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  • Опубликовано: 21 янв 2025

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  • @JeanWhatman-h5p
    @JeanWhatman-h5p 3 дня назад

    Found your channel this evening am currently binge watching , my hubby and I moved to France in 2020 to do exactly the same , such a rewarding feeling seeing all your hard work coming to fruition , well done guy`s keep up the hard work xx

  • @paoemantega8793
    @paoemantega8793 Год назад +1

    Unconditional love for dogs :)

  • @atiqkhan7273
    @atiqkhan7273 Год назад +1

    I salute to both of you ❤
    You are v. Hard working and having full of confidence in achieving your goal .

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      Greetings! Thank you for your kind words 👍🤩

  • @lindabrooks8242
    @lindabrooks8242 Год назад +1

    Awesome work! Growing food is a good feeling, and so rewarding. You will have plenty. ❤

  • @theoborgsteede1727
    @theoborgsteede1727 Год назад +1

    lovely to watch you. two beautiful people

  • @racebanning6390
    @racebanning6390 Год назад +1

    GREAT JOB, THE TRACTOR ATTACHMENTS WORK GREAT. THE SOIL IS OUTSTANDING!!!... CANT WAIT TO SEE THE MELONS START GROWING ALL OVER , YUMMM! BE BLESSED YA ALL!

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      Thank you 😀 we can’t wait as well

  • @lawarren4783
    @lawarren4783 Год назад +9

    You should be very proud of your garden, all your hard work will pay off with an abundance of food to harvest. Trixie seems to love spending time with you and Guffie has his own swimming pool🤣Always enjoy watching your videos so thanks for sharing

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      Thank you, garden is doing really well indeed 😊👍

  • @pattyseree
    @pattyseree Год назад +8

    You won the lottery with your good soil and water source! Not by luck but by your choice of land. You both appear to be happy and thriving. I look forward to your channel each week.

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад +1

      Thank you, and yes we are living a dream 🙏

  • @darylpike8547
    @darylpike8547 Год назад +1

    Wow, what beautiful soil you have! You've really fallen up hill. 😊😊
    For someone who has never ploughed before, you are a cracking job of it , well done my friend!!❤
    I'll give you a shout to come and do mine, when I get it!!😊😊😊😊

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад +1

      Just try to buy it close to us, tractor is not road worthy 😄😁

    • @darylpike8547
      @darylpike8547 Год назад +1

      @@portugalitis 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @janicedelp2775
    @janicedelp2775 Год назад +1

    So happy for you that you got the land all broken up with the tractor and power, then rotovatted. We call it tilling. The earth looks so rich and should grow a wonderful garden. Janice from Arkansas USA

  • @louisefourie5846
    @louisefourie5846 Год назад +1

    Beautiful, only hard work and unity will keep you going. Enjoy

  • @antoniodasilva1230
    @antoniodasilva1230 Год назад +1

    Slow and steady things are going to be better plus nothing better than working on one's land and fresh air without pollution

  • @deniseclark1349
    @deniseclark1349 Год назад +1

    Love the PDA your wife is beautiful and shy keep it up

  • @lesley701
    @lesley701 Год назад +6

    Hi guys, you are both hard working and a delightful couple and I wish you both well.

  • @JabrilaO
    @JabrilaO Год назад +1

    Found your channel this morning. I’ve binged watched every episode and subscribed! Y’all big time farmers now! Much love from Washington DC, USA 😘

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад +1

      Thank you very much, we are glad you enjoyed it 🤗

  • @Reet64
    @Reet64 Год назад +7

    You will have an abundance of melons! It looks like a great area for planting.

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      We never had them before, no clue what to expect 😂

  • @22spicka
    @22spicka Год назад +1

    Abudu idege😎 Kokia didžiulė pagalba traktoriaus priedai. Daržą greit pasidaret🤓👍

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      Dirbam dirbam 🤣 kada i svecius?

    • @22spicka
      @22spicka Год назад

      Darbas žmogų puošia 😆Del atvažiavimo, tai reikia pasiderint. Koks artimiausias oro uostas?

