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@@Missy2Gigi Water, sugar and the washed fruit. Add vanilla pod if you want but I didn't. As it simmers away keep scooping out the plum stones as they rise to the surface. No need to stone the fruit before cooking. No need for any setting agent as they are already so tart! Use same ratio of fruit/water/sugar as you do when making apple jelly. Lots of RUclips videos fir that! Hope this helps. Fee xxx
You're doing sooooooo well, I'm on a farm with a friend, and her and I with 4 left hands......we repair, knock nails in some work out perfectly buuuut just as one becomes confident and normally on the home stretch the drill won't go into the wall or the last nail you have bends or snaps.....as another friend reminded me today.....the renovating, fix, maintain, repair and repeat can be treacherous at times.....hee hee hee.....just love the progress you have made over the past 3 Years......incredible truly.......hole through a pipe well I have done that 😳🙄😖.....🥰 Much love and deep appreciation for you all🌸🐾🥀🐓🐣🍎🍒🍓🍆🥦🌽🍳
Several years back I bought a newly constructed house. After a few months of living in it I heard water spraying inside the wall between the living and bed rooms. Turns out when they were hanging the sheetrock someone put a screw through the copper pipe. The screw rusted and water escaped.
I so appreciate how you handle disappointments and also criticisms from your viewers. You handle both gently and with grace. I watch other channels and have to listen to rants about being criticized for what they do in their renovations. The criticism is unfortunately the price you pay for showing everything you do on line. I, personally, don't enjoy the rants from the youtubers. I try to fast forward through them. You, on the other hand, handle them so gently and quickly that I don't need to fast forward through it. Thanks so much for that! You work so hard and cheerfully through each challenging situations. You are an inspiration to all of your viewers!
Thank you for this lovely comment friend, it means so much to us. We love having you as part of our journey and adventure! Sending you lots of love ❤️❤️
I love watching your videos. You are a very positive person, and you don't dwell on the mishaps. That is a gift. I am amazed how busy you both are with two small children that require lots of time and nurturing, and you both do that. Thank you for sharing your life.
So good to see your RHIDIE /ZIM folks with u ❤❤❤❤❤how I miss my birth country here in SA /JHB 😢😢❤❤❤❤❤❤ENJOY THE PRECIOUS TIME WITH THEM ❤❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💋💋💋💯💯💯
We can’t stand chaos in our family and my husband always gets all his ducks in a row beforehand. And we’re blessed to know our limitations and are able to hire expert professionals to do plumbing, etc. That said, I myself as a middle aged woman did reroof our house, once upon a time and it turned out fine, cause my dad showed my how to do it. 😅 We have ornamental plums in California with leaves that reddish color, but they don’t produce plums, since they’re only ornamental.
As a parent of 4 adults children and their spouses. We just want to spend time with our kids and especially the grandchildren. We don’t care if we’re in bunk beds, or floor. Time is a thief, so of course we want quality time and adventures. Love and hugs to all. ❤❤❤❤
I always love your choice of music. Joao is always a great silent partner in your videos, and obviously a helpful neighbour, but I'm not sure I'd trust his home made family heirloom ladder. Can't wait to hear your kids grow up speaking Portuguese as well as English. The barefoot boy team will pick up a different language very quickly, and naturally, once they are in a local school and with friends their own ages. John's new glasses suit him.
Don’t beat yourself up John, you work so hard and create such magic, this sort of thing has happened to lots of people. The bathroom is looking gorgeous. So glad you managed to spend special time with all your visitors I am sure they will all have been so impressed in what you have achieved so far. Wow Tara, those plums look amazing, lots of plum jam yummy ❤xx
Please never ever leave this piece of heaven on earth! You have come such a long way and remember the road to perfection is constantly under construction 💪🏻🥰💪🏻
plumb trees are really aggressive growers. They need constant pruning. You might get less fruit but they will be bigger. If you bring down the height, it will be easier to harvest.
I came to say the same thing! You are looking for longevity on your farm, so you need to reduce the height of the plum trees to make harvesting easier.
Awww. John, please don't fret. You are doing such a great job and are so visionary in your renovations. These things happen when a person is brave and has a positive attitude. Sometimes things go pear shaped, but we move on, right? In the end, it's all beautiful. I'm so happy to see all the progress.
Ohhh, for us plums are pure gold! We put them in big barrels to ferment, then boil the result two times and - by condensing the steam - get the best plum brandy, which we call ”palinka”. It's famous in Transylvania and 4-5 countries around 🙂. And when our wives or mothers turn a part of the plums into plum jam we, the men in the house, are mourning in sorrow, because it means less brandy 😀.
@@TheNewbys there's a joke about it: a foreigner arrives in a transylvanian village; knowing about the local homemade brandy, he asks an old man sitting on a bench: do you know where locals a making brandy? and the old man answers: do you see that church? yes, answers the tourist. well, replies the old man, there's the only place where they don't.
John and Tara, You are both amazing!! No fretting. Just enjoy the beautiful life you are building for each other and your darling children and sweet furry and feathery friends.❤
A good thing to teach the boys is how to tell the difference between a butterly and a moth when they are resting. The butterfly wings will be folded back and vertical and the moths wings will be spread. There are also antennae differences. A good biology lesson for them.
My husband is a builder and they have used this kind of roof but the whole panel is attached onto a metal frame and beams,the roof in side the house is the ridged bit ,there is not wooden panels underneath,hope you get it sorted,your doing your best,happy building x
Hi Linda. Thanks! There are two kinds of screws available to fix the roof panels. One that goes into metal and the others go into wood. There are fixing points in the wooden beams lined up so I’m sure we will be absolutely fine. 👍👍
Your spontaneity is what makes your vlogs magical ... You are a very beautiful family. Your story has become a part of my routine and it makes me forget my illness. I dream of one day traveling to Portugal, the birthplace of Magellan who brought the Spaniards to my country. My DNA has, I am sure, would place some of my ancestors from Spain. Dreams don't cost anything. See you guys in the future.
