Living off grid and homesteading in droughts or extreme heat adds a lot of complications. How do you get and manage your water? Do you have enough water? Staying cool and maintaining work levels when its over 40 degrees? All part of the OFF GRID CHALLENGE! We've lived on the road as nomads for over 2 years and now we're creating our dream homestead and living simply off the land. We are The Wildlanders Off Grid! A family learning how to live the good life sustainably and on a tight budget. Subscribe to watch our adventures as we turn our 1.3 hectares of Portuguese Wild Lands into a little slice of off grid paradise! We hope to inspire others to make their dreams a reality. ? BUY US A COFFEE (All your generosity goes direct to The Wild Lands) NEW: Now with perks and memberships :) ▸ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thewildlanders ? SUBSCRIBE! If you're interested in learning how to set up an off grid homestead, or family off grid living follow our journey with us. We've never lived off the grid so it's a voyage of discovery! Join our channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq5BNp_Qlqan4risGrwhL0g/join ? THANK YOU! We would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to all of our Subscribers and everyone who watches our videos and for all the lovely comments, it really does mean a lot to us. Thanks for watching :) ? Links to EVERYTHING we used in our van build, including useful van/ motorhome and campervan bits and bobs as well as pet stuff, off grid tools, van electrics and more: ▸ https://www.thoseweirdos.online/our-gear ? Follow us on Instagram: ▸ https://www.instagram.com/thewildlandersoffgrid/ ? Join our Facebook group: ▸ https://www.facebook.com/groups/thewildlandersoffgrid/ #offgridportugal #offgrid #livingoffgrid ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQET3F7MNVQ

A year in to living off grid, what have we learnt? We decide to start some things over, digging it all up, AND... we ask ourselves, WHAT IS A SWALE? How can this swale thing save us in a drought? We are The Wildlanders Off Grid! A family learning how to live the good life sustainably and on a tight budget. Subscribe to watch our adventures as we turn our 1.3 hectares of Portuguese Wild Lands into a little slice of off grid paradise! We hope to inspire others to make their dreams a reality. We've lived on the road as nomads for over 3 years and now we're creating our dream homestead and living simply off the land. ? Support us on PATREON ▸ https://www.patreon.com/thewildlandersoffgrid ? BUY US A COFFEE (All your generosity goes direct to The Wild Lands) ▸ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thewildlanders ? SUBSCRIBE! If you're interested in learning how to set up an off grid homestead, or family off grid living follow our journey with us. We've never lived off the grid so it's a voyage of discovery! ? THANK YOU! We would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to all of our Subscribers and everyone who watches our videos and for all the lovely comments, it really does mean a lot to us. Thanks for watching :) ? Links to EVERYTHING we used in our van build, including useful van/moho and campervan bits and bobs as well as pet stuff, off grid tools, van electrics and more: ▸ https://www.thoseweirdos.online/our-gear ? Follow us on Instagram: ▸ https://www.instagram.com/thewildlandersoffgrid/ ? Join our Facebook group: ▸ https://www.facebook.com/groups/thewildlandersoffgrid/ #offgridportugal #offgridliving #offgrid ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M94zbwj18B4

Hello! In today's episode (Ep10) we start clearing our top 3 terraces to make way for 'The Nursery'. This area will once cleared and leveled will have a large poly tunnel, potting shed and fruit forest. Were extremely excited about this, as becoming self sustainable and growing our own food is high on our list of priorities. As well as using the poly tunnel to start and bring on seeds in cooler/colder weather we'll also be starting a tropical plant nursery one of my dreams. On the lower of these 3 larger terraces we will also be planting a large food forest using permaculture principles. We are now the proud owners of a stunning off grid property in Portugal, Lobateira, which we've renamed 'The Wild Lands'. We've been searching for our own slice of heaven to start a homestead. We decided to base our search around the Castelo Branco region of Portugal, as the land here is not only beautiful, but far cheaper than the Algarve. Equally, there are many off grid families in the region, and we wanted to be close to a community of like-minded people. We were 'stuck' in the UK (again) since returning to see loved ones over Christmas while we waited for our D7 Visa for Portugal. After nearly 6 months of waiting, we got to leave! This was a mammoth task as we had to transit through France to Spain in 24 hours or less! (see previous videos) Now we've finally bought our own at land in Portugal. Follow us on our adventure in the sun! (and sometimes biblical Portuguese rain!!!) As we start turning The Wild Lands' into our own off grid heaven. ? SUPPORT US - BUY US A COFFEE (or Guinness or Dog Wiccies) ▸ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thoseweirdos ? Those Weirdos AND Van Life MERCH (available for worldwide shipping) ▸ http://www.vannertee.com Please let us know what you think or what other merchandise ideas you'd like us to look at adding. ? WHO ARE WE? We are Those Weirdos, A FAMILY OF 7: 3 people, 2 cats and 2 dogs living and traveling full time living the Vanlife in our self converted Sprinter van. We have a passion to improve our film making and VLOG our LOVE of full-time travel. Not only that, but we make regular and varied content for YOU, and also we hope to inspire others to follow their dreams. We've lived on the road as nomads for over 2 years now, and we've bought off grid land in Portugal to create a homestead and a base for our travels. ? SUBSCRIBE! If you're interested in what it's like LIVING FULL-TIME in our van aka The Sub, and our travels and park ups around Europe. We also put out regular information features covering topics such as how we travel during a pandemic, hints, tips and budgets AND sometimes we talk healthy VAN LIFE MEALS and the BEST PLACES TO VISIT IN EUROPE. ? OUR PETS SPEAK TOO! ? THANK ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKRnDG-IWZ8

We are currently stuck in isolation in the UK, what was supposed to be a weeks return to see family has turned into isolation for an unknown period of time. So we thought we'd use some of the time tweaking The Sub, and have added our new toilet this week. We previously had a Simploo composting toilet which was frankly and excuse the pun CRAP! A hunk of plastic which just wasn't up for full time van life usage. So we've upgraded to a Strumpet and Trollop wooden toilet. These are available fully built, but we decided to order a flat packed one, so we could at Rosie's request spray it glittery pink! Much of this we time lapsed, and we are very pleased with it, its exceptionally BLING! This is NOT an affiliate link, but we really do recommend them: https://strumpetandtrollop.com We live and travel in Europe in a converted yellow DHL delivery van 'The Sub' with 2 adults, 1 child, 2 dogs and 2 cats. In the future we will cover topics such as Rosie's education, living with 2 cats AND 2 dogs, minimisation, adjusting to nomadic van life, wild camping, our van, people we meet on the road and why you should live or choose an alternative lifestyle, plus what happens after too many beers! We'll also be soliciting questions via our social media or if you have any questions feel free to post them in the comments. We'd love you to subscribe to our channel so you don't miss future episodes of our wafflings, as well as our Cooking in a Van episodes plus Rosie's Van Tours and our other adventures on the road as a family of 7! Read our blog: http://www.thoseweirdos.online Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/wearethoseweirdos Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoseweirdos/ -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: "Van Life - 101 Park Ups - Ep1 - Those Weirdos " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb1MaGUny4U -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMROOUncRbU