G you really have a green thumb. Your seedlings are super!❤️🙏

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much :) Very kind of you !!! I am proud of them as well this year !! so so happy to have green house this year it was so cold and it definitely helped me

Great news for the oak trees, a renal bonus for the land

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Thank you :)

I hope the rain has subsided, because I'm picturing you guys drenched in sunshine! 🌞🌞🌞

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

so this week we got sun .. and already it doesn't look like it was raining .. this sun is so powerful

So much rain!! hope you will find a way to store your precious water for the dry season. Property looking lovely and green.

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Hello !!! today it is sunny and hot (when I am replying to you ) so different from few week's ago :)

Tikiuosi jusu projektas su šuliniu, del vandens sode,suveiks. Vesli augmenija,kai tiek drėgmės.

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Vanduo prisipilde per nakti iki tokio pat lygio ...

Or maybe add a pond down at the lowest level for summer water storage

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

1 meter below our garden we got bed rock

Seems like a great idea you have.....draining the water from your garden...I hope it works well. You doing a wonderful job planting the oak trees . Can you eat the acorns.

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Well apparently you can dry them and then grind them and than do baking from flour !!! from normal oak acorns my mum used to make coffee ... not my favourite but .. still a coffee !!!!

Make more water storage, more deeper, or make pond where you can go through bad rock, somewhere at the bottom of your property and conduct water into it.

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

We will do raised beds in a future hopefully this will help :)

Definitely get some IBCs & store the water rather than pumping it away. That way you will have water during the dry summer.

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Hello, yes we got them ready and we will do that :)

We've missed you over the past week.. 😮 lovely to see you again, even with so much rain ☔️ looks like the weather is changing this week, though 😊 all the seedlings are so healthy, G 👩‍🌾

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Hey Liz :) We just had to take time off from filming ;) it was lovely break xxx Sun is coming back from this afternoon !!!! yey!!!! just for your holiday !!!!

@Liz-uq1ec

2 ай бұрын

@@portugalitis I do understand.. you can have a break! But we will miss seeing you!! Thank you for organising sunshine 🌞 ☀️ 💛

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

kudos

Been raining a lot in Scotland as well. Too much rain is no fun. Thank you for sharing.

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Definitely wettest winter - spring !!! Let's hope the worst id over !!!

Everything is looking great 😍😍

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Thank you :)

We had a big rain here on Friday… 100mm. Yesterday and today are beautiful. We needed it, but up the cost there was some serious flooding with 350 mm in about 24 hours. Not so good. Hoping your flood mitigation scheme works. I understand the way you want it to function. Happy gardening.. Cheers🌸🌸🌸🌸

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Hello Lorraine !!! That's a lot of rain in one day !!!! Nature is so unpredictable sometimes !!! It looks like we will have dry weather coming so this should help our garden xxx

Would be great to see a video in a couple of months to see how the oak saplings are doing 😊

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

No problem !!! I seen some of them not made it already ...

Oh, I was planning to start my gardening after Easter. Then we got more than 20 cm of snow! But now it is gone and the weather is lovely where I live in Sweden. And what about ”sunny Portugal”. I never thought too much water would be the problem. 😎

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

it was raining for few months here ... land is definitely happy with all that rain

The idea that you have for pumping water from well sounds like it might work, but definitely pump water into storage tanks for later use. If it doesn’t work, I do think the next step for a more permanent solution, since water always takes the path of least resistance, to start at that higher ground area above (where you stated the water runs down from) and dig a trench horizontally under that higher ground and then continue down each side the vegetable and around the back end of the garden so its “squared in”and then continue the trench to an area where holding tanks and the well can catch as water runs down the trenches. ❤ Loved seeing how well the seedlings are coming along. Oh and another great tip for roses? Blend up banana peels in water and pour around them.❤❤ we’re having the same weather pattern here, rain, rain and oh look more rain!😂

