We created a beautiful 250m2 permaculture garden in 60 days!
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
- This is our story of how we created a beautiful 250m2 permaculture garden in 60 days! We live off-grid on the Algarve coast and wanted to create an inspiring space to grow veggies, fruit trees, herbs and flowers. So we applied permaculture principles and it has been awesome so far!
In this video you will see how we created a beautiful 250m2 permaculture garden in 60 days! Permaculture is a system of gardening that mimics nature and uses as little irrigation as possible and no pesticides or chemicals. We are off-grid and living and trying to live ‘off the land’ as much as possible so it’s important for us to have fresh produce at all times. This video shows how we used permaculture to create our very own sustainable food forest!
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You transformed the land and the land transformed you … you look 10 years younger keep on the good work and believe in it will pay of for sure 💪😎👍
Fantastic garden. Well done!
Thanks Jen! ☺️
Good to see you guys back on UA-cam!
Thank you for bearing with us Cindy 🙏☺️
Been waiting for this. Glad to see some progress in your plans
Thanks for bearing with us 🙏😬
You guys rock, great to see the updates! Best regards!
Comming to the issue of fire, I had that problem in the 90ties in my fathers house.
When you have the disgrace of a fire, neighbours help, but no one is trained, and you have to hurry. We had a fence of "caña tacuara" which caught fire very easily. The air trapped inside the bamboo makes frightening explosions. After many fires, the solution was given by water reservoirs. So every 50 meters you need a 200 litre or greater drum full of water, half buried for preventing it from tipping over. Place a table in it, so birds and little
creatures will not drown. A very strong piece of cloth, an old woven sack (not a plastic one), or a piece of an old firefighter hose was used to fight bush flames, previously wet in the nearby 200 l drum. Also this drum provides water for buckets. I encourage everybody to make firefighter, first aid, self defense, and other courses.
Thank you for all the tips! Yes, it’s very important to be prepared for fires as they are just part of life here. We are planning to have a big water tank and a sprinkler system as well as a wall of fire resistant trees and shrubs around the house. And of course cleaning the whole land to make fire barriers! ☺️
Not quite a food forest yet but well done on the garden. You did your homework and executed well. Nice.
I've recently started growing veggies myself, been having trouble with my rubarb and potatoes due to climate change. I found shading them helps alot, so i planted my potatoes next to my greenhouse, they get sun early morning and late evening, during the day they are shaded by the greenhouse and they have been very happy. So for potatoes and rubarb are very easily done, just try to shade them during the day 😉
I live in belgium potaties have always been a mainstay crop. Crazy to see me struggling with them now when my grandpa just threw them in his garden and they grew like crazy...
@@HSstriker wow that’s crazy!! Yes we will definitely be experimenting with shading them! It’s really needed here as the sun is so strong!
Great to see you back! I love your style of doing things. Everything is well thought out, efficient and TIDY 😀
Awww thank you!! 🙏☺️
Fantastic update! Good to see things are heading the right direction.
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Wow, you really do things properly if you do it. Looks really nice....
Thank you so much ☺️💪🏻
Garden looks great! And good news that you can still start building something. That shows that sometimes is best not to give up and try to find solutions and compromises. So happy for you two. Good luck with the permission application!
Well we hope we can still build 😬. Trying to not get too excited again in case there are more problems. But yes hopefully it will be approved and we can build soon! Definitely worth not giving up 💪🏻💪🏻
@@Life.Reimagined Yeah, I know what you mean, you cannot get too excited because it is not in your power if you get or not the permissions. Ich drücke euch die Daumen!
@@InForTheFood vielen Dank! 🙏☺️
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2 ma toes, To may toes. 🙌 👏 🤝
It's great to hear your news, and to see the vegetable garden - it's looking really good! Your philosophy of taking things in your stride, and working on what you can control, while trying not to get too stressed out by the things you can't is really admirable.
By the way, maybe it's the strong sunlight, or the Mediterranean diet, or summat, but I do swear Hannah that Jack's accent is coming through stronger when you speak than a year ago when I first found your channel. It's really sweet, to see a German becoming a Northern lass, right in't middle of Portugal.
Hahaha yes I do think it’s getting stronger too 🙈😂. It’s cause we hang out 24/7 these days 😂. Thanks for watching and glad to hear you enjoyed it ☺️🙏
Nice to see you guys are back on the videos . Very nice vegetable garden .I wish this time you get your plans approved . Maybe in the future you can buy the land next door to extend your project .
