Off-Grid Adventures: Crafting Wine on Our Central Portugal Homestead!

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  • Опубликовано: 21 янв 2025

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  • @lindabrooks8242
    @lindabrooks8242 Год назад +1

    Your creativity is showing! Jungle toilet, wine making, growing veggies, awesome! Can't wait to see how the wine tastes. I know it will be delicious. ❤

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      Thanks so much! Let’s hope so 😁

  • @neutonrenda2303
    @neutonrenda2303 Год назад +6

    Great to see how you guys make use of what you have, or find. It's such a waste to just throw out, really nice to see.👍

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      It’s always good to recycle, and that saves a lot of money too 👍🙏

  • @neutonrenda2303
    @neutonrenda2303 Год назад +3

    I think the fish was stuttering, tried to say pi, pi, pi, ss off lol. 😂

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад +1

      It is not saying nothing anymore 🤣🤩😁

  • @leannekudahl2432
    @leannekudahl2432 10 месяцев назад +1

    The wood worms look like Witchetty Grubs; a food source for indigenous Australians. They have a nutty flavour and can be eaten raw or roasted. Love your videos :)

  • @neutonrenda2303
    @neutonrenda2303 Год назад +6

    The potato project is interesting, looking forward to see how it goes. 👍

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад +1

      As we never done it before we are very curious how it will go :)

  • @donaldmackinnon5779
    @donaldmackinnon5779 Год назад +1

    Missed you guys, just catching up to date on what you have been up to. Buzzing as always great work keep it going 😢😢😢

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      Thank you! Keeping our self busy as always 😁

  • @rhondag9700
    @rhondag9700 Год назад +2

    Potatoes need regular watering especially in hay or you get very small Potatoes. Hope this helps.

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      It’s started to rain now, that will help a lot 👍

  • @owenp65
    @owenp65 Год назад

    The compost bays are looking great, if you can add a third to it that will be best option for you. Get No.1 filled up as quick as you can with a good mix of 'brown & green' material. Pack it down tight, then cover it and let it mature. Then you can fill No.3 up, once that is full you transfer No.1 into bay No.2 and start filling No.1 again. By then you will be in a good routine and in your own groove with it all. I hope that isn't too complicated an explanation. Adding manure to it is great and is classed as a green, whilst dried leaves are classed as browns, cardboard is also a brown.
    Your own compost will be hard to beat. Loving your updates, that sound of rain hitting the toilet roof took me back to childhood, 😄 brilliant. 👍🏼👍🏼

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      We have 3 compost places now in total, will see how we will be managing it, but your advice sounds brilliant 👍

  • @LorraineinAustralia
    @LorraineinAustralia Год назад

    A very successful season.. I’m impressed.
    Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺

  • @portugal1969
    @portugal1969 Год назад +1

    👍

  • @maureenlowther7621
    @maureenlowther7621 Год назад +2

    Like the jungle toilet, like also the veggies you are growing from seed see how they grow.❤️❤️

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      Thank you, yesterday jungle toilet was put in use already 😁

  • @lieuwina
    @lieuwina Год назад +1

    Very interested in your potatoe experiment and look forward to the results. The kitties playing and running around is so sweet. The wine looked delicious, will see what you think when you try it. Have a lovely day.

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад +1

      Thank you for your kind words! Have a lovely weekend ! 🤗🙏

  • @portugaldreamzzz920
    @portugaldreamzzz920 Год назад

    Interested to see how the potatoes do. Great work guys as always. Xx

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад +1

      Fingers crossed they will come up 😁

  • @22spicka
    @22spicka Год назад

    Naujas,negirdėtas budas auginti bulves😮🤔 Laukiam rezultatų 😆😉😚

  • @debbiesmith1626
    @debbiesmith1626 Год назад +2

    Just a thought, the compost bags,if you cut across top.are good for small rubble etc

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      Thank you, will let G know not to waist them anymore 👍

  • @arjanvogel6444
    @arjanvogel6444 Год назад

    Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you guys, good work guys 👍😁.

  • @linajackson4545
    @linajackson4545 Год назад

    Just a tip, those large plastic bags can be reused as garbage bags. I assume that you have to take your rubbish to a tip somewhere.

