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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 and Beyond

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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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Old buildings are fascinating and the more we peel back the layers on our old stone farm house in rural Portugal, the more we learn. Join us for a tour of the first floor as we try to piece together some of the history of the building and try to understand the work that was done to extend and "modernise" it over the years. Here's a list of 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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Uncovering the History and ROTTEN Wood in Our Portuguese Farm House – Ep 029

Eco and Beyond 8.6K views 10 hours ago

The temperatures are rising here in the interior of Portugal with a week of over 30 degree temperatures on the horizon. So, for a quick and easy (ha!) weekend project, we decided to tackle the cleaning of our concrete water tanks so we could see if they could be turned into a temporary plunge pool for the summer. We will ultimately use the tanks for irrigation but that project is a way off. So, in the meantime they will make a perfect place to cool off in the hot summer heat. As always, things are never as simple or quick and easy as they first seem. So follow along as we tackle this "one day build" that eventually spans over three days and see what issues we face and how we overcome them. And do make sure to watch to the end for the obligatory "test dive". Also, if you know/are a well cleaning company that serves the Sertรฃ region of Portugal, please do get in touch! Here's a list of 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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Turning a Concrete Water Tank into a Temporary PLUNGE POOL for Summer – Portugal Property Renovation

Eco and Beyond 34.1K views June 6, 2021 5:45 pm

We made a mistake and repointed the stone walls in the bathroom of our old Portuguese farm house with a product called HL5 (and sand). This is an artificial hydraulic (in water) setting product with additives and potentially up to 20% of cement. This is bad for buildings like ours which is made of stone and has barely any foundations. So in this episode we correct our mistake. We also share a bunch of information we've learned about lime and show a couple of ways of working with it: hot mixing lime mortar and slacking quicklime into lime putty. So sit back and watch us work - again. Hot Lime Mix Ratio ------------------------------ 1 part quicklime (cal viva in Portuguese) 3 parts sharp sand 1.5 parts water Here's a list of 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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Fixing Our Lime MISTAKE! Hot Mixing and Slaking Lime – Portugal Property Renovation – Episode 027

Eco and Beyond 23.6K views May 29, 2021 9:00 am

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