Farming in Central Portugal: Tractors, Manure, and Dairy Sheep

[@OKportugal]

Hey guys, Hope you enjoy this action packed Farm Life video. In todays vlog, Joaquim and João use their trusty Ford and John Deere tractors to spread rich, composted sheep manure all across our farms fields.

[@marilynvosloo3781]

Hi from a fellow South African. Thanks for the informative videos - always enjoy. Just an idea for your narrow gate - add another pedestrian gate where that short fence section - use a drop latch to fix to ground on both gates. The drop latch can go into a short pipe hit into the ground level with ground so not a danger. This will make it easier to go out on your bikes - only need to open small gate. Take care 😊

[@anadossantos1429]

❤

[@susy7805]

I was missing this vids a lot.

[@melinda5777]

Great video!❤❤

[@OKportugal]

Thanks Melinda :)

[@costasworldofmusicmemories5792]

What a joy to watch a farm in action. Being raised in a urban environment. Joaquim is truly the master. Joao , a workhorse Love them. This was very nice video. All the best guys ! Happy Holidays! 🎄🎄 to you and your family . from ❤ Jim and Harriet Richmond, VA.

[@OKportugal]

Thanks! Merry Cristmas to you all :)

[@maureenbrophy7852]

Glad all the farmer tractors etc are fixed. Happy Christmas all 🎄🎄☘️

[@OKportugal]

Merry Christmas Maureen :)

[@CamboHODL]

Fascinating facts about tractors. Bloody expensive machinery. Forget Lambos, I want a tractor. Wait! Lambo tractor ❤️

[@OKportugal]

Haha I have a friend in Fundão with a Lamborghini tractor! Its a beast!

[@mariadiasdasilva9288]

Maravilha, assim traduzido em Brasileiro dá para perceber tudo😊. Adoro ver essa quinta tão bem tratada. Bom Natal.

[@OKportugal]

O KZbin traduziu automaticamente meus vídeos para vários idiomas diferentes, o que é ótimo. Só espero que a tradução esteja correta e não estou dizendo coisas estranhas

[@anabengalinha4049]

@@OKportugal Acho pessimo !! Nao consigo ver mais... Se è para ouvir BR vou ver os BRs... Boa sorte .

[@jorgeduarte2360]

@@anabengalinha4049 pode-se desativar a tradução no botão das "definições" (rodinha dentada), é o que eu faço...prefiro a voz original.

[@OKportugal]

@@anabengalinha4049 O KZbin dobra os meus vídeos em vários idiomas de áudio diferentes. Não sou eu que o faço. Pode alterar o idioma nas definições de vídeo do KZbin. Configure-o para o áudio original, se preferir. É uma nova funcionalidade do KZbin e não é algo sobre o qual eu tenha controlo.

[@OKportugal]

@@jorgeduarte2360Recebi um e-mail do KZbin a informar que estão a traduzir todos os meus vídeos para diferentes idiomas. Acho que acabaram de lançar esta funcionalidade, então pode haver bugs

[@MariaFontes-hi9gc]

Hello! Prenez bien soins de votre environnement ne oubliez pas la Biodiversité ❤! Aussi votre attention a ses deux bons ouvriers que font un bon travail! Soyez heureux au Portugal ❤! Joyeuses Fêtes MR Dame!🎅🎄! Bye-bye!

[@OKportugal]

Ok merci 😊

[@Setinmywaysalways]

Sheep Manure is Awesome for Growing Flowers.

[@OKportugal]

We get some incredible wildflowers in the spring, they should be really good next year!

[@ingbor4768]

putting old manure composted is a great way to improve the organic matter in your lands. but you need to cover your lands with some culture all year round. Exposing the land to the sun and winds it harms your fertility in the long term, specially because the very high temperatures in the summer good job done!

[@gigglesandchaos5443]

Howzit. Love watching daily farm chores and 'boer maak 'n plan' innovation. Was wondering if you could do a video on economics and viability of growing olives Vs cherries Vs sheep and how they can all work together. Would love to know how much income can be derived from each practice. Looking forward to watching more farms for sale too. 😊

[@OKportugal]

Thanks, great idea. I have a very nice property tour for Sunday It's not a farm but well worth a look 😁👍

[@Metalian66]

Joaquim his job is his biggest hobby and now he never has to work!

[@OKportugal]

@@Metalian66 100% 😁👍

[@MegaRobloxy-pr2rj]

I have been watching your amazing contents since you bought this farm and I alway wondered if you had young kids, would you still live in the countryside.

