We've Been Waiting For This Call! HOMESTEAD RENO PORTUGAL

[@ChristineWichard-o3f]

Love you two❣️I especially appreciate the way you work together and how organized and neat your homestead is.

[@marykaren7542]

The egg hunt was such a cute idea for the pups!

[@LifebyLiving]

We thought so too & they LOVED it!

[@arjanvogel6444]

And they're very smart 😂

[@ZeeCeeCreations]

Awww, Ricky, the test of any job is it’s functionality! Your shade works beautifully! It’s not in your way while watering or caring for your plants and will keep them thriving! Beauty is in the eye of the beholder! ❤️

[@LifebyLiving]

Thanks Marsha. It has grown on me since we built it & the plants seem much happier as a result so leaving it as is & moving onto the next project!

[@ZeeCeeCreations]

@@LifebyLiving Absolutely! You two have much to keep you busy!! PS The fencing looks great!!

[@BecomingPortuguese]

Agree, nothing to be embarrassed about…we were just laying down doing NOTHING watching you do all that work!! 😅

[@deirdrecerasa3932]

Loved the egg hunt for the pups! The shade seems to be doing its job. ❤

[@SusanBuckingham-ut2ez]

Good job doggies, what fun! Happy Easter! Lots of work doing the fencing, we did a 5 acre horse pasture divided by a county ditch, had to build a bridge! Thumbs up to the sun shade!

[@joyceandrada8697]

I like your place hoping we can find 1 that is also close to the nature not terrain 😊

[@oliviabishop5451]

Love your Channel, you 2 are do cute together!

[@silviagomide1592]

I'm very impressed with the good portuguese Rick has spoken. I'm brazilian, so I can congratulate you for that 👏

[@LifebyLiving]

Obrigado! Tentamos!😊

[@juliaouzts5781]

Great video. So much work to do, keep it up.

[@margomoore4527]

So funny-I’m eating the first strawberries from our farm coop, and here you two are-eating the first strawberries from your garden! They say there are no coincidences….🥰

[@carolwoodward6141]

💕 the doggie egg hunt. What fun!

[@monalingan9523]

The egg hunt for your fur babies was such a cute idea. I just love the way you to work so well together.

[@LifebyLiving]

Thanks Mona 😊 Definitely going to do the hunt again next year!

[@petro3441]

What a super cool idea to have an easter egg hunt for the four leg kids❤❤❤

[@LifebyLiving]

Thanks Petro! The dogs agree with you! 🐕 🐕

[@carolwoodward6141]

2nd version of shade cloth is almost elegant! Bravo.

[@sherryc2443]

I enjoyed hearing you speak Portuguese today

[@DonAntoniodetucum]

Looks like Easter has gone to the dogs.

[@SuzannahChirgwin-Wade]

Happy Easter! It’s Good Friday today, which is now 2024. I live in the UK, Sussex. I live in West Sussex, so happy Easter to you both and. Your beautiful and funny dogs when they play together

[@peggyday236]

That egg hunt was so adorable and clever.

[@trinawms3749]

How cute for the doggies😊

[@LifebyLiving]

We thought so too!

[@stevewilson6390]

How delightful on those opening shots .

[@LifebyLiving]

Thanks Steve!

[@dreadedscotslass]

Ricky, Could you use a ratchet srap to pull that post in tighter?

[@noemip.rojas-arrambide9145]

The.best.egg hunt.EVER! ❤

[@christinaparduhn1150]

How fun and creative, and so cute,the doggies going on the Easter hunt, ,🥚🪷.You are bothered amazing people 💌strong hardworking dedicated and so passionate for your home🏡 your project, that so many 🙏🏻 ,your Ranch is looking coming together 🤲really great. It's so sweet the dynamic you both,have,it's very positive to so you also have fun together. ❤ Bless you both and your doggies🐕‍🦺🦮 your 🏕home 🏡❤ and all your protects.

[@saraloggins8365]

Strawberries didn't look completely ripe. They sweeten and get very bright red.

