EXCAVATOR TRANSFORMS OUR STEEP HILLSIDE INTO BEAUTIFUL TERRACES with many possibilities... 🚜
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Those chubby wubbie kitties are looking mighty healthy. They were blessed when adopted by you two.
Drew your gracious attitude is the main reason I watch this channel. Even if they are being paid, you can be appreciative of the work. It doesn’t cost anything to say thank you. ❤❤❤
Thank you.
I love that you both let the tree cutters keep the extra money for the sale of the trees. You both really care about others ❤
In fact they give those guys a good amount of free money... usually the eucalyptus trees are sold for 30 euros and more a cubic meter standing as they are...
Grapes and Olive trees would be great. Are you going to reinforce the face of the ridges so that they do not erode or make a landslide when it rains?
Dry stone walls would look beautiful
Quelle bonne idée et au vue de leur terrain ils pourraient oser des avocats 😊
In the Appalachian mountains, we terrace the mountains near the roads and highways. A metal mesh type of fencing is put in place with larger gravel behind it to prevent the terraces from eroding. It's not a bad look.
Another idea is to build gabions, metal mesh barrels filled with rock.
Have learned to fully respect all the dry stone walls built over the millennia. They are blessed to afford the big rigs and friendly faces.
You might consider using all those loose rocks to build walls fronting each terrace - this will prevent erosion for decades to come.
Just what I was thinking
Talk about changing the landscape.. WOW!!! Guys you are really making a lot of progress.. Enjoy your channel every Sunday…
This is so cool. You all are completely transforming this into a beautiful property.
The machine driver did an awesome job, very well done.
Congratulations on having been there one year! You have so much hard work behind you and in your future. Glad you show how you enjoy the journey. That’s a good reminder for me.
The terracing has made a great improvement to the land and will also give you options to regrow some fruit trees in their place and your vegetables. Looking forward to seeing what you do next 😊😊❤❤
Terraces were done with so much thought and they turned out really nice. It is interesting to see your vision come to realization. Lots of sophisticated thought going into what is going to be a beautiful peace of property.
So glad you added the terraces, it will help to soak up water and also reduce risks of landslides, not to mention it being a great fire break too!
Leave the bottom door closed! It will keep the rats out. You will also need to water your compost in the summer since you are in such a dry arid climate. I never watered compost until I moved to Oregon. The moist eastern parts of the US have ample water, so compost doesn’t need watered. Watering the compost also helps to deter the rats, they like to make tunnels in the dark, dry contents of a compost pile. Another thing I learned living in Oregon. I like that the base of your composter has holes for air flow. A compost pile needs layers of food scraps covered with dry leaves or hay, or some other dry carbon materials, and lots and lots of moisture. The pile needs 6x as much carbon as it does green or nitrogen rich materials. In the fall I would make a large pile of dried leaves right next to the compost pile so when I added the food scraps I could cover them immediately to keep the smell and the bugs at bay. Cats can kill rats when they’re small, but an adult large rat can put a hurting on a cat. Found that out the hard way too. Poor kitty.
I love your terraces! Now I know where the rock came from for the original terrace walls. You guys are really transforming your property! I admire your vision.
I’m so glad the kitties took so well to you and the land😊
A BIG difference in a short time!
What a huge job removing those trees and building those terraces! Worth the peace of mind though!! Happy 1 year home-owner anniversary 🎉
A small request please. .when you show the drone beauty shots at the end, give it another 10 seconds so i can freeze it and take it in before youtube covers it all over with all the watch next ads. -- thanks!
The terraces are awesome & will be great for your property in so many ways. I am Australian & Eucalyptus oil is so versatile. your idea of making use of the remaining trees is a great idea. Eucalyptus oil is great for clearing the head etc for colds . It has great uses for cleaning, a great natural bug repellent & so much more. I used a water soluble eucalyptus water soluble solution to clean mould off an outdoor blind more than a month ago & the mould has not returned. Eucalyptus trees can be dangerous too, they loose limbs & just fall over very easily. They are also called widow makers. love watching the progress of your property. Cheers Helen
Has it been a yr already! Lots has happened in one yr! The fabulous contractors have been a blessing! It's so cute how ur cat follows u everywhere, they were skittish feral cats now they are true pets so adorable!🌼🌸🌷🌸🌼🌸
And like one of mine, taking off for 28 days, they need to know how much you truly love them before they stay permanently.
