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The old Portuguese houses, for people who took care of animals (cows, sheep, goats) usually have a small door, the animals slept downstairs and the people on top the main reason was the heat for the winter.

I am sure you know, but you must use lime mortar to re-point the stones, never cement. This allows the walls to 'breathe' otherwise you will have issues with dampness

Vinegar and baking soda combined are not an effective solution for cleaning metal. This produces water, sodium acetate and carbon dioxide. It would be more effective to remove rust using electrolysis or using vinegar alone

Really appreciate you guys keeping it real and not putting "yoU wOnT belIevE wHat wE foUnD UndEr tHis mystEriOus rUiN" thumbnail and title on these videos 👍

Re-planting is stressful for all plants before replanting soak the roots for a good hour or more in water then use the water to water the hole before re-planting. That will give them the best chance of survival especially when it is as hot and dry as it gets to be in Portugal.

At 19:59 this is a holder for salt, pepper, vinegar and oil, probably intended as a dinnertime salad dressing device.

My family use to break old tiles into small pieces and lay them on dirt roads to make them more durable and less muddy

I live in a climate similar to that which is where we get very wet Winters and very hot dry summers. The best thing a structure can have is an extended roof. It keeps you cool in summer and it keeps the structure cool, and it keeps the water off in the winter . The little ruin is a perfect for an extended roof, in whatever Direction makes the most sense for an outdoor living space or storage

The mario music when the guy came out. Made me go back and watch a few times. The #editingteam is doing a nice job. Bravo to the whole #Projectkamp.

Hi gang ! Love your videos !! Here is a trick I have used for decades: RUST, Let the metal items soak in cheap white vinegar for at least 2 days...brush and soak/repeat again until the rust is gone. Rince extremely well and let dry. Protect with oil (olive is ok) or a coating (paint, clear, etc.). Then enjoy the items for years to come. 🙂 Keep the vinegar. You can reuse it many times. Cheers from Quebec.

The unbroken glass bottle WITH the TOP is beautiful … will you clean and restore that too? Would love to see it. Thanks for the video, you guys ROCK!! ❤

looks like that little ruin is perfect for, another outdoor shower and toilet since it is near the pig trailer.

Hahaha the Mario sound was hilarious 😂

That item at min 20:00 might be what is called a "Galheteiro" in Portugal. The big round holes hold an olive oil and a vinegar bottle or flask, and the two small ones are for salt and pepper. There should be a vertical handle in the middle

I love how you all protect the native plants, creatures and everything ye can. It's brilliant

Definitely need to reinstate the floor on that ruin, it would give you additional cold storage underneath for veg etc or just tent equipment in off season. The temperature will be quite stable. You could always go big and add another floor to the ruin with timber to make it super duper 😅

Glad you were able to save the rose bushes and fruit trees. The ruin looks so much cleaner.

why i am so excited to see your video and wait for the next project kamp update, feels like its just our land and we all know it very well just like our child

You can likely use the roofing tiles mixed with dirt as sort of a road basin so if you have wash out problems with water the rubble should help. Just make sure no pointy ends pointing where the tires go

Please consider using lime morter for renovating, and pointing g this old granite ruin. 😊

You have a classic Portuguese house there, pig sty (other animals available) at the bottom, humans at the top. That extension wall was the outside sty. They weren’t always permanent residences, some would be occupied in part/all summer only, while crops (and animals grew), then back to their home in town for the winter.

FRUIT TREES: Since they have very little roots left to support the plant, I would suggest you prune them SEVERELY. That way the plant can use it's resources to recover from the transplant, i.e., grow more roots before growing more branch/leaf. You will have better luck with them surviving.

On those roses, you can cut 'em off anywhere and take those stems that you cut off and plant them in just a little bit of soil and keep them moist and they'll start rooting again. And you can make several rose plants out of one plant things just cut off 6 foot. Section out a 6 inch section up out of each stem. And I guarantee you, you plant that stem and deal and add a root stimulator out of it. And I'll, I'll guarantee you. They'll grow. You can even put them in a in a glass of water. And they'll begin to grow roots and then plant them in soil. Roses are easy to populate and have more and more and more roses

Freeing the tree from its bling was a beautiful, touching moment. Thank you so much for your stewardship!

