Preparing Our Off Grid Tiny Home for Winter.
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
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Carissa, Iwan, Frankie & Albi
Carissa, Iwan & Frankie decided one night over a bottle of wine that moving from North Wales to Portugal would be a good idea. Within a month they were on the road to Portugal to find the perfect piece of land to call their new home. We picked up Albi the cat along the way. Subscribe to follow our journey as we turn an old stone barn into our home, and learn the ropes of looking after a piece of land to make an abundant garden and one day, our very own winery.
Iwan what a lovely mother you have and she knows how to handle Quince, respect. Nick is fantastic and I understand why you "love" him and Andrea. And congratulations with your beautiful burner. All the best to you all.
You have really come a long way over the last year. The wood stove will be a great help for the winter. It's also great to have Iwan's Mom visiting. The doggies and kitties are too adorable. Nick mentioned in one of his videos that he wished he could find a plaster that he used in the UK to skim the walls and ceilings. You should sneakily ask him what type it was and maybe when one of the family comes they could bring a bit for him. The cost may be a consideration. Just an idea.🙂👍🇨🇦❤
What Deborah said 💖.
There is no substitute for people who care......Nick & Ange truly are a blessing. The doggies & kitties are going to love the woodburner as much as you both.....🥰
In a few years you'll be able to pay Nick's kindness and generosity forward to another adventurous couple arriving in Portugal. Here's to a warmer winter.
Lovely enamel stove. The hot plate is a massive bonus. With a dense cast pot, you will be able to roast, bake, as well as stew and boil. Will save you considerably on gas and preserve your batteries. Nothing quite like wood fuel fire.
And there'll be a heavenly scent in the air outside From the wood! Such a rich life you are creating...😊
Nick is such a great guy. He has so much experience in many things. He and his wife a sweethearts.
Well done getting your stove in, in time for for winter. As a lot of people are noting you are so fortunate to have Nick to help you. We watch several channels by Brits in Portugal and your’s is very special.
So happy for you, all! Yah! Heat for the winter! A beautiful life full of blessings, wonderful friends, adorable pets and dreams slowly being realized! This could not happen to two nicer people!
The log burner is so wonderful! It’s going to be so fun to be around it during the winter. You can curl up on the couch with a blanket, your adorable pets, and a fantastic book 😊📚🐶🐱
Soooooo happy you have Nick and Anj in your lives. Good people to have as friends!!!
They really are!
Another wonderful video just oozing with a warm friendly factor.Lovely to see the friendship you have with Nick and Andrea.The love you all have for helping each other out is what makes your way of living so very special. ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love you guys, it's very nice to have a Wood burner i have one my self it's the best heat, Nick is so nice always helping everybody and learning you stuff.
It is so lovely to watch the cooperation in your community of CZcamsrs. ❤
As always, another delightful video. I love all your selections of scenery and music. How fun having Iwan’s mom there, and she helped around the property, and made jam! Uncle Nick is a wonder in his skills and willingness to help his neighbors. Your wood burner is in and now you will have such a cozy Fall/winter. ❤
Really glad to see you have heat in your home and having such wonderful neighbors.
Nothing beats a wood stove on a chilly Autumn morning.
What a cozy upgrade in your life! Each time you work with Nick your confidence and know how grows. And you will help him as well! How wonderful to have Ewen’s mum there visiting and making jam! You are well on your way.
Love the collabs with Project Portugal ... Nick is a legend! Iwan is a pioneer! Carissa is a jack of all trades! That corner space is lovely, would have loved to see some Portuguese tiles there!!❣️❣️
How exactly is Iwan a pioneer? Apart from brewing alcohol, Carissa seems to do all the work.
Get a Carbon Monoxide alarm and maybe consider a spark arrestor on the top of the chimney, to prevent wildfires, instead of just a rain cap.
You will probably find the cement around the chimney will crack due to heat, fire cement would be better if you havn't used it already
You probably mean a CO (carbon monoxide) alarm? These are far more usual for supervising combustion. If sth goes wrong, both CO and CO2 would go into the room, and the CO part is by far more dangerous. And before adding the CO alarm, I think a smoke detector would be the priority. But both are cheap, so just get both.
@@djazt.8053 I did yes (now corrected), thanks for your comment
Perfect day, vlog, pets. Thanks Nick for all you do for so many.🎉
Always enjoy you videos. Glad you will now be warm in the colder months. Thank goodness for good ol´uncle Nick
Diego so cute in his red cape 🐕 😍 snuggled up in front of a roaring fire 🔥
Congratulations on getting the log burner up and running just in time for the change in weather.
I love you guys, so glad you have Uncle Nic.. He is like a Parent watching over you.
