Great video as usual. You may be able to use old fridge as vermin proof storage for your preserved goods outside your cottage. Watch out for the jungle where you left the hose on.

@PortugalfromScratch

23 күн бұрын

Ooh nice idea, thanks!

Glad you like the lights! Thank you for sharing your adventures with us 😊 (-Eleanor)

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

I can't wait to put them up, thanks again!

Trees like a really good feed when fruiting. Leaf curl is a fungus which needs to be dealt with before leafing each year. There are organic products. While pear branches are flexible using soft cover and ropes on the branches you can weight them down to the shape you want, but if the flexibility isn't there, it will testruct how much you can do that. Strimming around the citrus will reduce the competition in the root zone. Most are looking fabulous 👌

@PortugalfromScratch

16 күн бұрын

Thanks for the tips! They’ll all get some love once I get back tomorrow. 😀

@deborahlee8135

16 күн бұрын

@@PortugalfromScratch cant wait to hear about clayfest

Good for you that you get to enjoy your time during the summer 🏝️🌞

@PortugalfromScratch

19 күн бұрын

Yes it’s been nice!

Wow what a huge fruit bounty. I’m so glad you make so many interesting things that doesn’t need refrigeration.

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

Me too! I have so much fruit!

Just a thought: put a tarp on top of the polytunnel, anchored to the ground? like the top one...

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

Yep I'd like to do that but I haven't been to town yet to get one. But it's a great idea!

Roger should put a pool Infront of the 3 bed house, there's a small area on another level Infront, well we all have ideas

@PortugalfromScratch

13 күн бұрын

Pools for everyone!

Left my hose on and emptied 27,000 litres of water. (i Have three tanks two connected one not and thankfully it was the single) I only get water from rain, and this is for everything. My trees were great that year but veggie beds were drowned. Your trees are looking so good . I don't know how you do it all, plus video and edit . Lake looked lovely and no one there it seemed. Your veggie garden is looking so beautiful with all the paths just bleeding marvellous

@PortugalfromScratch

16 күн бұрын

Oh man! That’s a big mistake to make when you can only replenish it with the rain! 😫 I had it easy relatively! I’m very happy with the trees but I’ve been away for a week and I’m curious to see how they are after the heat. 🙂

Hi Kirsty, I hope you have received the sandpaper I bought for you from your wishlist. But the real reason for commenting is re: the peach tree with leaf curl. My dear departed mother told me to find some horehound weed, pull it out roots and all and hang it in the tree with leaf curl. I know it sounds crazy, but it works!! (Well it certainly cured my peach tree in Australia)

@PortugalfromScratch

19 күн бұрын

I did, thanks so much! 😀 I’ve never heard of horehound weed… I’ll look it up, thanks!

Yes that pear tree you have to put posts in with wire strands in between and you train the branches to run along the wire. You only choose a couple of branches to run and you apparently get a better crop and a healthier tree.

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

I suspected... I don't have the space to do it that way so I might try to train some of the branches in the other direction... should be interesting!

Glad you liked your birthday gift, look forward to seeing lights up and working 🎉🎉🎉

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

Thanks again! I'll get them up when I'm back from the UK. 😀

17:10 Not sure if it would work for you, but I heard of someone who had a similar problem of forgetting to turn off the water so they got a chunky brightly colored bracelet and left it on the faucet, and whenever they turned the water on they’d put the bracelet on so they remembered to turn it off

@PortugalfromScratch

23 күн бұрын

Ah! That’s a great idea! It’s something I always forget and that’s such a simple solution! 😀

@ashleyhayden8976

23 күн бұрын

@@PortugalfromScratch just be careful of the material! Not sure what material would be best for the weather you get in Portugal since metal rusts and plastics breaks down in sunlight…

Pear tree branches naturally grow upright.Leave them,as is

@PortugalfromScratch

19 күн бұрын

I expect them to grow up but not to be 2D… i have another pear tree that looks very different. This one seems odd to me…

I love watching your progress. The plum sauce looks delicious.

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

Glad to hear that! It is!

Nice to make recipes with friends

@PortugalfromScratch

18 күн бұрын

Definitely!

Hi Kirsty , your dad will like this one. There was a fruit and veg shop in Possil, Glasgow called "Yer oantay Plums"

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

😀 Haha

Italians & Greeks in australia hang mallow in stone fruit trees and it stops curly leaf

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

Good to know, thanks!

