Last week I landed in Portugal for the first time this summer. It has rained a lot during winter and spring and everything is green. It looks very pretty but I need to cut all that high grass before the

It's been a while since I posted about the progress at the Portuguese property. The last trip was in January when we traveled for a week to see the house progress and collected the olive oil from the olives

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This week we finally have started harvesting the olives from the farm. On Monday a bunch of friends came by and we tested the new shaker which makes picking way faster. After the olives get down on the

Last Friday I took a flight to Porto with my wife. We wanted to go during the summer but there was so much work on the farm it was impossible to schedule the trip, so after spending all the summer in Portugal,

I left the farm this morning to head home..I have 1:30hr drive on a decent road before reaching the highway. The main road is in pretty bad condition for the first 10kms after crossing the border so I

Spending my last evening in Portugal at some friends. Its been a busy day cleaning all the place after four months. Outdoor shower is out The outdoor kitchen is out And the tend is also out. I left everything

Today we are finally adding the tiles to the roof on top of the sandwitch panels. I decided to go with a lightweight roof wich also provides isolation. On top of the sandwitch panel we added tiles to have

A few weeks ago I got the water from the network at the farm. The company only provides the external meter cabinet in any external wall, so I had to take care of the connection from the cabinet to the

Last week I finally got the septic tank installed. It is 1000 liters biological one with two compartments. After the bacteria acts in the first stage, water moves and filters in the second one to finally

A month ago we saw some roses in the grocery store while doing our weekly shopping and decided to get three of them. They looked very nice but of course they where not suffering the external temperatures.

Last Monday the Spanish cycling tour La Vuelta, ended in Castelo Branco, the big city next to the village where our farm is. I decided to go and see the event, the TV recording got me rhere when shooting.

After four weeks of working on the renovation of the tiny house, the workers helping me are taking a couple of weeks off. I plan to travel home next week for my regular allergy shot and have some meetings,

When we visited the farm for the first time last summer one of the most valuable things was the well. It is an old construction with probably a 2,5m diameter made of rocks. It is quite deep and you can

Last Monday I hired some locals to give me a hand with the farm tiny house extension. I got a recommendation from a dutch guy who is a good wood processional. There is a growing community of expats in

Celebrating my seventh Hive Anniversary having a drink by the Tejo river at Vila Velha do Rodao in Portugal. It has been a great journey so far!

Today we visited Castelo Novo, one of the most beautiful small villages of Portugal. As we arrived you could see the ancient village road sign in stone. You can still find these old stone signs in several

Power is something to always keep in mind when you are off-grid. When I landed in the farm in early June I bought two 500Watt panels to feed my big power station. Some of the early days where quite windy

Last night I took w flight back home for a few days. On saturday my wife starts her summer vacation and we will drive to Portugal again. The photo was taken on Monday evening, when I decided to rake a

Yesterday morning I decided to take a short trip to a bigger village about 30 minutes from where I gave the farm. I had been gearing on the radio there is a bio market every saturday and decided to give