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seed the future. assure the present. that's our way! wine and fado to honour the past! 😜🤣 kids in school? youre set! couple of chickens for eggs, a goat for milk, butter and great cheese, fruits all year, veggies... what else would one need?... stay strong 🤠😎

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I love your work

Well done, you're part of an ancient and cosmic motivated process. Besides the nutrients they provide us, trees are our friends and lungs of the earth. "Trees, through the process of photosynthesis, absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and release oxygen, essentially acting like the lungs of our planet by providing the air we breathe; this is why forests are often referred to as the "lungs of the Earth." "If I were a tree, and someone made a swing on me, I would enjoy their laughter. I’d be big and strong and help the day move along, I would help the people breathe fresh air. Birds could build their nests in my branches, my leaves would be green and healthy. Birds could lay their eggs and new life would begin. When the autumn came by my leaves would turn to gold. One by one my leaves, would full to the ground. I would stand there bare, fast asleep just waiting, for spring to come and start again. If I were a tree." Pamela Lutwyche

Adoro Monchique, uma pequena vila algarvia que fica entre a serra e o mar. Vou lá muitas vezes na minha autocaravana (motorhome)

So much for global warming. 😂 You should learn to grow trees from seeds and cuttings, it’s very simple. I’ve grown thousands all for nothing. I swap for other trees of different species.

Poplars and willows not only are beautiful , grow fast, are easy to propogate, but are very important to foster a heaalthy ecosystem. Cuttings this time of year is enough.

Nice dogs.

Loved the sequence of you guys showing the trees! So funny😂 and so great the news about the non-fruit trees, I also have tilias and italian cypress, all doing well! I had already commented on the white poplars in another video, I love them too, I bought a few 1m high last year and I swear some of them (the ones in the more fertile side of the land) are 3m now! (The others are big too but not like this😂) If you have the trees dying, check if you are in an area with phytophthora cinnamomi, it is a huge problem: in the area I am at, the land is contaminated with it, so people are planting resistant trees, mostly stone pine (I am also planting carob as it is immune, from what I read). Check out this site (Aromas e Boletos) (I have no relationship with them but bought some mycorrhyzae from them), they now sell forest trees with some sort of treatment / innoculation that makes them more resilient to drought and diseases, including p. cinnammomi. Good luck!

Would love a bit of footage from around your land…. Maybe a talk and walk or just a walk 😊 you’re making a difference, thank you

Great video.

Beautiful . Good luck❤

I wonder how much rain you get per year? I’m in a very hot part of QLD and not a great rainfall and I reckon I could just about get away without irrigation etc. No swales, as my plants are living water tanks. Went 11 months this year without irrigation. Only reason irrigation is needed is for all the young plants I’m putting in regularly. Be interesting to see how your place progresses.

Funny to be watching your video and listen to you talking about the nursery in Monchique. We have a property there and all our trees are from this nursery. I highly recommended it as well. I'm lucky because it's like 300m from my property. 😅

Which channel did you recommend in this video? I'm from Brazil and I love following your progress.

It would be great if you could inspire your neighbors to "swale". Might be a great way to mitigate wildfires. Forgive me if you've already mentioned it, but what about Olive Trees?

Seems like you can't have too many swales on your property. Very happy for you folks!

...at some point, I imagine those fences covered with Hollyhocks. :)

So amazing to see this project coming to life and all the trees being planted. And the doggies playing!!

Wouahh! It feels so great watching you planting so many plants and trees 🙏💕

Can't wait to see the results. How's your winter garden doing?

I see several large trees that have adapted to the rock substrate. Are you expecting the roots to break through the rocks? Looks like granite... is it a solid bank, or just lots of boulders and such. Another question, do you bring your birds into a protective shelter at nightime? Have you considered planting fava beans to "nitrogen fix" your soil? Dear friends of mine had an 80 acre ranch in a very dry environment. They had a large flock of Guinea Fowl, and chickens- but they didn't stand a chance with all of the predators. They even caged them in huge coops, but voles and weasels got through and decimated the flocks. My friends were elderly, and sadly just weren't up to keeping even with the cruel advance of nature. But for awhile, it was a beautiful thing to behold. Lastly, thanks for documenting your efforts, I wish this video was 3, or 4 years old, so I could see how things have worked out for you. 😁

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You should definitely add more swales!

Do you plan on digging more swales?

Can’t wait for the swales update during the rainy season!!

I love your farm.

Are you planning to plant apples?

still catching up, thanks................🥰

So glad to find your channel, lovely video and family

Looking good. The more swales the better. I sinking at much water a possible here in Queensland Australia 😊

Did you know that the cactus you are cutting looks like the edible cactus? I think it is what is called nopal in Mexico. I tried nopal sautéed with salt and pepper and I liked it.

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Be mindful when planting trees on the swale mounds, dig planting holes deeper into solid soil. In Summer the new mounds will dry out very quickly and newly planted trees should never dry out in their first year or two to grow well.

Hi, nice job! I love your cute dogs! Maybe check out "Dreams of Green" ( www.youtube.com/@dreamsofgreen ). She is in Australia and has excellent videos on propagating all kinds of trees and shrubs and also on how to establish them in a hot, very dry climate.

Drought-tolerant and heat-resistant pigeon peas are an easy-to-grow staple food, and they attract pollinators too. as well the moringa tree is food for humans and animals

how far from monchique r u ?

primeiro 🙂

Your trees are dying from Phytophthora, not lack of water (which doesn’t help of course) it is unfortunately an issue that out Azinheiras and Sobreiras are going through. The only known way to prevent so far is to plant marioila (phlomis purpurea) near the trees since its roots are antagonistic to the Phytophthora. Get some seeds , plant them in trays and then plant them near the trees! 😊 good luck with your project, lovely having people like you around ❤

The road looks like a good place to capture more runoff in the future. Good Luck

Cut the dead grass and fill up the swales to prevent erosion when the rain comes.

I’m all for this project, but hearing an American accent, why did you move to Portugal for this? Edit: Husband(?) accent gave away the reason hehe, never mind!

Love what you're doing :) and I like the way you are doing the swales. One suggestion - try using transparent tube (hose) filled with water for leveling. I used this method many times and it is very easy and precise. Also one idea for planning your contour swales is to use drone, make pictures and than photogrametry, than 3d model :) . I would love to help

Yes, you said it right, EROSION. Why, what you done we call it child swale. Just dig deeper and wider. Make no mistake by adding dirt on it, it will erode easily. Dont make spillways in the middle, alternate it on both ends, so that in case of blow out, the water doesn't cascade straight out and cause multiple erosion. about your road, make a slope on both sides, or make a ditch on one side facing the hill, and put some diy culverts made of tubular plastic pipes or concrete.

Idyllic lifestyle

Make some swells across the road. If you can put pipes in the ditch then cover with rocks. I think that would help.

Slowing water run off is such a solution to bio diversity around you! Easier to dig the ground when it is wet rather than cement like when dry!!