Farm Life is the best Life - Harvesting Olives ❤ | PORTUGAL FARM LIFE S3-E47

[@OKportugal]

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[@andrearushing559]

Love Gina’s humor! Your neighbors are amazing!

[@costasworldofmusicmemories5792]

You are so fortunate to have a neighbor like Joaquin to help you. Developing friendships with your fellow farmer is important to benefit of all that live in a community. It's important that you help each other. And you are. Great vlog guys. Sending you lots of love💖💖 From Harriet and Jim. Richmond, Va.

[@OKportugal]

We have been very lucky with everything, the move here, buying the farm and all of the wonderful people we have met along the way. Blessed :)

[@costasworldofmusicmemories5792]

@@OKportugal I too don't take that from granted

[@100Noddy]

Amazing friendship and collaboration you have developed with your farming neighbours.

[@paulacunha6792]

Ken e Gina vocês foram abençoados com a quinta , foi uma óptima escolha . Sim, Ken estás mesmo em Portugal, não é um sonho

[@marcellasimerly8233]

JAUQUIN ~ you’re a genius. Great ideas are oft borrowed and improved. A family working in harmony is a so beautiful.

[@marcianomarques3436]

Quando fizerem o azeite, o Joaquim que vos diga como preparar uma "lagarada". É uma tradição em Portugal.

[@Loesters]

Do you and Gina take a course in speaking Portugese? Seems like a good idea to do.. Lovely episode again! Hard work but nice work as well. Thanks! ✌🏻🧚‍♀️

[@OKportugal]

We are using online courses and apps to learn Portuguese. We have a pretty good vocabulary of words to get us though most scenarios (Mostly to do with farming and properties though). Even though we have been here for two years, we dont live in a populated area, so its not often that we are speaking with people, apart from cashiers at shops or the occasional hello to our neighbours. I think if we lived and worked in a city we would be much further along with our language skills as we would be immersed in it. I'm in no rush to do anything and I'm just enjoying everything happening at its own time and pace at the moment :)

[@josecaetano453]

@@OKportugal 😂😂😂 You're lucky cause Joaquim speaks English 😂😂🤣

[@elmafudd5645]

I'm still looking forward to your in depth pruning video Ken😉 When do the Portuguese tradionally prune. My inlaws in Turkey harvest in November and prune in Feburary after the frosts have finished. I'm not sure if avoiding the frosts is for the trees benefit or theirs! Their trees are so tall and over grown I'd harvest with a chainsaw not a shaker🤣

[@dennisbrooks6988]

Another great olive season and another great episode! You're getting better every year. Jaoquim is a rockstar.

[@ivosilva2796]

I'd encourage you do gift something to your neighbours, Joaquim and the others seems like a good people. Maybe even some of the honey you harvest or nice bottle of wine. Cheers! :)

[@OKportugal]

Hi Ivo, of course we have bought them gifts, we also share in the harvest and Joaquim gets use of our fields for his sheep as well as the spring grasses which he hay bales and uses for summer feeding. :)

[@netby]

@OKportugal Put on the table some super bocks , some chorizos, serra da estrela cheese and corn bread probably they are the best gifts for them 😁👍

[@OKportugal]

@@netby we also had lots of red wine, Sagres, presunto, olives and bread for while we worked 😁👍❤️

[@netby]

@OKportugal Good times when I was young living in my grandparents farm near Caramulo.....with corn bread,olives and wine you are ready to work all day ...🙂

[@formxshape]

Bitcoin, the gift that keeps giving.

[@deniseanglesey972]

Chipping the branches makes amazing compost woodchips - just prunning my olive tree at the moment. Thank goodness I only have 1 :)

[@mimosomim]

2021 will be one of the best years for the olive harvest.

[@tessibento5985]

What a great episode, thoroughly enjoyed it….you are blessed with amazing neighbours❤️🇵🇹 the Portuguese are helpful people❤️

[@royking7298]

Rent a wood chipper for the branches pruned off. Makes great mulch and then compost. Of Course, you've probably considered it. LOL...

[@Elopes85]

Hello Ken and Gina great vidéo,,tem muitos bons neighbors ,,,Senhor Joaquim nice person 🇵🇹❤🇺🇲

[@OKportugal]

Obrigado Elia :)

[@sheenadoughty8471]

Great video guys! So enjoy them….Wow that is hard work, how wonderful to have such fab neighbours! Love the olive harvest time, so fascinating…. I hope you have a huge harvest this year👍, can’t wait to see….bee careful!,,,,,😂😂🌞have a great week..😎🪴

[@OKportugal]

Thanks sheena :)

[@afrlala3593]

Living the good life KEN AND GINA.

[@jorgemagalhaes6399]

It has been in the news this week that Portugal will haved this year lots off quantity and high quality olive oil, to enjoy

[@Jesuscger]

10 times more than last year.

[@jacintadiogo2295]

congratulations for the good harvest...enjoy your olive oil..love and hugs from Jacinta and Ryan ...Canada

[@OKportugal]

Thanks Jacinta & Ryan :)

[@leonwilks4114]

Well done on the yearly harvest and I wondered Ken what were all there ages they just don't seem to stop bless them proper grafters 💪

[@Bernie5172]

Maybe it might be best to move the bee-hive before next years harvesting. Or perhaps you should smoke them and settle them down , start a camp-fire close by

[@Candidvortex]

We used to do it the old fashioned way when I was a kid, it’s so nice to work in the fields!… you guys are very lucky, keep on making these videos as they are super interesting, you should get a lot of followers.

[@OKportugal]

Obrigado Fernando 😊👍

[@celiapereira5223]

Great neighbors you guys have👍👏

[@shotgunpsycho]

Lol, those Bee's will get you one way or another!

[@eduplesha]

Great video, as always!! Thank you and have a great SUNDAY! #Godbless

[@andrepereira9]

Great video as usual! Btw this year will be a record for olive oil production in Portugal. The business is booming.

[@mk-xq1tt]

Lovely when people help one another.

[@frankmealha8918]

Love your videos keep it up 👍

[@OKportugal]

Thanks Frank :)

[@rosajaneiro1396]

Awesome!! Lots of hardworking for sure. But the olives are worth it!! Thank you for sharing.

[@OKportugal]

Thanks for watching!

[@projectportugal]

Great vlog as usual, love the Bee section😁 and loved the dropped camera 😂

[@OKportugal]

Thanks nick :)

[@manuelacavaco4147]

Fantastic project! Congratulations 👍

[@FreeBeatStation.]

Great video !

[@OKportugal]

Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@strawberries1411]

It was amazing weather...Time for some new shakers?.. lol... it's nice to see how they cope with setbacks..waste not want not., can't wait to see Joaquim new improved harvesting net..he has a whole winter to design it hahaha Are you going to sell some oil?

[@OKportugal]

Yes we need to figure out how to ship it overseas as we get asked a lot from subscribers to buy it. :)

[@rachelfrees1268]

Well done.👏👏👏👏

[@Lat41]

Using that olive tree shaker tool would be a killer shoulder workout.

[@OKportugal]

Definitely, i have messed up my neck and back a bit though, but I'm sure itll ease up in the next few days :)

[@travel-van-world6312]

Looks hard work ,but great fun ! What loverly neighbours.

[@afrlala3593]

Looks like a good harvest.

[@OKportugal]

Yes its much bigger than last year!! :)

[@paulogarciadesousa]

Jesus, Ken, not the bees again!! 😂 Just let them… be! (A lousy pun, I know!)

[@OKportugal]

Haha yes I know, I should have learned my lesson by now :D

[@bigolmoose8857]

Hi, Suggestion for next year, place a fine netting over the hives, while shaking the olives. All the Best

[@Candidvortex]

You should make some Chourico rolls and coffee for the crew when they come to help you, they’ll love you for it!…

[@OKportugal]

We do provide breads, presunto, olives, cheese and of course some wine and beers when we are harvesting. Joaquims wife is always cooking something delicious, and I think he likes to go home for his some homecooked food. We have of course offered for them to stay before :)

[@TomBTerrific]

Looks like Portugal and it’s people care about each other. The fact that you have only been there two years and they really made the harvest possible. I watched other harvest videos and saw them using a machine that shaking the whole trees and the used that vibratory rake also. Are those not available in your area or to expensive to hire? They certainty made quick work of it.

