Living off the land on our farm in Central Portugal

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

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[@lightdark00]

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[@afrlala3593]

Puk and Bo have grown so much. And the garden looks amazing. Great seeing so much progress.

[@Susan.I]

If you have neighbors that live nearby they can be the best teachers!

[@marionsmith1464]

Puck and Bo are so cute. You have really taught them to be very helpful. Always happy to see post another video.

[@viviennebradshaw5465]

Great to see you guys again. The children have grown. And your property looks wonderful. Good work with your harvesting. Congratulations 🎉

[@lizwilson6633]

So lovely to see the children helping with your harvesting. I can't get over how big they are getting, beautiful xxxx

[@lorrainewoodcock520]

Thats the best form of learning children can do see where food comes from .They are growing quickly and so are the veg 😊😊.

[@lanaosterfield9989]

I forgot to say the larger pieces of olive tree may be used too, by a local wood carver it has a lovely grain we saw someone working on the wood while in Italy. Perhaps there is such a person in Portugal too.

[@joyguthrie964]

So glad you got some better weather for the olive harvest!

[@suepittel426]

It's so nice to see you and your beautiful children again! You are catching up on work that has been neglected for many years, so it is necessarily slow and exhausting.

[@inabates8919]

The terrace olive trees will thank you for the big prune in the next big harvest, I think will be quite bountiful! 👏👏😉 Everything is looking quite lush, family is growing and you both are looking well 😉💋❣️

[@pattyarpaia4887]

Enjoyed, I retired but love watching you all work

[@tenpennyguy]

It is interesting to follow the process of rehabilitating the untended olive trees. I look forward to seeing how they do next year.

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

They'll hopefully start putting out lots of new growth. They won't produce olives next year, as those grow on second year growth

[@christinelanham1936]

I love the long videos. Really great work with the olives. I really love your recipes with the quinces , radishes and olives. Welldone

[@yewhocktan5112]

Great to see your children growing up!

[@DomaineSauvage]

Lovely video! Puk and Bo are growing fast! Alot of work harvesting but soo rewarding too see the progress happening!

[@BirdYoumans]

I've never seen olives harvested before so this was quite interesting. Hard work for sure. But working as a family is nice. The kids are just growing up before our eyes! Hope you have a great holiday season ahead! ❤❤

[@bettyferguson2815]

Enjoyed watching you and the children "do" the olives. I've never liked eating olives and find it interesting that your children love them. Guess you have to be raised in an olive grove!

[@elainekaufman2264]

Don't mind a long video. It moved along nicely

[@Wendy-p3m]

Hi all from chilly Victoria Australia. Summer has forgotten to visit us. But that’s ok. It doesn’t worry me. Love the Music. Very Soulful. Lovely to see the Children involved in all you and Marten are achieving 😊

[@juanitakauffman6336]

Your flowers were wonderful they make nice bouquets for the house. Puck has grown so much sine I started watching. Her hair is beautiful.

[@nessuno1948]

Very nice video. Those kids will grow up healthy, strong and knowledgable on the facts of nature and life.

[@paulcarvalho977]

you are just so good at what you do with all these vegetables and fruits, you guys are hard working and living on the plentiful bounty of your property.

[@emveecee]

So happy to see you again! I enjoyed this longer video, thanks. Wishing you and your family all the best.

[@bettywatson9200]

I am from North Carolina, USA. ENJOY YOUR SHOW. GOOD TO HEAR YOUR NEW YEAR IS STARTING OF ON THE GOOD.

[@janp7943]

Wow! I got tired watching you guys do all those days of harvest! You look exhausted. In a good way, I don't mean it as a criticism. Your garden still looks good and I love how the flowers continue to flower. Thanks so much for sharing your life with us. See you next time!

[@joreggelt442]

Lovely frog!!! :) Love ya! 😁😄

[@gsmgsa]

Firewood and COMPOST!! :) YEAH!

