River running again after extreme drought this summer - Walks in the Portuguese countryside

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Күн бұрын

Today we go on another exploration of the countryside around us. The destination is the river not too far from us, to check out how it is looking after all this rain. I also find an amazing little shed/house, and a very old watering channel from a tiny well. And there is some talk on getting another dog and respecting local knowledge.
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New here? My name is Lea and I live with my partner Maarten, our two children Puck and Bo on our land in Central Portugal. We left the rat race in the Netherlands in 2018 and moved south in our old campervan. Two years ago we bought land in Portugal that had been abandoned for several decades. After lots of hard work we now live in a beautiful yurt and keep ourselves busy growing our own vegetables as well as producing olive oil, wine and honey on a small scale. This channel documents all the different jobs we have to do, and sometimes some nice footage of this beautiful country we now call home.
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Chapters:
0:00 Goal of today's walk
2:04 Arriving at the river
6:27 A friend for Louis?
10:35 Amazing little farm
12:41 Traditional watering system
14:45 Respecting local traditional knowledge
17:54 River is running wild
19:10 Walk home

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@teresaquintinha7361 Жыл бұрын

I'm Portuguese and I really appreciated your comments. The population in Portugal is decreasing and there are so much abandoned lands, that I need to thank you and others to come here and take care of small parts of this beautiful country, that will become yours. Ancients probably didn't had the knowledge we have today, but without scientific information that we have today, they had the knowledge of their land and the weather, seasons, rains and lack of water. They built small solutions normally with the help only of their arms, that help them live. Talk with the oldest people still alive and probably they will explain why and how they tooked care of the land. Some solutions are rubbish but others makes sense.

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your lovely comment Teresa :) We love being here and learning the ways of the land

@jeanhawken4482 Жыл бұрын

Always interesting.

@Atimatimukti Жыл бұрын

Teresa, not only with the arms but with the "help" of cows and donkeys. The animals transported the rocks and soil from one place to the other. StilI, I am grateful to all the people that build the walls of my farm and directed the overflowing waters to safe places. I'm in Minho and here in the mountains, some walls have 6/7 m high so that's something!

@mfsxm Жыл бұрын

Nice to see Portuguese speaking proper English. I was born on the Island of Curacao. (Heart in English) My Father moved from Madeira to Curacao. He used to speak Portuguese with us. Then I move to Sint Maarten 12 years ago and my English became better although I got Britisch English in School. In my time, Dutch Language (Official language of The Netherlands and still our official language) was taught in school as the Primary teaching language. Besides that, we got Spanish, Papiamentu (Grammar) and English. I High school, German and French are added. Yes so I understand what she/ they say in the video in Dutch 😅🙂 can translate some, too (o Cachorro= de Hond, het huis= a casa, arvore= boom=Arbol (Spanish)😅😅 I understand most Portuguese but not everything. My father passed when I was 13 only. I usually speak papiamentu and English with my kids (they're born here). My Father is a Rodrigues (Rodrigues do Tanque). So am I.

@isabelandrademourarodrigue3891 Жыл бұрын

Cuidado com os cogumelos. Podem ser venenosos. A maiorvparte são

@hugo.a.martins Жыл бұрын

Loved the music, loved the comment after the aquaduct and the structures my ancesters constructed all over the place. There is no valley without ancient proofs of being used to agriculture. Even in very sloped mountains portuguese people were able to construct walls and terraces to plant their must needed food. Thank you for this video.

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Happy to hear you enjoyed it Hugo :) We’ve seen some amazing villages and engineering here and in other parts of Portugal, always cool to see

@anniemac3075 Жыл бұрын

Loved the walk with Louis, so much water! I hear you about those who think they know better & come along with their ideas to beat Nature basically. The hard labour that was put in many years ago to build wells, drainage, water storage etc isn't to be ignored. It took years of understanding the way the land works, how water finds its way down & to plan ahead for when it's hot & dry. It's tough but the rewards are great if you get it right.