Chinese plum wine 😋 though sweet it’s unbelievably good. Sorry I have no idea how to go about making that. Good luck with the recipes, the both sound yummie

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

I want to try it... I'm hoping the plums are still ok to use once I get back. 🙂

I havent had a fridg for about 2 months and just recently got a small one just like yours except no top little freezer but i am sooooo over joyed. Amazing how this has brought a new perspective on how blessed we truly are to have a fridge.

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

I know! It seems so simple but not having a working one was tough!

It was a great productive video. I like when you show what you got done when you put the video down. I can't imagine how anyone can keep up with the weeds other then your mom. There is so much more things that need to get done.You need time to enjoy yourself & be with friends. I am sure your mom understands it all. You have great parents.

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

I certainly do, I'm so lucky! I'm looking forward to a week away but also very excited to get back! Lots to do! 😁

Great episode as always,love watching your progress,keep up the good work 😊

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Excelente vidio querida Kirsty gostei muito . Obrigada

@PortugalfromScratch

14 күн бұрын

Obrigada!

Pull the fridge out and clean the coil it should be blocked with dust & debris, vacuum or use one of your brushes careful not to bend the coils.

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

Ya I read that online but it's totally clean... it's weird back. I've investigated but no luck so far.

@kathydoran6176

24 күн бұрын

@@PortugalfromScratch The coil could be underneath. Try moving it out enough to tip it back and see if you can see it.

@karmathegiant

24 күн бұрын

@@PortugalfromScratchI agree, I fixed my fridge, the coils are underneath.

Kudos on accomplishing a list of big and small projects. Your fruit trees are an envy.

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

Thanks! I'm so happy with my trees and glad I planted them first thing!

Lots of progress

@PortugalfromScratch

19 күн бұрын

Yes indeed!

🤣😂… when my kids were little they called apricots “butts”…. Wth! Now age range 24-39 & they still do😳🤣

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

Haha! I'm happy I'm not the only one who behaves like an eight year old!

lovely

@PortugalfromScratch

19 күн бұрын

Thanks!

Just to correct you, it's the pecan tree that's going nuts, not the lime tree. 😆 What a great food forest! And how wonderful to have friends that both help you create stuff from the produce and also to share with. You're making a lovely life for yourself out there.

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

Haha, true!! Yes it's lovely and I'm so lucky to have friends here with me!

Hello! Wow, I really love your little pool, there! And the lake! Perfect when you need to cool the core down on such hot days. Yellow leaves on your fruit trees are probably from a deficit in nutrients. So maybe give them some Comfrey-tea or a bag af horse/cow manure. The shape of the akward 2D Pear tree can be fixed with a little pruning. Just take one of the tall, straight branches and snip it off where there is an outward facing bud. Then the bud will start to grow a new branch i that direction. The downside is that the tree will be cut back quite a bit which will delay the forming of fruits. Good luck! (Love your balance of work and relaxing, by the way.)

@PortugalfromScratch

16 күн бұрын

Thanks for all the great tips and I’m glad you’re enjoying my channel! 🙂

A tunnel devoted to gardening. Who wouldn’t want one? When you had the sides buried, I thought it would be a good time to put plastic mulch and sawdust around it to keep weeds down. The upright pear tree might fix its own branches when it bears fruit. Just like the plum tree.

@PortugalfromScratch

16 күн бұрын

Oh ya that would be a good idea!

You just inspired me to make plum sauce ... At 9pm in London! I just picked some off my tree!

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

Woohoo!

Thanks

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

Thanks so much!

🎉That deck!!! So cool! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

@PortugalfromScratch

23 күн бұрын

It definitely is! I love it!

Yout trees look wonderful. You. Are going to have more fruit than you know what to do with. Plenty to share😊

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

Exactly! Loads to share around. 😀

Those sort of flat peaches are called Saturn peaches.Their scientific name is Prunus persica compressa

@PortugalfromScratch

19 күн бұрын

Thanks! They’re very tasty!

@wafamughrabi8723

19 күн бұрын

@PortugalfromScratch Yes,we love them and we call them "kaaki" in my language

You need to put a camera on your pear tree to see whose stealing your pears

@PortugalfromScratch

19 күн бұрын

Ooh I definitely do! Maybe next year!

Lovely food forest, you have some exciting things to look forward to in your food future!

@PortugalfromScratch

23 күн бұрын

Thank you! I’m excited to snack!!

And Kirsty.I Live in Bakersfield, California So it would be along Trip to were you are.But I will keep Watching you Ladies keep going on.❤. Raquel.

@PortugalfromScratch

23 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching and for your kind comments!!

