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This week we had so many different kinds of weather it was hard to keep up. We started with some rain, which meant we could sow some rye into our newly tilled field. After the rain we had two days of a Saharan desert sand storm, which covered everything in yellow dust. Then came the wind. Through all this I did manage to do some things, like mulching the potatoes that were coming up and potting on some of the tomatoes.
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New here? My name is Lea and I live with my partner Maarten, our toddler Puck and baby Bo on our land in Central Portugal. We left the rat race in the Netherlands in 2018 and moved south in our old campervan. Two years ago we bought land in Portugal that had been abandoned for several decades. After lots of hard work we now live in a beautiful yurt and keep ourselves busy growing our own vegetables as well as producing olive oil, wine and honey on a small scale. This channel documents all the different jobs we have to do, and sometimes some nice footage of this beautiful country we now call home. Want to see more updates? Don't forget to subscribe!
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@corneliaslev4192 2 года назад

Beautiful family and very rewarding to watching every episode

@CindyVine 2 года назад

Fingers crossed you get an abundant harvest this year!

@denisehayes195 2 года назад

The dogs are a hoot😂

@tessibento5985 2 года назад

Lea makes me laugh every time she laughs, Bo is adorable, love watching you sow, soon you will reap💜

@jennychase7584 2 года назад

Every credit to you both. You are thriving with happy well fed children. Your lives on your own terms so your succeeding. Keep filming and thank you for taking us on your journey. Sending kindness from Derbyshire xx

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

Thanks for your lovely words Jenny, hope you have a wonderful week :)

@JS-jh4cy 2 года назад

You learned the old farmer way of opening feed bags

@rusnsc7622 2 года назад

Yet another peaceful enjoyable video Lea. Appreciate you and Marten sharing a bit of your world with us. Have a good week.

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

I hope you have a good week as well.

@zitaleonardo1170 2 года назад

Love your Chanel ! Please. Consider growing coffee and, or black teas as well as herbal teas, if climate permits. It could be the start of an awesome business. Thank you, and keep up with your natural organic life.

@rollandjoeseph 2 года назад

Hello from Philadelphia, Pa USA..I love watching gardening videos ! I also find it funny when you completely stop and look at bo for a few seconds like ( what's he doing?) Good luck with the planting holes , you could put the screening over them that you took down from the seedling area so no vermin or dogs get to them? Gotta love a women with her hair up and dirt under her nails, great video ,I always look forward to them with my coffee in bed on Sunday morning 🙂✌️

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

He’s so cute, very distracting! I put some heavy rocks against the gate, and so far they haven’t come into the garden again 🤞

@rollandjoeseph 2 года назад

@@ourportuguesehomestead I agree, very cute indead🙂

@jeanettefrancis6473 2 года назад

I put rocks or wood over these areas so the birds don't dig them up. Pumpkins are heavy feeders so the more fertilizer (poop. seaweed liquid, compost the better) pile it all around the plant. I think it should work if they are well fed.

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

I hope this gets them going 🤞

@badbambi85 2 года назад

Hi there! When you pot up your tomatoes burry them as deeply as you can and don’t hold the stems, only the leaves. The plants will thank you for this 😊 good luck!

@lm5252 2 года назад

I plant my tomatoes sideways with the top part sticking up straight, they grow roots along the buried part and are strong.

@NoeleenGrima 2 года назад

I love that you thanked the little bug 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 they do work very hard don’t they?!!!

