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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 Fundรฃo to meet a real farmer โ€“ and fellow YouTuber โ€“ 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: 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 an abandoned stone farmhouse 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. 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: 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 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

It's been 10 months since we bought our Portuguese quinta and started our no-dig veg garden. We expanded from 2 to 5 beds and added some extra, experimental areas. We've grown lettuce, spinach, watercress, onions, leeks, garlic, cabbages, broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, summer squash, winter squash, courgette, melons, beans and more. In this video, take a tour around the garden in the height of summer and see what's doing well, what's doing not so well and a few other interesting things. We also run an errand in the pickup truck and take a look at some of the trees that are ladened with fruit at this time of year. And of course we'll share some of the mistakes we've made and some of the lessons we've learned during our first year of gardening here in Portugal. 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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Summer Garden Tour – What's Working and What's Not – Gardening in Portugal – Episode 037

Eco and Beyond 41.2K views August 7, 2021 9:00 am

Property renovation rarely goes smoothly. And we've got a great example of that today. We've moved our attention from ripping out the upstairs (walls, concrete, rotten wood, floorboards) to downstairs โ€“ where fortunately there's less issues to deal with. And what we thought would be a simple story about removing some concrete render from the walls and floor in our "salinhas" turned into something much more complex and concerning. Stay tuned to find out what happens and how we plan to resolve it... 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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Expect the Unexpected – Portugal Property Renovation – Episode 036

Eco and Beyond 74.1K views July 31, 2021 9:00 am

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 21.4K 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 39.1K 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 49.5K views July 10, 2021 9:00 am

We ripped out the old bathroom in episode 8 and now, 24 weeks later we're finally starting the re-building process. Of course, over the last 6 months or so we've been doing a lot of other things around the house and land. But the first new walls going up is a bit of a turning point and it's very exciting to see the shape of our new bathroom. In this week's video we build 3 (or is it 4...?) stud walls and learn a lot along the way. We'll show you how NOT to do it but also a much more effective method - that's the joy of getting our hands dirty and learning by doing. 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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How (NOT) To Build a Stud Wall (DIY) – Portugal Property Renovation – Ep. 032

Eco and Beyond 87.5K views July 3, 2021 9:00 am

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