Living a simple and abundant life in the countryside of Portugal

[@annalinekennedy1027]

You are awesome. It's hard work to maintain a garden, bring up kids and the household. God bless

[@tracey4474]

Missing you and your beautiful family - hope all is well with you

[@BirdYoumans]

Your videos always have a peacefulness about them. The little ones are growing up so fast. You will blink and they will be grown.

[@carolynsteele5404]

So glad you’re back. My best to you

[@susanbrookes8247]

Great video as always and lovely to see you all looking so well

[@athena7042]

Just stopped by to say; cute dress, cute basket. I'll watch the video later.

[@MariaMoreira-wm7tn]

É muito bom para a horta ter joaninhas. Entre outras coisas, comem os pulgões das couves.

[@LorenzoCerezo]

Gracias

[@ymorais7437]

Great video! Love the details you went into. So beautiful to see🇵🇹🇿🇦

[@BuneriFoodsecrets]

Hi

[@songsIlove2702]

what a beautiful video.

[@isabelmartins1403]

È bellissimo vedere come i bambini sono felici di vivere così nella natura Bravi This is a beautiful life 👍🥰

[@judithtaylormayo]

Actually those small rocks /stones help keep the humidity in the soil.

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

Well there are still plenty in the soil 😂

[@denisekoger904]

thanks for the update

[@paisleyjane9606]

I was excited to hear that you've connected with abundance plus! Seems like a good match.

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

Was excited they reached out, they have some great content on there :)

[@escapetothequinta]

New camera? Great quality 👍

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

No, same as always but it’s a pretty good one :)

[@hillbowdenishd.....5274]

You're so hardworking

[@milliebanks7209]

Saw the work you were doing and subscribed. Good luck!

[@Mydamian55]

Als je te weinig water hebt voor waterkracht energy moet je op de dagen dat je zonneenergie over hebt water omhoog pompen. Is er in Portugal een salderingsregel die ze in NL gaan afschaffen?

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

Dat is het plan op de lange termijn :) Weet niet of ze hier een salderingsregel hebben, misschien als je aan het grid gaat (zitten wij niet)

[@SamSung-ww3rp]

What are the restrictions on cutting down the grass?

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

The fire restrictions can be found here: fogos.icnf.pt/SGIF2010/InformacaoPublicaDados/Restrictions_RuralFireRiskIndex.pdf

[@kimkerley4218]

Those hogs will eat up your entire garden if they can get to it! 😮😮😮

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

Garden is fenced :)

[@foutchoukarim2023]

I want to work in farm

[@sandrawray542]

where is Maarten?

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

Watch the video a little longer ;)

[@JohnlynHD]

It’s great to see you’re all ok. Your children are growing and Puck seems to really enjoy the garden. I remember seeing her in your kitchen a couple of years back where she was helping you chop tomatoes you’d harvested. You are so fortunate to have such contented children. It was very touching to see a puck cut across the camera to give you a kiss. It’s the simple things in life that really matter. ❤️Angela ( South Wales)

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

Thanks Angela, we're all doing great :)

[@Alfablue227]

So great to see you and the babies. Tons of goodies you have growing there. Keep up the great work. 🙏 😊

[@MoonOverHomelessness]

Wonderful to see you and the kids! You've been missed! This year looks like it's going to be so fun for you! Your gardening skills and progress are gaining fantastically!!! I love the sight of today, while remembering your early days. So happy for you! You shine. And I hope you continue to shine!! 💞🤗💞🤗💞🤗💞🤗

[@lisbethsalander8921]

Lovely peaceful morning watching you garden.

[@dannybrown1955]

Great video! Lovely to see the children so involved.

