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It's hot out there and getting water to the pigs to keep them hydrated is a priority.
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@susankuhn5030 Месяц назад

Thank goodness for Nick what a lovely man. Cinnamin Bun lives to see another day. Yay.

@CindyVine Месяц назад

The best!

@michelebushnik2874 Месяц назад

Wonderful to see Nick to the rescue of the water situtation! Stay cool Cindy! You also drink lots of water! High temps there! Thank you for sharing!

@CindyVine Месяц назад

Yes! Thank you!

@pagecericola7342 Месяц назад

Speedy recovery Cindy. Love your videos❤

@CindyVine Месяц назад

Thank you so much!

@csilveira8951 Месяц назад

🥹take care& heal fast. It’s great to see good people around you when you’re in need.❤️👏👏

@CindyVine Месяц назад

Thank you, I will

@AnneHeyns Месяц назад

Love little Velvet- she's so cute!☺

@CindyVine Месяц назад

She is gorgeous!

@lindagage7315 Месяц назад

Good job! Nick is amazing!

@CindyVine Месяц назад

He definitely is!

@catarinacarrasco5938 Месяц назад

Even though a lot of work, when the patio is completed it will look really nice!!

@CindyVine Месяц назад

I agree totally!

@patriciaa9372 Месяц назад

Take care of yourself Cindy! 😘🤗

@CindyVine Месяц назад

Always!

@user-uk8sm4ec3l Месяц назад

Hi Cindy. I hope that you soon feel better after your fall. 🎉 Nick is such a kind hearted person helping you out with jobs that you can't tackle yourself. Take care of yourself and have a good week. ❤

@CindyVine Месяц назад

Nick is awesome!

@anitaklamer3360 Месяц назад

Maybe you could build a square with bricks/cement to fit the barrels into....lower where the nipple is. Was just a thought🐷😅😁

@CindyVine Месяц назад

Could do!

@evonneanderson7488 Месяц назад

great job

@CindyVine Месяц назад

thanks

@Chestnut_tree Месяц назад

It is amazing how much you have accomplished in this video alone! Love you! 🥰

@CindyVine Месяц назад

Thank you so much!!

@deborahwhite2339 Месяц назад

Thank God you didn't do yourself a serious injury. At our age it's all too easy. I find myself thinking twice. That water trough will do the job. Nick is awesome! 🙂🇨🇦👍

@CindyVine Месяц назад

Thanks Deb!

@janemulvaney2163 Месяц назад

Cinnamon Bun you naughty girl!! How cute is Red velvet playing with her nieces and nephews. She’s so tiny and adorable! Your working so hard and the path and bathroom wall look fab! You’re right you do have to pace yourself. We forget our age at times but many 30 year olds couldn’t manage what you do! That was very helpful of Nick ❤I would love all Portugal you tubers to come together (hint hint ) and give you a day to get jobs done and then you can relax a little and sit and enjoy your farm xx

@CindyVine Месяц назад

haha they all have their own homesteads to take care of!

@janp7943 Месяц назад

Cinnamonbum is a stinker! So happy nick came to help with the water. You are getting so automated with your farm equipment. I'm impressed. I can see how happy you are and it warms my heart ❤. Take care Cindy. See you next time!

@CindyVine Месяц назад

Am so happy having more time on the farm.

@lidijabirsa7768 Месяц назад

I like your bottle-wall so much, it must be stunning when the light comes through the glass. Yeah doing any work little by little, is my choice as well and the only way to get anything done nowadays! 😁Slow and steady wins the race.... I keep reminding myself. Hope your knees get better soon. Huge thanks to Nick, a real man! ❤️

@CindyVine Месяц назад

One step at a time!

@coby6417 Месяц назад

Stay safe Cindy and get better soon 🫶🏻🌟👏👍🍀💐

@CindyVine Месяц назад

Thank you, I will

@Chestnut_tree Месяц назад

It is so amazing to have someone help you with things you can’t do! Nick is amazing! ❤

@CindyVine Месяц назад

He is!

@josemanueldacostadiogo5574 Месяц назад

Hi, hello good morning you need to get one more well or pond, carry on with the good work injoy it good new week.

@CindyVine Месяц назад

Thanks 👍

@loriboles8382 Месяц назад

Oh dear. I’m glad you didn’t break anything! Please be careful. I’ve had my share of falling lately. I told myself last week I am giving myself permission to slow down and pay attention. Good investment on the water trough. Thank you Nick for helping. Enjoy your yummy beef BBQ. Stay cool. 105 f here in Nevada today. Triple digits all week.