He is such a Wonderful Person..Wish a had him near I Love him and Angie and everything she make
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Hey Guys, you are doing amazingly well and with warmth and tiles this will be your best winter yet xxx
Great to see Sian on the telly!! I will come and see you for some tea and coffee at your beautiful shop in Conwy, have a wonderful time and try to have a break!!! Love to you all, Dale xxx
Thanks Dale, it’s been a lovely break
So lovely to have the kindest friend like Nick. You both are so kind too and will do anything for others. Love back to you. The burner looks so cosy warm and pretty. I hope it keeps you and the fur kids warm and toasty.
Yes Nick and Ange are truly lovely people, 😍 👌
Great to see the house getting more comfortable...A very big thank you to Nick...looking forward to the tiles going down!!!
Great cozy video! I love a wood stove and miss mine from when we lived in Oregon. Been doing some commission art work, thank you for the inspiration to get back at my art. All the best. And I must say I love the way your dog Diogo runs. And Sausage! He has a piece of my heart. ❤ From Michigan
So lovely to see you all nice and cosy and its an added bonus that you can cook on it. The animals are going to be grateful to Nick too 😅. You have a lovely community of people which so helps when you are struggling love watching all you guys. Lovely to see mum there too. 👋👋
What a lovely video, Nick the Wonderful does it again, life will be warm this winter & cooking will be almost free!
Thank you for the video & much love to you all X 🏴
Hi guys, wine making, yum yum!. Remember those days we'll,satisfying and delicious. Your stove is so cute, the kettle always on the boil for visitors. Nick is amazing, a great friend. A great teacher too. Stay safe guys have a good weekend.
Thank you Nick!
How amazing to need heating!
Great video, I have my answer about the log burner /stove! Love Diogo 's outfit, how precious... Life is getting better and better and it will be a much cosier winter.
Carissa, Iwan, Nick and Anj - each one of you is organically tuned into Gaia. Wonderful little community 💚
Your editing skills when the music introduces your homestead are second to none 🌟
Shucks 😊 great video guys❤️
Nick is really a great guy, helping everybody out, i like it the way you people live there. Greetings from Holland
Good morning, Carissa and Iwan. Your opening video is beautiful❤️
Thankfully, Nick gave a hand to connect your wood burner. It’s good to see Iwan’s mom visiting. Diago and Frankie are adorable as usual❤️❤️❤️❤️
Ooh, your wood burning stove is great and makes such a cosy focal point. How handy too, to be able to use its heat for cooking. A wonderful addition to your home. Hello to Iwan's mum I'll bet her quince jam is going to be super tasty! Best wishes to you all, Annie in Wales. 😺
Really impressed by the way you are all helping and supporting each other. Real community !
So happy for you both that you now have the log burner installed, well done Nick! It is going to make such a big difference for you in the colder months 🥰
I just love watching your journey ❤️ I'm so happy you have heat now❤️
We are so pleased you have a good wood burner this year. Enjoy your cosy evenings by the fire.
Thanks Meraid! It's certainly made a big difference. Hope all is well with you both 😘
Quince cut into chunks makes a lovely pie ….made just like apple pie
yes yum, and I also make an apple and quince crumble, quince and apple compote... And I've also made quince paste (lovely with cheese) and quince jelly which uses up the whole fruit in two different ways, it's also the portuguese way my mother used to make marmelada and geleia 😋
Yeay, to having some heat! Nick and Ange are total stars!
Your firebox looks amazing. Job well done.
Another lovely video. What a wonderful way to start the day with Iwan and Carissa. 😊
Yes getting better and better, and the cold 🥶 rainy climate in Portugal is not easy...nothing better then a fireplace❤
Great people doing great work for/with great people.
Loved the beginning I could watch this for hours
Fire looking gooood Nike is a blessing to so many people
Thank you for sharing 😁
What mostly everyone here said... lovely video to christen the chillier season... so good to see mama Sian with you... and Uncle Nick🌟🤗, Diogo in his cute coat, sweetie Sausage Girl, Albi... João? Your vids are so good for the soul.
Cozy video, things cooking on the log burner too!
So happy for you both having your wood burner. Nick and Anj are great people. Nice to see Iwan's mom there too.
🙏 such a great episode! About "marmelos", the other day Lea from Our Portuguese Homestead on CZcams was showing a kind of stew made with quince as a legume, I believe it was a Moroccan dish (but I can be mistaken) and come to think of it, it makes perfect sense, quince seems to have the right texture and flavor profile!
How exciting , warmth nice work ! Nicks the best kind of Friend :-)
So happy for you guys. So cozy in your place.
Quince jam so good. Even bake it in the oven. With custard so good. Happy for your log burner. Looking so cozy. Enjoy.