Yeah that’s something that had to happen I’m afraid. Things were going too easy for you John. So hitting the pipes once.. not so bad. 😊 I am really looking forward to what you will do with the kitchen. 😊 hmm plums. Must be so special to be able to share such a lovely place with your entire family. Have a lovely evening and thanks for the episode 😊
Entropy is my new word of the day. I also agree with one of your viewer comments about how you handle disappoints and viewer criticisms in stride and with grace. Personally I would never criticize because I think you guys are doing a fabulous job and taking on projects that most of us would never be able to do. The new roof is looking good.
Classical music, I loved it. ♥♥♥♥♥♥ I've never seen a home repair that was 100% done, that's part of it. But what's good is that you do it calmly and patiently... That's why I imagine that the classical music was to calm the atmosphere. 😇
So funny to watch and listen to John speaking in English to Carlos and him answering back to John in Portuguese.😂😂😂😂somehow they understand each other 👍👍👍
John … a frustrating experience… but a learning experience . You will never forget the lesson . And what’s past is past ✔️ Tara - how nice to see your parents !!! Love love love seeing grandparents enjoying their grandkids ❤ And having Dad for the ladder is very comforting !!!
Thanks for sharing a bit of your parents, Tara. Being a grandparent is one of the most wonderful life experiences. Your boys are both delightful...Sawyers curls are cute. ❤ from Canada 🇨🇦
That happens. It's usual. I don't say its not a nasty problem. But it happens. Specially when you are remodeling. I hope you have a great time with your parents.
Thank you for being the sunshine in my day. With all the moving part's in your life, take a moment to breath deeply and hug your family. You got this!! 😊
Everyone makes mistakes John ,no one is perfect but you are very very close to being absolutely perfect!! How nice to havd do many family members visiting. That’s so wonderful!! Tara you could make dumplings w the plums ,that would be drlivious! I hsvdng make them in years big sometimes I used to make it w apricots too and make a sauce e butter and bread crumbs to put over the dumplings it’s so delicious!! K don’t really havd a recipe I learned by watching a lady I knew from the old Yugoslavia make them !❤
I can understand John's frustration with the screw through the pipe mishap. But life marches on and you all march along really well with it. The project is still coming along nicely and the plums look delicious! 😋 See you on Sunday!! 😊
Whoop-Whoop hello there Newbys. Wow, I can't believe there are so many fruits 🌳, on the farm. You're been blessed 🙌, for sure. Yes, that is definitely a cherry plum tree. Hope you can harvest a lot of them. Even give away to the people that don't have. Blessings people are always so wonderful. 😊 Wonderful to see the roof going up. Maybe John needs to seal screws in the roof. Rain always has a why to drip into the roof. Just some advice. Good to see you all have a great time with your parents visiting. O and I hope that leak is fixed in the bathroom. 😅 Thanks for the update. See you all on Sunday. Greetings Melinda from South-Africa 👋🏻 💖
Hello Melinda. The boys are super excited about all the fruit! Thanks for sharing your advice with us, we appreciate you and love hearing from you 🙏🏼😊❤️
Ive been making wild fermented country wines for about 6 years now almost weekly, you can use anchor bread yeast, the purple packet or any other bread yeast, brings ABV to about 8%. If you want to wild ferment you will have to make a starter in a 5l tub, just plums and about 2 cups of sugar, I use brown sugar. Squash the plums, the white powder on their skins is yeast, add water and sugar and put cheesecloth over tub, stir regularly and in about 2 days you see it foaming, then take a 25l bucket and add more plums squashed and 12 cups of sugar and 4 packets of bread yeast, stir well and leave about 3 days, strain and bottle in 2l coke bottles, leave bottles at room temp for no longer than 2 days and put in fridge, if you do not put in fridge you have to breath the bottles or they will explode. Enjoy. Also I would dry most of the plums, you can make wine and jam etc with dried plums also
John don’t pay no mind to how others do things this is your story of life so that means it’s the right way for you. How how wonderful that you are harvesting your plums with the fantastic help from mom and dad. Crusoe and Sawyer will miss having grandparents around but it is nice to have a break without guests no matter how lovely they are. Take care.
Work is going like clockwork 💖 John baby, I`ve also done the drilling through a pipe in the bathroom! Welcome to the Jester club (only for us Marillion fans)
John, don't fret about the screw in the water pipe. Your not the first and won't be the last to do it. I do feel for you, though. You have been going nonstop, really, and I, for one, applaud you. It is wonderful that you got time with your parents. Tara, look up plum chutney. It is delicious and keeps well canned. This would be great for the sour cherry plums or any plum. My, how fast the boys are growing! ❤
Lovely to see your parents Tara and John and I'm sure you enjoyed the time spent with them, even though the tiny house was not finished before their arrival. I have plum trees too but not a sour one.☺♥
Family and friends are so thrilled to be with you, any inconvenience with bathroom build doesn’t bother them at all. They’re happy to be there❤. And we all love you too for including us on your journey. I never miss watching your videos❤❤❤
You should make some plum jam for your morning toast. It was always my father’s favourite breakfast topping. It makes a wonderful jam for bread or toast. 😊😊😊
I have to say that "Come ooonnn!" was several levels of more composed than I would have been if I'd found that I'd drilled into a water pipe! Bravo for not turning the air blue around you 🤬😨 Frustratingly, you were probably only an inch or so from safety because Murphy does like his law that way. At least now you know why other leaks occurred if the pressure was that high so, hard as it may be to do, you can probably look upon this as a backhanded blessing 👼 Of course you know what you are doing with ordering your supplies and putting wood in your shower! It's not something that you think you can just bung a broken up pallet in with a lick and a prayer and that's done.... Do some people think you'll build stuff with highly absorbent chipboard or something?! *rolls eyes in sympathy * 🙄 For some reason I've got Jaws in my mind now: "You're gonna need a bigger bolt" (Sorry, there was no excuse for that one 🤣) I wonder if the more sour plums would be good for making plum wine? 🍷😋 *Hugs * to you all! xx
If you were any different then you are….i wouldn’t have watched the same way….your candid , a very interesting genuine enthusiast….cheerfully press on, make mistakes and fix them!