Plus, they needed to gather the new space ( surroundings) they were going to live in. They are now the patrolers in charge.
Fruit trees (pomegranate, citrus, avocado, etc.) and olive trees would look great on the terraces. Mix in some grapes as others have suggested and that’s a lot of food.
That’s a new definition of transformation. Holy cow that’s gorgeous.
You are good cat parents, those cats just love you.
😍
You have stone walls supporting the old terraces and, as the old folk who built them knew, these prevent landslips.
Has anyone talked to you about retention netting for the slopes between each of the new terraces?
EDIT: I see others have mentioned this already, and gabions too.
The latter are large steel mesh baskets filled with stones - of which you have plenty!
Wow ...terraces are amazing. You can do alot with them. I would try different fruit trees and veggies and wild flowers (maybe) provided they would grow in that soil/condition. I would first ask the locals for suggestions as they would know what would work in those conditions. But WOW...what a massive job..and incredible transformation.
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Wow, reshaping the mountain and protecting yourself from fires all in one, wow!
I love you guys and your projects, before and afters! But would LOVE to see you put out more than one video per week!!!❤️🙏
Some people don't realize all the work that goes into creating and editing these videos. Drew not only videos, but he participates in the work as well, and I imagine Brittany does too. I am satisfied with one video and frankly, I am surprised they put out one a week, with all that they do off camera. Good luck to this couple. I wish them all the best. They have taken on a huge task.
Happy with whenever to get around to it! Every couple weeks is good, too! You've got a lot going on! Amazing!
I'd be worried - so many youtubers burning out from having too much pressure to keep up with output - I'm happy with one a week and healthy creators!
Somehow your voice makes even rocks & rubble sound instantly way more interesting. lol. Loving the progress so far and what youre doing with the land around your home! Adding those extra tiers of land is such a great idea and sets up so much more future possibilities! Can't wait to see more!
The cats are looking very healthy. They were quite lucky to be adopted by the two of you.
All those wonderful logs for the fireplace🌻🐈 😊
Je ne pense pas que l eucalyptus soit indiqué 😊
You guys deserve all the success that's happening. You are so genuine.
The landscape is dynamic on so many different timescales. Trees are just slow plants. Right kinds, right places, right time, etc.
You just have to take a thirty year outlook instead of a thirty week one.
Except, now year after year, above and below ground, the overall ecosystem you're creating is steadily beginning to improve. Good on you. All the best.
That excavator operator is a professional!
As someone who has lived on / with steep hillsides for decades.. This looks dreamy! I'd love to carve terraces and plant with fruit trees where I'm at.
Also, FYI, eucalyptus is also a natural flea deterrent. Once I had newborn kittens that I found out in the yard and they were covered with fleas. I put them in a box layered with eucalyptus branches and a towel over the branches, and the next morning the baby kittens were completely flealess. The place is coming along so nicely!! Really enjoying the stamp you are putting on the mill and surrounding areas. Wonderful to see the logs being reused. ❤
I can not believe you have been here a year already and you have done so much. Those terraces actually add character to your land. Your cats are lovely and I like the one who meows its responses to you. Have a lovely day.
WOW WOW WOW...those terraces are amazing, and give you so much more usable land. Beautiful and so well done. Amazing transformation!!! Love the kitties so much, makes my heart so happy that they are living their best lives. Thank you for being such amazing stewards of the land and all the kitties and nature!!! Exciting to see all the progress!!! ❤❤❤
You guys should make friends with @RaisingVoyagers. They are transforming an old dry-stacked stone barn into a wonderful house in the foothill Alps of Italy. I'd love to see a conversation between you four! 😀❤
Yes! We know of them and their project too! Hopefully one day we will have the chance to meet🤗
@@Mrandmrsadventure I hope you do meet! I'm now emotionally invested in five renovation channels at once and rooting for all of them.😂It's like Grand Designs on steriods. @maxandoccy, (Aus, who just won't quit) @vanwives, (who are badass builders), @mattcarriker with his giant ranch, , you, and @raisingvoyagers. .