@CindyVine Месяц назад

It is getting hot!

@SonyaTainton Месяц назад

Thank you Cindy🤗. Mark my words....I'll be onto All Power first thing......

@CindyVine Месяц назад

Wonderful! They have a warehouse in South Africa!

@smac3052 Месяц назад

Thanks

@smac3052 Месяц назад

I was on your blog page, my card details have changed, and I can't find how to update so sending this instead

@CindyVine Месяц назад

Thanks so much!

@joeykottnitz4831 Месяц назад

Hi, you are a brave lady. Please, be careful, not hurt yourselves. Thank you Nick for helping Cindy, when she needed a helping hand. Ai, Cindy, the Scotters with the little pigs, they are all so happy to be with the little piggies 😅. The girls stand up early to cuddle them and brush them. So cute to watch them. So, keep save and be careful and yes the wall looks beautiful. Till next time. Greetings, Walvis Bay, Namibia. ❤

@CindyVine Месяц назад

The Scitters Trotters!

@jackvanleeuwenkamp4706 Месяц назад

It’s my experience when an animal starts a bad habit it’s almost impossible to change their minds… your water solution should work perfectly (thank you Saint Nick) lol well done Cindy! I hope your knee feels better soon. The stiffness is swelling, once the swelling goes down you should feel like your old self 😊❤️🇨🇦

@CindyVine Месяц назад

Much better today!

@paulacunha6792 Месяц назад

❤❤😊

@CindyVine Месяц назад

obrigada

@Bev-Anne Месяц назад

If you elevated the barrels slightly, like put a couple of cinderblocks under each one an then secured each barrel to the fence with one rope near the top of the barrel and one at the bottom, they would be secure to the fence.

@CindyVine Месяц назад

Have done that before and over time the cinderblocks get moved out.

@janclark1894 Месяц назад

So glad you didn't break anything, hope your knees get better soon🙏. Thanks Nick for your help 🙌. Cinnamon bun is so naughty, try threatening her with the sausage factory 😂 ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@CindyVine Месяц назад

hahahaha

@rachelfrees1268 Месяц назад

Falls are the pits for anyone. Thanks Nick for getting the watering trough all fixed for Cindy. Cindy your pigs are very sought after. 👏👏👏👏. Take your work slow and easy. Blessings.❤

@CindyVine Месяц назад

Thanks for that!

@marlenegearon4709 Месяц назад

Are you ever going to make another bottle wall again? If so wouldn't it be fun to make shapes of birds, animals, flowers, stars, etc for windows or borders? Possibly use a variety of sizes and colors to make it. Just thought you are so creative and that would take it to a different level. Have a great week.

@CindyVine Месяц назад

I am doing another bottle wall, but the bottle colours I get here are quite limited.

@monalingan9523 Месяц назад

Yay Nick!!!

@CindyVine Месяц назад

Superman!

@annar6430 Месяц назад

Hi Cindy, what did the farmers use to contain the water before blue barrels...maybe cement tank😂

@CindyVine Месяц назад

That would work

@Mydamian55 Месяц назад

Put the waterbarrel on a concreet block. Put the nipples in the side of the concreet block and connect it to the barrel.

@CindyVine Месяц назад

If the water is in the water barrel and the nipples in the concrete block, then how do the pigs get the water?

@Mydamian55 Месяц назад

@@CindyVineA tube from the bottom of the barrell through the concreet to the nipples. Just like the waterpipe systems in normal houses. You even could build a small protection wall around the barrell.

@daffs0 Месяц назад

❤😁

@CindyVine Месяц назад

thanks

@portugal1969 Месяц назад

👍

@CindyVine Месяц назад

thanks

@loveandloyalty6004 Месяц назад

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ I love you Cindy 😚 keep pushing sister

@CindyVine Месяц назад

Thank you, I will

@ruthconstantino6861 Месяц назад

Cindy, fyi, i saw somewhere 🤷🏻‍♀️ that stored hay bales can self? combust when stored haphazardly indoors. Good thing your barn is breeze block. Please have a thought and research to how best to safest-ly store your hay bales.

@CindyVine Месяц назад

At the moment it's stored in my van!