[@OKportugal]

Those machines are very expensive and I think they wouldn't work on most of our trees as the trunks are so big and thick

[@davidmiddlemas1511]

When it comes to picking olives, more nog 'n dag. I left RSA in 2004 and have last the accent but I love hearing your's Ken. Love the channel, both you and Gina make life in Portugal look so appealing.

[@paisleyjane9606]

Olive harvest near the hives sounds like a good time to fire up the smoker. Also, I like Gina's tutorials.

[@brianashton1428]

(Moira Ashton) Another great vlog! Yes I know from friends who have olive trees here, what hard work it is!! But to watch it on here, it's very relaxing!🤣🤣🤣 Oooh the BEES !!! When that one went for you, I said 💩 just before you 😱😱😱 Lovely to see Dog dog and Mimo playing together, So nice of your lovely neighbours to help with the harvest.. 🥰😍🤩💗💗💗💗

[@OKportugal]

Our neighbours really are the best :)

[@ChrisTenalach77777]

great video guys Olive Oil is the best

[@OKportugal]

Thanks Chris :)

[@daylight5500]

“ 'n boer maak 'n plan” interesting net contraption on the tractor. Thank you Gina I will adapt your olive picking instruction when I eat olives from a jar. We learn so much on this channel. As always, love the drone shots.

[@OKportugal]

Open the olive jar, pick the olive, put the olive in your mouth :D

[@daylight5500]

@@OKportugal In the USA there is a chain of stores called Trader Joes, they sell large green olives from Greece that are the size of an apricot. I do believe that we may be addicted to them.

[@OKportugal]

@@daylight5500 wow they sound amazing! :)

[@conclavious1075]

I always watching to your beautiful videos are amazing. You are Great farmer in the world or Portugal. Congratulations

[@OKportugal]

Thanks for watching :)

[@ea7898]

Ken you should consider another channel just called “Ken’s adventures in Bee-land” 😜 great video

[@OKportugal]

haha good idea :D

[@rickm3454]

hey Guys I watch your show every weekend, and it amazing, you guys should take a trip to Aveiro and explore that area of central portugal

[@OKportugal]

Yes we must visit it soon :)

[@rickm3454]

@@OKportugal there is a restaurant in praia da vagueira amazing sea food Restaurante KIKITO. and if you like steak in Aveiro there's a place called ZICO restaurante the best steak Ive ever had

[@OKportugal]

@@rickm3454 sounds great! :)

[@maureenbrophy7852]

Lucky you to have such good neighbours Lots of olive oil gifts for Xmas 🎅

[@susannah1948]

Wow lot of hard work - well done.

[@anadossantos1429]

WOW ☺️💚 So many olives!! Looks like a great year. God bless 🙏

[@OKportugal]

It sure is :)

[@aidenjohns8248]

When dealing with bee's learn to use your other senses.. the ear is the most useful of all senses... when approaching hives really listen to their humming, when you piss them off they change gear into combat mode!.. also think in terms of vibration and frequency!... if you fear the bee's they will sense it as do most animals..

[@duartemonteiro7463]

Hello Kenny and Gina! 😀💪💪💪

[@OKportugal]

Hello Duarte :)

[@tashreeq4169]

that man look like im suppose to read about him in a novel

[@bertiew6771]

Ken, there's a great machine that separates the olives from the leaves. Might be worth a future investment, certainly a lot easier than picking out the leaves and twigs from the harvest. Love to see the farm in the autumn sun even if it's a very busy time of year.

[@deekrebs7144]

Project Portugal invested in a leaf separating machine this year, it works very well!!

[@PremiumUp]

Nice harvest, really good to see.

[@machellep1]

No bees, allergic here. Wait for night to remove the tape. Funny the few days of harvest turned into a week of harvest. That’s farming for you. Do you think you could work in more Portuguese so we can practice the language?

