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The Wildlanders Family Life Off Grid We are the Wildlanders Off Grid! A family living the good life sustainably and on a tight budget.

First A&E visit in Portugal! In fact, it's my first since I was 10 and fractured my wrist ice skating...Its almost embar...
04/09/2024

First A&E visit in Portugal! In fact, it's my first since I was 10 and fractured my wrist ice skating...

Its almost embarrassing, it's not an off grid, homesteading, life in the wilderness kind of accident... I took a large slice of my thumb off with a mandoline while making ratatouille!

Really excellent service, both at A&E and the health centre afterwards. It's healing well and stopped hurting after 4 days.

Do Sabugal peppers!This is the first year we've had decent sized peppers, and red ones too!Do Sabugal peppers are from ,...
03/09/2024

Do Sabugal peppers!

This is the first year we've had decent sized peppers, and red ones too!

Do Sabugal peppers are from , from their heritage range. The seeds of this variety were discovered in an attic that was being cleaned out! It's amazing that they're now available to buy and to grow when they were nearly lost.

We've eaten a few already and they have a nice flavour and crunch!

(in the second photo they have sun scorch patches, but that can be cut off when preparing them, it doesn't affect the taste of the rest!)

The many views from The Wildlands. It's 1.3 hectares or around 3 acres. Of which we use less than an acre. It's a beauti...
03/09/2024

The many views from The Wildlands. It's 1.3 hectares or around 3 acres. Of which we use less than an acre. It's a beautiful place with huge boulders, some 20 feet high.... Stunning drops and and terraces. Some of these terraces, with small walls alledgedly built by the Romans....

We see boars, deer, genet, mongoose, red squirrels, owls, bats and even wolf. On our deeds our property is list as land of the wolf.

Tiny froggy, who has lived their whole life in our reservoir!We intended it to be a water holding pit, nothing more. The...
30/08/2024

Tiny froggy, who has lived their whole life in our reservoir!
We intended it to be a water holding pit, nothing more. The wildlife had other ideas, and we now have frogs, salamanders, water boatmen, pond skaters, dragonfly nymphs and more all living in there. We have floating bits of cork bark for the frogs to sit on, and some water plants to create shade, reduce evaporation and give small creatures somewhere to hide.

I do love our old ruin. Such a beautiful old building. We've found all the last farmers clothes, tools in the debris of ...
29/08/2024

I do love our old ruin. Such a beautiful old building. We've found all the last farmers clothes, tools in the debris of the collapsed roof. We often wonder who he/she was and what they grew on our wild land.

One day she'll be restored and rebuilt to her former glory as she has planning permission for a 2 story tiny house.

Expect most of her will be rebuilt, but all her beauty and character will be retained..... And the view is stunning across the valley to the Little river at the bottom of our land

For now though she's a reminder of times past 🏡

Our well is nearly empty. So everyday I make the pilgrimage to turn on the pump and get as much water as we can before i...
28/08/2024

Our well is nearly empty. So everyday I make the pilgrimage to turn on the pump and get as much water as we can before it dries up totally.... In June we could take 10, 000 liters out now, we're lucky to get 1000. 😭

Our well is 1000 foot downhill at the bottom of our land. It's, extremely beautiful and I'm reminded why we love the Wildlands despite our water woes. 💦🙏

As a, plant nursery and with our food forest we were using 16,000 liters, a, week for plants now we've cut that by half to 8000. We just need the Autumn rains, to be on time! ☔🙏

Happy 2nd birthday to Sybil!This happy go lucky little Podengo has been a wonderful addition to our family. She's sweet ...
26/08/2024

Happy 2nd birthday to Sybil!

This happy go lucky little Podengo has been a wonderful addition to our family. She's sweet and cuddly and playful - she enticed Juan out of his old-dog ways and now he runs around like a puppy with her!

She's feisty and isn't at all concerned with the rules. Bin raider, hole digger, ant eater, thief!

We're having a little party for her today, and for Juan too as it was recently the 9th anniversary of his "found day" when we found him in Spain as a stray.

There will be snacks, toys, games and an extra long walk to celebrate!

