Thunderstorms, wild fires & rescuing wildlife 🐦

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We are Carissa, Iwan & Frankie the sausage dog, and in 2020 decided one night over a bottle of wine that moving from North Wales to Portugal would be a good idea. Within a month we were on the road to Portugal to find the perfect piece of land to call home. We picked up Albi, Joao and Simao the cats along the way, as well as Diogo the podengo and a flock of chickens.
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@ginapereira2301 10 месяцев назад

I love your kindness to all animals. You’ll find Daddy Long Legs where there’s fresh clean water. They are gentle and eat bugs by the water. It’s a sign that your water is pure.

@sandybinbedford5512 10 месяцев назад

Your filming during the rain storm was just so beautiful

@FrankieOffGrid 10 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@judithtaylormayo 10 месяцев назад

I am delighted to see that Drogo has lost his limp. He is as good as new and much loved. He has found his place in your home and is an integral part of it. Lovely to present it !

@FrankieOffGrid 10 месяцев назад

He’s really coming along well, he has a lot of muscle on that leg now which is great - lots of eggs 😉

@barbaranielsen2888 10 месяцев назад

You are both so kind to animals birds reptiles! I hope it fully recovers!

@jeangodding6348 10 месяцев назад

I love Diogo's bopping around to see what you’re doing he’s comical ,and when you kissed him & he immediately turned & kissed you back what a mommas boy ! Lol It’s great you’re not as uncomfortable as past summers ,they were brutal . See you next week !

@FrankieOffGrid 10 месяцев назад

He’s such a good boy! This summer really has been so nice compared to past ones. Hope you’re well! ❤️

@whatsupchannel3047 10 месяцев назад

Well done for helping the little bird , i am very nervouse of helping birds but sometimes its their only chance . We do what feels right at the time 😊

@junco477 10 месяцев назад

All right !!! This time my PPE shouting reached across the Atlantic and back in time. Thanks for easing the tension. 😊

@FrankieOffGrid 10 месяцев назад

Haha!

@kathygabby3519 10 месяцев назад

Diogo, Frankie and Albi are the coolest helpers!! Carry on guys!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@helenblatherwick8994 10 месяцев назад

Hi, thanks for your lovely video. I love the rain, it washes all things clean and the ground/ wells need it so. Harvestmen, is the name for your small body and long leg spiders. They stick together for warmth and hunt in your garden. The sunflowers look so beautiful, your toms and veg too. The taste of home grow is the best. Your roadway is looking so much better, easy on the car springs too. Here we have a pothole problem, Ihad a spring replaced on the car last month. I'm enjoying the warm weather in the UK, lots of wildlife. Thanks for sharing stay safe and sane both of you. Chicken catching in the rain,could be a new kepfit sport.😊

@kathymashburn1974 10 месяцев назад

Hope the bird gets better! It's good that you took it to a place that will care for it until it can fly again!

@gingergroundhog1595 10 месяцев назад

I rescued a baby seagull 3 years ago and raised it to adulthood. Very unimaginatively I named him “Jonathan”. Have a seagull nest on my chimney every year with varying successful raising,

@monalingan9523 10 месяцев назад

Your videos are so delightful. I love watching you work on your property, tend to your animals, and share your thoughts.

@carolbulmer8253 10 месяцев назад

Good morning, Carissa and Iwan. I’m glad that you rescued the baby magpie… I hope it is cared for and released. I love to watch whatever is happening on your homestead… see you next week❤️❤️

@rachelfrees1268 10 месяцев назад

Everything is so plush on your farm. The rain was perfect. How far you two have come since you first started videoing. The journey is the best part. Take care.❤

@FrankieOffGrid 10 месяцев назад

It’s been some journey! 😅 we’re loving it!

@adbc8213 10 месяцев назад

Those lightening fires... 😐 Hope they put it out quickly. Your garden is looking so good!

@deborahwhite2339 10 месяцев назад

Another lovely day on the farm. Calming and serene. The way it should be . I hope the little bird fares well. 🙂👍👍🇨🇦

@FrankieOffGrid 10 месяцев назад

Fingers crossed!