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Lots of work and thought went into all of this :)

@davidj1684 Жыл бұрын

Indeed, many northern European modern-day settlers have a rather empirical attitude. I never cease to be amazed at what I learn from the old ways and the old people around me on our finca. Of course new ways have been developed to deal with old problems and sometimes they are better, sometimes not so much so. If only everyone came here to discover and l-e-a-r-n then they just might not make some of the ludicrous (and sometimes expensive) mistakes they make.

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Like planting banana trees, there’s a reason people are not doing that here 😅

@keithbrandon8540 Жыл бұрын

We never get tired of these exploratory walks with you. This was great, seeing the old walls, aqueducts and the flowing rivers. Agree with you about how the people of the past worked with the land and climate to adapt and become productive to their needs. We have seen this in parts of Wales and also here in Morocco there is agriculture in the most remote, desolate of places. Very clever. In parts it is the job of one man to open and close the viaducts to change the course of flow to ensure good coverage. Thanks, and see you next time. 👍 👍

@hemlock40 Жыл бұрын

During my 21 months or so living in central Portugal I've learned a lot about the value of the traditional "old fashioned" ways. Old stone gutters, aquaducts, stone-lined wells, roofing system. Some of those old ways really worked for a long time, using local materials that were affordable and available. But I've found that a lot of the builders and tradesmen have little or no knowledge about newer and superior building materials that have been available in other places (the US, UK, and northern Europe) for quite some time. Past generations of countryside Portuguese tolerated a lot of things that we would not. For example, water intrusion through house walls, having to channel water inside the house along the wall to the other side to drain out.

@marysemazeres1430 Жыл бұрын

I love your reaction about portugeas land traditions, Me felt the same in Corsica 40 years Ago, when we discovered what was under overgrown fields, and elderly told us, how and why they did things on their land, when we questionned them.

@klazyy641 Жыл бұрын

Today, you actually 'glowed'! Love this post and your views on the land, weather, and the attitude of not just northern Europeans, but of most new arrivals in old lands. You shine, Lea!

@klazyy641 Жыл бұрын

PS---that mini aqueduct and your exploration of it was epic in my view. I was also impressed with the almost totally intact well with the apparatus for a donkey/mule (whatever) to get the gears to turning to impel water into some channels for irrigation. Way cool!

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

It was really cool to find!!

@jbyrd2516 Жыл бұрын

That was a delightful walk thank you for sharing. The aquaduct, well and farm buildings were really interesting from social, agricultural and aesthetic points of view, but the water/river was intriguing too. I see what you mean about Louis’ energy, he really likes to explore.

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Was really cool to find that little aquaduct there, someone really put a lot of thought and effort into that place.

@janicedelp2775 6 ай бұрын

Hi, Lea! Thanks for taking us on your walk today. So beautiful! When I was younger, we would get out and go down across pastures to the creek close to our place. It was always interesting and especially after heavy rains. I love how you notice any sign of where people made changes to get water to their fields and dug wells; built walls; and made aqueducts. I love exploring old home places. You can find old pans and bowls. I love to plant plants and flowers in them. I also have gathered starts of flower bulbs and flowering bushes. I realized quickly that you and your man are extremely talented at whatever you do. I am happier when I am out in nature and gardening, so therapeutic. Janice from Arkansas USA

@gail2334 Жыл бұрын

I love your walk abouts! The sound of the river is so soothing! So agree with you about the intelligence and wisdom of our ancestors.

@junco477 Жыл бұрын

Really enjoy your walks/talks.

@arturrosa3166 Жыл бұрын

Your dog loves these walks and so do we. :)

@doloresburmeister7184 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the exhilarating walk, wonderful to see running rivers and traditional aquaducts. Really enjoyed the experience

@sgrvtl7183 Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the video, calming to see so much water flowing. Keep taking those walks, good for perspective and fresh air does wonders for us all!

@lieuwina Жыл бұрын

That was a lovely relaxing walk and talk. Love the sound of the river flowing. I am amazed that you can find your way home. It is very beautiful where you are and I love the sound of the river being so loud and wild. Have a lovely day. Thank you for sharing.

