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After watching in awe the first 2 minutes, I had to pause the video and comment - wow, just wow. That was a gorgeous start. The musical choice was perfect, the diversity of cloud types and times of day made it constantly interesting. Wow. You're an artist.

Thank you for filming the beautiful wildflowers coupled with the choice of music makes it so beautiful to watch. Thank you so much again! Portugal is such a beautiful country.

The South African in me can picture a farm-stall next to the road selling honey, jams, canned fruit, olive tapanade, olive oil, etc.etc lol.

Thank u for feeding the dog 🐕 God bless

Thank you for feeding the dog, please let us know if it has been rescued.

Dear Ken, I am still trying to clean up the mess in my patio and varandas thanks to all my plants in big pots and 4 days of rain here in Ribatejo. The Winter in Portugal is wet, wet, but we all need the rain. Poor doggie, honestly guys, please contact the GNR post nearest you. That is animal abuse, and it's a crime. If you do not wish to get the police involved, you can also contact the Malcata Animal Rescue Associação, to see if they can take the dog away from that awful situation. They are on FB, and are a wonderful group founded by UK residents in Portugal. Keep dry and healthy both of you.

Happy to see the bees are building more comb and expanding the nest. Keep up the good work.

Poor dog, such cruel owners. I thought it only rained in England! Haha nice blog thank you👍

If you put up a deep bed of straw in the chicken house then when you change it out you have a great supply of compost ..

If you ask the neighbor to plow in the other direction, the water will have more time to penetrate into the ground and your lower field will flood less. You attract flies with beer in your trap

Beautifullllll ... Sound and Vision!

Magnificent intro... the timelapse of the clouds was fantastic. Your content is always excellent. Level is getting too high. Thank you and keep up the good work!

beer and sugar in the bottle, you can get dozens of them in a day give it a try, it will also catch wasps if therr are any

Drunk wasps ,lol who knew .i enjoyed your knowledge on your bee hives ty

Probably to stop flooding your land you may have to build small channels to drainage the fields. Also the fly catcher takes some time for the flies to be attracted but soon you have a bunch of flies trapped and dead inside the smell will attract a ton of flies but will smell really bad.

The INTRO - was Outstanding. I thought I was watching a PBS TELEVISION Documentary. ***** STARS.

Feed that dog a couple times a day and ask her to get closer to you each day. After about a week you should be able to take the kennel in there. Or if nothing else just drop it over the fence line and she can get in it when she wants.

Portugal doesn't do drizzle. When it rains, it really rains. To highlight, Lisbon has an average of nearly 73cm of rain per year, rainy London and Paris 56cm and 64cm respectively. The big difference is Lisbon only has 77 wet days, London 109 days, Paris 111 days per year. Great video on so many levels. Probably your best.

That rain was biblical! We were in Penela signing the papers to our Quinta on the mountain and just had summer clothes, we didn't expect it. Our lawyer was saying it was unusually heavy rainfall and not what they were used to. What you gonna name the new pet Ken? I suggest Ronnie or Reggie 😉

In Brazil, most of the flies disappear for a while, as soon as they hear the fly swatter. It might work in Portugal too... They don't completely vanish but at least they give you a break for a while. It's worth trying...

amazing start

The cloud's are wonderful. The bubbling one's are spectacular!! To see and hear rain is quite a treat. I'm sorry about the doggy. As mine lay's next to me with her special blanket it's hard to fathom that type of treatment. Great Vlog ,thank you.

I most have been around 10 years old and my grandpa did take me along to collect the honey from is beehives that he keep in the pine forest I got sting couple of times that day but the memories of spending precious time with him are still with me 53 years later.

Best video yet really well done love seeing the place greening up and getting rain. The bit about lichen was great and your photography has really improved! Please try to post more often. So sad for the puppy out in the rain , very nice of you to feed her. Hopefully you were able to sneek the kennel in. Love how compassionate you all are. The bee portion was fascinating and educational as well. Thank you !

