You got all the right intentions it seems - just need the theoretical knowledge for actually doing good. You guys are doing all the things you are NOT SUPPOSED to do.... you WANT the water to stay/travel on your land as long as possible. Leave all the rocks and "collapsed bridges" in the stream - it`s all PLACED THERE ON PURPOSE TO SLOW DOWN THE STREAM - a fast running stream will take nutrients/water away from your land - a slow moving stream will replenish groundwater storage and leave deposits of soil/nutrients on your land. STUDY - land swales - permaculture and water retention/ponds/stream erosion....it`s all about directing and saving the water where it`s needed - not getting rid of it as fast as possible.

Hey guys, congratulations to a beautiful place! Just a little advice stone's you took out are to slow down the stream so the water doesn't leave the area to fast.

That is a lot of work, in time you will start collecting all the right tools. This is my first video, and I am praying for you both and in the end it will all be worth it.

You are such an outgoing and beautiful couple. People love you without knowing you personally. Your land is also lovely with the water flowing through. I would love to visit with you someday. I’m 70 and really don’t travel anymore. After watching your video I just might change my mind. Thank you for sharing and good luck. May God bless your new adventure.

Well done, so satisfying seeing the brambles being removed 💪 It's soooo green there 🌳🌳🌳🌳 The mountain views are amazing 😍

I like how honest you are. Keep doing it. You are an example and motivation for people like us.

Just found your channel and love it so much. Your property is stunning and I can't wait to see your progress in the months to come.

Seeing landscapes and where you buy your tools...I can say we are neighbors !! Welcome to Cantabria Infinita, I'll keep an eye to your videos for sure.

How exciting! The area looks lovely

Beautiful spot, previously written slowing down the water will be beneficial for land regeneration, might be worth checking out some KZfaq videos on it

A beautiful part of the world, looking forward to learning more as I go through your channel.

Can't wait till move in day. It's nice meeting your family. Great to have their support. It's coming along beautifully.

So inspirational! Here for all of it. ❤ from the U.S.

Absolutely beautiful

you have a good style of partnership for-homesteading. My partner and I did the same thing in Vermont in 2008. We are still here!

😀😀😀😀😀😀Mucho trabajo amigos pero al final tendréis una bonita recompensa!! gracias por el video!!

Looking good, beautiful land.❤

Beautiful piece of land! Great work

You both are my heros !😂❤

Such hard work and commitment. As an older person, I would highly recommend planning for your future self. Keep in mind how you can modify or keep it habitable when your bodies might not like to do so much climbing. That way you will be able to stay there as long as possible. All the best.

Hey guys i am so glad to see you are doing progres in your land its beautiful i visited potugal last year i can say its so simillar look like there i loved it all the stone house and clean water

Good luck with your new project. Looks an amazing area and I’m sure it will be amazing when you start your renovation. Good idea to solve water issues first as it will help longterm .😅😅😅

Fantastic work very hard but look at your results, it looks amazing guys. sending regards from Australia xxx

Best of luck in your journey.

I would urge you to spend time thinking about why the 'swamp' is so damp and whether you really need to make such significant changes. The trees you have been cutting are alder (alnus glutinosa) which grows very happily in damp soils - we often say "it likes its feet wet". Unfortunately, if you are hoping to kill the small trees by cutting them down, you are unlikely to be successful - alder responds very well to coppicing (cutting off at the base) and will regrow quite happily. It will, eventually, weaken and kill the trees but you'll have to cut them regularly. The tough 'grass' you have growing in the damp areas are rushes. Rushes typically grow in acidic, waterlogged soil and are usually an indication of water-retentive, clay soil. The fact that there are so many of them suggests to me that the cause of the water is more than just the stream spilling over its banks. Taking a look at the shape of the valley, the stream sits right at the bottom of a pronounced U-shaped feature. I would guess that all of the water is collecting there as it runs down the slopes and then filtering into the stream. If you clean out the stream bed it will, of course, be able to flow more quickly to remove water from the surrounding soils. I think the stream is a drainage solution though and not the source of the water. In my climate, the way people drain fields is to lay pipes under the soil at regular intervals, feeding into a nearby ditch, river or stream. This is an effective solution but its both expensive and invasive - you'll probably need a digger to do it. Another question to consider is how many species of plants, the dependent insects and the birds that feed on them you might be displacing by draining or drying out that area. It looks to me like it may well be one of the richer, more biodiverse areas of your land (I bet those old stone field walls have a good variety of things living in them too!).

