HI Harriet and Mauro, thanks for sharing the video...seems like you two are building up steam and getting some inertia ! I discovered the "Berekely method of hot composting" a couple years ago. I had a huge bunch of leaves and sticks on an area the size of an acre. Rather than trying to get rid of the material, I build up about 5 piles of dead, brown sticks and leaves to compost. I got my ratios correct (mixing greens and browns organic material ...even worked in some cardboard). The piles were about a 1x1x1 meter (seemed like the minimum needed to get the mass "cooking".) I watered the piles and covered with plastic tarps and turned them every few days (me and my pitchfork). The piles reached about 200 degrees Fahrenheit after about five days. By the end of three weeks, I had beautiful compost that was weed-free (seeds from weeds that I threw in were cooked). I got a system in place (using a lawnmower instead of a chipper and would grind up the material a bit before starting) My acre was converted from dead soil (petrochemical fertilized for years) to living soil that was eager to grow things. I did have to turn the piles of compost every couple days. This project only took a month and the results amazed me. Apologies for the long message but have you considered this approach of hot-compositing the material wherever you can gather it and supplement those sticks with "weeds" (green material)? Cheers, Steve
Hi Steve, thanks so much for your long and detailed comment. I would love to try that method, I need to set up some compost piles in a more accessible area because right now it's very awkward to get in and turn the ones we have, I couldn't face doing it every few days! Wow, the compost that produces sounds amazing though. And so quick. That would be a dream. I wonder if I could put big, bulky branches in a pile like that, though, or if I'd have to cut them down a bit first, otherwise the pile would be like 80% air. What do you think?
This method was done my grandmother, and all her contemporaries always. All waste from animals stables, cleaned every 7 or 8 weeks, and human waste. Was piled up high. Animals slept over gorse and hay. All scraps went to feed, poultry and pigs, dogs and cats. The pigs (2) never ate any meat products. They were left out to farrow by themselves, sometimes. during the day Ox and sheep were out gracing everyday. People never used any fertiliser, apart from what they produced, also produced their food. Was a hard existence but neighbours helped each other, on ploughing the land, they chanted encouraging songs to do this work, harvesting, wine making, etc. Births and deaths.
Es muy agradable contemplar lo feliz que se siente el perrito en el campo (vosotros también). Ser, estar y hacer lo que te gusta no tiene precio material ni espiritual. Espero que seáis muy felices en España y todo os quede a vuestro gusto . Mucha suerte!
Hello Harriet - you can use your branches to make dead hedges if you lay them in linear piles. They'll act as a barrier / hedge at the same time as creating great shelter for wildlife. Over time they will compost down and you can then use them to feed soil. Why give yourseld extra work when Nature will do it for you ?
Another great idea, thank you!! In fact we did lay a load of branches in a gap in one of our walls, purely by coincidence, so I guess we've accidentially already done that!
Keep the small branches, you will eventually use them for fire starters or for a garden oven or garden fire stove to cook on. Small branches are easy to store and use for cooking or BBQ on .
My goodness you truly impress me!! You are learning as you go but you try everything!! Congratulations I’m enjoying so much your journey to your new better life!! You don’t waste a second!! You even netted a beautiful blanket while sitting down!! Thank you so much for sharing!!! 🦋❤️🙌🏻
Your are so right. I am building a house in the Caribbean and finding time to relax and enjoy the NOW is so important, yet hard to do. I have to remind myself to slow down ...all the jobs will get done...there is no need to rush or stress it. Well done on finding the balance.
Eres una Señora muy guapa y muy trabajadora..? Enhorabuena por esa finca y esa casa tan coqueta .. Que Dios les de mucha 🙏 salud para trabajarla y disfrutarla.... Un abrazo desde Canarias 🤗 😘 😊
Una lastima que los primeros vídeos los subtítulos estén en Castellano y ahora no. Voy a deciros una cosa con relación a las cañas. Si las cañas se cortan cuando es luna menguante del més de enero no se hacen malas y duran un porrón de años. Me gusta lo que estáis haciendo.
Gracias Florentino, justo ayer estaba hablando con un vecino sobre la luna menguante y voy a cortar más en unas semanas. Lo siento por los subtítulos, es que llevan mucho tiempo, pero estoy en ello!
I love the color you painted the patio, and I love the 2nd-hand tiles. You got a great deal! I wish we had wallapop in the US! Happy new year to you and Mauro.
Your tiling looks so good. What a nice spot on the roof for a couple of chairs, and enjoy the view. I’d use the branches on top of a raised bed. Eventually it will rot down. You can keep adding to it.
