It May Be CHEAP but It’s a GAME CHANGER | Portugal Homestead

[@bettinaschewe7641]

I am just so happy that Victoria decided to join you in the vlogs. You make such a great team and I love your humor and how you can laugh about your "basket failure". It is do refreshing and real!!

[@LifebyLiving]

Thanks Bettina ❤️

[@deirdrecerasa3932]

Love watching both of you working, laughing and enjoying life together! ❤

[@saneman751]

that basket may serve as a base for a bird nesting if you place and secure it on a tree. They sure will appreciate it.

[@ruthnoronha8206]

Victoria you got the hang of it. It’s just the materials aren’t right. Cheers for trying.

[@kellybrown111]

Please when filming for KZbin add the close captions for the deaf. Thanks

[@LifebyLiving]

Hi Kelly. We do add the closed captions on every video. Others have had the same complaint in the past. We discovered that it’s always an issue just after the video has gone live. I think youtube is just a little slow on doing the translations etc. I’ve just checked & it’s all working 👍🏼

[@cliveroulstone9366]

I think you can set that at your end in the KZbin settings {google it }

[@kellybrown111]

Ok sometimes it’s take a day for the CC to show up. Will check trw . Thanks y’all have a beautiful place

[@isabellrogalzeck3280]

KZbin takes care of the closed cations after the channel select the option. Other channels have had the issue and found out that KZbin is responsible. They are quite slow. So please do not reprimand the channel owners . It's out of their hands.

[@jimwalker76]

Kelly, please don't think I'm being rude by asking. Have you clicked the closed caption toggle to turn CC on?

[@andymacdonald30]

Ricky the Chef adding the seasoning .. LOL Epic

[@LifebyLiving]

😁

[@LookingForLloyd]

The cacao chef.

[@goodgrieflouiser5807]

Yes Victoria is right.

[@HeidiPriest]

Compost bins yea ❤

[@eldrinod]

That was a lot of fun - I love the way you are both ‘what you see is what you get’ rather than trying to make out you are perfect at everything. Best channel on KZbin as far as I am concerned 👍🏻🌟❤️

[@LifebyLiving]

Cheers Ed! Appreciate the kind words & support 😊 Thanks for showing up & watching every week 👍🏼

[@DAAyre]

Bit of old carpet will help keep it Moist

[@LifebyLiving]

Hi David. Do you mean to cover the compost?

[@tonynunes4965]

Definitely a baby fig: the leaf buds are pointed, not round. The first crop is known in English as the "breba" crop (name is from Italian) and grows on old wood in spring, the main crop is usually (depends on variety and growing conditions) the summer crop, which develops on new green growth and ripens in late summer or autumn. Centipedes can be your allies in the garden: like spiders, they are predators and will keep other invertebrates in check. I never kill them.

[@tonynunes4965]

PS the chipped olive branches and leaves can also make good mulch for paths (to keep mud down) and gardens (to help retain moisture). Lots of chipped or mulched materials are good for that, but some are not if they contain lots of seeds for example, which olive branches and leaves will not. You could also mow your meadows with a catch bag (or rake after mowing) and compost the mowed material: it sort of achieves the same as grazing animals producing compost / dung.

[@LifebyLiving]

No we don’t kill them either. Just relocate away from the house. We had thought about mulch for pathways but upon a bit of research turns out that they’re a huge fire risk so we’re not going to risk it

[@lizschultz1]

I live in a climate the same as yours but in Australia - high 30s and 40s in summer and with eucalypts all around. Fantastic you bought a chipper - I absolutely hate the idea of burning from an environmental point of view, but also a waste of such useful product. But olive branch chips will take a very long time to break down for compost - definitely best to use as a mulch between your beds and around fruit trees and will eventually break down and feed tge soil. Mulch won't pose a fire hazard unless fire is already on your property - so it would be the least of your worries. Maybe chip the branches separately for mulch and then chip the leafy tops for composting?

[@LifebyLiving]

@@lizschultz1 that’s not a bad idea 👍🏼

[@jimwalker76]

You two are so much fun to watch. I love the way you work together. I can't wait to see your gardening successes. It's a fig.

[@emmaslow]

With the basketry, maybe soak them beforehand?

[@LifebyLiving]

I think we’ll do that next time 👍🏼

[@heathermorgan2265]

Turn your basket into a lamp shade lol good try

[@LifebyLiving]

😂

[@bjmcia]

Your videos are the highest quality on YT. Your explanations are so detailed and thoughtful...love your team work. You have the Three Bears format: just right!! Happy Easter to you!