  • @MsKayla130
    @MsKayla130 Год назад +1

    Wonderful channel. 👏❤💛💚🇵🇹🇨🇦

  • @patriciabrown8301
    @patriciabrown8301 Год назад +7

    That soil in the field look nice and healthy good luck with the melons great work on the house the stone work is so nice alot of hard work but worth it in the end that dog loves you both he looks so happy to see you both animals know the best people ☝

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      Thank you very much for your kind words 😀

  • @corriezietsman7061
    @corriezietsman7061 Год назад +1

    You have a beautiful place!!!!!!!!!

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      Thank you, we absolutely love it 😄

  • @barbarasanderson8776
    @barbarasanderson8776 Год назад +6

    Hello, your garden is wonderful, and your produce looks really good, the TLC you give it really shows. Your house is coming along too. Enjoy.🌼😀

  • @nicolebury2743
    @nicolebury2743 Год назад +1

    That's so cute.

  • @fisch69
    @fisch69 Год назад +2

    The stone plate you are referring to is called “Bedrock “..❤

  • @debbiegarza1287
    @debbiegarza1287 Год назад +1

    You guys are so cute!! Your land is gorgeous!

  • @maureenlowther7621
    @maureenlowther7621 Год назад +1

    The farm is looking good enjoyed your vlog.❤️❤️

  • @clvskl5058
    @clvskl5058 Год назад +2

    MY wife and I have been watching you two lovely people from the time you drove your caravan onto this lovely part of Portugal, you both are grafters total naturals Giedre you put us to shame you gardening work is just so natural , Andrius that rendering is a killer, but it will look great at the finish, we also love Portugal but down in the Algarve in the winter time did four year's after my retirement, now we caravanning around England and northern Europe. Well done your vlogs are spot on, and so nice to here a Cuckoo whilst you were planting the melons. Clive & Dawne from Surrey UK

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      Thank you for your kind words! Are you planing to come back to Portugal?

    • @clvskl5058
      @clvskl5058 Год назад +1

      @@portugalitisNot this year , we are off to southern Germany in June then Netherlands and Belgium its a lot more difficult now we are out of the EU, I am the only driver so i like to take my time,

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      👍 enjoy your road trip 😀

  • @jamietinker
    @jamietinker Год назад +5

    You have really good soil. Good luck with your crops

  • @Patricia-sw3ek
    @Patricia-sw3ek Год назад +3

    What a game changer the tractor is for you, you have such a productive veg garden and I enjoyed the walk with the dogs, excellent video

  • @arjanvogel6444
    @arjanvogel6444 Год назад +1

    Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you guys, you can use the tractor to pull the mimosa trees out of the ground Theo was doing that also with this tractor just with a peace of wire. Just a idea 💡.

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад +1

      We don’t really want to get rid of them completely, them boulders will not look sonnice then..

  • @arjanvogel6444
    @arjanvogel6444 Год назад +1

    Maybe mulch your ground with straw to keep the moisture in the ground around your vegetables and fruits trees.

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад +1

      We will have to do this, getting hotter and hotter again

  • @lieuwina
    @lieuwina Год назад +1

    Just came across your channel and I wish you the very best with your adventure on your land and I am so glad you are happy and the attachment will help you a lot. Have a lovely day.

  • @deniseclark1349
    @deniseclark1349 Год назад +1

    The Plow did great and her garden is wonderful

  • @isobelchapman9548
    @isobelchapman9548 Год назад +4

    I love your evening birdsong and the chit chat sounds, it’s all so tranquil. The land will give to you in abundance because of your hard work, you nurture it and it nurtures you in return. Take care of each other.

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад +1

      There are so many different birds around 👍thank you

  • @edwinafox979
    @edwinafox979 Год назад +1

    Wow

  • @debbiegarza1287
    @debbiegarza1287 Год назад +1

    Those are some fast growing plant!! Looks like you need a couple goats!

  • @mariamiskimmon5437
    @mariamiskimmon5437 Год назад +1

    Great job………..

  • @aquilinorodrigues726
    @aquilinorodrigues726 Год назад +1

    Olá. Gostei muito de o vosso vidio, e achei engraçado a maneira que vocês estarem a brincar um com o outro, é assim é que se deve ser, um casal ter tempo para brincar um com o outro. Continuem sempre assim, na vida deve ser sempre assim.

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      Thank you! Glad you liked the video 👍🙏

  • @shanebrownrigg8632
    @shanebrownrigg8632 Год назад +1

    Great to see you with the plough,can’t wait to see how the melons do,yes I have seen that ruin for sale,forgot how much but it did come with a bit of land.keep up the good work.