Such a beautiful place, all your hard work is paying off.. I love the variety of vegetables you’re planting, so lush an healthy. Best wishes to a wonderful future ❤️
Absolutely love your positive vibe Harriet. You are doing so well. If you find it difficult to get a smoother finish on your plastering, try a slightly damp sponge before the mix set and use slow circular movements, it helps to reduce the lumps and bumps. The painting on the roof looked good. The hallway tiles are absolutely fab, I would choose them myself. The squash brownies look lush. For the branches, perhaps create huger culture beds even if you do not intend to use them immediately then you might in the future. Or you could bunker them as a long term compost, after all you are young and in ten years time you will have used a lot of your readily available or short term compost. A chipper would help of course, but not absolutely necessary.
Thanks so much for your comment, lots of useful ideas in there! You mention long term compost which I hadn't heard of (someone else mentioned permanent compost pile) - I need to look into that, I think. As in, you have a permanent base layer which just keeps getting added to?
@@LittleSpanishFarmstead Yes you could just keep adding material for several years, then another pile, then another. You might turn it evert two or three years. By end of ten years your first pile will be ready. There are all sorts of combinations your could do to make it work for you by investing a little effort now for the long term. Farm yard manure is gold in the bank.
Me encanta vuestro proyecto de vida, la finca es una pasada. Veo que estáis aprendiendo mucho cada día, y me atrevo a sugerir que optimicéis el trabajo, sobre todo cuando es muy físico. Por ejemplo, en vez de raspar a mano el suelo con una rasqueta, existen escobones con cerdas de nylon duro o alambre. Con eso y un limpiador de base cloro (o en seco, si lo prefieres) acabas con los líquenes y mohos. Para recoger la suciedad del suelo cuando barremos, en España usamos recogedor de mango vertical (una cosa que jamás entenderé del mundo anglosajón es que no se use, y os pongáis en cuclillas cada vez, así como que no uséis un simple mocho y cubo con escurridor). Seguid así, lo que hacéis es precioso.
Hola, todavía no terminé los subtítulos para este video, lo siento, pero algunos otros sí que los tienen en castellano. Tenemos la intención de grabar unos videos en castellano también. Gracias por segirnos 💛
Make small interwoven fences for pathways, garden edging almost anything. Limitless possibilities. A garden plot of wild Asparagus . neat. Please Don't bur, Reuse. Hugelkultur it all. Now you need a front basket so you can the dog on rides too..
Hi it would be good to add the woody materials, to your compost piles, really it would be good to construct some compost Bays then you. Can turn and mix and make some really good compost for the garden , rot it down
Hablo sin saber porque acabo de conocer el canal pero solo deciros que debéis desbrozar y eliminar toda la madera seca para leña en todo el entorno haciendo una barrera contra el fuego que cada año son más poderosos por falta de cabras y ovejas, y os arrasaría el trabajo y esfuerzo; 🇪🇦❌🇪🇦 suerte y felicidades
Gracias Mario creo que tienes mucha razón. Intentamos desbrozar pero es verdad que todavía no hemos llegado a todas partes del terreno. Y sí que hay un montón de madera seca en el suelo. Es algo que debemos solucionar antes del verano.
Thank you, I need to research permanent compost piles as I hadn't heard that phrase. As in, there's always a permanent base layer which you keep adding to?
@@LittleSpanishFarmstead It is more like a permanent spot and just put all the clippings, leaves and sticks in there. Preferably a moist spot, like near your creek so it doesn't dry out as fast. For more thick sticks, probably your neighbors have the same problem, so I would ask them, same for making fire.
New prescriber. Love what you doing. We have a similar climate here in Cape Town. I am enjoying your renovations. Can, t wait to see more. Felicity Jacobs, Cape Town, South Africa
Well Harriet, you're a Jack of all trades. Its so achieving doing things on your own, right? Now I'm looking when you're in that swimmingpool, it looks warm but seamingly on your husband Presola it's a little chilly. However the weather is sunny and way better than here in Sweden at the moment. Take care and tell Presola that i know he is working hard at his work as well. Rickard from 🇸🇪
Hehe now I understand your other comment about the name Presola! Sorry, it's maybe a confusing channel name because it is not clear what Presola means. Maybe I'll think of a better name at some point! I will tell Mauro he's doing a good job :) Thank you!