@uppanadam 10 месяцев назад

Lightning strikes would have caused the fire!! We have the same problems with dry grass and thunderstorms here in Australia even though I personally love thunderstorms!! But thunderstorms and tinder grass do not mix!! it can be devastating and sad to the wildlife...but the regeneration and the rebirth of nature is really something!!

@paulinewilson613 10 месяцев назад

Those spiders look like what we in Australia call 'Daddy Long Legs', they have tiny bodies and really long fragile looking legs, don't do any harm to humans other than make webs in the corners of rooms.

@tomprice2501 10 месяцев назад

Looks like you have daddy long legs (spiders). Their webs are very fine, good for catching mosquitoes and fruit flies and even the smallest of insects. Also good to encourage bats on to your farm, as they are excellent in controlling insects to. Back home in Africa it was good to have these spiders in your bedroom to catch and feed on mosquitoes. When weeding your garden it’s always best to use a fork to loosen the soil around the weeds to be able to pull them out roots and all. A fork is also a very important tool for everything like aerating the soil, lifting potatoes etc.

@theyellowbootshomestead 10 месяцев назад

What a week you guys had! Great shots of the moon:) And the shot of the tomatoes green to red had me swooning. Well done guys for the pump & clearing & magpie saving

@FrankieOffGrid 10 месяцев назад

😘

@louistorcello3525 10 месяцев назад

Hi I think the spiders are harvestman's also known as Daddy long legs. Theories abound that they kill other more harmful spiders to humans. There is nothing better than walking through a garden after a good rain shower. The smell is that of renewal and freshness. The worst part of summer storms is that lightning can trigger spot fires. The property is looking great especially the garden. I truly love the pace of life you both enjoy. If you cannot stop and enjoy the time you make for reading, drawing and relaxing, you can lose track of the reason you both made the move.

@joannekoloff5676 10 месяцев назад

U guys r so soft spoken I have such a hard time hearing u. I have it on as loud as it goes. I hear your ads perfect and when your up close speaking at the camera. I love your videos and your both such lovely people, I just wish u could adjust the volume when your outside a bit. Maybe it’s just me going deaf. Lol plse know I’m not criticizing u I just enjoy your videos I don’t want to miss anything.😁

@FrankieOffGrid 10 месяцев назад

Sorry about that Joanne, it’s not just you, it’s something I’ve been told my whole life that i speak too softly. I’ll try and remember to speak more loudly and work on the post edit. Thanks for commenting so kindly about it ☺️ glad you enjoy our videos 💛

@bevtrue6937 10 месяцев назад

If it stormed, there may have been lightning. lightning can start a fire, unfortunately. Wind spreads it. Bummer. Can't imagine trying to fly in a storm, if I was a bird.

@originaltwyla4991 10 месяцев назад

I am in awe of the images which capture the beauty all around you. Carissa is amazing, weeding an area in white pants!

@FrankieOffGrid 10 месяцев назад

😅

@eunicehenderson9095 10 месяцев назад

To seal that block tank have you tried "waterproofing hydraulic cement"? That should seal any leaking.

@FrankieOffGrid 10 месяцев назад

We have, we’ve tried a few different things now… problem is that the foundations are broken so once it’s full it loses its integrity. We’ll definitely build a new one.

@roberthayes9842 4 месяца назад

Only discovered your channel yesterday, watched back to back for 3 hour,s love it apart from your animal's and the tasks you face its fascinating, what's best your lack of pretention and calm way is a pleasure, from an admirer

@jeanniehyde8090 10 месяцев назад

I love 💕 all the animals taking it in turn sitting on sofa at the laptop 🤭🤣 Love watching the rain 🌧️ and the smell of the wet earth 🤗great video as always guys 🥰lovely seeing Luke and Sarah at the end too 🙃

@beahaut1337 10 месяцев назад

One of my favorite books by a woman in Aberdeen who rescued a magpie (amoungst other birds). the book is called Corvus, but I can't remember the author's name.