  • @suz-annemoss6500
    @suz-annemoss6500 Год назад +1

    In such a short time with hard work and now with the addition of your tractor, your ability to grow you own food, is a possible now. It will be a little easier working the soil before planting. The garden that you hand dug and planted is really looking good. I am very impressive with both of you, the hard work and the sheer desire to make it better. I know it is hot in Portugal already, so working outdoors in the heat mean starting early and then resting in the mid day. Love the hammocks in the shade, I too would spent time having an afternoon siesta until it gets cooler. The house is coming along, I am excited to see how you point the walls!. One step at a time, remember what it looked like a few months ago, you have done very well indeed!

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      Thank you for you positivity! Really appreciate it 🤗

  • @PensionersinPortugal
    @PensionersinPortugal Год назад +3

    Looking really good my friends, you deserve great comments and will have a bountiful harvest......how many melons???
    Only 20!! If you planted 69 tomatoes, then I bet you planted 30 melons!!
    Hope to see you soon xx

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      Thank you! It was 24 melons 😂 but G has I think 6-7 water melons still waiting to be planted, looking forward seeing you at the weekend ;)

    • @giedreruleviene
      @giedreruleviene Год назад

      ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @giedreruleviene
      @giedreruleviene Год назад +1

      How did u guess it???? You will definitely will be melon out when it will start growing!! As someone needs to eat them ;) and we like melon’s 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @00528hz
    @00528hz Год назад +1

    Great you guys will survive! People have no idea what is coming.Hard working survivors so many have no clue what is on the horizon. Much love!

  • @debbielicis6257
    @debbielicis6257 Год назад +1

    Your garden looks beautiful. I hope you are buying some jars & researching how you are going to preserve all your goodies. The Eucalyptus looks very much like home. Cheers from Australia

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      This year is just experimental growing, will see what is growing best, and go from there, the beauty of Portugal is that the growing season is so long, there is no need to preserve a lot 👍

  • @robinfisher6000
    @robinfisher6000 Год назад +3

    Enjoy watching your channel keep up the hard work. Great couple, fantastic farm and garden !!

  • @cindyblair1283
    @cindyblair1283 7 месяцев назад +1

    I just found your channel! So I am watching from the beginning when you showed us your property. What a beautiful place you both have and it looks like a lot of hard work a head of you!! Anyways Thank you for sharing this journey and so excited to see the end. From 🇺🇸

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  7 месяцев назад

      Hello Cindy !!!! Hope you will like our story and journey !!! and thank you for watching us :) G

  • @charlenequinilty7252
    @charlenequinilty7252 Год назад +2

    Looking good

  • @rominademattei1266
    @rominademattei1266 Год назад +1

    Woww, me encantó el dato de los Olivos x ramas!!!

  • @julianturney9768
    @julianturney9768 Год назад +3

    Hi guys great video glad you got your implements make life alot easier. You both looking relaxed and happy.

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      Hello Julian, oh yes, it saves us a lot of time! Hope both of you are well

  • @TK-uf8fi
    @TK-uf8fi Год назад +2

    🎉Congrats on first tomato 🍅 and olive trees!🎉 You are amazing, hard working people and I can’t wait for new video!

  • @debbiesmith1626
    @debbiesmith1626 Год назад +3

    Looks great the new field. You both work so hard.. but,it was nice to see you relaxing in the hammocks.

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      It’s really hard to work after lunch when temperatures are over 30, so we developed a new habit 😁

  • @patriciabrawner3717
    @patriciabrawner3717 Год назад +4

    Lots of hard work but you both have everything looking so neat I think you did great on plowing for first time. Enjoyed and your little dog is so cute definitely loves the water, and so sweet that y’all are so kind & loving toward Trixie. The garden looks great, I used to raise a large garden for my family when I was younger, I am almost 76 so do not do that anymore, nothing better than home grown vegetables, but it is definitely hard work but worth it. Wishing you both a blessed week. Looking forward to your next video.

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      Thank you so much for your kind words 🤗

  • @travellingarts93
    @travellingarts93 Год назад +1

    We are so happy for you guys ,lovely hard working couple with a can do attitude ,what you have achieved
    is certainly a labour of love ,wishing you all the best really enjoyable to watch your videos.
    I guess 25melons !!!

