LIFE ON OUR 1.7 ACRE OFF GRID HOMESTEAD - 12.5K EURO HOUSE 

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I am a native American elder "choctaw tribe" to watch what you two have become is so life-giving. be proud of what ya`ll have done. as an old Indian, I feel joy in what you two have done with your lives. more power to ya . . . prayers as always. take good care. I'll be a watching ..

Oh Lordy, Daniel’s approach to grape squishing was hysterical! Laura, you were much more refined in your approach! Both of you are so naturally entertaining, I do love your videos!!

Create a fruit picker for pennies. You tube have lots of videos to show you how. I made one from a liter bottle and attached it to a long broom handle. It works great and doesn't damage the fruit.

Great harvest guys, Dan was once again hysterical when doing his erotic grape stomping preparation. The sunset after the storm was so beautiful. Whilst the storm was turbulent at least you know that the well is refilling.

Can't believe it has been a year since the last harvest. Time flies. You are getting the process down to a tee. Very fun to watch.

Your wonderful personalities and playfulness come through so beautifully here. Both of you have a lovely inner light and it shines through brightly. ❤

The earthy tasting juice is Dans manky feet

Dan’s dance was hilarious! I had tears in my eyes, laughing. Quinces are delightful cooked down into “quince paste” or quince jam. Stewed or baked quinces are also nice and quicker. Lots of recipes online.

It's Great to hear from You Both. Be Safe and stay Strong and Enjoy.

It must be so satisfying for the land you’re working so hard on gives you something so good in return.

You two should get some honeybees, make your own honey. I've been a beekeeper for 3 years now, quite rewarding (and fairly simple).

We use a 6inch wide by 10ft long plastic drainpipe with a notch cut in the end for fruit picking get the fruit stem in the notch and twist fruit falls down the pipe into your hand.

When Dan was pouring into the pot the Green Grapes it reminded me of Pea Soup my Gran used to make every Sunday without fail. The white grapes Dan referred to can be found in South Africa and they are used in medicines but can be found containerised for drinks industry. No mention of green and red combination, except maybe as an over winter supplement drink to ward off influenza's (Common Colds).

Just a tip and not to expensive, a fruit picker, it also comes with a telescopic stick. We also have one and it works perfect. I guess there will be lot of brands, but you won't damage the fruit and it is quicker. Just a tip, hope you benefit from it. Greetings from us, we love the content.

Great fun! Dan’s grape dance is worth 🤔? Hope the storm over residency passes soon too! Keep the faith and continue to look after each other.

I buy grapes at the store and blend them and have fresh grape juice! Your grapes are free and tons of them. Each jar is worth $5-10 here in the US. You have a small fortune in grapes! I know how good they are to drink and good for you. Love you guys! I love the cap! Thanxz from Colorado, USA.

That was hot Dan! Definitely get cashing in on that! Also, about getting an oven, I can’t say enough how impressed I am with my wood oven. We bought ours last year, and it’s been amazing. All winter we don’t use any gas.. and I have set myself the challenge of only making oven foods in the winter when we use our wood oven as while we are heating our house, our little ones bath water in a pan, I’m also cooking our dinner in the oven.. no gas used, no money used. So guys… if your thinking of getting an oven, a wood oven is definitely worth looking into as it’s just such multi use and amazing xxx

Love the grape harvest action. Good thing you got it done before the hail.

Great to see you getting some rewards from your land. I am sure fruit will be quinces,can’t ear them raw. Peel,slice add honey mixed spice, or cinnamon and a little water.and cook till just soft or until mush then put in jars and preserve. Can also make quince paste or fruit leather to have with cheese longer process but also long lasting

Hi Dan & Laura! The Lord blessed you with a nice harvest. It would be hard for me not eat the bunches. LOL! It is so wonderful to see you both. BTW the pears look so good! I was not aware that you have additional food to harvest. The Lord does surely provide! Dan your foot montage had me cracking up. You are so funny! It looks like a road trip to Dan & Laura when she gets the oven! Big smile! Indeed! God's covenant with us is the rainbow. God bless you both mightily and love in Christ.

