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Registrace 14. 02. 2022
In 2020 we sold our two-bed flat in south west London and moved to rural Portugal to build a new life. We bought an old stone house on an acre of land that had been abandoned for almost 20 years. We've documented everything from house-hunting to renovating and growing food to making wine (and other refreshing beverages).
Follow our journey of renovating the house and restoring the land back to its former glory as we strive to create our dream home and semi-self-sufficient homestead.
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Follow our journey of renovating the house and restoring the land back to its former glory as we strive to create our dream home and semi-self-sufficient homestead.
We publish new videos every week on Saturday morning (and occasional bonus episodes throughout the week) so consider subscribing so you don't miss out.
Join our members CLUB to surround yourself with others on a similar path
www.makedogrow.com/club
4 Day Vietnam Bike Tour – Riding the Ha Giang Loop and Ma Pi Leng Pass
Take part in the charity auction here: www.makedogrow.com/e3
In the final chapter of our Vietnam travel series, we're touring around the beautiful region of Ha Giang.
We’ve been travelling around northern Vietnam with an adventure travel group from Tasmania called E3 Global Adventures and their charity Community Against Poverty.
We spent four days on the back of bikes riding around the Ha Giang Loop. This is approximately a 350km circular route up and down the mountains, staying in traditional local home stays, visiting a handful of sites of cultural interest and stopping off to deliver educational supplies to local schools and deliver water tanks to villages in some of the poorest parts of the region.
Along the way we’ll give you a glimpse of where we stayed, what we ate (and drank) and a whole lot of breathtaking scenery. So jump on board and let’s get going.
In the final chapter of our Vietnam travel series, we're touring around the beautiful region of Ha Giang.
We’ve been travelling around northern Vietnam with an adventure travel group from Tasmania called E3 Global Adventures and their charity Community Against Poverty.
We spent four days on the back of bikes riding around the Ha Giang Loop. This is approximately a 350km circular route up and down the mountains, staying in traditional local home stays, visiting a handful of sites of cultural interest and stopping off to deliver educational supplies to local schools and deliver water tanks to villages in some of the poorest parts of the region.
Along the way we’ll give you a glimpse of where we stayed, what we ate (and drank) and a whole lot of breathtaking scenery. So jump on board and let’s get going.
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Solving Our Damp Dilemma: The Last Piece Of The Puzzle - Renovating a House in Portugal
zhlédnutí 47KPřed dnem
Our old stone farmhouse in Portugal has been plagued with damp, mould and moisture issues for years - and the fabric of the building has suffered as a result. In today's episode we start work on the fourth and final piece of the puzzle so we *hopefully* end up with a comfortable, warm, dry home. Today we're installing flexible ventilation ducting running from the roof space through a service ca...
The Only GOOD Thing About Plumbing - Stone House Renovation In Portugal
zhlédnutí 39KPřed 14 dny
I hate plumbing. It's awkward and fiddly but an important part of any renovation or remodelling project. Today we wrangle some waste pipe (for grey water harvesting and black water to our septic tank) into the corner of our lounge and up into the location of our new bathroom. Not everything goes to plan, there's plenty of undo-redo and, of course, hilarity ensues and innuendos are plentiful. ww...
Disappointment in the Garden - Seedling Update - Gardening in Portugal
zhlédnutí 35KPřed 21 dnem
We tried to get a jump start on this year's growing season but not everything has gone to plan. Join us for a quick gardening update to check on the progress of our seedlings and a number of growing experiments we have underway. We'll also give you a tour of what we've got growing in our container garden up on the deck and some recent additions to the farm that Kylie's quite excited about! This...
HUGE Upgrade to the Kitchen - AGA Masterchef Delux Install
zhlédnutí 55KPřed 21 dnem
For the last three years we've been cooking on a camping stove but today our kitchen renovation takes a huge step forward with the arrival of my dream cooker. I've grown up in homes with AGA stoves and love the timeless design, quality craftsmanship and modern cooking technology. Watch the installation process, take a tour of our fancy new machine and enjoy a brief test drive to see how it perf...
Behind the Scenes: Limewash in the Lounge
zhlédnutí 31KPřed 28 dny
In this video we apply some homemade limewash to the walls in the lounge. But this video isn't really about limewashing (as much as we do talk about it a lot). We recently purchased some new microphones to improve the sound quality of our videos and this video was made to test how they perform in the real world. Join us for some excellent conversation about lime wash and a sneak peek behind the...
Building a House in Vietnam - Not Your Typical Holiday!
zhlédnutí 35KPřed měsícem
Find out more and donate to future house building and poverty fighting projects with E3 Global Adventures and Community Against Poverty here: www.makedogrow.com/e3 We love a good building project and this one was a bit of an adventure! As part of our tour around the north of Vietnam, we hiked up into the mountains near the town of Sapa to take part in a volunteer house building project for two ...