[@LifebyLiving]

Thanks Bobby! Appreciate the love ❤️

[@johnmitchell5351]

Ad a touch of seasoning

[@jackier2870]

New side hustle...weaving baskets 😂😂😂

[@LifebyLiving]

I don’t think we could give them away! 😂

[@kattygabby3519]

Victoria just gave one lucky bird a starter nest!!! ❣️👍🏻❣️ Love that wood chipper!👍🏻

[@cliveroulstone9366]

Both fig and leaves

[@lizdg3892]

A beautiful life.

[@eugenebaryngton3057]

do not give up keep working on baskets it will get easier

[@martynhordern7351]

Wife basket weaves with willow. Soaks hers overnight in water so it's more pliable when weaving.

[@martynhordern7351]

No sooner has I typed it and Victoria said that same thing !

[@sharlenemorris3821]

2 beautiful people ❤️

[@juanitakauffman6336]

A little time relaxing is good. A egg basket.

[@peggycrady8197]

Can't wait to see you guys work on the little stone house

[@maureenbrophy7852]

Gina & Ken : their dog/ pup was playing / eating There was a load of then marching in perfect line Their dog got very sick Maybe different species Take a look back at Ok Portugal about 9 mts ago?

[@mississippi7224]

It looks like your compost bins have a lot of shade - maybe you can still change this - as compost production needs the sun and temperature

[@sgrvtl7183]

This video is so much fun!

[@LifebyLiving]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

[@MargaretBrace]

I would SO like to see how you've finished the interior of your house. I have looked and looked to try to see something.

[@susannah1948]

Looking good

[@maseeharassack7525]

So cute love the honsety😂😊

[@shar71on]

Victoria, your basket looks like a perfect bird nest 🐦😂

[@AaronJames-ll3ep]

Hello Sharon ❤️ how are you doing today?

[@cheryllytle4955]

Your “basket” would make a good bird nest!

[@evabloecher]

It is a baby fig! You really work hard and your olive trees are amazing and very beautiful.

[@peggyday236]

If you brine the olives, try putting spicy peppers in them at the end. The flavor is amazing!

[@legrandeileen4863]

just pop the basket in the compost, lol

[@taranscott155]

Watching you both work together makes me quite wistful. My ex-wife was only ever interested in the end product, not in contributing to the effort getting there. It is really quite something to see you both mucking in and getting after it. Strength to your respective arms !

[@Toqueville2023]

Pallets are amazingly useful, good hard wood.

[@enmodo]

We always love your chipper attitude!

[@LifebyLiving]

😂

[@Roams2NFro]

Seasoning the compost!! 😂

[@richardellison536]

Ricky the chef is seasoning his compost pile

[@sherryc2443]

Victoria it's that ridiculous KZbin Chef that salt his ribeyes with that hand motion. I found it very funny that Ricky did that but a guy to me is just absurd. It got a good laugh out of me though. Also I love you skipping in to introduce the new Mulcher. You both are so cute together. It makes me smile😊

[@raymondsmith4401]

Hi Victoria and Ricky, and all the animals , from here in Thailand I know it’s too late, but I would have taken your little centipede, put it in the car and drove it to the closest national park. Here on our little farm the centipedes are double that size, and one bit my wife while she was working in her garden. She spent the night in the hospital. Even one that size can cause you harm. All the locals here carry a machete , and you can guess what happens when they find one.

[@eliassideways2032]

I was living and working in a guest house in Bangkok and felt something on my foot. Kicked it away and saw it was a huge centipede. I totally panicked but the local staff was like totally chill 😁

[@LifebyLiving]

Wow that sounds super painful! We actually get quite a few of them here so they’re a fairly common sighting. We’re always careful when picking up stones etc in case they’re lurking underneath. I know they tend to bite when their habitat’s disturbed

[@nildanatsiz1420]

Haha Salt Bae ( the salt guy chef) imitation was really good 😅

[@user-nt8ck4zg4z]

That was a good attempt you were well on the way to making a hanging flower basket with holes for the plants. Dont give up. Its such a good idea. Love diy craft.

[@mariadange06]

The olive trees pruned look great 👍🏻

[@LifebyLiving]

Thanks Maria! Still lots more to do! 💪🏼

[@monabale8263]

17:54; i would have said "The beach is that way" (points while flexing big gun) but the finger sprinkle move threw me...

[@cdancarina5513]

It was a fig on that branch (I grew up with figs). You're so pleasant to watch.

[@klarokesi2606]

Yes a fruit. There are 2 kinds of fig trees. Unifer which produces figs around September on the wood of current year. Bifer wich produces 2 harvests per year, the first in July on the wood of the previous year and the second as the unifer. So the one you present in the video is a bifer.

[@jessieoliver4152]

Yes, definitely try soaking them.

