Thanks Howard for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless us all in divine light 🚨😉 nice to see you again 😁👍 good work. I thought you are going to bind a rope on that trunk.
I know winter is harsh in the Serra but on a sunny day you feel especially blessed. The animals love their home with you too❤. My plan is to grow turnips as well principally for the grelos.
And so you shall! Apparently rain next week - get the logs in! Must dig more, but motivation seems lacking!
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the mountain is ideal to grow everything you need, with surplus. pups are doin' great! bad weather is coming, with thunder, lightning and savage gusts of wind. buckle up! after that the sun will be back to roast us all! oh, I love good old portugal... 😜😂 stay optimistic, stay strong. 🤠😎
I Love your land, from every angle there is a different stunning view! I wish you a Year full of viewers 😎 And the little horses are amazing..(pups) See you soon Osher
What's with all the Brits moving to Portugal and living on/off grid and making videos? What am I missing? Thanks for the videos, thoroughly enjoy them. Stay safe.
@@tommyjames789 Yeah, it's pretty crazy! There are lots of different nationalities here & the Portuguese are very welcoming. The language is hard at first but once you get tuned in things become much easier and in any case most speak English or French so you're not totally cut off. Life is overall much slower & there is little traffic which is a bonus. Most of us make vids, primarily, to keep friends & family in the loop (and to have a hobby!) and it is a privilege that others tune in - it's really humbling! Thanks, sincerely, for coming along! We all have various reasons for being here & it isn't an easy life, very physical, but it is great overall. Come and check things out for yourself? Happy New Year!
@@tommyjames789 The U.K. is k Commonly Known as U.K. of decay. Houses food energy are all unaffordable and the government are doing nothing to help. Young people are saving to leave as the future looks grim with nothing to build upon and no hope of settling. Houses are overcrowded with two three generations living in them as 20-30 somethings can’t afford to live independently. So there’s an exodus of anyone who can. The mood across the country is not good, unless your very wealthy life is extremely difficult and getting worse.
@@howardsportugal Thank you for the insight, you are starting off with a very ambitious plan, good luck to you and your family. Please take care of yourselves, stay safe and look after one another.
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Beautiful place you live! Lindo local onde vivem! Os cachôrros são Serras-da-Estrêla, parece-me. São lindos! Parabéns, vocês devem sêr muito felizes aí. Tudo de Bom para vós.
Lovely place. We can occasionally see the estrela mountains from our balcony in Vila nova de poiares and want to visit one day. We practise permaculture and have transformed rubbish eucalyptus land to what looks like a nature reserve in may !taken 8 years part time as we live both in poiares and uk
Happy New Year to you all, hope you had a lovely festive time! Your comment about burning firewood and carbon balance got me thinking about where the carbon goes; leaving a tree to rot will mean that some of the carbon gets bound into the soil and locked up for longer = positive climate impact, whereas burning releases more atmospheric carbon = negative climate impact. However, you are mitigating your carbon impact by growing trees, I’m sure that overall you are planting far more trees than you are burning and therefore your net carbon impact is positive. You have so much land that is potentially available for trees that you could take this further. Do you have plans to plant more? Obviously leaving suitable fire breaks around your critical infrastructure!
@@brianpoole5483 yes, we'll be planting more! Plus, ensuring that we mitigate fire risk wherever possible (means tonnes of strimming!!). We are looking mainly at fruit & nut trees at the moment & that includes grafting chestnuts so they produce nice big fruit! Happy new year to you!
Thanks Howard for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless us all in divine light 🚨😉 nice to see you again 😁👍 good work. I thought you are going to bind a rope on that trunk.
Those gorgeous pups are growing so quickly!
@8arcasticallyYours yes - they are huge!! One week away over Christmas & we really saw the difference! All the best!
@8arcasticallyYours yes...and eating LOADS too! Cheers!
The pups steal the show, very cute.
I know winter is harsh in the Serra but on a sunny day you feel especially blessed. The animals love their home with you too❤. My plan is to grow turnips as well principally for the grelos.