[@elizabethfleck6536]

💜❤️🧡🩷💚💙💛🩵💜 Loved the doggie Easter egg hunt. . .great idea! The entire world is so fixated on aesthetic appeal. . . Your shade is F.I.N.E. Do they have an equipment rental store in town? That could help save you some $$$. I have been in my home for 23 years. Time, rain, heat, snow, wind, hail, humidity. . . They all s l o w l y wear away at your hard work. It is not sad. . .just incredible to watch and see!! Two of the fruitless crab apple trees we planted in 2002 are huge! And have slowly been dying of apple rott. They will come down this fall. YES, I will be planting new trees!! New shade is awesome!

[@athollmcnicoll1028]

The word is Javelin. Good to see the dogs having fun, finding eggs to munch on.

[@robine916]

If you can find some branches that you can bend into a curve, you can tuck them into the inside corners of the garden bed, and perhaps one in the middle, to create a framework for a mini poly tunnel (of course for shade cloth, not plastic). Your strawberries may have had too much sun. My hubby is a perfectionist, too, and I'm constantly reminding him many things do not have to be perfect, just solid/usable. 💕💕

[@LifebyLiving]

I like that idea for the rectangular bed 👍🏼 Any ideas for the circular bed with the tipi in?

[@robine916]

@@LifebyLiving Perhaps 3 vertical posts going around the west side, straight up or maybe tied like the teepee trellis, with shade cloth going around the side, just to block the afternoon sun? May have to add posts on the east side, too, to tie off the west posts to prevent them blowing away, though!! Haha! It's a tough spot to shade, that is for sure!💕

[@monikacarless_wordwitch]

That's a great idea!

[@lizpinto7079]

Wow your portugues is excellent!!! Great video as usual best wishes🇨🇦🇵🇹

[@LifebyLiving]

Obrigado Liz! 😊

[@joewalsh733]

The fencing looks great! You both are doing wonderful. Thanks for sharing.

[@LifebyLiving]

Thanks Joe 👍🏼

[@Bri-Courtney]

You guys are too hard on yourselves! The shade structure looks fine! It’s functional and that’s all that matters right now! I love watching your videos and don’t mind if things aren’t perfect. I actually prefer it as it seems more relatable. Keep up the fantastic work, you’re both doing amazing ❤

[@VasculhoPT]

Impressed with your portuguese 😮👍

[@LifebyLiving]

Thanks Tiago 🙏🏼 It’s pretty basic still but we’re trying!

[@ilenesatchell5445]

If you planted multiple climbing bean plants close to each other all the way around your tipi, they would climb up and provide shade for lettuce planted under the tipi.

[@LifebyLiving]

Hi Ilene! 👋 we were thinking that originally but in the end there just wasn’t much space in the middle of the tipi so we wouldn’t have been able to grow enough lettuce. It’s all a learning experience for us & I’m confident that next year we’ll get it right from the get go & have some beautiful lettuces…maybe not this year though! 😁

[@ilenesatchell5445]

@@LifebyLiving That makes sense. The joyful mantra shared by all gardeners is, "Next year!"

[@aplace2grow]

I loved hearing Ricky speak Portuguese!

[@sandmanpm]

Perfect Portuguese. Congrats!!

[@arjanvogel6444]

Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you guys.

[@kitchenworker446]

Ricky you are a perfectionist...your lip was proper out even at the end when you were still unhappy with the results of your efforts re the shade...I think it looked great!!

[@LifebyLiving]

I know…I need to work on it! 😁

[@andymccabe6712]

​@@LifebyLiving in a long and mostly chillaxed life, I learned a LONG time ago to choose pragmatism over perfection! It results in much less stress.... AND you get more stuff done.....!!! ... You also, probably, live longer.......!

[@lucy2beme]

I would be proud of your "shanty town version" of shade. It serves the purpose. The Easter Egg Hunt Doggy Style was so cute.

[@gaynor3976]

Hello my favourite Portugal couple. Your shade is not a botch job, I think it looks great. I know you are a perfectionist Ricky but it's serving its purpose. Fencing looks good too, you're both doing a stirling job. Love the doggies easter egg hunt, we will have to try that with ours. Have a good week ahead. I never want your videos to end lol, missed you last week. Love to you both xxx

[@spicynomad]

there are tons of portugal couple farmstead. how do you choose?

