Starting a Food Forest On 5 New Swales 

Thanks for passing by and hope you've enjoyed watching this project unfold! It's such a pleasure to share this here with you. We've been dreaming of starting a food forest for so long and I can't believe we've finally planted the beginning of hopefully something incredibly abundant. Will definitely do update videos on how the food forest will grow overtime!! Want to start growing your own food? In my free guide I go over 6 steps to help you go from beginner gardener to year-round abundance. Download here: www.rootsreconnected.com/

This is probably the best video I've seen on how to properly construct, cover and plant swales...all with no words! Amazing :)

I love the way your dog cautiously feels with his legs how deep the water in the pond is so he can see if he can go in to retrieve his ball.

Amazing! As a Portuguese guy, it's wonderful to see someone value our land! You're living my dream man! Good luck to you and your wonderful family! :) hope someday we are "neighbors"

Lot of Love and Regards from an Indian Farmer. I am thrilled to see how you guys transformed that barren land into a Food Forest. Nature may be harsh some times. But it sure provides abundantly to those who toil on it with good intentions....God Bless

Hey we did something very similar about nine years ago in Galicia (just North of Portugal), we also have dry summers but still get more rainfall than Portugal. Still, we found that in these mediterranean climates, we had much better success planting trees directly in the swales, much less watering to establish them this way. We never had waterlogging problems with the trees, especially on a slope. When you add organic material swales get very absorbent and suck the water down really well, unless there is really hard clay. Anyway we have some really nice drone shots of what this type of project looks like when it is mature on our channel if anyone wants to see!

It makes me very emotional to see how hard some people will work to achieve their goals. Love it. Think it’s called good honest toil. 😘😘

This is so helpful to see the process; it would be fantastic to have some commentary for extra detail :)

The little excavator sure has had a work-out. I am looking forward to seeing those plants mature and produce.

It‘s fantastic what you have already accomplished! Simply wonderful! Looking forward to seeing your food forest grow.

Glade you were able to get these in place and infiltrate the winter rains. Amazing what you as a trained and experienced Permaculture designer could envision lay out and construct. This is the way forward.

First time watching. So good to see such harsh land be developed from scratch...enjoyed all your new projects videos and now avid fan from Western Australia .. same type of soils and climate. Lot to learn avidly watching and learning new skills thank you for sharing

awesome video! Would love some more talking/explaining though, not sure what's happening all the time, what trees are you planting, lay-out of the swales etc. But I amagine you're to busy to do all the editing and also doing all the work.

I am in love with this type of life ❤. Can't wait for my day to come living off the grid and being one with nature 🙏🏾✌🏾

Nice work. Nature seemed to respond with the rain right on time.

Your project is truly inspiring. I recently left South Africa to be with my now wife and we bough a small holding together in France. Although our land is a lot smaller than yours we also have a dream to create an abundant food source from it. We have zero experience but we see and learn a lot by watching your videos. It would be so great to get some advice from you.

The swales will bring new life. Best way to hydrate your land.

This is the only channel I have clicked the bell icon for. So glad to be watching this journey.

Everyone in the world needs this RIGHT NOW. Just do it. Its all going to be ok if we all do exactly this. 🙏❤️

1:22 - This is the tool I have been needing; would love to learn more about it!

Excellent work, my friend, I congratulate you with all my heart, a great job for the planet, for Portugal and for the region where you are... plant trees, shrubs and native plants, so you are creating an ecosystem with plants and trees from the region, a strong hug God bless you

Moreno...you are a man of vision and determination. It's fun watching your dream unfold with you and I'm excited to see updates as your homestead and food forest continue to grow. Keep up the good work and stay the course...your hard work will pay off for you and your family.

It’s so nice to see you with your own land. Looks like an amazing spot for your family, I’m happy for you.

It's thrilling to be able to accomplish one's dream. I'm excited to watch this and I hope to see more videos of how this project unfolds. Your videos have been very inspirational for me. keep up the good work.

Amazing! Looks like you planned this out well in advance. Looks easy and spontaneous on video but you must have done a lot of observation on the land for many weeks before. Looking like a food forest is on its way.

Soo excited to see this going forward! Greetings from Oz

Hello Moreno, I am following since 3 years and I am very happy for your new project and how you are developing it. I live in Turkey since 2019 and after renting a small land and practice Organic Agriculture, now we are looking for a land to do something similar you are doing. The idea about how to make a leveled rou / canal is great 👍 Thanks for sharing. Keep doing more often.

The image of a man is the dream of many - the center of abundance of this place, very inspiring videos.

I’m enthralled in your creativity and design! So beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

whenever it rains there i am so happy. if your intensions are genuine whole universe will support. example all of us are praying good for you.

Awesome work. All this is going to look awesome after couple of years.

I am so amazed at how much you have accomplished in so little time.

So inspiring Moreno!!!! I didn’t know you moved to Portugal with this wonderful project, that’s amazing. I wish I can do the same in my family land in Italy soon 🤞🤞🤞

I'm excited to follow your journey as I've been dreaming of something similar for quite some time. Looking forward to see the principles in action and learning with you along the way. It will be challenging but no doubt you can do it! I wish you and your family all the best!