@@LittleSpanishFarmstead Yes Mauro... I've seen other videos and understand now as well. No, i don't think you should change the name Presola , i like that name. For me it's feels like it's the name of the finca.. Finca Presola! If you want to change something with the name of the channel you could maybe call it Harriet and Mauro at Presola. Perhaps adding the dogs name, donkey, cat etcetera... joke! I really enjoyed the videos, they are talking to me sort of, i feel it's the same thing i would do, try to do.. I have a house and garden in Sweden but it only works 5 months a year because of freezing cold here. I would like to spend the winter in Spain. And summer in Sweden. Last summer me and my daughter drove to Spain and visited a lovely couple in Murcia. An off grid Finca. So fantastic! Hopefully we're driving down again this coming summer. Because my daughter is still in school. Take care both of you. Regards Rickard from Sweden 🇸🇪🍹
Muchas gracias! Another dog... yes, we have thought about that, actually. Maybe one with a slightly louder, scarier bark for when I'm here on my own? Haha. Un abrazo
hola pareja, en cuanto a los restos de poda, aunque pueda parecer cara la biotrituradora es muy buena opción (mejor que quemar) y a la larga sale barata, los restos que salen de ella son muy buenos mara mullir el terreno y hace de cama para los cultivos, evitando tener que comprar paja parahacerlo y el resto que no quieras utilizar se composta mucho mejor y mas rápido. seguir así y mucho animooooo.
Very much enjoying watching you guys. We also have a farm in the other side of Andalucia next to the border with Portugal. We actually did perched a shrader a massive one that hocks to the tractor, i am not sure if it is a good solution ,the amount of fossil fuel consumed doesn't make sense. I think it's better to let it slowly get rotrotten, just like you were doing. In general I think you have a very good intuition and you should trust yourself even better than you already do. About the thick branches you can get a shredding knife for the desbrozadora (green machine?) I can send you a video of how we do it if you like Saludos
Haha I know, I know. I forgot a roller the first time I went to the shop. And electric drillborer - well, we can't buy everything all at once, unfortunately. Little by little.
Te veo desde Puerto Rico.una Isla tropical donde se cultivan el cafe, piña, maiz todo tipo de citricos.un gran trabajo el que hacen. Un saludo caluroso pues veo que siembran aun en frio..... Les pregunto si cultivan arbolitos de cafe. Aca se produce pero solo en las montañas. Sigan adelante trabajan muy bien .
superb! great progress with the chalking off on the board there, - if you can't get/don't want a wood chipper, then learn how to shred with a sharp machete, once you have the technique you will have nice long shreds of wood that will act as a mulch/path substrate or compost down quickly, burning and using ash in soil will make the soil alkaline if you have to acid soil, or if you have alkaline loving crops they will thrive on this....surely if you confine any burning to a barrel or and enclosure with a flue, then the local authority will be OK? otherwise tread the waste and cuttings onto the ground where there's any moisture, and follow up with a layer of earth, ( as long as it is dead) the organic enrichment works wonders after a while.
Thank you so much for the suggestions! I wondered about trying to make woodchip with an axe and had a go but I couldn't see how it would ever be a time-efficient endeavour, maybe my technique wasn't good! I could definitely try with a machete or something on thinner branches though. RE: the burning - the burn site has to be completely covered by roof & walls for it to be permitted. I.e. to allow you to have an outdoor kitchen. I'm not sure whether a barrel would be OK. I will have to find out in the town hall!
We have quite a bit of the wild asparagus here as well but unfortunately our soil isn't as easy to dig up and I never seem to be able to get all of the roots.
I know it’s been a few weeks, but is there a place you could possibly rent a chipper for a day or two? I know here in the U.S. we have rental businesses that you can rent machines n tools (like a tile cutter) for a half day or the day. Just a thought. By the way I really enjoy following your channel, keep up the great work!
Aw thanks John! I've actually been looking around to rent a chipper, there are agricultural co-ops here which are super handy and rent some farm equipment but our local ones don't have chippers to rent. I think I might have just heard about someone through the grapevine the other day, though! So there might be a chipper making an appearance in a video soon haha!
How is the aljibe filled please? what is your annual rainfall please? i love the water system that seems to be around you, i'll need to hunt through your videos to see if i can find an explanation. I'm in Australia and its not something we have here. :)
Hello, I just found your channel a few days ago and I love it! I'm sorry if this has already been asked, but I wonder how you can build/renovate so much with apparent ease and freedom? I keep hearing Spain is a nightmare to do these kinds of projects in, because they're so strict about doing any work on your house, even worse with ruins in the countryside. Last I heard you can't even renovate the inside, like putting in new floor tiles, without permission from the ayuntamiento. Is this true? If so, how easy was this to get for you? (I understand different provinces and municipalities have their own rules.)
