Roof, walls and seeds | Stone Farm renovation

[@TheIndigoEscape]

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[@petermarsh7172]

Everyone needs a man who can do such amazing building work as Simon. The stalwart trooper who has soldiered through all that stone work creating beautiful perfection. I am loving watching this project progress ;0)

[@adelenoel7191]

Love the explanations given,very clear and informative. Simon is a true artist, Omar’s woodworking skills are certainly in great form and Andrea your gardening skills are really impressive

[@RenovationWork]

A house like this is a work of art, and the time-lapse really shows that.

[@miriammuskal5402]

OMG 😱 the walls o. The house looks magnificent

[@travelinaway2707]

Isn't it something?? I marvel at the beautiful juxtaposition of stone walls with such beautiful straight lines. Oh how lovely!

[@Shirley-qg3oo]

The stones look amazing (especially wet). ❤

[@victoriakopp1483]

Everything looks fabulous 👌really coming along beautifully. You all must be very proud of your accomplishments. Did you ever imagine how beautiful it would look from the first day you bought it. I can't wait to see the finished house Simon is doing. He is such a skilled worker. It looks absolutely great. See you next week.

[@TheIndigoEscape]

It was very strange how we felt when we saw the property for the first time actually. It was very easy to visualise how we wanted it to look and what was the possibility with it... We didn't expect Simon would be available to work with us though so in that regard, we are super fortunate, he is really on demand here and luckily, he has turned away work to be here as he prefers it :) Very lucky.

[@chantaln6843]

This turned out to be a beautiful laundry space… well done!😊

[@TheIndigoEscape]

Thank you! 😊

[@AlanHough-p1w]

That stone has beautiful warm colours in it it's lovely well done to Simon and you of course 😊

[@EnglishMadeleine]

More great progress.. coming along nicely 😍

[@lindarollocks527]

Good evening, I’m so impressed with the amount of progress you’ve made. It’s so beautiful. I look forward to the next video.

[@TheIndigoEscape]

Thank you!! Its live now :)

[@lindarollocks527]

YAY!!!!!! 😁

[@izzy1949]

Well done that looks so lovely and those lights just finish the look… Simon is doing amazing with the walls… ❤

[@margaretlovelock7031]

You are so lucky to have someone so qualified like Simon for your build.

[@JudySnyder-dv5ld]

That rock wall is looking so beautiful. Each new and/or improvement is creating such a beautiful place. Love your gardening, too.

[@Aotruba]

Thank you for filming, explaining, editing, and sharing this entertaining video! 👍 Great building tips! We admire your hard work ❤ 🐈❣️🐈‍⬛️❣️

[@TheIndigoEscape]

Thank you Autruba! Really appreciate the feedback!

[@budbundy364]

Now that's beautiful... Well done 👏

[@casimirapaulo6524]

Beautiful wall, you guys are a good team

[@harrietlivengood6793]

The stone work is amazing. You did a wonderful job installing the roof on the laundry area! ❤

[@TheIndigoEscape]

Glad you like it!

[@denisemooneyham7032]

Funny that Eric Clapton was mentioned in your video. I live in California and attended an Eric Clapton concert yesterday 10-12-24. It was a huge bucket list event for me and I absolutely loved it. I also love your channel!

[@TheIndigoEscape]

oh wow that’s amazing. I bet it was great, definitely a bucket list! I went to an Eric Clapton concert back I think in 2018 in London with dad. Santana and Steve Windwood were also performing. It was an absolute fantastic night. So many multi generational families. Probably one of my best memories. for your support Denise

[@teepeeX]

Great job and a round of applause, Andreas 😊 great job. I think it's nice to have a go at everything, you never know unless you try. The stone work is absolutely spot on, well done Simon.😊 Hope all is OK Omar having to pop back to UK. Been thinking of you ... I think it's great to grow from seed.. do you grow passion fruit ? Garlic and ginger, carrots capsicum beans, ..the loafers are looking good.. dont forget to put some leaves, twigs old hay, get some chicken poop from a neighbour and ASH from the fire in ur composts bin to start it off, I would just do brick work otherwise ur boxing yourself in 😊

[@TheIndigoEscape]

Everything was okay thank Goodness. I will absolutely add more "brown" materials to the compost bin!

[@ginacrusco234]

Andrea, I love when you speak construction!