[@gaynor3976]

I only watch three couples that is all

[@spicynomad]

@@gaynor3976 i subscribe to all of them. i dont have a favorite but they all havehave a degree of difficulty. thats just portugal. france, italy and the usa have it a little better.

[@LifebyLiving]

Ahhh that’s so kind Gaynor! ❤️ Yes definitely try the egg hunt! They LOVED it! Have a wonderful week 😊

[@categrimes9480]

Love the Easter egg hunt! 🐾

[@LifebyLiving]

Thanks Cate! So did we!

[@klazyy641]

The Doggie Egg Hunt, various iterations of shade cloth, and watching the two of you hammer/auger posts in the ground was soul soaring! The four of you make a wonderful family and the two-leggers work well as a team. Well, married couples should, eh? Thanks for this cheer boost for a Sunday morning.

[@LifebyLiving]

LOVE that we made your soul soar!! ❤️

[@cherylbertolini3140]

Ricky the shade cloth looks fine:) have a wonderful week🌻

[@Alfablue227]

Such hard workers you are both, bless you ! Great Portuguese Ricky, keep up with it, as it helps greatly. The Easter Doggie🥚 Hunt was fabulous and the babies loved it! 😅

[@maureenlowther7621]

The egg hunt was lovely for your fur babies, the shade for lettuces are functional for the job😃😃

[@cdh2328]

Necessity is the mother of invention. 👍

[@lauraquigley6403]

Loved the egg hunt! I have a new Biewer puppy. He is 1lb 8 oz. Fully grown he will be 6 lbs. He is such a joy! Love seeing how you both Love your dogs!🙏🙏🙏Blessing’s

[@AaronJames-ll3ep]

Hello Laura 🙂 how are you doing?

[@davidallen7745]

You could put a plastic plant pop on top of the branches where they meet. No more sharp branches to rip your plastic cover. Great job you guys are doing 👌

[@LifebyLiving]

Thanks David 👍🏼 We covered the top branch with a yoghurt pot but it wasn’t heavy enough so flew off as soon as some wind got underneath the shade cloth! 😁

[@judyherman1249]

@Life by Living You could try a small terracotta pot that should be heavy enough to not blow away.

[@notajoke4587]

Glad to hear that you are lerning portugees.. They will apreciate your efforts.

[@LifebyLiving]

I really want to improve much quicker than I am but it’s been hard to find the time recently

[@nildavargas7836]

Remember it doesn't need to look pretty as long as it functions. btw that Easter Egg hunt for the dogs was spectacular.

[@karipreston1204]

The doggie Easter egg hunt……priceless!

[@debrallewis]

Doggy egg hunt, brilliant! You two inspire me and I appreciate your calm teamwork. It shows a real caring.

[@soniaayachealmeida7111]

Hello, I loved seeing the dogs hunting the eggs🥚🥚lol 🤭 great ideas 🥰🥰. Ricky is speaking Portuguese well 👏👏👏

[@anneliesjoss]

Aaaaawwwwwww, cutest egg hunt!

[@evabloecher]

You are very hard on yourselves! I think you are very creative and now there is shade😊. Thank you for a super video. All the best to you both.

[@LifebyLiving]

Thank you Eva. You’re too kind 😊

[@letucaj]

such a beautiful video! it’s good to see your projects getting progress. I know the shade is not what you expected but it will protect your garden from the scorching sun. well done!

[@LifebyLiving]

Thanks Leticia! 😊 The plants are looking much healthier now so I think the shade has done it’s job 👍🏼

[@micheleparadis2808]

Hmm, Ricky, what you call a "botched job", I call a creative job... Have a wonderful week !

[@LifebyLiving]

Haha thanks Michele 😊 That’s a good perspective you have there!😁

[@joanbroadway759]

Ricky, your Portuguese sounds great!

[@davidwhite6617]

When your nailing the post, if you hold a weight or 2lbs hammer on the opposite end. Don't press it up against the post just hold it there. It will act as a counter force when you hit the other side. 😅

[@LifebyLiving]

Thanks for the tip David 👍🏼

[@CarrenJFox]

For the bigger bed get some rebar and some hollw pipe. Stake rebar along both long sides of the bed, use pipe to create an arch by putting pipe over rebar on one side and bend till pipe can be slipped over the rebar on opposite side of bed, maybe 3 arches over the whole bed. Use garden cloth over the arches to form a shaded tunnel

[@birdpeep7430]

I love how you are building the new fence in front of the old stone boundary!

