A HUGE TURNING POINT 🇵🇹

A MASSIVE TURNING POINT for us on the our off grid abandoned Portuguese farm! ROOF and TURBINE deliveries plus a new THRONE!!!!!!

[@KimLeeExplore]

Noooooooo! How dare you! You’ve left us hanging on three projects we’re excited to see (barn roof, compost loo and water turbine)! Wow! What a week. Such inspiring work 🎉

[@THESCOTTERS]

😂 sorry about that! We are so excited to share it all with you! Thank you so much for watching ☺️

[@jeanhecker4533]

You fit so much good content into your videos. Loved seeing the girls in pretty dresses picking strawberries. 👍🏻

[@THESCOTTERS]

Oh thank you so much that’s kind to say! They love a pretty dress ☺️

[@izby2652]

Hi, incase you weren't aware, you can also make leaf mould, which is a great light weight soil perfect for potting up. just collect a huge pile of leaves (I use pallets screwed together for my compost bins and leaf mould bins). Leave the leaf pile from 1 year for 2 years and you'll have beautiful potting soil. I start a new bin the next year for another leaf mould, so generally have 2 leaf mould piles going at once. Just be sure to collect a huge pile because it reduces a lot and its beautiful stuff to add to veg beds and use for potting.

[@THESCOTTERS]

This is such a great tip thank you so much!! We have so many trees that we definitely have enough leaves 🍂

[@Susan.I]

Your neighbors have lived their a long time and learned what the soil needs to grow its best vegetables!!

[@THESCOTTERS]

They sure do know a lot, it’s amazing when they share their knowledge with us! ☺️

[@davidstoddard9160]

Full sun is really important for gardens also, while at the same time , have filtered shade is also necessary to keep the heat down, and still give sunshine for plant growth.

[@THESCOTTERS]

I’m wondering if I have enough sun done there? I thought it was a good place as shaded partly in the summer but maybe to much so? Thank you for watching ☺️

[@sue7190]

Great progress. You work so hard but look so happy. Hats off. Your channel has fast become one of my favourites. Varied content from a lovely inspiring family.

[@THESCOTTERS]

Sue thank you for your kind words! Yes hard work but your right we are super happy! 🥰

[@deidrespencer5467]

A wonderful video, Kayla! Your "home" is going ahead in leaps & bounds. Looking forward to seeing the water turbine in action! Hooray from Australia 🇦🇺 👏

[@THESCOTTERS]

Thank you so much! We are getting there! ☺️

[@ehudtokatly9287]

How exciting! I love your moves toward a more sustainable, off-grid living - both the compost toilet and the water turbine. Absolutely brilliant! Good luck.

[@THESCOTTERS]

Thank you so much! We are getting there ☺️

[@TheHavasu_77]

Oooh!! Those metal roof sheets are pre insulated?!?! I’m so glad that you picked green! 🥰💚 The little bathroom is gonna be so cute and I love the little window! Also, great job on cleaning up the yard clutter, beautiful! 💚✨

[@nickfosterxx]

fwiw my brother made a composting toilet in a shed using an old council recycling flip top bin, about chest high. Cut a hole in the floor and a shallow dip in the soil, steps up into the shed, a wall to wall slab of wood with a toilet hole and lid, air pipe and fluid separator drain. Worked perfectly, took a year to fill, wheel it out of the back of the shed, slot in another one. Leave it a good few months to finish composting. No smell ever. Inoculate early on with a few spadefuls of soil and leaf litter. Decorate with led solar light strip, astroturf carpet, bookshelf etc. The lip of the slab conceals the front bit of the bin so you don't even notice it.

[@THESCOTTERS]

Wow that sounds amazing what a great idea with the old bin we will look in to that! I’m excited to get the toilet up and running! ☺️ thank you so watching!

[@tinawelle7766]

another very good fertilizer is nettle manure. You can make it yourself . It needs one week , then you can use it . Its great food and protector for all the plants and then you can watch them grow 🤩

[@THESCOTTERS]

Oh that’s a great tip thank you so much I will try this we have a lot of nettles too! ☺️ thank your for watching!

[@joanbroadway759]

That barn is looking absolutely amazing. It's going to be a great space for all of your stuff while you're working on the stone house. Every week, Pudding is significantly bigger. It's amazing watching her grow.