Wow! What a transformation you are creating! The scope of your project is huge! Beautiful! Maybe you should consider crops/trees that will give you income generating produce so that you could hire ongoing help. That person could perhaps help take care of things whenever you go adventuring! Looking forward to watching the transformations continue! ❤️❤️
Your property gets more beautiful every video. I can’t wait until the inside of the house is done.
Wow, wow! The terraces are amazing. Everything is looking great!!!. I agree you’ll be much safer without those looming eucalyptus trees overhead.
I do have a comment for Drew’s mention about if he just made himself more work for upkeep on the terraces. One thing I would suggest is once you planted all your fruit trees, etc , I would consider planting “ground clover” as a ground cover as it creates a tons of nitrogen in the soil plus it doesn’t grow tall. You can buy very low growing clover one variety is only like 4 inches tall. If you start it early before other native plants start to sprout, it will create a beautiful green cover, a little white or red flowers, depending on the mix and only 4 to 6 inches tall. Drew will never have to mow and trim up on those areas. Additionally, It will hold the soil to keep it from running away once it’s established. Its awesome stuff. I think everybody should do this in place of (gas mowing)lawn’s. Anyway, thanks for all your content love watching you guys and seeing things come along.
Second that about clover. Another benefit is that bees and butterflies love it.
Olive trees would be great and don't require too much maintenance and in a few years you could be creating your own olive oil. You should talk to Sarah and Luca.❤
Your accomplishments to your Portuguese palace have been overwhelming in my mind and I am very impressed in the building in and around of your home and taking the image of an idea to make it reality. You both give inspiration to all that follow your path of happiness. My wife and I go to Portugal (Braga) for at least a month every year (7 years now) to visit her and now our relatives and what you have done to inspire us as well as many to take that next step to give all the gratification that you both hold in your palms to your followers. Good luck in your further endeavors and we all are on our seat edges for the next episode.
a great development ...... cant wait to see the full view for your land and house
Drew totally understand seeing the earth torn up is unsettling...but it will keep you save and opens up so up so much land for use on those terraces. Brittnay the klitties look so very happy OXOXOOXOXO
Wow, what a game changer, it looks amazing guys. It opens up so much potential where you couldn't really use it before. You also have a wonderful supply of stone for future building projects.👍
Hey guys, buried biodegradable material breaks down, leaving a hole where the covering dirt subsides. It'll take a few of years but be aware of it.
Keep up the great content ❤
I did the same thing excavating terraces on my property. We also exposed tons of rock, which we used to build dry stacked walls against the cuts. Best thing I ever did to the property!!!
Exactly what I was thinking. My property have a slope as well and we have dry stacked stone walls at the cuts to help keep the erosion under control. The earth will still find its way down though so it’s good to plant things that help retain the soil and won’t be too intrusive on the walls. I’m concerned in having too much of a slope inward since too much water into the mountain could also cause landslides.
Hi Drew, Brittany.I Love 💕 you Both,and your Cat's.🐈🐈🐈. Great Job your friend is doing for you both.Please thank him for making your Land more Beautiful for you guys.From this Grandma Raquel.From Bakersfield, California.Love you all.❤. Sending Hugg's 🤗.All around.❤.
That patio area is going to be gorgeous & well-used. Nice!
How exciting! Get yourselves a massive bulk order of clover seeds ! ❤
That was one big transformation in one little episode, and what a difference it makes to the look of the land.😄
I would plant a few avocado tree's on a terrace apple's on another plums and cherries pairs tree's ect ect
Wow catching up and it looks AMAZING!! Love watching the progress 😃
Great work guys! It is going to be AMAZING!.. You really have found fantastic contractors to do your different jobs!