Amazing work, so elegantly simple! And the joy of a swale filling up, zero water movement. Doggie has a play-pond!

interesting to see a bottle-brush (9:36) growing on the other side of the world. Loving the channel.

You are such an inspiration to us all thank you for sharing with us your journey 😊🇬🇧

RU-vid served me this and I’m glad it did, watched your videos ages ago seeing you spraying the veg in bathtub made me recognise, wishing you all the best

Beautiful landscape design! Hope all the family is adapting to the new life! Can you make a update of how is all behaving in the 1st spring!

Just watching this and listening to nature at it's best is quite relaxing.

Happy to see your videos again. Keep going.

Nice job on the swales! I think you must be the most methodical RU-vidr out there and cinematography is second to none! 😎👍

How cool! That is so nice! Please keep us updated with new videos! Would love to see the progress!!!

thanks for sharing!! about to move to Portugal soon with my family myself, i learn so much from you.. thank you.

Wonderful Transformation of your farm and your thought. Wish you all the best for this journey

It's so nice to see a vision coming to life..all the varieties for abundance

Frank de Digger! Happiest man on the planet!

I am fascinated by these beautiful rocks on your property, they look like sacred rocks to me, like a "Kraftort" in german (don't know the right english word), can you feel anything there? I wonder how they came to be there... just beautiful! And I love your project, please show more about the tree varieties you planted and how they develop.

Could you please narrate this video, explaining what you are doing and the tools/methods you use? I would love to learn more! I am very interested!!!!

4:15 I was like "please I hope he drops some compost and mulch" I was not disappointed :)

From a desert to an oasis, beautiful.

The healing in practice. Thank you for the educational sharing. Shared on Twitter.

I love your new place good to see it rained after you planted. right on que

looking forward to see your wonderful food forest.. its gonna be amazing 🤤🤤

I am excited to see these developments.

Very inspiring , has always, thank you for sharing 😊

Amazing stuff. May the weather gods be with you.

It just looks AMAZING!

Can’t wait to see what this looks like in 5-10 years

An Easy video, just chillin' while watching how you plant and they grow.

So excited for this new adventure of yours. Wish the video way longer as I enjoyed it so much 😁

The silence speaks volumes. Beautifully shot video.

We love the systems you've implemented to maximize your land. Looking forward to evolution:) Cheers from Victoria Canada

Beautifully set in motion... keep it up, keeps us watching. As simple as it's true✨

Your dog is living his/her best life lol Love what you do, really inspiring :)

These series are truly inspiring. You're channel is still so undervalued. Keep it going! 💯

Your doing amazing work sharing your process and how you started, it helps us learn how to begin. Thank you, hope to visit your project in Portugal in the Future, i was just there a month ago stayed in Sintra and such a beautiful place, peaceful and beautiful friendly people.

Wish i was young again. I would definitely do this. Good on you. Keep posting videos

Thanks for sharing your story! Always enjoy watching your kanaal ;)

Living the dream! Can’t wait for this to become more lush, great video. Alle geluk vanuit nederland 😀

thank you for sharing this😀

Amazing. Keep up the good work.

Incredibly beautiful. My dream! 😍 You also inspired me to start this year my own market garden on rented land here in the UK. In a few years I hope to purchase my own permaculture property

Great progress you living the dream man very cool!

Its very nice to see such a beautiful video

I love your vision on that barren land

amazing work ! thank you for sharing ! god bless you

Wonderful my friend. Just wonderful. I believe we all have to grow our own food no matter how large or small the land is or even the flower pot we have. I have come up with a slogan that say, “Eat what you grow. Grow where you live.”

I wish you so many good things! This is inspiring!

I love these sort of chill videos. Watching before bed tonight 💤 🛌

How impressive to see a dream become reality! Following you with pleasure and can't wait to learn more about the process of land regeneration! All the best from Bulgaria!

Great video, thanks

Wow, really great! God bless you!

Looks great wonderful job love it will be wonderful once fully established

So awesome!👍🏼💜🌺

Very nice to see the progress, would be nice to have a little more info on what and why you are doing things this way.

Excelente trabajo, alguien pensando con la cabeza. Eso es ayudarse ayudando a los demás.

Looks great

So so beautiful,Nature at its best and hands willing to work.Is there anything better?

Wow. Good Luck.

Beautiful 👍

Thanks for sharing this video, and for bringing this wonderful ideas here. I’m beginning to buy the idea , hopefully more ideas and learning curves will be shared on this platform. There are equally good comments people are sharing here that will be taken onboard. Thanks the Dutch farmer . Hoping to see the outcome.

Wow Portugal landscape and soil looks exactly like West Texas!

Fantastic video. Thanks for sharing. Greetings from a Dutchman on Prince Edward Island, Canada.

nice one thanks.

Love the style of commentary

FANTASTIC work - well done and CONGRATULATIONS 🎉👏🏻🙏🏻❤️🙋🏻‍♀️🇦🇺

Wonderful video, very relaxing and a great lifestyle :)

Excellent, awesome

Great job!!! I just discovered your channel and I'm loving it! Love From Philippines ♥️