Andrew your energy is amazing. I have watched all of your videos and am enthralled with all you have done to all of your properties. I am envious of your thirty years or so of youth that I don't have to expend on projects like this. Please keep up the great work that you are doing, I'll be watching from here in Clover, South Carolina and loving it.
Please don't spoil that wonderful park like vista in the front with a chicken coup, chickens are wonderful but they don't belong in the front yard. Replace dead corks with new cork trees to maintain that wonderful entryway. Enjoy your videos.
I have quite a few dead trees on my property, I have trimmed them back where rotten and planted decorative heat and drought resistant vines like pandorea & bouganvillea to grow up them and twine around them . They are covered in flowers in th warmer months. I have a dead plum tree that has both black and red passion fruit growing all over it. My grandkids think passionfruit grows on trees lol
Great job out there, I'm still worried about the roof crack. The land starts to look very neat and tidy, great work, please keep posting videos, your my preferred channel at the moment!
Love watching your progress! You are going to have an amazing place when you are finished..though I’m sure it will be a work in progress for a good few years. You have so much land you will be able to do so many things with it. Wish I were a decade younger as I would be very tempted by the land and what can be grown in Portugal.
Don't allow your age dictate what you can do or not do, I have a friend a little older than me ( 30 years older) he have 75 Years old and is starting a new project, we just buy a few weeks ago a new Farm with lots of work to do, the house need lot of building work and also lot of work in the land, and is woderfull to see how he's still work and the happiness .... if your health allow and you want to do, just follow your dream!
Looking good man, have a look at hugelkultur beds, it’s a good use of your felled trees and a great way to grow organic food especially in dryer environments especially if you make sure the bottom layers are fully soaked through for a few days minimum before you start. All the best
Hi Adam, just a heads up, always under cut the branch with a V then do your top cut, use RU-vid university to get the knowledge, and get yourself a full face chainsaw mask and wrap a scarf (better still a leather collar) round your neck, because if that saw kicks back or the chain brakes it will slash you, also some chainsaw trousers, you are to far away from help if you cut a artery!
Nice one Andrew 👍 looking really neat and tidy m8 it was a nice moment when you and will chilling stay safe m8 look forward to seeing you soon me old mucker
Plus by putting all the dead wood up by your good trees are you saving the bugs a walk! all comes from a good place as you are working so hard on the grounds, really enjoying the videos all the work done.
Sounds like you need to pick a temporary veggie patch for this year, until the well is sorted. Your first patch should be near the house so you can keep an eye on it, imho.
Hi Andrew, I'm a new subscriber & really enjoying all of your work. Wish I could send you some rainwater from Welsh Wales . Envious of your energy & motivation. Great climate in Portugal. Keep up good work.
If your rainfall is sparce, perhaps you could consider berms at a couple of intervals, to slow water down and build up any underwater catchment. Have you seen them done in arid places in India? You only need a slight slope. From desert to tropical rainforest nearly and a lot of it within a few years, not decades. Wonderful the difference that the holding ridges make.
So happy to hear you are planning to get chickens. I absolutely love chickens and would love to have some again. Brings back lovely memories of my childhood. I hope you get different coloured ones!
Hi Andrew, I'm a new subscriber as I only found you a week or so ago! My name is Edward born in 43 and envy you! I started at the beginning and "binged" watch up to date. Thoroughly enjoying your journey, nice that you have a Brother nearby. In one of the vids you overlaid the outline of your land on the "google Earth map" I think that's what you said. Is there any chance of seeing that, it's difficult to imagine how much land you have. You dogs are such good mates too. Keep them coming,
Hi Edward, I can’t give my location away as you can understand. I will be showing a drone shot very soon from front to back which will probably be better and you get an idea of where things are. Thanks for watching.
Hi Andrew im watching your videos from South Africa. Haveyou spoken to the cork guy about spraying those bugs with some organic stuff so that they don't damage any more trees.? Just a thought
There’s a pep in your step in this video Andrew so I’m going to watch your next video to see what’s coming ! Have been meaning to tell you that cat going up on your videos from scratch had been so much easier with your numbering system. Loving the watch too ! 🏴
Andrew, I may have missed out what you said on this subject but, i was under the impression that in no circumstance are you allowed, unless govermental permission was granted, to fell a cork tree, even if it is dead.
