You are too sweet to almost apologize for second hand stuff. First of all it help the environment and especially since you are starting out it helps with the money for everything you need. Yes, sometimes you can buy junk by mistake but overall you are way ahead. Keep up the videos...in this crazy time in the USA your videos are an uplifting break. God bless your family.
The joy you show for these hard earned improvements should not be spoiled by all the well meaning suggestions, you have no doubt already put most of those things on the to do list. All the best from your loyal watcher in Arizona.
Mi wife is a Doctor specialising in enviromental medicine (people that are ill because of contaminants) so we wash all our clothes in bicarbonate of soda which has the added advantage of being dirt cheap (no pun intended) and producing good gray water for the plants.
Seeing your upgrades and your garden produce brought a smile of admiration for what you’ve both accomplished. Watching Puck putter about with you is an added delight.
Great to see your patience and perseverance rewarded! You give a realistic vision of homesteading to those who think they might want to try it. Good job.
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Wow! Well done!! Now you can make ice cubes too... just in time for the summer heat. I like the way you did the washing machine... so convenient to the outside clotheslines. That makes life a little better. Yay! 🌷
Amazing!! You have your own gym there.. hard work lifting up all the big stones.. we are looking forward to see the pergola. Keep filming please..we love it.
Just a tip, cover up the OSB because when it gets wet!! look out. As a cheap fix you could buy bitumen roof material on the roll, and fix with large head galvanised nails.
The best way to learn portuguese dishes, is learning with locals from where you live...the old people know all the dishes and tricks you need to survive in portuguese jungle :)
Oh Lea, your kitchen is terrific! Great job you two!! You might have already thought of this, but maybe corrugated plastic for a wall behind the fridge. That way you get plenty of light and some ventilation, but are protected from the elements. I’d just hang mosquito netting everywhere else... staple it down and drape it, quick fix (except not too close to the stove, of course!). No wonder you are grinning so much today. That patio area, for a gazebo or pergola has a stunning view! Your homestead is coming along fabulously! I agree, second hand is great. Here in Canada I grew up spending summers up at the cottage (where until the late 70’s we didn’t have electricity), we used propane and there was no solar power then and we all survived quite nicely! Life was wonderful and definitely less complicated. I remember my Mum going from cottage to cottage, even when I was little so in the later part of the 60’s, talking with everyone to make sure everyone was being careful about phosphates and ‘biodegradable’ soaps. She was an environmental activist even back then! You 3 are creating a wonderful life for yourselves!
I am so happy for you all and I hope these things make your life a little easier for you. I just upgraded a few appliances as the older ones were not pretty and were becoming a little rusty. I know exactly what you mean about new appliances being difficult to fix. I had a Samsung washing machine for just over 2 years and the shop I bought it from told me he couldn't get the part. It was the main board . I felt really annoyed. I have had other washing machines for over 10 years . Something didn't add up . I bought the new machine elsewhere.
I love to see the pride you have for your new outdoor kitchen and places for your 'stuff', lol. You are right---"new" stuff is getting more and more impossible for home repairs/parts. We used to be able to fix our cars under a nice shade tree, but now it takes a computer to talk to another computer to fix a simple problem. That is modern progress---I'll take yours any day! BTW--your fluidity in English is amazing. I just wish that I had kept up with my 'foreign' language studies in college---especially since I was actually studying in that same country as the language I was supposed to becoming fluent in!
I've seen on Facebook a page called Dwell, and RU-vid, etc.....where folks use 1 or 2 other yurts to house the bath or additional bedroom.....And I recall they were different sizes as well.
You like my comment thanks laya. Iam from india I like your videos your daughter is very cute. You are a hardworking woman keep it up I have no knowledge about your place
Que sensación más maravillosa de cultivar tu propia comida, a través de sus experiencias vivo la vida que quisiera tener......amo cada uno de sus vídeos, gracias por compartir sus vidas.
I recently found your channel. I love Portugal. My husband grew up there but we live in Canada now. I see you have not grown collard greens yet. They are a good cool weather crop in Portugal. I grow them here in Canada and my husband makes collard green soup with them. But also good in salads. Might even grow in the winter for you as a good fresh greens supply.
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lev7MHMttOM.html here is a link to a recipe the same as we make. Very traditional portugese dish in our family.
Consider putting the camper on blocks, under the frame. Put white or sun reflective fabric or plastic on wheels/tires. This will keep suspension parts for a longer time.
