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2026-08-03 18:40:27 UTC

Just love this time of the year. The garden is so generous. Our daughter gets to snack on so many different kinds of fruits. Also, this year I tried to grow okra again (failed last year) and this year they are doing so well. We have already harvested three big bunch and the plants are still in a giving mood. Life can be so beautiful! Truly blessed!
#garden #harvest
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2026-08-02 19:56:07 UTC

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Thank you! The one with just two boards on the back support is the new one. It is a bit smaller than the other so I will use this one. My husband has been using the old one already so not a big change for him, haha.

2026-07-19 22:59:57 UTC

Every Nepali person has a deep relationship with coriander seeds. No dish in our kitchen is ever complete without coriander seeds grinded into powdery goodness. So to be able to harvest our very own coriander seeds is so very rewarding. Not looking forward to cleaning the seeds tbh but still very happy with the harvest.
#foodstr #gardening #growyourownfood
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2026-07-13 13:39:57 UTC

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Haha, I already did!!
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2026-07-13 13:37:54 UTC

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Damn, I already did. You couldn't help yourself could you haha.
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2026-07-12 20:20:47 UTC

I have never been this excited in my garden ever. This is the first time ever that we planted three different types of melons. Two of these three varieties have already started giving out fruits. Cannot wait to cut them open and have our first ever home grown melons.
#melons #gardening #growyourownfood
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2026-07-07 22:45:00 UTC

Our small harvest for today. We only have ten strawberry plants but we have been getting a few strawberries every other day or so. Our daughter loves them and loves going to the garden with us for these treats. And these peppers are the perfect level of spicy. So grateful.
#harvest #growyourownfood foodtstr
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2026-07-05 19:25:00 UTC

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Thank you for such wholesome suggestions, you sound like a great dad, enjoy each moment with your kids.

2026-07-04 23:22:00 UTC

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Thank you, so good to hear from other parents who have experienced this as well.
I have huge respect for parents who have more than one kid, I cannot imagine handling one more.

2026-07-03 22:59:32 UTC

Sports vs parenting:
I have a sports fanatic brother in law who is constantly pushing himself to do more and more challenging races. He exercises so much that he has been diagnosed with sports addiction. Whenever he enters a new challenge, I have a conundrum, whether to cheer him on, or to gently remind him that maybe doing a 100 mile race in the alps is not the best way to beat the addiction. I choose the advice for after the race and support before and during. The whole family is there for him, cheering him on and pushing him forward in his endeavors.
Almost two years ago now, I gave birth to our daughter. Me and my husband had talked a lot about what kind of parents we wanted to be, and agreed that spending the first years of her life with her was more important than working and we are privileged enough to take a few years off of work to focus on her. During this same period, we decided to move to a countryside abroad and started renovating an old farm to build us a house. It has been a really tough year, and parenting the way we think is best for our daughter continues to be really demanding. When we are asked by friends and family about how we are doing, we usually say that we are doing well, which is true, we are. But occasionally, we share the experiences of difficult days and I am flabbergasted by the reactions. It mostly comes down to the fact that we chose to do it the hard way and hence we have no right to complain that its hard.
Now, coming to the example of my brother in law, or any sportsperson for that matter, (I use him as a representing figure). So he chooses to work out hours on end for his well being, or in this case despite his well being and yet when he says that he is tired, almost everyone empathizes with him. "Of course you are tired, try to get some rest", he is told with so much love and care. But when our daughter has had a rough night and we have not slept because we were up all night soothing our baby, we are met with a very judgmental tone and a lot of unsolicited advice on everything we are doing wrong as parents. How is it that his choice to put himself through ordeal for himself trump our choice to go through ordeals for our child? How come we never tell athletes who are suffering that if they would just stop doing sports and just sit on the couch watching television, they would not suffer?I
I am still breastfeeding her, she sleeps with us, she does not go to day care, we speak in our native languages with her and everytime there is a conversation about any developmental milestone where she is a bit behind, we are blamed for it.
We are not going to change ourselves nor our parenting style. We have decided on this path with the best of interest for our little one and no amount of criticism from the " normal" western parenting gurus is going to change that. And this note is also not about whining or playing a martyr. I am just astounded by the double standard of the people around us. In any other field in life, when you share difficulties and shortcomings, we try to calm the., cheer them, uplift them. But a set of new parents who are trying to raise a child to the best of their abilities are met with criticism and snarky comments. How have we evolved as the only mammals who tries to separate an infant from its mother constanly? How have we made a conversation about leaving your kids to be looked after and raised by strangers so light and casual?
I completely understand parents that have to take their kids to day care. I get that not everyone is privileged enough to have the choices that we had. But when the last resort is made out to be the first choice, and parents like us have to somehow defend our choices for not choosing the so called normal route, it makes me wonder if maybe this separation, this distance between parents and children from such a young age is also a contributor to the state of mental health around us.
Thank you for entertaining my chain of thoughts!