[@OKportugal]

I imagine it's a good life for a young kid to grow up naturally on a farm where they will learn some useful life skills. But I also think that when they get older into their teens, they might feel like they are missing out on socialising, the life they see on TV or social media. I do know quite a few adults who grew up on farms, and all of them have said that they very fond memories if their special childhoods on the farm. Personally I think its healthier to be out in the peace and quiet of the countryside. I don't think its healthy for us to be crammed in small apartments or neighbourhoods without suffering mentally or physically in some way.

[@ericshang7744]

7:38 actually properly composed stuff don't contain any living seeds or insects. the heat during composting process will kill all of them.

[@insAneTunA]

Actually the bars on the floor from the manure spreader move backwards, dragging the manure towards the spreaders. Manure spreaders like this have been used for a long time, even before there were machine powered manure spreaders. In the early days they were powered by horses, or donkeys. The entire mechanism was connected to the rear wheels by a shaft and a series of sprockets, and as it was pulled forward by the animals the driver could engage the mechanism and then it would do the same thing as the relative modern machine powered manure spreaders. The preferred temperature from the manure is give or take between 40C and 60C. At least that is the ideal temperature for destroying unwanted seeds and harmful pathogens. You can buy specialized compost thermometers with an extra long probe to measure the inside temperature from the pile, they look like the thermometers that are used for cooking and grilling meat. It can indeed get much hotter, but like you said that can be dangerous as it can start a fire. But the entire composting process happens by micro organisms that like different temperatures. The micro organisms that prefer hotter temperatures and basically destroy the pathogens and unwanted seeds are not the same micro organisms as the organisms that prefer lower temperatures. But they all have their own functionality during the composting process. Quite frankly it is a rather complicated process that requires a multitude of micro organisms and external conditions. Air is also an important factor, as well as the carbon rich material and the moisture levels. Micro organisms don't like UV light or rapid changing or big fluctuating temperatures or big fluctuating moisture levels. They very much like constant conditions to their environment. That is why the outside from the pile is always less composted. It was enjoyable to watch, so thanks for sharing. 👍

[@OKportugal]

Thanks for the insights, very interesting :)

[@insAneTunA]

@@OKportugal I always tell people, if you learn how to farm the micro organisms, and what conditions they prefer and what destroys them. Then you get much better results and yields above the ground when you apply what you have learned about the micro organisms. Basically a good farmer changes the mindset to farming micro organisms instead of anything else. If that goes well, then anything else above the ground grows well too. 👍

[@daviddjerassi]

Fantastic but what happens if your neighbor retires and no more sheep ?.love the video thanks.

[@OKportugal]

Thanks David, life will be a lot simpler as we wont need to tractor the fields. I could just mow them like I do already with the olive groves, vineyards and the areas around the farmhouse. We have lots of natural wildflowers and green manures that pop up on their own, so I would just need to keep them cut for the summer fire season. All of this tractor work, tilling, planting, is only done to grow the special grasses and cereals for Joaquim's sheep.

[@daviddjerassi]

@@OKportugal ok i get it.

[@OKportugal]

@@daviddjerassi I should have a fancy robotic lawn mower arriving soon which will make it super easy to keep on top of all the mowing jobs too! :D

[@jameskiley4182]

Ford tractor morphed into New Holland. My farmer friend says the old ford's are still better.

[@OKportugal]

I also love that old John Deere Joao was using to spread the compost!

[@charlescharles1345]

Hi sir how are you

[@OKportugal]

All good

[@momentos...]

Sorry, but I have lost interest in your channel because of having audio that does not correspond to my country. I prefer as always, to hear your voice and use subtitles for translation!

[@OKportugal]

I think this new audio translation feature of KZbin has a bug because a lot of people are complaining that my video is playing in a foreign language. KZbin released a new feature where they automatically dub videos into other languages. You can change the language of the video by clicking on the video settings and selecting "original audio". Look on the bottom right of the video screen on PC, or top right on mobile, and select the round "gear" icon to change the settings. Then select the original audio track to play it in English as i recorded it. Hopefully KZbin will fix this bug soon as lots of people are complaining about it! I think that KZbin sees your country and devices setting as Portuguese and then plays the video dubbed into Brazilian Portuguese. Its not something I am doing. I only make my videos in English.

[@a.m.1259]

Just change the audio option to your language. 🙄

[@carolleenkelmann3829]

​@@a.m.1259 If it were just that simple. I've been through the hoops looking for this "audio button" to do just that. - ain't none.

[@jujuba5487]

Me to, i am going to unsubscribe because i would like to listen in my language portuguese but is impossible. How sad.

[@carolleenkelmann3829]

I wouldn't mind so much if the dubbed voice-over was comparable to Ken's but its some whimpy, gay voice.

[@OKportugal]

KZbin did this dubbing on my video without telling me 😅 lots of people have complained about it. You can change the audio language in the video but I think a lot of people don't know how to do it. Also it's dubbed it into brazilian portuguese and not portugals portuguese.