Thanks for watching! 🙏 Yes, we’ve already thought about buying more adjacent land ☺️. But first we need to get the planning approved and save more money to be able to afford it 😬
Thankyou 😊
Hopefully things will turn out for the best.
Yes 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻. Thanks for watching 🙏
You're a great example of how much better reclaiming land works with capital for everything from earth moving to mulch. Though I will say, it can be done by hand. Spain, Italy and other countries where land is being vacated should create a permaculture homesteading programs to get abandoned 'worthless' land to people who can do well while doing good.
It's so nice to see you back.. live do happen, it's part of the journey.. a very nice garden happened :) the pumpkins look amazing and very prolific, so many more things to try out or successive planting
Yes we can’t wait to keep experimenting and learning more about growing our own food ☺️
So happy that you've hopefully found a way of creating at least part of the eco resort soon - can't wait for more updates. And fingers crossed the zones change again in future so that you can make it even bigger! It's taken over six months for my partner and I to buy a house in Portugal (we're planning to move over from the UK next year) and all the waiting has been really difficult, so I really admire your persistence. I'm sure everything will work out the way it's supposed to in the end! ❤
Thank you so much for your lovely comment and for watching. The waiting is so hard but (hopefully) it will all be worth it 🙏☺️
Wow! The garden looks great - well done! And 🤞 the new plans will go through - you guys deserve this 😊
Thank you so much ☺️🤞🏻
...I hope you can make your dream come true here in the Algarve... Portugal is a very friendly and beautiful country. All the best...
Tchau 👍🌝🍀🍀🍀
Yes the people are lovely here and it is absolutely beautiful ☺️
hi, again . Happy to see u guys going forward, working not on videos but actual more important stuff, its at least rewarding so much cultivated plants. on the matter of the wanted project is very good at least more than half the area that u wanted, so very good, its like u said a really good start, better smaller but well done and a lerning curve on mantainace too, and then the entire algarve is there to grab :).
Has it been easy to cope with the hot days, and some algarve nights that is triky to sleep?? maybe just from now july August I guess!!
keep the good work and time to time some nice videos. ( the video is very well composed...)
Thank you so much for your lovely comment 🙏☺️. We have had a few very warm days (around 35 degrees) but it hasn’t been too bad. Most of the time it is around 30 degrees. It actually cools down quite a lot at night, which is really nice and means we can sleep well ☺️
Sooo good to see you back, I have been wondering what you were doing, I should of guessed
That you would be doing something very worthwhile and keeping busy…..well done 👏
Great job on the garden 🪴 . You guys work hard…..with a little help from Willow😂🐶❤️…hoping you get good news re your plans 🤞🙏 and good luck with your venture, exciting times😎☀️
Thank you so much! ☺️🙏
good to see that you are doing well, and that your plans continue, but can continue in a modified form. I see your video and I feel like looking for a beautiful farm somewhere in Portugal for myself. By the way the garden looks beautiful , have a nice week.🌴☀️💪👍😘
Awww thank you so much Chris!! Have a nice week as well ☺️
Hello, I am so happy that you got some good news regarding your building plans. Your garden is lovely! Congratulations!
Thank you but no good news yet just rejection. We worked to come up with a new plan that avoids the reasons that they said no last time and we hope should be approved this time. 🤞
Really loved your work. Hope you guys will enjoy this meaningful way of life. SALUTE!!!
Thank you so much for watching ☺️🙏
It’s great to see you guys have carried on with your dream and your new veg garden looks fantastic. I see Willow is helping too 🐕🦺 well done xx😀
Willow is always helping ☺️😂. Thanks for watching 🙏
Great looking garden! If you ever decide you want to use raised beds, I suggest looking into Hügelkultur. It’s a permaculture technique that offers several benefits, one of which is moisture retention, which you might be quite keen on, given the water scarcity there. Just wanted to give you this suggestion in hopes that it might serve as an inspiration. (Maybe you could use Hügelkultur for growing fruit or nut trees? If you use thick logs instead of twigs for your Hügelkultur, they release nutriënts over a longer timespan, which is especially helpful for growing something long term like trees, combine this with your drip irrigation system and those trees will practically grow themselves)
Looking forward to the next video :)
Thank you so much for your lovely comment!! Yes, we actually started two hugel beds last winter and are just experimenting with that. It’s definitely something we want to explore more in the future ☺️👌🏻
Congrats on your permit, every step gets you closer to your goal or your dream. I'm really jealous when I see your garden with everything growing and being so much ahead as when I look at my permaculture garden here in Bavaria. But the good news is I'll be in the Algarve next week looking for properties to buy 😀 . Wish you all the best and keep up the good work 👍.