2026-06-25 21:26:24 UTC

Our #garden makes me so happy. I start and end my days going to the garden. Seeing all these plants sprout and grow is really rewarding. Plus my daughter loves it when I bring her a little strawberry or blueberry to snack on, an added bonus. Happy times!!
#foodstr #growyourownfood
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2026-06-25 15:18:53 UTC

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Sounds great but we live in different continents, so local wine will have to do.

2026-06-24 20:58:42 UTC

Freshly dug potatoes and onions, so gnocchi it is for dinner. #Gardening is hard work but the bounties are so rewarding.
#growyourownfood #foodstr
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2026-06-23 21:54:04 UTC

Our kitchen is filled with the rich smell of peaches at the moment. We do not have stone fruit trees yet (definitely buying some this fall), but our neighbors do and they are always so generous with their harvests. The only thing that we have which they do not have was garlic, so we had shared some of our harvest with them. And now they have given us so much back. Its amazing how life is all about sharing in the countryside.
#foodstr
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2026-06-19 21:17:55 UTC

Look at these flaxseeds flowers. This is the first time I am growing flaxseeds plants and every morning I am greeted with such lovely soft colored flowers. Really curious to see if we get some actual flaxseeds as well. But from now on, these are one of my favorite cover crops!
#gardening #bloomstr #growyourownfood
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2026-06-16 16:01:20 UTC

My husband was asking me when I would post somethinging in Nostr again so here it goes. As you can see, the garden is looking lush and green. It has been a lot of work this season but the bounties have also been great so far. We have had peas, and mustard greens, lots of herbs, garlic and first harvest of onions. I have been very lazy to take pictures but hopefully I gain my discipline back to update our progress.
#garden #foodstr #growyourownfood
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2026-05-21 21:46:45 UTC

In the #growyourownfood series this week we have our first harvest of garlic and some chamomile flowers. To be honest, weeds had taken over my garlic patch so bad that I had no expectations of any bulb but we did manage to get a decent harvest, and loads of notes for planting garlic in the fall.
The chamomile flowers is for the husband. He has been having sleep issues lately (having a cosleeping toddler does not help), but chamomile tea seems to help. So we pluck him some fresh flowers from the garden ☺️
I love this feeling when the garden starts producing food.
#gardening #foodstr #homesteading
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2026-05-12 18:26:39 UTC

Went into the garden to get some snacks for our daughter. I did not expect her to like raw garden peas but she really enjoys them. We made cherry jam and I made a small jar of cherry titaura for myself. Titaura is a very Nepali snack that is sweet and savoury and spicy all at the same time. It does feel great to #growyourownfood !
#gardening #homesteading
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2026-05-10 08:14:50 UTC

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That looks awesome!!

2026-05-09 21:13:45 UTC

Two of the three rhododendrons that we have planted have flowers now. Bees absolutely love the blooms, so does our daughter. The child in me is also ecstatic to walk past so many flowers everyday in my very own garden.
#bloomstr #flowerstr #gardening
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2026-05-09 21:09:02 UTC

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I have never seen blue clovers in real life,must be so pretty.