[@davidreid8835]

I just watched this video and enjoyed it a lot. The pruning of your olive trees is done in a similar manner to how apple trees here in New England are pruned, something I’ve done many times. Pruning is essential to improve the productivity of the trees. I find pruning to be very satisfying and I hope you do as well. Thanks for the video.

[@dorotheaweber302]

I love your choice of music 🎶. I’m a jazz fan also.

[@shan-nicklyons-krege398]

Not sure if you guys have tried it again, since this is as far as I have made it in your videos so far… I am watching them from the first one until now, and then on to the rest, but… as weird as it sounds, my grandmother was a master basket weaver… haha If you soak the branches for a few days in water, it will make them far more flexible for you to use and less likely to break. Do not give up, try it again if you have not already. 🤗 Also, I love you guys videos… now on the watch the next one. 😁

[@yvonnebailey9973]

Great video Ricky and Victoria. It's nice that you can laugh when things don't go according to plan, but at least you tried. Thank you for sharing. I think you had baby figs on your tree. Take care

[@LifebyLiving]

I think you’re right Yvonne. The figs have started to develop a bit more in the last few days

[@Andbygrace7024]

Lovely floors and sun hat

[@cherylbertolini3140]

Have a wonderful week

[@LifebyLiving]

You too Cheryl ❤️

[@klazyy641]

What fun! Great work with the tote, the trimming of those unruly olive trees, the compost bin complex, the attempt at basket weaving----and failing at the puppy trust fall, lol. It was a hoot watching this episode and I left with a feeling of joy and contentment. Thank you for that!

[@LifebyLiving]

Thanks for watching! It’s makes us so happy when people enjoy themselves watching us clown around! 😁

[@geraldineross5168]

I love you two so amazing!

[@gailh3048]

You two are such good fun to watch 😊

[@LifebyLiving]

Thanks Gail! Glad you enjoyed the video 😊

[@ajarnsteve1958]

How funny was the basket !!! Maybe you can find a bird that needs a nest !!! Made me laugh and can't wait for your next attempt Victoria !!!

[@nanjahnke-6776]

I’ve made a basket with dogwood sticks. I softened them by flexing them over my knee so they curved more easily. Soaking them made them sprout in my case! There will be gaps unless you split the twigs in half and work very hard to tighten them up as you work. Who really cares if there are gaps anyway! Have fun!

[@LifebyLiving]

Good tip! We’ll try that next time 😊

[@trinawms3749]

OK! with the Biggie hooded 😊

[@LifebyLiving]

and if you don’t knooow now you know 😁

[@madisonlee6752]

Gorgeous Salt Man 😂

[@64cuspofchange]

You both are so loveable❤

[@joaomramalho1]

Seasoning! Good job! Add captions please! :-)

[@LifebyLiving]

Hi Joao. Captions are on I just checked. Think there’s a delay when the video first goes live. Just checked & they’re working now 👍🏼

[@SimpleLivingOkinawa]

My rather cheap chipper is still going great after 4 years of shredding up hibiscus, guava, etc. I learned not to put too many green leafy bits in at one time, but your olive branches seem drier so I guess it doesn't clog up as much. We also have centipedes here so I'm always careful to wear gardening gloves and rubber boots when digging. Be careful in picking up rocks and pots at this time of year because you might disturb a nest. PS: Yes, Ricky, your 'salt' was clear enough 😁

[@LifebyLiving]

The olive leaves clog it up too when you push too many through. After a while on it you definitely get a feel for the limits that you can push it to! We always sport gloves when picking up stones etc as I know they often bite when they feel their habitat is under attack. Yet to be bitten & want to keep it that way! 😁

[@lelbub8088]

Salt thing was not clear for me!! Can someone expound on the meaning?? lol

[@SimpleLivingOkinawa]

@@lelbub8088 Search for 'Salt Bae'. It is a really funny guy adding salt. From 6 years ago.

[@lizwilson6633]

Ricky, you looked like Jamie oliver seasoning his cooking there

[@gracemeneses9910]

You two are awesome. Big hug from Florida. Sincerely Grace

[@fromSpringfield]

Woop.

[@raymonde4272]

I love how much fun you both seem to have whilst getting the land tasks done. Even those small chippers seem to do a great job, but like home office shredders, they need to take a break every so often to cool down the motor.