Good luck with all your repairs. The farmers cows need fencing off. They can make alot of destruction. Good use of their manure though in the garden. The brambles are a pest but are they blackberry bushes? They need constant restraining for a few years to get rid totally. The plants you have brought sometimes you need two to pollinate the buds in spring. Its all hard work but enjoy your journey. 😊😊

My husband and I have been considering retiring in Spain, specifically in the north around Galicia and have already been searching and looking at the whole process and it appears very cumbersome and time consuming and then there’s the taxes. I enjoyed your video and I wish you all the best in your journey. ✨🙏✨

We are in the process of searching a property in northern Spain as well and it seems that we have went the similiar road as you. We started in Galicia and Asturias and now we're leaning towards Cantabria. The process your talking about is a bit discouraging, but we will see if we continue this direction. Keeping our fingers crossed for you guys.

Beautiful place. So serene. You are a lucky couple

Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you guys, good work guys 👍😁🐔 chicken's like tick's.

This was one of your best!! Often thought you should slow down a bit and enjoy your moments!

just came across your channel, Wow huge job on your hands, will enjoy watching you progress, take your time and get a chain saw! )) Best wishes!

Wow you guys bought a great property. It needs lots of work but that's a great investment. A good tool for your new grass would be a reel push mower. You guys seem down to earth and easy to be around. I am very envious of your property!!

Congratulations. What a fantastic job you have done. In english (Canada) we. call the other bush you purchased Red Currants and I agree with Whale, they are delicious :)

Congratulations on a wonderful property with gorgeous mountain view’s. And good work on thinning out the trees! Alejandra, a back brace would very good to protect your spine while doing hard manual labor.

I really love the thumbnail 🎉🖼️

Guess your east of Santander and south a little by the style of your Cabanas . Love the style with the steps and lovely Coins . Good luck with your project , so you are getting building permission , be interested to see how you go through the process . I have cabins near Infiesto .

Hola, un gusto conoserlos. Nueva suscriptora 🤗

This is so great looking forward to seeing how it goes :) My husband and I want to do something similar

Need a 6 inch power saw, power by gas. If you battery operated you need two sets. It will last longer. You can also by solar operated with battery storage. Just some thoughts.

Look for a pistol saw to cut the smaller trees, it works easier.

A tour of the buildings and extent of your land would be very interesting. Is that electricity on the pole by the house ?

I think that it really funny to watch city people in the campo. Ya need to work on the water problem around the house. This round stemmed grass is called WET GRASS it indicates standing water and the animals will not eat it. The grass you clipped with the new clippers is WET GRASS. There is a fly drench that you put on the cows. It is sold in hardware or feed stores. Keeps them healthy.

An awesome video. I get the feeling you are two very cool people who are not afraid of a lot of hard work. It will be fun to how your progress goes....

Beautiful place. A whetst9ne to sharpen blades is crucial

Looking forward to your journey…you ve done some great and necessary work already. Some you ll need some larger tools to help you be more efficient..

Hi, don't know if your land is fenced, but a few goats would make a big difference with the clearing of the bushes and trees.

I would think making a ice big house of all three buildings would be great

Chase you not thought of setting the weed hedges on fire to get rid of the growth ?

