine floater every 6 to 8 weeks, but tablets or granules work as well. If you do want to go complete chemical free, coarse salt also stops algae growth