Why We Had To Stop Working On Our Homestead

Hello to all of you :) The start of the year wasn't what we expected to be for sure ....
In this video we will be doing some grape pruning.. we will cover some citrus trees and we will dig foundation for our shed
Hope you will like this video :)
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[@daveb6283]

It is so funny. Joyride white n grey cat is following you everywhere like a dog. You can see him in almost every vlog love this 🐈 ❤

[@portugalitis]

They like dogs ;) but now they getting bigger they don't need us as much .. they like to go for a walk on their own ;)

[@Liz-uq1ec]

So pleased to see you again on the screen.. sorry you've been ill 🤒 lovely to see your infinity pool.. 😀 laughed out loud when you called the chickens, said 'like they're going to come' and then they did come running!!!😅 take care of yourselves still xx

[@giedreruleviene]

❤ Hi Liz !! It took few weeks to train chickens to listen to my commands 😂😂😂 it was all set up ;) they done good and afterwards they had few juicy treats 🤭🤭🤭

[@Liz-uq1ec]

@@giedreruleviene Just brilliant all the same!! 😆

[@giedreruleviene]

@@Liz-uq1ec I even trained Rooster Andrius to watch out for hawks ;) 🤣🤣🤣

[@portugalitis]

Thank you! 🤗 and yes G is become one of the chickens 🤣

[@michaeldenyssen9945]

now that broke me and my wife.... good laugh.... very funny

[@portugalitis]

🤣 glad you liked it 😁

[@juliant225]

Great video guys well now Rooster Andrius is on the case the chickens will be really safe 😂😂😂 don't over do it you looked shattered there's no rush take care 👍

[@giedreruleviene]

Rooster Andrius 🤭🤣🤭🤣🤣🤣

[@portugalitis]

You are dam right! 🤣

[@andrewfeaver2805]

Sorry to hear you had the same virus as I got at this moment. Feel so weak, cold, then hot. Glad you’re the other side of it now. Keep up the good work. Andy

[@portugalitis]

Thank you! Felt exactly like you described, now only a bit of weakness and a cough left 😕

[@carolbulmer8253]

I hope that you both feel better soon❤️❤️

[@portugalitis]

We feel much better but still that nasty cough won’t go away

[@LorraineinAustralia]

Good to see the interior chipping finished..❤️❤️❤️🐨🐨

[@portugalitis]

Yes very happy about it hopefully soon we can start some proper work 😁

[@juanitakauffman6336]

My mom said not to put in horse radish because it spread so much. We had it growinge every where. When i processed it there were lots of tears from the strength of it. But it was good.

[@giedreruleviene]

I hope it will multiply ❤ we love it!!! But it’s very teary thing for sure

[@portugalitis]

Yes it’s smell is very strong, but we love it 😁

[@lizwilson6633]

Oh no, feel better soon xxxxxx

[@portugalitis]

At least got some time now to check on youtube for some gardening tips 😁

[@lizwilson6633]

Very true, take your time and get fully better first xxxxxx

[@dalila1955]

you have such a beautiful rooster and chickens. I hoåe you are not going to eat them. I like your energy and your progress and your dog and cats. Good luck 2024.

[@portugalitis]

Thank you, no we are not going to eat them 😁

[@joaomramalho1]

I could spend houuuurs just watching your chickens 😂

[@giedreruleviene]

I said the same to Andrius!!! Do you think we should do one video just about our chickens? 🐓

[@joaomramalho1]

@@giedreruleviene “A day in our chicken’s life”? Absolutely! 😂

[@giedreruleviene]

@@joaomramalho1 this is a MUST do then I love filming them so I will do it!! And better filmed it now whilst the days are short 🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭

[@joaomramalho1]

@@giedreruleviene haha cool!!

[@portugalitis]

Chicken video is coming tonight hopefully, depending on internet speed 😁

[@sandrasouza5983]

Sorry to hear that the nasty bug got the 2 of you. Good food, nice hot beverage and rest will soon mend you guys!! BTW I have noticed that one of your chickens was limping 😢. Take care, all of you ❤️!!!

[@portugalitis]

We hope so 😁 thank you 🙏 limping chicken had problem with her legs from the beginning, she was born that way, don’t think that it effects her life so far, she manages to stay with the rest of the flock and eats well 😁 by the way her name is Sandra 😁

[@sandrasouza5983]

@@portugalitis ahh I am glad to hear that she does have a name that matches her strengths 💪 😄. She will be alright in life, even with her little wonky leg.

