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Gijs
- Sun 23 Jul 2023
Very comfortable temperatures
While most of the Mediterranean experiences 40-45 degrees Celsius, we are still very comfortable. Our weather station only peaked once at 25 degrees …
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While most of the Mediterranean experiences 40-45 degrees Celsius, we are still very comfortable. Our weather station only peaked once at 25 degrees …
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While most of the Mediterranean experiences 40-45 degrees Celsius, we are still very comfortable. Our weather station only peaked once at 25 degrees …
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Today Eli (green shirt) and Miri (blue shirt) arrived. A capable and likeable couple from Italy. Their last address in the Algarve was rather warm so …
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Today Eli (green shirt) and Miri (blue shirt) arrived. A capable and likeable couple from Italy. Their last address in the Algarve was rather warm so …
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Mark (on the left) came to help us in July! All the way from Germany by car. His friend Marvin took some leave too and joined him on this roadtrip and …
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Mark (on the left) came to help us in July! All the way from Germany by car. His friend Marvin took some leave too and joined him on this roadtrip and …
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As part of the plans to improve the growth of our tiny forest we finally decided a sprinkler system was needed. This in addition to the one line drip …
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As part of the plans to improve the growth of our tiny forest we finally decided a sprinkler system was needed. This in addition to the one line drip …
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End of April we realized that measured against our inputs the growing of the plants was slower than we had hoped for. We decided to get Mathias from …
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End of April we realized that measured against our inputs the growing of the plants was slower than we had hoped for. We decided to get Mathias from …
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During May we had the honor of having Pieter helping us. Pieter (Netherlands) has a long military background, spending his past years in Engineering. …
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During May we had the honor of having Pieter helping us. Pieter (Netherlands) has a long military background, spending his past years in Engineering. …
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On December 20th, 2021, we started tracking the daily rain on our land. We now have the data for the whole year of 2022. 2022 had a lot less than …
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On December 20th, 2021, we started tracking the daily rain on our land. We now have the data for the whole year of 2022. 2022 had a lot less than …
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Since the visit of the wild boars on August 24th we realized the electric fence is not enough to prevent wild boars from entering. In the Winter the …
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Since the visit of the wild boars on August 24th we realized the electric fence is not enough to prevent wild boars from entering. In the Winter the …
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Horay! Today we submitted our plans to the Municipality! The 3D rendering is how we hope to rebuild the current two houses. Below the situation a few …
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Horay! Today we submitted our plans to the Municipality! The 3D rendering is how we hope to rebuild the current two houses. Below the situation a few …
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In the past two weeks we had Kanaee helping us. She is from Japan and travelworking (a new word?) for six weeks through Europe. The Workaway platform …
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In the past two weeks we had Kanaee helping us. She is from Japan and travelworking (a new word?) for six weeks through Europe. The Workaway platform …
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Hi, I’m Karolina! I lived with Ellie and Gijs most of September. It was our Workaway experience. I worked on the land as a “tree line …
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Hi, I’m Karolina! I lived with Ellie and Gijs most of September. It was our Workaway experience. I worked on the land as a “tree line …
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Every first Sunday of the month the village of Azeitão hosts a huge market with something for everyone. Our eyes caught these big tubs. Easily sizing …
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Every first Sunday of the month the village of Azeitão hosts a huge market with something for everyone. Our eyes caught these big tubs. Easily sizing …
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Cancelling our trip to Ireland was tough. We pushed ourselves to make the best of it and not spend all our time working (on the land or otherwise). …
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Cancelling our trip to Ireland was tough. We pushed ourselves to make the best of it and not spend all our time working (on the land or otherwise). …
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This morning we noticed some disturbance in the soil. Soon it became clear this happened in many places and it took only a few moments for us to …
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Coming back from the Netherlands, my father joined us, together with his partner Agnes. He was very curious to see where we finally ended up living. …
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Coming back from the Netherlands, my father joined us, together with his partner Agnes. He was very curious to see where we finally ended up living. …
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Workaway is a website for ‘cultural exchange, working holidays and volunteering’. Ellie added us to that website as a kind of experiment. Because its …
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Workaway is a website for ‘cultural exchange, working holidays and volunteering’. Ellie added us to that website as a kind of experiment. Because its …
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May brought family to our land. First Hennie, who joined us coming back from the Netherlands and staying for a relaxing two weeks vacation. Good for …
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May brought family to our land. First Hennie, who joined us coming back from the Netherlands and staying for a relaxing two weeks vacation. Good for …
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At last we received our weather station. It was a Kickstarter project and like always this project planned too optimistically and delivered a few …
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At last we received our weather station. It was a Kickstarter project and like always this project planned too optimistically and delivered a few …
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The water from the kitchen, meaning the sink, the dishwasher and the washing machine, will all be reused for watering plants that really like water. …
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Our good friend Willem came for a short visit. He is hands on and needs to be busy. So luckily for all of us it was raining most of the days ;-) …
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Our good friend Willem came for a short visit. He is hands on and needs to be busy. So luckily for all of us it was raining most of the days ;-) …
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Nice to have water at 140 meters deep. Even better to have it above the ground! The pump has actually two parts: a pump and a electric motor. The …
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Finally, today the works for our own water hole started. The goal is using this water for the irrigation of our dearest plants. We asked for a license …
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Our builder Oleg re-created a bathroom at the location of the previous bathroom. That one had to be demolished because it was illegal. But it is still …
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Today the contractor started with the very first phase or renovation. He will add a small bathroom to the white house and do some small repairs to …
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It is incredible: suddenly things started to move and the owners received the neccessary paper to finally pass the deed at the notary, the escritura! …
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Today Siça with her husband Antonio came again to spend a day helping us on the land. Obrigado! The weather is still nice, although there was a bit of …
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Vele handen maken licht werk, as we say in Dutch. Ellie managed to mobilize several friends today. The work is important, as is socializing at a …
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After six months of waiting for all permits, the demolition of the illegal constructions is finally happening. The timing could not have been worse …
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Joao is visiting for a few days. Happy to help us cutting the reed. He is Portuguese but living already for years in Amsterdam, with Mechteld and …
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The land has been neglected for many years. It will take a lot of effort to make it healthy again. October is the start of the planting season - no …
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Today May 10th, 2020 we finally signed the promissory contract, the “Contrato de Promessa de Compra e Venda”, which translates into …
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