[@tammyinpei]

WOW, what is that knot. Thats the knot we need in our lives here!!!. :). You are also making it more more that I want another dog. Your dogs are so adorable.

[@Andbygrace7024]

Your love and respect for each other shines, so lovely.

[@y.lelivelt2619]

I love the new Easter tradition.

[@vickimccourt]

The fence design was perfect!

[@LifebyLiving]

Thanks Vicki!

[@miephoex]

Plant lettuce and cold weather plants in shade in spring. They don’t need direct sun. The warmth will carry them on. Underneath trees is a very good idea. Homework is very important. Don’t give up.

[@LifebyLiving]

It’s a learning curve for sure!

[@christinaparduhn1150]

I would of like to seen you both do an Easter hunt, with eggs 🥚 having little notes saying little sweet rewards you do for each other❤ and Yes I do Celebrate Easter, 🪷🥚and go through lent Fasting🙏🏻, Easter is a beautiful Holiday, and bless your Easter 🪷Holiday, 🐣 you both so much deserved it.

[@HeidiPriest]

what a great idea about the egg hunt, the sun is fierce even in April, job well done, ❤

[@soniahofmann4969]

The two of you were a match made in heaven it is so obvious that you truly love each other and you work so well together God bless❤

[@Andbygrace7024]

Great shade sail!

[@bobpenner4260]

@12:20, Hold a heavy sledge hammer on the far side of the H brace and that will act as an anvil for you to drive the nail.

[@beladejager907]

Wow, now that looks better. Well done guys😊

[@LifebyLiving]

Thanks Bela! 😊

[@toegrovesgrandmamouse4269]

You both make me chuckle. Love your projects.

[@michaeldowdle6123]

Doggie Egg Hunt🐶😊. Was that "Bad to the Bone" ringtone I heard? Shanty Town Garden looks great. Cheers Michael🇨🇦

[@jaroslawgrodek2705]

The tensioning wires are hardly visible and dogs may run into them chasing some animal, which can do them some harm, so it might be a good idea to attach some kind of ribbons to the wires to make them more visible.

[@LifebyLiving]

Thanks for the concern but they’re pretty visible in real life. Much harder to see on the camera. As soon as the fence is on they’ll be concealed behind it 👍🏼

[@vivienneturner2028]

Nothing wrong with your shade netting solution! You can also put tennis balls cut in half over sharp protruding high sticks/poles. They stop the sticks from breaking the netting 😊😊😊

[@tinahorta6711]

Welcome back guys, missed you last week ❤

[@LifebyLiving]

Thanks Tina! It’s nice to be missed! 😊

[@JohnDavis-mv6fm]

The knots were fantastic but you have been told protect the top

[@JoneGun70]

Hi guys, I would move the veg beds under those trees for natural shade. Great work guys.❤

[@zenandink3531]

That was awesome!!🐶🥚…and, everything is coming along nicely…😄

[@karenolson5556]

Love you both!!!

[@shaunsworld430]

It’s all slowly coming together!!! As for shade on the vegetables, you truly need something more permanent….. I would put a 4 or 6 wooding posted gazebo structure over the top, then place the shading material over the top. You need to go a good three feet out from the planters and place wires over the top of the shading material to hold it down and stop the wind from blowing it away. This might seem overkill, but your going to need shade every year and doing quick fixes is going to cost more in time and money in the long run… You could place the shading material on to the sides that catch to much sun, but again make a wire sandwich…. Wire- material-wire to stop wind blow out!!!!

[@LifebyLiving]

Definitely going to do something more permanent next year Shaun. We plan on expanding the veg garden over the winter so once we’ve got the full set up then we’ll make a more robust & permanent shade cover frame 👍🏼

[@lindabrooks8242]

Awesome! Everything looks perfect, and totally functional! Relax and have a drink!

[@Mrscorreia74]

Excelente português! Parabéns!

[@LifebyLiving]

Obrigado Silvia 😊

[@tonivalenzuela8274]

I thought you did a fine job on the fence. The second attempt at the shade cloth was much better and it looks fine most importantly, as Victoria said, it does the job. Thanks for sharing.