2026-04-26 22:58:24 UTC

Our very own rhododendron. The first of the three plants to bloom 😁
#bloomstr
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2026-04-19 19:42:37 UTC

Our #garden is painted green at the moment. Many sprouts and many more waiting to sprout. It's hard work these days in our almost off-grid, not easily accessible land but the rewards are hopefully worth it.
#gardening #homesteading #growyourownfood
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2026-04-16 19:25:13 UTC

The video is not that great as I did not dare go closer but can you spot the snake having a tiny living snack? So many surprises in our tiny #homestead
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2026-04-15 22:03:16 UTC

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We are in Portugal oshi San ☺️

2026-04-15 21:50:05 UTC

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You live too far away from us. All your produce looks amazing btw.

2026-04-15 21:47:00 UTC

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I know. I didn't know that they could grow so tall and completely takeover the garden 😂

2026-04-15 21:44:59 UTC

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Well looks can be deceiving 🤣. In all seriousness, it is strong enough for the ever so chubby me, and my daughter loves sitting in it, so mustn't be super uncomfortable 😁

2026-04-15 20:54:08 UTC

Our red clovers are bees magnet. Here are two different bees working hard this morning. Hope you enjoy seeing them as well.
#gardening #homesteading #bees
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2026-04-12 19:03:42 UTC

I had a go at the #adirondack chair. I used our old stock of scaffolding planks so not all the angles came out great but I am really proud of this chair. Making things for yourself is so gratifying, I am so glad that I get to try #woodwork and see if I can get better at it.
#buildstr #photography #makeyourownstuff
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2026-04-07 15:25:46 UTC

Our garden gives, and we happily receive. The small bouquet of spent flowers looks amazing on my own handmade bench. Life is pretty amazing atm.
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#bloomstr #gardening #grateful

2026-04-06 14:36:59 UTC

It's not perfect, but I am so proud of my work. We really needed a bench and I decided to have a shot at it myself. Husband is now asking me to build some chairs in similar style, so let's see if I can make those in the coming weeks.
#buildstr #makeyourownstuff #furniture #proud
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2026-04-04 13:05:48 UTC

Good morning people! We finally have an oven and what beter way to celebrate this new luxury in our home than a batch of fresh chocolate chip cookies. This morning is sweet 🌞 https://image.nostr.build/706ad47627f447429ff2760937f9eef4cf3737e571e22b4aa6aa0c60a64e97e0.jpg
#baking #cookies #lifeisgood

2026-04-03 16:56:02 UTC

This is a simple show rack that I made with scrap scaffolding planks. Making stuff is so gratifying. https://image.nostr.build/222c90b575b44a2296c7f82fff8ecd538de628396c4c7a1dc15b5f171aa1d827.jpg
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#PoW #buildstr #woodwork #learning

2026-03-31 19:35:35 UTC

We are blessed with many colours and blooms this spring. Every morning, we like to walk around the garden and spot a new flower that blossomed that day. We also get to show our daughter what butterflies and bees look like in real life. I can't remember the last time I had seen a butterfly in the city where we lived. She also comes to the vegetable garden and helps me water my garden. I hope that she appreciates the value of #growingyourownfood. https://image.nostr.build/7767406a5b47453cbafc9cadc6f31719924cedf429fe99bceac38bd7a1ea0322.jpg
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#spring #flowers #photography

2026-03-26 18:43:39 UTC

Our garden is very easy on the eyes at the moment, that is ignoring the massive brambles forest 😂
Hopefully the land will be as generous with food this season as it is with flowers this spring (so far). https://image.nostr.build/c6402d573fdf57166ac745e792d846c55ee9ea94e7944152abdd405e96161cff.jpg
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#flowers #garden #photography #homesteadlife

2026-03-25 14:24:02 UTC

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That thought really made my day. Thank you for such a great perspective my friend! 🙏

2026-03-25 14:02:44 UTC

I wanted to have a small chair for our toddler when she is outside with us. This is the very first piece of furniture that I ever made and I am so happy the way it turned out. It really feels great to make things for your loved ones. And the best part is that our daughter loves it. She has been constantly coming back to this chair while playing. One happy mom here. https://image.nostr.build/19055db0111ee6d44b15c48206013d3a07267f576fa2b8b16fa34e0acdef78d5.jpg
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#momstr #buildstr #furniture