It depends a lot on the town you live in and how the town hall chooses to interpret general rules. Nothing we have done so far required a permit. You shouldn't listen to what people tell you online, you need to talk to a specific town hall about a specific property. I know it's annoying because you want a rough idea before you even decide to start looking.
Please start numbering your videos, so there is a good way to watch everything. You have prepared, and improved your filming/editing and you have me suscribing...
Thank you! If you go to the channel and click on the "videos" tab they are all shown in order. I prefer to keep numbering for specific "series" of videos I make, such as the market garden series, otherwise I think it'll get confusing.
The best place to start looking is Idealista, a real estate site in Spain. Complies a lot of properties from different agents, it can give you a good idea of prices/what’s available in different locations
Buena gente , buena musica, buenas vistas 👌
I love how you celebrate the beauty of all your simple things. beautifully filmed.
and good job bathing in the cold together.
Hi Harriet, if you construct some raised beds you can fill them half full with all your brush and weeds.
Hi Larry, thanks for the idea! Like a hugelkultur type bed, right? I think that's a great idea. Definitely a good use for some of this material!
Una idea para aumentar vuestro seguidores por la zona y en España en general es poner subtitulos en español. Un saludo estas haciendo un gran trabajo.
Hola Fernando, ya estamos en ello, unos videos ya los tienen pero voy un poco retrasado con este. Lo siento!
@@LittleSpanishFarmstead Hola 👋🏻 Hariet en que pueblo de Valencia estáis??
Buen trabajo 👍🏻👏🏻 saludos des de Valencia capital 🐱👋🏻
@@A.MiguelDanielaN.7305 Valencia no, Castellon
En youtube tienes la traduccion automatica de subtitulos
Your work ethic is very impressive.
HI Harriet and Mauro, thanks for sharing the video...seems like you two are building up steam and getting some inertia
! I discovered the "Berekely method of hot composting" a couple years ago. I had a huge bunch of leaves and sticks on an area the size of an acre. Rather than trying to get rid of the material, I build up about 5 piles of dead, brown sticks and leaves to compost. I got my ratios correct (mixing greens and browns organic material ...even worked in some cardboard). The piles were about a 1x1x1 meter (seemed like the minimum needed to get the mass "cooking".) I watered the piles and covered with plastic tarps and turned them every few days (me and my pitchfork). The piles reached about 200 degrees Fahrenheit after about five days. By the end of three weeks, I had beautiful compost that was weed-free (seeds from weeds that I threw in were cooked). I got a system in place (using a lawnmower instead of a chipper and would grind up the material a bit before starting) My acre was converted from dead soil (petrochemical fertilized for years) to living soil that was eager to grow things. I did have to turn the piles of compost every couple days. This project only took a month and the results amazed me. Apologies for the long message but have you considered this approach of hot-compositing the material wherever you can gather it and supplement those sticks with "weeds" (green material)?
Cheers,
Steve
Hi Steve, thanks so much for your long and detailed comment. I would love to try that method, I need to set up some compost piles in a more accessible area because right now it's very awkward to get in and turn the ones we have, I couldn't face doing it every few days! Wow, the compost that produces sounds amazing though. And so quick. That would be a dream. I wonder if I could put big, bulky branches in a pile like that, though, or if I'd have to cut them down a bit first, otherwise the pile would be like 80% air. What do you think?
This method was done my grandmother, and all her contemporaries always. All waste from animals stables, cleaned every 7 or 8 weeks, and human waste.
Was piled up high.
Animals slept over gorse and hay.
All scraps went to feed, poultry and pigs, dogs and cats.
The pigs (2) never ate any meat products. They were left out to farrow by themselves, sometimes. during the day
Ox and sheep were out gracing everyday.
People never used any fertiliser, apart from what they produced, also produced their food. Was a hard existence but neighbours helped each other, on ploughing the land, they chanted encouraging songs to do this work, harvesting, wine making, etc.
Births and deaths.
Me gusta la forma que teneis de trabajar. Sin prisas pero sin pausa. Muy buen trabajo😀👍
I'm glad to be here and know them.
thanks for taking us along on your ride
You’ve done an epic job on the upper balcony/terrace.
Be kind to yourself x😘🥰❤️ Enjoy the fruits of your labor!! Enjoy what you have while you are healthy and can do it!! Much love ❤️ from Kentucky!!
Always paint walls first then floor. Glad you are using a roller, much faster
Bravo Harriet and Mauro!
