Goat Manure, Compost and Protecting Trees

We get manure from the goats, turn it into compost and protect our trees from deer and the delightful goats.

[@freewoman4434]

I've watched quite a lot of these "homestead" style channels over the years and I don't really know why, but I think you're my favourite (along with Roaming Wild Rosie) Posssibly because you're clearly just being yourselves, but also I can see you have all your ducks in a row and I have every confidence in your success! Haha - perhaps I'm a little too invested. Anyway, I look forward to your videos.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you for such a lovely comment. We appreciate that. 😊

[@WoodbridgeHillCottage]

www.youtube.com/@WoodbridgeHillCottage

[@ChandChandramukhi]

Me too and many of those channels are productions, i mean the guys are actors, homestead is a set. I watch now only Veggies and Do and be different Farmily.

[@MrZedagaita]

That is what good neighbors are all about, share and help each other.... great job Dan

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@ruthannleder4783]

Another great day on your farm. Ready to start watching progress on your home.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you. We’ll start as soon as we are permitted. 👍

[@bettyvann5499]

Goat manure is great for your plants. That contraption the guy was driving and hauling the manure was unique.

[@NearbyVeggies]

We love Carlos’ little tractor. 👍😊

[@Nulife23]

Wow! How wonderful to get all that goat compost! Thats good stuff for sure. I use to raise goats and my gardens never grew so well! I so love that putt putt tractor! Happy gardening!

[@NearbyVeggies]

The goat manure is great 😊 Thank you 😊

[@asc3184]

Nice to see u relate not only to the land but also with ur neighbours. Yeah mucking up animal stalls can be tiring. Used to do it daily during my highschool summer break as part of my holiday chores. Releasing farm hands to do other work. Late June till start of October . Good experience as a teen. Needless to say, now in my late 50s, after an adult lifetime as a white collar, mucking that goat shed like you did would have left me unable to move properly for days, lol! I like hearing you both thinking out loud for the benefit of the camera whilst caring for your farm. Thank you for another nice video

[@NearbyVeggies]

Dan slept well. Thank you for sharing that little story. Nice to know you also had the same experience 😊👍

[@dinac7361]

Love farm life reminds me of my childhood living in Portugal!! I live in Florida since 1984,bug going to Portugal on vacation in September for a month can’t wait

[@NearbyVeggies]

Enjoy your visit. 😊

[@janp7943]

That is a lot of goat manure! That tractor or whatever is a kick! I can't imagine cleaning those goat pens once a month or more! Take care you two. See you next time.

[@NearbyVeggies]

The tractor is so cool. 👍

[@Gabriela_73]

I found the video very short, I always want to see more about nearby veggies!! 🙏🙏👏👏❤

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you, that’s really kind of you to say. 😊

[@linakhoury6623]

Hi 🌺.Well done now the trees are protected from deer and goats ., if you make a fence along the land it protected all the plants and trees . Have anice day . 🌻🌺🌻

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@monalingan9523]

Love watching you two tend your gardens and forest.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thanks, Mona. 😊

[@Susan.I]

So nice of Carlos to share his goat compost with you!

[@NearbyVeggies]

We really appreciate it, Linda. 👍

[@timconder4909]

What a wonderful channel. I stream your channel at work sometimes and you two always put me in a good mood. What a beautiful place

[@NearbyVeggies]

Reading this has put me in a great mood. Thank you so much 😊

[@tudomerda]

I like the Lamborghini, or was it Lombardini, Carlos has great taste in Super tractors, :-) You have a vice, outstanding, next you need a Band saw, a lathe, a milling machine, and a TIG welding machine and you're good to go with DIY, oh don't forget some quality Vernier callipers.

[@NearbyVeggies]

We love the little tractor. And we have a couple of vernier callipers. The other equipment will possibly come in time 😊

[@danwilkin3031]

I’ve got the vernier callipers

[@iniabellepaz445]

Hi, this was a wonderful video, I love to see how you prune the tree and how you help each in the neighborhood. The farm looks marvelous. Have a great week! Stay well.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you, Iniabelle. 🤗

[@hasmika9412]

Ես պարզապես հիացած եմ Ձեր աշխատանքով։Ես էլ եմ շատ սիրում այգում աշխատել։ Դուք պարզապես հրաշք եք։❤

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@paisley293]

Hi Mareid! 🤗I got a kick out of seeing the goats supervising from their perch on the stone wall, while Dan and Joao cleaned out their pen. Three men @$20 per hour, that makes that manure worth $240 Canadian, but you got it FREE! A whole LOT of work, but your 'nearby veggies' are worth it!! 🥕🥔🍆🫑🌶🥦🧄🥒🍇🍎🍏🍐🍑🍒🍊🍋🫐

[@danwilkin3031]

It was a hard afternoons work

[@NearbyVeggies]

There was a fourth man involved. Carlos’ dad. He took the adult goats out for a walk so the men could get on with the clearing. Our nearby veggies are definitely worth it. 😊

[@offgridwanabe]

With that compost it makes growing a lot easier.