[@THESCOTTERS]

Really is such a great space and like you say we are going move all our stuff in to it when the big work starts! I know she is growing so fast bless her!! Thank you for watching ☺️

[@assuncaomeireles198]

Minha querida amiga porquê nao compra uma vaca alem de terem muito leite para as suas adoraveis crianças ficavam com um composto fantástico para a plantaçao . Gosto muito do seu canal sao uma familia muito simpatica que eu adoro. ❤🇬🇧🇬🇧🐅🐅🐎🐤🐥

[@rachelfrees1268]

Great video. Your soil needs lots of improvement. The girls are so girlish in their dresses, love it.❤

[@THESCOTTERS]

Thank you so much! We have been told it’s good soil but your right I think we need to add alot of compost ☺️

[@rosbeaton637]

Great progress! Loved the footage of the girls in the garden! How fortunate your children are.

[@THESCOTTERS]

Thank you so much! Aww it’s their favourite thing to do! ☺️

[@arjanvogel6444]

Hot water panels for the shower can be handy to many people like to shower outside.

[@THESCOTTERS]

Great idea thank you 😊

[@jamesrivis620]

Good energy guys !!!! Loved the kids picking strawberries.

[@THESCOTTERS]

Thank you so much! Aww It’s their favourite thing to do ☺️🍓

[@JudySnyder-dv5ld]

Teaching your children how to grow snd harvest their own food is priceless.

[@THESCOTTERS]

Sure is feel so lucky to have the chance to do so ☺️

[@annetteweston4135]

Nice to see you went with the metal roof I asked my husband about the solar again and he said cos you have got the insulated metal you will have to have special screws and fitting for it also said you need to cut all the trees down cos you have hardly any sun on it ...he actually sat and watched this

[@THESCOTTERS]

That’s great advice thank you! Yes we will definitely need trim the trees if we do put the solar up there! ☺️

[@arjanvogel6444]

Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless us all in divine light and so it is, good work 👍😁💪👌👏👏👏

[@THESCOTTERS]

Thank you so much! ☺️

[@joshuaking7916]

What an incredible week!! Toilet is going to be amazing!

[@THESCOTTERS]

Thank you so much! We can’t wait to get it done! ☺️

[@blakehahn-atlantaga8510]

Hi Kayla! You should do a few cooking vlogs to share some if your favorite recipes! Great vlog this week! So much progress!

[@THESCOTTERS]

Thank you so much Blake, I would love to start doing some cooking vlogs, we are limited on kitchen space at the moment as we are still in the bus but would love to when we have our kitchen built ☺️

[@lindabrooks8242]

Ready to raise the roof! You guys are busy, and the progress you're making is outstanding. ❤

[@THESCOTTERS]

Thank you so much Linda ☺️

[@pnewc8588]

A subcompact tractor would be awesome … I thought my husband was nutty wanting one but it’s helped tremendously!

[@THESCOTTERS]

Wouldn’t it be amazing! Hopefully one day ☺️

[@tinamccolm9978]

AWESOME Scotters xx👌👌👌👌👌

[@THESCOTTERS]

Thank you so much!! ☺️

[@bevmacca6622]

Fabulous progress again guys, looking forward to next weeks video already 😄

[@THESCOTTERS]

Thank you so much Bev! ☺️

[@kathrinethompson5687]

Love the poo with a view ! Perfect ❤

[@THESCOTTERS]

😂 yes exactly! ☺️

[@joannecalcutt6724]

So glad you can get lots done now before it really gets hot. I’m really enjoying your channel. You seem to be enjoying the journey as you go and including the children as well. That is building a life there and living your lives to the best. So amazing and wonderful for the family. 🥰🥰

[@THESCOTTERS]

Yes for sure we are trying to get lots done before it gets too hot! I’m so glad your enjoying the videos ☺️we are certainly enjoying building our new life and sharing it with you all! ☺️

[@ilonakatalindako-tolman5545]

Pretty cool ...nice meeting you....having lived in Portugal for a 1 1/2 and traveled north and south around Portugal and lived in Lisboa and Cintra were I lived for 4 months during winter time...I became familiar with the climate and the nature in the different areas of Portugal...the challenge was living close to the airport where winds were pretty strong during winter time climate was very extremity humid, but how I loved the spring and summer season...very long days and beautiful sunny days. Adorable flowers and delicious fruits and salads... loving memories and very nice seeing your farming 😊❤

[@THESCOTTERS]

Lovely meeting you too…isn’t Portugal the best..the seasons/food people the list goes on! Thank you so much for watching ☺️

[@missglenellen]

Seeing all the steps of the development of this beautiful barn is sooo nice. Great idea for the compost toilet too.

