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Rainiy summer morning

After a few days of extremelly high temperatures, today I woke up with some rain an the colors of the farm with all the grass treamed looked breathtaking. Still

Striming time at the farm

I came back to the farm for this week with several tasks in mind. Getting the grass cut while it is still green before the summer is the big priority. You do not

Blooming

Just came back from a two week trip to the farm in Portugal and the land was outstanding with all the trees blooming. The upper photo is one of the apple trees,

Last week in central Portugal

I had planned to come back to Portugal in January for a long while. The idea was to pick up the olive oil we produced from last November harvest and prune the vines

Wrapping up before heading home

Spending my last evening in Portugal at some friends. Its been a busy day cleaning all the place after four months. Outdoor shower is out The outdoor kitchen is

Finally, the roof is done

Today we are finally adding the tiles to the roof on top of the sandwitch panels. I decided to go with a lightweight roof wich also provides isolation. On top of

Working on a door for the water cabinet

A few weeks ago I got the water from the network at the farm. The company only provides the external meter cabinet in any external wall, so I had to take care of

Getting the septic tank in place

Last week I finally got the septic tank installed. It is 1000 liters biological one with two compartments. After the bacteria acts in the first stage, water moves

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

Farm tiny house progress

We've been working on the farm tiny house for ten days now and you can start to see the progress. We had to break the walls to add two windows There is not too much

Cleaning the olive trees

Rainy season has arrived, forecast shows rain everyday for the rest of the week. The land looks gorgeous when the clouds open for a few minutes letting the sun go

Back to slow world

After a long and intensive weekend at the Barcelona Beer Festival, I got back to Escalos at Sunday midnight. I took a two hour flight and drove for 2:30 hours to

Quinta Life/ Off Grid Living - Running on Empty

Today I woke up tired and slightly frustrated, after yet another night where I was woken up several times by the barking and howling dog of my neighbor. The night

Oops! I did it again - I Manifested an Awesome House - Part 1

If you've been reading my blog/ following my journey for ( more than ) a couple of years now, you might have seen me move country ( The Netherlands to Portugal )

Green

It's been a long day today. We left the house at 5 am and for a 10-hour drive to get to the little village, where this beautiful piece of land is at. It was a very

Six Months To Super Human: Day Twenty Five

Home again… Take a peek at my journal. It may be painfully awkward at times, and at others so amazing that your eyeball skin peels off and flutters, stunned, to

My Actifit Report Card: November 3 2020

Lucky enough to register a good activity rate today as I took alot of errands this morning. About the image: Our town experienced two typhoons in a span of 1 week,

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