Tip: cut some branches short on fruit trees from ruin. It will prevent water loss and ease reduced root system

Your project has me seeking like minded people in USA. Thanks for the great content. Aeration for ALGAE CONTROL Aerobic bacteria that digest nutrients and other pond waste thrive in high-oxygen water. Improving pond aeration and circulation allows these microscopic organisms to work efficiently to keep pond water clean.

I am fairly sure that the metal tray with the four holes is a restaurant-style tray used for bottles of vinegar and oil, and smaller shakers for salt and pepper.

You guys need a dedicated rubbish dump. When you get your digger then you need to dig a really really big hole, remove the soil to be used somewhere else on the property and the dump all your rubbish into the hole for the earth to reclaim it. When it gets close to being full you dig another hole and use that soil to put over the top of your existing rubbish dump to reclaim the land and plant fruit trees. This is what we did with our own little remote town close to the desert in south australia

If you want keep a plant and dig it out, take care oft the fine roots. This thin roots (like a hair) are verry important for a majority of all plants. So keep in mind some of thes fine-roots should always be preserved. When you pull plants out of the ground, these roots usually tear off first. You should therefore expose a few of them first, or dig more generously

vinegar and baking soda are an acid and a base, either of which would be good for cleaning, but if you put them together they cancel out and basically it's just like using water--they make a pretty fizz while they cancel out but the fizz doesn't clean anything. vinegar is good at cleaning iron because of the mild acidity: First clean the tool with dish soap and water and dry. Then soak in a solution of vinegar and kosher salt. Use about 1/2 cup salt for each 1/2 gallon of vinegar, the salt produces ions that makes the mild acid from the vinegar more active. Soak tool until the rust softens, between 12 hours and several days, depending on the amount of rust. Scrub rust off tool, and then rinse and dry thoroughly. Tada!!!

The granite is crumbly because it was in a very hot fire. Based upon other buildings I've seen like this, I think the ruin was possibly a bier/barn on the bottom because of the low door. The top was either a small room for people or storage for feed. Very cool. Love all the things you found and the ones you can repurpose.

Good video as always showing even old structures can be remodelled if you have the tools and the professionalism on hand. Look forward to seeing where you take it and what yoiu achieve in the process.

Good morning you guys hope you're everybody's having a good day out there I wish you'd be able to get that tractor back but I don't know what happened but I guess have a good day and I'll be praying for you guys God bless you guys keep up the good work and hang in there

Fantastic clear up! Bonus for the buried stairs 🎉

I admire you, young people. This a grand adventure.

I really love that y'all try to save the trees/plants as much as possible, i do the same when campcrafting ^.^

My favourite part of the week is when my weekly dose of Project Kamp is available. I didn't watch the video yet but I know that it's going to be awesome, as usual :D

I love the whole amateur archaeology aspect of cleaning up a space like the old granite ruin.

Suggestion - Make a rock & trash screen with a couple of overlapping layers of rebar mesh.

I think it wasn't the best moment to transplant but the worst. Always better to do it during winter. To report a mark on the wall on the same level, use a hose, a transparent flexible pipe and filling it up with water but no totally. Put on the mark where water is seen on a end and you can report the mark where the water is to the other end. (electrician trick😉)

Stone buildings are the best for portuguese climate. I am sure it will be great for the Kamp! Best of luck y'all you are doing an amazing job!

You have to put a concrete ring with iron rods on the top to prevent it from further bulging. Together with a polygonal spire made of zinc as a roof it will stand for another 100 years and it will look beautiful.

Of the reclaimed trash your are repairing. There was a two trays one with 4 holes. The two bigger holes are fro ashtrays the two smaller are for tobacco and paper. Used to be a thing back in the 30s to have fancy chromed glass decorative ashtrays beside where the gentlemen sat. You are doingngood work!

Those tiles can be smashed up and used in potholes or to build the driveway up. Also if you sift the bigger stuff out of "the dirt" from the ruins you will find its amazing broken down compost and would be amazing food/soil for veggie gardens.☮

At T.C. :20.00 mnts, the piece with 4 large holes associated with the small tray of the same shape, could be a table server: Salt, Pepper, Oil and Vinegar............for example missing part perhaps the legs???. The head hammer is splendid.!! Granit ruin , i usaly say , it is with old things that the spirit work for the common satisfaction. Bon courage and stay safe.