I understand how your swales will trap the water, and so reduce erosion. But when the rain is torrential, there may still be erosion on the front wall of the terraces. Laying rocks along the terrace walls will reduce that, but will also be a major major effort. Perhaps a five year project, working on it as other tasks allow.
Com tempo… with time, as the Portuguese say 🙏💚
Native plants are crucial to the health of the landscape!!! I was just at a local native plant swap today. It was fabulous!!! Lots of plants that will help the native wildlife!! Invasive plants can even affect the health of the soil.
Wow! First time I admire the way terraces are formed! Great job! ❤ I love the kitties 🐈😻❣️
So good to see you both getting ready for summer and wise to be prepared for the Fire season what a generous way to achieve these projects and helping these people and good luck for your hard work both and the beautiful cats always nice to see lovely landscape take care thank you bye
That hill side & wooded area would make an epic mountain bike trail. You could build jumps & berms, it would be so good.
Brave man on that excavator. I would have wanted a Menzi Muck style Excavator.
Congrats! This is a hell of a job improving the terrain. Thank you. 🇨🇷
🦋🎨 I don’t remember if I left a comment. What a great video that drone shot of showing your whole property with the terraces how they are at this point was beautiful. Happy that the little apple tree seems OK and the composting apparatus from your local municipality is wonderful.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Work from the guys taking the logs away to the excavator. You are blessed.
I love the kitty, trying to take mommy home to protect her.
Omg so much work, you guys are awesome. Everything is looking amazing. Drew you are a work horse, congrats to both of you and thank you for sharing your journey
making little check dams on the hills where you can tell water runs will help back up the water and let the ground absorb more. It will also stop sediment from washing away.
The large digger could create lots of different areas where you could pitch for camping as your land is so good and interesting.
The terraces look great.
You may want to rethink the burying of the eucalyptus stumps.
I’m thinking they will decompose in a few years and create large sink holes. Just a thought.
Ohhh yeah ❤. Now that’s beautiful family!
You can plant grapes
yes, a wonderful idea!!
@@Mrandmrsadventure Before to do that ask locals about all the work and expenses before get wine from a vineyard unless they are the species of table grapes,,,,,thats another history ...on the other hand you are in a great spot for some fruits like oranges ,olives, almonds, figs
The terraces look like excellent soil conditions to plant a small vineyard! That would help stabilize the soil as well.
Use bamboos to strengthen terrace edges plan trees closes to bottom side of edges and stack boulders to help hold them in place also make sure the terrace are not sloping down hill but they have gradients towards the upper ridges so as to let rain water not flow heavily downhill but to let them be stored nd sink in
You will find out, as home owners, there will always be projects and work to be done....and that's a good thing! Prayers, love, and gentle hugs from Donna in Florida.🥰
So exciting!! Wow! What a transformation!
I’m curious to know if even if the chopped leaves from the eucalyptus are buried will they still reroute themselves and grow new sprouts upwards?? They tend to grow so rapidly. The terraces are really looking amazing. Lots of ideas for future projects! 👏👏👏
A couple of utubers called Snow and Curt travel with thier cats and Van all over the world! Take her with you 😊
Brittany ignore Drew’s comments on Momma kitty. My kitty free feeds from a gravity feeder. She doesn’t associate me with food at all but she follows me around just like Momma kitty follows you. They just love us.
Australia also have devastating bush fires ...but the Eucalyptus bush regenerates and even sprout better with fires, they come back on burned trunks standing up as it happen for millennia with the help of the indigenous people ,the problem is when we have humans living on the bush....or as an introduced specie in Europe is not good for that environment. Love from Queensland Australia ... PS we love your channel.
Sending you our love 😘🙏😘
Wow.. the sneak peek of those new terraces looks amazing!
Thank you! Yes, they did a wonderful jobbbbb 🙏
What a great place for fruit trees to grow!!