The cloud's scene is awesome! I hope the dog's situation will change for the better. The cinematography and editing is just getting better everyday!

Raining means tons on fertilisers you got free from God to vitalize your plants😁😁

a littel bit late to comment, bur rhanks for the video. Loved the clouds sequence :-) I was really sad to see the poor dog.... Hope you are able to contact authorities or a dog rescue place. Have a great weekend!

I Love your videos👏🏽👍🏽 Very informative. Thank you

Hahaha, tooted wasps! 🤣🤣🤣

BTW Your photography and soundtrack are wonderful.' )

Magnificent intro! And your affection for your new life shows in every frame of your videos!

My dream is to own a house one day in a nice climate with those orange trees outside the house, I'll be watching your progress in meantime :)

Love the cloud sequence, what a beautiful place we live in👌

very similar to Cape TOWN weather for sure, loved your intro

ah, my favorite view ! sky and landscapes Thank you so much Ken.Youlift my spirits as storms are heading to us in Oregon for the winter.

Beautiful video, have a warm and green winter 🌺

Wow! How much your filming skills have improved, guys. Well done.

Oh Ken you have done really well with this one....love the chill out pieces xx😍👍

Woooow , quality cinema .

Lekker Ken deffinetly time for the olive harvest. Enjoy and have gr8 week.

Loving every vlog, publish more often please 🤗

Hi from England raining all weekend it's life, keep up with the good work mate all the best = good rest of this weekend.

Amazing episode You made my day Thank you for sharing

Very nice one Ken, when reviewing one of your first videos ( yes, I bingwatched them all during Covid), what an evolution you've made!

Beautiful video as always 🙂 Love the 🐝❤️🐝

Perfect. Loving it♥️.... ok now let me concentrate watching this amazing video 🙂

You should call GNR and Tell them the situation of the dog This in acordance with portuguese law is a crime . The owners of the land should be íntimo court

Storm Barbara: "possibility the occurence of extreme phenomena." Sounds about right! 😂

For the flies. Boiled codfish water. Now its winter, its more difficult, but in sunny days, the trap its the steam of the plastic bottle, the fish its a decoy.

loving the 4k B-footage

"it's not a good day to be a chicken." Haha! :-)

Great video. Enjoyed watching it! That was so sad about the dog. I hope that gets resolved soon.

1st class

Beautiful scenery the fall colors and experiencing the rain. Hope you have a great success with the bees. So sad about the poor dog. Shame 😞

Hello! I suggest youu to take the car and go to a tour to the Serra da Estrela now because it is beautiful, with its autumn colors. Follow to Valhelhas and then to Manteigas ... visit the forest of s. lourenço with its "faias" wood.It 's amazing and you can eat in Soadro do Zêzere, restaurant in Valhelhas . It's very nice. You will like it and the sun is wonderful . IT'S amazing..👍

An excellent video and, once again, a demonstration of the excellent people you are. I wish you all the best and that you continue to delight me. :) By the way, you need rain jackets up to your feet. ; )

I made a fly trap similar to the one you made and I used a raw egg mixed with a bit of water. The egg rottens after a short while and flies are attracted to its smell. They go to the water and stay there. Eventually they sink and I caught hundreds of flies in 2 or 3 days. There were layers of flies. But I made much smaller holes than you. Actually, I just used a knife to start a hole and then a simple Philips screwdriver to make 4 small circular holes near the top, not more than 4 or 5mm diameter each. That's enough for them to get in but they don't find the way out. I had a feeling your holes were too big, fairly easy for the flies to find the way out, but I could be wrong.

I never saw a bug like the one at 18:14 around here. Interesting. Maybe that's specific to your area. And great eye from your part for catching it. The artist in you... :-)

Good video, I think that if you get an air drone your videos would be great, that way you can show us air views around you and your property. Just a suggestion. Nice music you put in the video.

