Harvesting Olives and Raising the Roof: Off-Grid Tiny Home Adventure

[@cindyblair1283]

You both are so enjoyable and fun to watch. It’s also fun to see your dog enjoy his moments as well and even the cat having fun. ❤ All together Awesome Team work❤

[@portugalitis]

one team one dream ;) It's so nice to read your lovely comment !!! Thank you for your time to write this Gxxx

[@henryrutstein1598]

I love seeing both of you in action. It lifts my spirits. The videos are made well and are fun to watch. 🤩

[@portugalitis]

Thank you so much !!! Andrius spends hours edit it so it's so nice that you said this compliment :)

[@henryrutstein1598]

@@portugalitis Its worth it. Quality will translate into more viewers for sure.

[@portugalitis]

Thank you :)Gx

[@scottsorby7966]

A lot of hard work harvesting those olives, and the almost casual way Andrius said another half ton to go left me speechless (not a bad thing to be fair 😂😂) I always learn from you lovely people, I never realised that olives were so important or that oil itself had so many uses

[@portugalitis]

ahh the olive oil is most important for us ... even today we still had picked more olives (last ones thank fully ) as we had some trees left .. we might get another 15L on oil .. and if we would sell it we would get 150 euros for it ;) But I use about 50 L oil through the year .. I don't use any other oil just olive as you can fry on it as well (When I lived in UK I was told we can't use olive oil for frying !!! what's not true !!!1 it's so much healthier to use olive oil that any other :) Gx

[@scottsorby7966]

@@portugalitis I agree much healthier, we have been using it to fry for a couple of years now and also find it tastes better too

[@Reet64]

How wonderful to have all that oil l! It must taste great being so fresh.

[@portugalitis]

It tasted so GOOD !!!! smell was amazing as well !!! gx

[@michelleblandine]

Beautiful olive oil 😍more trees 💃💃💃are you allowed to hunt the wild piggies?

[@annalinekennedy1027]

Nice buying more trees. This is what the land is for. Nice progress with roof. Looking forward to the food cooking in the kitchen❤

[@portugalitis]

Thank you Anna !!! We are getting there ;) Gx

[@LorrieMello]

So very nice to see you guys today. You’ve lifted my spirits after having a crushing week. Thank you!

[@portugalitis]

Ahh hope you will have BETTER week and we are here to help you feel better ..hugs Gxxx

[@arjanvogel6444]

Thanks lovely people for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you guys 💞 good work 👍😁 a lot of oil you could sell some liter's it's wurd like gold they say 💰

[@portugalitis]

Thank you :) I do use 45-50 L of oil a year ... I use it everywhere .. and I cook with it :) Gx

[@Liz-uq1ec]

😮 cucumbers still.. wow, G.. and lovely cabbages too.. ❤

[@portugalitis]

Liz !!! How are you? Yes cucumbers ;) And planted more onions again !!!! but this time just about 200 ;) Gx

[@Liz-uq1ec]

Just 200 she says!! 😄

[@portugalitis]

well maybe a bit more .... But I got about 500 in a bag's to plant later this month LOL ... (BUT it will be a year soon when I didn't had to buy onions from the shop ) XXXX

[@Liz-uq1ec]

And how fantastic is that.. being self-sufficient.. just the best.. 💜

[@portugalitis]

one of the best feelings Liz xxxx

[@peterdowden7694]

Excellent work ploughing those furrows across the slope of the hill. That will capture water and keep the soil moist. 💧

[@portugalitis]

Thank you !!! hopefully it will work :) Gx

[@Davewislon]

I'm pleased you had such a good harvest of olives over in Eastern Spain they had hardly any at all

[@portugalitis]

Hello, is it because of the drought? because it was no rain for months there .. we are definitely over the moon with our harvest .. we had a lot of rain last winter ) Gx every year is so different

[@Suzy-u5v]

Nice drone shots thank you

[@Liz-uq1ec]

Yes, I agree.. I was surprised to see just how tall the Eucalyptus trees were.. 😮

[@portugalitis]

Glad you enjoyed it :) getting green everywhere !!! Gx

[@portugalitis]

Me too !!! they do grow every year ... taller :)

[@GirlMeetsFarm]

My favourite part of the roof was when all the beams were up. What a feeling!! Ok maybe second favourite, after getting the tiles and insulation up 😅 looking so good! 😍

[@portugalitis]

Ahh I think I will be waiting for tiles to go up ;) But big day tomorrow !!! Gx

[@jeanrichardson2044]

At least you didn't spend all your money on fishing lures.😊 you sound a bit tired, Andriu. Don't push yourselves too hard.