[@TheIndigoEscape]

Thank you Gina! I enjoy doing it and it also allows us to carry on the work! I think I will keep doing it this way. :)

[@juanitakauffman6336]

The stone work on the house is beautiful.

[@Pauline-m9m]

Your house is looking fantastic and Simon is absolutely amazing. The laundry lean-to is also looking fabulous, as does the garden that continues to give, now in the way of seeds for next year.

[@TheIndigoEscape]

Thanks so much! 😊 I am fascinated how much the land provides. We have had so many tomatoes... enough to give away! I have made so much pasatta! haha but I cannot for the life of me eat another pasta pomodoro right now. Im looking forward to some winter crops and change of diet :)

[@LorraineinAustralia]

Every week I’m so happy to see your progress. Love the new utility space❤️ Your seed collection looks good. I’m thinking I might put zinnias in my front garden..they are so pretty. Fantastic to have a compost bin. Everything will be reused now👏👏 Cheers lovelies🐨🐨🐨🐨🌸

[@TheIndigoEscape]

Thank you Lorraine! We love reading everyone's comments as well every week! Zinnias seeds are the pointy arrow shaped that are at the very bottom, of the bud fo the flower, close to the stem. I learnt this later that day but I didnt really explained it properly in the video. The rest of the flowers have been completely soaked with the rain and they all rot before they could produce seeds. Hopepfully, Im able to grow some from the ones this year but I also have shop-bought seeds just in case.

[@justyb2209]

I can’t wait to see all the stone work finished. Can’t wait to see what colour the shades for the veranda will be & watch the process of completing the roof. ✊🏾

[@TheIndigoEscape]

The shades have been installed but one last thing needs to be added. We are very happy with them! Soon, you'll see them! :)

[@justyb2209]

@@TheIndigoEscape ✊🏾

[@michaelcravens3767]

You should put some kind of cladding to close off the attic space, to keep the cats and other critters out, if nothing else. Also have you harvested your Olives trees yet, and how is the one you moved?

[@TheIndigoEscape]

We havent harvested the olives and many rot due to the excessive rain. Rain is bad for olives so it hasn't been a great year. We will however het some to brine them! The tree we moved it's alive, It needs another 1-2 to get back to how it was before.

[@travelinaway2707]

Hello and have a wonderful week ahead! ❤

[@daviddjerassi]

I look at other people renovating old properties in Portugal and Ireland they would make you weep no damp proof in walls crumbling brick work when they have finished all there hard back breaking work these properties are of little value always damp miserable sad places then i see your building with intelligence and beauty dry upright building that will last at least 100 years BRAVO i love your building it will be a palace in a few years .

[@TheIndigoEscape]

Thank you David, I really appreciate it :)

[@suzieq2958]

Looks absolutely great!! Although I do wonder why you didn't roof the complete lean-to so that the rain doesn't go down your back when it's wet? I agree about the satisfaction of collecting and growing your own seed. 😃

[@TheIndigoEscape]

Any closer, the rain would have splashed onto the stone wall and that would probably damage it overtime. We are due for some guttering on all the existign roofs and hopefully we find a way to harvest the water as well.

[@suzieq2958]

@@TheIndigoEscape I see, and too low to go all the way to the wall with another gutter along the joint, I suppose. Thank you for answering 🙂

[@patriciabrawner3717]

Loved your video the roof looked great very pretty & so useful. Have a blessed week

[@TheIndigoEscape]

Thank you! You too!l Patricia!

[@kellyh8347]

Fantastic work Andrea!!! Love it!

[@TheIndigoEscape]

Thank you so much!

[@marysutherland8570]

Hi! Its "Pan-lid Mary"! Congratulations on your little out-door kitchen area! It's beautiful! I so enjoy your videos! Personally, I would close the space above the new tile roof. You might have birds nesting up there, cats and whatever wild climbing critters that may come in from the woods! And it would complete the finished look! I've been collecting my flower's seeds too! I hope they'll grow for us both! I'm so impressed with Simon's abilities to create such an amazing rock wall! When you focused down the length of it, I literally felt my eyes pop open in amazement! What an incredible work of art! They were so beautifully colorful when they were wet! I watch a number of Chateau videos from over in France, and they sometimes use a sealer finish on stones, and it brings out that natural beauty. Something like Osmos? For stones, not the kind for wood. Just wondering... thanks again for bringing us along! Simon and your Hubby look so much alike! Are they twins?