Did anything good happen about that dog that was tied to the tree? I hope you saved the wasps drowning in the pond.

12 points for the cloud timelapse !!! :) loved it ! :) are you still getting hornets ? we're still invaded here in Malta ! ... Hope that dog is ok :(

Just wondering if the dog is ok , i felt so bad when i watch 😓😢😭 its heart breaking 💔 😢 we have 3 dogs we loved them so much ... so i hope the dog is rescued 🙏🙏🙏

Such a great vlog, loved the choice of music looking at the fruit trees. Hope there is something that can be done to help the dog in the field. When will the olive harvest be?

Looks like where I live. We have had rain almost every day for over 2 weeks but no thunder strorms or storm force winds. It is about 12 C right now at 10.47 am on Sunday under dark clouds but no rain as of now .

if you want to keep the flies out of your house, have branches (with leaves) of laurel there. Or a plate with paprika.

Use a fly tape probably best thing out there as flies are caught more will get attracted and stuck until full tape

Try to dissolve yeast in a water bottle, the smell attracts the flies. By the way I really enjoy your videos (-:

It really broke our hearts watching that dog , poor thing , no shelter and no food , im glad you guys gave him food , and people already gave the info you guys need how to act .We do have laws against mistreating animals!! "Lagostin" , not good to have around ,as they at night will attack your vegetable garden and eat your vegetables , but they are good to eat (exactly like see food ) . I remember to go with my dad and uncle to the big reservoir ( Barragem de Santa Clara ) with bits of Cod fish inside a net and catch loads of those big ones"Lavagante" and then cook them same way as the Lobster , very nice .

Loved this video. Heartbreaking about the dog, I'd struggle to see that too, hopefully with the links you'll be able to get him or her some help, looks like there are tumors on the stomach. I understand your need to help and your uncertainty as to what to do, being new to the area and the dog being on a neighbour's land, that could turn nasty.

I have a bit of experience with beekeeping in Alentejo. You should stop feeding that hive. The bees are just taking the sugar you give them and putting it in honeycombs that then they have to guard against the moths. Right now they should have enough eucalyptus and wildflowers to keep them busy. That hive with that few bees shouldn't have to guard all that frame area. May be a good idea to invest in a couple 5 frame nucleus, or cut a vertical plywood excluder and let them occupy only half the hive, taking the extra frames out. That said they look fine and healthy and should grow quite nicely in winter. If they ever need feeding, as in they're on their last square inches of honeycomb, use solid feed. Liquid feed at this time up to March may result in several gut maladies. It's very common to see North European make this mistake but I always tell them in beekeeping Summer is our Winter. That's when bee-eater birds keep bees stuck inside the hives for 2 months. Winter is at most 3 weeks of rainy days mostly concentrated in December. [person that sold you those hives should know better and shame on them] Anyways. That's my beekeeper nerd-out lecture for today. Cheers.

On a happier note, I just saw the weather forecast and apparently the rain will stop as early as monday or tuesday and temperature will go back up to the low twenties towards the end of next week. So, hopefully the next weekend will be a sunny one. :-)

I love diospiros...it´s a shame that branch fell off.....but it happens when there are a lot of weight from the fruit in suspension...I´m buying it at 1.99 a kg in Lidl...😋

In South Africa we have a brand called Red Top Fly Catcher which is the most effective method I have ever seen. Check it out on online. They claim to catch 20 000 flies in 3 days, and I can vouch that has been my experience also. Once the flies go in they can’t get out - simple but effective design. The magic is also in the concoction which attracts them. Worth finding out if Red Top exports to EU. If not, they should.

The crayfish will eat your goldfish! I made that mistake.

Another great video. Thanks. Have you been able to harvest any fruit from your trees? If so what's its quality?

Poor dog. I recently read about the podenco hunting dogs in portugal :-( . The treatment of them is beyond cruel .