Go Harriet! Lifestyle is what you make it, food, shelter, health, fulfilling work, family, community, balance as required 😀
Hi Harriet, make a raised bed with Hügelkultur, you can do it directly on the ground or in a constructed raised bed. Best of luck with your project!
Ooh yes, great idea, thank you!
Well done, I think you're fantastic.
Es muy agradable contemplar lo feliz que se siente el perrito en el campo (vosotros también). Ser, estar y hacer lo que te gusta no tiene precio material ni espiritual. Espero que seáis muy felices en España y todo os quede a vuestro gusto . Mucha suerte!
Muchas gracias. Estamos muy muy contentos aquí 🧡 Un abrazo!
Harriet I think your a marvellous worker
Hola!
No entiendo porque arrancas las esparragueras?
Allelluia YOU ARE USING A ROLLER, GO GIRL!
Wow, you have an amazing place, beautiful!!!!
Thanks for sharing!!
I love the beautiful music.
it's the journey.........balance.........
Hello Harriet - you can use your branches to make dead hedges if you lay them in linear piles. They'll act as a barrier / hedge at the same time as creating great shelter for wildlife. Over time they will compost down and you can then use them to feed soil. Why give yourseld extra work when Nature will do it for you ?
Another great idea, thank you!! In fact we did lay a load of branches in a gap in one of our walls, purely by coincidence, so I guess we've accidentially already done that!
Beautiful video...thank you for sharing!!!!
Hugel mounds for the big branches!
Lovely channel, can't wait to see more😍
I love you guys. It's been my experience to do the walls first so if anything drips or spills it doesn't matter.
Keep the small branches, you will eventually use them for fire starters or for a garden oven or garden fire stove to cook on. Small branches are easy to store and use for cooking or BBQ on .
My goodness you truly impress me!! You are learning as you go but you try everything!! Congratulations I’m enjoying so much your journey to your new better life!! You don’t waste a second!! You even netted a beautiful blanket while sitting down!! Thank you so much for sharing!!! 🦋❤️🙌🏻
Da le canya..... Great stuff👍
Your are so right. I am building a house in the Caribbean and finding time to relax and enjoy the NOW is so important, yet hard to do. I have to remind myself to slow down ...all the jobs will get done...there is no need to rush or stress it. Well done on finding the balance.
So true! The work will never be finished, so what are we rushing towards?
Eres una Señora muy guapa y muy trabajadora..? Enhorabuena por esa finca y esa casa tan coqueta .. Que Dios les de mucha 🙏 salud para trabajarla y disfrutarla.... Un abrazo desde Canarias 🤗 😘 😊
Congratulations for your videos! So enjoyable 🎉
thank you!
You are such a hard working lady.
Love the tiles you laid.
Stay safe and cool during this terrible heat wave
Hi Harriet, taking a break was the right thing to do, as the saying goes all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
The perfect touch. I really love the style of your place.
Una lastima que los primeros vídeos los subtítulos estén en Castellano y ahora no.
Voy a deciros una cosa con relación a las cañas.
Si las cañas se cortan cuando es luna menguante del més de enero no se hacen malas y duran un porrón de años. Me gusta lo que estáis haciendo.
Gracias Florentino, justo ayer estaba hablando con un vecino sobre la luna menguante y voy a cortar más en unas semanas. Lo siento por los subtítulos, es que llevan mucho tiempo, pero estoy en ello!
enamorado de vuestro proyecto, a darle duro .....
Love the terrace and the tiling …great job 👌😊
Great videos, keep on going👏🏼👏🏼💪🏼💪🏼
Inspiring 😊 going outside now
Hola. Greece. 🙋♀️
I love the color you painted the patio, and I love the 2nd-hand tiles. You got a great deal! I wish we had wallapop in the US! Happy new year to you and Mauro.
Your tiling looks so good. What a nice spot on the roof for a couple of chairs, and enjoy the view. I’d use the branches on top of a raised bed. Eventually it will rot down. You can keep adding to it.
Thank you!
Amazing how much you both have achieved!!!!
Such a beautiful place, all your hard work is paying off.. I love the variety of vegetables you’re planting, so lush an healthy. Best wishes to
a wonderful future ❤️
So beautiful
Great video Vlog
Love your videos, you gus are so hard working, God Bless you
Thank you, very kind of you!
Put getting a pressure washer on your wish list - it's perfect for cleaning lichen and moss off of concrete. Loving your videos.
Absolutely love your positive vibe Harriet. You are doing so well.
If you find it difficult to get a smoother finish on your plastering, try a slightly damp sponge before the mix set and use slow circular movements, it helps to reduce the lumps and bumps.