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Hello Teresa :) thank you for your advises and rose tips !!!! when I used to work in catering and we had so much bananas I used to bring them home and put them under my roses .. they loved it !!! Actually banana water are good for flowers and specially for tomatoes !!! One lovely gentlemen said I should use chicken poo as well !!! (and I do have a lot of it ;) ) We will fill IBC tanks for sure as we will use this water in a near future Hopefully rain will stop soon xxx

@jeanettefrancis6473

2 ай бұрын

I was thinking the exact same thing. Water runs down the hill onto the flat land below, so if there was a ditch or swale at the bottom of the hill which continued around the vege garden then maybe that would help. You are lucky to have the tractor which you could use to dig this. Also lots of organic matter and compost put onto the garden all the time should act like a sponge and soak up some water. In NZ we have had bad flooding also over the winter so all you can do is try all these things and hope they help. If all else fails, grow rice, Ha!

Hello to both of you. We have missed you. Seedlings are looking good. Let's hope the draining of the water works. I hope you start having better weather so Gee can get her kitchen built. Take good care of each other. Until the next time.❤❤

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Thank you :) It's lovely to be missed ;) Was raining this morning again ... but starting this afternoon we should have sun back !!!!!!! Yey

Love watching your videos always interesting

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Glad you like them! :) Thank you

Missed you. Strange to see cat in water. Hope you can solve your swamp. Veggies look good.

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Thank you Anna :) Nice to know we where missed ;) We are back !!! Gizma is definitely water cat ... like Guffy .. maybe we nee to teach her swim???

Can't believe how much rain your are having. We have the same here in Devon, it truly does feel like it's been non stop for months now. We can't cut our grass it's so wet.

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Hello Liz !!! we all have so much rain this year ... surely we won't have drought this summer ;) hugs

How lovely your videos are….so pleasant and relaxing to watch….and….‘I wish you sunny skies, wherever you are’ !! What a lovely sentiment thank you….we could do with sunny skies here in Kent UK at the moment , my garden is like a bog with so much rain. I hope your well draining works…time will tell, I guess. Keep us updated on that. Love and hugs x x 🥰🥰

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Thank you Lesley that's very kind of you xxxx I hope sun will come to Kent as we all missed sun !!! Looks like from today we will have Sunny skies here in Portugal !!! so garden could get dryer .... hugs xxxxx

Great video guys I think the idea of pumping water out the well should work be interesting to see. Seedlings coming along nicely G very difficult to film when you have rain all the time just make sure you have sun in a couple of week 😎 take care ❤

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Hello !!! Sun is coming back from this afternoon !!!! so you will be pleased to know that ;) water came back to it's original line next morning !!! we didn't done any more pumping ... after them two times ... xx

@juliant225

2 ай бұрын

@portugalitis has the land water drained any could be that that filled the well up

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Might be .. but the top of the soil was wet as before ;) Maybe we will need to drain ALL well and then it would help .. but It would take ages .. so we did abandoned that option

@juliant225

2 ай бұрын

@portugalitis when we come over I'll go down that well and see if I can wear its coming in from 🤣🤣

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

I would love to see that ;)

Queen G & King Guffey Keep him Mr A working No breaks ! When you moving in the house ? Xx

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

LOL !!!! Mr A needed a break ;) It's always so nice to read your comments :) Thank you you definitely brightening my day xxxx G

❤

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Dito xxxx

Maybe rather than wells they are a sump , built to collect the excess water from the land , for onward movement

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

we thinking to do raised beds next year :)

Missed you guys! Gina, your seedlings and green house are racing away! You definitely have green fingers! I think most of Europe have had a very wet week! The only thing that really flourishes from all the rain are the weeds and the grass, everything else has got so drenched that it’s now slowing down the season growth that we’re all waiting for! Love the way your cats want to be involved with everything, very cute following the flow of the stream down through the top terrace. Hopefully the up coming week will be markedly dryer and a little warmer!❤

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Hello :) It's nice to be missed xxx My seedlings doing very good I am so happy about that !!! :) Now we need dry weather and warmth :) Thank you for your lovely comments and for watching us :) hugs G

Lot's of hard work to make your home looking great. But when your older you should have done most of the hard work.

