Off Grid Homestead Life - Portugal - We fixed our tractor for €0.30 cents - TOUR of land clearing
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- čas přidán 30. 04. 2023
- This week on the homestead Alex shows you around another part of the farm he has been clearing fire breaks and shows you where on the land he is with the help of an on-screen map. Then disaster strikes and the gearbox breaks on the tractor but Alex fixes it for 30 cents... but it was a big job 💪👍😎🚜
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What a bloody cheek! People don't respect boundaries anymore. It's just common courtesy to not trespass!!!
Whoa! How can anyone assume they could just camp out on someone else’s land without permission! I’m sorry!
So impressed with your mechanical skills and understanding. Hard job, and seems like a poor design, but how nice that you had the skills to fix it. Thanks for the in depth video!
Well done to Molly the cake making queen 👌
Thank you ❤
@@mollyblake3627 that was a super sweet cake, well done :D
lovely video everyone. We enjoy your channel so much... such lovely genuine people xx
Thanks guys 🙂
wow what a job replacing that pin ! well done Alex , thank goodness its fixed ! 🙏
I think it will be a good idea to mark all the hidden walls and trenches like they do in the alps in winter with the roads. Fix a 2,5m pole every 5 to 10 m and paint it red, so you can follow the lines with your eyes. It`s for your safety and i think you find enough eukalyptous poles.
Thats a great idea! 👍
that's a pretty good idea, great way to keep safe... we use them here on the roads during winter since 20cm snow and you can't see what's road and whats a 1 meter deep ditch since it is all flat snow...
Well, at least you're a mechanic! And you do miracles! If I need help in the future, perhaps I'll ask for your assistance! 💪💪💪💪
Thanks Hugo, anytime i can help a local they know they only have to ask 🙂👍
Some people are just so rude. Keep up the good work guys love the videos
Glad you enjoy them 🙂
Thanks!
Thanks so much, we really appreciate it 🙂🙏
@@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife Hey Alex. Truth be told, it was watching you deal with your tractor and learning that you had to pay 50 euros for the manual that did it. I realize that 50 CAD is significantly less than 50 euros, but both involve a 50 and that was good enough for me. Btw, I just remembered that my handle on here is shoesonwires - this is Justus Hayes, the guy from Burnaby with the special needs son, Rowan, who loves watching you on the tractor.
@@shoesonwires Thanks again Justus, Everyone loves a tractor, right Rowan 😉🙏
That was 80 min. of joy, lovely property guy and girls and like the way you explained everything. Like the job you did on the tractor Alex, good when you have mechanical skills. Dutch greetings from Morocco
Thanks Robert glad you enjoyed it, was worried it might have been a bit too long 🙂👍
Great video. I'm so happy you fixed your tractor. Can't believe some people would just turn up and invade your space without your permission from you. So disrespectful.
Totally agree. Meant to put that in my earlier comments. Randy/(USA)
You should be very proud of yourself that was an awesome job on the tractor u are a talented man 👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you very much!, try telling my knees that 😂
Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you guys,a lot of hard work you where doing Alex luckily you could fix it yourself.
Very interesting walk around the wilder side of your farm, especially with the maps. Nice job on the tractor, too. That was indeed a lot of work for one small pin - but that's how it goes, eh?
you are lucky with your Tractor------Reperation....
Your videos show real life on a Portuguese farm and the skills needed. Too many ex-pats think it is Utopia and don't realize the amount of hard work required. Question -- I know the Cork Oaks are protected and have a multitude of regulations attached to them -- one of which is you must get permission to cut them down even if they are dead. I suspect -- post the fire -- you had to wait 1-2 years before a fire damaged Cork Oak was declared dead. How difficult is it to get permission to cut the dead ones down?
I see a few channels cutting or pulling down old cork trees and have told them they cant do it, i often get told, it was old so it is fine to do it....... it isnt and you can be banned from your own land for 20 years of caught doing it.