@visakaweerasinghe4236 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing about your lovely land, land scape so beautiful. 🏞🏕 love is so brave dog 🐕 he wants to cross that strong river 😲for a 2nd I was scared 😱 but same time you call. Thank you so much for sharing your precious time with us. Take care ⚘️ ⚘️ ⚘️

@marysemazeres1430 Жыл бұрын

yes, it is really nice to see a river full of water, I suffer also in summer to see dried rivers.

@sandranatali1260 Жыл бұрын

We have a large Portuguese community here on the Big Island of Hawaii. They came many years ago to round up the cattle that had run free for years. Helping to create ✨️ the largest cattle ranch , called Parker Ranch. If you research Parker Ranch, it's a wonderful story of the Portuguese Cowboys and building a community here.

@jolel2566 Жыл бұрын

lovely river

@kpremalal Жыл бұрын

Wow very nice weather.

@mfsxm Жыл бұрын

I like how you put the information out THE WAY IT IS. About the Classic/ traditional/ Old ways of watering, I like it that way. I think these Portuguese Old Ways were brought from Egypt. If you see how Farming was done at the times in Egypt and still today's day we can see how they had it. Hot desert still having cold water running through aquaducts under the ground made from stones. Back in Curacao, my father and his Cousin (both Portuguese) were doing farming. They had no Plastic/ steel water tanks. They did build water reservoir on the ground level with sea sand. I remember going more than 5 kilometers riding on a wooden wheeler kind of ... sitting among buckets to the beach. YUP! I remember we used to jump inside these "Tanks" of stone/Sea sand built, and swim the whole day until getting wrinkled. The modern agriculture system has change since the 1st and 2nd Industrial Rev. period where people started to see only MONEY. QUICK MONEY! They think Modern is better. I see Modern roads being fixed yearly and is not only in my Country. Here, Curacao, Aruba, even in the US. While the old Roads in ROME etc. paved with nature stones are still intact.

@delphine88313 Жыл бұрын

I LOVE walking especially with beautiful scenery Lol keep it up

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

@ralphsullender2474 Жыл бұрын

I like that you share your walks in the countryside it is beautiful even wet and overcast.

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Glad you like it :)

@deehalpern8988 Жыл бұрын

It's such a contrast to the very dry summer you had.

@Loesters Жыл бұрын

Its a beautiful walk Lea. Its roaring. 🧚‍♀️🍀🌲

@alanmoffat4680 Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed your bush trail walk and the river shots. Saw many stone works around the countryside. Been there for many generations I would guess. Double use of them 1 to make walls and water protections and 2 to clear them from the fields to promote agricultural spaces. Brown-coloured water runoff may be high tannin content from peaty fields or fallen leaves of certain tree species. One way to test it is to simply drop a few drops of gelatine solution into a sample of the water, if the water goes cloudy, this indicates tannins as the tannins will react with the gelatine protein to form an insoluble precipitate.

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Interesting on the water! I'd never seen this color before.

@alanmoffat4680 Жыл бұрын

@@ourportuguesehomestead Many of the creeks in Australia are black tea-colored as a result of flowing over high tannin content leaves.

@jbyrd2516 Жыл бұрын

And we are uncomfortably familiar with rivers flowing into fields (paddocks) at the moment!

@annaapple7452 Жыл бұрын

Yes, my first thought was organic matter as well. It stains like mad. Alternatively, it could be iron oxides (which come in all kind of brown to orange shades), or certain bacteria. I've seen this type of colour in standing water with decaying plants in salt marshes. Weird colours in water aren't always a bad thing, and can be totally natural and/or harmless.

@philipallen8648 Жыл бұрын

Red or tea-coloured water can be seen in discharges from peatlands. Maybe, in this case, it may be related to iron oxide leaching out and feeding into the surface water, local domesticated animals can assist with process this I understand.