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Hello !!! That's the aim I hope ;) I like your thinking !!!

You have lots of strawberries ripening! How deep is that tank/well? Looks like things are really wet! n nice video!

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Hello Cathy :) it's only 3.5 meters not to deep ;) Sun is coming back from this afternoon so hopefully no more rain for few weeks !!!! xxx

Hello i have same water problem in Ireland its shaped like a bowl but you have fine way to divert it a Solar set up how will you power a pump you need electric if you had a Solar Generator could be a game changer for you and all the projects you have going All the best

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

This year was the wettest one and it is definitely good for the land .. but for our garden not so much ;) I think we will have to do raised beds at least that way we would be much better !!! Starting this afternoon we will have sun coming back and no rain forecasted this month (so as they say) this should help us !! Hope you will have better weather as well

Roses really like crushed egg shells too. Crushed very small you can feed to chicken's too. If possible maybe dig the drainage ditch deeper, even cut into the bedrock if you have to. Not a fun project, but it might work.

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Looks like egg shells are good for everything !!! I do feed them to chickens use egg shells for tomatoes and now will use for roses as well as you said :)

Why do you not get IBS tanks and pump water into them , to water the vegetables .?

@lfuentes4098

2 ай бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking. Pump the excess well water into the storage tanks for summer when the water won’t be following as much.

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

We got them and we will use them later on .. the amount of water is just to much and it would not a difference now. All water we pumped came back next morning. We will do IBC later on

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

we thought about that as well. last year we purchased our IBC tanks ready but the amount of water is just way to much

Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you guys, good work, maybe put some pins by your cork oaks or you are going to loose them when you have to mow again 👍😀

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

hello !!! Yes we will do that :)

I think that is av good idea if it fails you have lost nothing if you idea works you have solve a huge problem.

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

:) the water level came back to his original line the next morning and it didn't got dryer ... so we worked on plan E ;) :) :)

Good to see you both, it’s been raining lots on the Uk too, glad for the trailer with the Ibc for the water storage it will be great you can transfer it around your property, wasn’t ment to rain today and it’s done quiet abit, I was hoping to transfer some plants as I have to clear and area where the garden shed is going to go and I hoped to have cleared all the plants today but hopefully I can tomorrow and we have a lot if rain until Thursday of next week again, then I have to prepare the ground for aggravate and sharp sand then the shed can sit on top of that with some slabs. Hope you get a break in the weather xxx

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Hello :) I hope you will be able to do all you planned works !!! I definitely understand what it means as my cucumber and courgette plans want's to go in to garden so much ... Spring is busy season and I hope you will be able to do all things you where planned to do !!! Sun is coming back from this afternoon apparently here in PT

I agree you need to remove the water for your garden, but dont you think it would be best if you had a pond dug so that all the extra water that you have during the raining period can be used later during the dry summer. In the best interest of your water needs I think if you had transit to know your elevations, you could do all of the channels and direction of the water could be done without the need for a pump, at least until you needed to pump water during the dry summer times.

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

The water which we pumped from well came back to same level next morning .. definitely plenty water underground .. it would be nice to have pond .. maybe we will do it and I think with years we will master how to help our garden not to be flooded .. but this year was very VERY wet ... last few years they didn't had so much rain and water .. It's good for land and nature for sure :)

I wonder if it would be a good idea to drain the water from you well into IBC tanks, that way you'll still have the water which I am sure you can use during the summer months to water the land?

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

the water came back to same level the next morning :) plenty water there for sure .. and we will fill IBC tanks later on as we got few of them

I like you both very much, sometimes it feels like I really know you. We currently have the best weather in the Black Forest (Germany), 28° today in April. I also wish you sun and less rain, everything so that it is balanced. Kind regards, Jo

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind wishes !!! hugs

hi guys,where you bin,see you in next vid.