Unexpected Results Revealed: Pulling Apart Hügelkultur Raised Beds
zhlédnutí 51KPřed měsícem
In the spring of 2022 we built some raised beds out of dead pine trees and filled them with all sorts of logs, sticks, twigs, leaves and vines - a method called hügelkultur. We now want to make some design improvements to one of our beds in particular which meant pulling everything apart. This gave us the chance to see what happens to logs, sticks, and twigs that are buried in a raised bed afte...
Exploring Vietnam: From Bikes To Building, Buses and Boats, Plus Tasty Delights!
zhlédnutí 39KPřed měsícem
We've been on holiday! But not just any holiday, it was a bit of an adventure - off the beaten path in northern Vietnam. Join us for an epic trip on motorbikes, night trains, buses and boats. We hiked into the mountains to take part in some volunteer projects, did some building work, ate a lot of delicious food and enjoyed some absolutely stunning scenery. Follow along and see what we get up to...
Use Your Descriptive Words - Tasting Two-Year-Old HOMEMADE Tangerine Liqueur
zhlédnutí 42KPřed měsícem
Back in May 2022 we made some tangerine liqueur from some locally made aguardiente and the peels of a load of fruit from our tangerine tree - but we have yet to do a taste test and reveal how it turned out. In this video we're going to fix that. We've also got a couple of other homemade liqueur projects that have been gathering dust on the shelves which we'll finish off too and use our best des...
Another Room (Almost) FINISHED! - Renovating a House in Portugal
zhlédnutí 74KPřed 2 měsíci
We've been working away on the lounge renovation over the last three months: plastering, plumbing, lime washing, tiling and more. Since we've shown a number of these things in previous videos we thought we'd put them all together into one long video to show how this room has transformed over the last few weeks. But, of course, there is still more to do so we'll update you on all that towards th...
Planting No Dig Potatoes in the Rain - Spring Garden Tour
zhlédnutí 39KPřed 2 měsíci
This is Portugal during a very wet spring! We've had a lot of rain over the last few weeks and months and today is no different. Between the showers we plant some potatoes (no dig potatoes), transplant some strawberries, give a brief tour of our vegetable garden, show you some of our fruit trees, update you on our seedlings and more! Join the CLUB www.makedogrow.com/club
Why DON'T We Work on ONE Room at a Time?!
zhlédnutí 50KPřed 2 měsíci
In this video we start work on the new bathroom plumbing, running hot and cold water feeds up from the plant room, through the lounge ceiling and up through the concrete floor into the bathroom above. With a few obstacles to work around and a mid-way undo, redo, we always thought this project was going to be a challenge. But by the end of this episode we're one step closer to a functioning, ind...
Do hardware store LED panels work as grow lights? Gardening in Portugal
zhlédnutí 47KPřed 2 měsíci
Our seedlings are coming along nicely although it's not all good news. Some of them popped up much earlier than expected after the improvements we made to our seed starting system in our previous gardening video - and this ended up with some very leggy seedlings. In this video we'll install some lights to help our veggies grow strong before planting them out in the garden. Do you need professio...
The Tent is Down, Long Live the Tent! - Living Off Grid in Portugal
zhlédnutí 98KPřed 3 měsíci
Today is a big day - the tent that we've called "home" for the last three years is finally coming down. Good riddance, I say! Join us for a momentous moment and a discussion about the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to living off grid in a tent for an extended period of time. Join our CLUB of makers, doers and growers www.makedogrow.com
Time to Say Goodbye to the Pink Toilet! - Renovating a House in Portugal
zhlédnutí 48KPřed 3 měsíci
Time to Say Goodbye to the Pink Toilet! - Renovating a House in Portugal
How Hard is Upside Down (Lime) Plastering? | Portugal House Renovation
zhlédnutí 52KPřed 3 měsíci
How Hard is Upside Down (Lime) Plastering? | Portugal House Renovation
What are we GROWING in 2024? Seed Starting Improvements
zhlédnutí 39KPřed 3 měsíci
What are we GROWING in 2024? Seed Starting Improvements
A BIG Step Forward (in the downstairs bathroom)
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A BIG Step Forward (in the downstairs bathroom)
A Perfect Day Out with STUNNING Views - Visiting a Portuguese Stone Village
zhlédnutí 41KPřed 4 měsíci
A Perfect Day Out with STUNNING Views - Visiting a Portuguese Stone Village
Double the Power - Installing More Solar Panels (Off Grid)
zhlédnutí 81KPřed 4 měsíci
Double the Power - Installing More Solar Panels (Off Grid)
Our AMBITIOUS Plans for the Year - Restoring a Stone House in Portugal
zhlédnutí 85KPřed 4 měsíci