Our top 5 jobs homesteading. New video drops tonight 🌻🌿👀A bit later than usual at 8.30pm gmt
25/08/2024

Our top 5 jobs homesteading. New video drops tonight 🌻🌿👀

A bit later than usual at 8.30pm gmt

Beautiful wild fennel, which every year pops up in the same place.A delicious and medicinal plant. Well be collecting se...
24/08/2024

Beautiful wild fennel, which every year pops up in the same place.

A delicious and medicinal plant. Well be collecting seeds so nearly ready to sow, in pots and see if it will grow in the food forest.

What wild plants do you forage off your land, yard or gardens?

A local wild swimming spot - they call it a river beach. This one is particularly beautiful, with thoughtful benches in ...
20/08/2024

A local wild swimming spot - they call it a river beach. This one is particularly beautiful, with thoughtful benches in the shade and a boardwalk making it accessible.

We swam with tiny fish, frogs and a snake in the iron rich water. It had deep and shallow areas so the temperature was delicious on a hot day.

We had the place to ourselves for an hour, magic!

A new video drops tonight. & I really can't believe what I did 😣
18/08/2024

A new video drops tonight. & I really can't believe what I did 😣

Being completely off grid we rely on our, well for water. AND it's nearly empty 🙁 water💦🌊Can we make it till the rains ...
16/08/2024

Being completely off grid we rely on our, well for water. AND it's nearly empty 🙁 water
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Can we make it till the rains return? Worth mentioning we've not had any rains worth speaking of for 4 months!

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13/08/2024

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Tonight we look at over 100 plants on The Wildlands. As Missy takes you on an up close and personal tour of our garden a...
11/08/2024

Tonight we look at over 100 plants on The Wildlands. As Missy takes you on an up close and personal tour of our garden and food forest. In a full tour of our edible garden and food forest.

One of our favourite plants is the Tansy or Tanacetum. It's is a genus of about 160 species of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, native to many regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

The generic name Tanacetum means 'immortality' in Botanical Latin, since tansy was once placed between the burial sheets of the dead to repel vermin.

It's also a, wonderful medicinal plant & Tansy has been proposed for use as an insect repellent. Powdered aerial parts of this plant cause 100% paralysis in flies within 15 minutes (Zemlinsky, 1949). This plant is also mentioned regarding its use in treating hysteria, migraine, neuralgia, rheumatism, kidney weakness, stomach problems, and fever.

You can see many Tansy in our food forest video tonight and lots of permaculture tips and advice.

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Finally! The Food Forest tour video is up tonight at 7.30.It took 2.5 days to film and 2 weeks to edit!I take you around...
11/08/2024

Finally! The Food Forest tour video is up tonight at 7.30.
It took 2.5 days to film and 2 weeks to edit!

I take you around each area and show you every plant we have, and explain why we grow it. There's some really beautiful shots of the garden and the plants, I'm so pleased with the result!

Join us on YouTube tonight, we'll be in the live chat :)

Our permaculture inspired food forest garden is only 18 months old, but is looking fabulous!🌿🌻🌼Finally and our longest e...
10/08/2024

Our permaculture inspired food forest garden is only 18 months old, but is looking fabulous!

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Finally and our longest edit! Missy takes you on a full tour of our food forest garden. She shows you every plant! With the latin names so you can find these plants for your own edible gardens AND lots of gardening tips, helpful advice.

Join us Sunday at 7.30pm gmt on Youtube

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Todays message NO more round-up!Plant MORE pollinators instead 🌿🌻🌼💐
30/07/2024

Todays message NO more round-up!
Plant MORE pollinators instead 🌿🌻🌼💐

We've a massive crop of lots, of unusual tomatoes 🍅🍅🍅Just picked these fresh, added some olive oil, pink rock salt and f...
30/07/2024

We've a massive crop of lots, of unusual tomatoes 🍅🍅🍅
Just picked these fresh, added some olive oil, pink rock salt and fresh mint. On some toasted sour dough.... Delish!

Finally editing a new video! A full tour of the food forest out soon 🌿🫑🌱☘️🥒🥕🌻🌞
24/07/2024

Finally editing a new video! A full tour of the food forest out soon 🌿🫑🌱☘️🥒🥕🌻🌞

Did you watch the episode where I planted the blueberry bed? It's doing really well!We've eaten a good few handfuls of b...
23/07/2024

Did you watch the episode where I planted the blueberry bed? It's doing really well!
We've eaten a good few handfuls of berries which is great for their first year. The tea bush (2nd pic) recovered from near death, and all the plants seem to be loving the mix of sun and dappled shade.