When we were doing one of our renovations - the electrician drilled and cut through the soil pipe ! In the middle hallway, it took us many months to find out where the water was actually coming from, after cutting open lots of access holes in the newly plastered walls and ceilings - we finally managed to locate the culprit ! Don’t beat yourself up about it it happens, at least you found out why ! Very quickly 😊
Tara no way would I even attempt that longggggg ladder oh my girl lol 😮thank you for your video today and you may have 🐣 soon too all that fruit wow 🌱👒 🐦 yummmmmy From The Land Down Under 🇦🇺🐨🦘
I've not seen many comments about the Broody hen, but if she is in where the other chooks are then you need to mark her eggs. The other chickens will continue to lay on and around her. Also if she gets off the nest to feed herself, one of the other chooks may take over briefly to lay, she will go sit somewhere else and then all eggs will cool down when other chook goes back outside after laying. All stuff learnt the hard way. 😒 If you want her to raise babies you are better to isolate her from the rest. 😊
Your resilience and creativity during the unexpected challenges of the Portugal stone house renovation are truly admirable. Your ability to adapt and overcome obstacles is inspiring. And I am Floating Village Life
My nickname is goddess of entropy. I’m thinking about getting a delta S tattoo…but I don’t like pain. Getting a tattoo of Ma’at was my defense. Didn’t work.
Thank you again for sharing so much for us. It's sad how folks judge you. You're doing your best with the supplies you have. I'm grateful & thankful to be honored to have met you all from 🇺🇸. GOD BLESS YOU. KEEP DOING AS YOU ARE. YOU KNOW BETTER I ENJOY SEEING DIFFERENT PROJECTS AS YOU GO. I KNOW THE BOYS LOVE THEIR TREE HOUSE AND LIFE WITH YOU AND FAMILY. CIAO CIAO SE MICHIGAN 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ LOVE 🙏 🎉🎉
In the " More than Farmers " video, she is using an apron that fits a bowl, kinda like a kangaroo pouch to pick raspberries or whatever you need two hand to pick. You might want to check that out. There's also an apron with lots of pockets to place eggs in when getting eggs 🥚 from the hen house. 😅😂😊❤
Tara, you look wonderful and John , love the glasses! The garden looks fabulous, especially the lovely pink Dahlia, and your velvety lawn. Don't feel bad about the water pipe mishap, as our son said to my husband one day- he was grown up with his own sons at the time- " Dad, s--t happens" ! The shock at hearing this from our son rendered us speechless for a while. Proof that children grow up and life is on a different level. The plums look so appetising, have you looked into any Portugese recipes? Joao's mum might have some good recipes, and also Carlos wife? Obi is a sweetheart muddy or not. Hope you have a good week, and look forward to hearing more tomorrow. Thank you both.🌹
I love eating fruits straight from the trees! You can make plum jam/jelly, it will last you through winter! Plum cobbler is good too! ☺️☺️ Plum ice pops for the kids! (And adults 😁)
Ack! I hate that moment when you realize such a small mistake became such a big headache! It's great you guys have so much wonderful help these days to support you when things go wrong. So looking forward to seeing how you use up your plums!
I loved the Bach opening. It was fascinating to discover you can get panels that look like an old, well established roof. That was a huge transformation in the space of a few hours. Credit to Carlos. Cherry Plums (as I understand) were grown to attract birds away from the desired fruits. The birds prefer them but they can be a bit tart for us. Then they turned out to be one of the first trees to blossom in early Spring. I think most people acquire them for that. My Mum used to preserve plums - I wish I’d paid attention. They make plum pudding (the old traditional Christmas pudding). Thanks for highlighting the word ‘Entropy’ I imagine it’ll come in useful as I’m about to go off on my annual adventures. Won’t be around for a bit, but will enjoy catching up when I am back.
Guys, I have yet to see a renovation or construction of any kind where everything goes according to plan. That's just not the way things work in the real world. As for putting a screw through a pipe, well... a very close friend of mine who happens to be an electrical engineer, I repeat, AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, put a hole through an electrical conduit in his place, trying to hang a painting on the wall for crying out loud!!!🤣🤣🤣
Ola beautiful Friends wonderful morning the children’s Obi playing in the lawn. Tara beautiful clams lots to do.John every body makes mistakes, you doing a good job. See you Sunday 😅
Happy Wednesday Newbys!!! Don’t be hard on yourself John, you are doing an amazing job on your build! These things happen to the best of us! Your families are fortunate to have such a lovely place to visit!
I remember when Crusoe ate his first plum! They must be sweet and juicy for a little boy to enjoy them so much! Sweet little Crusoe a little Nature Boy ! Gosh I sure hope that hen hatches those eggs so exciting for the boys! Have u heard from the Voyagers?? They didn't post a video Sunday and there is some terrible flooding in Italy???🐣🐤🐥🐓🐔
We can't wait to see what happens to the eggs and the hen! Will keep you posted. Yes Brady, Heather and the family are absolutely fine Linda, thank you for your concern ❤️❤️
At first I enjoyed watching you and your family BUT all you seem to do now is accept gifts from companies in return for promotions. I watch other RUclips sites and they don’t seem nearly as desperate as you for all the freebies. It’s become boring!!
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Tara I know you must be going through a stressful time but you are looking stunning you have a lot of stamina you have a great future as a family great partnership 🌹🌹🌹
John, lazy people don't make as many mistakes. I would say as creative as you are and as much as you do, your number of mistakes is pretty low. Anyway, sorry you had to deal with that. Seems like those things always happen when we are in a crunch.
Glad to hear all the visitors enjoyed their time in your home. Hopefully, John took some well deserved breaks to also enjoy the visitors. Taking on the build is no small task and it is looking really good. Yes, lessons being learned but it's how we all learn :)
lovely family 🥰 allo allo always looking to see your video ❣your delay living Long site construction all over just lively and lovely great idea from the two of you👍👍 good team 👍👍🎉 🎉 would be nice Tyra to have this plum recipe if you can and thank you if so 💛 affection from Canada Quebec Nicole xox
When you said John drilled a hole in the pipe, I said John, John!! Then I saw the frustration on his face and immediately said, it's all good John! You're doing a great job John, keep your head up!!