The painting on the roof looked good. The hallway tiles are absolutely fab, I would choose them myself.
The squash brownies look lush.
For the branches, perhaps create huger culture beds even if you do not intend to use them immediately then you might in the future. Or you could bunker them as a long term compost, after all you are young and in ten years time you will have used a lot of your readily available or short term compost. A chipper would help of course, but not absolutely necessary.
Thanks so much for your comment, lots of useful ideas in there! You mention long term compost which I hadn't heard of (someone else mentioned permanent compost pile) - I need to look into that, I think. As in, you have a permanent base layer which just keeps getting added to?
@@LittleSpanishFarmstead Yes you could just keep adding material for several years, then another pile, then another. You might turn it evert two or three years. By end of ten years your first pile will be ready. There are all sorts of combinations your could do to make it work for you by investing a little effort now for the long term. Farm yard manure is gold in the bank.
@@100Noddy Oh wow that's very useful, thank you!
Harriet, use the dead branches/twigs in HugelKultur. Really improves the soil.
Thank you, why didn't I think of that?! I think I need to let them rot a little first, ideally, and then bury them?
Me encanta vuestro proyecto de vida, la finca es una pasada. Veo que estáis aprendiendo mucho cada día, y me atrevo a sugerir que optimicéis el trabajo, sobre todo cuando es muy físico. Por ejemplo, en vez de raspar a mano el suelo con una rasqueta, existen escobones con cerdas de nylon duro o alambre. Con eso y un limpiador de base cloro (o en seco, si lo prefieres) acabas con los líquenes y mohos. Para recoger la suciedad del suelo cuando barremos, en España usamos recogedor de mango vertical (una cosa que jamás entenderé del mundo anglosajón es que no se use, y os pongáis en cuclillas cada vez, así como que no uséis un simple mocho y cubo con escurridor).
Seguid así, lo que hacéis es precioso.
Gracias! 😊
Lindo canal, tienen proyectos increíbles. Los encontré en por aquí me he inscrito y ya hice un maratón por todos los videos.
Si esposible en español , me gusta lo qué estáis realizando
Hola, todavía no terminé los subtítulos para este video, lo siento, pero algunos otros sí que los tienen en castellano. Tenemos la intención de grabar unos videos en castellano también. Gracias por segirnos 💛
Make small interwoven fences for pathways, garden edging almost anything. Limitless possibilities. A garden plot of wild Asparagus . neat. Please Don't bur, Reuse. Hugelkultur it all. Now you need a front basket so you can the dog on rides too..
Hi it would be good to add the woody materials, to your compost piles, really it would be good to construct some compost
Bays then you. Can turn and mix and make some really good compost for the garden , rot it down
Thanks John, we have a few compost bays and I will try and get some of the branches in them. Can't face chopping up all of them though - too many!
Hablo sin saber porque acabo de conocer el canal pero solo deciros que debéis desbrozar y eliminar toda la madera seca para leña en todo el entorno haciendo una barrera contra el fuego que cada año son más poderosos por falta de cabras y ovejas, y os arrasaría el trabajo y esfuerzo; 🇪🇦❌🇪🇦 suerte y felicidades
Gracias Mario creo que tienes mucha razón. Intentamos desbrozar pero es verdad que todavía no hemos llegado a todas partes del terreno. Y sí que hay un montón de madera seca en el suelo. Es algo que debemos solucionar antes del verano.
Happy newyear. Enjoying your video's!
Glad you like them!
Biochar using an inground V shaped pit, videos are available to learn how to load in burning material.
You can make a permanent compost pile of can rent/borrow a wood chipper
Thank you, I need to research permanent compost piles as I hadn't heard that phrase. As in, there's always a permanent base layer which you keep adding to?
@@LittleSpanishFarmstead It is more like a permanent spot and just put all the clippings, leaves and sticks in there. Preferably a moist spot, like near your creek so it doesn't dry out as fast.
For more thick sticks, probably your neighbors have the same problem, so I would ask them, same for making fire.
Hermosa
Seguiu creixent i fent passes ! Espero que hi hagi cada cop més gent que us descobreixi!
have you looked into hugelkulture for the huge pile of branches? Its used often in permaculture as the base of a garden bed
Ohh yes we have. I did make a Hugelkultur bed a while ago but haven't got round to planting it yet. Would love to build more!
New prescriber. Love what you doing. We have a similar climate here in Cape Town. I am enjoying your renovations. Can, t wait to see more.
Felicity Jacobs, Cape Town, South Africa
Thank you, and thanks for following along!