I was told it’s OK. Bare in mind the tree wasn’t dying it was already dead and totally rotten yrs before when I bought it, it was already cut back and what was left was probably going to collapse soon. I have to protect the other trees from the bugs that kill them. I don’t touch healthy trees. Sometimes you got to use your common sense. No big deal. The trees will be much better off now someone’s living here looking after them.
The national and regional legislation in Portugal protects the montados and prohibits the unauthorised felling of trees. Cork oak trees can only be cut down if they are dead or diseased, and even then, only with the written permission of the authorities. The legislation imposes heavy fines for damage or improper management of the trees, and lays down strict rules regulating the harvesting and maintenance of the trees.
Andrew, you might need to invest in some chain and hook or proper snatching strap if you can get some. Will save you breaking other ropes and snatch straps. You can also then use it to hitch tree limbs to your tractor and drag them
I am Portuguese Andy, and i am living in the USA. I admire your skills and your can do attitude. Suggestion….most of your property is scrub…..Plant a lot of CORK trees….it will add to to your property value when you sell, and i think that the portuguese govern. will pay you for it.
@@blondguy From what i see in your videos, i see a lot of wasted scrub land which is perfect for growing cork oaks. I mean, it is not totally wasted since certain wildlife must use it to nest etc. Regards from Warwick NY.
In Alentejo where I used to live, they had water going to every olive tree, couldn't you do the same with the cork-trees to make an irrigation system, just to be sure not more of them are drying out?
Why are the cork trees protected? That place is going to look like a park when you finish. Every video shows how much more beautiful the property is with all the work you do.
Love your videos I am curious as to responsibilities when having cork trees on ones property.Are you obligated to harvest the cork and whatever else may be needed to keep them healthy.cheers one day I'll be there
mostly the rules are on not over harvesting them as it kills them. You cannot cut them down either. It is not "healthy" for the tree to be harvested, but it will survive if only done every 9 years. An unharvested tree will grow bigger and quicker. We don't harvest ours, we just enjoy how beautiful they are.
During my visit to Portugal a couple of years ago, I was informed by my tour guide that it takes 25 years for a cork tree to produce its first yield. Also, harvesting the cork requires specific training and years of practice to become a cork tree harvester. It is known to be a highly paid occupation. We all know that cork is used for wine bottles; however, cork is a versatile product and is used to make shoes, bags, belts, yoga mats, hats, table mats, flooring, etc🤔
@@blondguyBinge watching form the beginning, reached video 48 so far. Regarding the cork harvested from the trees. As an orchid grower I love growing orchids on cork, its a perfect mount for them to grow on, similar to how they are found in the wild. Reptile owners like cork too, especially when it comes off in half or the full round of the branch, perfect ready made homes for reptiles. There's another couple of uses for cork!
Thanks for your reply Andrew, I don't want your location just the outline of your land. It's difficult to judge as you seem to walk every which way with the dogs, who seem to be great mates by the way, and still remain on your land! Especially when you had that trek cutting your way through the undergrowth out to one of your markers.
When I start the trail, I hope I can make it clear. I understand it makes sense too get an idea or feel for the area and where things are. Will do soon 👍
Next time you want to take a dead tree done, just back up into it with your box blade! From the look of the land , you are loosing most of your water through evaporation, need to put some mulch around those trees, I would collect all the debris from cutting, wood etc.,, and use that! And add drip irrigation for each tree. One year, you will have grass growing everywhere because of added water retention and your trees will start growing big time! From what I have seen on other properties in Portugal, they are still doing things the old fashion way, working dirt way too much and destroying most of the organic life and drying things up!
You know something, i watch your videos in order to see how you do things where you live. I mean, why go up on a ladder with a chain saw when you could have just cut the dead oaks at the bottom and letting them fall where you see the tree leaning?