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Hello Shane :) we took time off from filming ... we just needed break :) See you on the next one ;)

Hi guys! Just wondtering if you can put that water in a water tank and use it to water your crops every day including when there is a drout?

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

:) Yes we can and we just done that ;) xxx

kork and chestnuts need to be at least 10 meters apart. because its 5 for each I say ,ok at least 4 meters.

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Thank you !!! Good to know .. we just wasn't sure f they all survive .. that's why we planted them so close .. But good to know Thank you :)

You have two tanks I would pump the water into ,or there full?or to far Well its a good ideia to have the water from the land into the well.........in the summer I am sure if you have a machine drill in the bed rock going to cost a bet. but there you going to have the best water.

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

we need to bring tanks closer to garden and then we will pump them .. the amount of water we pumped out came back to his original line next morning .. definitely loads of water on the land this year

Hihihiiiiii, nothing to film made a good video, with lots of little actions and good laughs!!!

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much :) xxx

Would it be useful to pump and save the water into separate above ground tank for use in summer when the garden is so dry?

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Hello :) yes we will do that as we got IBC tanks

Rainy UK.......sun, wats that😂

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

I hope you will get a reminder soon what is the SUN ;) I know it was horrible in UK as well ...

Not a lot of sun in Sheffield South Yorkshire

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

This year definitely one of the wettest and coldest everywhere !! it's definitely good for the nature but we ALL missed SUN ;)

So many things ready to plant ,but the weather doesn't help you , if you could keep the water for your garden in the summer , it would be great !!!...

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Very true!!! my cucumbers wants to be planted ... but it is what it is .. no one knew it will be one of the wettest winters so far :) today should be last rainy day and then it will be sunny ..... for the rest of the month .. will see ;)

looks like your going to have to improve the drainage ditch a lot

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Definitely .. or just try to do some raised beds .. but this year was one of the wettest so far

Может не осушать, а сделать высокие грядки?

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Hello :) yes we are planning to do that but this autumn to get ready for next year.. it's just to wet to them now ..but for next season definitely will do them :)

With all this water you could plant watercress. Happy week-end

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Definitely !!! or rice ;)

А где же Ваше традиционное приветствие: " Доброе утро, милые люди" ? ))

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

ahhh It's coming back on our next video ;) Andrius definitely said that this morning when we filmed in a rain cha cha :)

Cork or Oaks? Either way amazing 🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

They called cork oaks :) x

@mariadange06

2 ай бұрын

@@portugalitis 😜

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

it was a joke .... ahhh and I didn't got that .. I am getting older ;) LOL ..... G

Any place to relocate all or part of the garden ?

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

The new idea is to do raised beds :)

@gjm456

2 ай бұрын

@@portugalitis Good idea and no soil to haul long distance.

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

but this will do in autumn ... for next season :) (well that's my aim .. Andrius might want to do it this spring ;) )

Roses also love chicken poo! 💩 😅

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Hello Daryl !!! Good to know.. is it ok to put as it is ? I mean don't need to keep it for few weeks or month?

@darylpike8547

2 ай бұрын

@@portugalitis yep, dig it in to the soil. And also put some around the base of the rose Bush. The rain will water the nutrients in to the roots system.

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

I did it !!! Now we shall see how it will help them .. also I got more coffee grounds so they should be super happy

After the recent bad weather I bet you think you are still in England. Well I can asure you it is a lot worse over there than here and far far more expensive to do what you are doing. Although cheaper and better weather is S.W. Scotland where I had my last farm is still better here, as you will see as the climate keeps changeing. U.K. will soon be incapable of producing and food. I hope you are storing some of this lovely liquid as no doubt you will need it in the summer. Later this week is forecast to reach 30 which is a bit warm in early April Mine is full and the walls have sealed so it will be there when I need it and at the moment all is growing very well and fruit setting like mad. Why don't you dig a reservoir and store more water as am sure you will need it in summer as can get into the mid 40's where you are. I now have 35,00 gallons in mine and am sure that will take me through the heat of the summer. Looking at you paddling in the garden reminds me of late last year when my pond was soaking away and flooding the garden area, but now since being flooded again and again, thankfully the walls have sealed and I don't have that problem any more. Just plenty of water for summer. Yes I have planted 700 oaks,but holy oak for the timber and too keep min of Ag happy so they keep paying me the grant as it pays all my growing costs.