Very true! As soon as the sun is out it's glorious! December was apparently the driest since 1931! Cheers for coming on the journey!
finally mother nature gave us a glimpse of those ditches working! blessings for the quinta, all family and the turnips! hope to try them! 😀💫
And so you shall! Apparently rain next week - get the logs in! Must dig more, but motivation seems lacking!
the mountain is ideal to grow everything you need, with surplus. pups are doin' great!
bad weather is coming, with thunder, lightning and savage gusts of wind. buckle up! after that the sun will be back to roast us all! oh, I love good old portugal... 😜😂
stay optimistic, stay strong. 🤠😎
Thank you! Been trying to stock up the firewood so we can hibernate...can't complain when the sun's out though! Cheers
I Love your land, from every angle there is a different stunning view!
I wish you a Year full of viewers 😎
And the little horses are amazing..(pups)
See you soon
Osher
@@MyPortugalDream looking forward to a BBQ with you Osher - and we need to talk about getting a roof on your house - at your service! Take care!
@howardsportugal sounds like a plan to me, thanks! Coming soon...
When im back from the UK Barb and I will pop over and bring our seed collection to rummage through. Justin
@@moparmanuk good call! Planting lots more than we need at the mo so lets swap...enjoy a few pints for us!
Bet leaving Wales was a wrench,all the best from Al Andalus
Hi & happy new year!
Wales was lovely & great to see family, but getting home is always nice! So much traffic in the UK...
All the very best to you!
What's with all the Brits moving to Portugal and living on/off grid and making videos? What am I missing? Thanks for the videos, thoroughly enjoy them. Stay safe.
@@tommyjames789 Yeah, it's pretty crazy! There are lots of different nationalities here & the Portuguese are very welcoming. The language is hard at first but once you get tuned in things become much easier and in any case most speak English or French so you're not totally cut off.
Life is overall much slower & there is little traffic which is a bonus.
Most of us make vids, primarily, to keep friends & family in the loop (and to have a hobby!) and it is a privilege that others tune in - it's really humbling! Thanks, sincerely, for coming along!
We all have various reasons for being here & it isn't an easy life, very physical, but it is great overall.
Come and check things out for yourself?
Happy New Year!
@@tommyjames789 The U.K. is k
Commonly Known as U.K. of decay. Houses food energy are all unaffordable and the government are doing nothing to help. Young people are saving to leave as the future looks grim with nothing to build upon and no hope of settling. Houses are overcrowded with two three generations living in them as 20-30 somethings can’t afford to live independently. So there’s an exodus of anyone who can. The mood across the country is not good, unless your very wealthy life is extremely difficult and getting worse.
@@howardsportugal Thank you for the insight, you are starting off with a very ambitious plan, good luck to you and your family. Please take care of yourselves, stay safe and look after one another.
Beautiful place you live! Lindo local onde vivem! Os cachôrros são Serras-da-Estrêla, parece-me. São lindos! Parabéns, vocês devem sêr muito felizes aí. Tudo de Bom para vós.
Lovely place. We can occasionally see the estrela mountains from our balcony in Vila nova de poiares and want to visit one day. We practise permaculture and have transformed rubbish eucalyptus land to what looks like a nature reserve in may !taken 8 years part time as we live both in poiares and uk
We are experimenting still but trying permaculture too...lovely part of the world! Cheers for coming on the journey!
👍❤️ ❤️
wales...looks a bit like barmouth ?!
@@carlosvictor8679 Spot on! It is indeed Barmouth. Lovely place.
Happy New Year to you all, hope you had a lovely festive time! Your comment about burning firewood and carbon balance got me thinking about where the carbon goes; leaving a tree to rot will mean that some of the carbon gets bound into the soil and locked up for longer = positive climate impact, whereas burning releases more atmospheric carbon = negative climate impact. However, you are mitigating your carbon impact by growing trees, I’m sure that overall you are planting far more trees than you are burning and therefore your net carbon impact is positive. You have so much land that is potentially available for trees that you could take this further. Do you have plans to plant more? Obviously leaving suitable fire breaks around your critical infrastructure!
@@brianpoole5483 yes, we'll be planting more! Plus, ensuring that we mitigate fire risk wherever possible (means tonnes of strimming!!). We are looking mainly at fruit & nut trees at the moment & that includes grafting chestnuts so they produce nice big fruit!
Happy new year to you!
Hello NEW SUBSCRIBER central Portugal 🇵🇹 love to have you join us as well 😀
@@alittleheavenonearth hi there - thanks for coming on the journey!!
@howardsportugal your welcome! If you join us as well 😀 welcome 🙏
@@alittleheavenonearth i have subscribed & will check out what you're up to 👌
@howardsportugal ty