The WORST weather on our farm in Portugal

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We didn't quite realise just how bad the weather was going to get in central Portugal, apparently this is the second or actually third time it's been unusually stormy and very wet! Regardless of storm aline and the heavy rain we do a few jobs around the farm and have a couple of nice walks to see what changes on the land with the season. At least the trees are getting watered and we find a nice watery surprise in the secret pathway :D.
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[@anadasilva7964]

Your land is beautiful, we may not like all the rain but the fruit trees are loving it.

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

Thanks so much 😃 we love it too! Couldn’t be happier and the fruit trees certainly seem happy too 🌧️ muita chuva

[@joaomramalho1]

You have to be careful they don’t eat too much fruit, my parents’ dogs always put on 2/3 kg during fig season! :-)

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

They needed to put on a few pounds anyway as they lost a bit of weight due to the summer heat. 2/3kg is a lot 🤦🏻‍♀️😅 the vets say our doggies are a good weight as they are now which is excellent 😃 we regularly weigh them and monitor it

[@maryjanevasconcellos9013]

Stunning landscape! That region is gorgeous even with rain, which I love it. Regarding the persimmons, I always eat the soft and red ones. They are excellent! Have a lovely weekend and thank you for the video!

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

It sure is, we feel so at home and peace in the mountains 🏔️ it’s just beautiful. Yes I agree the soft and red ones are best 😃👌 thanks so much we hope you had a good weekend too! Thanks for watching

[@rootsdownhomestead]

The lake is looking amazing!🙌 Love the progress of your trees aswell. So much rain though, we’ve had it non stop this week, good for the land though 🙌

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

We think so too 😃 but still a long list of things we’d love to do on the land. Yeah it’s great to see the farm turn green again and the water has been great for the trees. Nice work on the walls, gravel laying and trees in your vid 😎

[@CT-eq9km]

Persimmon (dióspiro in Portuguese) is one of my favourite fruits. I only like the soft ones, that are sweeter and juicier.

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

Me too! Soft and juicy is my preference 🤤 I think it is my favourite as well! Tastes so good - especially straight off the tree

[@silmatar778]

i have read that they don't make good jams, however they have a relatively medium to long shelf life

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

Interesting, we didn’t make a jam with them but we are thinking about maybe a curry 🍛

[@jameshunt2905]

Ha! Finally saw a good shot of the persimmons. They are in fact Fuyu, which means they can be eaten when firm as opposed to the more oblong shaped that have to wait til they are super soft. For that matter you might look up the types of persimmon that grow in Portugal. There you might find greater confidence in what you have there and when they are good to eat!

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

Yes we believe they are fuyu too after looking them up due to the shape and they have a sweeter taste apparently - very nice! They are best to eat when soft in my opinion after doing my own test as I heard from a few different people about eating them hard or soft. My verdict is soft because it tastes better 😃 I’m sure there’s varying opinions but that’s mine

[@neutonrenda2303]

That lake adds so much to your property, it's really beautiful.👍

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

Thank you so much, we absolutely love it and looking forward to spending time in that part of the farm in the future especially as we plan to clean it and decorate it more

[@suefeatherstone5329]

Definitely needed the rain right! It looks lush in parts because of it🌟 you're doing an amazing job guys💯

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

The land is certainly turning green again 😃 it’s so nice now it’s not crispy and brown and the sound of flowing water through the lake is just beautiful ❤️ Awh thanks so much

[@MichaelOKeefe734]

Your drone shots look like you aren’t too far from a ruin we bought. Looked like Souto da Casa in one shot and we are a few miles or so south of there. Good luck with your home projects!

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

Thanks so much! Maybe see you around 😃

[@spawnyvsbatman]

Everything is so green it's hard to believe when I was there in July all you could see was just brown!!

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

It changed so fast too within a week of the heavy rain it was green again. Amazing

[@donnamaree2311]

I dont know how l managed to miss your vlogs, caught up now. Another awesome vlog xx

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

Thanks so much Aussie friend 😃 x

[@donaldmackinnon5779]

Love the little add in clips you done well good. Think the dogs like them also. Glad it’s all coming together for you.🎉🎉

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

Glad you enjoy our content 😃👌 Awh thanks so much! Just need to get this house renovation started 😬

[@louistorcello3525]

Watching you feed the dogs persimmons took me back to when my dogs use to eat my fallen mangoes. One of them stashed the mangoes behind our compost heap and waited till they fermented. It took a couple of days to realise he did not have a sore leg or was ill but was drunk every afternoon. The mushroom idea is brilliant try shitake, oyster, lions' mane and turkey tails. Once inoculated they can be harvested after 1-2 years and will produce for at least 7 years. Treat mint badly mow it walk on it mint loves not being overprotected. If the fig is a great producer wait until winter. Once it has lost all its leaves and is dormant take 2-3 good cuttings and pot in late spring plant out in prepared ground. Following from Australia

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

😅👌 your dog knew what he was doing! Getting pissed up on mangoes 🥭 haha! Trixie (the light coloured one) absolutely loves eating everything she can find on the floor she goes to all of the trees that she knows have bared fruit before 😅 checking on the floor. Nice! Thanks so much for your suggestion. I think we have some turkey tail growing out of some old wooden fencing. Yeah we’ve recently learnt about the mint being invasive hopefully we’ll get a tractor soon and cut it all back. Excellent I think we will do that with 2 trees that are good produced both are different varieties of fig. Awh thanks so much for your comment 😃