What a lovely family you have Tara everybody helping out with the plums. John and Mario have been busy getting the roof on and Crusoe is busy helping with everything.❤️❤️
You need a sky hook to pick your fruit. A sky hook is made of hard wire. With 2 hooks, one on each end of wire. One hook is on a strong limb near you. The other end is for your basket. Now your hands are free for picking. I hope you can have one made and like. Wire about a meter long, 2 strong hooks.
Those roof panels were great. My heart went out to John for drilling through the water pipe... it happens xx. the plums look delicious. Thank you for sharing. xxx
Happy Wednesday Newby family, no one is perfect, we learn from our mistakes, hope you used the outdoor shower you installed on the farm the first year, at least the men could have showered there. Anyway, John looks good with glasses. Would have loved to see your parents, family interact more with you all, with Crusoe and Sawyer. Be well, enjoy your togetherness, lovely to see you endeavouring throughout your ups and downs. Hugs to you all 👶👱♂️🐶🐔🐓🐸🐣🍇🦋🌺🥰💖🙏🙏🙏🙏 🇵🇹 🇿🇼 🇬🇧
Happy Wednesday to you too Joanne, you are quite right nobody is perfect and we will definitely learn from our mistakes. We really enjoyed some good quality time with my parents here, was exactly what we all needed 🙏🏼😊❤️
@@TheNewbysglad all is well Tara, well when your Stone House will be finished and furnished you will be able to have your family stay much, much longer. I know grandparents want to see their grandchildren often, more often, very often especially when they are small sort of reminisce of their own children when they were that age and not able to spend time more life with them because of work and day-to-day living. Well, you are blessed you are home all the time. God bless you all. 🙏💖🥰 P.S.: loved cherryplums, share with your neighbours and family.
My nerves...watching John and Carlos on the roof! Well done guys. Lovely piece with so much; bits of family, a drive in the surrounding area, harvesting, construction and farm life. Love lives there❤
So nice to have family visit! My parents are no longer with us, but the rest of my family lifes in Germany and Slovenia, were i was born, I've been living in Michigan now for 30 years! Its hard sometimes living so far apart! I am glad you guys had a great time with your family! Until Sunday, greetings from Michigan!
We had plum trees on our farm as a child and there were so many delicious plum dishes. We had stewed plums over icecream, plum crisp or crumble, plum pies, plum tart, jam etc etc. My mum even made a plum drink but I don't remember what it was exactly. I envy you all of these delicious plums. John...don't be hard on yourself...we have all had disasters. I had not one but two today which I won't even go into. This is one of the most beautiful properties I have seen from all of the off grid, renovation type shows from Portugal...and that is not saying anything bad about the others...this is just the most delightful. (I think I watch 6)
He's not the first person to drill into a water pipe. In our Victorian, a plumber did the same on our second floor which of course led to a flood on the first floor.
do those roof panels have a thin layer of plastic on the underside? I watched another Portuguese reno and they stripped the plastic off both sides! This is a totally new roofing concept to me.
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I’m looking for your plum recipe and I can’t find it, please help me.
@@Missy2Gigi Water, sugar and the washed fruit. Add vanilla pod if you want but I didn't. As it simmers away keep scooping out the plum stones as they rise to the surface. No need to stone the fruit before cooking. No need for any setting agent as they are already so tart! Use same ratio of fruit/water/sugar as you do when making apple jelly. Lots of RUclips videos fir that! Hope this helps. Fee xxx
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John, you are not the first man to put a screw through a water pipe, and certainly will not be the last. Love to you all❤❤❤❤❤
You are quite right Pam! 🙏🏼😊❤️
You're doing sooooooo well, I'm on a farm with a friend, and her and I with 4 left hands......we repair, knock nails in some work out perfectly buuuut just as one becomes confident and normally on the home stretch the drill won't go into the wall or the last nail you have bends or snaps.....as another friend reminded me today.....the renovating, fix, maintain, repair and repeat can be treacherous at times.....hee hee hee.....just love the progress you have made over the past 3 Years......incredible truly.......hole through a pipe well I have done that 😳🙄😖.....🥰 Much love and deep appreciation for you all🌸🐾🥀🐓🐣🍎🍒🍓🍆🥦🌽🍳
Portugal very slow in lots of things I understand but it’s got to be part of it’s charm
Several years back I bought a newly constructed house. After a few months of living in it I heard water spraying inside the wall between the living and bed rooms. Turns out when they were hanging the sheetrock someone put a screw through the copper pipe. The screw rusted and water escaped.
Look at the beautiful bathroom you create. That water pipe should have moved, the pipe heard you drilling. I love your show.
I so appreciate how you handle disappointments and also criticisms from your viewers. You handle both gently and with grace. I watch other channels and have to listen to rants about being criticized for what they do in their renovations. The criticism is unfortunately the price you pay for showing everything you do on line. I, personally, don't enjoy the rants from the youtubers. I try to fast forward through them. You, on the other hand, handle them so gently and quickly that I don't need to fast forward through it. Thanks so much for that! You work so hard and cheerfully through each challenging situations. You are an inspiration to all of your viewers!
Well said 👏👏👏👏👏
Hear, hear.
Thank you for this lovely comment friend, it means so much to us. We love having you as part of our journey and adventure! Sending you lots of love ❤️❤️
I love watching your videos. You are a very positive person, and you don't dwell on the mishaps. That is a gift. I am amazed how busy you both are with two small children that require lots of time and nurturing, and you both do that. Thank you for sharing your life.
So good to see your RHIDIE /ZIM folks with u ❤❤❤❤❤how I miss my birth country here in SA /JHB 😢😢❤❤❤❤❤❤ENJOY THE PRECIOUS TIME WITH THEM ❤❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💋💋💋💯💯💯
We can’t stand chaos in our family and my husband always gets all his ducks in a row beforehand. And we’re blessed to know our limitations and are able to hire expert professionals to do plumbing, etc. That said, I myself as a middle aged woman did reroof our house, once upon a time and it turned out fine, cause my dad showed my how to do it. 😅
We have ornamental plums in California with leaves that reddish color, but they don’t produce plums, since they’re only ornamental.