Did you get more wood good job you going to need it, all the best.

Wow the video quality was really good. Good mix of content. Have you asked the farmer about the flooding ie is it worth putting in extra drainage ditches? I guess it’s only grass now so probably not worth the effort.

When you said you were planting a "Winter Garden" Does that mean that you can grow some certain crops all year long there? Like two growing cycles?

Aple vinegar or juice that should be ok

Regarding that poor dog, the right action would be to call the police. There are laws against animal cruelty and this could be considered as such. One of these laws, 69/2014 (link below) says "Quem, sem motivo legítimo, infligir dor, sofrimento ou quaisquer outros maus tratos físicos a um animal de companhia é punido com pena de prisão até um ano ou com pena de multa até 120 dias.". Rough translation: "those who, without a legitimate reason, inflicts pain, suffering or any other physical harm to a "company animal" is punished with imprisonment until 1 year or a penalty until 120 days". A dog is considered a "company animal" in this regard, as per the same law. dre.pt/pesquisa/-/search/56384878/details/maximized

With all those fruit trees and olive trees, why not pick them and sell them or just give them to the grocery storr down the road??

Wow...nice winter days... Rui Oliveira provided you with some excellent information. You may want to keep the information for future use also. Sometime ago, I had encouraged you to find the local law enforcement agency that provides the service of protection to people as well as animals in your region, most likely it will be a branch of the GNR (they are the state police) ...... how’s your Portuguese coming along?.....good possibility some of them GNR members may speak some English.....either way, photos speak a million words...quite obvious the animal is undernourished, no shelter, definitely an older dog that appears (physically) to have had a few puppy litters. Keep in mind that cruel people are everywhere and Portugal is no exception, as well as retaliation. So, having good connections with law enforcement is advisable.....learning the language is a must!, learning the people and their costumes, priceless. Looks like having some good stiff boards to place across the water tank top and cut the grapes out of it maybe a good choice, prevent unwanted debris in your water tank as well as bugs....wasps not a good alternative. Well, farm life at its best, don’t look like mimo and Dogdog had a problem playing in the rain..

Thanks for making these videos. Quick question (not sure if you've covered this in other videos) but are you able to get decent internet where you live? What speed and what's the price?

Why aren't you harvesting the persimmons?

Do you have a PO Box so people can send things to you 😊

Hi Ken and Gina, beautiful video, am just so disappointed and saved how the people in portugal treat the dogs, am disgusted. Is there no vet who can start exterelizing the dogs..Lots of love.xxxx

how much money you think you going to make from the honey or is not for sale?

Why don t you but guttering on the house roof and collect the water into containers and to stop it from dripping on your head above the doors

how much it costed you the farm

Do you ever eat the olives off of the tree?

Lol you catch wasps without make an effort but not flies ,😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Watching that dog ( obviously a mother who recently had puppies! ) was unbearable. We had to put our beloved 11 years old dog Balthazar to sleep 13 days ago ( we lost a 24 month long battle to cancer) and it is just heart breaking to see that dogs do not receive the love they deserve. On the lighter note... those rolling clouds were spectacular.

A fly zapper

As a Portuguese I feel ashamed that there is still people that do that to animals, specially dogs, I usually get broken heart with how the Spanish in Andalusia do the same and it's not just one it's everywhere, it's horrible, and because it's private property I can't get involved, it's so sad, By the way would you know who we could contact for a rental around the area of C.B.?

Video excelente como é habitual. O cão maltratado devia ser denunciado à GNR (Sepna) Acho que os vossos cães são arraçados de patos. Parece que descobriram um animal novo.

It is now illegal to tie a dog up in Portugal. This is terrible cruelty, she looks so old and very under nourished. Suggest you call your vet and ask them if they have any suggestions. She looked like she had trouble eating, so her teeth might be in very poor condition.

Call a profissional company

Animal welfare in Portugal is terrible 😢