@dominique8233 10 месяцев назад

Esther Woolfson ?

@janeandclementine 10 месяцев назад

Sylvia Plath’s daughter Frieda Hughes just published a book called George in which she rescued, raised and released a magpie. Excellent read.

@maureenlowther7621 10 месяцев назад

The rain will be good for the garden before it gets too hot. Hope the bird gets better.❤️❤️

@ecowarrior1888 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for helping the little Magpie, we hand raised a Indian Mynah he spoke beautifully, he knew all our dogs names, we released him once he was older and often heard him around our property shouting the dogs names he was a delight, our Harry we were fortunate tho to get bird food from a company, who made it near us and we fed him flying ants which he loved, always follow your heart, I would also never leave anything to be predated upon.☝️💜🫡

@FrankieOffGrid 10 месяцев назад

Amazing!

@HeidiPriest 10 месяцев назад

Oh my....😢.... fire allready, glad you all ok, thank god for the Bomberos❤

@lascauxpermaculturegardens9601 10 месяцев назад

Smallholding alone is a whole new game! done for coping on your own!

@tracey4474 10 месяцев назад

Beautiful photography in this video thanks both. Gosh some people are passive aggressive :( please don’t change anything. You followed your hearts and the rules re an injured fledgling in Portugal whose rules generally seem to me very sensible and respectful of their land and wildlife - love that you are repurposing the tank instead of removing it and I hope the filters do the trick and your camplux can now cope with the water pressure ?

@pamela5568 10 месяцев назад

The driveway is looking better all the time. Building the rock wall's, and filling in the driveway is very hard work. I love how your animals seem to think you are their entertainment, just following you around to see what you're doing.

@milliebanks7209 8 месяцев назад

Now that is a sound that I can fall asleep too! Love that peaceful sound. Love your channel as well!

@FrankieOffGrid 8 месяцев назад

So lovely isn’t it. We woke up to a big storm this morning and I just stayed in bed listening to it ☺️ thanks Millie 💛

@stknmggs1788 10 месяцев назад

Loved this so much! You have such a beautiful life there

@karipreston1204 10 месяцев назад

Your tomatoes are looking abundant! Nice video

@FrankieOffGrid 10 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@alexcan669 10 месяцев назад

So happy to see you have the same color zinnias I do in my garden. I actually started propagating them because I love them so much

@angels0auras 4 месяца назад

In Australia we call them "daddy long legs" (spiders). Perfectly harmless. They are to fragile to bite etc. The wind could carry them away. Maybe the wind brought them here 😅

@henrymichaelwilson8107 5 месяцев назад

I used to live in a static caravan. They are classed has a summer home. It was really hot in the summer. I built another roof over the top of it. So it was cool in the summer and warm in winter.

@juanitakauffman6336 10 месяцев назад

Some potatoes are deeper than you think. I have seen other gardeners discover this when they dug down more.

@henrymichaelwilson8107 5 месяцев назад

Beautiful sunsets.

@NashipurSinha 10 месяцев назад

How do you manage to keep your pants white with pets around? Every time Diego came next for a pet, i was going... Hey 😊. Your pets are adorable. Absolutely loved the sky sequence, just before potato digging happened.

@FrankieOffGrid 10 месяцев назад

I don’t 😆 they’re always filthy by the end of the day but the most comfortable to wear in hot weather. Diogo says hey back ☺️ x

@CampOutWest 10 месяцев назад

I do hope the seagull just appears one day 🥰 that would be magical! Love the square space ad so much haha! I started imagining what it would be like if dogs could use social media and how funny their dating profiles would be 😂 lovely video as always. Find them so relaxing xxx

@FrankieOffGrid 10 месяцев назад

Oh my gosh, it would be amazing if George was here 😆 if only the dogs actually could contribute, I’d have so much more time to potter in the garden 💛 thanks lovely, can’t wait to catch up on your latest

@sheilajoseph9953 10 месяцев назад

Loved the thunder storm, at least your garden had a good drink. Hope the magpie is saved. All your animals are adorable. Maybe consider one of Cindy's kune kune pigs,or a goat to keep the grass low, save on cutting. ❤

@JudySnyder-dv5ld 9 месяцев назад

You are surrounded by such beauty.