Well we don’t have the permit yet 🥴. Just figured out another way to try and get it. Fingers crossed 🤞🏻🤞🏻! How exciting, we hope you find a nice proper to buy ☺️
how much did the contractor charge for contouring and pond building?
muito bon trabalho corajen
Muito obrigada 🙏☺️
Wow, super nice project! It's cool to see people like you trying things with a hands-on approach. :) We are also close to you in the area, could you tell me the name of the company where you could buy the compost material for your ground?
Hello from Oregon ! It HAS been a while since I saw you, and I'm glad you were able to persevere and have your garden in and the pond completed. Last I saw a video you had put up a shade patio outside your home. Will you keep it for use to make your herb business? you didn't say anything about an herb garden in this video. So happy you are back. see you next week for sure. Love the chickens, oh, too many veggies? I believe it is hot enough in Portugal to sun-dry them, and re-hydrate later as you want to use them (winter)?
Thanks for bearing with us 🙏☺️. We still have the shade patio but it is more for us to hang out and enjoy the shade ☺️. Thanks for the tip on hydrating veggies, great idea!
Would the town allow you to build Tiny Homes on trailers or small hirts, which would not be considered permanent structures? The garden looks great. You two have done a great job with it!
Thank you very much 🙏☺️. No, unfortunately you need a building permit even for non permanent structures. Or you have to move them every year and they can’t be connected to water, electricity, sewage etc. And even then it would be difficult to get the license and insurance for it 🥴
Wow, thanks for this beautiful Video. I liked the cuts and the "how to". The garden looks amazing well done. Could I ask you for some Informations about the impreza who delivered the nice looking soil? Where they are, what they sell etc...
That would be great. Sunny regards from our Monte Cruz.
Marco
Yes you can! So in Portimao we have Algar which provides waste management for the city. Here you can read about the Nutriterra soil that we ordered from them www.algar.com.pt/pt/areas-de-negocio/produtos/corretivos-organicos/
SuperCool garden.
Add some Fruit trees, they need years so start now :)
Yes, the plan is to have lots and lots of fruit trees but we won’t do that until we know more about our building permit and if we can stay on the land longterm :)
You look so happy and like you've been getting some nice summer sun! Thanks for the update! Also if that rhubarb doesn't work, try growing it in a shady location because it. thrives under the trees where I live (much cooler than Portugal lol). I love the garden and can't believe how big your plants are!!! When did you plant those tomatoes?
Yes, I am very surprised that the rhubarb is growing at all 😂😂. Didn’t expect that. We have the idea of building a shaded area over the garden for next summer because the sun is so strong here! That would for sure help the rhubarb. But good idea with the trees. I might do that if I see they are struggling 😂
Do you have a link for the compost? Just wondering if I could collect. Not in yr municipal and no hgv access. Obrigardo :-)
Don’t have a link but it’s the local waste management company called Algar. The compost they produce is called NutriSoil. Hope that helps ☺️
@@Life.Reimagined thanks :-)
If you want to watch... trees grow? OK, I can do and dig that.
Beautiful! Did you try any cover crops? How is the soil there?
At first we thought it was bad but its actually amazing. Our first year over cover crops grew thick and fast.
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What have you done with Jack!!
Hahahahah he feels more comfortable behind the camera 😉☺️
If you have a budget you can do anything. I will have to scale back a lot compared to your activities but that is how things used to go before the industrial revolution and it is maybe more ecological. I see a lot of things being done with non natural materials. One day we will have to take distance from a lot of them. It is a nice video.
I bought a plot of land of 4.6 hectares in Spain, 60 sq. m. meters of them are ruins as well, the main ruins are located 3 meters from the border with the neighbor’s site and only now I am beginning to realize that I may not get approval for reconstruction at all :( of course Spain is not Portugal, but the fire safety standards of the European Union are approximately the same everywhere, I think so I gave the architect the task of producing a technical report before submitting it to the municipal authorities.
Hi. Where are you located in the Algarve?
Portimao.. on the road up to monchique
Zucchini revolution
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Bills mini digger!
Part of your vegy process was no dig?
Keep up with the Permaculture, its the only way.
Good luck with everything.
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Haha yes, Bill is a legend for letting us use his mini digger ☺️!! Well no, I wouldn’t classify this as no dig. Moving forward it will be no dig though 👌🏻
Hi there just cover those euro tote with sade cloth it's not uv resistant they tent to go brittle on to top parts.
