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Farm produce

After four weeks of working on the renovation of the tiny house, the workers helping me are taking a couple of weeks off. I plan to travel home next week for my

Protecting the well with a rustic fence

When we visited the farm for the first time last summer one of the most valuable things was the well. It is an old construction with probably a 2,5m diameter made

Back to bricks and mortar

Last Monday I hired some locals to give me a hand with the farm tiny house extension. I got a recommendation from a dutch guy who is a good wood processional. There

Walking around Castelo Novo

Today we visited Castelo Novo, one of the most beautiful small villages of Portugal. As we arrived you could see the ancient village road sign in stone. You can

Playing with the Sun

Power is something to always keep in mind when you are off-grid. When I landed in the farm in early June I bought two 500Watt panels to feed my big power station.

Back to stress life

Last night I took w flight back home for a few days. On saturday my wife starts her summer vacation and we will drive to Portugal again. The photo was taken on Monday

The gost house

Yesterday morning I decided to take a short trip to a bigger village about 30 minutes from where I gave the farm. I had been gearing on the radio there is a bio

Rebuilding the outdoor shower

For the last two weeks I have been showering outdoors with no shower space. We had to unassemble the outdoor shower as we had to use the space for the draining system,

My temporary power setup.

I'be been in Portugal for over 5 weeks now, and little by little I keep making improvements in the farm to make life easier while I still work on ending the tiny

Back in Portugal

I had a little stressful trip back to Portugal last friday. Everything was going ok for most of the trip, I had my new door on the top of the car securely fixed

New quinta improvements

It's been a long week. We had rain for a couple of days which slowed us down a little bit but it was great for all the trees. I have started watering all the fruit

Setting up the draining system

Mornings in this area of Portugal are breathtaking. I love the colors of the land as the sun rises around 6:00 am. We've been focused on the drainage system for

First week in the farm

It's not been even a whole week and it seems I landed here a month ago. We have been improving quite a bit but I keep doing three or four short trips to town every