@kimselway4810 Жыл бұрын

Love your walks thanks for sharing ❤

@angelogouveia2487 Жыл бұрын

It looks so beautiful around there 😍 💖 thanks for sharing

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@richfiryn Жыл бұрын

The start of a whole new series here. "Trash Talk With Leah" LOL !!!!

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

The people are not ready Rich, but I have some stories to tell 😂😂

@richfiryn Жыл бұрын

@@ourportuguesehomestead people are funny wherever we go. Merry Christmas to you and your family. I’m sure the peace you feel walking through your countryside is good for you. Nice cruising with your buddy Louis too!!

@rickygravouia2416 11 ай бұрын

So peaceful 4:43

@johnsonr9 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful country. You all have worked so sacrificially and are just beginning to reap the benefits. Great channel.

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@tenpennyguy Жыл бұрын

I am always impressed by the drystone walls and other structures shown in your videos. It takes immense skill and effort to make those so they last for ?how many years / decades. Seeing the empty fields, with wells and such, is rather sad. So good that you are there revitalizing and respecting the landscape.

@inekeroos9264 Жыл бұрын

Mooi wat je allemaal laat zien en vertelt. Dank je Lea 🙏♥️

@junielaine4211 Жыл бұрын

Such a great change after such a long drought . Very beautiful .

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Yes, very different!

@joreggelt442 Жыл бұрын

What a beautiful mountain!

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Really is! Love walking there :)

@aasphaltmueller5178 Жыл бұрын

About keeping the dogs : You could keep him/them on a line - you draw a long line inbetween some trees and when necesarry, clip a line of a few meters to the collar into this line, with a carbine or some free moving sort of ring.

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

That's also a good idea! I've seen that before, not sure why we didn't think of it. Have to see if we have some good trees for that

@afrlala3593 Жыл бұрын

Amazing difference from the severe drought to a complete swap. Just unbelievable.

@mesutozsen903 Жыл бұрын

Eline emeğine sağlık bu güzel vlog için kolay gelsin hayırlı işler....👍👍👍👍

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@oakolive Жыл бұрын

Talked with an old neighbour yesterday and he said he's never seen this much water. It's coming from everywhere right now.

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

The rain is being very extra this year for sure 😂 Making up for last winter I guess

@monalingan9523 Жыл бұрын

I thoroughly enjoyed walking with you, vicariously through the countryside. The rains have certainly left their mark on the land, but oh, what a glorious spring you shall have.

@hillbowdenishd.....5274 Жыл бұрын

I hope you didn't get lost this time I thought we were heading for the mountain great hike as always 👍

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Nope, I know this walk well :)

@hillbowdenishd.....5274 Жыл бұрын

@@ourportuguesehomestead you're doing great bringing Portugal magnificent land scape and views on our door step always following you from 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪👍

@jerrielindsey5939 Жыл бұрын

A long-time American viewer here. Like seeing the countryside and appreciate your comments on respect for the wisdom of traditional Portuguese life ways. I’ll point out that Europeans anttitudes and impact on the Americas was much worse. They didn’t come to an empty land, millions of indigenous people lived here before the intentional genocide of Native Americans. Many still do, surviving and persevering despite all.

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Consequences for the people living in the America’s were definitely much worse.

@francescatappi3241 Жыл бұрын

I love coming with you on these beautiful walks. Thank you for filming.

@nettp7773 Жыл бұрын

Of course we don't want flooding but rain to break the drought is wonderful. We understand drought too. We had a good year with rain this year.

@juanitakauffman6336 Жыл бұрын

The river and the sound of it were beautiful.

@MrYesswell Жыл бұрын

Bedankt

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Thank you! We really appreciate that :)

@MrYesswell Жыл бұрын

@@ourportuguesehomestead wij zijn blij dat wij nog iemand zien die niet acteert...jullie zijn nog authentiek. Dank daarvoor. Wij wonen in val chiquero. Als wij in de toekomst kunnen helpen...laat maar weten. Wij hebben 2 trekpaarden. Geen Friezen. Maar echte boulonnais uit Frankrijk. Fijne groet Emanuel kiczula Annick dams Uit België.