Try to pick the pears (ladder) because if they hit the ground they bruise and will go bad very quick. A pear pie: pealed, thinly sliced pears) arrange on puff pastry, sprinkle with sugar. Then mix 1 egg&1dl cream, some sugar and pour over pie. Bake at 200°c for 30 min....delicious dessert.....served with whipped cream😋😋😋🌺ooops just heared that you dont have an oven. Maybe invest in a "dutch-oven" and bake in your outdoor fire pit....great also for delicious crispy bread✌️👍😋🌺

I really enjoy your videos, you are a great couple. Hopefully we can have weekly videos again. You are part of my wednesdays

You can make a tool to pick fruits from trees! Let me try to explain :), a plastic bottle, create a circular tail to fit the fruit, then the bottle neck fits on the broomstick. The circular cutout can have a cutting effect to better cut the fruit from the tree.

The fruit that looks like a pear/apple and is fuzzy is a quince. It has lots of pectin and should be cooked for 1/2 an hr and the eaten or turned into a jam. It’s a great digestive aid food to add to a meal.

Great job! Picking, Prep and Preserving is a lot of work. So worth it though. There is absolutely nothing like having your own homegrown food. Love the out door kitchen.

Dans made me laugh so much! I like to see you two young folk have fun! Nice grapes and pears.

So glad you got your harvest done before that hail hit. As for Dan's foot dance, that's a pretty special thing to witness, I nearly needed a lie down after that 😂 You guys did well with all the juice you got and as you say, the learning process continues, keep enjoying your journey, we sure are 👏👍🌈

My wife and I enjoy your videos. You both have a great sense of adventure and Dan's antics with the feet washing made us laugh. Good on you both for your hard work in building your place in the world.

Hi Dan and Laura the fruit that you talked about is a quince and they aren't nice to eat in their natural form as the best way to eat quince fruit is to bake them in an oven and the juice that comes out of the fruit is like honey and that you can pour over the quince when you eat them, hopefully you two will enjoy them

I just love your videos…..just raw, honest content…..I’m hoping that your residency comes through soon…you so deserve it. I’m ecstatic to see that your viewing numbers are rising….it seems that I’m not the only one that appreciates your northern humour. Keep on doing what you are doing … all things come to those who wait ….much love and best wishes from Kent UK 🇬🇧 ❤️❤️❤️🌻🌻🌻

So glad to hear from you 2. Enjoy the juice. Hope you have a nice winter

I found you a couple days ago and have been binge watching your channel from Portland, Oregon. You're doing a lovely job with your land. Just have a few more to go to catch up. My great Granny was frugal and whip smart in the garden. She had a long pole with a simple tin can nailed to the end for reaching the fruit too high up in the trees. I thought her her "high tech harvesting tool" would appeal to your sensibilities. Naturally it would have to wait until next season if you decide to try it. Keep your sense of adventure and humor and you can never "fail" at anything. ❤

You picked just in time to avoid the hail.👍

Omg I was drinking my morning coffee when Dan started with his feet. I spat it all over my laptop 😂😂 xx

I used to live in Thailand and the fruit farmers had basically a kids rock pool net on a length of bamboo for getting mangos and similar sized fruits down from the higher points of the trees.

You had a good harvest of grapes 🍇 & pears🍐 and made lots of lovely juice. The sky was really beautiful after the storm. Thanks for sharing 😊💕

How exciting harvesting your own produce.Grape juice yum…… The pears and peaches will be a treat to have throughout the year once preserved. Loved the video Dan… Hope you get to use your outdoor kitchen soon….

Dan’s foot washing was hilarious! I so enjoy your videos. 😊

I was so happy to see a video from you☺️ Loved it! I always enjoy the silliness and also the insightful moments♥️

The furry apple/pear is a quince tree. Don't eat them raw. Make great jelly/jam. You can stew them and eat them with custard.

Congrats on your harvest … 👍 so happy that you got it in before the rain and hail .. Really enjoy watching you both working with what you have … real pioneers! Dan you are a scream … 😂😂 Perhaps you can make preserved pears which would be a tasty home made dessert. Love the way you both use humor in your Vlogs …makes it so authentic !!! Durban SA🇿🇦

I love porridge ironically Kavanagh's Irish which you can't get in Portugal along with Yorkshire tea bags. Anyway I like to throw a handful of sultanas ie dried grapes into the porridge. Dry some grapes to sultanas a million uses. I could not get into this sort of stuff, but dates are really expensive in the UK, but rotting in the the streets in Portugal dried they are lush.

