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

10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! Let’s hope so 😁

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 :)

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

10 ай бұрын

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

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

@portugalitis

10 ай бұрын

It is not saying nothing anymore 🤣🤩😁

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

@portugalitis

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! Keeping our self busy as always 😁

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

@portugalitis

10 ай бұрын

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

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

@portugalitis

10 ай бұрын

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

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

10 ай бұрын

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

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

@portugalitis

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! 🤩🤗

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@portugalitis

10 ай бұрын

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

@portugalitis

10 ай бұрын

Fingers crossed they will come up 😁

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

@portugalitis

10 ай бұрын

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

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

10 ай бұрын

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

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

10 ай бұрын

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

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

@portugalitis

10 ай бұрын

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

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

10 ай бұрын

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

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

@portugalitis

10 ай бұрын

Bus matyt kas isdygs 😁

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

10 ай бұрын

Not sure exactly what do you mean…

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

10 ай бұрын

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

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

@portugalitis

10 ай бұрын

Our pleasure! Thank you! 🤗

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

@portugalitis

10 ай бұрын

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

@Dave_Burnett

10 ай бұрын

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

10 ай бұрын

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

10 ай бұрын

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

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

10 ай бұрын

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 👍

can you grow anything in the fall and winter?

@portugalitis

10 ай бұрын

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

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

10 ай бұрын

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 😁