[@luisaleonardi666]

A very nice family and also nice atmosphere all around the property. your kids are really cute. Wishing you all the best❤❤❤

[@sandrawray542]

loved watchng this video , very interesting and your children are growing so much.... have a great week

[@ralphsullender2474]

No amount of watching will relate to how much work is involved but I get the general idea. I wish you and your family well.

[@AntonColores]

well done with the hard work on your olives. You mentioned earlier that you never seem to have a lot of compost. It's two month after this video of olives harvest, so I hope you have used all the olives branches to mulch and put that on your compost pile. Adding also your chicken manure. And that will give you high quality compost for this year (if you hurry) or next year. Buying a mulcher seem to be a very good investment. cheers.

[@sewingSue]

you should rent a wood chipper and chip all the small branches. You can use the wood chips for mulch in the veggie gardens and on muddy paths.

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

We'll borrow our neighbour's chipper soon to get that done

[@sammie44]

Hi Leah and Family. Hard work, intense labour and a tiring and long process, but you must feel full filled after a day or many days of jobs on your homestead. Just knowing, you’re building a home, you’re eating and producing organic and healthy food is very much worth it. The two young “workers” are adorable to watch and see them so happily helping out. 😆 It’s too bad, that the olive oil cannot be distributed overseas, but it’s understandable, due to the expensive shipping costs. We hope to see another video soon, maybe a Christmas video, of your lovely family working and also enjoying life on your homestead. 🌲 Take much care. 🌷Sam

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

Thanks Sam :) We also take enough time to rest after all that hard work. But definitely very fulfilling work for us, we love it! I'll definitely post another video before Christmas. I was hoping to go to two per month, but that's a little too optimistic at the moment 😅

[@faithrada]

When I was a kid I was puzzled about how the red part (pimentos) got in the green olives. It seemed like magic. LOL

[@celiapereira5223]

I so enjoy watching your videos and seeing how your little ones help and interact with the harvesting 👏👏👏

[@camicri4263]

Lots of work! Good thing you are young and can do it! Looking forward to some olive oil. Blessings!

[@paisleyjane9606]

Radishes are much milder if you cook them. I think you'll all like them sauteed or in soup, for instance.

[@susangranger3089]

Another Great Video, harvesting coming along nicely, thank you for sharing!!

[@juliad1768]

Lovely to see you all, your children are growing so quickly, what a bumper harvest of olives- yummy, I do t like radishes but wonder what the taste is like how you brined then , until next time stay safe xxx

[@morganleticia2316]

Your daughter has the most beautiful red hair/ I have always been motivated to add on to my vegetable garden and fruit trees I have learned so much from watching your videos picking olives looks like quite a bit of work keep up the good work

[@sherry2836]

Oh, those amazing rock wall terraces brushed with moss! Reminds of a romantic age. You and family are very fortunate to have such a beautiful property. Happy holidays to you!

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

They're so beautiful 😍

[@LindaSchreiber]

Not too long. Nothing tedious here. Marvelous. Thanks!

[@angelaprovencher7150]

Those radishes are probably the variety used to make horseradish.

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

they're an annual variety, but I lost the package so don't remember the name 😅

[@rachelfrees1268]

Thanks for the video and recipes. Your beautiful children are so blessed❤

[@lanaosterfield9989]

It always surprises me that people take on so many olive trees without ever done so myself I can see they are a lot of work, but I know they are very forgiving trees and they live for a very long time and travelling through Italy way back 1997 we saw many an example of old trees that had been pruned and kept low to make picking easy, So good for you both, I have never bothered with the water and brine method however, I went to a local market not long after retiring to Castlemaine Central Victoria, Australia where one producer had salt cured olives. I tried it a few years later and it was far more satisfiny. I bought 2x2 kilos of cooking salt and flat plastic container with air tight lid approx 360 mm x 230 x 90 high I put 5mm to 1cm of salt on the bottom on top of that the olives and covered them with the rest of the salt when the salt stained brown I washed the fruit and repeated the process this took a couple of months but I did not cut the fruit if you did it should be quicker. By washing the fruit you wiil remove most of the salt I then put some in bottles with virgin olive oil and herbs . And left them in a dark storage space you could also place bottles in a large pot heavy based with a tea towel on the bottom stand bottles on that and fill with water two thirds of the way up the bottles bring slowly to the boil allow to boil about twenty minutes then turn of the heat.