[@portugalitis]

She’s the biggest one, I think she’s doing well 😁

[@PensionersinPortugal]

Sorry to hear you've been ill, all better now I hope 😊

[@giedreruleviene]

Hello Elaine ❤ yes we feeling 100% again ;) we took time off and that was a best decision ;) ❤

[@portugalitis]

Seems a lot of people got that virus recently 🥹

[@lizwilson6633]

Seems we have this same virus over here in the UK, I am now on week 8 of having a horrendous cough, it gets you down. You are brave Andreus, no lunch, be careful with her, you will have no dinner either 😂😂😂. Love the giggle G when he said he was a great cock 😂😂😂😂 you two are so funny. Smashing video this week xxxxx

[@giedreruleviene]

😊😊😊 Andrius can be very funny sometimes ;) I hope you will feel better soon!!! Xxx G

[@portugalitis]

That virus is all over the world now, judging from the comments, we wish you quick recovery, my self feeling weak again, back to bed I think

[@neutonrenda2303]

Hopefully you guys both didn't feel sick for too long, especially in the cold. You still seemed to get loads done again, with some laughter added. 👍❤

[@portugalitis]

Well still need time to recover, but trying to stay positive and get some work done

[@petercarbutt3706]

when u prune roses,some people put asealer on the prunred part,all u do is break a thorn off pruned stem, and stick it into the stem

[@giedreruleviene]

Thank you so much :) I will try to do the same

[@petercarbutt3706]

@@giedreruleviene my Dads family were farmers back in South Africa And my mom was and avid gardener

[@portugalitis]

Good to know new handy tips, thank you

[@leokeeney6673]

Hen's are the opposite to pests , pests eat vegetables hens eat pests a great asset and now that you G,can speak Hen you will know for sure if Andreas is using fowl language from the bed 😁💨 everything is looking great,, stay healthy, looking forward to the new builds 🎉

[@portugalitis]

You are so right, this year we haven’t seen a single thick, last year Guffy was having loads of them 👍

[@assuncaomeireles198]

Olá meus queridos amigos senhor Andrew e Gi adoro ver os seus vidiosa A propriedade esta muito linda as pedras cheia de musgo que cenário lindo. As galinhas sao lindas e o galo tambem. Lamento senhor Andrew ter estado doente as melhoras eu tambem tenho estado desde sexta feira com a gripe A tive muita febre agora estou um pouco melhor mas tenho muita tosse nao saiu de casa porque eu sou cardíaca crónica mas pelo menos ja nao tenho febre. Desejo um bom fim de semana para si e para a Gi e cuidado com o frio. God bless you both 🙏 🐱🐱🐕🐕🐓🐓🐔❤❤

[@portugalitis]

Hello! Thank you again! We wish you to get well soon! I don’t have a fever anymore but feel very weak again since this morning.. 🤗

[@Reet64]

Hope you're feeling back to normal soon.

[@portugalitis]

Thank you, having loads of tea and fruits and hoping for the best 😊

[@sue7190]

Sorry to hear you haven't been well,hope you get well soon. Have you still got the two cats, I only saw one.❤

[@portugalitis]

We have 3 cats in total 😁

[@peterclewes7073]

get well soon Andrew.................

[@portugalitis]

Thank you for your kind wishes 👋🤩

[@rinaihlen4001]

Hello you two.!! We have seen a White car in your videos. Is it yours?? Take care keep up the good work

[@portugalitis]

👋 hello that van is neighbors, they leave it there when going back to Netherlands 👍

[@rinaihlen4001]

Thanks you two. Keep up the good work

[@portugalitis]

Thank you 🙏

[@elisabethnejedly9684]

The chickens look so healthy and their eggs must taste wonderful . You have chosen a healthy way of living. I was surprised to hear you had a serious cold. The salamander surely would eat the eggs if not do more harm.Take care. ❤️🙏

[@portugalitis]

Eggs are fantastic, we got cold from the neighbors.. 😁

[@paulettebarber7219]

I love seeing the beans and peas! Winter is in full swing here in Montana USA. Expecting -26° Fahrenheit tonight and we have almost a foot of snow. So gardening only in my imagination for now😂 So sorry you were sick! So far I’ve avoided it. As always enjoy your videos!