[@THESCOTTERS]

So glad your enjoying watching it go up! Yes its definitely needed ☺️

[@lauriewhitlock8137]

Badger, seeing you work in what my husband and I call construction flip flops brings back memories of projects past. 😊

[@THESCOTTERS]

😂 Badger loves a construction flip Flop!

[@davidstoddard9160]

I think you need to do some of that cardboard and than alot of compost on top and good rich soil and all of these things takes time. Also I think planting too close is a lot of gardeners faults

[@THESCOTTERS]

Ohh that’s a good idea! Yes definitely need better compost! And I also think I might of planted to close! 😬 hopefully I will know for next year! ☺️

[@OnTheFlipSide]

Well done guys. Great to see the kids enjoying the fruits of their labor. 🍓🍓🍓

[@THESCOTTERS]

Thank you so much☺️

[@melaniepoulton6738]

You were so busy this week! Great content. Can't wait to see that roof go on-another big job! Have a great week-those strawberries look delicious!

[@THESCOTTERS]

Yes we have a busy old time… thank you so much for watching! They were delicious strawberries 🍓

[@moniquevelasco20]

Happy Mothers Day Kayla!💐 Amazing job guys, well done. Love and be safe!😘🤗🌼🇻🇪

[@THESCOTTERS]

Thank you so much that’s so lovely to say! ☺️

[@reneegoodin1317]

I just love watching you guys...❤

[@THESCOTTERS]

Aww thank you so much! ☺️

[@Joaopinetree]

Yeah some of the spices are not comum around here and most of the chillis that we use it's piri-piri and some similar, if you want to find more seeds try in small agriculture stores, there's one near citroen, you have a bit more choices there. To find some asian ingredients there's a supermarket in Porto called supermercado asiático en Praça da Republica. I hope it helps ;)

[@THESCOTTERS]

Ahh João that’s so helpful thank you! I will definitely check that out! And I will be going to the supermarket in Porto as soon as I can sounds perfect 🤩

[@ateliersarahanahoryvapaos]

Hello! Congratulations for the beautiful farm in the forest. I am not a specialist but imagine your lettuces would thrive better in a sunnier place. Good-luck with it all and até breve! 💚

[@THESCOTTERS]

Hello thank you so much! Yes I think so too they definitely didn’t get enough sunshine 🌞

[@robinscotter9268]

Again awesome!!

[@THESCOTTERS]

Thank you so much! ☺️

[@marcosilva6290]

Amazing work guys. You should get solar panels for the barn roof. Keep the good work.💪💪 Stay lovely as always. Cheers.

[@THESCOTTERS]

Thank you so much! Well we have the solar on the bus at the moment but the barn roof is a great idea!! ☺️

[@thesimpleplan]

Smashed it! Very productive week! Those generators look awesome! Look forward to seeing those get set up and the roof going on 😃👌🏼

[@THESCOTTERS]

Thank you so much! Yes an exciting week ahead! ☺️

[@davidfellowes1628]

Love your roofing material. I have seen it used elsewhere in Portugal to good effect.

[@THESCOTTERS]

It’s great isn’t it…also good at keep the heat out when it’s super hot as it’s insulated ☺️ thank you for watching

[@Aotruba]

May I ask - what district of Northern Portugal are you located? I love your location and the waterfalls. I am retiring end of this year and will move to Portugal. I am also interested in Northern Portugal - like Coimbra District. Your views are breathtaking! ❤👍🥰👍 Great job and progress!!!🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏

[@THESCOTTERS]

That’s exciting we love it so much! We are in the Porto district ☺️ Thank you so much for watching!

[@jamescollins3405]

I am very interested in your hydroelectric system can't wait for your video

[@THESCOTTERS]

We can’t wait to get it all set up ☺️ stay tuned!

[@mariamiskimmon5437]

Great video ❤…

[@THESCOTTERS]

Thank you so much ☺️

[@myriambrouard]

Bravo à vous , une belle famille ! 😍❤

[@THESCOTTERS]

Obrigada ☺️

[@luminyam6145]

Great video, thank you.