[@jonathanleonard1152]

Oh, pickled radish is great on salads.

[@sgrvtl7183]

Lea has the patience of a saint! The Life lessons you are giving your children are so impressive! Your children are curious and very active by your side 💙💛💗Your garden is beautiful!....as I have watched over the past two years, it is wonderful to see the flowers and vegetables in abundance at this time of year💚

[@debbiealleva5959]

Greetings from Canada! Great job and love your videos.

[@pagecericola7342]

I love your longer videos. Your children are darling. Good Luck and can't wait to see more. From New Jersey, USA

[@crystalh1402]

I would have absolutely fallen in love with your property when I saw the terraces

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

We bought them from the neighbour last year, was a really great opportunity :)

[@geraldrooke4922]

I was still there. Looks like very hard work well done from Norfolk UK.

[@gailbenjamin5137]

Bo is growing so fast, how is Puks' Portuguese coming along? Stay strong this cold season. You're going to build a house soon. Love your garden.

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

Her Portuguese is really good! Much better than ours

[@AnneHeyns]

Nice to see you and your lovely family again - A lot of work every season but also a lot of fun i think.

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

We love doing this type of work, would choose this over the office any day :)

[@visakaweerasinghe4236]

I watched till start to end. Both of you doing great hard work together. So nice to see kids too. Louis is so good 🐕 dog. After long time nice long video thank you so much for sharing with us. Weating for more great videos take care ❤👍💖

[@denisehayes195]

I use these radishes and the leaves in stir fries and soups, I also grate them with carrots to make a slaw, I’m going to try the fermentation recipe. The children are growing so quickly, puck looked like pippi longstocking with her braids❤️ I like the crochet blanket.

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

I linked the recipe in the description box :) I should try some more things with those radishes as they grew really well here. The blanket was a gift from Sarah @destino2portugal so it's really special ❤️

[@denisehayes195]

@@ourportuguesehomestead that’s really lovely of Sarah, she and Nick are good people. I read that you can use the radishes to breakup compacted soil. Plant the seed direct and the plant does the work😊

[@sandgroper-ig9nk]

Tx for showing the olive procedure. I had done Olive's for three seasons and have failed miserably.even though I had followed three different ways. I will try your way the next harvest I'm with you on the the amount of work on olive harvest . Cheese for the videos 👍

[@brittjansen9737]

Hahaha loved the Bo cam ❤

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

He needs some practice 😂

[@lieuwina]

Apple and quince jelly is very nice. I think that was very good for the olive oil as there was only the two of you and that you not only had to pick the olives but prune the trees as well. Well done. Have a well earned rest and your harvest was very nice to watch. You are certainly getting green fingers with your garden Leah. The children are growing so fast. Bo has grown quiet a lot since I last saw him. Martin you are working very hard on the farm and it is looking very nice.

[@christinesmith9536]

Did you know you can fry the radishes like potatoes. It spiciness calms down significantly

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

I should try that!

[@VicO-yc7kp]

It’s not long. You and your husband did a fabulous job. Much success in the future.

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

Glad you liked it!

[@hamimahatan6307]

Sending love n respect to you n fam from Malaysia❤❤❤❤

[@travelinaway2707]

Oh my how the kids are growing! It's so lovely how you work together. I was drooling at the turnips and greens, my favorite vegetable of all time. See you next time! ❤❤❤❤

[@chengasuncion444]

I never thought olive harvesting is totally hardwork😎😎😎proud of you guys and momsh😎😎🥰🥰🙏🥰

[@metamud8686]

25:30 als je even de motor afzet, sta je geen uitlaatgas in te ademen en het helpt de natuur. Voor vrachtwagens gold vroeger al: als je meer dan een halve minuut de motor niet nodig hebt, is het beter de motor uit te zetten en opnieuw te starten.