@portugalonawingandaprayer473 2 года назад

Hazel ☘️ … I’m surprised to see the dust so far north … it is commonplace every year in southern Spain … it gets into everything from your machinery to your body ! … breathing this in is difficult for your lungs to keep clear … I mentioned on another vlog to wear a mask … is used masks during these periods in southern Spain and honestly depending on how long I was out working in it the masks were filthy and needed changing frequently ! Great to see the tilled land … a good decision after a couple of years observation , I hope the barley takes off and in a year or so that land will be great for growing all sorts of stuff ! 🙏☘️😘

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

We’ve had it before, but never so extreme as this. I wore a mask for a while, but also stayed inside mostly :) Just hoping the birds don’t eat all the seeds 🤞

@metamud8686 2 года назад

It was up all the way in The Netherlands too. We got a significant dusting leaving solar panel owners grieving as they cannot get up their urban roofs to clean them, so no gains until we get a serious rain cleanup

@portugalonawingandaprayer473 2 года назад

@@metamud8686 Hazel ☘️ … Both amazing and interesting (and worrying ! ) … while the human kind are that busy fighting amongst themselves the weather systems are what should be attended to … if I hear global warming will be address by 2040 or so again I’ll scream ! LOOK UP … NOT OUT people … ! … the ‘inconvenience’ of a dusty atmosphere has far wider implications across the farming community, our respiratory system , power systems , the eco system and and and … and not simply accepted as simple Sahara sand ! 🙏☘️😘

@mariapelleya7410 2 года назад

Best wishes for pumpkin bonanza! They are great pantry staple and vitamin packed. Great as substitute for potatoes in stews, in a potage with beans & with greens like cabbage, kale or collard. So many uses, pureed with veggie stock makes great silky soups (or baby food). Greetings from Miami.

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

Yes we love pumpkin!

@ritacatania9113 2 года назад

hi all.at the moment in malta we have the same weather.extremely windy and if it rains its full of dust from the desert.everywhere is covered in red sand.the good news is that it is full of minerals and good for our fields.its been windy for 4 days.hopefully it stops as it isn't nice going out at all.big hugs to you all

@patrickgilhooly8340 2 года назад

Thank you, for sharing your busy life. God Bless you and your fine family. Hope you get good rain.

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

There’s some more in the forecast this week, hopefully at least a little will fall

@ram1brn 2 года назад

pumpkins are heavy water users same as squash they like wet

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

I will try to keep them wet but it can be hard in summer

@sandradavison4259 2 года назад

My old dad always regenerated his soil by planting lots of potatoes.

@shannavanbogerijen5247 2 года назад

Hello Leah hope you will get some rain and sunshine soon. Have a great week. Greetings Shanna

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

We have lots of rain in the forecast this week, hopefully it will actually fall here :)

@elsjeleaver5669 2 года назад

Bo is just gorgeous, and you have such an easy manner parenting. Liefs, Elsje

@derekcollier7899 2 года назад

There is always a mess when you have Children & pets as long as every one is healthy a mess you can cope with ; Hope you get a great crop Regards from Scotland

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

Everyone is happy and healthy so can’t complain :)

@tessahugo1906 2 года назад

Love watching you and family from Cape Town I also struggled grow Gem squash and pumpkin, and sweet patatoes so i gave up..haha But since i saw this guy from Australia/Self suffient me i watched what he did..Just like you did throwing kitchen scraps and fish skraps into raised beds .Then planting over it ..I tried it and whala there i have everything growing like crazy..So try it...I even have waterlemons growing..

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

Nice! I’ll try some sweet potato as well this year. Watermelon sounds great, I haven’t had much luck so far

@TheZambu 2 года назад

Raw fish scraps are great fertilizer; they rot faster than meat and bones. Just dig it in deep enough so the cats don't get them. The dogs don't dig after, usually.

@oliveoil4487 2 года назад

EXCELLENT VIDEO

@keithbrandon8540 2 года назад

Oh we know this type of sand/dust storms very well living here in Morocco. We just have to 'button down the hatches" until it passed! Same with those winds but atlast we have had some much needed heavy rain for a week now and everywhere is coming fresh and green again. Ground was so dry the past rain just run off the top! Your greenhouse is looking good, strong too! Think you are doing very well and we admire your willingness to learn sometimes by trial and error. You are looking well too. Lovely Boy is growing fast and is the image if you. Best wishes Keith and Cath. Sorry we cannot be patrons but support your vlogs as we enjoy them very much. Oops just seen how long this comment is! 🙄oh well.