[@wendybishop2421]

So good to see you all,whilst I appreciate you doing weekly videos is not viable for you at the moment I must say you are missed so much your one of my favourites.Good health and gods blessings to you all x

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

Thanks Wendy :) For now this is the best I can do, but that might change again in the future

[@coppertone711]

July 3rd and my first red tomato. I think my lates red ever. The drought has slowed, we are thankful. Wishing you a wonderful harvest and summer days of joy. The grands and I did go to some swimming lessons, and they are sad to end them end. I am heading out for some jars; I suspect these tomatoes will all go red in a hurry. I will fill the dehydrator and jars too so as not to lose them. Tomato, basil, olive oil sandwich.

[@LindaSchreiber]

Lovely. Thank you! Your soil in the garden is looking so much better than it did years ago! You have been doing all the right things for your soil there. And I love your nitrogen-fixing experiment in the greenhouse! Maarten has done a heroic job with all that strimming.... The kids are getting so big!!

[@patrickgilhooly8340]

We SO thank you for coming back on air. Hope all goes better with you ALL. We here are hoping you got tractor fixed and will start your home this year . GOD BLESS you all.

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

We finally got in the needed part for the digger, so hopefully it will be running again soon!

[@hardyvonwinterstein5445]

Nice episode. Personally, I like the children, the parents, the dogs, the boars more than the beans. Your little red daughter is growing from a duck to a swan. Great to see.

[@wildzwaan]

Yikes.

[@moniquevelasco20]

The garden looks so beautiful, and the green house is doing amazing. Love to see the children helping you too. Love and be safe!😘🤗🌼🇻🇪

[@monalingan9523]

It was so good to see you all. Your precious children are growing, and your garden looks healthy. Loved the wild boar clip! ❤

[@jbyrd2516]

Great to see you pacing yourself. You are looking more relaxed now and I adore that green dress! The garden looks so lush.

[@sueg2658]

It was great to see you all! Thank you for sharing with us. :-)

[@daffs0]

Absolutely wonderful video Your babies are so beautiful Loved seeing what you have achieved with your garden Wow the boars were stunning so many babies Thank you sharing your beautiful journey 😁

[@juliad1768]

Good to see you all again, oh gosh the wild boars do so much damage to gardens usually,lovely to see you all again xxx

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

The garden is fenced so they won't come in for now

[@juliad1768]

@@ourportuguesehomestead that’s great and phew, I am pleased for you xxx

[@eleanorchapple8772]

You have made a very relaxing and verdant vlog. You are making a wonderful life in Portugal for yourselves and. your children

Watching this I'm remembering your garden from a few years ago... it's so much better this year. Every year has brought a better garden. The mulching and irrigation has vastly improved the soil... the only big thing missing seems to be a source of manure. Rabbits can provide a mild (not hot) manure that can go right into the planting beds without composting. Chicken manure needs to be semi-composted before use. My grandparents had an egg farm (& they supplied the local grocery store), so shoveling out the coop & run provided lots of good stuff for the garden, plus a source of fishing worms. Our farms were right on a river, so fishing & rowboats were a huge part of us kids growing up there. 🙂

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

Thanks! Working with the soil and learning more each year has definitely helped :) I agree we need more manure, but at the moment we do not want the extra responsibility that more animals bring. We'll get some other animals in the future though and rabbits are definitely an option

[@loredanachiriac1]

It is nice to see your improvement from the previous years 😊 I bet it feels good. You are looking happy. Take care. You guys did a great job

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

Getting better every year :)

[@LuisC7]

Will definitely watch this start to finish. Missed a video like this in a while. You show many aspects of this life very beautifully and I can fully see you improved and learned a lot with time. If you have wild boards beware, they can destroy all your crops, and fences. They even attack chickens. Keep an eye on them. Most people just shoot them and eat then or feed them to dogs. They are very tasty as well. I love fava beans. They're extremely productive as well. And very tasty in a traditional dish "favas com chouriço" or "favas com ovos escalfados". They're just great! And the husks you can feed to chickens too. Anyways thank you for the video!

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

Thanks Luis, glad you liked it :) We haven't had any trouble with the javali so far, Louis does a great job at keeping them at a distance. I love favas too! Next year I want a whole field 😂 Favas com chourico sounds amazing...