Hi guys I think you should invest in a preserving kit to use on the stove you can also buy electric ones Be a huge benefit you could jar pears and grapes etc

So impressive to watch you. You’ve approached this whole thing in a thoroughly efficient manner, getting the priorities in place before the niceties - living rather than existing. I lived on a small off grid farm when I was a kid in the 60’s , you’ve got what it takes to make it. All the very best. 👍

Thanks for the laughs while you two were stomping the grapes!

If you have a cement mixer you can mix mud and build some stunning mud huts using twigs and branches, You could even render the house in mud for free. Looks amazing if done well with a plastering float.

You need a slow cooker (very energy efficient) to make plum butter, apple butter, pear butter, quince jelly. Very easy.

I woke my daughter up because I was laughing so hard at Dan 😂 She came stamping out of her room, not at all impressed 😂 You're sure the 'earthy' smell of the green grape juice wasn't down to your feet ?

You two are a breath of fresh air, and you do make myself & the hubster laugh. Best wishes to you both x

I have a couple of pear trees that have FINALLY started to fruit after 6 years. I used my potato rake to get the high ones. I could slip right over them and they fell with a little tug. They don't bruise that way. It makes it easier to can them. We make a nice pear relish from them as well. Dan you'll get more money if you have Laura wash your feet before you stomp. Remember that for next year! Good on both of you fer getting every jar to seal! They'll last for years that way! I don't want to make more work for anyone, but you probably have some great soil for making a hive oven. I'll bet you can learn to bake in that as good as any one with very few mistakes and a store bought over thermometer. Maybe when you head back to the hustle and bustle world you can do some research and come up with a plan...Mud HAS to be more fun than grapes!

The kids should be flat w/ rings so they will seal safely! Canning you have to be precise or it can be dangerous! Glad to see that you’re not just letting the fruit just rot!! Good luck

You are nutty the pair of you, loved the grape stomping dance routine 😂😂. I'm watching this Vlog on silent with the words on the screen, it's hilarious seeing what comes up trying to translate your accent, making me giggle away here. God knows what it would come up with translating my jock accent 😂😂😂. Take care, have fun with the pears xxx

Bit late in finally watching this weeks episode but you have to make some pear tarts! ...oh wait, you don't have an oven yet do you? Curses. I'm a bit envious of all your fruit you have on hand - it's another world to be able to go and harvest your own food! Cheers guys - you look chipper and contented 👍☺️

Only Dans is super funny, expected the scratched record the moment his sock came off lol. You guys😂😂

Your videos are always a joy. Your the most adorable couple, life will never be boring with Dan by your side Laura. Always a laugh but the foot washing the best yet

The pears can contribute to juice if you don't have anything else to do with them. It's normally used as a mixer with other juice as it doesn't overpower their taste.👍

Loved seeing you both having a little reward for your hard work

You can cook with grape leaves too, wrap stuffing them, drizzle with olive oil and bake👍🏻

Long handle with a nylon bag bit like a fishing net ideal for hooking fruit out of the trees.

Can't imagine how difficult it must be waiting on the residency issue.

LMAO 😂 thanks, Dan, I needed that! It seems to me that you two are really relaxing into your life at the homestead. Good times!❤

Hey my friends, good choice land you both purchase, you're reaping the reward for your hard work ❤❤🇯🇲💯

If you put two or 3 red grapes into the white grapes to make wine it will come out with a light pink wine.

Lovely to catch up your crazy duo antics! Fantastic start to my day! Thanks for sharing ... 🍇🍇🍇🍇🍇🍇🍇🍇

You can also get good use out of all those grape leaves. ;) Keep up the good work -- you're both doing a wonderful job!