We waited to see if ours came back to life and glad we did as some have, the rest i need to call a friend who works for the ICNF who will come and give me permission and list what is cut down.... if they are dead it is as easy as a phone call, not worth risking being banned from our own land.
It is brilliant idea 30 pence roll pin equals 3 thousands ojros
Not if you fix it yourself at home it isnt good for them 😂🙂👍
@@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife exactly butt only if you have tools friends time and knowledge aka you earn 3G.
Grate job.
The maps are very helpful, great job.
Glad you think so!
I was a little put off at first at the length of this video but it was worth watching the whole thing. An in-depth look at real quinta life. Thank you for the awesome content .
So glad you enjoyed this extended video, everyday is work day on the farm and it is nice to show it and even better when people enjoy it🙂👍
Thanks for letting us see the land and the map as well 🙏 What a job filming and editing all, much appreciated! Your land is soo beautiful 😍
About your job on the tractor…sooo impressed of your work! 💪 You are so skilled.
Greetings from Sweden
Thanks, yes this week was a very long one for us. Glad you enjoyed it 🙂🙏
Job well done mate.
Good morning Alex, Sandra and Molly!
Wow on so many levels!
The enormous amount of land and it’s complex terrain you need to cover, work and clean keeps you very busy!
Farm life and work never stops.
The tractor 🚜 sure gives you headaches, but you manage it so well! You have a tremendous capacity and skill to “put it back in good shape”.
How often do you need to do a cleaning of the land to avoid fires?
Molly, that birthday burger cake! 😆 Yum, yum!
What kind of cake was it?
Hope you guys don’t get more “peeping Toms“. It can be very weary and scary too.
Hope all is well with you all at the Quinta!
Hopefully, fires will be at a minimum this year.
Fingers are crossed for your tree planting project to go forth!
🌷Sam and Pedro
Meu caro senhor o senhor fez um fantástico trabalho ( the best ). Noutros tempos em Portugal nao se usava tratores o meu amado par tinha bois punha um arado e com ajuda do caseiro lavravam as terras era mais lento mas o arado nunca se estragava. O senhor tem uma propriedade enorme devia plantar carvalhos que nao é perigoso para os incêndio agora eucaliptos sao péssimos para incendios. Espero que consiga concertar o trator. Obrigado por mostrar tudo God bless you 🐐🐐🐐❤
Thank you Sam and Pedro. The cake was vanilla sponge, the burger was chocolate cake, with coffee icing. It was eaten within an hour!!! 🎂
Thank you guys!
We normally only clean before fire season and if the grass grows back before the final ban we often cut that short again.... the stuff wont stop growing😂
Peeping toms we dont need but lovely people who make contact and come see us are always welcome, just like you guys🙂🙏
Have a great week from all of us🙂
@assuncaomeireles198 Muito obrigado!
Alex, glad you were productive while the ladies were on vacation. For somebody who has never lived on farm they simply dont realize how much or how rapidly underbrush can grow to need cutting and clearing. Vital for fire safety in drier warmer climates. The plants species are different but they still grow wherever you live. Impressed you were able to get the tractor up and running for a minimal investment. Hopefully the tractor was not designed by an American engineer. LOL Have some more of your vids to watch...am busy myself in the yard/garden. Randy/GA (USA)
I strimmed our driveway to dirt 3 weeks ago, now 12 inch tall again 🙄😆
@@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife Thats what I am talking about....here in Georgia we typically gets lots of summer rain. The stuff grows from February to November. Thankfully we have bush hogs, zero-turn mowers, and
weed eaters!! Randy/GA(USA)
However I think some nut trees would be a good option. Trees that do not produce that oil like substance in their leaves and bark which work perfectly to create fire.
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oy huge video... guess I will watch it tomorrow a bit too long since I am omw to bed :D
Sleep well 😂.... there always tomorrow 👍
@@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife finally got to watch it, way delayed... great job on the tractor but omg what a shit construction... sheesh... nice claw for the digger, will make moving logs so much easier :D and wtf is it with viewers just showing up like it is a petting zoo? sheesh people need to get a grip...