[@grandmasstories3418]

Good that Louie keeps the wild boar at bay, I hope it keeps going like that, because they are really destructive for the crops. I never heard of them attacking chickens. Their meat is really delicious and most farmers have to hunt them or permit hunters to do it, to save their crops

[@LuisC7]

@@grandmasstories3418 yes that's true.

[@NoeleenGrima]

You all look great!! Love how the garden is so abundant 😊😊😊❤❤❤❤ keep it up guys

[@dennisheinen7009]

I enjoyed watching your video! Your family works so beautifully together! Your children are so beautiful!

[@franceshurt3517]

Hello people, that was a beautiful video, so calming and gentle, I don't know your name but I hope you get back to full health I understand that we can mentally and physically overload ourselves and then feel like failures when we are unable to fulfill the tasks we've set ourselves, the only solution is to reduce our tasks by deeming the most urgent to the least and concentrating on one at a time, please take care of yourself, sometimes your needs come first, love from Oz!!🥰💞💕👍👍👌👍🐕🐈🐈‍⬛🌱🌱🌱🍆🥒🫑🌶🍅🍅🍅🫖☕

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

My name is Lea :) It's been good to focus on what is most important: myself, the kids and the garden. And you're right, that sometimes means scratching some things off the list :) Grateful that we have the privilege to do so.

[@candynewton4945]

Precious little ones, Puck and Bo are cute too. Beautiful garden. Lia. Love the wiggle dance in the greenhouse. Thank you for sharing. 🇺🇲

[@MyPlayHouse]

I need to borrow your little helper to collect rocks,, when I bought my house,, I became stone rich 🙂 Was actually wondering what Maatin was doing,, and on the edge of my chear for any digger news...

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

We finally got the part we need, now the mechanic just needs to find time in his schedule🤞

[@tygriz]

Hi, I am following you guyes since the beginning, because I have the goal of living a simplier life amd as a portuguese I am very curious about seeing what foreigners see that we (portuguese) don't see in our country. But to be honest I still have a doubt: on average, really on average, what are your costs of living?

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

I think quality of life is much better here than where we lived before :) Cost of living is also going up for us, groceries are getting so expensive... Hard to put an exact number on it because we have to start tracking things better. But for example we used to be able to get enough for the week for less than 100 and now we never get under that. We have the luxury that we don't pay rent or utilities, that makes our life possible here.

[@tygriz]

@@ourportuguesehomestead hi, Thanks a lot for the insight. Keep it up!

[@filipar949]

Truly a delight to see you are all doing well 😊 the kids are growing as fast as your fava beans 😂 good luck dealing with the coming heat, hope you get some rain too 😎🌻✅

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

They're giants! Cause I keep feeding them fava beans 😂 Hope we still get some good rain, but also excited for the heat

[@PaigeLovesPumpkins]

This video inspired me to plant my cilantro seeds 💚🌱💚🌱💚 ... ok I'm back. I paused the video and planted them. It's the only thing I'm trying for this year because I am not a gardener but I love cilantro and I love seeing little green things grow. Thank you for being an inspiration to just do it 💚🌱💚🌱💚

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

Amazing! Hope it grows well for you :)

[@jenniferforrest7041]

I needed this video today. How do you always put out the exact right content when I need it the most? Bo is now a toddler, congrats!

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

Happy to hear that :) Bo's a giant!

[@oliveoil4487]

Hi Lea - So happy to see you and your family. Thank you for the update!! Great job you and Maarten are doing. Excellent video!!

[@graciemaca6996]

Greetings from sunny California! ☀ As I was watching you work in your garden, after seeing the clip of the wild boars, I thought that it might be wise to put up a sturdy fence around your vegetable garden to keep wild animals out. Those boars will mow all your hard work down in just a matter of minutes! 😢

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

The garden is already fenced :)

[@josecaetano2388]

Gracie MacaA The wild boars or ( javali)they destroy everything even fences

[@mesutozsen903]

Eline emeğine sağlık bu güzel video için kolay gelsin hayırlı işler....👍👍👍👍

[@ralphsullender2474]

I enjoy your videos it is relaxing to watch you tending your garden with your family.