  • @jeanettenicholas2863
    @jeanettenicholas2863 Год назад +1

    You did a good job ploughing for the first time good luck to you both

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      Thank you, bit by bit we will learn what we need 🤗

  • @bridgetnaughton435
    @bridgetnaughton435 Год назад +1

    Enjoy your week guys 🎉Amazing work done in your garden Looking forward to next video 👌

  • @eliinthewolverinestate6729
    @eliinthewolverinestate6729 Год назад +1

    A rope around a tree trunk will strangle the tree and kill it eventually.

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      If you are referring to the grape wine tied to the oak, then we will give another year and cut it off, it seems to be dead

  • @jeanrichardson2044
    @jeanrichardson2044 Год назад +1

    Are you planning to run a business selling your vegetables and melons. Your soil looks fabulous.

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      After we see what grows best we might do it, this year is just plain experiment

  • @elisekuby2009
    @elisekuby2009 Год назад +1

    You might be sitting right on the 'Iberian Massif' - a pre-Cambrian block. Depends on your location.

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад +1

      Not sure but rock plate is massive 👍🙂

  • @blanchryan3139
    @blanchryan3139 Год назад +1

    Great job you are doing there. THAT piece of pipe you are using there as an extension looks like asbestos. If so remove as soon as possible to local council tip.

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      Possibly is, will get it sorted 👍

  • @elizabethtoet1113
    @elizabethtoet1113 Год назад +1

    Your gardens seem to be progressing well. Yes those weeds keep coming, it is an ongoing job. Gosh that Mimosa grows quickly. Is it possible to dig it out or pull the stumps out with the tractor? It will be nice when you get the verandah for your caravan since the weather is getting warmer.

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      Garden will need a shade built as well, as its getting hotter, regarding mimosas we want to keep some of them, pulling the roots will kill a lot of them 👍

  • @casaMariaPT
    @casaMariaPT Год назад +1

    Wow guy’s, that soil looks amazing hopefully you will get amazing results

  • @asc3184
    @asc3184 Год назад +1

    Thank u for your video. It is nice to see you work as a team . You r both very hard working. Your land n the cultures u have started looking very prosperous. It is truly a nice piece of land. I can understand why u fell in love with it. Ur roses by the water tank look beautiful! I wish u continued success.

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      Even you can’t see it in a video I was working away for a few days, only helping G in the evenings, but she was doing really well 😄

  • @ern48
    @ern48 Год назад +1

    Another great video. You have both done a lot to your land already and your hard work shows. My wife and I are in the Azores and like watching Guff, he is a cutie. The plowing worked great to rip the sod for roto-tilling. If you were strictly plowing, after making the first pass then drive the tractor in the dead furrow (ditch) usually the right wheels and adjust the plow so it fills the dead furrow and so on always filling the ditch. If you need to reverse directions then flip the plow over moving the soil again to fill the ditch.

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      Thank you, at the moment we needed just to loosen the soil, so any ploughing was good because I was going to use frese on top of that anyways, but yeah in the future there will be something to learn

  • @carlosvalente958
    @carlosvalente958 Год назад +2

    If you attach the chain from the plaw on the attachment from the trailer evertime you lift the warms the plaw change the position and you can keep go on the same way and keep the wheels on the bottom of the disch.

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад +1

      Oh makes sense! Will have a look into that 👍

  • @assuncaomeireles198
    @assuncaomeireles198 Год назад +1

    É só para dizer que gostei muito do vidio eu acho que está tudo fantástico sao um casal muito simpaticos adoro vocês. ❤❤❤

  • @100Noddy
    @100Noddy Год назад +1

    Amazing progress in your garden. The soil looks fertile and relatively easy to work, going by the texture and colour, with vegetables cropping in such a short time.
    You have a good range of tractor implements and clearly have got used to swapping them out. Please, please, please fix the power take off guard, it is very dangerous to use it uncovered, it could bring your new life and happiness to an abrupt end.

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      Thank you, what exactly do you mean by power take off guard?

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      Both supplements have its own pto shaft, on a grass cutter its modern one, fresa came with the old type one, well its not much we can do about it at the moment ..