[@LifebyLiving]

You have to treat it like an employee & give it a break every so often! 😁

[@ingevansand9180]

Your basket is a good base for a birds nest 😅 Soking is the key😊

[@colinbrooks6290]

Absolutely awesome….. I have a house in Indonesia….. in the rainy season wow….. the sound coming from our garden and jungle is amazing and smell is beautiful….. really for you guys 💥🎉🍺👍😘

[@edwindegroot3235]

Meet 'Salt Bae,' the Turkish Chef Whose Signature Move Made Him an Internet Sensation

[@greenagrar9770]

Try to leave the sticks submerged in water for one day, afterwards they should be more flexible

[@TheAngela2468]

Yes you said it soak

[@stevegulseren1078]

You can make a tea out of those olive leaves, full of antioxidants

[@Claycat4]

When you make a pine needle basket, I think you also have to soak the pine needles.

[@bevtrue6937]

So funny seeing the IBC "walk across the yard".

[@bevtrue6937]

Critter is a centipede. Yucky thing.

[@bevtrue6937]

I am guessing you are putting spices on gourmet food?

[@bevtrue6937]

Victoria has the cutest giggle. Poppy wants to know if she can eat your basket?

[@franceslazu1784]

Awesome show!! Great job Victoria with the basket!!

[@sassyh154]

You guys are the best... you work so well together and I always get a laugh... Cheers for sharing...

[@LifebyLiving]

Thanks for watching Sas 😊

[@Toqueville2023]

I think I understood a bit about the Portugal Homestead mention. Perhaps a legal status? Sounds like a good thing. Praying for an abundant harvest.

[@veraoliveira5059]

Great job with so much joy! Thanks for sharing.

[@melrita6865]

Nice bird nest 🥰😂 you 2 are great fun! Tysm

[@carolparker5316]

I love joining you two and Victoria you do make me laugh, no prizes for the basket I'm afraid😂😂

[@esmekaffen4961]

But a prize for first try, yes?!❤️

[@Marie-yx5ie]

You are a truper because you tried Victoria wih the basket weaving, well done great job's all around. Some people put the tools in between the walls of the compost and it is Richie black gold 👍😉🇮🇪☘️Eire

[@birgitriff2010]

Good idea!

[@mahalia5594]

I really enjoyed the basket weaving actually, I am inspired to try and learn 😁

[@Trishisadish]

Your arm gesture reminds me of a character that used to be so proud of his muscles?? And would flex and say.. the bathroom is that way?? Maybe from SNL?

[@nancibishof6462]

One of each on the fig branch. The round is a fig....at least on my fig.

[@ingridingrid3345]

I love watching you, and love your youthful and pure energy. I had to laugh when I say the baby with the big hair on Ricky's sweater, and the less (hope I say that kind enough 😇) hair on Ricky's head. 😆 We need people with a healthy humor. Keep going the good work, and thank you for your time and effort to show it to us. BTW, with the chopper: it helps if you let the twigs and branches dry out a little bit. When the wood is too wet / fresh, the machine tends to suffocate itself.

[@LifebyLiving]

I prefer the term “folically challenged” Ingrid 😁

[@joycecochran4575]

Good Sunday Morning to two of my favorite You Tube Friends. Watching from Kansas City, Missouri. Love your cute accent. Your property is looking lovely and you two always make it fun to watch and put a smile on my face. Thanks for all your hard work. See you next Sunday. God Bless.

[@LifebyLiving]

Ahhh thank you Joyce! ❤️ have a fantastic week 😊

[@gaynor3976]

Said it many times I think you are a wonderful couple and always make me smile with your uplifting videos. Victoria loved your attempt at basket making.. you will get there. Xxx

[@AaronJames-ll3ep]

Hello Gaynor how are you doing today?

[@LunaYvecooking]

You two are really fun to watch. Your videos are allways refreshing with your sense of humor, looking forward to next Sunday 😉.

[@Feeoryne]

Soak the shoots in water for a few hours, split them in half... There are simple tools made specifically for that type of task, that should help! ;-) And may I suggest you replace the word savage for something else... brutal, vicious, ferocious...

[@robynclarke5274]

Hi, comfrey and clover are compost accelerator. Comprey is also excellent for fruit trees.

[@lauraquigley6403]

Great video as usual! You are both such a fun couple to watch! Thanks for keeping us all so interested in your lives!🙏🙏🙏Blessing’s

[@LifebyLiving]

Thanks as always Laurafor your kind words & support ❤️

[@leanagrove700]

I enjoyed your videos so much. Youvare a nice couple.

[@jacquipettitt3389]

I absolutely love your chipper. You can make mulch as well. Fabulous, I'd love one myself. Haven't a clue what you're doing with your hands Ricky...give us a clue 😂😂. Fab video people, as ever.

[@lulubelle0bresil]

I had to google "salt bae" to understand (thanks to the person who commented originally, so I could find the meme.)

[@lynhardie6291]

Tee hee I know the feeling! I'm sure leaving them in water a while will help. Good luck next time 😊 I have always wanted a chipper. Now I live on a very small property, and not much call for one now 😂😂😂