Bringing NEW LIFE to an OLD ABANDONED HOMESTEAD in Spain

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Ай бұрын

We've been very busy planting lots of new veggies in our no dig straw bale garden beds on our off grid homestead in Spain. It feels great to be bringing life back to the old abandoned land by planting trees and a vegetable garden, and we can't wait to start to see the fruits of our labour. The straw bale and irrigation combo seems to be working well to combat the drought so far, and things are looking good up on the land.
And in the town house, the microcement bathroom makeover is almost complete. We've installed a shower, fitted a new shower screen, and installed a n extractor fan. It's soooo close to being finished, and we can finally shower in there again!
Thank you for following our journey.
¡Un gran abrazo desde Smithsdale Farm!
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We're Danny and Kate. In 2015 we moved from the UK to Barcelona, and after 8 years enjoying the busy city and sunny beaches we moved to the mountains to start a new adventure. We'll be renovating a town house, building an off grid cabin, restoring an old stone house and farming 12.5 acres of land with regenerative agriculture and permaculture practices in Catalunya, Spain.
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@reallynotpc Ай бұрын

You are taking a lot of care with complementary planting. I always wonder whether that was old knowledge lost and rediscovered, or twentieth century discoveries. Just a thought about the bathroom. Be thorough! Isabelle will soon be big enough to splash, if she isn't already.

@SmithsdaleFarm Ай бұрын

Thank you. We’re discovering more and more as we go, and no doubt will continue to learn more every season for years to come. There are many methods to try. It’s all really interesting!

@SmithsdaleFarm Ай бұрын

And you’re right.. she already loves a good splash about at bath time! 😄

@andrewbisson5052 Ай бұрын

Well done guys, the bathroom looks amazing! And the land is coming along nicely, great move putting the strawberries under the vine, after they have fruited they will send out runners with new baby plants on, if you can put each baby in a pot of compost it will root and then you will have as many plants as you want, also with strawberry plants you don’t want any more than 5/6 years old so keep growing the runners and replacing the plants so you have more in their prime at 2/4 year old, seeing Danny trying to dig suggests to me that you need all the compost/manure etc you can get and raised beds maybe the way to go? Gardening is not an exact science as no season/year is the same you will have good and bad years in equal measure, there are winners and losers every year but we don’t know in advance what they are? Don’t be afraid to try and don’t be disheartened by failure that’s just a fact of life in gardening! Another great and honest video, baby will be in school within a blink, time and tide wait for no one, keep it up, it’s all good! Best Andy.

@SmithsdaleFarm Ай бұрын

Thanks for all the tips and encouragement as always Andy 💚 Definitely planning to root all the little strawberry runners when they come! 😋🍓 Who can say no to free plants?!?

@jsw-farmer4140 24 күн бұрын

Should fill the bath with water before sealing so it doesn't split/peel away under pressure.

@SmithsdaleFarm 24 күн бұрын

Ye someone else mentioned that, first we ever heard of it! Tip for next time 👍

@gilitrawanganretiree Ай бұрын

Very striking thumbnail image!

@fempowermentthisisfempower3552 Ай бұрын

Poor Paco. Hope he’s feeling better soon. The bathroom looks so good!!Well done 👏🏻

@SmithsdaleFarm Ай бұрын

Thank you 💚 Silly pup. Hopefully with rest he’ll be fine and running around like a lunatic again soon!

@101life9 Ай бұрын

Job well done on the farm. Next, get ready with food preservation?😊 And a food cellar 😂? It's exciting. The bathroom is looking very good. Love it.

@Krebs-Danmark Ай бұрын

It looks amazing. Good to know what you can do with an older bathroom. 🛀🚽🚿

@SmithsdaleFarm Ай бұрын

Definitely! It’s turned out better than we’d hoped! Just the floor to finish it off 😊

@terryjackson2998 Ай бұрын

Watching your content on this channel reminds of the simplicity and wholesome nature that made me a fan of yours from the start. Maybe waxing a bit nostalgic right now but with all the hustle and bustle that day to day life has become ... watching the simple task of planting a garden is surely a welcome distraction and spirit of things that may have been sadly forgotten in modern times......Blessings to your family and hoping for the brightest of days ahead there as you fulfill your dreams!

@jackierenders9441 Ай бұрын

What a nice job you done with the bathroom!

@SmithsdaleFarm Ай бұрын

Thank you 💚

@kingfisher5150 Ай бұрын

You've done an amazing job on the bathroom! It looks brilliant! Great paint job on the door as well 😀xxxx

@SmithsdaleFarm Ай бұрын

Thanks so much! 😊

@SmithsdaleFarm Ай бұрын

That’s in the next video 😉😄

@punjabseth260 Ай бұрын

👍

@jesschee1737 Ай бұрын

Really enjoy the progress.

@SmithsdaleFarm Ай бұрын

Thank you 💚😄

@franciscoolavide7377 Ай бұрын

en vez de teflon en cinta deberias usar hilo de fontaneria , es mucho mejor

@SmithsdaleFarm Ай бұрын

Oooo, cual es la diferencia??

@franciscoolavide7377 Ай бұрын

el hilo de tefon se ajusta mejor a la rosca y no tendreis fugas de agua al ajustar los grifos .

@danirial6487 Ай бұрын

Mongetes! Vagi bé la plantada

@SmithsdaleFarm Ай бұрын

Merci! 🙏

@liesbethvansilfhout1255 Ай бұрын

Your daughter 😍

@SmithsdaleFarm Ай бұрын

Aw thank you 🥰

@RobJoandthedudo 23 күн бұрын

Very nice, everything looking great, do you have trouble getting building materials where you are? I would love to do something similar, where would I start to look for property's to renovate are there any particular agents to contact

@SmithsdaleFarm 20 күн бұрын

Luckily we have quite a few good building merchants close by around the Tortosa/Jesús area, and can get hold of most things we need from one or another of them. We made a video a while ago, sharing our experience of researching and finding properties, which you might find helpful: “CABIN BUILD SERIES | EP. 4 | How to RESEARCH & BUY LAND IN SPAIN to Live Off Grid kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rM2RpciA37ybdWQ.htmlsi=MwUTHj9ICr9Zp2Nc

@RobJoandthedudo 18 күн бұрын

@@SmithsdaleFarm thank you,