[@portugalitis]

Even here in Portugal I think it’s cooler then last year but regarding the snow it’s only on the mountain top 😁

[@clvskl5058]

Hope the old rooster 's cold gets better soon, you need some hot whisky & honey mate, take it easy enjoying the videos . Clive

[@portugalitis]

Who’s old?!? 🤣😁🤣 in my experience whiskey or any strong alcohol helps at the first stages when you just start feeling that it’s coming 😁

[@claudia_ese8788]

get better soon!

[@portugalitis]

Thank you will try 😁

[@TheGoodlifeoffgrid]

Lovely to see you doing so well hard work but worth it in the end 😊

[@portugalitis]

Thank you 🙏 was really hard week for us

[@neutonrenda2303]

My mom had about 30 laying hens many years ago, and a field mouse decided to chance trying to get some of their grain. Bad decision, one of the hens grabbed it and ran, it looked like a rugby match and the poor mouse didn't last a few minutes.

[@portugalitis]

That’s exactly what is happening here as well, chickens can swallow small mouse in one go, our smallest cat catches up to 5 mice a day, and chickens are trying to steel them from her 😀

[@nomchenikoloski7729]

❤😊😊

[@portugalitis]

:)

[@karigo-i1x]

Looks like a gray and rainy morning but when sun comes out, its beautiful again. Fun to see the chickens, kittens and Guffy. He's such a loveable character!

[@portugalitis]

Yes sun is everything, even in the mid winter when its not windy it feels so warm 😁👍

[@brendalane8545]

Hi hope you feel soon. You both made me laugh when you weren't going to do the string on your tool/ wood store then you were 😂 xx

[@portugalitis]

Oh she’s always like that 🤣

[@eldrinod]

I know how you feel, I’m all aches and pains right now and the freezing weather doesn’t help here in the UK. I love watching your videos though - a real tonic👍🏻❤️

[@portugalitis]

Thank you 🙏 wish you to get well soon!

[@BrendanClark03]

Get better soon to you both …take care

[@portugalitis]

Thank you 🙏 be careful not to catch that virus 🦠 🤗

[@BrendanClark03]

@portugalitis I have as well as my son both caught it over Xmas period. Its made us both feel rotten and many friends are Covid positive after testing and some are very unwell. Please take care and rest as much as you can.

[@portugalitis]

Made a mistake for not resting properly, after digging foundations for a day felt so weak again, so bed it is for me again

[@BrendanClark03]

Please take care , look after yourself and rest lots. Your health important :)

[@portugalitis]

You too 😁

[@august2108]

You too ! there is a nasty flue virus going around, I hope not to get it, good time to start the work, summer is too dry and hot, take care you two...

[@portugalitis]

Seems everyone is sick now, well it will go away at some point 🙂

[@portugaldreamzzz920]

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[@giedreruleviene]

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[@portugalitis]

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[@davidstoddard9160]

Maybe put a flag or something on a wire or some way to see the horse radish much easier and dont accidently wack it off with the weed eater.

[@portugalitis]

We were going to do that but completely forgot about it 😁

[@lindabrooks8242]

Hope you are both feeling better as I write this. Everything is going well, as I see it, so, maybe take some big rest breaks. Always take care of yourself first!❤

[@portugalitis]

G is fine and Im a little bit weak still, but it will go away, thank you and take care 🤗

[@Louloubell]

❤hope you feel better soon…rest when you can.

[@portugalitis]

Thank you! G is now feeling worse

[@Louloubell]

@@portugalitis prayers for your health and God’s wisdom to recover are going up for both of you. I’m so sorry, this virus seems to be very strong…please be careful, rest…give your bodies time to recover. God bless the work of your hands!

[@portugalitis]

Thank you, you too take care! 🤗

[@Ogma3bandcamp]

Hope you are better soon. I've had the bug here in Ireland too. xxx

[@portugalitis]

Thank you, it seems it’s all over the world now…

[@patriciabrawner3717]

Happy y’all are feeling better we had that nasty virus right before Christmas it really lays you out. Enjoyed the video will watch G’s video when ready take care & get some rest to feel good again.

[@portugalitis]

Thank you! That virus is really nasty, Im back to bed now 😔

[@tinanieborg787]

thanks guys for that lovely video again, love to watch them. Greetings from Holland

[@portugalitis]

Our pleasure! Thank you 🙏

[@georgepapastergiou9917]

I hope your life is as good as it looks!