[@bobfmirvine6652]

Those dark colored hanging peas looked delicious, nice and crispy. What are they called?

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

They're lovely! A blue shelling pea that a viewer sent us :) I'm not sure of the exact name because I lost the pack

[@patrickgilhooly8340]

Please, please come back to your channel. We worry & miss you.

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

I’m hoping to get a video done for next weekend :)

[@OaktreePaula]

You have become a real farmer, lots of progress and learnings, well done. 😊

[@susangranger3089]

Beautiful video, you are growing an abundance of veggies and your babies are so cute!!

[@Gula_Lae]

So inspiring, I wish i could have this kind of life

[@yureituesday]

Would a strip of landscaping fabric or burlap over the swale keep it from evaporating? Especially if you let weeds or a cover crop grow under there on the sides

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

I prefer not to use too much plastic in the garden

[@lewih7135]

Great video! Very relaxing. You all look wonderful and your garden looks beautiful!

[@assuncaomeireles198]

Minha querida Senhora já tinha saudades suas e das suas adoraveis crinças sao tao lindas. A propriedade está linda a senhora trabalha muíto. Faça sopa de favas tire a pel na sopa só leva cebola e azeite no fim passa pela varinha mágica fica uma papa e se gostar no fim ponha umas rodelas de chouriço português fica uma delicia eu tenho a certeza que suas adoraveis crianças vao gostar. A vossa propriedade é no interior de Portugal por isso no verao fica muito quente. Eu moro no litoral perto do mar durante o dia está calor mas a noite é muito fria mas claro para os países nórdicos é uma temperatura fantástica. Se pudessem fazer uma piscina para as crianças ou entao comprar daquelas muito boas eu sei que sao caras mas vale a pena os seus meninos iam adorar . Adorei o seu vidio e por favor voltem sempre. Por favor traduzir o que eu disse para português de Portugal se for português do brasil nao fica nada bem a traduçao embora falemos a mesma língua eles as vezes nao entendem o que nós dizemos ao contrario nós entedemos muito português do Brasil. Peço desculpa estar a dizer isto tudo mas as suas crianças têm de aprender português de Portugal . Beijinhos para todos e volte sempre 😘😘😘😘😘 🐅🐆🐎🐖🐖🐂🐔🐣🐥🦋🦋🦅🦅🕊🕊

[@Gonzo76Lx]

Mas traduzir o quê? Então a senhora não escreveu já em português?

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

Nossos filhos aprendem português na escola :)

[@Gonzo76Lx]

E os pais sabem mexer no Google tradutor :)

[@zakariasantonius4948]

Anda terlihat tenang dan bahagia, keindahan alam di tempat kediaman mu memberikan energi yang sangat berharga untuk mu. Salam hangat, Saya dari Flores, Indonesia.

[@orlandomontfort5101]

The fava beans tops are actually edible and taste superb in a stir-fry!

[@kama5559]

I usually soak beans for, more or less, 24 hours before planting. It works.

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

Thanks! I might try again, I love green beans :)

[@RinaGoslin-ku3xr]

Very nice Hot house for your 🪴. Hollanders all over the World 🌎 our forefathers come to South Africa 1665 and still Farming and feeding the Nation. Never forget about God He is our shield and our Provider. God Bless you and your family

[@sandrawray542]

you guys are wonderful, love watching your videos ... lots of work but very satisfying to know you did it..

[@marieanderson6215]

I enjoy watching your beautiful videos

[@SMP-RN]

I have enjoyed watching you and your family work the land and seeing it grow.

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

Thanks Shannon, we really appreciate your support :) Hope to be back soon with a video on what we're doing with all these veggies

[@rossbrown1748]

I like your channel very much, I enjoy your videos, I am subscribing

[@lieuwina]

Wonderful to see you back again and the family. Missed you guys and your farm is coming on beautifully. Your green house is certainly doing well. Have a lovely day.