That was like 50 shades of Grapes Dan lol

Laura and Dan I am so happy to see the happiness both of you showing about your Harvest this piece of land are your dreams and I am praying to god to help you with your homestead dream I just wish to know the legal process of your Citizenship coming along if the delay comes from Portugal or England? is hard to believe taking so long thanks God bless you

I watch the video the best part starts at 14:00 guys Dan is so cooool

As a native geordie.part of the toon army tribe .love how you are making things work and the hard work you're putting in .sorry to the real native my little joke as i come from the same area

Apple-Pear Jam is really good. But chilled pear halves served on cottage cheese is what pears are for.

I love your videos. You should be very proud of what you have achieved so far. One thing for next harvest. As far as I know you should boil the grape juice and once off the heat pour the honey in. Never boil the honey with the juice together. It’s not healthy 🫂❤️

I never comment on videos on RU-vid but I thought I’d just say what a cracking job yous both do! I love watching your videos when I get the chance and it always leaves me in a good mood! I wish I could have a taste of that life (and the grape juice) someday haha. Anyways, a big thank you all the way from Durham! Can’t wait to see your future content x

Nice tip for the honeys in the grape juice, maybe with wild honey could be amazing too!~ Why don't you used your outdoor kitchen?

Hey a new video, a rare event. You might fall off my radar. I miss the old days. My wife has a property in central Portugal similar to yours but it’s just sitting there like so many do.

You can put one gancho in the extreme to get fruits without damage the tree

We used to use rakes with strong tines to hook avocados and pull them off of our trees. They worked really well, and if you don't already have one, a rake like that looks like it would be helpful for the brush you have on your beautiful property.

A lot of channels are soooo serious about stuff, but you 2 bring a breath of fresh air and sense of humour 👍keep the vids coming

The tree you are describing is a quince and quince jelly is delicious. Loved the grape harvest and the modelling that went with it, ha ha. Have a lovely day Laura and Dan.

Take a wire and bend it around your stick, make small hook on the other end, plucking made easy

Great harvest guys , I could almost taste the juices, great video keep up the good work and stay safe ,

Ok, Dan You get the prize and I enjoy Your dancing part.

OHHH IT is beautiful to see you harves and make your own juice enjoyed it so much

Dan don't think I'll ever be able to look at grapes again thanks to you 😅

Congratulations guys, keep up the production projects... greetings...

Just so much fun! Dan you’re hilarious 😆 had some great giggles thanks so much

Don't know if you know but there is something like a tree climbing device existing. Yes, some people simply respectively actually use ladders for harvesting fruits from trees. Or something like a fruit picker with a long stalk/handle. 😁 ;-)

Omg, I’m dying laughing at the seductive Dan foot content. Thanks for always being silly and making me laugh!

The furry fruit is quince. I love it, but it’s a strange one to deal with so do lots of research on what you want the end product to be.❤

Woo hoo, that was a bumper harvest, bet you're both gutted you haven’t got time to make wine or cider 🤪🤪 my nan used to make pear syrup with her pear tree harvest, so versatile. Cool episode, cheers 🤘👍

Nice work on the grapes guys. Reckon that toe jam from Dan added a little zest to that juice….. 🦶 👍

Your climate is perfect to get into dehydrating. Dehydrating fruit, vegetables is the best, easiest, cheapest, lightest way to preserve harvest..requires no water, no energy, no billing jars.. dehydrated pears, dries grapes, figs..in an airtight jar, will last for years..

I thought I was watching a scene from the hobbit there for a minute! Your furry firm pear is a quince. I poach them in a sugar syrup with a bit of red wine, cinnamon and vanilla. You can bake them in the oven too. They just need a bit of cooking and they’re really nice!

Well you two don't need to wash your feet for another 12 months!! hahahaha Great to see you're getting some decent rain after the dry period you have endured.

If I took some of your pears peeled them and boil to their soft then mash them u could add them to it white juice..

Hi Dan and Laura been waiting for this video Laura crushing grapes for red wine for the new bar Dan you ain’t half funny😂😂😂 stay safe friends

I always love watching your Vloggs from day one since you Guys started home steading ❤❤

Love ya both ❤please renovate the old building it’s more peaceful for living!

Green grapes are called white grapes ! You get white wine you never get green wine ! Well done we love your journey

Oh you two are so funny you work hard and play hard and still find time to have a laugh great you make good couple