2026-03-20 19:55:50 UTC

Spring is here. We have been working hard each day to start our #garden. We have planted potatoes, some radishes, fenugreek seeds, mustard, beans and carrots. We have also planted marigold, calendulas and nasturtiums as companion plants. Let's see how this season goes for us. In the meantime we are blessed with beautiful blooms. Hopefully you all are having a great start of the season too. https://image.nostr.build/751d8913975b55644ae7a35e1ac354a47b85c2322ea8dc4d765c2e7d3fe64d03.jpg https://image.nostr.build/e797239b1332df8586d5430513239e33fc31cf8a34b58189ff8001d0ba44e040.jpg
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2026-03-09 20:53:16 UTC

Look at how gorgeous the whole place looks with the #spring flowers. We love walking to this side of the village. Hopefully in a few years, our own camellia tree would also be this beautiful. https://video.nostr.build/b9c61bdb0cff25a1cf00fdf96a960eab09f173385defbcebb8986e080ae9dd4c.mp4

2026-03-06 21:15:24 UTC

Husband has built me my very own AI agent for my #garden. It's such a great tool for planning patches and finding the perfect timing and companions for plants. And now thanks to this agent, my husband does not have to listen to me go on and on about my ramblings about the garden 😂 https://image.nostr.build/1af54266f99b1801b2f8dd2ead554c8107e101825d16b056ec6dcf0a99160811.jpg
#aiagent #gardening

2026-03-05 22:51:35 UTC

The #growyourownfood season has started for us and we are really excited for this season this year. This will be our first complete year in our #homestead. The goal this year is to learn as much as possible about our land, the soil and the various possibilities for food independence. We do not expect to be seasoned farmers in just a year or two but we are trying out best to learn.
We have some peas sprouting at the moment. We have direct sown some broad beans, carrots and radish. We also have sprinkled some coriander and fenugreek seeds. We have thyme, oregano and rosemary doing pretty well at the moment. I have never had luck with carrots so fingers crossed for this attempt. https://image.nostr.build/14789fbe4022542d4dbfe224e65156b44c42ba567a6ba8a2adc5f71be8c475e4.jpg
#gardening

2026-03-03 21:42:20 UTC

We are working on connecting our back porch to the side deck with stairs. The basic structure will be done in a day or two, then we move on to fixing the joints between stones.
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#buildstr #homestead #construction

2026-03-02 21:38:51 UTC

Ending our day with a backyard bonfire just feels so magical. Good night people, hope you all had a good day!
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2026-03-01 21:21:19 UTC

The weather has been so good this last week and we have been out all day every day to try to make the most of it. We were out collecting some dandelions to try to make some salve with it. We love a good tomato and coriander chutney as a condiment so really happy that we have some fresh coriander in our garden. We have sprinkled some more coriander seeds along with fenugreek seeds so let's see if they do well. https://video.nostr.build/76f59c7e9c6d4a483497ac56ac3b45b54d51e21cbc8cb59c19daead706e233f6.mp4 https://image.nostr.build/893c5bf43ee5a4e3ad1cb446b4725eb651184e3da26fb4412c812de2ee52c821.jpg
#growyourownfood #homestead

2026-02-26 18:21:52 UTC

More colours are returning back and with them, our beloved bees and butterflies. https://image.nostr.build/e34f3116f7f439385c2f41ac3ee01d03c5f2c9e7d9dd5aadfac04b61d01e20e5.jpg
#almostspring #flowers #garden #homestead https://video.nostr.build/3d43de3842944e6861890aa192ce446b1b73b57548f8c29c261879340d09d626.mp4
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2026-02-23 22:16:35 UTC

Before being a mom,I could never imagine having all of my major emotions being directly correlated to someone else's emotions. And now, her happiness dictates my whole mood. Today was a great day. The weather was perfect and she enjoyed visiting all her animal friends 😊 https://image.nostr.build/338ee707b2ef1a4e9291bd4939aa2762bcf94dc69b4c922240993f6429ac2f86.jpg
#momstr #happy #belssed