    • @100Noddy
      @100Noddy Год назад

      @@portugalitis Simply expressing my concern for you, your lovely wife and dog. Play wit fire, you may get burnt ;-(

  • @WendyW123
    @WendyW123 Год назад +1

    Great video as always guys!! 😊.
    What a wonderful veggie garden for sure, you'll have plenty to harvest in the coming months.
    It's really good that you have made sure to have all the implements you will need to look after your land and also make some money contracting out too!!
    Have a great week ahead xxx

  • @theoldjewel9843
    @theoldjewel9843 Год назад +1

    The garden looks good. Healthy ground. Do you plan to have pigs? With the lot off melons you plant. Love from South Africa

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад +1

      Not in a nearby future, we just didn’t expect for so many melons to come up never grown them before 😁 all the best!

  • @portugal1969
    @portugal1969 Год назад +1

    Garden does like great, why so many tomatoes, do u store for winter, ur strategy would be helpful

  • @allenemery4665
    @allenemery4665 Год назад +2

    That plough is a game changer. How long are you giving yourselves to renovate the barn?

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      At first the plans were to move in before winter, but paperwork might take until July to get sorted, so no idea really

  • @Oregontrailblazin
    @Oregontrailblazin Год назад

    I worry about the wild boars..

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      I think we will be ok ... Guffy will show them who is the boss LOL .. I think they can feel that someone living here and they trying to avoid the area .. we didn't seen them so far .. but we seen where they sleep during the night and it's few farms away from us so we ok :)

  • @livingwithdiy
    @livingwithdiy Год назад +1

    hi, really enjoy your videos. your hard work is paying off. garden is looking great. well done! just a question, did you buy your car in Portugal!

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад +1

      Thank you, we got 2 cars, and yes one of them we bought here, will get rid of uk car soon

    • @livingwithdiy
      @livingwithdiy Год назад +1

      @@portugalitis we are looking to take our UK car, but is so complicated. And cars in Portugal are so expensive compared to UK. But I guess it's less hassle to buy in Portugal! We'll see! Thank you and all the best on your new journey!

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад +1

      True, we just sold our uk car today

  • @fisch69
    @fisch69 Год назад +2

    I worked as a contractor for residential construction for 40 years. I think you are opening a can of worms when you’re try to remove all of the existing exterior, instead you may consider only removing the loose material and just patch that back in , then just paint the entire exterior.. save so much time and effort and money..best of luck..PS don’t take construction advice from Indie Projects! 😂 he’s a nice guy but certainly not an experienced person in building trades..👍

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      The whole point in buying old Portuguese barn is to restore it with as many Beautiful stone visible as possible, so render has to come off 👍

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      The whole point in buying old Portuguese barn is to restore it with as many Beautiful stone visible as possible, so render has to come off 👍

  • @ranakhuman1063
    @ranakhuman1063 Год назад +1

    Hi. Is it a long process moving to portugal.

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      For us it was pack the stuff and go 😄

  • @louisblock1006
    @louisblock1006 Год назад +2

    you plouw rong , like you ride, the 1st line to the left if tractor , turn the tractor right weel in the ditch turn plow to the right side

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад +1

      Starting to understand that 😀 thank you

  • @cornelisadrop
    @cornelisadrop Год назад +1

    No comments 😂

  • @mechanics4all405
    @mechanics4all405 Год назад +2

    its a shame you plougghed,ruined established soil web,must cover to stop heat and erosion,permaculture no dig much better for planet land and you

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      I would not agree in that, this particular soil we have gets so hard on the surface, like cement, if you not loosen it up

    • @mechanics4all405
      @mechanics4all405 Год назад +2

      @@portugalitis normaly you would plant deep rooted plants and trees to do this,specially nutrogen fixing trees. if not a keyline single blade plow,to leave soil web intact,these are actual facts,not trying to argue with you,just enlighten you,for sucuess,great content anyway

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад +1

      I know exactly what are talking about, our neighbors are in to this 👍

  • @luisfonseca413
    @luisfonseca413 Год назад +3

    I’m glad see you guys working in your project, and things are looking amazing keep going and bee happy 🫶 stay on shadow and enjoy good siestas in hot summer that seems arriving 😅😊

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад +1

      Thank you and all the best for you too🙏

  • @travellingarts93
    @travellingarts93 Год назад +1

    If someone wants to drop you a direct message how we can get in touch ,thanks

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      We have facebook page, instagram or you can email me on andrius.rulevas@googlemail.com 👍