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

Thanks for your lovely comment Keith, we really appreciate it :)

@jan9562 2 года назад

Love gem squash. Ate them in abundance as a young person in Zambia, baked in the oven (sometimes cheese melted on top though didn't need it).

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

I’m excited to see how they do here, and see how they taste of course :)

@RunningDuckPetSitters 2 года назад

Popular in South Africa too. We liked them young

@coppertone711 2 года назад

Wonderful to see you. I am so glad you have the rain. It is so dry here. I put my first four tomatoes out yesterday. I cover the cage with a plastic bag that keeps them from freezing and often will have a tomato by May if I do a good job with it. I don't think I moved the bags I recycle to use or at least I can't find them. It is OK to laugh at me here 🙃. I hope big pumpkins do well as I save them for my chickens in winter too. They are excellent chicken food. Even if they freeze, they will eat them up. I have a big bowl of the seeds mixed together in the kitchen so I am adding them to my garden in hope the chickens do not dig them all up and eat them. We are in spring today , happy gardening to you all.

@janicedelp2775 Год назад

I love your videos, Lea. I hope all your hard work gardening pays off well. Your babies are so cute and sweet. I can understand living off grid and out on the farm can be a struggle, especially when it comes to doing laundry. I hang most of our things out on the clothesline when the weather is nice. That helps keep electricity bill down. We live on a tight budget. I can't remember if I explained to you already that we have a pretty large garden, goats, and chickens. It keeps us busy. I have already canned a lot of vegetables. Also, put some things in the freezer. I do dehydrating also. I made dill pickles last week and already have enough to make more. There is always something to do as you know. I wish you all many blessings. Janice from Arkansas USA

@maureen8930 2 года назад

Hi Lea I am so glad for you for getting your land tilled maybe you can do it again next year , you worked a lot in the greenhouse and then digging those holes and filling them back in you should to be in good shape I am very happy for you , I will pray for real clean rain 🌧 I didn’t realize about the dirty rain. Until next week from Ohio 🇺🇸

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

Your prayers must have worked 😂 it is pouring it down now. Have a great week!

@angelat4639 2 года назад

The sahara sand travelled to Austria too :) my car looked just like yours !

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

That’s a long way!

@susanaquezada7671 2 года назад

Good job

@robertlemoine3500 2 года назад

Thankyou Leah and Martiin

@Crazy_Garden_Lady 2 года назад

We have the same right now. No washing, no vacuum. The fridge and freezer and some lights are running. Next week we'll buy more batteries. Than we should be good even with bad weather conditions - which we have right now.

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

More batteries is the key. We’re keeping things as they are right now, it’s not too bad just a bit inconvenient sometimes. We always have the generator as back up, although with current prices it’s expensive to run. When we move into the house (in a few years), I hope we can get a new set of bigger batteries.

@RunningDuckPetSitters 2 года назад

I want to do a 1x only till of our land but not what J wants.

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

Tilling is not always a bad idea, it can really help to get things started

@RunningDuckPetSitters 2 года назад

@@ourportuguesehomestead and our immediate neighbours are keen with their tractors to do it for us too.

@candynewton4945 2 года назад

Excited to see the pumpkins! 🇺🇸🌹

@janp7943 2 года назад

Bo is so cute! Lots of hard work in the garden this time of year. I am weeding and weeding also. It is always fun to see what you are up to Lea. Thanks for sharing. See you next week.

@nancilycett9360 2 года назад

When your pumpkins get their first flowers, those are the males. When they get the female flowers (you can tell because they have a bulbous part at the bottom of the flower where it meets the stem), do your bees come there to pollinate them? If not, you can hand pollinate with a little paint brush by picking up some pollen from the inside of a male flower, then brushing it inside the female flowers. This will assure fruit development. I can't wait to see the Pennsylvania Cinderella pumpkins growing in beautiful Portugal!