Also if its going to be a permanent place maybe seal against rodent/wasp infestation. It may take a bit of time but anything that is left in one place is fair game for mother nature. And she doesn't wait too long! You are an awesome family and I just want the absolute best for you all 💚
We just gave the filters of our ‘Berkey’ their regular clean, and found a problem with ‘cork shaped plugs’ in the top reservoir. We’ve had this large Berkey for 3 years and love it but the plugs, which are black in our model, have begun to break down. The Berkey manufactures are on top of this and the new plugs are brown, and a denser material, so along with some spare filters we got the new plugs. You might want to check out which plugs you have, and contact ‘Berkey’ if you find the are the old, black version. Love your channel, and so glad good things are coming from all your family’s hard work. Stay Safe.... from Australian Fan.
Freeze a jug of water, throw it in the fridge compartment. Keep one frozen in the top and then alternate as the one in the fridge compartment thaws. Remember condensation!
Good to see some modern era aids being introduced, digger, fridge, washing machine - all in one episode ! I agree about older washing machines - at least you can change the bearings when they eventually fail. Not sure about the fridge. No solar at night and if its an older unit you could save electricity demand with something younger, Ideally a chest freezer. I can't recall what you use for batteries but you need lithium if they are going to last powering the fridge every night and 200w x 10hrs is at least 2kwhr. You also need to think of the months with less sun.
We are very happy with the ‘new’ appliances. The fridge will be ok. It doesn’t use the 200w constantly it only uses that while it is cooling down so fortunately we won’t have to keep it going with 200w throughout the night. It turns on every so often and for that we’ll have to check our charge controller how much it uses throughout the night. But when you don’t open the fridge it barely uses anything. In winter it will also use less because of the surrounding temperature. And we could even turn it off in the winter because it usually stays cold enough in shady places that it is not necessary to cool things in a fridge.
Wow wat mooi is het geworden ik ben inmiddels bijna bij met de video's. Wat een harde werk hebben Jullie al gedaan het is echt mooi geworden. Super leuk om te zien waar jullie begonnen en nu zijn. Ik type het even in Nederlands omdat mijn Engels schrijven niet zo goed is groetjes
(Maarten) yes I should have put it down but thought I was just pulling loose sticks but got stuck on some roots. Will not risk it the next time. Thanks for your tip :)
I have been following Lumnah acres and Good Simple Living channels for awhile and RU-vid served your channel up recently. My wife and I are retired in Texas but we lived in Paris for 5 years when I worked for Nestle. We sold everything we had and eagerly moved to France to experience a new life in France. We loved Europe. We had gone everywhere in the US over our life time and were ready for new adventures. I traveled all over Europe and Portugal was one of my favorite countries to visit. As our lives in France was at the end of my career I would have readily retired in France in a little cottage but my wife wanted to go back because of our kids so this was not to be. But as a result my wife graciously let me come back every summer for the past ten years and I would rent a gite and live in Normandy for 3 or 4 months each summer visiting some British friends. I had a touring motorcycle which I kept in a garage of a friend there and I would return each summer with my wife. This was sufficient for my love of France and Europe and my wanderlust in my retirement years. So, you are living in one of my favorite countries and I think you are building a dream from scratch. I have watched nearly all of your videos, subscribed and watch all new posts. I so admire you for what you have accomplished and what you are doing. You are brave and have a vision for your family and are not afraid of working hard to accomplish your dream. I envy you and wish I were young again and could start all over like you. Good luck learning Portuguese as I found it very difficult. I expected it to sound like Spanish but my ears seemed to hear something a little like Russian. Maybe that was just me. Anyway, may you be blessed with the things you need and you remain healthy during these difficult times. Love you guys. Michael
Happy you could compromise on your dreams and have the possibility to enjoy European summers. Portuguese is really hard to learn, we also say it’s like Spanish but with a Russian accent! We’re starting to get the basics now but don’t think we’ll ever be as fluent as in English or Dutch.
I know from experience that your child will have zero difficulties learning Portuguese and English at the same time. It will be easy but because of school exposure her native tongue will be Portugese. Keep at it on your side so you can converse with her in Portuguese as that will be the language she speaks when she has her friends over. She can continue to help you when she gets older. Have her take Spanish and French too as this will open doors and give her options when she is older. Everybody I knew in France spoke at least three languages. When you finally get all the overgrown brush removed and Pasteur grasses planted your property will look so beautiful. Renting a brush hog might be worth the expense to just spend a few days to get rid of it. Afterward, renting a brush eater for one day will mulch it down for good compost. Get rid of those big jobs will go a long way to ease your burden and make you feel better with your property and progress. That will give you a much better view of your property so you know best where to add your animal fencing. I look forward to seeing you develop your property.