Learn how to make bio chair with the limbs and twigs. Bio chair is great for the garden.
Well Harriet, you're a Jack of all trades. Its so achieving doing things on your own, right?
Now I'm looking when you're in that swimmingpool, it looks warm but seamingly on your husband Presola it's a little chilly. However the weather is sunny and way better than here in Sweden at the moment. Take care and tell Presola that i know he is working hard at his work as well. Rickard from 🇸🇪
Hehe now I understand your other comment about the name Presola! Sorry, it's maybe a confusing channel name because it is not clear what Presola means. Maybe I'll think of a better name at some point!
I will tell Mauro he's doing a good job :) Thank you!
@@LittleSpanishFarmstead Yes Mauro... I've seen other videos and understand now as well.
No, i don't think you should change the name Presola , i like that name. For me it's feels like it's the name of the finca.. Finca Presola!
If you want to change something with the name of the channel you could maybe call it Harriet and Mauro at Presola. Perhaps adding the dogs name, donkey, cat etcetera... joke!
I really enjoyed the videos, they are talking to me sort of, i feel it's the same thing i would do, try to do..
I have a house and garden in Sweden but it only works 5 months a year because of freezing cold here. I would like to spend the winter in Spain. And summer in Sweden. Last summer me and my daughter drove to Spain and visited a lovely couple in Murcia. An off grid Finca. So fantastic! Hopefully we're driving down again this coming summer. Because my daughter is still in school. Take care both of you. Regards Rickard from Sweden 🇸🇪🍹
Hola, me encanta lo que hacéis pero estaría mejor con subtitulo en castellano para que tengáis más admiradores. Seguir así
Hola, y muchas gracias! Unos videos ya tienes subtítulos en castellano y casi estamos listos con los demás!
The second best thing you can do with all these branches is to make some biochar and then mix that with your compost and vermicompost to activate it.
Would love to have a go at that!
Hola chicos, gran trabajo el vuestro, existe un disco triturador para la maquina stihl de desprozar, os recomiendo comprar el de 3 angulos
Gracias!
You are such a hard worker! You surely deserved that bike ride.Have you thought of getting another dog? Energías positivas desde Argentina
Muchas gracias! Another dog... yes, we have thought about that, actually. Maybe one with a slightly louder, scarier bark for when I'm here on my own? Haha. Un abrazo
hola pareja, en cuanto a los restos de poda, aunque pueda parecer cara la biotrituradora es muy buena opción (mejor que quemar) y a la larga sale barata, los restos que salen de ella son muy buenos mara mullir el terreno y hace de cama para los cultivos, evitando tener que comprar paja parahacerlo y el resto que no quieras utilizar se composta mucho mejor y mas rápido.
seguir así y mucho animooooo.
Very much enjoying watching you guys.
We also have a farm in the other side of Andalucia next to the border with Portugal.
We actually did perched a shrader a massive one that hocks to the tractor, i am not sure if it is a good solution ,the amount of fossil fuel consumed doesn't make sense. I think it's better to let it slowly get rotrotten, just like you were doing. In general I think you have a very good intuition and you should trust yourself even better than you already do.
About the thick branches you can get a shredding knife for the desbrozadora (green machine?)
I can send you a video of how we do it if you like
Saludos
Thank you, it is interesting to hear the other side of the story with the shredders. Lots of people love them, good to hear another viewpoint!
Our invasive here is Japanese knotweed, but it too has many uses ...
Ah yes, Not sure where you are but in the UK it was also present
Carriet es un lugar precioso y con unos recursos increobles
Oh please, they have paint rollers and electric drillborers in was it Spain ? You might need them in your near future too.
Haha I know, I know. I forgot a roller the first time I went to the shop. And electric drillborer - well, we can't buy everything all at once, unfortunately. Little by little.
For context, can you share what an “aljibe” is traditionally used for?
Te veo desde Puerto Rico.una Isla tropical donde se cultivan el cafe, piña, maiz todo tipo de citricos.un gran trabajo el que hacen. Un saludo caluroso pues veo que siembran aun en frio..... Les pregunto si cultivan arbolitos de cafe. Aca se produce pero solo en las montañas. Sigan adelante trabajan muy bien .
Gracias Ana! 💚
superb! great progress with the chalking off on the board there, - if you can't get/don't want a wood chipper, then
learn how to shred with a sharp machete, once you have the technique you will have nice long shreds of wood
that will act as a mulch/path substrate or compost down quickly, burning and using ash in soil will make the soil alkaline
if you have to acid soil, or if you have alkaline loving crops they will thrive on this....surely if you confine any burning to a barrel
or and enclosure with a flue, then the local authority will be OK? otherwise tread the waste and cuttings onto the ground where there's
any moisture, and follow up with a layer of earth, ( as long as it is dead) the organic enrichment works wonders after a while.
