Central Portugal House Tour - What have we been up to?! Then and now! Husband and Wife Renovation! 

I've been looking for a hard plastic one but haven't found one here yet. Anything less would be destroyed in minutes. I'll probably end up building them a concrete one.

😅 Yes, it would get destroyed 🤣 Xxx

Gruff loves swimming! I'll have to do a video of him when we take him to the river, he swims like an otter 😅

Hi 👋🏼! Thanks for all this fantastic advice 🤩 I'm going to use cardboard 🤞🏼👍🏼 I've heard the weathers been very wet! More rain than usual! Yes, what a relief Labour got in ❤️❤️❤️

I know! We had a really rubbish and difficult year for several reasons 😞!!! I'm sure I'll explain at some point but it was a time to get our heads down and soldier on and it wouldn't be something we wanted to put on RU-vid. We had baggage left over from how badly we were treated in the UK which is the main reason we came here. But that's all in the past now and we want to forget about it and move on 🤞🏼 Xx

I thought they were multiplying!!! What a nightmare 😅 They are really pretty but I'm guessing it's like any weed they take the nutrients you want for the veggies so they are going to have to go 👌🏼 I will keep fighting them 😁 Xx

Good to know 😯!!! Risky business 😅 Thanks for letting me know 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

The ones over the road have never been watered as it's an empty house and they're huge. I water ours all the time.

I heard that about them 👍🏼

Maybe look by, nearby veggies, they are also in Portugal they have a wonderful veggies garden and green fingers 😋

I watch a lot of the other RU-vid channels. I was watching Make Do Grow and they said carrots are difficult to grow. Apparently they are meant to be sewn in the ground and not in pots! Will try again (3rd times a charm ☺️😅!) Thanks for commenting Xx

I'm going to try mulching. Didn't know what that was until I googled it 🧐! Now I know 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Thanks Wendy 🙏🏼 I really appreciate this ❤️ I will give mulching a go. I had put bark down initially but it's disbursed now. I'm going to give cardboard a go as it eventually disappears but helps in the mean time to get rid of weeds (and it's free 😊!) Xxx I'll do some more recipes soon. I did fish and chips the other night which is something you can't get here in the same way as you get it in the UK. I think it did actually originated from Portugal 😅 but not as we know it. I filmed it, I tasted amazing but it didn't look that good 🫣🤣! So I wasn't sure if I should share it or not! I'll have a think Xx

Amazing 🤩 I have family that live in Florida! I haven't seen them since I was 7 years old. They are on my dad's side! It must be boiling there 🌞🙌🏼!!! They've got a pool. I'm guessing it's compulsory right?! Thanks for being soo nice 👍🏼 Xxx

Hi we're forty minutes from Vila Nove de Poiares. The Vila Nova referred to is a small village near us.

@@davejohnson4099 Aha! I did wonder 😁

Braf 😍! Thanks for commenting 🙏🏼 How are you finding it here? We live near Penela, Dave explained Xx

@@portugalmuse8430 loving it here, as much as I love North Wales; I've no intention of going back! 💕 Dont think ive ever worked so hard though! 😆 Do you feel settled too?

@@suegriffiths8322 same! It's the hardest we've ever worked! And we've both always worked really hard! They say it takes 3 years to settle somewhere new if you move to a different country, add two years of COVID on that and it's where we're at, 5 years! Yes, I feel more settled but I think I need to be fluent in Portuguese to feel completely at home, so I'm still working a lot on that. Getting more fluent all the time so it's looking good 👍🏼

Thanks soo much Susan 🙏🏼 It really makes a difference getting encouragement on here 🤩 Xxx

Snap! It was on the day I did the video we're back down to 26°C (79 °F) today. It's just nice 👌🏼 Can't complain 😊 Xxx

Oh 😍! Thanks soo much 🙏🏼!!! Really appreciate that 😌 Where abouts are you? I'm getting some good advice in the comments. I'm going to try cardboard 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

Wow 🤩! Amazing ☺️! Thank you 🙏🏼 I have a plan now for the Oxalis. I'm going to try mulching with a layer of cardboard 🤞🏼. The white pea, you can eat the flower but the pods are poisonous so I might not eat them 😅! Dave did say that carrots don't like being disturbed. I'm thinking the seedlings I've got ready won't work either then 🧐 I'll start again putting the seeds straight into the soil there 👌🏼👍🏼 Thanks soo much h for this 🙏🏼 love it 😍 Xxx

Awesome 🤩! Thank you Lesley 🙏🏼 really appreciate it. I'll have a look for them the next time at Lidl or the garden centre 👍🏼🤞🏼👍🏼 Xxx

Thanks for this 🙏🏼 I'm going to check out Charles Dowding. I've heard them mention him on Make Do Grow. It's my favourite RU-vid channel here. They are really nice people and very good at gardening and sharing information. I watch Huw Richards from Anglesey on RU-vid as well. He's very popular. I think the weather really threw me this year. It's been really changeable. Do you think it's too late to put more carrots in the ground? Obviously the climate is different here. We are really really hot Summer here now.

I love your idea 💡🐦! I will definitely do that! Love it 😍! Obrigada 🙏🏼🇵🇹❤️ Xxx

Hi, thanks for the suggestion. Tbh we couldn't afford to get the machine. Tools are expensive here. And I wouldn't have a use for the crushed rubble. It's only €9 a tonne to get rid of it and the council re-use it.