If you ever want to upgrade your fridge (or change it), I found a company in Spain (must be one in Portugal) that converts fridges for boat use, running on 12 Volts by changing the compressor.
Great harvest from the garden, your tomatoes looked fantastic! Young potatoes though are not the greatest fried but your meal looked delicious! Have a great day!
I started going through past videos i haven't seen yet, very fun and enlightening! Seems like someone was enjoying the fridge contents by the end of that vlog.or maybe 420?🤭✌️
What an amazing video. Me and my husband would love to do something similar and move back to Souther Italy which is where I'm originally from! Something that is holding us back is our jobs and some concerns with how we would be supporting ourselves given there are virtually no job opportunities over there. I'd be really interested in hearing how you guys are handling this? You and your lovely family are an inspiration😊
Online business (or working online in general) is the easiest way to make something like this possible I think. You can work online anywhere and usually make more than the minimum wage here. It can be a challenge, but you have to be creative and think outside of the box :)
I am glad you all are okay. You all have been way busy. Yea refrigerator! Yea washer! Yea Kitchen! Are you going to add screens to the kitchen to keep out the flies? Bio safe detergent I never even gave it a thought. Thanks for the heads up. Very good point those smart machines with all the electronic parts running every thing not very repairable for the DIY person. Beer is just liquid bread...food of the gods. LOL Thanks as always for sharing.
You can use the rain wather from the roof to the washing machine and bath but you need to put too conteiners the first with +- 100 liters and the pipe that cames to the roof until the midle, the first wather from the roof is not clean and the dirty goes to the botom and on the top a pipe to the other conteiner to the clean wather comes to the second container.
Great job! Cold beer in the fridge and large kitchen, now you mean business! :D Make sure to keep all food inside closed storage, or ants, rodents or insects may find their way and eat away your hard earned food. The washing machine facing the outside was genius. If you have sticks or wood available from your own land, you could fence the upper portion of the kitchen sides, to help shade the interior. All the best, keep up the good work!
You'd also want clothes and textiles from natural fibres so that they can break down in the soil. Anything plastic, like polyester, nylon or fleece will shed microscopic plastic particles. Those will take a long long time to break down, if ever.
Courgettes - griddle them, plus onions, garlic and aubergines and add tomatoes - griddled Ratatouille . Or just griddle them anyway! I hope you put some herbs in your stew! Another question what happens if it rains on the controls for the washing machine as it is outside? Love keeping up to date with where you are!
Yes I was very interested in the question you pose about the washer machine controls being open to the weather elements. I also see the back of the refrigerator is as well. Please can you guys let’s us know? Thanks so much. Your kitchen is very nice
Loving your updates especially the new kitchen. A nice meal would be the veggies you prepared all in one pot With chickpeas and prepared Salt Cod or Hake (my apologies if You dont eat fish)
Hi from England. Love your films . Have you ever considered distilling your well water , using the heat of the sun . I distill mine , but only to extract the chlorine and the flouride the government puts in . You should see what's left.
To preserve wather is beter Black or blue containers because the sun and het becames the wather green. Without ligth the microorganisms dont live and the wather becames good to use to more time. You can cover your containers with black plastic.
If you place some shelter or shade around your fridge, you can save some energy. If not, the sun will heat it up causing it to use more electricity to cool the inside. Just a tip.
Think you can swap the hinges and handles on the refrigerator so the doors open in opposite direction. Easier to access when doors open toward the sink.
Others have said similar things, but I will reiterate. You need to protect the OSB from rain. If you can't cover it, you should at least paint it. Are you going to leave the side walls so low? What if a rain storm blows in from the side and gets the back of the fridge all wet? Will it ruin the fridge? Maybe you just ran out of OSB and have not gone to get more yet? Or maybe since you said you intend to build a proper house, this is all "temporary"? Your garden is looking great!
We will paint it don’t worry. We will also add some extra panels on the side, but it will most likely not rain until october so it will be ok for now. We are still considering how closed off we want it. Maarten maybe wants to put shutters in some of the openings but they take time to build. The main thing was to get the kitchen out of the yurt, because it is too hot to cook indoors.
Hi Lea, congratulations for the accomplishments. One thing caught my attention: you cooked the beans with the tips, in Portugal and the other countries I've lived so far, people always take of the tips at either side of the bean. I think it gives a different taste. It may be worth give it a try and see if it makes a difference. Best wishes
I love your out door kitchen it look great. You guys should really consider covering the particle board used for your walls. Wet/dampness will cause it degrade. Maybe a couple coats of exterior paint to hold off the elements.....and add some color....?