[@TheIndigoEscape]

The cats lobe going there for some reason. The tippytoes (or tippy beans?) sound sat 5am are not fun. We might close it in the future. Might be a bit more difficult now but I gues its duable by sliding the tiles around. Osmos for stones! That sounds interesting. I'll have a look. We are going to have a stone internal wall so something like that would be amazing! Simon is my sister's husband.

[@doriskuhberger8559]

Greetings to you all. Good job all around. I did not know about saving the seeds from the flowers. That is a great idea. I have planted lots of flowers. Thank you for the tip. Thank you for sharing. Thoughts and Prayers. Love and Blessings. Doris, Penrith 🇦🇺🦘

[@TheIndigoEscape]

For the zinnias they need to be at the very bottom. They look like arrowheads. I didn't explain myself really well but you do get a good 10 seeds at least from one flower. Some of the zinnias that I was hoping to harvest here for seeds got rotten due to the excessive rain but harvesting seeds is so fantastic! I love it! Good luck with yours!

[@doriskuhberger8559]

@@TheIndigoEscape Thank you for the reply.

[@nerther7625]

Looks great. Good job everyone. Simon, your stonework looks amazing. How long have you been a Stone Mason.?

[@AnnemarieWillcox]

Great job

[@janp7943]

I love watching the brick work. It is beautiful. Also I loved you mentioned San Diego seed company. I live in San Diego and purchase my seeds from them. So nice to know all her seeds will grow in my garden. The zinna seeds are attached to the petals. Little triangle seeds. Its so satisfying to collect them. There are so many varieties of zinnas and cosmos. I haven't collected any cosmos so I'll go look today. I like how they reseed. Get your garlic bulbs and onion starts now as planting starts November thru January. I used to start my onions from seed till one of my youtuber said it was cheaper and easier to just buy the starts. My son-in-law is a youtuber in San diego. Check him out , Jacques in the garden. He also is a content writer on epic gardening also in san diego. I think you will enjoy both! See you next time. P.s. tell bridgette at SD seeds that you included her in your vid. She will get a kick out of it!❤

[@TheIndigoEscape]

Love that channel, I learn a lot with them. We are going to hopefully plant this week coming up. We have had so much rain, it has been impossible to be outside for a while but at least the soil should be nice and soft! So that's a win!

[@deborahmallabone1387]

Love the new area 😊

[@АксанаГаева]

Мамочка золотая❤

[@AnnelineVanderWesthuizen]

Looks great go all the way to the top❤

[@melinda5777]

I love the new space! Will you be able to use it on rainy days? I liked seeing your Mum in the video, even if it was a moment! It is a great idea what your doing with the flowers. Maybe now that I'm feeling 85% better I can try the same with the only flowers I was able to plant and them not die on me, lol! My neighbor across the street kept my grass cut in the front and the sides for me all summer. Now the back looks like a jungle. He calls it snakes. That was 3 months ago. I just told him if he doesn't like it clean it or don't look at it bc there was nothing I could do at that point! He is OCD!! I mean I'm glad he took it upon himself to do it. I tried to pay him. He just couldn't stand it,, LOL!! I'm very grateful! But it just feels weird. Well I've got to start exercising now and get my energy back. I see everything Y'all have accomplished this summer and I get down! But I'm physically feeling so much better! Ok, I'm going to shut up now bc I sound like a roller coaster up/down. And this comment spot is suppose to be about your video( IT'S ALL FANTASTIC!! AGAIN OMAR AND SIMON ARE TERRIFIC!!! I PRAY Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT WEEK! E CAREFUL ON THE MOTORCYCLE!! ✝️🙏❤🇺🇸🇵🇹👣☘🌻🌻🌻🍍💯

[@TheIndigoEscape]

Hello Melinda! It will once we have guttering! I am now quite aware of how I missed saying this on this video but I'll remember to do that on the next! Im glad you are feeling much better and your neighbour was so kind to help you with your grass. Neighbours are so key! Please don't get down from other people's progress. Remember Simon works here full-time so you will see a lot, we do NOTHING on weekends though haha. I think also doing youtube videos does gives us a bit of a kick in the butt but its important to also not go full-steam all the time due to exhaustion. You shouldn't be hard on yourself as well as you are just recovering, start slow and with only 1 task a day and see how you progress. Then do 2 tasks a day and so on. Im glad you are feeling much better!