Thank you so much for the suggestions! I wondered about trying to make woodchip with an axe and had a go but I couldn't see how it would ever be a time-efficient endeavour, maybe my technique wasn't good! I could definitely try with a machete or something on thinner branches though.
RE: the burning - the burn site has to be completely covered by roof & walls for it to be permitted. I.e. to allow you to have an outdoor kitchen. I'm not sure whether a barrel would be OK. I will have to find out in the town hall!
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We have quite a bit of the wild asparagus here as well but unfortunately our soil isn't as easy to dig up and I never seem to be able to get all of the roots.
Well, at least you get lots of asparagus in spring, I guess!
@@LittleSpanishFarmstead i wasn't necessarily planning to eat them but i guess I could. How different is their taste to normal ones?
nice
Un saludo
I know it’s been a few weeks, but is there a place you could possibly rent a chipper for a day or two? I know here in the U.S. we have rental businesses that you can rent machines n tools (like a tile cutter) for a half day or the day. Just a thought. By the way I really enjoy following your channel, keep up the great work!
Aw thanks John!
I've actually been looking around to rent a chipper, there are agricultural co-ops here which are super handy and rent some farm equipment but our local ones don't have chippers to rent. I think I might have just heard about someone through the grapevine the other day, though! So there might be a chipper making an appearance in a video soon haha!
How is the aljibe filled please? what is your annual rainfall please? i love the water system that seems to be around you, i'll need to hunt through your videos to see if i can find an explanation. I'm in Australia and its not something we have here. :)
You've probably already found the video on this now, but it's filled from the excess water from a spring. Our rainfall is only 17 inches.
So little rainfall, I guess that's a monthly average. Everything is so incredibly lush.
Si,por favor subtítulos en castellano..
Gracias.🤗
Los subí ayer! Un abrazo
Hello, I just found your channel a few days ago and I love it! I'm sorry if this has already been asked, but I wonder how you can build/renovate so much with apparent ease and freedom? I keep hearing Spain is a nightmare to do these kinds of projects in, because they're so strict about doing any work on your house, even worse with ruins in the countryside. Last I heard you can't even renovate the inside, like putting in new floor tiles, without permission from the ayuntamiento. Is this true? If so, how easy was this to get for you?
(I understand different provinces and municipalities have their own rules.)
It depends a lot on the town you live in and how the town hall chooses to interpret general rules. Nothing we have done so far required a permit. You shouldn't listen to what people tell you online, you need to talk to a specific town hall about a specific property. I know it's annoying because you want a rough idea before you even decide to start looking.
@@LittleSpanishFarmstead Thank you! 🙂
Please start numbering your videos, so there is a good way to watch everything. You have prepared, and improved your filming/editing and you have me suscribing...
Thank you! If you go to the channel and click on the "videos" tab they are all shown in order. I prefer to keep numbering for specific "series" of videos I make, such as the market garden series, otherwise I think it'll get confusing.
it looks like bamboo😀
Wait, didn't you guys had 500 followers few days ago? Or am I wrong. If so... congrats!
Haha, yes, not sure what happened there!
Hi are there many rural houses for sale in good condition as we are trying to find something similar to yours
The best place to start looking is Idealista, a real estate site in Spain. Complies a lot of properties from different agents, it can give you a good idea of prices/what’s available in different locations
Poner subtítulos en español,para poder verlos y enterarnos,gracias
Estoy en ello! Pero entiendo que se puede ver lost subtítulos traducidos automáticamente, no? Tal vez sirven por el momento
En el iPad solo me permite subtítulos en inglés,no me permite traducirlo,gracias
How many acres is your little farmstead?
It's 4 acres :)
Hola 👋🏻 Hariet en que pueblo de Valencia estáis??
Buen trabajo 👍🏻👏🏻 saludos des de Valencia capital 🐱👋🏻
Hola Andrea! Estamos cerca de Vall d'Alba, esa zona. La conoces?
A roller would go so much faster
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Harriet...get a paint roller. So much faster
hahaah I know, it had been suggested 😂 I just forgot when I first went to the shop. Tried to turn the painting into a relaxing zen experience instead!
Paint walls first then floor
Now that winter is here, have you started harvesting mushrooms?
No we haven't! I would love to learn how to do that from someone who knows what they're doing though!
Por favor activar subtítulos en español!!!
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