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

Normaliter doe ik dat ook, maar de batterij was niet helemaal lekker opgeladen dus ik wilde even niet riskeren daar te stranden.

[@LindaSchreiber]

So nice to see you all! Hopefully. the terrace trees will be easier to handle next year. Ye Gods,the work! Was that first pond the one that Maarten dug that you were strugging so with?!? Wow! Hellatiously hard wor,k, smarts, shifting analyses and, persistance and lots of time worked!! Kids huge, editing amazing. Thank you! You made my day,

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

It is! It still goes dry after a while, it needs some more reworking but it's not a priority right now (and the digger still doesn't work)

[@klauskarolina]

Great work 👏 It's nice to see you again. I think you will really benefit from having a wood chipper/shredder. You have so many little branches and brushes which are perfect for compost (when you shred them). It can also go to chicken run to keep the ground dry and less muddy in winter.

[@patriciabrown8301]

I enjoyed every step of the way lots of hard work good job your fit it will do the trees good and next year you will know what your in for you both work so hard on your land all those lovely veg you grow and fresh eggs you are having the best life hard but worth it

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

These trees won't give olives next year, but hopefully we'll be too busy with building anyway

[@dennisheinen7009]

You do need a good rest! That was a job well done! Your olive oil will be great.

[@beeheart6324]

I love your videos! So full of life. Best of luck to you!

[@carlorosinnature]

Hi there... hope you had a very good harvest. I have to say that I need to inform you that it's not the best way of harvesting your olives. The season of the olive is as following: you prune in the winter when the plants are not growing. The resting period so to say. This is from January till March. You could also prune in april and May. All the suckers that you have inside the canopy and the ground ones you prune in august and september. Then October/november is harvesting. If you want an every yr harvest you do not prune in the harvest period. The trees are going to suffer the whole winter and if it is still warm , it will react and make new shoots and leaves that potentially freeze off if you've got frost in your region. If you want any more tips let me know. Have a nice day from a dutch professional olive pruner living in italy.

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

If I have learned anything over the last few years it would be that everyone has a different opinion on how to treat olive trees :) We just cut the suckers now because we didn't have time earlier and we had to prune the trees now because otherwise we couldn't get to the olives. Lots of people here prune while harvesting because it's more efficient

[@carlorosinnature]

@@ourportuguesehomestead its not really an opinion I'm afraid. All the experts all over the Mediterranean prune in the winter. You dont prune when you need to harvest. Unfortunately a lot of people Here do it as well. Efficient? If that is how you think about it then you've chosen the wrong piece of land. It's about nourishing and taking care for an olive tree. They outlive us. Its almost the other way around if you keep pruning olive trees like that and at the wrong moment of the yr. Anyway, I wanted to help but it's only "my opinion" so I'll leave you in peace. Have fun out there..

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

I’m aware of the “perfect” schedule, we’re not new here. But life is not perfect 🤷‍♀️. Anyway, sounds like you found your place in Italy, enjoy!

[@carlorosinnature]

@@ourportuguesehomestead at least try to find a professional or a certified company who does a course for pruning. This will help you guys in the future. What you guys are doing now is not the way. I'm sorry to say but I'm telling you. I prune over 500 trees a yr and I've been to the professional pruning school here in italy. They also do a competition here. Ended up as 6th in the region and invided for the national competition... try to invest some time in getting the knowledge you need to go forward. Enjoy

[@jeanettefrancis6473]

Love the messy (not really) garden. Better than bare soil and the flowers look lovely. It is amazing how severe farmers prune their olive trees and also grapes and how well they grow afterwards. At least you got some olive oil and will have more next year. Enjoyed the long video.

[@hardyvonwinterstein5445]

Hard work makes you happy. Doing it - that's your part - and watching it. So a real win-win here.

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

Glad you enjoy watching us work 😂

[@oliveoil4487]

Excellent video!!

