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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

Eco and Beyond
We've got lots of digging to do as part of our Portuguese farm house renovation. We're about 2 weeks in and have about another 5 weeks to go. Here's a quick update on progress so far... Here's a list of tools and some other products that we use and love: US: https://www.amazon.com/shop/ecoandbeyond UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/ecoandbeyond 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐫: Order your NIF online and receive it in just one week. Or if you need a Portuguese bank account for your visa application they can help there too. 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 almost an 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 and we're living off grid in a large bell tent while we complete the works 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. -------------------------------------------------- FB: https://www.facebook.com/ecoandbeyond Insta: https://www.instagram.com/ecoandbeyond/ Website: https://www.ecoandbeyond.co/

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Update: How's the Digging Going? Portugal Property Renovation – Episode 050

Eco and Beyond 24.7K views November 27, 2021 9:00 am

Join us in the garden for a relaxing Sunday. We've got some beds and paths to refresh with some home made compost and some recently delivered bark. We plant a couple of trees, a bunch of plug plants and even find time for a lunch break and a glass of wine. Stay tuned to see how we get on and whether we complete all our tasks by the time the sun sets... Here's a list of tools and some other products that we use and love: US: https://www.amazon.com/shop/ecoandbeyond UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/ecoandbeyond 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐫: Order your NIF online and receive it in just one week. Or if you need a Portuguese bank account for your visa application they can help there too. 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 almost an 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 and we're living off grid in a large bell tent while we complete the works 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. -------------------------------------------------- FB: https://www.facebook.com/ecoandbeyond Insta: https://www.instagram.com/ecoandbeyond/ Website: https://www.ecoandbeyond.co/

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A Spot of Gardening – Prepping No Dig Beds and Paths – Gardening in Portugal – Ep 049

Eco and Beyond 26.2K views November 20, 2021 9:00 am

We have a number of water related issues on the ground floor of our old Portuguese stone farm house. We've talked a bit about the issues in the past and mentioned some of our plans for how to tackle them but in this video we're going to walk through the complete solution and troubleshoot a couple of things along the way. Here's a list of tools and some other products that we use and love: US: https://www.amazon.com/shop/ecoandbeyond UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/ecoandbeyond 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐫: Order your NIF online and receive it in just one week. Or if you need a Portuguese bank account for your visa application they can help there too. 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 almost an 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 and we're living off grid in a large bell tent while we complete the works 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. -------------------------------------------------- FB: https://www.facebook.com/ecoandbeyond Insta: https://www.instagram.com/ecoandbeyond/ Website: https://www.ecoandbeyond.co/

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Our 4-Part Plan to Solve the Water Issues – Portugal Property Renovation – Episode 048

Eco and Beyond 33.6K views November 13, 2021 9:00 am

October and early November is olive season and our olives ripened particularly early this year. As there's just two of us and we have quite a few trees that have not been pruned properly for a few years, we decided to call in some help. We asked our neighbours if picking was a community thing where everyone helps each other but it turns out it's mostly a family affair. So we decided to bring in some external assistance. A local chap called Paul and a team of ten volunteers turned up one Monday morning to pick as many olives as possible. Kylie and I were busy with other projects but managed to film some of the experience to share with you. We even found a bit of time to pick a few olives ourselves so we could do a test batch for eating. So, join us down on the farm for a couple of days of good honest fun and learn about the whole olive thing works. Here's a list of tools and some other products that we use and love: US: https://www.amazon.com/shop/ecoandbeyond UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/ecoandbeyond 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐫: Order your NIF online and receive it in just one week. Or if you need a Portuguese bank account for your visa application they can help there too. 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 almost an 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 and we're living off grid in a large bell tent while we complete the works 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. -------------------------------------------------- FB: https://www.facebook.com/ecoandbeyond Insta: https://www.instagram.com/ecoandbeyond/ Website: https://www.ecoandbeyond.co/

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Our First Olive Harvest in Portugal – Picking Olives for Oil and Brining Olives for Eating – Ep 047

Eco and Beyond 31.9K views November 6, 2021 9:00 am

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Can our (temporary) guttering handle the rain?