[@mariatsan6907]

Very nice job gays

[@Anony_Mouses]

I much prefer seeing a WOMAN working out calculations, using the tools and building something while a man assist. Great job Andrea! I do much love your equal participation! Inspirational.

[@TheIndigoEscape]

hah Thank you! I appreciate it :)

[@carmenmariacortesmarin2664]

Beautiful❤❤❤

[@TomWilson-ir6uq]

You need a new stone drill 😅. Great work team!

[@TheSharrone]

Wonderful Job!

[@WendyNCBlue]

Great job ❤

[@AbigailGerlach-zt1sh]

I like the room on your outdoor space, but won't the rain drip down your backs when you stand at the counter?

[@TheIndigoEscape]

We will be adding guttering soon and send all the water to one place. We want to see how to harvest it as well so we can use it for the plants

[@NanciRathbun]

Omar, you lost a great opportunity to impress Andrea. The lyrics to Eric Clapton's song are, Yes you look wonderful tonight. (No woman wants to be told she looks alright!)

[@KING-pj1ok]

It's late in the evening She's wondering what clothes to wear She puts on her make up And brushes her long blonde hair And then she asks me, "Do I look alright?" And I say, "Yes, you look wonderful tonight" We go to a party And everyone turns to see This beautiful lady That's walking around with me And then she asks me, "Do you feel alright?" And I say, "Yes, I feel wonderful tonight" I feel wonderful Because I see the love light in your eyes And the wonder of it all Is that you just don't realize how much I love you It's time to go home now And I've got an aching head So I give her the car keys She helps me to bed And then I tell her, as I turn out the light I say, "My darling, you are wonderful tonight" Oh my darling, you are wonderful tonight

[@SandraH-i7h]

One of my favorite songs ❤

[@sherry2836]

Zinnia seeds are the little arrow shapes at the end of the dried petals. I'm not sure if you have addressed this already but why did you not extend the lean-to roof further out? Even another 6 inches would have given more coverage and still left room for water runoff to the ground to drain. Great job on the work done but just curious. Simon and Tony are awesome, as usual!😀

[@TheIndigoEscape]

We extended it as much as it was possible because anything longer would send the water towards the stone wall and damage it. We are going to add guttering along the whole roof and the drain to all the roofs (mums room, container and lean to roof) is next to the laundry area. We’ll explain it better next week.

[@sherry2836]

@@TheIndigoEscape Oh yes, guttering with a water containment barrel would be great for the gardens!

[@martinzb1612]

beautiful ...

[@raelabuschagne9934]

Well done

[@AbigailGerlach-zt1sh]

How about a recipe for Bacalau or Pastis de Nata? Cod and potato fried fritters?

[@TheIndigoEscape]

Pastais de Nata are tricky but I might give it a go :) Cod and potato fried fritters sound a bit like gold old fish and chips!

[@terenceneale7058]

You can get grill boxes to cover them

[@margaretlovelock7031]

Where do the cats sleep indoors or out?

[@DanSmith-v4l]

Great.

[@terenceneale7058]

AC will pump hot air into your outside kitchen if these are Nihon made you should mount them outside on the outer wall facing the road

[@TheIndigoEscape]

We are doing a kitchen but like a utility area, ao it should be fine. We might add a bit of a trellis to cover it. We are usually using the place to wash clothes so its not a palce we will be at for a long period of time. Thanks for the suggestions!

[@isabelfarist221]

❤❤

[@Eddi.M.]

Why didn't you treat the rafters and battens?

[@TheIndigoEscape]

its in episode from two weeks ago

[@coby6417]

👍👏🌟🍀💐

[@HazelBrookes]

Did Simon build his own home in Portugal or did he and your sister move into a completed home.? Glad to see Omar back. Very nice completion to the laundry area.

[@TheIndigoEscape]

They also bought a ruin and renovated it :)

[@margaretlovelock7031]

@@TheIndigoEscapethat was pretty obvious to me.

[@АксанаГаева]

Кухня закрыта, а попа под дождем 😂

[@TheIndigoEscape]

Gutters :)

[@brianquinn5060]

A woman touch means a lot.