Hi 👋🏼 Thanks for the comment 🙏🏼 and for watching 👍🏼 Definitely something worth looking into if we keep renovating. I don't think this will be our last house as I'd like to eventually get a farm 'Quinta' ☺️ but for now we just try and tackle things in an affordable way. We don't have loads of money so do things little by little 👍🏼

Hi Maria 👋🏼 I hope you are well ❤️ I've received soo much helpful advice on here in the comments. I'm pretty sure I've got all the info now I need to make some more progress. I love RU-vid for that. It's a fantastic place to share knowledge 👍🏼Thanks for your continued support 🙏🏼 We really appreciate it 🇵🇹❤️Xxx

That's what I've read in the comments 👍🏼

Thanks soo much for this 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 I'll definitely have a go and document my progress on the vlog 🤞🏼👩🏼‍🌾🥕Xx

Oh 😊! Thank you 🙏🏼 It's nice to hear Xxx

Hi Laura! Thanks soo much for supporting us 🙏🏼 we really appreciate it 💞 Xxx

Yes, just found it! I'm using Google lens. Seems to work ok 👍🏼

It's really nice! I like how it looks. I really like that 1950's aesthetic👌🏼Dave's been playing a lot of Fallout on the PlayStation and we watched the program they did for TV and I think it's soo cool 😎 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼 It's big as well. You can fit plenty in it 👍🏼

Hi Sam and Pedro! Thanks soo much for supporting us 🙌🏼 we really appreciate it 🙏🏼💞! Dave thinks it's really important to insulate the walls as well. He's right, I'm just worried about the cost but long term it will be worth it and easier to keep nice 👌🏼 Cheers for commenting 🙏🏼 How did you find Northern Portugal? Thanks Xx

@@portugalmuse8430 you are very welcome. 🤗 Minho is beautiful .😍 But I’m based, 😂 my parents and husband are from there originally. I do however, feel Portugal is a beautiful country, from North to South; the land, people, culture, food. 😊

@@sammie44 the people are the BEST! 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

Wow 😲! Ok! That changes things a little. I was going to take them all out today and put cardboard down... I guess the best thing to do is look at how the vegetables are doing around them and if the tomatoes look happy and strong then I leave them. I think that's what I'll do👌🏼 Thanks for this 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Really appreciate it 🇵🇹❤️🙌🏼 Xxx

Helen 👋🏼🙌🏼💓!!! Hello lovely 😍 Thanks soo much 🙏🏼 Yes! I'm going to use cardboard 👍🏼 That's the general consensus 👌🏼Your place here is gorgeous 🥰 Xxx

Thanks 🙏🏼

Thanks soo much 🙏🏼

Thank you 🙏🏼😊 It's a special place 💞🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🇵🇹❤️ Xxx

We tried that 😅! It's rock hard where we'd need to dig it up. Dave has a breaker

But it would also be a lot of work... Thanks for the idea 💡 tho. Keep them coming we really appreciate the help and advice we get here 😍 Xxx

Hi Granny in South Africa! I love it when people get in touch from far away! It's amazing 😍! Thanks so much for commenting and supporting us we really appreciate it. I did my TEFL when I got here and tried teaching for the Chinese companies but the pay was very low and the work was not very good. You have to do a lot of work for free 😬 but maybe the Japanese companies are better🤞🏼 I've heard the online work for American schools are good 👍🏼 I'm going to keep looking. Thanks soo much for your help and I'm glad you liked the vlog Xxx

Thank you 🙏🏼 I'm going to have a go with cardboard. I've used wood chips in the past which were great and compost but it disperses over time, I'm thinking cardboard is free so will have a go putting a layer under the soil so it decomposes over time 🤞🏼

Hi 👋🏼! Good to know 🙏🏼 I don't know where I'm going to put them! We'll have to try and get some more land 😅 They were also a gift! An old Portuguese couple knocked on our door the other day, they'd just been strimming the patch of land to the right of us. They offered to sell it to us for €500! I really want to get it, so we're saving up 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼 Xxx

That's a good idea 💡! I've also been looking at sofa beds and futons. We'll have to do whatever is cheapest as we don't have lots of money and are trying to save for when Josh is here so we can go and do nice things Xx

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@@portugalmuse8430 there a few video,s on youtube diy murphy bed and you don,t have to buy all the expensive hardware.

Hi! Yes, we had a cafe here for two years! This is a link... www.google.com/search?q=arom%C3%A1ticas+photos&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigAdIBCDU5NThqMGo3qAIPsAIB&client=ms-android-xiaomi-terr2-rso2&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8&chrome_dse_attribution=1&si=ACC90nzueTPWjakpeySRPwgyMivR09g8UVU4807xfzurOGTVBnuZP8AnXwIUxKodFOihoFrm_Qi6Smci4h3QGnf2nRN9VTkbL9B8WmVa09zXZirXcWbB124anTWD_bE4n6HabjD2M-68&ictx=1&ved=2ahUKEwjF3cauk5yHAxUFUaQEHdvyAMQQvsQGegQIHxAn#lpg=cid:CgIgAQ%3D%3D It was good and bad! We loved it and worked so hard to make it work but it just couldn't make enough profit to warrant both me and Dave working there full time. We tried everything; events, art classes, walking tours, mushroom walks, classes, live music, special offers, British, international and Portuguese food, I even catered for a wedding! But for every good day or event you'd get a string of really quiet days and you'd just go back to €0! It was hard but a good experience. Also tax was massive 🫣 👍🏼

Hi 👋🏼 Thanks for commenting 🙏🏼 Dave said the same thing initially. I tried to break up the rubble and the ground where the road is but both were too hard. I'd have to use a big breaker and then that would be loads of work as well 😅!!! So I'll take the rubble to the tip and put more brita down on the road where we park the cars. The rubble gets recycled so it's not too bad 🤞🏼 Xx