Do we have enough water for the Portuguese summer?

Added: 2026-05-06

[00:00:00]Welcome to our 9 Hector quinta in Portugal.

[00:00:05]300 years olive trees, turtles, two cats, Shiva and Nacha, a dog Luna, and usa and Rodney are sharing our life with you.

[00:00:23]So today I continue to make shortcut from our tiny house to the outside bathroom.

[00:00:31]That's how already I did took out the the the soil here. Still I have to take out all the soil away to make a to prepare for the for putting nice path.

[00:00:48]And we have to do something here because it's a little bit into hill.

[00:00:56]And we have to form here some kind of steps. And the only way to do it from the cement I think. And if we do steps here from the cement then we have to do all step all paths from the cement I think. Otherwise half stones half cement is a bit strange. I think stones will go to the cement and will be messy. We have to do all that path from the concrete. I think I think >> no.

[00:01:28]>> No. What do you think?

[00:01:31]>> No.

[00:01:31]>> We dig first.

[00:01:32]>> We dig first and we see.

[00:01:33]>> We dig first and we see with the steps.

[00:01:37]>> Border of the steps you put in cement or concrete and the rest you can put.

[00:01:42]>> Yeah.

[00:01:42]>> Depends what we are putting there.

[00:01:44]>> Okay. Otherwise concrete.

[00:01:48]>> Yeah. Or maybe to make like step steps like concrete >> and around stones.

[00:01:55]We will see. We will see when we will start to work. Um it will going to come to ideas how is better to do. Okay.

[00:02:07]Sure.

[00:02:32]D.

[00:02:59]Rodney also helping me with the project.

[00:03:06]He will help me to do steps of course because he also want to use that pass.

[00:03:19]If he wouldn't help me, I would wouldn't let him use that pass.

[00:03:23]>> Pay for it.

[00:03:24]>> I would collect money.

[00:03:38]This project is more challenging than we thought.

[00:03:43]It will take longer and we will have to give more effort effort to to make steps here and there's there to make something.

[00:04:00]It's going to be interesting challenge.

[00:04:09]>> I thought I will do it in one day but turn out it's long project.

[00:04:18]>> Let's hope longer two shorter.

[00:04:22]Yeah. This is our great helper.

[00:04:35]Yeah.

[00:04:37]Rodney is forming steps.

[00:04:42]>> From here you see it.

[00:04:44]>> Yeah. Very nice.

[00:04:45]>> Here we put a robet stones.

[00:04:46]>> Yeah.

[00:04:47]>> There of course in concrete or cement.

[00:04:49]>> Mhm.

[00:04:50]>> Uh otherwise it will be slippery.

[00:04:53]You need to dig out a little.

[00:04:55]>> Yeah. How do this?

[00:04:57]>> Good.

[00:04:58]>> And here they make a step and on a long step there.

[00:05:02]>> Mhm.

[00:05:03]>> And then it should be okay.

[00:05:04]>> Yeah. Fantastic.

[00:05:05]>> I hope.

[00:05:06]>> Let's go. Yeah.

[00:05:12]Rodney is Chamellon. He's changing profession every day. Today he's archaeologist. Archaeologist.

[00:05:20]>> Archaeolog.

[00:05:21]>> How you pronounce it English?

[00:05:24]He's looking for dinosaurs or gold, darling. What are you looking?

[00:05:30]>> I prefer gold more.

[00:05:36]>> Yeah. And it is a brush from Luna.

[00:05:39]>> Yes. Look, Luna let you to use her brush. And for me not, >> she's very calm. Look.

[00:05:49]>> So, here is the steps what we want.

[00:05:56]But we don't have the cement, so we cannot do anything now this moment.

[00:06:01]Maybe it comes today.

[00:06:05]>> It should come tonight. But yeah, when >> are you happy, honey?

[00:06:14]>> Very happy. Yes.

[00:06:16]>> Very very happy. So finally we cleaned we prepared space for the path shortcut to the bathroom.

[00:06:34]So it's cleaned prepared for stones with the concrete.

[00:06:43]So we will start from steps and after we will it will be seen what to do how to continue how to finish other part upstairs >> to be continued. Cute.

[00:07:12]>> Still have water in the lakes.

[00:07:16]And we are filling up our tanks which we used a little bit of water to be full full.

[00:07:27]And until we have a water in the lakes, we will going to fill it up.

[00:07:35]And what is going on with our lake?

[00:07:41]Our lake is disappearing unfortunately.