[@patriciapoyanestebanez408]

Ricky , que bien hablas portugués!!!!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼...y encima con un acento muy bueno 👍🏼. El trabajo de la cerca es magnífico, enhorabuena. Como hacéis para que no se coman los caracoles y babosas , las plantas de la huerta ???

[@LifebyLiving]

Muito obrigado Patrícia ❤️ I’ve always wondered how my accent sounds when speaking Portuguese. I actually find it really embarrassing hearing myself on the video because the whole tone of my voice changes when speaking Portuguese! 😂 Very strange! We haven’t done anything to stop slugs & so far, so good!

[@patriciapoyanestebanez408]

@@LifebyLiving mi tono también cambia cuando hablo inglés en vez de español , mi lengua nativa . Un abrazo para los dos desde Madrid 😍😍

[@airamad2]

Congratulations Ricky you Portuguese is very good, the pronunciation is excellente, well done and was the first time I saw easter eggs dog's hunt, so cute❤😊

[@Petrelles22]

Well done on being able to hold a telephone converation over the phone ! It is much more difficult that talking to someone in person. I am shocked by the amount of expats expecting the locals to speak english to them.

[@LifebyLiving]

I find having a phone conversation extremely difficult to be honest. It’s ok in situations like that where I can pick up key words along the way (entregar etc) but if I have no context then it’s much tougher

[@Petrelles22]

@@LifebyLiving As an expact myself, i can only advise you not to worry about making a fool of yourself, accept that people will sometimes laugh and laugh with them.

[@sassyh154]

Loved the diversity of this video... lots happening... and Ricky, the shade is fine for now.... My hubby is KING of the bodgie brothers, so you are doing well... lol... Cheers for sharing...

[@the_mum]

The end result of your canopy looks great to me.....as does your fencing.

[@melrita6865]

So much fun watching you two! Ricky your portuguese is very good and you made me google “budge” but I guess your face said it all. Have a great week guys! Até para a semana 😊

[@LifebyLiving]

Thank you! I cringe a little hearing myself speak Portuguese as my voice changes tone which I never realised before we made videos 😂 Tenha uma óptima semana!

[@sarahnd]

@@LifebyLiving It's a natural phenomenon to change voice quality when you switch languages. Our kids are bilingual and even if you weren't listening to the words, you'd know which language they were speaking by the voice quality (and they're adults now -- this is not just a kid thing.)

[@genehutchings1133]

Put up 4 post and put a cable between 2 on each side like a curtain rod. And attach it on each side. And then you slide it back for sun, slide it up for shade.

[@tammystark6364]

Just remember sometimes you just have to do what works for now. The shade cover will work and you will get veggies. Thats the main thing. And I have seen your other projects you will eventually have the time to make one that is functional and beautiful. And thank you for sending the fencing tips forward. I am starting on a fencing job at my property, well as soon as the rain stops, and your explanation and tips will come in very helpful

[@juanitakauffman6336]

I used to do doggie treats hidden for Easter for our dog. She loved it. She checked those spots for days afterwards.

[@talullahlabelle]

Create a big shade sail like you do on the patio maybe 🤔🤔

[@LifebyLiving]

Definitely the plan for the future but we’re going to expand the veg garden in the winter so will build a more permanent shade once that’s completed 😎

[@anamagalhaes7571]

Já falam muito bem português 🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏👏👍💪💪💪

[@LifebyLiving]

Obrigado 😊

[@paulinelogan1400]

What a brilliant idea for the dogs....the shading isn't too bad you did ok x

[@Simplyfarmhouse7]

Cute idea with the easter hunt! Your little place is looking so much better~ hard work is paying off.

[@Gillian2123]

Those are two lucky doggies to have found you

[@sonialightfoot5562]

Lovely video. You two are so beautiful together. Sometimes, practicality has to take precedence over perfection. Great job on the fence.

[@LifebyLiving]

Thanks Sonia 😊

[@lawrencelaurent4344]

😂hi this egg hunt was so creative..well done ✔

[@evelynkelly4790]

What a lovely egg hunt….

[@Marie-yx5ie]

Kyle great to see you, thank you for all that information 👍😉🇮🇪☘️Eire