@ThePorridgeGobbler Жыл бұрын

These walks are time to reflect on life and clear all the negativity from your life.

@oliveoil4487 Жыл бұрын

Lea - I enjoyed every moment of this walk with you!! Excellent video!!

@tanjabrattinga7401 Жыл бұрын

beautiful

@kentaaffe566 Жыл бұрын

Enjoyable walk, enjoyable talk, thank-you. 😆

@FrugalQueeninFrance Жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful area

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Very!

@BGazzah Жыл бұрын

Delightful accompaniment to my sunday morning coffee - thanks for sharing :)

@donloughrey1615 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, greetings from Minnesota, USA.❤

@hanspkok Жыл бұрын

Mooie plaatjes van een geweldig gebied. Ik zit in Soajo, daar regent het al 2 maanden ...

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Prachtig gebied daar in het noorden :) Maar die constante regen is wel een beetje te....

@linara7157 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful video 🎉🎉🎉

@BuelahBela Жыл бұрын

I love taking a walk with you!

@lizschultz1 Жыл бұрын

Love going with you on your walks, but this one was pretty special after the rains and with the rivers running so fast. The dark coloured water is very common here in Australia after the rains and comes from tannins relating mostly to eucalyptus trees. Tannins are the byproduct of water passing through decaying leaves or soil - they're quite harmless. In winter I 'migrate' to an island in Queensland where there's a place called Brown Lake - and yes it is brown - it's like swimming in a giant cup of black tea!! You're not alone in your thoughts about what many newcomers are doing to their land and dismissing the old ways. But I take solace knowing there's people like you saving many of these abandoned properties - well done! I'm a no-dig gardener of some 50 years and wonder, given the scorching summer temps in centeal Portugal (same as here), why so few people mulch their vegie beds. You'd save yourself a lot of watering and weeding and the soil temperature would be kept more even over day and night. Tip: I soak my peas for about 12 hours before planting and so far, no total failures. 🤞 Love that you're taking your time with everything - I can recall the videos from when you first moved onto your land and started your first vegie bed....now here you are with youngsters and a yurt!! All the best, and please, keep these lovely 'walks with thoughts' coming - love them!

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! I always mulch the garden, really helps with water retention :)

@teedub1990 Жыл бұрын

I think the word you are looking for is a sense of superiority. It's sad but not surprising. The small little well and aqueduct was super charming and quite beautiful. I feel a sympathetic sense of relief for you and the rest of Portugal with this abundance of water. I'm also a little jealous. I would love to have the rains you are experiencing. You shared some really beautiful scenery with us, thank you.

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

If I could I would send you some rain, but no such luck. Glad you liked the walk!

@paisleyjane9606 Жыл бұрын

This looks like an amazing time to be in Portugal, actually. It reminds me of what Spring is like back in my Midwest childhood. My daughter-in-law's parents are returning right after Christmas to the village near Guarda where they grew up. Apparently they will help with an Epiphany celebration. I'm a little jealous.

@denislegault9864 Жыл бұрын

Love your walks and other things you guys do for basically self reliant on many fronts...lots of water now i see.....hoping you and your family have a very Merry Christmas...

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Same to you :)

@emveecee Жыл бұрын

As so many have already said, I love your walks through the countryside, Louis' enjoyment of it, and your respect of it. I always thought podengos (sp?) were ugly (those long hairs around their mouth!), but a friend gave us a pup that was a cross with Jack Russell terrier. Yes, they're a perfect size - I've fallen in love with our Leo😄.

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

I love Podengos! They come with all different kinds of fur. All the ones I’ve known here just had great characters. They are very common here, so won’t be hard to find one in the shelter

@jeanettenicholas2863 Жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas to you all

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Same to you :)

@journeyoflovelight Жыл бұрын

I love, Love, Love you showing how the land looks now. Your editing is spot on and really beautiful. I love the music you picked for the walk. Its beautiful!!! I am Portuguese on my Fathers side. I love when you translate what your saying and the rest of the family. Peace Friends. -Melanie 🦋🦋

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Very happy to hear that Melanie :) Enjoyed making this video

@lifevorce Жыл бұрын

I'm going to miss you in January!