@jeanmeyer8194 10 месяцев назад

What a fab video and isn't nature incredible

@sgrvtl7183 10 месяцев назад

Happy for you it is raining this summer! The smell of rain.....aaahh

@FrankieOffGrid 10 месяцев назад

It’s soo good!

@lgrigg5439 10 месяцев назад

So nice to be indoors when it's raining all rugged up

@SJC49 10 месяцев назад

It’s so nice that you can help out Luke and Sarah with feed for their animals!

@pramaccra3106 10 месяцев назад

I am always amazed at how much potatoes you harvest in your garden. Your hands are blessed, they tender good amount of fresh food.

@FrankieOffGrid 10 месяцев назад

It amazes me too! 😅

@jamiesmith1343 Месяц назад

I notice you have a good wind flow on your property, you might check into a windmill to get a back up to power up your batteries and the solar. There are many plans on u-tube on diy windmills. Just a thought. I enjoy your videos so much and your fur babies are so happy. I wish you great success and good health.

@josedacosta9847 20 дней назад

You can fix leaks in water tanks with a product named tidilac or tydilac I don’t the right spelling. But you can find it on building Merchant’s.

@deborahlee8135 10 месяцев назад

Beautiful images again Carissa. ❤ i love the work you are doing, it fills the soul, whether building the stone walls or rescuing animals. The fire season has begun, i hope you have an exit plan and are ready to leave quickly with your animals if you should ever be in the way of fires.

@assuncaomeireles198 10 месяцев назад

Bom dia meus amigos gostei muito dessa chuva pelo menos regou o seu belo jardim e horta que estao fantásticos Bem hajam e voltem sempre ❤❤ 👍👍👍🙏

@reflexologista 10 месяцев назад

Another great video. I am very happy for you guys. ☀️👍 Life is taking me far away from Europe, but I will always follow you. Have a lovely week-end 😉☀️🙏

@arturrosa3166 10 месяцев назад

I always love your nature footage... So beautiful, so delicate. That sequence that starts at 6:39, for example. Or 12:17.

@FrankieOffGrid 10 месяцев назад

So glad you like it!

@annalinekennedy1027 10 месяцев назад

The thunderstorms and lighting greate the fire spesiale when it was so dry.

@ilonakatalindako-tolman5545 10 месяцев назад

How nice with the strong and quick raining...plants got very “happy” ....and you too 😊... this used to be the normal rain during summer, but the world 🌎 many different things have been causing a serious change in the nature worldwide 😢 But isn’t amazing how things feel better...kkk..I used to were my swim suit and play in the rain with my friends during summer...long time ago, things have changed. But your garden has been doing well with your care😊🎉 Just sharing those bugs are typical for hot humid summer days. In Texas were was the the driest place I have ever been in for some years helped understand the difference as the bugs are also specific for the different areas ...in Texas the problems were with snakes and such...in the climate of humidity usually have the bugs 🕷 🐛 🐜 you see in your garden...and they don’t cause serious problems ...just clean up and there are some things, flowers and such you can put your garden and keep them away...

@andreiadasilva9192 8 месяцев назад

Hi! That plant you thought was marjoram, is wild oregano. We collect it and leave it to dry upside down.

@FrankieOffGrid 8 месяцев назад

I think it’s the same thing, wild oregano is Majoram.. I think 😅

@RemyGold 10 месяцев назад

Call those spiders daddy longlegs in south Africa

@42apprentice 10 месяцев назад

I wonder if it was a lightening strike during the storm? Glad you are all safe. I hope the fledgling thrives. They may be like blackbirds and fledge before they can fully fly, they take about two to three days of fluttering before they get truly airborne. But I guess he was a free meal there on the ground.