@ruthconstantino6861 Месяц назад

@@CindyVine 😬

@marcie685 Месяц назад

I think hay bales only combust if not dried thoroughly and the bales you have Cindy look very dry . Path and bottle wall are looking terrific.🙋‍♀️🇦🇺

@sheilajoseph9953 Месяц назад

Maybe a much bigger barrel would be heavier and less likely to be knocked over. 💚

@CindyVine Месяц назад

maybe

@evelinedebakker61248 14 дней назад

I have big garden here and grow my own and do diy so am used to working hard, if I cannot buy I would like to rent not too expensive instead, but also still need to get a european car as I am on a brexit island:))

@CindyVine 13 дней назад

yep

@marcprange215 Месяц назад

Hi Cindy Use brown sugar instead of vinegar.. I don't use Fred's nitrates just crown barbecue spice. If you making sausages then use the nitrates.

@CindyVine Месяц назад

Thanks for the tip!

@annievlachos7880 Месяц назад

What a naughty one , maybe you could keep the barrel steadier with stones on the sides maybe !!!...

@CindyVine Месяц назад

Have tried that and she rolls the stones away!

@lidijabirsa7768 Месяц назад

An endless story, outsmarting pigs! 😂 You won this time Cindy, let's see their next move!

@evelinedebakker61248 14 дней назад

as I was saying thinking about moving to Portugal, am on my own like Eveline(Evelyn) and have a wee bit of savings and I live on my dutch state pension so that would do me ok in Portugal and am european so can move there no problem, just need a wee bit mor funds if I would like to buy a cheap peace of land with fruit trees and olives and get some chickens and a garden going like Evelyn:) this is my dream xx

@CindyVine 13 дней назад

you can do it

@elainekaufman2264 Месяц назад

Got a water solution...time fo cinnamon bun to go to freezer camp😢

@CindyVine Месяц назад

hahaha

@LahRasa Месяц назад

I hope your fall wasn’t too bad. I am making some biltong myself. As I’m addicted to have as a snack. Also helps to be introduced to it by my South African husband. Do you add sweetness to your meat marinade? I add honey. I saw a video and now always add it.

@CindyVine Месяц назад

I don't usually unless it's a spicy one.

@judy9429 Месяц назад

😢 good morning Cindy I know the next day you are hurting but as usual you keep on going. If you put chicken fence on top of your garden there by the home the cats don't like walking on it and they won't go in your cute little garden

@CindyVine Месяц назад

I have bought some disposable cutlery as previously suggested.

@celiapereira5223 Месяц назад

Oh man do I miss my biltong😢

@CindyVine Месяц назад

It came out really tasty!

@christines5430 Месяц назад

I keep looking at that long beam across the barn. What is the plan for under it?Will you be having large barn doors?

@CindyVine Месяц назад

Not initially.

@jeanmeyer8194 Месяц назад

Yea muscleman nic thku

@CindyVine Месяц назад

Definitely a strong man!

@ruthconstantino6861 Месяц назад

Can one of your clever volunteers or friends fashion a breeze block water trough? Does anyone have any of those pig bowls hewn out of granite blocks that they might donate to you? Debi and Steve at Portugal DreamsZzz has 2 or so ou f those and might not mind getting rid of them. The challenge is those things are very hard to move. I'm envisioning a man using a steel bar that the portuguese use to move boulders and somehow walk it up a short ramp onto a dolly to roll onto/from vehicle then to final resting place. Thank Heaven Nick came by and coukd help with the metsl watering trough❣

@CindyVine Месяц назад

The metal drinking trough should do the trick!

@ruthconstantino6861 Месяц назад

@@CindyVine 🙆🏻‍♀️

@annemarielee4436 Месяц назад

Could you get some old large tyres to stand the water barrows in so they can’t be pushed over from the bottom x have a good day hope knees not to much pain

@CindyVine Месяц назад

You get fined for using old tyres here.

@margiemistretta8885 Месяц назад

Why not make a cage for each barrel or for 2 with pallets leaving pimples through slats Of course make it snug

@CindyVine Месяц назад

Not sure that would work.

@BokkieBam Месяц назад

Hi Cindy.. isn't it too hot for making biltong? It will be interesting to see how the spices preserves it. Keep us updated on the process.

@CindyVine Месяц назад

Will do!

@BokkieBam Месяц назад

Red Velvet is such a cutie Hans Varkie

@CindyVine Месяц назад

She is very cute!

@ernie7065 Месяц назад

The blue water barrels would remain standing if they were "inside" a frame built out of pallets with an opening for the nipples. You may not appreciate my suggestion, but such a frame, anchored by 4 metal posts at the corners, would be stable and cleaner. Tying a rounded bottom plastic tank to a round wooden post is simply a toy for pigs.

