Starting a homestead in Portugal from the ground up - Year 1 Time Lapse

Here it is! Our first special documenting the 1st year of our homesteading journey.
We realised there is a real lack of good quality documentaries about basics of homesteading so we made it our mission to develop a feature lenght film over the next few years whilst taking our audience on this journey with us.
Thank you for watching and supporting.
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🚐 We are a digital nomad couple experiencing van life in Portugal whilst exploring the idea of minimalism. Join us on our off grid tiny house journey and subscribe to our vlog to stay up to date as we build our little house off grid.
🎥 We filmed this using the following:
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00:00 Van Life and Buying land in Portugal
01:39 First steps on a newly bought piece of land
03:22 Getting ready for a big move
05:40 Driving to Portugal (Van towing caravan)
06:36 Initial off grid set up
08:55 Step 1 of building a homestead - compost bin
11:39 Step 2 of building a homestead - safety
21:10 Step 3 of building a homestead - starting a food forest
22:50 Harvesting and processing olives
30:07 Pruning olive trees
35:21 Challenges of building a homestead
37:32 Dealing with muddy ground
42:31 Land tour

[@hilda4114]

Great Job!!! Maybe consider building a temporary roof over the trailer and extend it over the front so you have shade from the sun and a place out of the rain. Another couple had the same issue with their trailer & they made a temp. shelter out of whatever they found at the recycling place or what others threw out..they even used old doors with windows for side walls.. Its serving them well. Good luck!!! Looks like an exciting adventure.

[@HoneymoonCampers]

That's a great idea! it would probably help to regulate the temperature inside too :-)) We need to think about this one, thank you for the tip! all the best

[@TomWilson-ir6uq]

Fantastic project. Wishing you all the very best 😊

[@HoneymoonCampers]

thank you ❤️ all the best

[@Kontuuu1992]

Gratulacje to musiał być satysfakcjonujący rok ! Podziwiam za ogrom pracy i serca jaki wkładacie w ogarnięcie wszystkiego własnymi rękoma. Cudnie to wyglada! ❤Aż człowiek sie rozmarzył czy aby napewno nie potrzebuje działki do swojego vana 😂Życzę już tylko słonecznych dni !

[@HoneymoonCampers]

dziekujemy bardzo!! planujemy mieć miejsce na 2 kampery więc kto wie, może kiedyś zaprosimy :D pozdrowienia

[@fernandarosa4996]

Feliz Ano Novo ❤🇵🇹

[@MERCVISION0131]

This is fantastisz! 🥰

[@HoneymoonCampers]

thank you! happy new year

[@omarZZQQ]

The land start to look better and nicer. Happy new year.

[@HoneymoonCampers]

thank you and happy new year!!

[@donaldmackinnon5779]

Happy new year to you both. Hope all goes well for you in 2024. Have a great one.😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@HoneymoonCampers]

thank you. happy new year to you yoo!!

[@nikandjb1]

Happy new year....I'm looking forward to seeing everything that you achieve in 2024 🙂

[@HoneymoonCampers]

thank you. happy new year!

[@kmgameiro3036]

feliz ano novo from dallas texas usa

[@HoneymoonCampers]

thank you and all the best ❤️

[@keithwilds1579]

Hi guys good luck in future ventures, a word of warning any wood you use needs to be treated before the woodworms come calling!

[@HoneymoonCampers]

thanks! luckily wood for the fence was treated but compost bin wood wasn't.... 👀

[@keithwilds1579]

There are a lot of pit falls when starting your journey, so something else to look out for is pine tree processionary caterpillars, not good for you and quite deadly for any pets. Be safe.

[@JKindero]

I like how you made a cutting list for the gate. I always eye ball everything :D

[@HoneymoonCampers]

😜

[@RevGerryRM]

You should collect the rocks from the property, fill in the ruts, AND THEN, put gravel down!!!!!!!!

[@HoneymoonCampers]

good idea. we'll see how the current solution holds up and readjust if needed

[@TheGoodlifeoffgrid]

I just found your channel take care 😊

[@HoneymoonCampers]

take care ❤️

[@LittleChena]

So you don’t want to build a house, just living in the trailer?

[@LittleChena]

… also, you really butchered the trees. Sorry, to say so. That was hurtful! 😢

[@HoneymoonCampers]

we have a house project build approved by the camara and we are working towards building it

[@antoniodasilva1230]

The tree's are going to be fine

[@volosachthetrudovik5186]

You're a beautiful woman

[@HoneymoonCampers]

🫣🫣🫣🫣

[@grahamsfarmportugal2022]

U alive? 😂 2months no video 😢

[@HoneymoonCampers]

yes we are! we're working on a new video as we speak 😉 thank you for asking!!

[@thelandofmint]

Oh my God! You've damaged those trees. Please you need someone who knows how to prune olive trees. It's NOT something anyone can do. I moved from London UK over ten years ago to the mountains in central Italy and first thing I did is I asked a local old man to show me how to prune the olive trees. Please, please, don't do that with any trees, ask, pruning trees is science/ a precise method to cut some of the branches to make the tree produce more. What you did with that olive tree will take years for it to recover, if it recovers. Please don't, it breaks my heart to see that done to ancient trees.

[@HoneymoonCampers]

that's good advice - appreciate it

[@antoniodasilva1230]

Dude the tree's are going to jump back I've had hundred year old olive tree's cut down one inch from the ground and guess what they are back almost twenty feet tall with instead of one tree it's looking like five for one and yes for these years they are full of olives

[@HoneymoonCampers]

thanks for this 🙌🏻