You are doing very well, but I am not sure allowing the cows to have free range, they can churn up ground and the stream pretty fast. They bring with them horse fly whose bite is very painful so I would slowly limit their access to your place. Water is God sent to have just be sure that any future drinking water is tested , so there is no harmful stuff present. By the rush type of grasses it might get boggy at some time and soil might be on acid side, all very exiting😊

What u needed at first was a large herd of goats n they would have cleaned that up for u in no time blessings from North Texas ❤

You need(ed) a quality petrol brush-cutter and a small handheld chainsaw

Beautiful landscape. Do you have objections to using chain saws and brush wackers, wood chippers? Take it easy on you bodies.

Вам необходим- топор.Вам легче будет убирать поросль, да и потом дрова рубить для печки. А ножовкой очень тяжело работать да и тупится она быстро……😊

If you do not want the trees to re go row that you have chopped down Either use a copper nail in the root or drill a hole and fill the hole with woody wood killer so then the tree root will not re grow

Just joined your Chanel what a lovely property you are doing great work why are all those cows on your property greetings from ireland

The cattle will eat the leaves of threes you chop down and then you can cut the bare branches up for kindling for your future fires

Ref. the building permits I thought villages in rural northern Spain are desparate to get people living there as most people are leaving? You read about many villages becoming abandoned. Looks like you have a lot of work on your plate with the thorn bushes but well worth it after seeing the results. By 'cabana' do you mean these were structures used for housing animals or were they inhabited by humans?

If you have the time and are willing, it may be an idea to get the professionals in for the bigger jobs. Help and observe and you may be able to do some smaller jobs yourselves. That would save on costs, but if you can afford it, then the time saved is well worth it because you can go on with other things. Budget is everything isn't it? Best wishes from Australia.

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The hard thick grasses grow where is boggy

You need to be cover to keep ticks off. Both use a belt that wrap around your lower back in place with would help with straining your lower back. You may also take asprin before you start working and if needed to asprin again when done for the day. P.s. you need small hand shears or weed eater battery power.

Hello, just found you. Is that the Pyrenees in the distance?

Be careful that some of the overgrowth/plants are not poisonous. That's why your skin might be itchy.

Why did you pile the rubbish at the power pole? If you burn it you will damage it

I know this is counter intuitive but instead of clearing the canal / stream, making check dams to infiltrate lots of water on your land is important.

i think you pulled all the rocks out of your french drain... i think those big rocks are supposed to be there

The thumbnail looks like it it’s from a horrormovie

I would much prefer the sound of the birds and countryside than music !

You should rented a brush cutter

lol...i love the thumb nail. did he just go to the store and steal those equipment? make sure he checks you and vice versa for ticks. one ting you dont want to get is lyme disease.

curios to know: any encounters with snakes yet?🙈 hopefully not though🌚

The swamp : why create a pond for wildlife ? Wet lands are the best for wildlife. Look into permaculture swales and ponds to create drainage and habitat for mosquito eaters

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Maybe you should wear a long sleeve shirt!

You need to be careful around cows because they can easily walk over you and hurt or even kill you . I live near cows in England and there has been several accidents with a bunch of cows killing people .

Picos de Europa?

Hola me parece apasionante.Podiais traducir al español?

Be very careful with cows if they have calves

Building permits? This is probably a, what they call in Spain, "rustico", property, of which you will be allowed to upgrade and restore the existing buildings, but you most probably won't get a permit to build anything new.

Hey guys, buy an electric Stihl or Metabo chainsaw …, awesome and will save you hours.

Why are you doing work if paperwork is not complete?

Man bun. Enough said.

You are a beautiful couple. When are you getting married? ;)

I don`t understand why you "clean" the little river? The trees are so important for the nature. Before you do so much hard work, please find out more about nature! It hurts me to see this.

I look at all your things. You say in all the things we but your partner do the stuff. You must show everyone how you do things too. He is a very hard working guy

Good luck with the bureaucracy, nothings straightforward in this banana republic😁

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