Eco and Beyond 19.8K views October 31, 2021 3:45 pm

Join the waiting list for the Eco Club and be the first to hear when the doors re-open very soon: https://www.ecoandbeyond.co/apply We've been living off grid in our bell tent in central Portugal for 7 months. For the most part it's been very pleasant but, with the winter looming around the corner, we needed to make some modifications and improvements to our setup. Join us for a quick(ish) update on all things solar power, the upgrades we've made to our solar shower and outdoor "bathroom" facilities, how we cook and do laundry, how we plan to keep warm this winter and much more. ---- Check out our Amazon store where you'll find a list of tools and some other products that we use and love: US: https://www.amazon.com/shop/ecoandbeyond UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/ecoandbeyond 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐫: Order your NIF online and receive it in just one week. Or if you need a Portuguese bank account for your visa application they can help there too. 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 almost an 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 and we're living off grid in a large bell tent while we complete the works 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. -------------------------------------------------- FB: https://www.facebook.com/ecoandbeyond Insta: https://www.instagram.com/ecoandbeyond/ Website: https://www.ecoandbeyond.co/

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Winter is Coming: Improvements to Our Tent and Off Grid Living Setup – Ep 046

Eco and Beyond 47.9K views October 30, 2021 8:03 am

We have a number of issues relating to water, damp and moisture in our old Portuguese farm house. And guttering is a big step in the right direction to fixing those problems. Working with the guttering is a relatively simple process but working at heights proved much more complex than we first anticipated. Join us for this 6-day project as we take you through the twists, turns and changes we had to make along the way. --- Here's a list of tools and some other products that we use and love: US: https://www.amazon.com/shop/ecoandbeyond UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/ecoandbeyond 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐫: Order your NIF online and receive it in just one week. Or if you need a Portuguese bank account for your visa application they can help there too. 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 almost an 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 and we're living off grid in a large bell tent while we complete the works 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. -------------------------------------------------- FB: https://www.facebook.com/ecoandbeyond Insta: https://www.instagram.com/ecoandbeyond/ Website: https://www.ecoandbeyond.co/

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Installing Guttering on an Old Tiled Roof – Portugal Property Renovation – Episode 045

Eco and Beyond 44.7K views October 24, 2021 8:00 am

Winter is coming. And we will be living in a bell tent for most of it. We've recently purchased a wood burning stove that's designed for tents but we din't have any way of organising our fire wood. Until now. Follow along as we turn a bunch of scrap and crap into a mostly sturdy, fairly functional, temporary wood store. We took our chainsaw to be sharpened by a local repair man (but didn't film this unfortunately) and €2 and 30 minutes later we had the machine up and running and ready to chop some wood. Here's a list of tools (including the Einhell electric chainsaw) and some other products that we use and love: US: https://www.amazon.com/shop/ecoandbeyond UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/ecoandbeyond 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐫: Order your NIF online and receive it in just one week. Or if you need a Portuguese bank account for your visa application they can help there too. 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 almost an 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 and we're living off grid in a large bell tent while we complete the works 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. -------------------------------------------------- FB: https://www.facebook.com/ecoandbeyond Insta: https://www.instagram.com/ecoandbeyond/ Website: https://www.ecoandbeyond.co/

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Building a RUSTIC Wood Store and Chopping Fire Wood for Winter – Portugal Property Renovation – 044

Eco and Beyond 35.4K views October 16, 2021 8:00 am

We get lot of questions about what we're doing and how we're doing it as we share our journey of reviving this old Portuguese farm house and land here on YouTube. In this video we attempt to answer more than 100 questions from our subscribers and followers. Since there were so many questions (and we wanted to elaborate more on the answers we gave here) we've put together a blog post covering all these questions AND MORE! You can check that out on our website : https://www.ecoandbeyond.co/articles/portugal-renovation-qa/ If you're interested in moving to Portugal, buying and renovating in Portugal, gardening in Portugal, living off grid in a tent in Portugal or anything else relating to our life or the kinds of things we get up to here in Portugal, kick back and enjoy over 60 minutes of Q&A to see if your questions are answered. If not, feel free to drop a comment below or get in touch via Instagram @ecoandbeyond. The Story So Far --------------------------- My name’s Guy. My wife Kylie and I bought an abandoned stone farmhouse and almost an 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. -------------------------------------------------- FB: https://www.facebook.com/ecoandbeyond Insta: https://www.instagram.com/ecoandbeyond/ Website: https://www.ecoandbeyond.co/ ----- Here's a list of tools and other products that we use and love: US: https://www.amazon.com/shop/ecoandbeyond UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/ecoandbeyond 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐫: Order your NIF online and receive it in just one week. Or if you need a Portuguese bank account for your visa application they can help there too. 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.

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Answering Over 100 of YOUR Frequently Asked Questions

Eco and Beyond 37.1K views October 3, 2021 8:00 am

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