FARM TOUR - Cut this, Clean that, Break this, Fix that.. A week at Quinta Fonte da Pipa
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- čas přidán 2. 04. 2023
- Another week of farm life in Central Portugal.
Alex cleans land we have not shown before, as in a few weeks the machinery ban comes in because of fire risks .. so a sort of Farm Tour.
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We are an English family, Alex Molly and Sandra living the Portugal farm life.
This year will be our eighth year here so we have a lot to share.
Bringing you every aspect of our daily farm lives, including Molly and Alex cooking amazing meals in our old wood fired Portuguese bread oven and sharing our recipes with you, plus everything involved in running a working goat farm 🐐🐐🐐🐐.
Follow us as we renovate the buildings around our old bread oven and other buildings on the farm with natural materials, re-building and planting the vegetable patch after the fire destroyed it all.
Building the new goat barn and milking parlour🍼, our days with the goats, births and milking them.
Molly making soaps🛀🧴 and many types of cheeses🧀🧀 from our own goats milk.
Watch what we grow, daily farm life and chores, visiting local sites and showing you the local area.
Plus lots more......... and the milking goats!🐐🐐🐐
"Quinta" stands for 'farm' in Portuguese. "Fonte da Pipa" means "Source of the Barrel"
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Good video. Real farming rather than a lot of the rubbish on You Tube! In South Africa we say that there are three ways to go broke: gambling, women, and farming. Gambling is the fastest way, women is the most enjoyable, and farming is the most certain.
Last time I was in the Algarve was 34 years ago. Time to go back.
We've never been. I'm so excited ☀ 🏖
your energy and determination are a wonder to behold.
Truly.
Thanks Junco..... if you lay down you stay down!
Plus the warm feeling of achievement after a good days work in nature is worth all the back ache 🙂🙏
Sending the best vibes I can manage.
Thank you 🙏
Much appreciated 🙏
My first time viewing and enjoyed immensely! Farming is always two steps forward and one back. My father was a farmer in Canada, he was constantly fixing things! He had a pretty impressive shop with a welder, drill-press, hoist, compressor, different saws and many other tools. Farmers are renaissance men being able to do so many things to keep everything going! My mom was the cook, gardener and balanced the books. Good luck with your land clearing.
Welcome aboard!🙂
Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you guys.
Our pleasure!🙂
Lovely to see you so sad .you have made do with what you have at the time. All take care all of you 😊
Alex, One of the qualities that makes Quinta Fonte da Pipa videos so watchable is that yall try to present farm life as it truly is. Which means of course means things sometimes go wrong, break, fail, wear out, etc. Muito obrigado for keeping it real!! Another good video. Alex your mechanical wisdom continues to save the day. Job well done. Randy/GA
That is very kind of you!🙏
Wait till you see what i had to do in our latest video 🚜💪👍
Fingers crossed
You all have been working steadily at cleaning fire damage debris these years... it's a looong process, but all your efforts are evident and your stick-to-it-ness is admired.
Very much enjoy your videos. Tho i have no plan to farm, i learn so much watching your channel. That's bound to come in handy whenever i'm blessed to relocate out your way. Besides your helpful tips and tutorials, you demonstrate how to carry on to re-achieve your dreams beyond disaster and hardships. You are unwavering in your love for one another and your community. We see you. 💖
i still have another year or two cleaning up after the fire, the problem is the fire bans come in and then can no longer clean with machinery so often means leaving it until the following year.
So glad you enjoy so many parts of our videos....... thanks for the kind words🙂🙏❤
Fingers crossed for good news on exciting projects 🤞🤞🤞
Thank you 🙏
Kool shades Alex, Have an amazing holiday Sandra and Molly, travel safe. Glad to see Eddie doing better.
Thank you so much 😎 ☀ 🏖
I have my contacts 😜😎👍
Snazzy indeed .
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Have a nice holiday sandra and molly! A lot of land clearing Alex. It will always be a big job to keep it clean. But the result is great.
Thank you ☀ 🏖
Enjoy portimao, Molly.
Thank you so much.
Hi Alex, you do seem to be having a very busy week and a very productive one 😀While the girls are away if you fancy a quick break I will come and buy you a coffee or beer in the village. I might even pick your brains quickly on the fire regs and chainsaw sharpening. I have some buy me a coffee funds to give you as well as PayPal still don't like me 🤥😂
Well we need to meet up as i have the security camera you won, sat here waiting for you👍
I sent you a reply via email just now so we can arrange something😎👍
Land looks great after the cleaning!
Thanks!
Thank you so much 🙏
Thank you very much Eileen 🙏
Good job done mate 👍 and to the girls have a fantastic time on holiday !!
Thank you Will ☀ 🏖 🐓
Thanks 👍
You have such patience Alex and I take my hat off to you 🎩. You have certainly got your work cut out for you on the land, and as any farmer knows, nature is only too happy to reclaim the land. I hope you will remember to carry your mobile phone when the girls are away and you are on your own doing jobs (bossy madam aren't I, but mean well). Sending positive energy your way for the proposed project 🙏
Have a fantastic time Sandra and Molly, lots of photos please. 😊💖
Thank you ☀ 🏖
Hi Wendy, dont worry i always take my phone with me. i have some very uneven land under bushes i need to clean but that i wont clean while alone on the farm, not worth the risk.