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

We have no problems with pollination, there are many many bees around. The issue with the pumpkins here is the heat, the drought and the soil (which we are working on).

@Godwinpounds4333 2 года назад

Hello 👋dear, how are you doing?

@maarton 2 года назад

@@Godwinpounds4333 I’m doing great, honeybun!

@Godwinpounds4333 2 года назад

@@maarton it’s pleasure meeting with you here maarton 😘. Where are you texting from?

@maarton 2 года назад

@@Godwinpounds4333 eh the same place but my own account instead of the Our Portuguese Homestead account.

@antoniodasilva1230 2 года назад

People think that no till is the way to go in farming but you always need to turn the soil all the old grass and stuff becomes organic soil and makes the land richer every year

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

Tilling itself is not necessarily bad, it’s the constant tilling that kills the topsoil

@antoniodasilva1230 2 года назад

@@ourportuguesehomestead not really it flips it under and you need to know the right time for the flipping because you want the grass to grow and flip it into new top soil than it grows again plus you always buy tons of chicken our horse manure to keep it going again havent ever had bad soil on growing vegetabels on all my lands

@pagegreer5081 2 года назад

Chickens are very creative when food is close they just find a way.

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

Unfortunately you’re right 😂

@radmilamiljanic5977 2 года назад

We get lots of dirty rain here (Montenegro)especially in the summer, car wash companies love it:(( Perhaps you might make paper pots ( look at You Can't Eat The Grass, they use them for the seedlings to sell), simple to make, put a bunch of them in a crate and plant the seedling together with it in the ground. A bit of work in advance, but not much really and you don't have to use plastic:)))

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

We already have the plastic pots, so better to use those first. I’m thinking of doing some paper pots for the green beans, we’ll see if I get to it (we don’t usually have leftover paper)

@punjabseth260 2 года назад

nice

@sammie44 2 года назад

Hope the weather gets better so you could keep up with your daily work and take care of your garden. The singing sound of the birds is delightful to listen to. 😊 Take care - Sam.

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

We have a week of real rain in the forecast, which is fine because we need the water! It’s a little inconvenient at times, but we don’t mind too much

@rnggall9640 2 года назад

I know it's one more thing but I would love Puck subtitles. she has such an imagination ♥

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

She wasn’t in the video much, but I will remember for the times that she is. I think here she was playing ice cream man.

@empret7704 2 года назад

Maybe what will stop Fifi is to wet the ground 🤔 next time 😜 sending growing vibes to you

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

That wouldn’t stop her at all! I don’t know where she went, but yesterday she was all muddy 😂 I put some heavy rocks against the gate, which have held up until now

@cutypie878 2 года назад

Very nice 👍

@filipar949 2 года назад

😊 not trying to lecture you but maybe a useful tip concerning the laundry. I myself absolutely hate ironing so I will do whatever I can to avoid having to do it. After you take it out of the washing machine you have to let the ‘ wet ‘ laundry rest. F.e. a t-shirt I detangle the sleeves and fold the shirt over once, prev over the stomach but not important 😜 try layering everything as flat as possible on top of each other. It doesn’t need more than 10-15 min, hang up everything and in my opinion most of it wil pass my 👍🏼 doesntneedtobeironed inspection 😂 Please don’t take this advice the wrong way, you’re doing an amazing job anyway 🥰 I have been so grateful for this tip myself I try to share it as much as possible 🙋🏽‍♀️

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

Thanks for the tip, but I wouldn’t know where to lay it down without everything getting dusty again 😅 Before hanging, when it’s still wet, I do usually shake it out a little which helps. We’re not too fussed about looking like our clothes are ironed though

@TheZambu 2 года назад

Being a technical inspection guy, I'm quite surprised of never heard of doesntneedtobeironed inspection...😂

@rosamperez233 2 года назад

Nice video nice sound

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

Thanks Rosa :)

@thizizliz 2 года назад

We've been burying kitchen scraps in soil; so the new compost is several inches below the surface, and have less issues with critters trying to carry it away. It's harder in these low water times though. I guess here in the Southern California desert, we should water the compost! Perhaps it will process instead of mummifying. Good luck - I'll be watching to see if I can learn from your experiences. That dust though - it hurts my lungs to see you breathing it! :D I hope it settled down. Thank you for sharing your learning experiences with us.