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

I'll be back!

@VasculhoPT Жыл бұрын

Nice video

@offgrid7837 Жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more about the old methods. Modern methods work whilst you have easily available technological resources and fossil fuels. They are complicated systems and there is no guarantee they will continue to be available. Simplicity is always best.

@luisbispo1235 Жыл бұрын

The color of the water its called lenhinha.....its a bit of moysting wood to wather....it´s not poluttion.

@elainepearman2309 Жыл бұрын

Hi, one of the things you can do for your dog whilst waiting for the money to build an enclosure is, to run a wire between trees and attach chains to this wire which is attached to the collar of your dog. Can have another wire for the other dog, not sure if they could share. Have seen this work on properties. They have access to shade, water etc. and can run at least short distance. Love your walks.

@riskodisko Жыл бұрын

Of the last walks i liked this one the best, specially that place after the 'flooded"well...the little water hole, the shed and its nora well, with an amazing view to those 2 mountains...the rocks and little plants,the moss 💚...do you ever forage any sort of plants for eating, medicinal etc? Thanks for sharing, more rain on the way, hope it does not saturate the lands too much, keep an eye and stay safe...podengos are so clever and cute, the right moment will come...abraço!

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Don't do much foraging at the moment, I end up not processing it due to time constraints.

@edvanhagen2363 Жыл бұрын

Lea wat een prachtige trip veel water daar bij jullie maar hier gemiddeld min 3 a5 gr dus als jullie willen ruilen is het goed ha ha groetjes uit Zeeland

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Nou liever niet!

@tedwhanstall6156 Жыл бұрын

I appreciate the comments. The pace difference and population explosions in Europe advanced certain areas very quickly. People want to slow down and live a farm owner-style life, for many that will take years to adjust. Breaking the 9-5 habit can be very difficult. People do not want to be seen as failing and they hold themselves open for scrutiny and approval. The Portuguese do not seem to subscribe to this and that is why the country is so magnificent and appealing.

@carlosvictor8679 Жыл бұрын

levadas-water levies ,that one seems a manual one rather than using livestock cause the well is narrow.

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Yes too narrow for livestock I think

@afrlala3593 Жыл бұрын

I know what you mean🌺

@adoniscortereal2666 Жыл бұрын

The water is dark due to the fact that it has dissolved iron ore... There is probably a deposit of iron ore associated with other metals nearby...

@Jesuscger Жыл бұрын

Beira Baixa region is very rich in Quartz, Iron, Uranium, Lithium and Wolframium, there are some Gold deposits too. That dark water comes from a mineral deposit for sure.

@adoniscortereal2666 Жыл бұрын

Yes, it's true... These areas have been the target of mining in the past since the time of the Celts, Romans... and also contemporary to our days...

@lightdark00 Жыл бұрын

I did a screen replacement on every iPhone I bought new. Pretty easy to do actually. My 5S was the one where the screen was going crazy, the rest broken glass.

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Should probably do that, although I think it’s harder on these newer models

@lightdark00 Жыл бұрын

@@ourportuguesehomestead my current phone an SE 2020 is a glue up one, no issues using just a hair dryer.

@maxfella Жыл бұрын

You're right about Northern Européen , especially the English. They have some major condescension towards the Portugueses and the Spaniards ! You can seat in any cafe or restaurant terrace and hear them criticizing EVERYTHING and sometimes I want to say "what are doing here then"??? Anyway keep up the good work.

