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Our Journey to a Simpler & More Eco Friendly Life
in Rural Portugal

Follow along as we renovate and restore a dilapidated Portuguese farm into a eco friendly homestead.

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Eco-friendly living in central Portugal. Follow our journey as we restore and modernise an old manor-style house and farm land back to its former glory. Tune in for renovation vlogs, veg growing, recipes and much more. For more eco inspiration and resources check out our website at ecoandbeyond.co

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Kombucha is a fermented tea which sounds kinda weird but is actually delicious! Our neighbour recently gave us the magic ingredient for brewing kombucha at home - something called a SCOBY - and a set of hand written instructions for what to do with it. So we decided to brew a test batch and take you along for the journey. Join us in for some fermentation fun as we brew our first batch of kombucha and turn it into a couple of very refreshing soft drinks, flavoured with peaches and plums (also gifted by our neighbours!). Of course, not everything goes to plan and we learn a lot in the process. So, stay tuned to see what happens... Here's a list of other tools and other products that we use and love: ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ US: https://amzn.to/3mJatQzโ€‹ UK: https://amzn.to/3g5Ibycโ€‹ DE: https://amzn.to/3g2Yko9โ€‹ ๐๐ฒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ UK: https://amzn.to/3sddJolโ€‹ DE: https://amzn.to/3dfuGKkโ€‹ ๐„๐œ๐จ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ๐š ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ (๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ) US: https://amzn.to/2Rs8Qehโ€‹ UK: https://amzn.to/2PXZczKโ€‹ DE: https://amzn.to/2PXZczKโ€‹ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ US: https://amzn.to/3tgASY7โ€‹ UK: https://amzn.to/32anmtkโ€‹ DE: https://amzn.to/3gcLyUhโ€‹ ๐–๐จ๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ (๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ) US: https://amzn.to/3a6m0Elโ€‹ UK: https://amzn.to/2Q1OAzVโ€‹ DE: https://amzn.to/3mFCmJcโ€‹ ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐š - ๐†๐จ๐๐ซ๐จ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐จ ๐Ÿ— ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค US - https://amzn.to/3mGJR2mโ€‹ UK - https://amzn.to/3e2jekuโ€‹ DE - https://amzn.to/3deKCwMโ€‹ ๐•๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž - ๐‡๐ž๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐‘-๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ US - https://amzn.to/3tfiaQBโ€‹ UK - https://amzn.to/3mHeq8aโ€‹ DE - https://amzn.to/3e0n11Hโ€‹ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ซ: Order your NIF online and receive it in just one week. Get $10 off your order using code ECOANDBEYOND - https://bordr.io ** Disclaimer: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links, which means that if you choose to make a purchase, we will earn a small commission. This commission comes at no additional cost to you. The Story So Far --------------------------- My nameโ€™s Guy. My wife Kylie and I bought this abandoned stone farm building and ยพ acre of land in the autumn of 2020 and have been slowly (but surely) restoring it and bringing it back to its former glory. Weโ€™re doing a lot of the work ourselves - having tacked 3 previous property renovations in the UK (DIY style) - and we're trying to use as many natural, traditional and eco friendly materials as possible while we build a semi-self-sufficient homestead. Weโ€™ve spent a bit of time setting up a no-dig veg garden and building some temporary accommodation (a bell tent on a large circular deck) so we can live on our land while we tackle the building project. Stay tuned to see what we get up to and follow our progress. Subscribe to follow our journey: -------------------------------------------------- https://www.facebook.com/ecoandbeyond https://www.instagram.com/ecoandbeyond https://www.ecoandbeyond.co

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Brewing Our FIRST EVER Batch of Kombucha – Episode 035

Eco and Beyond 8.1K views July 24, 2021 9:00 am

Join the Eco & Beyond Club and surround yourself with super-cool, like-minded people who want a bit more โ€œecoโ€ in their lives: https://www.ecoandbeyond.co/apply Eco is a tricky term to define because it means different things to different people based on their values and context. We try to approach everything holistically with a balanced view and and open mind. But itโ€™s complicated. In this video, join us for a chat as we share some of our thoughts about what โ€œecoโ€ means to us and for some exciting future plans for the channel and the wider Eco & Beyond community. Notes and Links -------------------------- Find your nearest zero waste or plastic free shop (UK) https://www.ecoandbeyond.co/zero-waste-shop-directory/ Get Hands Dirty - Portuguese maker with an awesome YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCETeXD_3awsQv-9rSdCYXQQ Here's a list of other tools and other products that we use and love: ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ US: https://amzn.to/3mJatQzโ€‹ UK: https://amzn.to/3g5Ibycโ€‹ DE: https://amzn.to/3g2Yko9โ€‹ ๐๐ฒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ UK: https://amzn.to/3sddJolโ€‹ DE: https://amzn.to/3dfuGKkโ€‹ ๐„๐œ๐จ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ๐š ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ (๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ) US: https://amzn.to/2Rs8Qehโ€‹ UK: https://amzn.to/2PXZczKโ€‹ DE: https://amzn.to/2PXZczKโ€‹ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ US: https://amzn.to/3tgASY7โ€‹ UK: https://amzn.to/32anmtkโ€‹ DE: https://amzn.to/3gcLyUhโ€‹ ๐–๐จ๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ (๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ) US: https://amzn.to/3a6m0Elโ€‹ UK: https://amzn.to/2Q1OAzVโ€‹ DE: https://amzn.to/3mFCmJcโ€‹ ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐š - ๐†๐จ๐๐ซ๐จ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐จ ๐Ÿ— ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค US - https://amzn.to/3mGJR2mโ€‹ UK - https://amzn.to/3e2jekuโ€‹ DE - https://amzn.to/3deKCwMโ€‹ ๐•๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž - ๐‡๐ž๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐‘-๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ US - https://amzn.to/3tfiaQBโ€‹ UK - https://amzn.to/3mHeq8aโ€‹ DE - https://amzn.to/3e0n11Hโ€‹ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ซ: Order your NIF online and receive it in just one week. Get $10 off your order using code ECOANDBEYOND - https://bordr.io ** Disclaimer: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links, which means that if you choose to make a purchase, we will earn a small commission. This commission comes at no additional cost to you. The Story So Far --------------------------- My nameโ€™s Guy. My wife Kylie and I bought this abandoned stone farm building and ยพ acre of land in the autumn of 2020 and have been slowly (but surely) restoring it and bringing it back to its former glory. Weโ€™re doing a lot of the work ourselves - having tacked 3 previous property renovations in the UK (DIY style) - and we're trying to use as many natural, traditional and eco friendly materials as possible while we build a semi-self-sufficient homestead. Weโ€™ve spent a bit of time setting up a no-dig veg garden and building some temporary accommodation (a bell tent on a large circular deck) so we can live on our land while we tackle the building project. Stay tuned to see what we get up to and follow our progress. Subscribe to follow our journey: -------------------------------------------------- https://www.facebook.com/ecoandbeyond https://www.instagram.com/ecoandbeyond https://www.ecoandbeyond.co