The Spiral Bed is looking fabulous!Full of sunflowers, strawberries, chilli peppers and herbs. Plus a random orange cos...
22/07/2024

The Spiral Bed is looking fabulous!
Full of sunflowers, strawberries, chilli peppers and herbs. Plus a random orange cosmo 😍

A Swallowtail butterfly enjoying a Canna flower in the Banana circle 😍
18/07/2024

A Swallowtail butterfly enjoying a Canna flower in the Banana circle 😍

Elephants head Amaranth! It's a volunteer plant, just popped up here next to the tangerine tree all by itself!It's beaut...
12/07/2024

Elephants head Amaranth! It's a volunteer plant, just popped up here next to the tangerine tree all by itself!
It's beautiful, so it can stay. The leaves are edible as are the seeds, but they are so tiny and fiddly to harvest that I'll probably just leave them for the birds!

So many glorious bamboos at The Wildlands Nursery 🌿☘️🌱Located in central Portugal near Castelo Branco
11/07/2024

So many glorious bamboos at The Wildlands Nursery 🌿☘️🌱

Located in central Portugal near Castelo Branco

These are just my carrot thinnings! We ate them straight off the tops as a crunchy snack! I'm really looking forward to ...
03/07/2024

These are just my carrot thinnings! We ate them straight off the tops as a crunchy snack! I'm really looking forward to the big carrot harvest :)

Sunny day, sunny Wildlands sunflowers 🌻🌞
02/07/2024

Sunny day, sunny Wildlands sunflowers 🌻🌞

Hello plant lovers! Lots of edible and/or medicinal plants available for order for collection from Castelo Branco (Inter...
25/06/2024

Hello plant lovers! Lots of edible and/or medicinal plants available for order for collection from Castelo Branco (Intermarché carpark) this Sunday 30th midday to 1pm.

Many of our plants, are rate or hard, to find with our range increasing all the time!

We also have a few appointments left for collection from our small off grid nursery on Saturday please dm/message for details and to book.

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To order PLEASE DM.
We look forward to seeing some of you to sell you some wonderful and unusual plants:

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Perennial edibles:

Chinese artichoke 7e
Tigernut 1.1l pot 5e
Large yakon 3.2l pot 8e
Walking onions 1.1l pot 4e
Medium Jerusalem Artichoke 1.1l pot 3e
Lg Canna edulis 3.2l pot 10e
Blue Globe Artichoke 3.2l pot 7e
Green Globe artichoke 3.2l pot 7e
LG thornless blackberry 3.2l pot 10e
Xl raspberry 6l pot8e
Eating Banana Dwarf Cavendish 3.2l pot 15E young plant
Eating Banana 'Vermelha' 5/8l pot 20e

Pineapple Sage 3.2l pot 6e
Korean Mint 1.1l pot 3e
Mountain Mint 'riboi' 1.1lpot 3e
Horseradish 1.1l pot 4e
Tabacco Golden Virginia 1.1l pot 4e

Rose Geranium Pink small 4e 1.1l
White scented Honeysuckle 3.2l pot 7e
Rose campion 1l 4e
Salvia greggii "autumn sage" 1.2l 4e
Med Canna Durban 2l pot 15e
Mixed Canna for flowers 5e
Giant taro 3.2l pot 8e
"Rose of Sharon" Hardy Hibiscus syriacus Shrub 18e

Bamboos Phyllostachys Aurea:
Lg bamboo 7 to 8l pots 20e
Med bamboo 3.2l pot 15e
Sml bamboo 8e
Bamboo Sasa Palmata:
Med bamboo 3.2l pot 15e

Valerian 1l 5e
Large comfrey 3.2l pot 7e
Baby yarrow 1.1l pot 4e
Med Yarrow 3.2l pot 6e
Canna Durban 3.2l pot 15e and probably the rarest or most sought after of the cannas

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NOTES:

Tabbaco golden Virginia, as it's name implies for smoking, dry the leaves and have a chemical free smoke.

Giant Taro, stunning architectural plant with tasty edible bulbs widely eaten in the East. Great boiled chipped or fried like a potato.

Dwarf Cavendish Edible Banana's is the traditional yellow banana you see widely available in supermarkets. Takes, 15 month to fruit and requires, winter protection with fleece and or mulch. Grows to 2m. Supplied as small under 20cm but grows FAST!