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      Good idea 👍 we have a bin on the main road, that’s were we taking all our rubish

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

    Jungle toilet is coming along. I love how you are meticulous in how you both work. The attention to detail is wonderful. But what do you do with the grape skins that you compressed and put in a vat? Do you put that in your compost?

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      Grape skins are kept in our neighbour garage at the moment, when he’s back to Portugal we are taking them to a local distiller to make another traditional Portuguese liquor

  • @jeanrichardson2044
    @jeanrichardson2044 Год назад

    Hua hua grubs in NZ, a delicacy, not that I have tasted them, but apparently high in protein. I once nursed a man who had cut his foot open with a slasher, he had been cutting in his thong sandals. His job, Health and Safety Officer. Some people don't learn. Take care.

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      Thank you for your advice, we will be careful 😁👍

  • @davidstoddard9160
    @davidstoddard9160 Год назад

    Because of the soil where you are located, I wondered why you didnt make the new raised beds shorter and given you more area to grow more things in a shorter raised bed.

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      Not sure exactly what do you mean…

  • @Dave_Burnett
    @Dave_Burnett Год назад +1

    Great video once again. Where’s the lake you were fishing at?

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад +1

      It’s near the village of memoa, about 30 min from us

    • @Dave_Burnett
      @Dave_Burnett Год назад +1

      Oh right, I didn't think it was the Marateca, because of the wind turbines and high banks.
      We when swimming earlier this month and compared to July last year the Marateca was chilly at first.
      We visited our friends (Yorkshire to Portugal) who have property in Salgueiro Do Campo.
      Back home now, back to reality!
      @@portugalitis

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад +1

      We lived for about 4 months a few km from Salguero do Campo while waiting for the papers to be signed, nice area it is, but maratecca dam is polluted, would not eat fish or swim there…

    • @Dave_Burnett
      @Dave_Burnett Год назад

      @@portugalitis I'll keep that in mind next visit 😊

  • @asc3184
    @asc3184 Год назад

    Thanks for sharing another bit of ur life. Again is it wonderful to see how ur animals are part of ur life i am sorry to hear about ur elder cat not being open to ur younger ones. Hope she does not feel neglected in her twilight years. I like seeing how u repurpose and retask materials. These days we as a species are too wasteful. I hope ur potato experience will work out. Btw how r your roses ? Am truly happy you are finding happiness in Portugal. You are making what we call "farmer's wine"! Usually even the farmers that commercialise their DOC wines, usually make their own wine for their consumption by blending grapes varietals to their own taste. In all the years i grew n lived there i never drank a bad farmer's wine. Some times in my opinion better than DOC ones. Your farm is starting to look good. You are still in ur first year, but soon u will need to plan the cultures in ur farm depending on the seasons n plots of land. Sort of creating a culture plan. I assume ur priority is self consumption , but surely u will have surplus in some types of cultures which u can monetise. Your compost stall looks good!

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад +1

      Hi!
      I have made wine in past, using Italian grapes and it was lovely, much better then supermarket bought, regarding our wine next year will try to separate red and white grapes, we were not sure how many we are going to harvest and then neighbor gave his as well. We are already thinking of what and went to plant, just finished ploughing the land in the garden area and other 2 terraces today, will talk about it on the next video in more detail 👍

  • @Nobiyo-com
    @Nobiyo-com Год назад

    can you grow anything in the fall and winter?

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад +1

      Yes, you can grow a lot of stuff with in winter, we started our winter garden, working on it at the moment 👍

  • @leokeeney6673
    @leokeeney6673 Год назад

    The cat's are starting to grow, older cat's have no time for playing around,to sore on the old bones,,,Guffy would like a fishing rod to,,, the jungle toilet look's great,, you could even be singing in the rain,,,on the job,, Wine smells delicious,,,I am holding the T,v, upside down with my toung out 😂,, that is a great idea with the potatoes,, can't wait to see results,,I wonder what would it be like to eat one of those big white Maggots 😊,,,,A,,,Abogrine delicacy 🍑💨

    • @portugalitis
      @portugalitis  Год назад

      Thank you! You think we should try cooking one of them wood worms? 🤣 regarding the wine we will share with anyone in the area, it’s way too much for two of us 😁