The girls are counting down the days🙂😎
@@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife Brilliant Alex 😊👌🙏
great video :D the reason you find your knick knacks is because you frequent the places where you dropped em :D aka lost while building fences... then it will most likely be along the fenceline etc.
never ending saga with flat tires... but it is rough with all the sharp rocks and wood sticking up and such... love the little handyman tips when fixing the machinery and such
what was strange is we found both things in the middle of land where i hadnt really worked...... god knows how i loose my things 😆🙂
Way braverman than me you should always have some safety blocks under incase the hydraulic system fails
You are correct but a hydraulic system wont just crash down on the rear of a tractor... a hose bursting on the front bucket would come crashing down........ but next time i will use a prop 👍😎🙏
GOOD LUCK for your project! 💚💚💚
Thank you!!😎🙏
Great job Alex!
Sad about the trees!
Fingers crossed and
sending you gazillion of good vibes for your Tree Planting Project!
Believe, believe, believe!
Wishing you great success for the farm!
Molly, your new hair style looks fabulous! 🤩
Happy for your mom and you! Enjoy and relax!
Sandra, breathing in the fresh ocean air will do wonders for you. 😃
Take care, all.
What’s the best way to contact you to go to the shop?
🌷Sam
Thank you I'm lucky my sister in law is a hairdresser ✂ can't wait for our holiday ☀ 🏖
I have my fingers and toes crossed for the project!
Hopefully the girls will have a great time and hoping they come back refreshed and happy🙏
We have many of our items on our Facebook page but with so many things going on we are still waiting to finish our website. If there is anything in particular you like please just ask and we can send photos of what we have available.... have a great week ahead🙂🙏
I think zippo has some kind of guarantee that you might like to hear aboot. Could you do a layered wrap around those suckers. Three layers could protect from goats. Have all sorts of wild things that eat browse so my bushes look over pruned and very branchy. Ugly maybe.
I was amazed my zippo works perfectly, i just filled it up with fuel and it lit right up😎
I thought about protecting each tree but with hundreds to protect it would take too much time and cost me too much to do each tree... i am working on one long fence to keep them out of the olive groves until the trees are big enough.🙂
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Fingers crossed to your project 🤞🤞🤞🤞
Thanks Marleen🙏
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Força e coragem para limpar um terreno tão grande. É muito difícil começar… Gostei do vosso video e do vosso trabalho.Inscrevi-me e dei 👍. Há quanto tempo vivem em Portugal? Vocês são um família bonita e trabalhadora. Adorei os vossos cachorros. Que tenham um boa boda eles também
Muito obrigado!
Sim, dá muito trabalho, mas me dá muito orgulho.
Vivemos aqui há 9 anos.
estamos felizes que você gosta de nossos vídeos.
Yes it is a lot of work but gives me a lot of pride.
We have lived here 9 years now.
we are happy you like our videos.
Hi, nice video!
I got a question about your solar panels that you had installed in one of the last videos. How does that work, is that a project offered from EDP or did you buy the panels and let them do the installation?
Thanks for letting us know! Obrigado!
Hi, yes it is an offer by EDP, free installation and so far our panels are running at 100% capacity... if you search EDP Solar in google you should find out all about it👍
Sending you loads of good vibes for your tree planting project, Eddie's continued recovery, and a terrific break for Molly and Sandra🌟🌟💖🌟💖🌟💖🌟💖🌟💖🌟🌟
Thank you ☀ 🏖
You sussed it!.... still not saying anymore..... yet 🙂🙏
Lots to do
Good luck with the clearing ! Are there any rules regarding Agricultural Support Buildings regarding size, construction materials and licensing or taxes ?
Hi, yes there are laws, basically anything that waterproofs the land, a roof or a concrete slab on the ground. Your land size will determine how much you can build on your land, that includes extensions to houses.
animals support buildings can be allowed if you are registered in farming, permission is easier for animal support building but only if you are actually farming and have a good reason, feed storage, animals shelters.
again every land type, your farming status etc will all be different so as always go and ask at the city council.🙂
@@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife Interesting how that is put, waterproofing the land.. Is there anything that will have a positive effect on the water retention of the land i.e. water butts, tanks, ponds and mines that if you improve the water holding capacity count in your favor ?
I've always wondered why people burn wood in the field rather than using it to heat the house, or save it for summer BBQs even if you don't have an open fire or wood burner. It seems such a shame to waste such a valuable resource. Good luck with it anyway.
Hi Tigger, it might look like a lot of wood to you but that is a tiny portion of wood we have on the farm available to burn in the house, we dont use pine much as it is not a good wood for heating and blocks up your chimney..
We are not allowed bbq's during the summer fire bans as we live in the countryside.
after burning these piles i plough in the ashes to help the land, so it is not a complete waste of the wood.🙂
How many acres do you have?
Hi Dennis it is 32 acres or just over 13 hectares👍
First🤷🏻🥷🏿😋👑🤪🙏❤️
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