@raquelfernandez463

23 күн бұрын

@@PortugalfromScratch your Welcome Kirsty have fun at the Clay Festival you and Sinead.God bless you both.Love Raquel.🤗.

now is the time to do the yeast fert..1 litre of yeast mix to 25 litres of water..use warm water and sugar to yeast and let it ferment overnight..all those trees will recover 100%

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

Ok! I'll look into this next week when I'm back from the UK. I don't even know what yeast mix is... I'll look it up and try, thanks!

@user-ns5pi3qb5p

23 күн бұрын

@@PortugalfromScratch just buy some yeast..add to warm water,add a couple of teaspoons of sugar and leave to froth up overnight or a few hours..if you get stuck theres a youtube link i sent you,or do a search on youtube for yeast fertiliser..you then add the mixture to 25 litres of cold water and use around a litre per tree or bush..

You may have a weed growth spurt where you left the water running 🤷🏻‍♀️😂🤣. I love your food forest.

@PortugalfromScratch

23 күн бұрын

Yep it’s all going a bit crazy down there but I’m happy the pear tree seems ok!

Hi Kirsty.You did a great Job again and you just 's keep Cracking on young Lady.I am Very Proud of you but don't forget to Rest your body.And that was Nice your friend Came bye to help you with your Plum Sauce it Looked good.I Can't wait to see how it Came Out and what you Use it for.Well keep up the good work.Love you,and your Friends.And I would Love 💕 to go help you Ladies but don't have the Money to do that.I would have to Save up my Money and see how much I would need to Save.Well you have a blessed day all of you.❤ Raquel.God bless you all.

@PortugalfromScratch

16 күн бұрын

Thanks so much! This week has been a nice rest! I feel relaxed and ready to get back to it!

Great vlog! So much work accomplished. Larry looks great. Is Mikey okay?

@PortugalfromScratch

19 күн бұрын

Thanks! Yep, Mikey is great but he tends to be less of a homebody that Larry. 🙂

@cindytennessee

19 күн бұрын

@@PortugalfromScratch Thanks for letting me know Kirsty. I really like him a lot!

The peaches are called doughnut or Saturn peaches.

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

Good to know!

How about making a keylime pie 🥧

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

Ooh I’m not much of a baker but I’d love to give that a try!

Oh yum my favourite peach ( Donut peach ) ❤😁

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

They're surprisingly delicious!

Hope your Clay fest is going well despite the miserable weather 😔 Lots of great work achieved 😊 Have a lovely weekend 😊

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

Thanks! We're camping, so fingers crossed for good weather!

The 2 dimensional pear tree looks like an ornamental pear tree. They don’t bear fruit at all, and their growing habit is upright. They don’t grow outwards, only upwards. They’re common in Australian gardens for narrow spaces, along fence lines and often used for screening. It is not espalier, & will never fruit, & can grow up to 10 m. Yours looks very healthy!

@PortugalfromScratch

23 күн бұрын

Hmm… I don’t want that there then! Thanks for the info! I wonder if I can relocate it?

@andie1769

23 күн бұрын

@@PortugalfromScratch I just looked it up. Yours looks like a Capital Ornamental Pear (Pyrus calleryana) Google images helps. ( I’m lousy with names, especially Latin ones 😵‍💫). Best time to move it is winter after it’s lost all its leaves and is dormant, give it a prune in autumn. Relatively shallow rooted, but as they mature roots can push up to the surface. Can grow to 10metres. So find a spot where it won’t interfere with sheds, stonework over time. They seem to be pretty hardy & they like a sunny spot. But, do your own research for your area too. In the right spot I find them beautiful, tho not very permi! Cheers, hope your trip is going well! ☺️🌳

You did a lot. Can I suggest you set your phones timer when doing short or long tasks. My memory lapses also. lol

@PortugalfromScratch

23 күн бұрын

Good idea, thanks!

Need the favorite plum sauce recipe please. Can’t find it on blog

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

I forgot to post it… let me find it and add.

❤

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

😀

Hi ya. FYI just watched the most recent episode from ‘stories from the cascina’ where the guy makes his own bespoke window frames from scrap wood and I thought of you. Might help you with yours if yr wanting to try it yourself. From 15min mark to the end. Btw couldn’t see a link to your wish list unless it’s on one of your other sites?

@PortugalfromScratch

16 күн бұрын

Ooh I’ll check it out, thanks! Ah that’s annoying… I didn’t add the link but I’ll do that tomorrow when I’m back home. I’m in the UK but left my computer behind. 😁

You are so Awesome! None of us are perfect! Great job. I love your plum sauce recipe. We do not have Stine fruits here in Costa Rica. I wonder if I could substitute Mangos for the plums? What do you think that would take like?