Edible Red Banana's 'Vermelha' as above but grows smaller sweet red bananas. Grows 3 to 4m

Chinese artichoke, Japanese artichoke, knotroot, or artichoke betony, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the family Lamiaceae, originating from China. Its rhizome is a root vegetable that can be eaten raw, pickled, dried or cooked.

Myoga ginger or Japanese ginger is the species Zingiber mioga in the family Zingiberaceae. It is a deciduous herbaceous perennial native to Japan, China, and the southern part of Korea. Only its edible flower buds and flavorful shoots are used in cooking.

LG yakon
Aka the ground apple. Eat raw in the autumn like an apple. Can be cooked anyway you'd cook potatoes And can be dried and then ground to make a healthy sugar alternative. You eat the bulbs and save the crown to regrow, the following year.

Walking onions
These last forever, you replant the little bulbs that form on the stems and cut the other stems, and use like an onion or spring onion

Welsh onions
These clump so of the clump you eat 2 save 1 so in essence once established you can have onions forever

Potato onions
Same as welsh

Jerusalem Artichokes
Cook like potato, extremely prolific and very healthy but causes, great wind aka, farting. But amazing for your digestive system and bowels, as well as a fabulous fiber provider. Harvest in autumn keep some replant in spring. Can leave some in the ground cold ish hardy

Horseradish
From the uk, great root veg. Eat the leaves or use the root to make a spicy sauce

LG comfrey
Mainly to make liquid fertiliser can show you how, and to add to your compost or as ground mulch with nutrients. Also many medicinal uses.

Small Hyssop
Medicinal herb, great for coughs

Lg bamboo
Great as a shade and wind break but once established in year 3x you can harvest the shoots to eat in stir fries or treat like asparagus. Plus cut canes for use on tall plants or crafts.

LG thornless blackberry
Grows traditional blackberries but with no thorns. A prolific plant so needs a wall and or support/trellis.

Baby yarrow
Medicinal plant, for stopping bleeding. Also attracts pollinators and looks pretty. V drought tolerant.

Lg Canna edulis
Another starchy potato tuber. Massive crops if planted in rich manure mix. Great for pouring your p*e on and a massive bio mass for your compost. Grows 2m high and 2m wide in one season. Plant in rich organic matter, ideal in rotted horse manure compost mixed with a good quality compost

Corn!Interestingly, in Portugal you can't buy fresh corn on the cob in the supermarkets.The last two years I've grown a ...
25/06/2024

Corn!
Interestingly, in Portugal you can't buy fresh corn on the cob in the supermarkets.
The last two years I've grown a little patch - the first year it died from lack of water as the well ran dry in July. The second year we got some cobs, but they were poorly pollinated so each cob was missing half it's kernals. The ones they did have were delicious and sweet though!
This year I'm growing the corn in a new position with more shade, drip irrigation, and in a bigger block to aid pollination. I've also got double the amount of plants compared to last year.
Fingers crossed we get a nice crop of cobs!

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Chicky update! They're all doing so well, getting very big now!

Dolly our Silkie is doing such a great job as a first time mum with her 6 tiny babies! SO CUTE! 🐣🐥🐤🐣🐥🐤

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This beautiful salamander came to visit last night, we carried him to a damp moist bit of the garden and he came back!! Think he was warming himself by the logburner! 🔥🦎

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After a few hours of truly biblical rain this morning ⛈️ our river which has been dry for nearly 3 months is a 3 foot deep! ✌️💧🌧️💦⛈️

RIP Deirdre 😢 Hens can be so strange, often they go from fine to looking a bit sad to the end in just a few days. Here she is the browner lady looking super happy and 48 hours later she's gone.... But she had a wonderful year, the best food, the best sisters and so many cuddles. RIP you big fat bundle of feathers ###x

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So Flapjack is in fact not a hen!!! #chickens #cockerel #homesteading #homestead #offgrid

Our mountain view 😍 I try to take a photo every time the view is a little different....

Looking back at all the things we've made here on Wild Lands!

Looking back at all the things we've made here on Wild Lands!

Happy chickens! They get fresh greens every day as well as mixed chook food. #offgridchickens #happychickens #offgridfamilyportugal #thewildlandersoffgrid

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