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

Yes in the summer here you also have to water the compost 🥲 Hopefully we get enough rain for this to compost in the next few weeks. Luckily the dust is gone again, was hard to breath

@mareepeters5717 2 года назад

Love watching your progress and the everyday routine and your beautiful growing children. Hoping to travel in Portugal when it is viable. Love the slow but busy life in the country side, living thru you. Much love from New Zealand

@nancibishof6462 Год назад

If you sow clover in your rye and wheat fields it will help add nitrogen to the soil to fertilize the crop for better yields.

@bluebean7001 2 года назад

Gem squash with cinnamon and butter is delicious. And if you add a spoonful of sugar or hones it becomes desert!

@johnjanczyn5134 2 года назад

We get the dust as well in The Canary islands , they call it Calima here

@maritzasteinmetz294 2 года назад

Amazing property!!!👍👍👍

@d.i.sgusted3820 2 года назад

Great soundtrack, only it sounds better with the baby chortling away! We need more chortling baby!

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

Well he’s chortling more and more, so you’ll have that to look forward to ;)

@cfps66 2 года назад

Please start thinking about creating your own Biochar to feed your gardens and fields.

@nanbeman1292 2 года назад

You got Sahara sand, we still have snow ❄️. I have found zucchini growing from my compost. However, no meat in the compost which helps some with animals digging.

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

Oh, our dogs/chickens don’t care whether there’s meat in the compost or not, they’ll go for it anyway.

@nanbeman1292 2 года назад

@@ourportuguesehomestead 😉

@jonathanleonard1152 2 года назад

Sahara dust drops in Europe and crosses the ocean to N & S America.

@marilynbooth825 2 года назад

Love watching your channel. I’ve heard you can get solar panels that don’t need the sun? Probably quite expensive? Also excited to see how your gem squash grows. Comfort food for this South African 😉

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

I think that’s a technology they’re still working on, haven’t seen it for sale but I can imagine it’s too expensive for us anyway. I’m excited for the gem squash too :) Our neighbour grew some last year and they did well

@jan9562 2 года назад

Soil with worms looks great! You could do with a 'holster' for your phone..Do you have a sewing machine?. (Old rucksacks render clasps). Enjoyed the vlog; all the detail 👍.

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

Happy with the direction the soil is going :) I do have a sowing machine, but no spare time at the moment so my pocket will have to do for now

@jan9562 2 года назад

@@ourportuguesehomestead the hanging pocket being of waterproof fabric saved my phone a few times; the belt can be whatever's comfy, and velcro is as good as a clasp. Out of curiosity, do you have access to a second hand shop/ stall?

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

@@jan9562 there are maybe two very small second hand shops. Sadly nothing like the ones we’re used to in the Netherlands

@oakbankgameconservation6933 2 года назад

"Solen" Lolium perene is a Ryegrass, not a Rye for grain. Still a decent cover crop, but as several others have suggested I would recommend a diverse species mix, including some legumes. I imagine with the summer heat that you could do well with a mix of C4 plants such as Millet, Sorghum (Milo) and SUnflowers, plus some annual legumes such as Berseem Clover. Good luck with your project!

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

Yes I know, we’re not growing it for the grain :) This was one of the few things we could still get now for spring sowing, if we want to do legumes etc we will do so in the fall. I’m not too keen on trying to grow things through the summer, they will most definitely die if they’re not watered and we don’t have water there atm

@albanoeira372 2 года назад

gostei muito do video...muita saúde para toda a familia...um abraço.

@nealchristensen1793 2 года назад

Amazing vidio ! Thanks

@afrlala3593 2 года назад

So glad for the rain you had. Hopefully the reservoir is getting full?