@afrlala3593 Жыл бұрын

It is from the burning that the water is that color

@joaocamacho3817 Жыл бұрын

Walking 🚶‍♀️ 🚶‍♂️🚶walking 🕺🚶‍♂️🚶🚶‍♀️🙄🫡🥴

@jacintadiogo2295 Жыл бұрын

I love your vídeos did you post anything this week

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Working on one right now that will go live this weekend :)

@jacintadiogo2295 Жыл бұрын

@@ourportuguesehomestead lovely waiting for thank you

@rollandjoeseph Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the hike, that was fun and interesting. I love discovering old relics of bygone eras like you'vecome across. People back in the day worked WITH the land not against it, and I strive to do the same. I'm so curious where that dirty oil infused water was coming from, I suprised you didn't follow it to its source, being an student of environmental issues ( you are right?) . Please fill us in on it if you find out 🙂 ✌️

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! I love finding old things, that's why I always loved thrifting 🥲 I think the water came from the field. There was a large pile of manure there that might be the culprit, but possibly also residue from burning

@joyridesham Жыл бұрын

You need to dig Swales to harvest the waters on your land

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Our land is too steep for swales, but we’ve dug a few ponds so far

@nadinehedican5677 Жыл бұрын

I think you are truth talking, not trash talking and hope we are moving away from colonization mindsets around the world. Thank you from Canada were it is -16 C today.

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Some people find it hard to hear though… Hope you are keeping warm!

@kpremalal Жыл бұрын

Give me small ariya for me. I gave my Sri Lankan house. I also like garden work. 😁

@antoniodasilva1230 Жыл бұрын

Thats oil from the eucaliptas trees

@isagt57 Жыл бұрын

In Portugal, even in the driest region like Alentejo, even in the capital Lisbon, Algarve... there were floods, floods everywhere, There were roads and highways cut off and small towns isolated, an amount of rain that made a dam burst when the day before the dam was at 26% capacity. When a Roman bridge with 1000 years old disappears... I was born in 1957 and Portugal is very, very small, nothing compared to areas as USA where people go to places and may not see anyone for months, or to be lost ;) I happened to see a homestead in Alentejo, they are from abroad and are not there for a long time, and what happened is not at all normal (nor even "Natural") but, the same is happening in other countries, I would say that, in the past, these things only happened to a lesser extent, because they were natural and, now, it is to mentalize and introduce "changes" if people think they are "natural" phenomena. homestead no Alentejo: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nLGoZLqkvpOWZqs.html and a channel with other places in Portugal: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b9-ilc-aldG8qpc.html

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

I saw that flood video 😅. This might be a little extreme, but it will happen again so I would move that garden.

@isagt57 Жыл бұрын

@@ourportuguesehomestead well... from what I have seen, see and saw... the beginning of big fires in Portugal, long before people came from other countries, where few Portuguese seem not to have noticed the abnormality of roads having cars where people were charred to death and on both sides of the road the trees were barely burned... therefore, following the "normality", they can move the garden but, with more "normal" things that can happen... in the summer if the garden is scorched... it will be one more "natural" phenomena. Being born with a tendency to see "details", my students complained, in geometry which for me, where everything was crooked, the ruler said it was only 1 mm lol Whatever the country, it has the same saying: "the devil's in the detail" ;) If there are too many coincidences then it's not a coincidence.

@isagt57 Жыл бұрын

In the second video, the most interesting part is the map and... which, in geometry, is the interesting dashed line... a very interesting pulsating effect... ;)

@patrick_laslett_allotment Жыл бұрын

That is a lot of water! Slow it down, spread it out, save the towns downstream?

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

It’s just a river?

@patrick_laslett_allotment Жыл бұрын

@@ourportuguesehomestead You mentioned fields covered in water - flooded fields - that's the way - hold the water upstream as much as possible.

@mfsxm Жыл бұрын

Oh, I got that..."Louie"/ "Luwie" Doe maar niet. Nee, nee, nee, Luwie kom hier. , "He "Louie" daar mag je er niet in" (telling her Dog that he can't go in there) obviously the water is too rough. LOL. 😛😛

@portugal1969 Жыл бұрын

😁

@punjabseth260 Жыл бұрын

🌼🌼🌼👍👌

@coby6417 Жыл бұрын

🎄🌟👍🍀💐

@srantoniomatos Жыл бұрын

Looks like lots of cistus (bush) growing around. They usually florish on really bad land, like the first, or last, resistent bush when its hard, dry poor soil. Maybe too much eucalyptus, or fires, or both. They are usefull as pioneers, and ornamentals. That dark water seems just iron diluted...