Love how the tools for this kind of surveying are basically the same they were over 2000 years ago.

CONGRATS on 700k!! My child and i watch Every week

I love how you can see someone used to live there and clearly loved the place! I think it would be great to reuse some of the stuff you found (like the cup and the bottle) as decoration!

you could do a REALLY good toilet and bath in there

Decayed granite can be found everywhere sometimes to some depth it is quite usefull for pathways and tracks when you have sorted your next excavator you can have a look and after burie the rubbish from the ruin

You don't need to get rid of all the ceramic tiles. If you bury them around the garden or around the fruit trees, they can serve as passive water storage in the dry months of summer

the treasures were great, that bottle was stunning! Keep up all the amazing work you guys!

Cool video as usual! I would like to point out that Vinegar an Baking soda makes a lot of bubbles and sound but it's really inefficient for cleaning because you are using an acid and a basic substance mixed together and the PH became almost neutral. It's a really common myth, the classical grandma recipe to clean, but it's a myth with no scientific foundation!

Thanks!

I ❤ your videos , it’s great to see yous all working together doing some excellent rejuvenating work on your land yous are blessed to have such a wonderful place

I’m Japanese and very enjoyed this channel every week!!

Maybe its a winter animal pen with the lower level for manure or humans above and animals below for warmth?

The basement (low door) is probably a root storage space. Small door limits heat penetration.

Oramental object was a table server for salt, pepper, oil, and vinegar. Rods held the holey one above base, which usually had small feet. Often a central rod went up to a handle loop for carrying it.

I really love following you in this journey. There are two blocks of land near me that I’d love to buy both have previously been affected by recent fires and floods. But that is the beauty of being able to restore and bring back to life the land and home that once were.

Seeds last a long time, especially fruit seeds. It's pretty likely that a person might discard a seed after eating it outside his house....

@ProjectKamp Not sure what to do with the top floor, but the lower floor would be good to store potatoes and stuff for the long term.

When you cut a lot of roots that gather moisture for a tree then replant you must reduce the foliage to match the water loss. It’s so the plant don’t die because it can’t supply more water than the leaves allow to evaporate.

With the volume of cleanup across many areas of the property, I think your team would benefit from portable yard work bins. You can get some from Fiskars brand. They’re called kangaroo collapsible garden bags. Clearing the sides is a good use case. They are very lightweight and easily portable but basically work as a reusable trash bag so that you can collect a yard scraps and move it to the compost pile more easily. Reduces the time it takes to clean up a cleanup project. I appreciate that many of your purchases are secondhand. Perhaps you could find some that have been used before in your local area. But ultimately, I believe it would be such a timesaver that it would still be a positive purchase.

Vinegar and salt will do the trick. With baking soda you neutralize the vinegar.

15:15 I ❤ that bottle. It's gorgeous. , 😍

The chain you found was to hold the cooking pots over the fire where in some cases they would have boiling water for cooking or bathing.

Ah yes, the old snake house. 🐍 From what I can tell, there was a large stone on top of the doorway and the wall was finished to a triangle shape all the way to the top. However, the oposite wall seems to end flat. Perhaps the triangle shape was made in a wood frame with a window in the middle. And in such creating a traditional house shape with two sided sloped roof. Will be a cute house, however, the bottom part is not very functional as it's not high enough. There are 3 options: 1) keep floor heights as before and use the bottom as storage area. 2) raise the floor and put some stairs up to the 2nd floor on the outside and build the wall higher. Can be done on wood frame, will look realy cool. 3) Make it all 1 floor and access only from bellow.

Could this buildings (this one and the one you have the office) be wine presses or deposits? They look very similar to the ones we have here in the mediterranean for that purpose. But we usually find remains of tiled deposits inside. They look very similar; 2-floored small buildings on a step on the terrain, with doors on both floors the one of the top bigger than the one on the bottom. You enter the grapes with carts on top, where you can install the press, and the most get stored inside the building. The most is recovered with barrels from below when needeed. (Is easier to transport few barrels or most with a mule or donkey, than the original grapes that would need a lot of carriage trips). It also has the advantage of the most get impregnated with the natural yeasts of the terrains.

i feel like the snake is in the ruin ! and why not buying a GOLD Detector it seems like a good idea

It’s lovely to see something done respectfully. I am of the feeling that the lower part of the ruin may have been a store room of sorts. A place to keep the harvest and maybe things made at harvest to use during the winter etc. just a thought because it is far too low to be a living space.