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

It wasn’t that much in the end, so the pond is fairly empty. We have more in the forecast so we’ll see how that goes

@dextermuir7882 2 года назад

From a Kiwi of Scots descent: "Blaw the Wind Southerly" is not such a 'bonny breeze'! :) All best wishes from NZ

@Marwan.345 2 года назад

I'm watching your videos from pakistan khyber pukhtunkhawa region Our village and your village are same and we have the same trees thats you have.❤From pakistan

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

That is a very cool observation! I think we are at similar latitudes and hardiness zone so it doesn’t surprise me that similar trees grow there and here. Have a great week!

@mareepeters5717 2 года назад

chicken poo is very acidic, it needs to break down or mix it with food scraps, otherwise it can burn the roots of the plant. Really like your background music, reminds me of Miles Davis

@anthonyrebock5351 2 года назад

Personaly i have never seen crops or potatos covered over by mulching or grass....never done this

@junco477 2 года назад

Breathe well.

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

It’s much better again :)

@titodecastro 2 года назад

the dust came also to north france, i did not know that was possible to live in a yurt in Portugal. Laws are very restrictive at least for the urban spaces, even for the very small ones. take care, and courage

@nigeltown6999 2 года назад

"Spreading seeds around" is the origin of the term 'broadcasting', so you were broadcasting while you were broadcasting...

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

Broadcastinception ;)

@luisaleonardi666 2 года назад

Do you ever think to start building a traditional house that could keep you all warmer in winter and cooler in summer?

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

Yes, Maarten has started some of the groundwork. We’ll share more of that when we’re ready :)

@dozer1642 2 года назад

We’ve lived off grid in a yurt in the Sierra Nevada mountains for about 20 years now. It is very comfortable. Our kids are adults now and they grew up reading books and playing outside with animals instead of being glued to a TV. Living in a “traditional” house isn’t necessarily better.

@howtogrowdragonfruitplant7849 2 года назад

Cool. I am following your channel now ..

@metamud8686 2 года назад

Have you told all the surrounding weeds that were left in the pumpkin patch not to "dig in" to the compost buffet you are preparing mere centimeters away?

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

Yes they had a stern talking to so it should be fine 👍

@brucedownunda7054 2 года назад

Your "Recycled yoghurt container" labels. ;-)

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

They’re the best!

@paulovaz1174 2 года назад

hi there, about potatoes and other frost sensible crops we are subject to temper of Serra da Estrela, in last years we have late frosts that need to adjust cropping callendar to later months. if you want to have new potatoes in christmas put them in the soil in august in a shaded area and maybe you lucky

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

I’m a little frustrated with potatoes. The first time we tried we had a pretty good crop but since then we haven’t had much luck

@paulovaz1174 2 года назад

@@ourportuguesehomestead try different varienties of potatoes for example in my farm kennebec trives really good with nice size and production while other varieties fail and tend to be afected by mildew very badly. btw i live near Serra da estrela and plant potatoes in late april due to late frost

@Metalmaxm Год назад

Lung problem: When you dry clothing inside, that moisture gets into your lungs and you have the pain. Try to put clothing outside for 1st. day and see the results, no more pain. It works.

@ourportuguesehomestead Год назад

This was a week or two after I had Covid so that’s where the lung problem came from. I almost always dry clothing outside :)

@Metalmaxm Год назад

@@ourportuguesehomestead Oh, awesome =)

@sues7589 2 года назад

You have beautiful children.

@JohnCurtinmadrid 2 года назад

Wasn´t the "Calima" (dessert sand) awful? Here in Spain we got the worst of it, I believe and everything was coated in a thick layer of dust. Riding to Madrid my traction control warning light actually came on a couple of times on the bends as the road was so slippery from it! Glad the wind brought some rain so the air is a bit clearer.

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

Not nice at all! Most things are still dusty… Sounds like a scary drive

@daffs0 2 года назад

Great video Try putting some cardboard or plastic over the holes it will compost faster don’t forget to water at least one a week if you do just an idea 😁

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

Thanks!