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What "Eco" Means to Us – PLUS Future Plans for the Channel

Eco and Beyond 26.8K views July 17, 2021 9:00 am

One thing that's been challenging about living off grid in a tent is the lack of hot running water. We've been living in a Sibley bell tent for three months while we've been renovating our Portuguese farm house. And so far we've been making do with buckets of kettle boiled water and a hose pipe to wash ourselves and our dishes. But (hopefully) that will all change after we complete this project: the solar shower. We bought the shower from Amazon Spain for โ‚ฌ160 EUR and also picked up some plumbing parts from a local shop here in Portugal (for โ‚ฌ9 EUR). Everything else we use in this project we either had already (eg. screws and some left over timber from stud wall framing) or was reclaimed or recycled from things we inherited when we bought the farm. As usual, there's some known challenges and some in the moment problem solving required so stay tuned and see how we get on... The solar shower we bought (now priced at โ‚ฌ180) - CCLIFE Garden Shower 35L https://www.amazon.es/-/pt/gp/product/B08W53W7VQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00 Here's a list of other tools and other products that we use and love: ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ US: https://amzn.to/3mJatQzโ€‹ UK: https://amzn.to/3g5Ibycโ€‹ DE: https://amzn.to/3g2Yko9โ€‹ ๐๐ฒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ UK: https://amzn.to/3sddJolโ€‹ DE: https://amzn.to/3dfuGKkโ€‹ ๐„๐œ๐จ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ๐š ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ (๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ) US: https://amzn.to/2Rs8Qehโ€‹ UK: https://amzn.to/2PXZczKโ€‹ DE: https://amzn.to/2PXZczKโ€‹ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ US: https://amzn.to/3tgASY7โ€‹ UK: https://amzn.to/32anmtkโ€‹ DE: https://amzn.to/3gcLyUhโ€‹ ๐–๐จ๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ (๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ) US: https://amzn.to/3a6m0Elโ€‹ UK: https://amzn.to/2Q1OAzVโ€‹ DE: https://amzn.to/3mFCmJcโ€‹ ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐š - ๐†๐จ๐๐ซ๐จ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐จ ๐Ÿ— ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค US - https://amzn.to/3mGJR2mโ€‹ UK - https://amzn.to/3e2jekuโ€‹ DE - https://amzn.to/3deKCwMโ€‹ ๐•๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž - ๐‡๐ž๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐‘-๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ US - https://amzn.to/3tfiaQBโ€‹ UK - https://amzn.to/3mHeq8aโ€‹ DE - https://amzn.to/3e0n11Hโ€‹ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ซ: Order your NIF online and receive it in just one week. Get $10 off your order using code ECOANDBEYOND - https://bordr.io ** Disclaimer: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links, which means that if you choose to make a purchase, we will earn a small commission. This commission comes at no additional cost to you. The Story So Far --------------------------- My nameโ€™s Guy. My wife Kylie and I bought this abandoned stone farm building and ยพ acre of land in the autumn of 2020 and have been slowly (but surely) restoring it and bringing it back to its former glory. Weโ€™re doing a lot of the work ourselves - having tacked 3 previous property renovations in the UK (DIY style) - and we're trying to use as many natural, traditional and eco friendly materials as possible while we build a semi-self-sufficient homestead. Weโ€™ve spent a bit of time setting up a no-dig veg garden and building some temporary accommodation (a bell tent on a large circular deck) so we can live on our land while we tackle the building project. Stay tuned to see what we get up to and follow our progress. Subscribe to follow our journey: -------------------------------------------------- https://www.facebook.com/ecoandbeyond https://www.instagram.com/ecoandbeyond https://www.ecoandbeyond.co

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A Solar Shower For Our Off Grid Living Setup – Portugal Property Renovation – Ep 033

Eco and Beyond 34.5K views July 10, 2021 9:00 am

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