@pattykelly6621 10 месяцев назад

They are spiders. We call those Daddy Long Legs. Where there's one, there are hundreds. Where I live (California) we see them almost year round.

@janmccann8081 7 месяцев назад

I'm so glad i found your channel a few days ago, and now I'm binge watching in no particular order! It's lovely to see how you're getting on, and you really do make beautiful videos. I wish i could have done something similar when i was your age, but life took a different path for me. Anyway, i can at least get vicarious pleasure from watching your escapades! Greetings from beside the sea in Devon.

@marybates2201 10 месяцев назад

Hello Carissa, Iwan, Frankie, Diogo, cats and hens ( i can't remember all the cats or hens names). Seems those spiders seem to be daddy long legs, yet here in England daddy long legs are those awful crane fly things. I wonder if that fire was caused by a lightning strike. I am glad you rescued that juvenile magpie. I hope somehow it manages to survive, actualy once tail feathers are lost, can they regrow do you know? I hope so as that is the best case scenario. I love the smell of the earth after a rain storm esp if the ground has been dry. There is a name for it, but i can't remember that either. I shall look forward to your extra mid week video. It may distract me for a while as i wil be a fidgety so an so as, Thur is my knee replacement surgery. Looking at weather, so far there is rain which is good as it wl keep my veg, flowers and fairy village watered. I have sorted drip irrigation out ( plastic bttles with bases cut off and holes drilled in the neck or cap) but that has gone for edibles and expensive plants, roses, and in memory of past fur babies plants. Your veggies lok very bountiful, those toms look so good. Any way bye from me and my furbabies (Foxy, Ola and Milo)x

@FrankieOffGrid 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching Mary! Good luck with the knee recovery!

@marybates2201 10 месяцев назад

@@FrankieOffGrid thank you x

@GauntletTV 8 месяцев назад

Ha Ha now collecting animals lol Good pet tho very clever birds.

@deborahbasel184 10 месяцев назад

Those spiders look like Daddy Long Legs. That's their real name. They are harmless to humans.

@biddiemutter3481 10 месяцев назад

Stunning photos as usual ❤

@FrankieOffGrid 10 месяцев назад

Thank you so much 😊

@Huskeybear76 4 месяца назад

We call those spiders "Daddy Long Legs" in the US.

@norma2310 10 месяцев назад

I’m always captured by the amount of activity that goes on in Portugal skies! Lots of chemtrail stuff too!

@user-bf8hk7sd7u 10 месяцев назад

Another lovely video, love your focus on beauty in the small things in nature. The spiders are definitely daddy long legs, we have them in Australia. They eat lots of other insects including mosquitoes. Nice to see some lovely summer rain for your garden.

@FrankieOffGrid 10 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@goodtogo3 10 месяцев назад

your rain is making me jealous

@arjanvogel6444 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you guys.

@silmatar778 10 месяцев назад

You said you didn't understand why there was a fire when it had been raining half an hour ago, read about the new ways fires start, its called 6th generation fires, it storms and lightning in one place and rains in another.

@vyvienvp3413 10 месяцев назад

It is very beautiful here you live. Some lovely photography guys, thank you. X:)

@FrankieOffGrid 10 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@mesutozsen903 10 месяцев назад

Eline emeğine sağlık bu güzel video için kolay gelsin hayırlı işler....👍👍👍👍

@queen-of-puddings 10 месяцев назад

Daddy longlegs spiders - great bug catchers

@isnoo1 10 месяцев назад

Sooo look forward to your posts.......... keep looking for them! HUGS

@lindagage7315 16 дней назад

Good video!

@claudiamoffett4149 10 месяцев назад

You look to nice to be working out side love that flowered blouse. Your place is looking so good.

@user-fe6in5fb5r 10 месяцев назад

guys, we are doing our garden work in parallel with you. it's cool! But we are in Portugal and we are in Kaliningrad)

@jamesmackay4652 10 месяцев назад

Hope alls well with the fire and the magpie is ok,you may find the bird will stay close when it recovers.