@CindyVine Месяц назад

something to think about

@ernie7065 Месяц назад

@@CindyVine It would likely solve the problem. Maybe put a "clean out plug" near the bottom & protected by part of the pallet, then place the nipples higher which would allow more water, which would add to stability. Properly placed "between" 2 pens would allow 1 water source to serve 2 groups of pigs. hmm why need separate water sources for each group?

@jeanmeyer8194 Месяц назад

Hi there notice any difference with mice since u have cats

@CindyVine Месяц назад

No mice spotted at all!

@jackierenders9441 Месяц назад

Would it help if the waterbarrels where higher up on a concrete plint?

@CindyVine Месяц назад

Have tried that and they knock them around. Have put stakes around them, but when they decide to knock them about, nothing works!

@cazicature Месяц назад

Could the water barrels be put inside a holder made from some of those blocks & cement?

@CindyVine Месяц назад

You could try and build a wall around it with big gaps that the pigs can get in to reach the nipples. The blocks would be too big though.

@JLHelik Месяц назад

After 4 years ... Corner or put against a post or tree, your barrel then strapped at 3 places top, middle and bottom then lastly put 3 pegs in the ground at least 18 to 26 cm deep and 15 cm outside ... This way they can't lift it or swing it sideways . Hence Stop wasting water and your time and effort ..

@CindyVine Месяц назад

Have done exactly that in the past. It just takes them a while longer to mess it up.

@evonneanderson7488 Месяц назад

see ya

@CindyVine Месяц назад

keep safe

@susankuhn5030 Месяц назад

Sorry but Cinnamin Bun will have to be made into Biltong as she will never change and is putting all the pigs at risk. Otherwise put her in her own pen with a sunken basin to drink from? It was so frustrating watching her. I wish you had a partner or someone to do that kind of thing for you. Hope u sort her out one way or the other.

@CindyVine Месяц назад

You can't make biltong for pork lol

@kristinmcclary7194 Месяц назад

That water trough is great, I hope she can drink better with that one. The meal should last longer too. Love your little shadow Red Velvet.

@CindyVine Месяц назад

I hope so too!

@Bev-Anne Месяц назад

Where did you get the biltong box?

@CindyVine Месяц назад

I bought it from Amazon UK when I lived in Norway.

@Bev-Anne Месяц назад

We would pay $14.99 a pound. Don’t you rub the spices into the flesh of the meat, do you just leave it sprinkled on top?

@Tmp130 Месяц назад

What are your kitties names?

@CindyVine Месяц назад

Smudge and Patches

@Bev-Anne Месяц назад

This is constructive criticism. Your fencing looks haphazard , fragile and easily torn down by the pigs. It seems that you are forever and endlessly fixing broken and weak fences. Surely if you invested in more expensive fencing it would be worth the additional money in the long run?

@CindyVine Месяц назад

Electric tape on the fencing works best. I am not sure what you mean by more expensive fencing as I've used the proper standard fencing. It's just the people I paid good money to install it did a bum job.

@attract1234 Месяц назад

Oh don't agree with this , EU market.. Rach country has enough land and animals to feed Thier own peoples.

@CindyVine Месяц назад

It's the way the world is.

@donnacosta5633 Месяц назад

What don't you agree about the EU market? Small countries like Portugal cannot produce ALL they need, beef & milk being an example, as only small areas are good for grazing cows. So Portugal buys food items they cannot poduce, or don't produce enough. And Portugal exports food they can produce easily, like, fruit, veg, olive oil, wine, pork, chicken, etc. Buying and selling within the EU (27 countries) is the same as buying and selling within one country, with no tariffs, no barriers, and it brings a huge variety & choice to consummers all year round that they would not have on their own. The EU market, also called the single market, is an internal market that provides enough variety and food security at similar prices to all within. And not just food: everything else, from construction materials, to cars, to planes, to medicine... I lived in Portugal before & after they joined the EU and I can tell you that BEFORE we didn't have enough milk, butter, beef and rice all year round and prices floctuated a lot, sometimes unafforfable. At my home we didn't have milk all year round, sometimes the only milk in shops was powdered milk. Now AFTER joining the EU we have everything we need all year round at reasonable prices. We sell the items we produce to countries that cannot produce them, so people can buy whatever they want, wherever they are in the EU. What is it you don't agree with?