[@tracytanasiychuk8253]

Gardening is a hard but rewarding job. You are doing a fabulous job. Blessings from Canada 🇨🇦

[@sgrvtl7183]

Wonderful video, I love watching the plantings from seed, then to the garden. It brings such JOY!

[@kathleenpitt1981]

What a bountiful garden, but I know how much hard work to get it that way. Your helpers are growing so fast.

[@eleanorbacosa4063]

You are more prettier.Puk is grown up too ..your homestead is very abundant now.

[@ricardoalmeida6260]

É muito cedo para apanhares os oregãos só devem de se apanhados quando já tem flor no verão

[@josecaetano2388]

The 🐗 boards are terrible sooner or later they destroy your garden to eating your food You have a beautiful family keep the good work

[@Gula_Lae]

All are scammer around the world, not finding Honest people who may help us to taka a step

[@travelinaway2707]

I know its a lot of qork but you really seem to be at one with it now. Not a struggle but a flow of tasks that create a home and food for you and your family. Nicely done!

[@matthewgordon-clark2392]

Given that the climate in Portugal is very similar to that here in Australia, I am surprised that you use open channel ditch irrigation, not a criticism at all - if it works there it works! But have you considered drip irrigation as a water conservation measure?

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

For now it works well for us :) I have drip in the greenhouse, want to see how it does with our well water and gravity fed watertank. So maybe it the future we'll add more outside as well.

[@darrenmcdonald3697]

Lia the garden is looking good. Nice to see Puck is interested in helping out in the garden , she's learning a valuable life skill. Something you may want to try out is tying your tomatoes off using a figure 8 pattern it works well for me. Enjoyed your video as always. Keep up the good work.

[@Gula_Lae]

I live in Kuwait and planning to settle in Portugal but not getting proper information to move,

[@NatalieAndersonGP]

I love abundanceplus!! it has so help me with my new place.

[@jayblack3926]

One redhead, one blond. Could you be any luckier! So sweet. I try to keep a journal also, but I lose focus by midsummer.

[@harissandi596]

Video nya mantap keren salam

[@dharamvir1316]

Its like heaven❤I want to live in such a beautiful heaven❤

[@lightdark00]

Night temps being over 10C, wow, in Texas now it's lucky if we get a 17C overnight.

[@ankiyoutube660]

Can you friendship

[@liljapyhtila7932]

This video was great, totally understandable if you're not filming so much with all the work you put into the homestead!

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

Turns out you can't do everything all of the time ;)

[@dozer1642]

He’s a lucky man. 😍

[@jonathanleonard1152]

The effort you have put in to the new video episode format is good. This episode was particularly clear and informative.

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

Thanks Jonathan :)

[@rouveforbes7165]

Loved this video ; such an abundance !!

[@jeanhawken4482]

Amazing watching you struggle to keep you plants healthy in the heat I struggle in the bitter cold of Ballarat Aust. Oh and our dog who loves to play zoomies. You all look wonderful.

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

The real heat has only just begun, but the garden is doing well so far :)

[@farmerconnie8172]

Congrats!

[@nialone1084]

Loving the new style of your vlogs

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

Thanks!

[@BuneriFoodsecrets]

So beautiful plas

[@kimkerley4218]

Puc looks just like her Daddy lol. Such a sweet girl 😊

[@didisalyers4460]

Really enjoyed the video today and oh my how beautiful the children are. You all look wonderful!

[@juanitakauffman6336]

Enjoyable video..Are you teaching your children Portuguese language as well as your native language and English. I wish I had learned another language early i n life. Great garden.

[@101life9]

I don't know what you have changed in the vlog, I feel the ease and calmness from it. Maybe you are more relaxed? Good job!🎉❤

[@ourportuguesehomestead]

I stopped posting weekly, that has helped massively :)

[@101life9]

❤️❤️

[@expat2023]

So happy to see how well things are going.