[@fillhixx]

There is probably a KZbin channel that specializes in just that.

[@tinanieborg787]

great job guys, would love to have some of your organic olive oil

[@OKportugal]

We need to figure out how to ship it as we get asked a lot for it. Oil is on the list of banned substances to send with couriers overseas. I wonder if they mean motor oil. I really dont know.

[@tinanieborg787]

@@OKportugal aww to bad

[@gail9906]

Such a BIG job Gina and Ken. At least its done now. Do you know how much olives you ended up with? Very interesting to watch. 🐕🐕🐈🐈‍⬛🐔🐔🐓❤🇦🇺🦘

[@OKportugal]

not yet we will get the weight slips in the next few days.

[@evanelten]

I'm curious about the economics of your olive adventure: looks like low cost and not too much labour. But how about the revenues? Would you be willing to share some figures?

[@josiebriggs4922]

So I’m still watching on catchup - just wondering if you could just put a net over the hives?

[@Kishore-ol4ji]

What a farm life, far away from mundane 9 to 6 monotonous job life. Last year olive harwest was 1665 kgs May it be 2000kgs this harvest

[@OKportugal]

I think so. We still need to get the weighing slips from Joaquim but I'm sure its a lot more than last year.

[@Kishore-ol4ji]

New Delhi, India

[@Kishore-ol4ji]

Your channel is now having reach across cintinents, far away 8000 kMs

[@OKportugal]

@@Kishore-ol4ji amazing :)

[@jerrylion45]

Top 👍🏻

[@101life9]

Wow....you can't pay enough for your neighbor's help and they're twice your age 😅...They're like running the farm for you🤣🤣?

[@nadenegordon7639]

I noticed a lot of leaves fall with the olives, does that damage the tree in some way at all? Loving the Portugal lifestyle, I watch so many from there. 😀👏

[@OKportugal]

Hi Nadene, no it doesn't damage them permanently as they grow new branches so fast every year. We have to prune off most of those old branches anyways and many more will grow back in their place, full of olives.

[@containyourlife]

Can you use a net to cover the hive?

[@Mydamian55]

Just saw this one. Did they try a leave blower to get less leaves? So if its all on the ground just blowing the leaves away. Just thinking. Maybe they already tried it.

[@flowersflowers473]

2 tonnes! so you will get your own olive oil? Do you trim the olive trees as you go?

[@OKportugal]

We did a couple of trees as we went along but have to do the rest soon!

[@ChristineKelly1000]

Ye had fabulous weather for it. Isn’t nature wonderful all the same, the harvest is just in time for the cool weather. Would you not mulch the olive branches and use as compost?

[@OKportugal]

Totally, imagine if it was the other way round and we had to do this work in the 35-40c summer heat! :)

[@ChristineKelly1000]

@@OKportugal indeed, ye’d never do it.

[@broccoliagain3012]

Is it a year already? I could have sworn you harvested olives just a couple of months ago!

[@OKportugal]

That was our grape harvest 😁🍇👍

[@genariogoncalves4022]

Sou Do Brasil e tenho vontade de comprar uma terra ai em castelo Branco ja fui ai de férias e gostei da cidade, mas como vc vende seus produtos leva na feira faz vinhos como fazer?

[@tonypereira1484]

After 2 years in Portugal you really should speak Portuguese well ! Maybe now that the pandemic is over you can take the free classes that are offered by portuguese govt

[@Loesters]

Is Pereira a common last name in Portugal? My lovely ex mother in law her last name is Pereira. Aurora Pereira is her beautiful name.

[@martacancela7681]

@@Loesters pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_dos_cem_apelidos_mais_frequentes_em_Portugal

[@GlendaHayward]

A bee senses if you are afraid, just like a dog. So when you are afraid they will sting you.

[@Darny1able]

hi do u dry the leaves and make olive leaf tea

[@OKportugal]

No we haven't tried this yet. We have a lot of pruning to do so we will try it for sure.

[@daviddaniel609]

Did you say you was going to rent land on your farm for caravans? Did you ever get round to starting that?