[@thomascallaghan5988]

Great video

[@christophemeathrel2784]

Closing in on Xmas and New Year, so it’s time to eat and be merry. Enjoy the seasonal gifts. Best wishes to all from Cleguerec. 💚🇪🇺🍷🇫🇷🇬🇧🙏🐾🐾

[@fertiledirt7708]

Diatomceous earth helps with crawling pests. Sprinkle around plants.

[@ianmaccormac]

Lots of hard work but much reward! Cheers, Ian in Blackpool

[@jacquelinesmyth3167]

Wow puke is getting so tall 😊

[@jermyayala398]

Very smart and talented, keep going.

[@johnsonr9]

Good video and nice looking dog too!

[@fertiledirt7708]

Sorry you could also move more of the vegetation from around your garden. More of a buffer zone. And not to add even more but you could weed. Ahaha sorry I turned into my father momentarily. Love what you guys are doing. Be good

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

I weed the fall patch sometimes, but the summer garden is done so I don't waste my energy :)

[@didisalyers4460]

I loved your video of hard work today. I can hardly wait till you have oil to sell.

[@sheilanichols3647]

Roast the spicy radish. Worth a try.

[@robertlee6479]

Yes tree fruits are good but you can't eat olives, but figs, apples,plumbs,dates,quince and many others can be eaten raw or cooked

[@pterrydactyl]

I think it’s time you put up a wish list of thinks you need or want. Also put a Christmas List up for special things like toys or something for the kids.

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

We don't want to support Amazon, and sadly it's the only well working online wishlist. The best way to support us is through paypal or buy me a coffee, so that we can buy what we need locally (things like seeds, tools etc.)

[@EricSneppen]

I saw how dangerous the cutting device was before you mentioned your cutting. Isn't it an idea to make a piece of pipe on top of it, and push the olives through with a stick? When that works, you might consider making the pipe longer, and have a thunnel on top. Guess that saves you time.

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

Main reason I cut myself was because I got distracted, but I'll definitely use a stick or something next year.

[@bettyferguson2815]

Your children are fortunate to be raised by parents who speaks English beautifully. Knowing another language is a good thing! No doubt they'll learn from mom and dad.

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

Puck is trilingual already, Dutch Portuguese and English :)

[@MoonOverHomelessness]

It's always such a treat for me whenever I get to watch your videos! You do you, Boo! The longer the better and more fun! I LOVE those canning jars! Is there any online source to purchase? Take care!! 👋💞

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

Thanks! The jars are from the brand "weck", and I got them from berlinpackaging.pt :)

[@rosamperez233]

nice video, good sound congratulations, a hanging peg clip can be use to hold your microphone

[@crystalh1402]

When olives get too salty you can almost rebrine them in water to lower the salt content.

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

I tried that, but it didn't work for me

[@clickbaitnumberone1403]

good one

[@alexandrefaria9854]

💪👍Good work

[@sarab3960]

Nice video 😊 love seeing your pond full. I heard that ducks can help sealing ponds, but I’m not sure.

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

It's empty again now, needs some more work but it's not our main priority right now

[@Kelleena1on1]

Very interesting …. Thanks for sharing :-)

[@Susan.I]

Did you know you can go to a town and they will have a place where they will squeeze the olives to make olive oil ?

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

Yes, thanks :) This was our fourth harvest, so we're getting the hang of things

[@klbennef]

I've "heard" that the radishes are good roasted but I have not tried

[@marysemazeres1430]

Hello from france, I did the preserve you are doing, I see you don't weigh the salt, I use to weigh 25gr salt /liter of water for sauer kraut or olives.

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

I did weigh the salt, scale is just the same color as the pan so you might have missed it :)

[@zakscott7700]

The pond is looking good. Does it hold water well in the summer too?

[@dannyray1950]

We're back in the states waiting (impatiently!) for our visa appointment. Can't happen soon enough.

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

Hope it will be over soon!

[@judithtaylormayo]

I think you have been better served if you had laid down the nets first so when the branches come down you already have captured the falling olives

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

We did :)

[@isabeldavid7594]

Com os marmelos, pode fazer doce. Fica muito bom! Com a polpa, fazer o doce e com as cascas, fazer geleia.