[@portugalitis]

That's a very good point !!! 4-5 years ago that would be reality .. all money would go on fishing !!! how good that now it goes on land ;) gx

[@The-Good-Life-Off-Grid]

Great plan with veggies 🤠👍

[@portugalitis]

Yes, thanks

[@asc3184]

Thanks for sharing another video. Sounds like Andriu got harvest fever! Planting new trees is always something nice. I hope ur new trees flourish n give Andriu more harvest the following years. As usual ur land looks very nice with all the work u have put in. Boars can be a pain. They may go for Andriu's newly planted trees.

[@arjanvogel6444]

Maybe put some protection around your new trees 😜

[@portugalitis]

Andrius goes there every morning now to check if olive trees survived the night LOL

[@LorraineinAustralia]

Lovely to see your new trees going in. We grew almonds on our farm when I was a child. The blossoms were amazing.. We had to wait ages for the nuts to be ready, but when they came my brother and I would sit for hours at a time cracking them with dad’s hammer. We were supposed to be doing it to supply mother’s pantry, but I think we ate almost as many as we saved Cheers for a future harvest ❤️❤️

[@portugalitis]

Thank you Lorraine !!! It takes 4-5 years for them to get nuts? definitely not the best tree !! but flowers so pretty you are correct !!! Gxxxx

[@LorraineinAustralia]

@ not sure how long it takes for new trees to get nuts.. our were about 80 years old, planted by my great grandfather. They are still these and I left home and married over 52 years ago.. Very old trees now❤️

[@portugalitis]

how lovely !!! and I am sure it will still be for hundred years to come ;) Gx

[@adobo6905]

Great work collecting all that fresh healthy olive oil. Have you checked the acidity level in your olive oil!.

[@portugalitis]

No we didn't :( Maybe next time !!! Gx

[@vivalaleta]

The olive trees will make the buy very sensible in the upcoming years.

[@portugalitis]

Thank you :) It definitely will

[@darbylongoria8737]

It's good to see someone using a post hole digger for planting trees. It's good to loosen the roots when transplanting the trees it helps the roots to grow, never cut them off.

[@portugalitis]

Thank you !! it was one of the first purchases when we moved here ... so we could plant more trees :) Gx

[@lisacraig4585]

Guilty pleasures A keep us going. You are making an investment in your future. Love seeing the roof progress and Guffy riding along and supervising.❤ Have a great week.

[@portugalitis]

Thank you Lisa :) it's coming all together now .. autumn and winter always so busy here

[@Ogma3bandcamp]

Woop woop! You two are funny. Have you thought about eating a wild boar. A spit roast?

[@portugalitis]

Woop woop we had wild boar meat two year ago .. we been gifted by friends when we arrived here .. so I slow cooked it for 7 hours .. OMG the taste was AMAZING .. meat is like beef so nice so soft .. ahh it was amazing Gx

[@Ogma3bandcamp]

@@portugalitis ❤️🥩🥩🥩🍖

[@suzetteduplessis5409]

Great to see your roof coming along at speed too. What is your choice for insulation? Then I was happy to see your share of the harvest spoils; the olive oil 👏😎🥳 enjoy.

[@portugalitis]

We gone for 6cm XPS sheets :) we got best friends who shared oil with us Gx

[@babsoneverything3060]

What a beautiful time of year there! Everything is green. Yes, I would spend my last dollar on olives trees also, but sadly we cannot grow them in our cold climate. Nice to see you both!

[@portugalitis]

It's like spring here !!1 our chickens are happiest because they got the green grass !!!! Shame you can't grow olive trees ...

[@alexandrinalouro8991]

A oliveira grande que transplantaram sobreviveu?

[@portugalitis]

hello !!! Yes olivia still alive !!! I will film it for next videos so you all can see it :) Gx

[@christinamirkovic3857]

You have a good community there. One helps the other and you have a profit from that. If you sell the olive oil (and this year has a good price), you will can continue your building. Have a nice and productive week.

[@portugalitis]

Thank you :) Yes Olive oil is getting expensive every year ... But we use 45-50L a year as I use for cooking as well :)

[@celiapereira5223]

Lovely update, thanks for sharing ❤️ ❤️🫶

[@portugalitis]

No problem 😊

[@paulopires2406]

Want more olive trees? Cut thick branches and put them in the ground If your friends trim their trees, use the cut down branches 👍

[@portugalitis]

Thank you for the tips :) Andrius done 60 of them in a pots .. and he done about 20 in the soil .. he gone a bit olive obsessed ;) Gx

[@ern48]

Standard construction would be to cut bird-mouth notches at both load bearing points of the rafters so they'd have a flat spot to rest on (ridge beam & walls) and then the roof would not want to slide off the building. This way all of the force is relying on the fasteners only to hold the roof in place unless you are planning to tie the rafters together with a bottom cord wall to wall. Nice, fresh olive oil to show for your hard work and new trees too!