@ciaobella8963 2 года назад

The phenomenon of "migrating" desert sand in southern Portugal must be part of its ecological makeup. So I wonder what minerals are in the sand, or other micronutrients. Or maybe it's just inert and contributes to Portuguese soil types. Do you know? I'm in northern Tuscany in Italy, so no aerosolized sand currents here (most likely in southern Italy though). However, in the late summer we get the season where African air currents make it unbearably hot, hard to breathe, and it lasts for more than a week or two depending on the year. Italians literally take all of August off. Everything shuts down. Ferragosto it's called. I think this is because of the African air current phenomenon that clearly is an annual weather pattern. It is so like the Italian culture to make the best use of the extreme heat. In fact they love it. I have Celtic ancestry, so foggy, green, hilly climes are my preference haha.

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

I’m not sure what kind of nutrients the sand bring. This sand comes every now and then, but this time it was unusually much and for longer. I love the heat in the summer, can’t wait for it to be back

@ciaobella8963 2 года назад

@@ourportuguesehomestead My son is part Greek and he is the same way, and loves hot weather. Where I live in the mountains of Italy is good for me. Cooler here all year round. Except for in August haha.

@ciaobella8963 2 года назад

@@ourportuguesehomestead My son is part Greek and he is the same way, and loves hot weather. Where I live in the mountains of Italy is good for me. Cooler here all year round. Except for in August haha.

2 года назад

Saharan sandstorms bring that dust all the way across the ocean to the Amazon basin in S. America. It's what makes that basin into a jungle as the underlying soils are actually really poor (except for the man-made pockets of terra preta). This is why slash & burn practices there are bad, once the vegetation is removed, the erosion of fertile topsoil leaves behind nothing but the really poor subsoil underneath, and it won't regrow without a lot of help. Yes, it's amazing that the winds from the African continent can carry dust so far, but once it's in the atmosphere, the air brings it all over the earth.

@ambitiousforever130 2 года назад

Thanks for your lovely videos, they are very entertaining to watch. Can you do a video on how to buy land/property in Portugal and how are the rules and conditions adding the legal and government costs please?

@pameladietz1548 2 года назад

Pumpkins seem to grow better planted directly. I have found that they really don't like being transplanted

@maximhollandnederlandthene7640 2 года назад

Nice to see again 🤗 Good that there was some rain. Does potatoes grow good in this kind of soil ? 🤔 Do you plan to plant more trees and does citrus grow there also. All the best 👋😄

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

Yes, the Portuguese grow lots of potatoes. We have some small citrus trees, they take some time to get established. In the meantime we can pick from our neighbor’s tree

@patrickgilhooly8340 2 года назад

At least you can now know we here in Texas, USA, get Sahara dirt all year long. Sign of world weather change. Hang in there, you SHALL over come adversity 🥰

@tomduane1960 Год назад

and yet the Newbys family gets lots they are in Portugal as well although I have yet to see them grow anything for eating but they dont seem to be short of any thing , back up power stations two of them lots of tools they even got in a tractor to plough their garden they also have gone on several trips to .. england , south africa so this is the reason they dont look real

@ourportuguesehomestead Год назад

Their views are much higher than ours, so they probably make more money. Tractors are easy to hire, we had our olive field cultivated for 30/40 euros. I don’t know them personally so I don’t know what’s real or fake 🤷‍♀️

@anthonyburke5656 2 года назад

I assume you have read Permaculture I and Permaculture II, there are various Permaculture Design manuals. May I suggest you read P.A. Yeomans work, his book “Water for Every Farm” encapsulates a lot of his work, which is really for broad acre farming, but he talks about moisture retention and soil health. Probably another book you should read is Fukuyama, “One Straw Revolution”

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

Yes we’ve read those, thanks for the tip though :)

@sabinejacomine 2 года назад

Love your videos. Just want to share the 'no dig' method of Charles Dowding (and others like Huw Richards). Have you heard of it? Tried it myself as well, works wonders and less work. Saw you were already saving some things from the kitchen for composting. Respect en succes met alles!