Olá Carissa, você nos passa uma tranquilidade, uma doçura realmente és uma moça que dá gosto de ver-te, a trabalhar, com seu marido e seus adoráveis animais principalmente o gatinho branco. Há outra coisa que amigos vcs tem, Ken e Gina no salvamento do cão dele, foi incrível e o Nick e Andrea é lindo. Parabéns ❤️
What would everyone do without Nick he's a hero to everyone everywhere!
Nick is awesome. Always happy to see him helping you guys 😃
Enjoy your new woodstove! It gives your home a cozy comfortable look and I'm sure it's making it feel cozy as well. I love that it has a cook top. 😍
We boil the kettle on ours for tea and coffee but our soup pot doesn't fit beside the chimney. Much better to have the chimney coming out the back!
YAY !! I do remember your hardship driving last year. I was very worried. And I'm glad to see Nick's gift installed. It'll be cozy. Mine has become an art to get the recipe of logs just right so it doesn't get too hot..
But lasts a good period. Your home is perfectly lovely and I've enjoyed the journey getting there. 💗
It is so so cosy. We just need to practice our ax skills now. Thanks for watching along Sondra 💓
OMG we all need more Uncle Nicks in this world!
Wood fire will make all the difference to your lives ... Yes, you both have come a long way since last year ! And you can't beat family - keep up the good work. 😊
looks great and makes your home more homely now :)
Great stove. Hot it keeps you both cosy. Dogs and cats too
Best wishes from Cornwall England
So nice. Love the wriggly Diogo leap at the end.
Top , bon travail bravo
Merci pour le partage.
Vous allez avoir chaud 😉😉😉
A bientôt 😊
Making progress!! Love it!! :-)!!
YAY, the wood burning stove!
Absolute game changer!
your place is coming along beautifully, the house, the garden and of course the lovely Frankie, Diogo and 😺😺, as others have said it's lovely to see how you all help each other out, of course Nick's a bit of a star and Ange's recipes are becoming legend , all the best to you and your community😘
I love this time if the year. I am a autumn child.
Lovely video. Loved that atmospheric intro. ! Fire
Looks sooooo cosy.
Your simple happy and you should be! A nice Warm cozy home!!
this is very cool and dynamic chapter love what u re doing!
That stove wiil keep you nice and toasty in the cooler months and to be able to cook on it at the same time is great
Today was a stunner.
Not being pedantic Ewan but you missed a bit on the wooden chest staining 😁 and I bet you mixed up enough grouting to grout 5 hearths 😂 less is more, great to see you all snug as bugs in rugs for winter 👌🏻.
So so pleased this stove is up and running will be such a help in the winter, it will also save you some money on gas bottles as you will be able to do most of your cooking on there too yippee 👏👏👏👏
Yes Nick is your Knight in shining armour everyone one needs a Nick.
1 thing I noticed you need to cut your logs a bit shorter it's not good for your health to have the door open for long as some trees give off nasty fumes. Enjoy the warmth
Very nice video and hopeully the stove will keep you warm :)
Nick is awesome!
Keep warm and enjoy making hearty soups on the new fireplace
Hi I don't know if you know about quinces . You can dice them in rough chunks and stew them in honey. They are lovely and soft as stewed fruit.
You can have them on your cereal in the morning. They taste like pears but a bit more with a floral twist.
Nice as a dessert.
We are so happy for you. Happy winter!
Happy for the Heat!! Thank You Nick!!! ❤❤❤❤
so nice :-) nice unkle nick :-) and you will be the vino profis..i will try the same with the graves, becouse i cant eat so much..nice idea 🙂 greatings from germania
Farm looking really green and nice 🍂🍁🙏🏼💙
I just made marmalade here in Canada we have a quince tree I cut the quinces in quarter s just took seeds out leave the skin .I add 1 kg quinces 1 kg sugar 1/2 cup water .pressure cook for 8 minutes .let cool and hand blender was done not much work . I am Portuguese. 🇨🇦🇵🇹 I do give marmalade on Christmas for my presents
Salamandra é muito bom para o inverno.espero que tenham muita madeira.pois a salamandra podem queimar tudo
What a serene opening. Beautiful x
Thanks!
If u can harvest the sun for solar heater it save time labor and money....!!!! Sun works
An absolute delight ❤
You should try to make quince-cider or wine. Quinces just taste amazing!
You gotta stay warm...I put a small log burner in my van when i converted it.Gets to a nice 85 degrees in there with little fuel ;o) Allez Allez Allez
Good one! Well done
Bom dia!! O Nick é seu anjo 😇 da guarda. UM ser de luz ❤❤❤❤
Bom dia!
Great job.
Wonderful!!
Is this the stove Uncle Nick gifted you after coming back from your crazy ordeal trying to get to the UK last christmas? Never mind... I finished watching the video... I love the jumping Diogo shot!!!