[@THESCOTTERS]

Glad you liked it! ☺️

[@00528hz]

Soil its all in the soil! Good watch is Morag Gamble no dig gardening.

[@THESCOTTERS]

Ohh I will check that out thank you! ☺️

[@michaelwerner3430]

Saludos desde Chiapas, México. Great to see such progress on the barn. Chicken manure is great if it's really well composted. I think sycamore is a great tree for wood burners. Fingers crossed!

[@THESCOTTERS]

This is great to know thank you so much! ☺️

[@DavidWilson-wx1du]

Hi purchase some worms for the compost toilet and had any veg .All looking well for the summer

[@THESCOTTERS]

Great idea I will be sure to have a research to see if I can get any! ☺️thank you for watching!

[@denisemastromina7821]

We used the roofing you have bought you must buy the aluminium ends to cover the foam insulation we weren't told about it with the result of the insulation degrading from the sun and weather plus the aluminium has completely rusted up and we have to renew it. It hasn't been 10yrs very disappointed. Buy the end panels spend the time to silicone/seal it to the roofing boards. They will last longer. I'm really enjoying your videos 😊

[@THESCOTTERS]

This is such a great tip thank you so much! Sorry to hear yours didn’t last as long as you had hoped though! We will definitely get the ends covered up! Thank you for watching ☺️

[@diannec4372]

You are amazing! Wow! Loving the progress x

[@THESCOTTERS]

Thank you so much that’s so kind to say! ☺️

[@lfuentes4098]

Looks like all the weeds around your veggies are sling water and nutrients. Hopefully the poo n straw will help.

[@THESCOTTERS]

Yes for sure I definitely need to do a big weeding session they pop up so quickly 😅 Thank you for watching ☺️

[@cherylemaybury9967]

You need to be careful putting chicken manure on your plants. It is too hot for them and will burn them. You can put in the soil surrounding the plants but don’t let it touch the plant. I always let my chickens into my garden at the end of the season so they can have what is left and so they can poop all over it. I dig it into the soil and leave it for the following year to then plant my vegetables in it. 😊

[@THESCOTTERS]

Yes I had heard this about the chicken poo burning the plants I will make sure it’s not touching them thank you for reminding me! Love the idea about the chickens I can’t wait to get ours we will definitely be doing the same! ☺️

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

If you want to have a productive vegetable garden you must have full sun all day long. That means cutting down all of the trees that now shade your garden area. And you must have the ability to do a deep root watering at leat once a week. For this season, I would buy some conventional 10-10-10 fertilizer and apply as directed. The chicken poo with all the straw should really compost for one year. That material looks like it just came out of the coop. Too fresh. The fresh chicken manure will jump start you compost pile if you mix it in on the next turn. There is nothing wrong with using commercial products (potting soil, fertilizers) in the first year or two as you are getting established. In the grand scheme - it's just fine. I'd suggest a kitchen garden potager) just outside your kitchen so you have quick and easy access when you are in the throes of cooking. If your kitchen window looks out on your potager - it's even better. 😊 The term for clearing the undesirable trees and competing vegetation in the area surrounding a desirable sapling is to "release". That is a very real strategy to encourage the desirable species to become dominant. Being a good steward of a woodlot means exactly what you are doing. Keeping undesirable vegetation (like brambles) in check is a good reason to have two milk goats and an easily relocated bit of electric fencing.

[@THESCOTTERS]

Yes I think ours is maybe to shaded I need to watch it through the summer, get tips about the fertiliser thank you so much! ☺️

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

@@THESCOTTERS 10-10-10 Is equal parts nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. (NPK) It is a multi purpose can't go wrong suggestion. To really do it right (for next season) you need to have a soil sample tested in a lab.

[@joanbroadway759]

What do the neighbors think about all the progress you're making?

[@THESCOTTERS]

They have been really excited! Not sure how impressed they are with my veggie patch 😂 but they love the barn!

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

You'll never sand all of that cladding. Too much surface area. Your only option at this point is to oil it and nail it up rough. If you really wanted it smooth, you should had had the sawmill run it through their thickness planer - one 1 side or S1S. They likely could have ripped it to a common width S3S so you had consistency for lap siding. The only option now is to hang it vertically and use battens over the joints.