Hey Irvan, thank you for your comment. I’m sorry but I don’t quite understand what you mean with euro tote?
Hi there i am sorry some refer to it as eurotote its your IBC containers for your gravity feed water far your veggie garden.
@@ivanerwee165 ahhh we had no idea that’s what they were also called. Yes, we covered them with a big tarp to prevent it from UV damage 👍🏻
Your title is misleading, Annual vegetable garden created by buying in all the components and using machinery to dig is not permaculture. Nicely tended veg patch though, maybe try successional planting to avoid everything being ready at the same time, we have a very long growing season here.
Hi Howard, thanks for your comment and thank you for watching the video. We disagree that this can not be considered permaculture. In our opinion permaculture isn’t just one thing with very set rules. We believe it’s a philosophy that you can adapt to what is possible for you, with your resources and constraints. Yes we used some machinery to prepare the soil but that will be the last time the soil will be worked for many many years to come. And yes, we did buy the compost instead of making our own (this would take years) but it comes from a local waste facility. By purchasing from them we are supporting a local company that is recycling the food scraps of the city. This allowed us to the garden now and not in 3 years when we have enough soil. Again, the straw mulch was purchased from a local farm cooperative, supporting farmers in the area. We do think this is very much in line with the three pillars of the permaculture philosophy. So whilst there has been a bit of land intervention and added resources from outside our land, we set everything up in a way that we can be as efficient as possible with the water that we use. We will definitely to succession planting to ensure nutrients are being out back into the ground. And we will grow a bigger variety and more staggered in the future. We are making our very first steps in growing veggies and are learning the ropes. So all this is to say that we think it’s better to be careful judging what is permaculture and what isn’t as this scares other people from trying it. We believe it is much better to have thousands of people doing something imperfectly than 10 people doing it perfectly (if there even is such a thing). We hope you understand what we mean and thank you again for watching and your thoughts on it 🙏
Its sad that here in Portugal we have so many burocracy relating construction in fire hazard areas, but when we catch the piromaniacs we just throw them back in the wild.
Yes the bureaucracy is really unfortunate. We totally get that wild fires are a problem and wouldn’t even have had a problem if the land would have been a high fire risk area from the beginning. But them changing the zones 2 years after we submitted to project and not making sure to clear previous applications before they change the zones is just wrong in our opinion. Makes it hard to trust the government unfortunately 😔
@@Life.Reimagined yes, and you will slowly realize as time goes by living here, that most things are way more complicated than it should. Do not try to do everything by the book, or you will end up being frustrated. I have neighbourgs who built most of their house ilegally, and have been ok for 50years. So try to work it out as much as you can, the rest just bend it a little, you are far enough from people that no one will really notice. If they do, you will just be given some time to tear it down, no finds, so... Just saying. Cheers
@@tiagomartinho77 haha yes we have noticed that there seems to be a habit of making things more complicated than they need to be 😂. We understand that it might be common to do things illegally or not by the book but we have heard to many horror stories from people who had to tear their house down that we don’t want to risk that. We are putting all our love savings into this project, so we will not do that at the risk of someone coming by in a few years telling us we have to tear it all down and our lives savings are gone 🥴. But I think for other things that aren’t as big, it’s probably the way to go here. Hard for us foreigners to learn 😬☺️
@@Life.Reimagined thats what i was refering to, not the main house, but all the smaller stuff, go for it. Im in the same situation, i bought a property with 2000m² last august, been working on the ruined house literally everyday for almost a year, had no water, electricity, septic tank, nothing, only half a roof. Now we will move in in the next 2 month. Im totally tired, cant keep this pace much longer, i understand exactly what youre going through and im following your permaculture project as after moving we will take care of our land and implement something in those lines. I truly hope your dream do come true
Thanks for sharing!
But I would not put fresh laid eggs on top of veggies.
After all the egg came out of a chickens ass.. : )
Don’t worry, everything will be thoroughly washed before it’s eaten 😉
Kinda funny what is it rains really hard. All your work will wash away
Well that wouldn't be funny. But luckily last year was super heavy rains here and everything worked liked a charm! Water slowed right down and soaked into the land instead of running straight off
Your little plam tree is poisonous to dogs
Hey John, which palm tree are you talking about? Thanks for watching 🙏
@@Life.Reimagined your middle plant it’s on the porch by your Bench the plant is called Sago palm is poisonous ☠️☠️☠️ to dog and cat go online and Google it