[@portugalitis]

Well there are some minor things we will need to improve, like earning money 😁 but in general it’s what you see on the videos 😁

[@GiuseppeAudino797]

Hi guys first I like to say your farm looks amazing you doing a great job and I’m did enjoy your videos every minute thank you 🙏🙏👋👋👍👍🍻🍻

[@portugalitis]

Awesome! Thank you! 🤩

[@katiadp2145]

Hope you guys feel better soon!! 🇬🇷 🇬🇷

[@portugalitis]

Thank you 🙏 G is better now 😁

[@shanebrownrigg8632]

hi guys,great vid,cant wait for the building work,bet your glad to see the last of the render off,good luck see you both in next vid

[@portugalitis]

Hi! Yes finally reinder is off, job wasn’t hard but very time consuming, vibration from the drill wasn’t letting me do it for longer period of time was feeling tension in my hands, hope we can start restoring our home soon. 😁

[@arjanvogel6444]

Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you guys, good work guys 👍😁

[@portugalitis]

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you 🤗

[@jokevasconcellos6930]

😅stuff growing in pots ....looking healthy. You also healthy by now😊 Sho...quite a bit done during all the foul weather. Enjoyed the vid. Keep warm ..see you next time 🎉❤

[@juanitakauffman6336]

Interesting video. I hope you get better. Mine hung on for a week and a half.

[@portugalitis]

Thank you, G is feeling better now, and Im in bed again, overdone it with digging foundations a bit I think…

[@user-mr6rt6rb5v]

Sending some ❤ from Houston, TX

[@portugalitis]

Thank you 🙏 lots of love your way! ❤️

[@annalinekennedy1027]

Did the birds use the hatching boxes

[@portugalitis]

Few days ago I was trying to see any signs of life in a 2 boxes closest to the caravan but there aren’t any, need to check the rest of them

[@davidstoddard9160]

Wondering why you dont put forms in and level the foundation with cement and than you dont have to cut any blocks, because the foundation would be all ready level and much easier and better I think.

[@portugalitis]

First we need to get some clear pipe and make a water level to see were we are, but yes thats very good idea 👍

[@lauriewhitlock8137]

What is the name of your cooking channel

[@portugalitis]

There’s a link to it youtube.com/@OffGridCookingBakingwithG?si=9NpsWPkAMgLyxnNO 👍😁

[@robertlee6479]

Don't panic about the solar, the sun has now returned and no more rain for a while.

[@portugalitis]

Let’s hope so 👍😁

[@robertlee6479]

Seems most people come to Portugal to buy cheap land and house too renovate. I'm no acception as U.K. far beyond my means. Are in Castelo Branco county as it seems that's where most seem to go, but it's one of the driest areas as you will know in the summertime. You need to prune your roses better. You cut nearer the bud and slope from the bud and not towards it. Cut too far from the bud and the stem will rot. I was a horticulturist by trade for 4 decades so trust me on this one. It's not too early too prune here as the seasons are 6 weeks in front o northern Europe and if you are growing your veg, then you need to sow early and the sow again later at the end of the heat, Late Aug, and you'll get a second crop for Christmas. Time is what they all think they have here everything is so slow you wonder how some survive. Have fun.

[@portugalitis]

We are still new here, and are experimenting with growing stuff, will let G know about pruning roses, thank you 👍

[@robertlee6479]

I have had 4 year so far so if I can be of help just ask. I am in the mountains where we get our fair share of both rain and sun, but th key is to have a steady supple of water as you never know when you need it. 22 fo instance.I ran out what with the drought of winter and the summer heatwave. You need to plant a lot earlier than you did in U.K. and if you time it right you can get 2 crops, but July and August are killers so try too harvest before mid July and plant again last week in August.@@portugalitis

[@22spicka]

Pas mus ,UK, tas pats su ligom. Dvi dienas nejau i darba, drybsojau namie su temperatura. 🌡📈 Gerai priziurimos vistos,gerai kiausinius deda🤓👍🤩

[@portugalitis]

Kad visam pasaulyje dabar tas virusas, as pora dienu padirbejau prie pamatu kasimo, suprakaitavau ir vel kazko prie zemes traukia..

[@jrgenstender2659]

How big is the property, and in what price range you buy it in approx? Keep on the good work❤

[@portugalitis]

1.4ha and it was listed for €50k

[@racebanning6390]

🐓🐔🐓🐔🤣😂🤣😃👍👍🙏🙏

[@portugalitis]

🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓 🤣

[@sbrodov]

Хрен это по нашему

[@portugalitis]

Yes Im aware of that 😆

[@portugal1969]

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[@portugalitis]

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