[@NearbyVeggies]

It sure does. 👍

[@ciciliacurt6227]

We have goats tooo to many and we have chickens too My garden is magnificent and people are asking me...what fertilizer do I use Answer is animals poor...ha ha very natural Love what you are doing

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thanks Cicilia 😊

[@peggyr.346]

You both are the hardest working people I know! The property looks great and I love your goat friend’s property as well. It looks like something out of a movie. You’re so lucky to be living where you do! Thanks for sharing with us!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you,Peggy. 😊

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

One post will do. Nylon wire ties work great for fastening the cage to the post. One at the top and one toward the bottom. Cinch them up tight. Don't need chicken wire. Welded wire is much better. Look for 1"x 2" openings or there about. Just as long as the goats can't get their snouts to the trunk. Cages MUST be 5 foot high. Anything less than 5 foot and the deer will take the top off every time. As soon as you have composted goat manure - put a 2' ring around each tree, 3" away from the trunk and 2" deep. Do these things and your trees will take off. 😊

[@NearbyVeggies]

Great tips. Thank you 😊

[@maggiemorgan8422]

The return of the famous steel cutting scissors 😂 x

[@NearbyVeggies]

Indeed. 🤣

[@nettimatze]

Cabra Mist ist der beste Dünger absolut , Langzeit und voller Nährstoffe. Saludos aus Südamerika . Wir sind 2 Deutsche und schon 15 Jahre mit selbst Parmakultur in Südamerika .

[@NearbyVeggies]

It’s wonderful stuff. Thank you 😊

[@nancyspence2965]

Loved that he uses gorse for the goats bedding.

[@NearbyVeggies]

The gorse composts down and barely noticeable when we get the manure loads. 👍😊

[@franzinauen8443]

I hope you soon are getting the permission to do the construction work on the house. It's a lovely place what you have.

[@NearbyVeggies]

We hope so too. Much patience required. 👍

[@plaxedeskatonha4314]

The littlest tractor cracked me up.

[@NearbyVeggies]

It’s the coolest little tractor. 😊

[@ESTHERSSSITA]

un abrazo desde venezuela desearia estar alli es hermoso Dios bendiga

[@NearbyVeggies]

Gracias ☺️

[@onemuslim9313]

Lots of Love from India

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@shirleyrice7093]

I think that is not a nibbled tree if they are like white tailed deer. Starting in late summer and fall, the male deer use trees to rub the velvet off their antlers and then they also rub to communicate with the females that they are available. Then they will dig around the tree and urinate. I kept wire cages around my trees until the trees grew a rough, tough bark. I had a wonderful hawthorn tree and two Japanese lilac trees that bloomed in summer for a long period.

[@NearbyVeggies]

There’s no sign of digging and the rubbing on the bark can be deadly. Nice to know what trees you have too. 😊

[@mhbaiao2011]

I love your videos

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@anamagalhaes7571]

Olá. No Alentejo dizem: as vinhas são nossas, as oliveiras dos nossos pais e os sobreiros dos nossos antepassados ❤

[@NearbyVeggies]

É uma frase bonita 🤩 e verdadeira.

[@larhumba4233]

Dear Maread, the very short Loquat season has arrived! (From Span not Portugal) and I've ordered 3 packs of 4 fruits with my groceries for delivery on Wed in London. That's 12 loquats for £12.75! I know I'm mad, but that's how much they cost and I love to eat them once a year! Have your trees fruited yet? 😊❤

[@ciciliacurt6227]

We live in north Florida and we have a lot of loquats around the property (grow wild) nobody here eats them. We do so the goats

[@NearbyVeggies]

I’ve seen ripe loquats towards the coast but they’re not ripe here yet. I still can’t get over how expensive they are however they are a delicate fruit so difficult to transport. Enjoy every bite. 🥰

[@anngavey205]

You are both terrific

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@SimpleLivingOkinawa]

Baby goats! Are the goats for milk or meat, or both? Goat milk cheese is so wonderful. I'm a new subscriber and am slowly working my way back through the videos. (Last one I watched was your 'Egyptian' project 😁) You work so well together. Sad to say, teamwork is not really that smooth in my house....