As a parent of 4 adults children and their spouses. We just want to spend time with our kids and especially the grandchildren. We don’t care if we’re in bunk beds, or floor. Time is a thief, so of course we want quality time and adventures. Love and hugs to all. ❤❤❤❤
I don't have ducks and I don't have a row. I have squirrels and they're everywhere 🤣🤣
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Good one! Can sympathize!
Hmmm. Could that be a squirrely comment?
John - you work so hard and you are actually a perfectionist but remember: everybody makes mistakes.
Thanks Hannelie, you are quite right. Everybody makes mistakes 🙏🏼😊
I always love your choice of music.
Joao is always a great silent partner in your videos, and obviously a helpful neighbour, but I'm not sure I'd trust his home made family heirloom ladder.
Can't wait to hear your kids grow up speaking Portuguese as well as English. The barefoot boy team will pick up a different language very quickly, and naturally, once they are in a local school and with friends their own ages.
John's new glasses suit him.
Don’t beat yourself up John, you work so hard and create such magic, this sort of thing has happened to lots of people. The bathroom is looking gorgeous. So glad you managed to spend special time with all your visitors I am sure they will all have been so impressed in what you have achieved so far. Wow Tara, those plums look amazing, lots of plum jam yummy ❤xx
Thanks Judy! ❤️❤️
Please never ever leave this piece of heaven on earth! You have come such a long way and remember the road to perfection is constantly under construction 💪🏻🥰💪🏻
You’re quite right friend, the road to perfection is constantly under construction. Love it 🙏🏼😊❤️
plumb trees are really aggressive growers. They need constant pruning. You might get less fruit but they will be bigger. If you bring down the height, it will be easier to harvest.
I came to say the same thing! You are looking for longevity on your farm, so you need to reduce the height of the plum trees to make harvesting easier.
Awww. John, please don't fret. You are doing such a great job and are so visionary in your renovations. These things happen when a person is brave and has a positive attitude. Sometimes things go pear shaped, but we move on, right? In the end, it's all beautiful. I'm so happy to see all the progress.
Thank you Jennifer, yes we move on from it and learn from it too! 🙏🏼😊❤️
Ohhh, for us plums are pure gold! We put them in big barrels to ferment, then boil the result two times and - by condensing the steam - get the best plum brandy, which we call ”palinka”. It's famous in Transylvania and 4-5 countries around 🙂. And when our wives or mothers turn a part of the plums into plum jam we, the men in the house, are mourning in sorrow, because it means less brandy 😀.
Ohh that is really interesting! Thanks for sharing 🙏🏼😊❤️
@@TheNewbys there's a joke about it: a foreigner arrives in a transylvanian village; knowing about the local homemade brandy, he asks an old man sitting on a bench: do you know where locals a making brandy? and the old man answers: do you see that church? yes, answers the tourist. well, replies the old man, there's the only place where they don't.
John and Tara, You are both amazing!! No fretting. Just enjoy the beautiful life you are building for each other and your darling children and sweet furry and feathery friends.❤
Loved watching your video. Especially the plum picking. Brings me back to my days with my grandfather. ♥
A good thing to teach the boys is how to tell the difference between a butterly and a moth when they are resting. The butterfly wings will be folded back and vertical and the moths wings will be spread. There are also antennae differences. A good biology lesson for them.
Amazing, thanks for this Vicki 🙏🏼😊❤️
Not to worry about the air gap under the roofing. It is intentional and necessary to allow moisture to escape.
My husband is a builder and they have used this kind of roof but the whole panel is attached onto a metal frame and beams,the roof in side the house is the ridged bit ,there is not wooden panels underneath,hope you get it sorted,your doing your best,happy building x
Hi Linda. Thanks! There are two kinds of screws available to fix the roof panels. One that goes into metal and the others go into wood. There are fixing points in the wooden beams lined up so I’m sure we will be absolutely fine. 👍👍
Your spontaneity is what makes your vlogs magical ... You are a very beautiful family. Your story has become a part of my routine and it makes me forget my illness. I dream of one day traveling to Portugal, the birthplace of Magellan who brought the Spaniards to my country. My DNA has, I am sure, would place some of my ancestors from Spain.
Dreams don't cost anything. See you guys in the future.
Yeah that’s something that had to happen I’m afraid. Things were going too easy for you John. So hitting the pipes once.. not so bad. 😊 I am really looking forward to what you will do with the kitchen. 😊 hmm plums. Must be so special to be able to share such a lovely place with your entire family. Have a lovely evening and thanks for the episode 😊
I guess it’s not too bad Dave. Atleast now I know I’ll never do it again haha we always love having family over. Such special times 🙏🏼😊
Entropy is my new word of the day. I also agree with one of your viewer comments about how you handle disappoints and viewer criticisms in stride and with grace. Personally I would never criticize because I think you guys are doing a fabulous job and taking on projects that most of us would never be able to do. The new roof is looking good.
Hi Newbys it's good to see your family enjoying the farm with you.
The extension is coming along nicely all your hard work is paying off John.
Even with the building work your farm is truly beautiful
In Georgia we call cherry plums "Tkemali" and we prepare tkemali sauce which is great with meat, potatoes and other meals. Love your channel ❤❤❤
Enjoy your parents visit because we are just with them for a short time….. ❤❤
Classical music, I loved it. ♥♥♥♥♥♥ I've never seen a home repair that was 100% done, that's part of it. But what's good is that you do it calmly and patiently... That's why I imagine that the classical music was to calm the atmosphere. 😇
So funny to watch and listen to John speaking in English to Carlos and him answering back to John in Portuguese.😂😂😂😂somehow they understand each other 👍👍👍
It works Nanda 😂😂
John … a frustrating experience… but a learning experience . You will never forget the lesson . And what’s past is past ✔️
Tara - how nice to see your parents !!! Love love love seeing grandparents enjoying their grandkids ❤
And having Dad for the ladder is very comforting !!!