Have you thought of digging pits across the land to create a sort of composting system where you collect these dry material and shove the whole thing in the pit along with some water so the composting process commence in the pit, and then you can mark the pits so all family members know that its a pit and to avoid it.. Perhaps digging on the sides where there is no possibility of you riding a bike or so.
Just saying.
Within 6 months you have high quality compost.
Dry plant matter alone wont compost it needs green plant matter with it. Later i will plough this land which will put most of this in the ground anyway.
When we clean out our goat barn we have lots of perfect compost almost ready to use, in a week or so we will be using it to start our new vegetable garden.👍
Does the bicarb help the goats to burp? 🤔 or do they fart the excess gas from eating green grass? I srsly don't know how the bicarb works with them.
Oo, yeah, that had a more athetic build than a carpe, so I vote it was a black bass, too. Wow, you got a LOT of closely cropped cleaning done! fashion victim, you. Nope, not boring. Fascinating, actually, to see how you approach cleaning varied and so very much terrain. and by yourself! Gee, seems like actual fire encourages eucalyptus to spread 😕. Hope that Portugal, the EU, and Auz can work out how to neutralize eucalyptus and other tinder scrub. I'd be interested in seeing your continued progress cleaning.
Yay, Marco! Yay, Oli! 🙆🏻♀️
What an excellent cake Molly made for Jose! It's a blessing you and Oli can always help one another out. He and Jana and you Blakes are angels to one another. Whew! bless you for being able to fix your tractor engine! 🌟
😳 Yes, well-meaning viewers, please have the courtesy to contact this lovely hard WORKING family before approaching their home⚘.
Excellent vlog❣
The Bicarb helps reduce the fermentation in the gut from all the fresh grass and yes often you hear a fart 😂.... it can work well on many animals who naturally can not burp, i have seen goats die in 2-3 hours if not treated.
Like mastitis once a goat has it they have it for life and no longer any good as a milking goat.
The carp in this lake are old breads so slim but they normally dont jump so high for flies etc, the was a bass taking a small fish for breakfast i think....... i need to go fishing LOL
Eucalyptus is a great tree for paper and fire wood but only in certain places, Portugal has allowed it to be planted so heavily it becomes a problem... it actually needs fire to continue to grow and spread, the roots give off something that prevents anything growing around it so it gets all the nutrients and water, clever but invasive.
Have a wonderful week Ruth🙂🙏
All these large bodies of water in Portugal i think a carp trips in order soon im guessing most of the barrages are untapped for the carp? And what ideal conditions for them to grow huge. Do you know what local tickets cost?
The carp are like common carp but dont grow huge, i have had a few from the lake but return them after a good look , the locals eat them and have yet to try one.
i have had some large , large mouth bass from there which taste great bbq'd ... there is also barbel in there...... i need a day out on my boat.
A local ticket is around 8 euros, i think a national on is about 20 euros but covers all Portugal.🙂👍
I want to know, because it is something useful, making it on farm is not easy life
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Wow people are so scary period just because you have a CZcams channel doesn't mean you want them at your house. I applaud you for being as kind as you were to them.
yeah I don't get it, we have a dude on TV too here and he too have had people just help themselves on to his property and around his animals and all that... people are nuts... it's so disrespectful...
Before the fire, the land u r clearing with the 7ft shrubs, what was it, grass land, trees, baron,?
Hi, it had some of those bushes on it but also had grass growing and a few trees, we have some plans we hope to share with you all very soon on how we intend to put this land to better use. 👍
Do goats eat broom and rock rose? Could you not use your goats to clear that area?
They do! and they are right now but they are funny eaters if not fenced in, they browse normally so keep moving and on a large area like that you dont see any difference..... we need some light weight electric fencing soon to keep them in there, now i have cleaned some strips they are entering in there and picking away at it.... im cleaning those areas for fire and a project we are hoping to announce soon🙂👍
Can you use donkys and goats
What is he saying?
o que você quer dizer?
@@columroche435 that what I said
What do you mean, is there one part you can not hear ?🙂