Jeeeezuz. Chain saw massacre! But what an anxiety watching someone climb trees with a chain saw! Why did those trees die? Be good to get some education with the drama. 😉😘
@@blondguy yeah, I heard ya about insects but was a bit surprised ( and ignorant of course ). I wasn't sure if they turn up after the tree dies...? 🤔 So if you cut down dead trees might they move along to fresh 'meat'? I love your channel, Andrew. I know you work out a lot of things as you go along ... I would really appreciate you sharing what you learn about the life and death of trees. I imagine you and your land are becoming a family. The nature of man, trees, Wells, chickens, dogs meld into one? ❤
@@blondguy Yours is the only channel I like before even watching...cause I know it's going to show us a really positive week . Like me bet you can't waite to see family or friends again to show them what makes you smile in the morning 😊 Your dogs are very huggable. Can waite for your next project 🤔💡😊
@@FAILkipedia I live away from everything, local cork tree owners give me their advice. One has already collapsed without my help. They’ve been dead for many yrs. I’ve added many new cork trees. 👍
About the Well... Why not DIY. Build a rig abowe the well. Build a round platform (with 4 connectionpoints). Design a winchsystem were you kan rise and lower the platform into the well. Make concrete and take it and some bricks down in the well and start building the walls. At least, Its sounds easy, doesnt it? :-)
The Hills are alive with the sounds of....gunshots. Can you prevent Hunters using your land? Trees and various...Tackle and pulley systems, Andrew. How about coating large plastic, main roads drainage pipes with suitable cement and use them. Good luck. Take a leaf out of the Australian indigenous peoples. Don't forget the didgeridoo and clomping wooden sticks.
Ha ha. Thanet don’t go on my land. But it’s ok if they cut across. The well has several options but I need to concentrate on something else first so I’ll see what the situation is with the rings first before I jump on it again.
No idea what you are referring to. I haven’t removed anything. The ground everywhere gets turned every yr. that is not good. Now I’m here I’ve been running over selected areas so that I can flatten down. Then I will only need to run over with a lawn mower which means the ground area will start to flourish.
@@blondguy it gets turned probably because that's the easiest way to keep the fire risk at bay rather than mowing the grass on plots on land every couple of weeks.
@@blondguy Andrew, my apologises for being so blunt and tactless. If you study these two videos you may understand what I was trying to say to you: Peter Andrew's discovery does not fit in with conventional thinking but does something that mankind has done for centuries, and that is to slow down as much as possible the passage of the rainfall as it traverses through one's property. If you can do this you will slowly achieve incredible results. Allan Savory similarly moves livestock around overnighting them methodically around a property or area of land to revitalise the landscape. And has also attempted to slow the movement of water. Watching your videos which I enjoy enormously. Andrew, and seeing the wonderful place you have I noted the slope and the lack of any terracing to mean that precious rain fall would not stay long and in the process might well rob you of the all important topsoil, when in fact you need to maintain a thick covering of your soil where possible, helped by dams and terraces to retain and revitalise the land. Kind regards
That's the beauty of modern technology you can mute or even change channel 🙂but some of us love to hear Andrews as you put it motormouth, his words are mostly informative,but glad you still watch even if muted it is rather addictive.😊
What is it with you cutting down cork trees....... it is illegal, even if dead you need permission. It has legally been protected since the middle ages and is also deemed the most endangered and emblematic species of Portugal and your just cutting them down. The national and regional legislation in Portugal protects the montados and prohibits the unauthorised felling of trees. Cork oak trees can only be cut down if they are dead or diseased, and even then, only with the written permission of the authorities. The legislation imposes heavy fines for damage or improper management of the trees, and lays down strict rules regulating the harvesting and maintenance of the trees. STOP!
A few dead branches as suggested by the local cork guys. Planted 30 new ones. Feel free to messenger me and I’ll put your mind at ease. Thanks for watching. 👍
Looking good man, have a look at hugelkultur beds, it’s a good use of your felled trees and a great way to grow organic food especially in dryer environments especially if you make sure the bottom layers are fully soaked through for a few days minimum before you start. All the best man.