[@OKportugal]

Hi David, yes we were thinking of doing that when we first arrived in Portugal. We changed our minds about it once the pandemic hit and now we enjoy having it as our private space away from it all.

[@christinegrabau7981]

Has this been a good year for olives or is this a typical yield?

[@OKportugal]

We did not prune the trees for 2 years so they yielded a lot more. I also think that the trees had more fruit because of our beehives. We will prune them this year and next harvest will be much smaller.

[@runam3187]

Generically this was a good agricultural year in Portugal.

[@netby]

@@OKportugal If it was me I do not prune them too much...my grandparents had a lot of olive trees and they do not prune them for years....

[@annar6430]

Hi Gina instrument of torture ,the olive cutter. What happened to Joachims neck,?

[@OKportugal]

He has a pinched nerve in his neck and looking up at the trees was hurting it.

[@annar6430]

@@OKportugal Yikes 🥰

[@royking7298]

Should have waited to take the tape off. Even if a few die, there are thousands more.

[@martinjames3950]

What do you do with all your olive oil

[@OKportugal]

We have been giving it away to friends and family. We will probably start selling some to our subscribers soon but need to figure out a cost effecting way of shipping it abroad.

[@kareneuceda1327]

Im Being nosy,but curious about your niebors.do you pay them or you go 50/50? Cause not to many people will do all that plus use their tractor.your lucky though being foreniors to them.i assume they have olive trees for yrs. Are you alergic to bees?

[@llifeform]

Beautiful and brilliant! Update: At Madeira now and looving it... First time in my whole life I got the Home feeling... So gonna establish here, hopefully Fall in love LEARNT. We males have the standing foot on the left foot, females on the right foot. Lean over you can actually streth out the whole thighs ++... Some crackling in the neck ++ it will be. But we have it on the left. Learnt from a statue :) So frustrating in the start they use cash a lot, but will be fine. Getting a new Millienium Bank VISA-card soon hopefully. :) Will be fine... mayybe a company in the future. - Sr. Magnar

[@OKportugal]

Hey Magnar, glad to hear that you have found a new potential home. All the best and good luck for your house search :)

[@llifeform]

@@OKportugal Obrigado! :) Its superfine... Really more people should move to Portugal ==> south God bless

[@llifeform]

@@OKportugal Here to work also :) And its perfecta.... Maybe we can try do some wine ++ business in the future ?

[@briandavis28]

Buy him a new invertor. He would appreciate it.

[@patrickazumah]

I will like to work with this farmers

[@maryjones4791]

Put 1 of the nets over the beehive !,!

[@filomenadabatos6614]

How are you paying Joaquin for harvesting the olives

[@OKportugal]

Joaquim uses our fields to feed his sheep and in return he helps us with some things on the farm. We also share our olive oil with him of course 😊

[@filomenadabatos6614]

You are fortunate to have Joaquim as neighbor.... Good neighbors helping is a blessing..

[@coby6417]

👍💐

[@ruidelgado5294]

Ken/Gina - How may olive trees you have in total? Did you spent all your olive oil from last year?

[@OKportugal]

Around 100 trees. We still have a lot of oil left over from last year!

[@adbc8737]

🌀💚🌀

[@mariadange06]

For goodness sake buy Joachim a new shaker!

[@paulan5989]

I’m sure Joaquim would appreciate a couple of tanks of gas

[@yeshunewsongs1712]

Hi sir i want to come in purtgal please help me

[@soupvis2616]

hahahahaha 21:50

[@OKportugal]

🐝 ❤️ 😅

[@beijoztwo]

😁😊😁😂😂🐝🐝 🍯👍 🍻

[@betty-loufraser5264]

Question for Ken,Why do you not drive? And why does it always look like Gina does most of the work around your farm?

[@ChristineKelly1000]

Ken said in a previous vlog that he has a medical problem which prevents him from driving and he does work but as he is doing most of the filming, it looks like he does no work.

[@fearedlegend]

Watch out. Portuguese bees are all business

[@OKportugal]

Totally 😅👍

[@yeshunewsongs1712]

From India jinder Singh please help sir i want to work your farm please help

[@timallison8560]

smoke bees zzzzzzzz ?