It's Amazing how much that this week has transformed your property. I remember last year how much erosion from runoff that you had at the Watermill. I have a quick question, was the lower terrace behind your Watermill used previously for logging eucalyptus from the neighbor's property? What are the property lines on your 3 hectares of land? That ramp to landing area will be so useful this upcoming year as you build out the Watermill and need room for trucks and supplies to be staged. Really like how well the grass grew back on the lower terraces that you both had seeded. Not to mention the ruin just above the road entering your terraced Watermill.
Wow, look how far you have come in such a short time. Well done🙂
OMG guys how beautiful are those terraces👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Everything is looking great such hard work will all pay off in the end. This was great see you next week. 😽😸😺seem to be so happy with you guys ❤️
What an incredible leap forward! Brittany, the night shot with the full moon and the wispy clouds was amazing, AND You are always share such a beautiful mindfulness with us... "I just need to remember that this is the beginning. That this is going to lead to what we want in the future." and you celebrate each step as you go. This is such a beautiful and healthy way of seeing life. Thanks for sharing it with us. xo and give those kitties a little scritch for me. PS, thanks for showing all the terraces in their full glory with the drone shot at the end! It is magnificent!
It’s coming together so fast. I know it’s not fast to you but
Seeing so much each week now is awesome
Blessing ❤️👏🏻🙏🏻❤️
Love your Portugal home coming together as a home sweet home almost complete
Woh! massive change, that's got to feel so good/exciting. Look at all that fresh 'canvas'
We live on a 5 acre terraced property. We have names for each terrace. We have chickens on one terrace, we has gardens on another, goats and a barn on one. We planted grasses to hold back the dirt. We have grape vines, fruit trees. I get a leg work put every day.
Love this!
Stacking all those rocks against the hillside to re-enforce them is going to be a forever job.
Certainly do not see the chopping of eucalyptus trees everyday! Cool shots. When we travelled on the windy roads of Portugal as a kid (before the autostradas), my parents would stop to take some bark off roadside eucalyptus trees to help us kids with car sickness. The scented bark really made a difference.
How cool! that's the best use of these trees we have heard of. Please share more stories in the comments in future videos if they come to mind 🙏
Beautiful, perfect for a food forest!
Absolutely beautiful and amazing!!! Love it!!! Thank you for sharing! Continued prayers and love for yas!❤😊
Of course you let the tree guys have all the profits. You two are the kindest couple on utube🥰
Mewmew has such a meerkat tail.
The little fruit in the shell is a gooseberry lovely for jam !
Just have to say wow what great change you have made I feel for the land a bit with having no trees but I know you will be putting more back keep up the good work and blessings your way
Healthy and peacefull to live in the Nature.👍👌🏻🌲🌳🎄
If you spread white clover seed over the new terraces its will create top soil choak out weeds, bind the soil and retain moisture. You can still plant trees and have gardens.
You guys have come so far. Those rescued kitties ( proud moment for a animal rescuer ) so Thank you- 😺😺😺
That stump that fell down would me in my landscape around my home. Flower or strawberry bed somewhere. You will find many cool stumps n roots im sure.
Congratulations, this far. Looking like a home and homeland SOON enough.
I haven't watched you guys in a while. Made a huge move myself. Solo but it's all ok and the animals ALL came with me. What i thought was 11 meaningful years turned out just to be a free ride for the partner. O well, life moves on forward. No matter what!
Peace 🩷🌎🩵 Love, World@
Animals
Yes, the dog rescue is now All size, shapes and breed of animal. 23 cattle, 5 calves,1 pig, was 12 now 9 dogs ( 3 have passed of old age ), 2 cats, 1 baby turtle, 1 very foul mouthed 🦜parrot. The brains of my whole operation yet so much like having a new born. That dang bird!!!!!!!! 🙀
Super! It is looking very nice over there!
Have you ever shared how you found these local teams that are helping you? I think that would be interesting to learn about in a future episode.
I can imagine terraces full of grapes and fruit trees