[@NearbyVeggies]

Welcome. Thank you 😊 The goats are a milking herd. Goat’s cheese is very popular here. The baby goats are sold for meat. 👍

[@isabelrodriguezmitchell6057]

Really interesting and hard work. Where are you exactly and how big is your land? Thanks

[@NearbyVeggies]

We’re in Coimbra in Portugal 😊

[@ianandresen2326]

Nice video! Our hawthorn don't bloom here? But I love them anyway!

[@shirleyrice7093]

I had a hawthorn tree. It bloomed beautifully and in the fall it had beautiful orange berries that the deer ate well into the winter. I’m in the U.S.

[@NearbyVeggies]

They are considered a very lucky tree in Ireland. No one dares to cut them down. 👍

[@NearbyVeggies]

👍 Nice.

[@bluelilly22222]

❤

[@NearbyVeggies]

😊

[@suemcfarlane4199]

Goats hate rain so they would spend more time in their shed during wet weather making it neccasary to clean it more often

[@NearbyVeggies]

Good point 👍

[@patriciahawkes386]

I hope u r going to plant more fruit trees

[@NearbyVeggies]

We are. 😊👍

[@sooz5495]

I was watching you trim the cork tree , I was thinking the bits you cut off can't you try to grow them , by using grow powder and a little pot ?

[@NearbyVeggies]

We could indeed grow cork trees from cuttings. We hope that other species will grow by themselves as they are doing elsewhere on the land. They grow easily from acorns too. 👍😊

[@christophersherratt7299]

Might be silly question but have you tested the soil PH to see where you can plant what??? Did you rig up a electric fence of solar 😊

[@NearbyVeggies]

Our soil is ph varies around the land.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Oh, forgot to answer, we have no electric fences.

[@christophersherratt7299]

Should look into the soil for what plants need what Ash from the fire works very well on fruit trees and some vegetables all so look into the fence would keep a lot of Animals of young plants 😀 fairly cheap

[@peterholmesgavleman]

At about eight minutes 40 you are using secateurs to trim back the small tree. I’ve noticed your grip on the handles is very close to the hinge in the blades. If you grip the handle closer to the open and you get better leverage and it’ll be less tiring on your hands. Just saying!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Old habits and small hands, Peter. You’re right 👍

[@coby6417]

🌟👏👍🍀💐

[@NearbyVeggies]

👍😊

[@LCamp-cr7fs]

Did you have to replace the pine nut tree?

[@NearbyVeggies]

The dead one hasn’t been replaced by anything yet. We’re thinking about it.

[@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb]

Why plant pines? I hate them with a passion - always seem to get one sort of disease/pest or another, and not very drought-tolerant. Why not oaks (cork oaks are really nice)?

[@NearbyVeggies]

We have lots of cork oaks but had no umbrella pines which are native and produce pine nuts. We are removing the other pines bit by bit.

[@anngavey205]

Is striiming the same as weed wacking

[@NearbyVeggies]

Yes, but weed whacking isn’t a term I heard until recently. 👍😊

[@suemcfarlane4199]

Deer will reach over the top if they can to get to your trees

[@NearbyVeggies]

They can indeed but it’s the bark rubbing that kills the trees. 👍

[@markdawsonbruce4457]

Back home on the farm in New Zealand, any goat or any other rodent that touched our small trees would be blown away by a shot gun😂but that was back in the 60s-70s, guess time's have changed, wild goats would wreck all our fencing, which in turn lead to us culling them, i dis-like goats😂, but that"s my opinion. God bless you lovely couple, thanks for the vid🙏 10:58 10:58 10:58

[@isabelandrademourarodrigue3891]

Ajudam a limpar os terrenos para não arderem tão facilmente porque comem tudo. Por isso há que proteger o que queremos preservar. As cabras não têm culpa

[@NearbyVeggies]

The goats are really useful. Carlos walks with them. A milking herd , not wild.

[@Susan.I]

I hope the deer and goats don’t get to any more of your trees!!!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Let’s hope it works 👍😊

[@anngavey205]

Are you retired?

[@NearbyVeggies]

No, we’re both working. 👍

[@miromedica7878]

I know that you truly love your work on this Portuguese homestead but my concern is that you're working yourselves too much. You need to bring back the indentured laborers from Ireland for some fresh air and exercise. The problem is that they will run away before anything is done and eat up your hard earned food reserves.

[@NearbyVeggies]

We do have a lot of time where we rest. 😊The workers eating our produce is such a funny thought. 🤣