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Hello !!! 700 oaks !! wow you are amazing well done to you !!!! It was on mind that feels like we living in UK but it's only for a minute as it's so much nicer here !!! and then Sun comes out it just makes everything so much better :) you forget that it rained ;) We are saving water but that that much as you :) Hopefully with year we will be more organised as you . Yes, this week they say it will be 30 degrees but at the ned of April will be back to normal 20 :) Weather definitely changing and we just need to adapt to it :) Have a wonderful week !!! xxxx

@robertlee6479

2 ай бұрын

@@portugalitis Yes it is a lot better here in many respects, but there are some things that I miss. Like being able to go too the shop or store and buy what you need. Here you have to look harder and in many cases can't get and importing is out the question due too the hassle and cost of duty., but there weather has been far worse than here with 3 times normal rainfall and very strong winds of over 100 m.p.h. at times. As I said if you need any advice on anything, just ask as am an old hand at this lark as unlike you 2 I started at age 22. I won't tell you long ago that is, but long enough to know you can never be self relient as there is always something you need you can't produce or make. So have fun.

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

Thank you :) my parents had farm so from young age I helped them and learner how to do things ... Portugal got different climate and we are concentrating on a barn build as well .. and to be honest first few year it's only experimenting what to plant and where to plant . in 5 years I will be so much better .. but I do love challenges and new things that's why we chosen this life style if we wanted to be simple and boring we would of stayed and worked in UK ... and some people are happy to do that and it's everyone's choice what they do with they life xxx Giedre

@robertlee6479

2 ай бұрын

@@portugalitis Yes am aware of the change in climate, which is why I gave you the advice as had 4 years here and this is my 5th growing season and what is looking like a bumper harvest , at the moment, but I also had 2 years in N. Zealand on the south Island where the climate is a kin too here and I had Elsanta strawberries which fruited 3 times in 1 season, unlike U.K. where you only get 0ne crop., but the black plastic is a must if you want very big weed free crops. I have just bought new plants this month as lost all mine in the heat of 22 along with a lot of other plants as both well and watermine ran dry. Fortunately with all the rain this year and green slime in the pond, the walls have sealed so not loosing my water this time so have increased my planting. Whether you grow to eat or to eat and sell, you should use the same methods that are tried and tested. I grew to sell for 40 years now just to eat, but I still use the same methods and all organic as well. Just trying too help so you don't run out in winter as is very difficult to keep some things through the winter, so now I grow 2 crops not just one.

I love your channel not to Manny around and especially now................... I am Buying everything MADE ,,,42 Years of work its enough ...July we are going to Portugal to Visit,,for 3 Months paint the House and do some chores and Offaly in 4 years we going to go for good Because the wife still working...and you never know maybe we will see you around,,,Castelo Branco its not to far from US we are in ......VISEU....DISTRIC ....BEIRA ALTA ...and you are in .....CASTELO BRANCO ,,........DISTRICT.......BEIRA BAIXA Maybe in Feira de Sao Mateus........SAO MATEUS FAIR.........in other words I think this year it's Early a little,,,from AUGUST 1 to SEPTEMBER 8 2024 ofcourse.See you...I promise if I see you in the FAIR I will mention ,remember I told you I am from Viseu ando so ON,,,lol

@portugalitis

2 ай бұрын

OK !!! we will see you later this year :) and Thank you for kind words very nice of you