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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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The smell of damp has always been present downstairs in our old Portuguese farm house. So we chipped all the sand and cement render off the walls and now it's time to tackle the floor. Join us for a bit of concrete breaking, rubble hauling and dirt digging in this episode and a discussion all about damp. We'll talk about how we're planning to deal with moisture in this old stone building and how to work around the fact that there is no damp proof course. We'll also talk a bit more about the history of the building and show you something SUPER COOL that our neighbours gave us a couple of months ago that provides some evidence about how the building used to look and how the previous owners used it.

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Dealing with Damp (in a Stone Building) – Portugal Property Renovation – Ep 040

Eco and Beyond 55.5K views August 28, 2021 9:00 am

We have a lot of fruit that's fallen from the trees after some high winds recently - mostly apples and pears. We've been able to enjoy some (to eat and to make wine and cider) but there's just so much fruit and a lot of it is ending up in the compost. In the future we will feed as much of this as we can to our animals. But we don't have those yet. So, to kill two birds with one stone (or kill two flies with one smack as Kylie says) we decided to reach out to someone we know who does have animals. The plan was to give them some of our windfall fruit and take the opportunity to ask them some questions about what it's like to raise animals in Portugal. So we took a trip to Fundão to meet a real farmer – and fellow YouTuber – Joseph Marsh: @Farmer For Fun Before making this video we asked our neighbours if their chickens or goats would like some of the fruit but they said their animals don't eat it. Here's a list of other tools and other products that we use and love: 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 US: https://amzn.to/3mJatQz​ UK: https://amzn.to/3g5Ibyc​ DE: https://amzn.to/3g2Yko9​ 𝐏𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 UK: https://amzn.to/3sddJol​ DE: https://amzn.to/3dfuGKk​ 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐚 𝟏𝟑𝟎𝟎 (𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫) US: https://amzn.to/2Rs8Qeh​ UK: https://amzn.to/2PXZczK​ DE: https://amzn.to/2PXZczK​ 𝐃𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 US: https://amzn.to/3tgASY7​ UK: https://amzn.to/32anmtk​ DE: https://amzn.to/3gcLyUh​ 𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐟𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐬 (𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬) US: https://amzn.to/3a6m0El​ UK: https://amzn.to/2Q1OAzV​ DE: https://amzn.to/3mFCmJc​ 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚 - 𝐆𝐨𝐏𝐫𝐨 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝟗 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 US - https://amzn.to/3mGJR2m​ UK - https://amzn.to/3e2jeku​ DE - https://amzn.to/3deKCwM​ 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 - 𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐥 𝐏𝐑-𝟒𝟎 US - https://amzn.to/3tfiaQB​ UK - https://amzn.to/3mHeq8a​ DE - https://amzn.to/3e0n11H​ 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐫: 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 name’s Guy. My wife Kylie and I bought an abandoned stone farmhouse and ¾ acre of land in the autumn of 2020 and have been slowly (but surely) restoring it and bringing it back to its former glory. We're renovating the house (doing most of the work ourselves) and rejuvenating the land. We're currently growing a range of crops and one day plan to raise animals with a goal of building a semi-self-sufficient homestead. 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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Learning About Animals with Farmer For Fun

Eco and Beyond 26.4K views August 21, 2021 9:00 am

In episode 036 we made a big hole in the floor. In this episode we're going to fix it by installing some timber joists alongside the original hardwood beams in our thick stone walls. It sounded simple at the time but nothing is ever as simple as it seems. Here's a list of other tools and other products that we use and love: 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 US: https://amzn.to/3mJatQz​ UK: https://amzn.to/3g5Ibyc​ DE: https://amzn.to/3g2Yko9​ 𝐏𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 UK: https://amzn.to/3sddJol​ DE: https://amzn.to/3dfuGKk​ 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐚 𝟏𝟑𝟎𝟎 (𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫) US: https://amzn.to/2Rs8Qeh​ UK: https://amzn.to/2PXZczK​ DE: https://amzn.to/2PXZczK​ 𝐃𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 US: https://amzn.to/3tgASY7​ UK: https://amzn.to/32anmtk​ DE: https://amzn.to/3gcLyUh​ 𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐟𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐬 (𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬) US: https://amzn.to/3a6m0El​ UK: https://amzn.to/2Q1OAzV​ DE: https://amzn.to/3mFCmJc​ 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚 - 𝐆𝐨𝐏𝐫𝐨 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝟗 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 US - https://amzn.to/3mGJR2m​ UK - https://amzn.to/3e2jeku​ DE - https://amzn.to/3deKCwM​ 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 - 𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐥 𝐏𝐑-𝟒𝟎 US - https://amzn.to/3tfiaQB​ UK - https://amzn.to/3mHeq8a​ DE - https://amzn.to/3e0n11H​ 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐫: 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 name’s Guy. My wife Kylie and I bought this abandoned stone farm building and ¾ acre of land in the autumn of 2020 and have been slowly (but surely) restoring it and bringing it back to its former glory. We’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. We’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 a Hole in the Floor (of a Stone Building) – Portugal Property Renovation – Ep 038

Eco and Beyond 49.4K views August 14, 2021 9:00 am

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