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

Ooh I have no idea but mangoes are amazing! I forgot to add the recipes, I'll do that now, thanks for the reminder!

Hi, I would love to know, if you don't mind to inform me, if your stone edification is a rural barn or a urban edification and registered as one. As you may know, lots of portuguese are without a place to live. And maybe there are such buldings registered as urban houses, and we don't know. It's absolutely forbiden to transforn a rural edification into a house, or a place to live. But, if such edifications exist, it could be a solution for the so many that have no roof. Will you answer me please? Thanks a lot!

@PortugalfromScratch

16 күн бұрын

I’m not sure there are so many homeless people out here in rural portugal. Many people are older and dying or the young people leave to go places where there’s more work. As far as why you can do on a piece of property, that’s always a question for a lawyer.

@semapelos

16 күн бұрын

​@@PortugalfromScratch Oh dear, I believe you misunderstood me, this is not a personal matter. In fact, nothing to see with homeless people on rural lands, but, people that can't afford having a space to live. I just wanted to know, if the Castelo Branco Municipality, is allowing those transformations or, are they just closing their eyes... I believe now, I know. We are glad that you all are able to have a roof over your heads, and are happy here, in our small country. The problem, you know for sure, is the fact that there are not enough houses, mainly for the young population, and rural land is much cheaper. It could be a solution to solve the problem. My question, asked to different munipalities, are a round denial. No one can transform a rural edification and live there. Here in Sintra/Mafra, it's impossible, and there are so much land.... For us, the people, it was very surprising to know that abandoned lands, came to life again, in central and northern parts of the country. Even on places like Castelo Branco. The majority of people living off gridd, has a channel on YT to support their stay and expenses, you bet there are many. For me, I'm glad all those lands came to life again. I just asked a simple question, it stayed unanswered. I believe they just close their eyes....there are no authorization, at least is my believe! My sincere congratulations, for all your work, you are brave and strong. Please, don't take my question on a personal level, I'm glad you all are happy here, peace and love! 🫶🙏🙏🌈🍀🍀🍀🌸

@PortugalfromScratch

15 күн бұрын

I definitely don't know the ins and outs for what's possible on each type of property in each area of the country but I do know that it's possible to change the designation of a rural piece of land where the house footprint is to an urban article and then things can proceed legally from there. I suspect that cameras in this area are more likely to be open to this sort of thing than those in the Algarve, though. But getting a lawyer is key to doing anything like this and if you wanted to get more specifics I'd suggest asking them. It's a good question and anything that helps solve the housing crisis should be explore, I think.

@semapelos

15 күн бұрын

@@PortugalfromScratch 💞🌈🙏🍀💐💐

Lots of fruit

@PortugalfromScratch

13 күн бұрын

Yep! 😀

How do you have plums to pick? Here in Australia the birds eat mine before they are ripe.

@PortugalfromScratch

19 күн бұрын

No idea! I think the birds might prefer pears and berries! 😁

17:21 out of curiosity: the municipality/town hall (can't recall what it's called in Portugal) won't maintain country roads? or is the road you're walking on a private road? are you obliged to "mow" your own roads then? will they fine you if you don't? I wonder about safety in case of fire and evacuation but probably it doesn't lead to town or larger roads?

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

They're supposed to maintain the country roads but don't really make them a priority. The road at the side of my place is private, I think, and I generally strim the grass but that's a job for when I get back. We've had unusual rain so the grass is doing weird things this year. Few people drive down the road beside my place, there's a better road for those further down the valley.

Hi, im james from Ireland. Have up most abmost absolution fore your mind set moving to central Portugal. As im thinking towards this is it possible to visit too get a real feeling for Portugal before I make my decision, perhaps I can do some work for you as I've been in construction all my life. So looking forward to your response, James

@PortugalfromScratch

6 күн бұрын

Hi James! Central Portugal is great, you should come check it out but we're not setup for volunteers. Maybe have a look at Keela Yoga Farm who are nearby and accept helpers? Or ask around in the local Facebook groups, perhaps? Best of luck!

🌟👏👍🍀💐

@PortugalfromScratch

16 күн бұрын

🙂

🙂👍👍🇨🇦

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

😀

And doing great with what ever you do next and you are Making your Dad, Mom Proud of you More,more.And they are Proud of you because you are there Daughter 🌺.❤ Raquel.

@PortugalfromScratch

23 күн бұрын

Thanks so much!

Hi

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

Hi!

Thanks

@PortugalfromScratch

24 күн бұрын

Thanks very much!