[@portugalitis]

we definitely not a standard couple LOL ... but I am sure it will work for us !!! we are so happy to have Raider to help us and we trust him 100 % ..it's just hard to work with this bad quality wood .. tat makes everything so much harder ... but we are getting there ;) and learning few bits Gx

[@ern48]

@@portugalitis lol. It will work just fasten them down well. You two are getting lots done!

[@portugalitis]

oh you know Andrius .. instead of one screw or nail he will put 3 JUST ENCASE !!!! ;) tomorrow big day we putting T&G on !!! so it will be covered !!! Gx

[@ern48]

@@portugalitis Alright......you will be dried-in shedding the rain in no time!

[@22spicka]

Pastebimai pagerejo video kokybe. Stabilus vaizdas,labai ryskus vaizdas. Liux👍👌Prisijuokem is Gafio,kai Giedre uzmove kapisona😅😆Geras aliejaus derlius😎

[@portugalitis]

Aciu Andriau :) Gera kamera woman as taip iseina !!! Gx

[@davidstoddard9160]

I would suggest rather using nails or screws to join the peak of the rafters, to use black metal plates with screws or bolts. Just a thought

[@portugalitis]

the plates worth of gold in here .. for 30 of them we paid just over 100 euros .. so we will use them only on top ;) Gx

[@shanebrownrigg8632]

hi guys,glad to see some more trees going in,how much was the young olive trees and did you get a discount,im shocked you have not been taking cuttings of all your fruit trees,how was your wine now any good,good luck guys and see you in next vid.

[@portugalitis]

Hey !! we didn't done any wine this year ... as grapes did not survived ... last years wine is not good as well .. so we happily drink shop wine ;) Olive trees costed 5.50 each and no you don't get discount ... :)

[@assuncaomeireles198]

Olá meus amigos espero que esteja bem. Adorei o vidio como sempre. Eu acho muito bem que plante mais oliveiras o azeite agora está muito caro. Tem tido tanto trabalho com apanha das azeitonas devem estar exaustos. Muito obrigado por mostrar o dia a dia as suas galinhas estao lindas e o caozinho e o gatinho tambem adoro ver o trabaiho numa quinta embora seja um trabalho pesado é muito bom viver no meio da natureza. Boa semana meus amigos ❤❤ God blesse you both 🙏🙏 🐕🐈🐔🐓🐣🐇

[@portugalitis]

Thank you Very much !!! Hugs Gx

[@tinanieborg787]

great to plant all of those trees, it will pay of. i would love to try your olive oil, must taste so much better then the oil i buy here in the shop

[@portugalitis]

Oh Tina.. the oil from shop is nothing to compare what we get from the lagar !! it's so much better the real one .. Gx

[@ruthconstantino6861]

Hi, G&A 👋 V enjoyable content, thanks for sharing. II've been busier than usual but still watch every vid you put out even if i can't comment. So i just wanted to pop up and say hi 😉.

[@portugalitis]

Thank you Ruth !!!! Big hugs for you Gxxxx

[@rosemaryjasper1121]

How exciting the roof is coming along in leaps and bounds! Great harvest on the olives, what a privilege to be able to use your very own olive oil. How rewarding that must be having nurtured them through out the year. Nice to see you are replanting trees to continue the tradition of growing on the land! So important to keep the tradition alive. ❤

[@portugalitis]

Thank you so much! :) Definitely Exited about he roof !!! not long now !! not long Gx

[@busybeaver793]

You have been busy. Did you find you had less olives to harvest this year? The almond trees will be a good addition to your farm. Planting more olive trees will be beneficial to the harvest in future years. Stay healthy. Stay safe.

[@portugalitis]

Hello !!! because we pruned almost all olives last year so we had just about 15 trees to harvest ;) Gx

[@aliylmaz8278]

Badem yetişen yerde cevizde yetişir aklınızda bulunsun arkadaşlar... selamlar, saygılar...

[@portugalitis]

Ahh I think I would rather have walnuts .. but they take ages to grow ... as I remember Gx

[@barbarakloise6790]

Same way you plant tomatos very deep like your olives so you have many extra roots like you are doing with your olive trees.