[00:07:48]And what going to do? Poor turtles.

[00:07:50]Where they going to go? We will see. We will check.

[00:07:55]That's how it is now. The lake.

[00:08:02]That's how much sank already.

[00:08:06]Maybe we can see the the down already because water is quite uh clean here.

[00:08:15]So let's see if we can see down actually here is quite deep. You cannot see any down.

[00:08:27]It's quite deep. You cannot see here.

[00:08:29]Maybe further up you can see a little bit. Soon we will be able to path.

[00:08:38]>> You can already walk cuz you have slippers. I have shoes.

[00:08:43]>> Yeah. Look. So here is not deep. Here is not deep. You can see already down and you can walk actually. Yeah.

[00:08:53]This is a path. Maybe just those two parts here and here is a deeper.

[00:09:01]I can film and you can walk.

[00:09:03]>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:09:06]Then you cook tonight.

[00:09:07]>> Yes. So, you're going to walk?

[00:09:11]>> Rodney is cooking very nice dinner tonight. Yes.

[00:09:14]>> Yes.

[00:09:16]It's not cold. It's not so deep.

[00:09:22]>> Hearing all this.

[00:09:25]>> All those frogs are going.

[00:09:27]>> Frogs are running away.

[00:09:31]Yes.

[00:09:35]>> You see not so deep.

[00:09:38]>> I think one weekend it is gone. You can also check the other side here.

[00:09:43]>> Let's check what is here.

[00:09:52]>> No, maybe there. Otherwise, you scare the turtles because they're now deep.

[00:10:12]>> This side. This side.

[00:10:16]Good. Just walk.

[00:10:21]>> It's free shower.

[00:10:23]From where you see the bushes, there was water, but it's less than 2 m gone. Actually, more than 2 m till the water you see over there.

[00:10:47]It was a big lake, but in the summer it will be dry.

[00:12:57]Heat.

[00:13:12]Heat.

[00:13:35]Heat. Heat.

[00:14:03]Heat. Hey. Hey.

[00:14:36]Heat. Heat.

[00:15:34]back down.

[00:16:00]Heat.

[00:16:19]Heat.

[00:16:20]Hey, Heat.

[00:17:53]Hey, man.

[00:18:16]Yeah, Luna is afraid now.

[00:18:34]So this is a path.

[00:18:37]The grass is cuted and that's how nice it looks.

[00:18:41]Different.

[00:18:44]We cannot do it with a tractor. Yeah, >> I think you can do it.

[00:18:47]>> But you will take out the the bushes which we want to keep here around. It's >> trimmer was handier.

[00:18:54]>> Handier. Yes.

[00:18:58]running dog.

[00:19:00]We have one nice place between our tiny house and between beautiful ruin have there is very nice place with all with with this cork tree and he gives very nice shadow here and I think we need to clean here around and make nice nice uh place to sit and relax.

[00:19:29]Yeah, we will clean all this around and we will make here nice nice nice place and they have nice views. This view is windy.

[00:19:42]>> Okay, everywhere is nice views. But here also you can see everything. You can see our tiny house. You can see olive olive garden.

[00:19:51]>> Future house.

[00:19:52]>> Future house.

[00:19:54]Everything. You can see ruin. Very nice place too. And also you can see the gate.

[00:20:01]So you can see everything here. It's very nice place. Uh in front of lake you can see both legs.

[00:20:11]The biggest lakes.

[00:20:14]Yeah.

[00:20:15]>> Very nice place here.

[00:20:17]>> Stone table. Round table.

[00:20:20]>> We have those in the storage. Darling metals.

[00:20:24]>> Oh yeah.

[00:20:25]>> We can put them there.

[00:20:33]Come look.

[00:20:57]Cats are coming to walk with us.

[00:21:01]Your baby is walking with us. Come here.

[00:21:03]You come here. Everybody's walking friendly.

[00:21:07]>> And a lot of ants here.

[00:21:10]>> Yeah. A lot of ants. I saw >> But imagine if everything is done.

[00:21:17]>> Yeah. How would be nice? Ah, >> but actually I like it how it is.

[00:21:21]>> Yeah. Also in the garage.

[00:21:23]>> This is beautiful. Yeah. It's not good.

[00:21:25]Of course, we need to be done for also the >> fire season. Look, >> look baby is coming with us. There is few interesting ruins around our farm. For example, this ruin that that's before it's our border and that's our after our border. There is this ruin.

[00:21:49]So, there is some kind of land which is not sold yet. There's another one there. I see