Our AMBITIOUS Plans for the Year - Restoring a Stone House in Portugal
Dealing with Burnout (and the future of our channel)
zhlédnutí 76KPřed 4 měsíci
Dealing with Burnout (and the future of our channel)
Can We Finish ONE Room? - Laying Stone Tiles in the Kitchen - Portugal Renovation Project
zhlédnutí 72KPřed 5 měsíci
Can We Finish ONE Room? - Laying Stone Tiles in the Kitchen - Portugal Renovation Project
Let there be LIGHT - Making Stone Wall Light Features - Restoring a Stone House
zhlédnutí 57KPřed 6 měsíci
Let there be LIGHT - Making Stone Wall Light Features - Restoring a Stone House
Experimenting with Hot Lime Wash - Mixed Results
zhlédnutí 58KPřed 6 měsíci
Experimenting with Hot Lime Wash - Mixed Results
Lime Plastering the BIGGEST Room in Our House (8 Days Work) - Portugal Property Renovation
zhlédnutí 67KPřed 6 měsíci
Lime Plastering the BIGGEST Room in Our House (8 Days Work) - Portugal Property Renovation
I've Wanted to Do THIS For YEARS! - Renovating a Stone House
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I've Wanted to Do THIS For YEARS! - Renovating a Stone House
FIDDLY But Worth It? - Restoring a Stone House
zhlédnutí 46KPřed 7 měsíci
FIDDLY But Worth It? - Restoring a Stone House
very cool, l won't be traveling to Viet Nam (or anywhere) and I truly love your videos and purpose for the travel. I loved the Hemp processing into fabric, I want some clothing!
great job you two!!
You are inspirational in your massive undertaken. You don’t do subcontract do you. I could do with some help around my place lol You ought to be congratulated, I have seen a lot of renovation vlogs but yours must be the first, where you actually take your own health and safety seriously. Your constant use of PPE throughout is fantastic. Great vlog, keep them coming now.
Beautiful. But that mountain road. Nope. Big Nope.
Awesome team work ❤❤
love the soundtrack ! great job WOW. Chapeau
Very cool. iMuy guay! Your editing was great, too. I especially liked how you timed the last ride to the beat of the music. I was wondering if they couldn't also use hemp to make paper? Thanks for sharing this super adventure. Saludos desde Asturias.
What a perfect hoilday if only I was younger
Wow!
Awesome cooker! Induction is very special! It looks very nice and makes your home a home! I have watched your videos for three years! Really hard work you two have done! Now, how about a really nice butcher block island for bread making and food prep! I have a Boos butcher block island with two drawers! Love it ! Very heavy but super for everything! Ordeuvres, gatherings, bread , pizza, and scones! 6 X 3 feet, I think! Wonderful to see you get your kitchen !👏🥰
You're both superb, your wife amazing! xx
I love how you live your lives to the full, travel all over & offer your help with charities. I admire you two tremendously. The jute operation was impressive. The scenery is spectacular! Never even crossed my mind to visit Vietnam!! Okay, that horrid road is going to keep me awake - it's a road to nightmares!!!😊
Thank you for sharing your Viet Nam journey. Really enjoined watching.
Could any age do this ? My husband is 70 I’m 66 ha x
Yes! There were people in that age bracket on the trip. If you wanted something a little less active E3 do a trip in South Vietnam that is also excellent 😀
That was great. Thank you. Going to watch them all a gain 🙂 Big Hug's. You have a heart of Gold.
Wow your very talent .love your tour.thanks for sharing with us .from Capetown southafrica❤
The mountain peaks scenery is stunning. 😍 OMG that narrow pass scary but amazing!
Very beautiful crochet pattern really nice
Mix a tomato a quarter onion and 1/3 jalapeño in a blender with a splash of apple cider vinegar. Blend. Instant salsa. Parsley too…
Fantastic charity work. Well done 2 both of you. Loved the video ❤
Thank you Kylie and Guy for a wonderful tour of Vietnam , I can related to your sore bum situation and flexibility issues. two years ago I went on a camel trek in outback South Australia and found at 72 ,I was not up to it or sleeping in a swag on the ground. The sore bum issue was always a problem by day three of pushbike tours, I went on from 1990-1996 10-14 days with only one rest day some where near the middle but great fun. Now at 74 I have to content myself by watching the younger do these wonderful things and I have no funds left either.
Thanks for the trip through northern Vietnam. It was fascinating.❤️🇨🇦
Thanks for taking us on this journey!
Excellent video. I really enjoyed your journey.
I wanted to bid on the crochet hand bag , did find your web page I think, didn’t find where to place a bid.
From our website click the button that says ‘bid on …’, this will take you to the auction on eBay.
Fabulous!
Brilliant video. Great experience for you both and a total break away from your Portugal project.
Wow, that was fascinating. Thank you. Rikki Biermann, Pretoria, South Africa 🇿🇦