@lieuwina 10 месяцев назад

That rain storm I am sure was very welcoming for you. A lovely video once again.

@biddiemutter3481 10 месяцев назад

6:19 not such a good sound but at least they are there. Take care

@FrankieOffGrid 10 месяцев назад

Absolutely!!

@mafish7962 10 месяцев назад

Stunning photography and another lovely video, thank you for sharing your little piece of paradise! Laura ❤❤❤ 40:34

@DIYGUY1-2-3 10 месяцев назад

Hi Guys, hope that sump you put the water pump has a hole in the bottom of the wall to drain. If it fills with rain it could ruin your elactrics, a good roof would help too.

@FrankieOffGrid 10 месяцев назад

That’s definitely the plan.. fortunately we shouldn’t have any rain for a few months but if we do we’ll cover it and make sure the tap is open

@annalinekennedy1027 10 месяцев назад

You must cut the chickens wings to keep them in the camp. I think they fly over the fence

@moniquevelasco20 10 месяцев назад

Steady work on the land and it’s looking so nice. Great job saving the little bird. So glad that the fire was put out in time. Keep it up guys. Love and be safe!🤗😘🌼🇻🇪

@deboracarpenter1103 10 месяцев назад

Hello... The spider thing u had showed to us here in the states we call Daddy long legs they are one of the most poisonous spiders but but they unable to bit making them harmless lol bit of trivia 😅

@bevtrue6937 10 месяцев назад

I think in the U.S., we call those spiders "daddy long legs". Don't believe they bite but are creepy. Eeuuww. Marjoram is a very tasty spice. Good to use. Such a lovely place you live. Gorgeous.

@portugal1969 10 месяцев назад

❤

@AleeshaSattva 10 месяцев назад

In Canada we call them "Daddy Long Legs" spiders.

@Neilhuny 10 месяцев назад

'Harvestmen', I think, in the UK

@Neilhuny 10 месяцев назад

Just because I'm a biology bore I will say spiders have segmented bodies - think of a number eight (8) - where the legs come off the top part of the 8. Harvestmen/Daddy-Long-Legs spiders in some parts of the world, are not segmented, so are like a zero, 0, with the legs and abdomen combined.

@reannejarvis9464 10 месяцев назад

Daddy long legs in Tasmania as well

@ruthrobathan77 10 месяцев назад

Daddy long legs are Crane Flies to me. Those look like Harvestmen imho.

@Neilhuny 10 месяцев назад

@@ruthrobathan77 Me too - but that is the British (further afield?) view. As an old hippie, I'm with Blue Mink and the 'Melting Pot' lyrics: it takes all sort to make the world go around

@ivydickson7596 10 месяцев назад

Such peace. Thanks for sharing.

@jeanettenicholas2863 10 месяцев назад

Forgot to say I am from Derbyshire England hope the little magpie survives

@judithgreen3689 10 месяцев назад

The rain must be a welcome relief. Your garden looks to be benefitting. Baffling a fire would follow? I don't really know the science; but, they say the oceans are warmer causing a global downpour. We've had more than our share. Smart to put in a water filter system & catch some rain. Your living off grid is a good way to live as the climate changes. Many of us can learn from your channel.

@julieking4828 10 месяцев назад

Here in Indiana, USA we call those spider-like things granddaddy long legs. They are harmless.

@isabellevince5174 10 месяцев назад

Love to see and hear the rain on the land! Can't hear you very well, Clarissa. Volume on maximum.

@FrankieOffGrid 10 месяцев назад

Sorry! I need to remember to talk louder 😅

@amcab1625 10 месяцев назад

Storms are so beautiful but the lightening strikes are not! Canadian here with more than our share of fire woes. 😢

@mariabooth697 10 месяцев назад

Hi love your vlogs when you know it's going to rain jess from root and refuse says you should harvest all your red tomatoes so they don't split and also it dilutes the flavour xx