You are such a beautiful couple with an amazing home and family. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you Melody ❤️❤️
hey, nice to see parents settled.. despite construction issues.. ❤
Thanks for sharing a bit of your parents, Tara. Being a grandparent is one of the most wonderful life experiences. Your boys are both delightful...Sawyers curls are cute.
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Both of you do such amazing work; building,farming and most importantly being such wonderful parents. 🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦
Plum sauce is the best ever! Savoury for meats!
John it’s all coming together 👋👋👋🫂
That happens. It's usual. I don't say its not a nasty problem. But it happens. Specially when you are remodeling. I hope you have a great time with your parents.
Thanks for the reassurance Maria!
Thank you for being the sunshine in my day. With all the moving part's in your life, take
a moment to breath deeply and hug your family. You got this!! 😊
Everyone makes mistakes John ,no one is perfect but you are very very close to being absolutely perfect!!
How nice to havd do many family members visiting. That’s so wonderful!!
Tara you could make dumplings w the plums ,that would be drlivious!
I hsvdng make them in years big sometimes I used to make it w apricots too and make a sauce e butter and bread crumbs to put over the dumplings it’s so delicious!!
K don’t really havd a recipe I learned by watching a lady I knew from the old Yugoslavia make them !❤
John looks really good in glasses🤔
Thank you Dana, I agree with you ❤️❤️
haz mermelada de ciruela.facil y deliciosa
Yes, very handsome. Lovely to see you wearing them. 👍🏻
I agree
I can understand John's frustration with the screw through the pipe mishap. But life marches on and you all march along really well with it. The project is still coming along nicely and the plums look delicious! 😋 See you on Sunday!! 😊
Whoop-Whoop hello there Newbys. Wow, I can't believe there are so many fruits 🌳, on the farm. You're been blessed 🙌, for sure. Yes, that is definitely a cherry plum tree. Hope you can harvest a lot of them. Even give away to the people that don't have. Blessings people are always so wonderful. 😊
Wonderful to see the roof going up. Maybe John needs to seal screws in the roof. Rain always has a why to drip into the roof. Just some advice. Good to see you all have a great time with your parents visiting.
O and I hope that leak is fixed in the bathroom. 😅
Thanks for the update. See you all on Sunday. Greetings Melinda from South-Africa 👋🏻 💖
Hello Melinda. The boys are super excited about all the fruit! Thanks for sharing your advice with us, we appreciate you and love hearing from you 🙏🏼😊❤️
Our summer hasn’t started yet in Scotland 3 of July and it’s still cold and raining,take care and stay safe xx
Ive been making wild fermented country wines for about 6 years now almost weekly, you can use anchor bread yeast, the purple packet or any other bread yeast, brings ABV to about 8%. If you want to wild ferment you will have to make a starter in a 5l tub, just plums and about 2 cups of sugar, I use brown sugar. Squash the plums, the white powder on their skins is yeast, add water and sugar and put cheesecloth over tub, stir regularly and in about 2 days you see it foaming, then take a 25l bucket and add more plums squashed and 12 cups of sugar and 4 packets of bread yeast, stir well and leave about 3 days, strain and bottle in 2l coke bottles, leave bottles at room temp for no longer than 2 days and put in fridge, if you do not put in fridge you have to breath the bottles or they will explode. Enjoy. Also I would dry most of the plums, you can make wine and jam etc with dried plums also
Amazing, thank you so so much for sharing this with us Linda 🙏🏼😊❤️
John don’t pay no mind to how others do things this is your story of life so that means it’s the right way for you. How how wonderful that you are harvesting your plums with the fantastic help from mom and dad. Crusoe and Sawyer will miss having grandparents around but it is nice to have a break without guests no matter how lovely they are. Take care.
Thanks Debbie! Appreciate your support 🙏🏼😊❤️
The red roof looks so good. Great you have Carlos to help and language doesn’t seem to hinder you!
Work is going like clockwork 💖
John baby, I`ve also done the drilling through a pipe in the bathroom! Welcome to the Jester club (only for us Marillion fans)
John, don't fret about the screw in the water pipe. Your not the first and won't be the last to do it. I do feel for you, though. You have been going nonstop, really, and I, for one, applaud you. It is wonderful that you got time with your parents. Tara, look up plum chutney. It is delicious and keeps well canned. This would be great for the sour cherry plums or any plum. My, how fast the boys are growing! ❤
Thanks so much Peter 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Lovely to see your parents Tara and John and I'm sure you enjoyed the time spent with them, even though the tiny house was not finished before their arrival. I have plum trees too but not a sour one.☺♥
We had the best time with them Anne, always love having them here with us 🙏🏼😊❤️
Family and friends are so thrilled to be with you, any inconvenience with bathroom build doesn’t bother them at all. They’re happy to be there❤. And we all love you too for including us on your journey. I never miss watching your videos❤❤❤
You should make some plum jam for your morning toast. It was always my father’s favourite breakfast topping. It makes a wonderful jam for bread or toast. 😊😊😊
I have to say that "Come ooonnn!" was several levels of more composed than I would have been if I'd found that I'd drilled into a water pipe! Bravo for not turning the air blue around you 🤬😨
Frustratingly, you were probably only an inch or so from safety because Murphy does like his law that way.
At least now you know why other leaks occurred if the pressure was that high so, hard as it may be to do, you can probably look upon this as a backhanded blessing 👼
Of course you know what you are doing with ordering your supplies and putting wood in your shower! It's not something that you think you can just bung a broken up pallet in with a lick and a prayer and that's done.... Do some people think you'll build stuff with highly absorbent chipboard or something?! *rolls eyes in sympathy * 🙄
For some reason I've got Jaws in my mind now: "You're gonna need a bigger bolt" (Sorry, there was no excuse for that one 🤣)
I wonder if the more sour plums would be good for making plum wine? 🍷😋
*Hugs * to you all! xx
If you were any different then you are….i wouldn’t have watched the same way….your candid , a very interesting genuine enthusiast….cheerfully press on, make mistakes and fix them!
When we were doing one of our renovations - the electrician drilled and cut through the soil pipe ! In the middle hallway, it took us many months to find out where the water was actually coming from, after cutting open lots of access holes in the newly plastered walls and ceilings - we finally managed to locate the culprit !