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

There was a fire in this area in 2017, before it was mostly pine and eucalyptus forest.... Hard to regenerate this kind of land without large scale efforts.

@srantoniomatos Жыл бұрын

@@ourportuguesehomestead actualy, if there s not a over dominante species, like eucalyptus, growing in high density, there will be a big forest there, with dozens of species, in 30 or 40 years, just ... doing nothing. The wind, water, birds and rabits etc do a good job. If humans help a bit, it will be faster and better forest. Help can be planting and seeding, or even just chop and drop and choosing wich ones will grow. More or less like you are doing. The problem with "let it be" is that for 1 decade or 2 it will be a very fire prone forest..brambles, small trees and bush, dry grasses.. . And inavsives, like canas and acacia type can take over. The problem is there s no money in it! And the land is too much divided to do big scale projects. And theres not enough people to homestead and do it in small scale...

@linara7157 Жыл бұрын

@@srantoniomatos compraram a terra sem uma casa/ruína. Receio não possam construir uma quando o desejarem. Fico preocupada porque há pessoas a comprarem terrenos agrícolas achando que vão poder construir o que querem lá 😌

@karencurley4293 Жыл бұрын

What was that green mechanical device around the well? Was it a pump that would have been powered by a donkey or horse?

@whatsupchannel3047 Жыл бұрын

There doesn't appear to be very much wild life , birds , insects , or is that normal ? Nothing on the river or in the sky. But a lovely place to be for sure .

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

No there are lots of birds around, just hard to capture with the camera I am using at the moment :)

@joreggelt442 Жыл бұрын

btw there is Louis, so wild life probably knows it's best to be quiet for a while :)

@sa9861 Жыл бұрын

Great walk! I agree with your comments about the techniques developed and applied by previous land-users~ no doubt they had as many failures as they had successes. Their knowledge is not there to be scoffed at. Regards from Tasmania Australia 🦜

@linara7157 Жыл бұрын

I miss you, 😵everyone good?🤗

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Yes! New video tomorrow :)

@mariacron6743 Жыл бұрын

👍🙏💜🧡💜🙋‍♀️

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Good morning Maria!

@bettyferguson2815 Жыл бұрын

I live in the U.S. I think you stated in one prior video that you don't have snow in Portugal. If that's true that'd be a good reason to move there in my estimation! I hate snow and cold weather! We also had drought this past summer.

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

No snow here in the hills, does fall in the mountains :) I hate it too, so I understand

@bladehea Жыл бұрын

It does snow only in the mountains normaly

@Jesuscger Жыл бұрын

@@ourportuguesehomestead We are in mid December and the temperatures in Lisbon are still arround 18ºC~20ºC.

@uteweyer1548 Жыл бұрын

lovely video. What happened to the small white dog that was a rescue?

@maryrutigliano1044 Жыл бұрын

One of the other dogs died

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

Yes Sissi passed away a few months ago

@uteweyer1548 Жыл бұрын

@@ourportuguesehomestead sad to hear that

@JK-yf9sx Жыл бұрын

I was so pleased to hear your comments about the lack of respect shown by some of the new migrants. I have seen it on a few of the other channels and "cringy" is certainly the word for it. One couple seem so oblivious to the fact that they are in someone else's country and make no attempt to become Portuguese. If you don't try to learn the language, if you don't send your child to a local school, if you make your garden look like something the belongs in the old country, why would you be surprised that Portugal won't give you a permanent visa. For the sake of the Portuguese culture, I hope that the disrespectful migrants never get permanent visas. They will destroy the place for everyone else.

@ourportuguesehomestead Жыл бұрын

It's a mixed bag, and of course we are not perfect, but we do try. The many homeschoolers coming here is another very touchy subject I might talk about in the future... Safe to say I don't like it 😅