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

Yes, we are familiar with the method but it is not something that appeals to us.

@monalingan9523 2 года назад

From my observation, you could use a 3 sided composting pen to dump your stuff.

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

That’s why we already have one :)

@monalingan9523 2 года назад

@@ourportuguesehomestead oh good 😅

@melindataljaard2753 2 года назад

Hi Leah, thanks for the video. Pumpkins are not so hard to plant here in South Africa. And that scorsie pumpkins are small, round and very 'hard' to cut sometimes. We cut it in half. Put some little butter, cinnamon and sugar. Or we put creamy corn in and back it with some cheese on top. That's yummy. The earth worms my dad always told us is the underground 🚜🚜. 😅 They very good for the ground. Hope all your planting will be blessed. It's the first time I hear about that dust there in Portugal. Jig that can't be nice. I really thought it was misty. Love the farm feeling. Take care. Can't wait to see all you pumpkins. Greetings Melinda from South-Africa 💕

@claudiah5643 2 года назад

❤️❤️❤️❤️

@dr.smhafizurrahman1152 2 года назад

Hi, I'm a nature lover! Today watched your a few videos about your farm life. I liked it very much! I like to join with you! Would you....! I subscribed your channel to see more videos! Wish you all the best and love for your sweet kids! Have a good time!

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

Thank you for watching. Hope you like the other videos too. Cheers

@tonypereira1484 2 года назад

How do you keep beau away from the wood stove / burner ??

@maarton 2 года назад

He is never unsupervised when the woodstove is on and he listens to a stern ‘nee’ (no).

@tonypereira1484 2 года назад

@@maarton even I get scared when Lea says “nee” 😬

@xnotx2 2 года назад

11:30 You're getting the African dust?

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

Yes, from the Sahara

@santiagonavesgomez8332 2 года назад

Have you tested your soil for levels of nutrients?

@xnotx2 2 года назад

20:45 You might have better luck sowing directly into soil and not transplanting. I don't think pumpkins like to be transplanted.

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

They didn’t mind much last year, and this way they have a little headstart

@xnotx2 2 года назад

@@ourportuguesehomestead Have you looked into garden tunnel/hoop house/row tunnel? You can leave them all winter and take it off in hot weather 😁 Keeps the soil way warmer and you can succession plant from lettuce to hot summer crops and back when the weather cools.

@asifmuniruniverse7732 2 года назад

Hi,

@asifmuniruniverse7732 2 года назад

Yeah

@asifmuniruniverse7732 2 года назад

I hope it's good soil you can crops farms and also make cattle farm because you showed here oilive, trees and others fruits, trees it'll be positive for you it's my opinion I don't have experience about lands you must have some plans if you perched it Long story to make Short I hope it'll be better everything take some time

@asifmuniruniverse7732 2 года назад

It's good Luke because in your land already Olivia trees and others fruits trees

@asifmuniruniverse7732 2 года назад

Hi cute baby

@coby6417 2 года назад

🌸🌟👍🍀💐

@andrewcameron6611 2 года назад

Hey where did you get your yurt ?

@patassion 2 года назад

I make labels and then the weather erases the writing

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

Hopefully by the time the writing is no longer legible, you’re able to identify the plant you’ve planted. Otherwise you could try plastic labels with waterproof markers they hold up long enough.

@lanceniaramkaran8500 2 года назад

Hi I saw you have a used bathtub outside have you considered using it as a raised bed for planting they make great raised bed for plants

@ourportuguesehomestead 2 года назад

It is currently in use as a drinking trough for bees, chickens, cats, dogs and the occasional bird. I don’t think we’ll use it as a raised bed, but I think it would work great.

@lanceniaramkaran8500 2 года назад

@@ourportuguesehomestead ok 👍

@adbc8737 2 года назад

🌀💚🌀

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