Don’t beat yourself up about it it happens, at least you found out why ! Very quickly 😊
Oopsie! Sorry to hear that you also had a similar mishap Jeo. Thanks for sharing 🙏🏼😊❤️
Oh John…please forgive yourself….shit happens on the go.
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Tara no way would I even attempt that longggggg ladder oh my girl lol 😮thank you for your video today and you may have 🐣 soon too all that fruit wow 🌱👒 🐦 yummmmmy From The Land Down Under 🇦🇺🐨🦘
So cute one speaks Portuguese the other English I so enjoy you all so thank you ❤❤
Plum cafoutis ~ Google the recipe ~ Yummo!! ❤ 👋 🇦🇺
😂😂😂 been there, done it, got the tee shirt, well done John, you are now a member of the “if it can be fu**ed up, i have club” 😂👍
Glad to see I am not the only one Fred 😂
I've not seen many comments about the Broody hen, but if she is in where the other chooks are then you need to mark her eggs. The other chickens will continue to lay on and around her. Also if she gets off the nest to feed herself, one of the other chooks may take over briefly to lay, she will go sit somewhere else and then all eggs will cool down when other chook goes back outside after laying. All stuff learnt the hard way. 😒
If you want her to raise babies you are better to isolate her from the rest. 😊
Your resilience and creativity during the unexpected challenges of the Portugal stone house renovation are truly admirable. Your ability to adapt and overcome obstacles is inspiring. And I am Floating Village Life
What an absolutely beautiful episode!! 😍😍😍
My nickname is goddess of entropy. I’m thinking about getting a delta S tattoo…but I don’t like pain. Getting a tattoo of Ma’at was my defense. Didn’t work.
Just read in the paper that a contractor built a house 🏡 on the wrong LOT. Now thats a screw up
Plum chutney? Maybe you've already made that. They look delicious! So nice to see your Mum and Dad joining in.
Thank you again for sharing so much for us.
It's sad how folks judge you.
You're doing your best with the supplies you have. I'm grateful & thankful to be honored to have met you all from 🇺🇸.
GOD BLESS YOU. KEEP DOING AS YOU ARE. YOU KNOW BETTER
I ENJOY SEEING DIFFERENT PROJECTS AS YOU GO. I KNOW THE BOYS LOVE THEIR TREE HOUSE AND LIFE WITH YOU
AND FAMILY.
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We love having you as part of our journey and adventure Evalina. Thank you for being here ❤️❤️
In the " More than Farmers " video, she is using an apron that fits a bowl, kinda like a kangaroo pouch to pick raspberries or whatever you need two hand to pick. You might want to check that out. There's also an apron with lots of pockets to place eggs in when getting eggs 🥚 from the hen house. 😅😂😊❤
Tara, you look wonderful and John , love the glasses! The garden looks fabulous, especially the lovely pink Dahlia, and your velvety lawn. Don't feel bad about the water pipe mishap, as our son said to my husband one day- he was grown up with his own sons at the time- " Dad, s--t happens" ! The shock at hearing this from our son rendered us speechless for a while. Proof that children grow up and life is on a different level. The plums look so appetising, have you looked into any Portugese recipes? Joao's mum might have some good recipes, and also Carlos wife? Obi is a sweetheart muddy or not. Hope you have a good week, and look forward to hearing more tomorrow. Thank you both.🌹
I love eating fruits straight from the trees! You can make plum jam/jelly, it will last you through winter!
Plum cobbler is good too! ☺️☺️ Plum ice pops for the kids! (And adults 😁)
Yum yum friend, love the sound of all of these 🙏🏼😊❤️
Ack! I hate that moment when you realize such a small mistake became such a big headache! It's great you guys have so much wonderful help these days to support you when things go wrong. So looking forward to seeing how you use up your plums!
It’s really frustrating Evan! We are so thankful to have all the support 🙏🏼😊❤️
Family time is always wonderful. Tiny house is going great, learning me a lot to. Thank you.
I loved the Bach opening.
It was fascinating to discover you can get panels that look like an old, well established roof. That was a huge transformation in the space of a few hours. Credit to Carlos.
Cherry Plums (as I understand) were grown to attract birds away from the desired fruits. The birds prefer them but they can be a bit tart for us. Then they turned out to be one of the first trees to blossom in early Spring. I think most people acquire them for that.
My Mum used to preserve plums - I wish I’d paid attention. They make plum pudding (the old traditional Christmas pudding).
Thanks for highlighting the word ‘Entropy’ I imagine it’ll come in useful as I’m about to go off on my annual adventures. Won’t be around for a bit, but will enjoy catching up when I am back.
Guys, I have yet to see a renovation or construction of any kind where everything goes according to plan. That's just not the way things work in the real world. As for putting a screw through a pipe, well... a very close friend of mine who happens to be an electrical engineer, I repeat, AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, put a hole through an electrical conduit in his place, trying to hang a painting on the wall for crying out loud!!!🤣🤣🤣
Okay good 😂😂 glad to see I am not alone! Thanks for sharing haha
Ola beautiful Friends wonderful morning the children’s Obi playing in the lawn. Tara beautiful clams lots to do.John every body makes mistakes, you doing a good job. See you Sunday 😅
Everybody makes mistakes you are quite right Marilia 🙏🏼😊❤️
Happy Wednesday Newbys!!! Don’t be hard on yourself John, you are doing an amazing job on your build! These things happen to the best of us! Your families are fortunate to have such a lovely place to visit!
Thanks Louise 🙏🏼😊❤️
Glad you are getting professional help. That cuts down on the mistakes.
If you have way too many plums can you sell some to local shops.
I remember when Crusoe ate his first plum! They must be sweet and juicy for a little boy to enjoy them so much! Sweet little Crusoe a little Nature Boy ! Gosh I sure hope that hen hatches those eggs so exciting for the boys! Have u heard from the Voyagers?? They didn't post a video Sunday and there is some terrible flooding in Italy???🐣🐤🐥🐓🐔
We can't wait to see what happens to the eggs and the hen! Will keep you posted. Yes Brady, Heather and the family are absolutely fine Linda, thank you for your concern ❤️❤️
At first I enjoyed watching you and your family BUT all you seem to do now is accept gifts from companies in return for
promotions. I watch other RUclips sites and they don’t seem nearly as desperate as you for all the freebies. It’s become boring!!