[@kathybaugh3823]

Stunning views even in the cloud and rain. 😊❤

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

The view from the farm is changing everyday it’s wonderful 😃❤️

[@module79l28]

Worst weather? I'm sure your farm and Nature in general would beg to differ. 😉 Since the weather is going from extreme to extreme these days, my advice (although you probably already do that anyway 😄) is to check the IPMA site everyday for weather warnings and info about the atlantic storms that can affect mainland Portugal because due to its location, the Azores anti-cyclone is letting them all go through to mainland Europe. About the name of the storm: the "ali" in Aline should sound like the "ali" in Alice rather than the "ali" in align. 🙂 No news on the HDD yet?

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

“The worst weather on our farm in Portugal (that we’ve experienced)” didn’t quite have the same ring to it 😅 also apparently storm aline brought weather that was record breaking in the last 100 years from my research 🤔 Thanks for your suggestion I haven’t been looking at that website just normal weather apps, and the government are quite good at sending out text messages when it’s bad wind and rain recently. Thanks for my Portuguese lesson 🤓 The HD is currently in the Netherlands with its manufacturer who are trying to recover the data for us 🤞 hopefully we hear from them next week. Thanks for asking 😃

[@module79l28]

@@jonnyandsamofficial - Those text messages are from the Civil Protection (Protecção Civil in Portuguese), hence the name of the sender: ProCiv. I'm curious about one thing: did the messages come in Portuguese or in English? The IPMA is the national weather institute (IPMA stands for 'Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera') and their website also has the English language option. The phone weather apps' forecasts are always hit or miss, since they don't have access to the data from all the weather stations around the country or the years of knowledge about the weather behaviour in Portugal like the IPMA. Besides the weather, they also provide info about other subjects that might interest you, like agriculture, drought reports or rural fires. 🙂

[@neutonrenda2303]

Have never seen them before, going to be on the lookout, sounds yummy.👍

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

Let us know if you’re ever in Fundão in the ripe time of year we’ll bring you some 😃 they’re pretty much finished now due to the bad weather I imagine. There’s still some on the tree but they need sun to ripen 🤔 by the looks of it

[@neutonrenda2303]

When I do go to Portugal I would definitely like to visit meet you guys. Hoping within the next year, going to be looking at property across Europe.👍❤

[@armandocamoesas6563]

Sam há duas variedades dessa fruta. Uma chamamos dióspiros de roer.

[@joaomramalho1]

Also get a hand on the mint, it will take over the whole field, you should try and contain it. For Asiatic hornets call the authorities, they will take care of it (GNR, Proteção Civil, Bombeiros do Fundão...). It is not advisable to deal with it yourselves...

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

Thanks for the tips regarding the mint we didn’t realise it was invasive. We have European hornets on our farm so unfortunately the authorities won’t deal with them for us

[@gundisaluusmenendiz]

My father in law used to put a small branch of Mint behind his ear so the gnats would stay away when working in the yard.

[@maryjanevasconcellos9013]

Does it work? Thanks!

[@gundisaluusmenendiz]

@@maryjanevasconcellos9013 I never tried but, he swore by it that it works!

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

Interesting 🤔 we haven’t had any bad gnat problems… does it work for flies though do you know? They can get pretty bad when there’s sheep around

[@gundisaluusmenendiz]

@@jonnyandsamofficial Gnats, mosquitos maybe even flies, I was actually thinking Jonny should stuff the hole in the tree where the wasps are at, see if it would work there, lol have to do it at night....

[@mariaaldinavalerio9780]

Essa fruta é chamada de Namastê 💖 😘 dióspiro maçã ❤

[@chr11sf]

👍

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

😎

[@elisiocampos7481]

The persimonharder if you give time it become red and is like others

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

Yes we much prefer them soft and juicy

[@portugal1969]

😄

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

Thanks for watching 😃

[@manuelrodrigues6083]

I think your diospiro tree is a diospiro apple, or you woudn´t be able to eat it hard. I like them between hard and soft.

[@neutonrenda2303]

😂 How juicy?😌

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

So juicy it’s slapping me in the face 😅😅

[@neutonrenda2303]

Love it 😂

[@brian-rk1gj]

hiya..i notice that you have several uk registered vehicles and you need to carefully plan your strategy going forward with these..uk registered vehicles are allowed in Portugal only for 6 months in ant 12 months period unless the matriculation process is underway and it is illegal for a Portuguese resident to drive a uk registered car unless it is in the matriculation process..when you become resident you are permitted to bring and register free of tax one vehicle that has to have been registered in your name in the uk for 6 months prior to your residency..there are various other requirements that must be met also and these are strictly applied...without the "tax free" import the cost of matriculating a UK vehicle usually make it an uneconomic exercise...please consider this matter..I was threatened with confiscation of my pick up and fined almost 800 euros for going beyond the 6 months..good luck with all your projects..

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

Thanks Brian, it’s now on our list of things to do and we are starting the process of matriculation very soon now we have our residency approved. Sorry to hear you had trouble with yours

[@mertenspeter4680]

These so called 'funny' in between images spoil your video. I quit.