[@THESCOTTERS]

Thank you so much for your message, yes we should of asked the saw mill to do it, we are just going to sand it roughly to get the colour back a bit but at least we know for next time ☺️

[@ladyofquills]

I love seeing all your progress here! It's wonderful! Was that turbine a homemade product or something? It seemed like the plexiglass was unfinished and the way it was boxed didn't seem like a professional kind of boxing either, so I'm curious if you had it made for you or if it was refurbished or...?

[@THESCOTTERS]

Thank you so much I’m glad your enjoying it! Great question it’s from an amazing company called Power spout, it’s a new one but has a protective removable film on the little window that we need to remove ☺️

[@marianneaas937]

( Englich is not my first language, so spelling and maybe using the right word can be difficult for me). A very good furtaliser/ manure is urine. You have to mix with water before you put it on the plants. Some say 90 % vater. I normaly do about 2 third water. It works very good.

[@THESCOTTERS]

Your English is amazing thank you for your message, I have heard this that it’s very good to use urine I will definitely look in to it more thank you so much 😊

[@bs6281]

Most likely neighbours garden soil is built up over years. That makes a difference

[@THESCOTTERS]

Yes I would imagine your right! We need to try and make our the best we can or move better soil from other parts of the land. Thank you for watching! ☺️

[@deedavies7194]

If you save banana skins an pop them in water for a week or two l skin in a pint of water makes four litres, it i full of potassium an just use once a week good look x

[@THESCOTTERS]

Wow what a great tip thank you so much! We will try that for Sure! ☺️

[@deedavies7194]

@@THESCOTTERS don't put it on seeds as to strong if you water it down again For spraying new seedlings an to keep the soil damp until they are atleast four inches high x

[@margaretobrien1538]

Love your videos ❤ enjoy your life

[@THESCOTTERS]

Thank you so much! ☺️

[@terra7066]

You step on Lemongrass everywhere you walk in Portugal , that's why you don't find it in the supermarket , your neighbours might have plenty. The Portuguese don't use lemongrass for cooking , they use it as a medicinal green tea , it is called Chá Príncipe (Prince tea) , don't go buying Pink Pepper because it is a decorative tree that you can find in town streets and squares all over the country , Oregano and Thyme are wild plants that you may find in the supermarkets but are cultivated and are absolutely scentless and tasteless comparing to the wild ones.

[@THESCOTTERS]

No way I had know idea this so great to know I will ask them for sure!! I love lemongrass would be incredible to find it wild! We have wild oregano which I’m excited to harvest and I think a type of thyme too! Amazing what you can find isn’t it! Thank you so much for watching ☺️

[@alanwilkins139]

❤️👍

[@THESCOTTERS]

Thank you ☺️

[@marierobson8144]

👍💪❤️

[@THESCOTTERS]

Thank you so much ☺️

[@duartemonteiro7463]

👌👍❤❤😊😊

[@THESCOTTERS]

Thank you for watching ☺️

[@reneegoodin1317]

Why does lettuce look brown around the edges? Is it different soil where you live?

[@THESCOTTERS]

Ohh not sure I will have to check them again! Thank you for watching ☺️

[@reneegoodin1317]

I think I learning a lot about things in other area's of the world! ❤

[@peternicho]

All of your plants would grow faster and bigger if you fed them with manure, ou can also mix it with water and give it in liquid form for use in the greenhouse.

[@THESCOTTERS]

Great idea about the liquid manure too! Thank you ☺️

[@Susan.I]

Yes, your soil needs compost and added to that is chicken poo!

[@THESCOTTERS]

Yes for sure thank you 😊

[@hvanderp578]

Most probably not enough water. Did y put a lot of new earth down before you planted?

[@THESCOTTERS]

I’m wondering this too! Maybe need to up the watering! No I didn’t put any new soil done just what was there, looking forward to next veg season when we have enough compost ☺️

[@hvanderp578]

@@THESCOTTERS definitely need to put good growing compost mixed with good soil down before y plant and water every day a bit

[@ehrenfriedklemt4031]

⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@THESCOTTERS]

Thank you for watching ☺️

[@GlendaHayward]

Not very tall at 6 ft 3, my ex husband is 6 ft 7 and both my sons are 6 ft 4 and I am only 5 ft and both my daughter in laws are under 5 ft.☺

[@THESCOTTERS]

Wow 6 ft 7 that’s very tall not they would have much room in our little bathroom ☺️

[@josephinegraham5337]

❤🦘🇦🇺

[@THESCOTTERS]

Thank you so much for watching ☺️