Thanks for the feedback Belinda. Always greatly appreciated. We work really hard to create interesting diverse and different content as often as possible, this costs quite a lot of money and so the right sponsors are welcome, we turn down a lot of “not quite right” sponsors. We also try really hard to make episodes where we are sponsored interesting enough that you are not bored, looks like this time we failed for you. Sorry. The other channels you watch have their own ways of creating content we wish them well and hope you enjoy the next few videos we have lined up and that you don’t find them too boring. Thanks. 👍
Tara I know you must be going through a stressful time but you are looking stunning you have a lot of stamina you have a great future as a family great partnership 🌹🌹🌹
Thank you John, you are so kind ❤️❤️
We love plum crumble plum jam and plum sponge well done guys regards Andy from Felixstowe.
Plum crumble yum yum 🙏🏼😊❤️
John, lazy people don't make as many mistakes. I would say as creative as you are and as much as you do, your number of mistakes is pretty low. Anyway, sorry you had to deal with that. Seems like those things always happen when we are in a crunch.
Thanks friend, appreciate your support 🙏🏼😊
Those look like cherry plums they are sweeter meatier and tastier. Better than normal plums.
Ask Mario to make you a “vara ladra”: 1 thick bamboo, 4 cuts and a stone to keep the cuts opened! Easiest way to pick up fruit!
Glad to hear all the visitors enjoyed their time in your home. Hopefully, John took some well deserved breaks to also enjoy the visitors. Taking on the build is no small task and it is looking really good. Yes, lessons being learned but it's how we all learn :)
lovely family 🥰 allo allo always looking to see your video ❣your delay living Long site construction all over just lively and lovely great idea from the two of you👍👍 good team 👍👍🎉 🎉 would be nice Tyra to have this plum recipe if you can and thank you if so 💛 affection from Canada Quebec Nicole xox
Thanks so much Nicole, I will be sure to share the recipe with you soon ❤️❤️
Watching from South Africa 🇿🇦Love your content.
When you said John drilled a hole in the pipe, I said John, John!! Then I saw the frustration on his face and immediately said, it's all good John! You're doing a great job John, keep your head up!!
What a lovely family you have Tara everybody helping out with the plums. John and Mario have been busy getting the roof on and Crusoe is busy helping with everything.❤️❤️
Thanks for the lovely compliment Maureen ❤️❤️
You need a sky hook to pick your fruit. A sky hook is made of hard wire. With 2 hooks, one on each end of wire. One hook is on a strong limb near you. The other end is for your basket. Now your hands are free for picking. I hope you can have one made and like. Wire about a meter long, 2 strong hooks.
Great idea Helen! Thanks for sharing 🙏🏼😊❤️
Those roof panels were great. My heart went out to John for drilling through the water pipe... it happens xx. the plums look delicious. Thank you for sharing. xxx
Love to watch your episodes, thank you for sharing!
What type or model drone do you use atound your property, and do you recommend it? Muito obrigada!
We are so happy to hear that Maria! We use a DIJI drone, not sure about the specs but yes we absolutely love it 🙏🏼😊❤️
Happy Wednesday Newby family, no one is perfect, we learn from our mistakes, hope you used the outdoor shower you installed on the farm the first year, at least the men could have showered there. Anyway, John looks good with glasses. Would have loved to see your parents, family interact more with you all, with Crusoe and Sawyer. Be well, enjoy your togetherness, lovely to see you endeavouring throughout your ups and downs. Hugs to you all 👶👱♂️🐶🐔🐓🐸🐣🍇🦋🌺🥰💖🙏🙏🙏🙏 🇵🇹 🇿🇼 🇬🇧
Happy Wednesday to you too Joanne, you are quite right nobody is perfect and we will definitely learn from our mistakes. We really enjoyed some good quality time with my parents here, was exactly what we all needed 🙏🏼😊❤️
@@TheNewbysglad all is well Tara, well when your Stone House will be finished and furnished you will be able to have your family stay much, much longer. I know grandparents want to see their grandchildren often, more often, very often especially when they are small sort of reminisce of their own children when they were that age and not able to spend time more life with them because of work and day-to-day living. Well, you are blessed you are home all the time. God bless you all. 🙏💖🥰 P.S.: loved cherryplums, share with your neighbours and family.
My nerves...watching John and Carlos on the roof! Well done guys. Lovely piece with so much; bits of family, a drive in the surrounding area, harvesting, construction and farm life. Love lives there❤
So nice to have family visit! My parents are no longer with us, but the rest of my family lifes in Germany and Slovenia, were i was born, I've been living in Michigan now for 30 years! Its hard sometimes living so far apart! I am glad you guys had a great time with your family! Until Sunday, greetings from Michigan!
It is always so special friend. Thanks for all your support 🙏🏼😊❤️
We had plum trees on our farm as a child and there were so many delicious plum dishes. We had stewed plums over icecream, plum crisp or crumble, plum pies, plum tart, jam etc etc. My mum even made a plum drink but I don't remember what it was exactly. I envy you all of these delicious plums. John...don't be hard on yourself...we have all had disasters. I had not one but two today which I won't even go into. This is one of the most beautiful properties I have seen from all of the off grid, renovation type shows from Portugal...and that is not saying anything bad about the others...this is just the most delightful. (I think I watch 6)
He's not the first person to drill into a water pipe. In our Victorian, a plumber did the same on our second floor which of course led to a flood on the first floor.
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How about just sitting down and eating them till you get bellyache.
Sounds like a plan Pam 😂😂
Its not strictly a plum tree but a prunis
Great video guys! absolutely loved the intro 💚
do those roof panels have a thin layer of plastic on the underside? I watched another Portuguese reno and they stripped the plastic off both sides! This is a totally new roofing concept to me.
I too thought it looked like there was plastic on both sides, but they may have pulled that off before they put them in place.