With the old plates, cups etc. that have pictures on them, someone could cut pictures out and make necklaces, earrings etc. sell as reminders of the land’s history. Just a thought. Pretty cool finds!

What happened to the scammer?

watching from Victoria BC, Canada, hi.

You are so ressourceful ! Glad you are there

I love all Project Kamp videos!

Thanks

Oooooh ruin episode!

Beautiful structure. Can't wait to see what you do with it. So happy to see it being saved. Many blessings

Rose's are hardy, these are old strains so moreso. bet that place looked beautiful at one time with the blooms.

You never know what you might find in these ruins. I know a family of farmers who dug up a chest full of gold on their farm. It was common during WWII in some countries to bury gold and money under the floorboards for safekeeping. In Greece, people are still finding hidden treasures in old, long-forgotten houses.

Probablemente, los frutales son semillas de algo que alguien se comió a la sombra de la ruina.

Great work to restore this house! Good luck.

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Do you at some point consider farming your land? I always wondered why you bought such a huge piece of property while at the same time there have been no efforts in planting anything or establish cattle, sheep, goats etc.

I REALLY hope you don't feel the need to alter the wall very much... like the bulge you mentioned.. it doesn't need to be removed. It's been standing just for what looks like 100 years, and it's in really good shape for being that old... But if you were to start chiseling the stone (which I'm pretty sure isn't granite) to remove the bulge , that is going to break up all mortar in between the rock, and they will probably start crumbling and breaking in places you don't want it to.... So I THINK it would best if you leave as much of it the way it is as you possibly can... and try to do more 'additive' repairs than 'removal/destructive' work. (so instead of chiseling off the hump in the middle of the wall, you would add mortar to the sides so they become even with the middle) this way will cost more in material BUT it would give it strength instead breaking up the weaker parts of the wall with hammering and chiseling You also have to remember that you pulled out A LOT of the roots around the the structure, and that COULD have made it weaker, so it's probably safer to add to the wall then break pieces off... ESPECIALLY when you get a strong rainstorm!! A LOT of the soil that was held in by the roots WILL GET WASHED AWAY! So don't forget to take that into account - You guys are really good at thinking of these types of things, so I don't think I need to tell you, but I don't think it can hurt to mention them :)

You're so lucky that the uncovered steps 'go up' and 'down' and not the ones that only go one way 😁

one of my absolute favourite episodes 😍 so many zen moments! treasure hunt, nature and time ❤

When will you begin work on the pond? Are you planning to use plant islands or some kind of fountain/irritator to clear the algae, keep the water healthy and avoid smelliness?

Love from iraq 🇮🇶

That ruin is perfect for capers! If you get seeds you can put the in 3 or 4 of the outside holes in the stone and you'll have never-ending capers!!

Great I’m looking forward to see what you’re doing with it, as I’ve working on a similar project too. Old ruin half built onto a big boulder. These ruins are so beautiful and magical ✨

Isn't that limestone at the bottom of the ruin and not granite?

Telepathy works. I just thought, 'It would be nice to see a project camp video' and this popped up.

The ruin was certainly very rustic even in its prime. That's putting it politely. It's charming now though with the stone construction that could be a movie set.

Awesome guys and girls. Can't wait to see the next development of this ruin. What a wonderful discovery of treasures

Im wondering if that "Rotting granite" is actually granite at all. It seems to me like it could be rotting/solidified grain thats been sitting there for decades. Grab a pickaxe, and get at picking!

can you prolong the video time to 1 hours ++

Just thought I'd mention reference the fruit trees you guys discovered! I recommend that you pot up the smaller ones(with the minimal root systems on them), prune back the trees to leave just a handful of leaves, as the trees will perspire faster than they can take up water and will then risk dying! With less leaves/branches and in pots you can monitor their moisture levels and they can develop their root system better. Then in February next year, you can plant them in to the ground (which is just before they start to produce new shoots/come back in to leaf!).