[@portugalitis]

Yes definitely !!! Same as tomatoes ;)

[@chrisknight3847]

love your channel, thank you for posting your progress

[@portugalitis]

Thank you Gxxx

[@DianaHughes-m4u]

great olive pick ,welldone ,its way expensive here in UK now yey ur onto roof again greattxx

[@portugalitis]

Thank you so much !!!! We are very happy with olive harvest !!!

[@Oregontrailblazin]

whoop whoop !

[@portugalitis]

Whoop whoop !!! LOL

[@aukedevries5976]

21.50 lucky chickens

[@portugalitis]

And they definitely know it ;) They like they treats and freedom :)

[@insAneTunA]

Nice !

[@portugalitis]

Thank you Gx

[@nomchenikoloski7729]

❤😊😊

[@portugalitis]

Thank you :) Gx

[@JJamJ]

Are you allowed to hunt and eat the Wild Boar? Great video thank you x

[@portugalitis]

You should have a hunters licence to be able to hunt wild boar ... shame .. as meat is the best we tasted so far!! (we been gifted some last year ... )

[@davidstoddard9160]

I think of all the water issues you have had, and than comes the dry periods almost every year, and I keep wondering when is the pond going to be built that would sustain your water needs all year long.

[@portugalitis]

well strangely I been using well water all summer to water tomatoes and other veg in main garden and It was ok .. It didn't run out .. so maybe we are ok ? it lasted all summer .. so if we will cover well tops in a future this will safe more water .. we might have some good news then ;)

[@AlanHough-p1w]

The roof is coming on. You can never have enough tree's

[@portugalitis]

Thank you Alan !!! Andrius is happy chap now after planting all them trees Gx

[@sandymabe6529]

How long will it take new trees to produce olives ?

[@portugalitis]

It will take from 6-10 years :)

[@TomWilson-ir6uq]

😊

[@portugalitis]

Thank you ;)

[@csilviageo]

❤❤💚🌱🌱

[@portugalitis]

thank you :) Gx

[@henryrutstein1598]

The price of olive oil is rising every year and with your new trees you can maybe offer it for sale to the people who watch your videos. I watch a lady who ships her oil to her viewers by mail from Sicily to most European countries and her business really took off. She is looking for more land with olive trees to up her sales.😇

[@portugalitis]

That's what we want to do in a future as well :) I think we will have our lovely viewers who would love to buy it as well plus some other produce from our farm :) Thank you for your thoughts GXXXX

[@henryrutstein1598]

@@portugalitis 👍

[@leonasimmons162]

Good morning hope you all are doing well. Nice to see you again it's been a while since i watched the channel. How big is your home going to be? I mean the square footage.

[@portugalitis]

hey welcome back ;) will be about 40 inside and plus big terrace :) so plenty room ;0 Gx

[@deeallen4726]

In the last 4 years I've been buying organic olive oil from Spain and the price is getting to expensive.

[@portugalitis]

Yes they gone up double since last year ... 5 l you can see for 50 euros now

[@RitaMoore]

Wouldn't be better to put the water storage container at the top of the hill then gravity will being it downhill?

[@portugalitis]

That's the plan .. Maybe Andrius didn't explained it correctly :) But that's what we going to do .. Gx

[@michaelcravens3767]

I see all that Olive oil and I wonder if you can make any money off of it. Do you sell it back to the Olive Press, and if you do how much could you make?

[@portugalitis]

people see the olive oil between 45-50 euros for 5L.. but if you sell to lagar they would take 7.5 euros per little... So it's not really worth selling it back to lagar :) Or olive press as you called.. Gxx

[@НинаАгрофеня]

Поехать за крепежом и потратить все деньги в питомнике растений, а потом встать ни свет ни заря, чтобы посадить купленное, как это знакомо !!! Это симптомы " зелёнки в крови", но у нас такие приступы повсеместно случаются весной, а у вас вот осенью случилось, климат видать другой.

[@portugalitis]

Hello Nina !!! :) Privet ! in here spring comes late autum /winter .. when everything gets green .. chickens are the happiest ;)

[@vivalaleta]

Maybe choose music without the sappy words?

[@jeanrichardson2044]

Turn it down, you are not required to listen to it. Personally, I like their music choices.

[@deeallen4726]

tut,tut,tut​@@jeanrichardson2044

[@martinjames3950]

You can mute the sound personally I like the choice of music

[@yvonaugustin7751]

Hi what your going to do with all the oil🫒🫒I use 1 to 2 liter a month…..sell the rest ?

[@portugalitis]

we will sell 10-15 l but I use 5 l a month easily as I cook with it and marinate food .. I use a lot .. LOL Gx