2026-02-23 18:18:38 UTC

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They really do ☺️

2026-02-22 21:25:57 UTC

Spring is just around the corner. After months of grey skies and weeks of storms and rain, colours have started making a comeback in our garden. Hopefully it will be a good growing season!
#flowers #homesteading #garden https://image.nostr.build/cf70e589026df5a05c17f08cc368eb74583940f3502f33a2997bc441f05718ba.jpg
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2026-02-10 14:55:58 UTC

Forced to be an outdoor person even when we e experiencing the worst storm in ages. But watching her enjoy the puddles, seeing her laugh makes everything worthwhile. https://video.nostr.build/3a74d19a06805d634089524931f8207804f16916ffa76c5410acefb4f246c3b0.mp4
#momlife #joysoflife #gratitude

2026-02-05 17:42:58 UTC

Two days ago, husband and I had a conversation about how we are almost towards the finish line and how we do not wish to do any work on the house for a bit. And then, the Portuguese storm got us real good.
This shed was used as storage space for many boxes, all of them got drenched. We have had many issues with the walls which borders our land but we did not see this coming. https://image.nostr.build/22a0790a1bb1a3f722d0becab512d3280dad005695f4afe0eba4204b8290b3db.jpg https://image.nostr.build/6ad9ff0b21f1d7b9cb1d9d1be8c655fffc93d03bdfe07ef50accd9d65c4e19c4.jpg
#storm #homesteading

2026-01-29 21:19:35 UTC

We have had a series of storms hit us the last weeks. As a result, it has not stopped pouring down for a week now. Everything is flooded, including the tiny path to our house. It took us a good few hours to manage the flow of the waterfall so that we could walk in the path again. #Nature is so mighty, just a tiny reminder for us again. https://image.nostr.build/f416f8df7d05317445dae7701ca957d44d49a2d91c380c2433bbae01ed8762ea.jpg
#homesteading #storm #aftermath

2026-01-26 18:03:37 UTC

In Nepali traditional kitchen, everything is cooked either in cold processed mustard oil or ghee (ghiu in Nepali language). Over the last decades, we slowly saw a shift from these oils towards cheaper alternatives such as sunflower oil and soyabean oil, both marketed as oils good for heart health. I often wonder if money is the only reason we shift away from things that have worked for our health for so long.
We started cooking everything in ghee five six years ago and we are not going back to seed oils. This here is our newest batch of ghee and it smells and tastes amazing!!! https://image.nostr.build/99214a64d969bfd88e3b8dec9b3e93d9aeea8fc8c1d09400e9a04a49beb69c94.jpg
#ghee #homesteading

2026-01-21 19:08:23 UTC

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That looks delicious!!!

2026-01-19 17:57:41 UTC

We had a wonderful day today. Although it was not really sunny, we were happy with a dry day. Our daughter loves being outdoors all the time, children don't seem to be affected by rain nor the cold it seems. As I was finishing up some chores, husband took her to see our neighbour's grazing sheep and once he was back, it was my turn to take her outside for a walk as the husband worked on his computer. It's always such fun to see the way she interacts with her surroundings. These are truly "the good old days" the old me will come back to.
#blessed #momstr #homesteading #walks https://image.nostr.build/982b7b64a1a12b39f0c4e8d44551298062c0d81a5c281940631af8f8708ea8d7.jpg

2026-01-18 20:45:40 UTC

It was a good day! GN everyone.
#sky #bliss #homesteading
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2026-01-18 20:19:54 UTC

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Looks great 👍

2026-01-16 20:59:39 UTC

This brings me back to the happiest memories from my childhood. My maternal grandfather's house was in a remote village, a day walk away from Kathmandu. There was no electricity and no signs of infrastructure at all. Wood was the sole source of energy and my grandfather would always have a big heap of firewood outside his house, safely kept under a aluminium roofed shed. All of his wood came from his own land, we are not there yet but we are working towards that goal.
Come to think of it, the life that we have embraced at the moment is do much in line with the life that he had. Although he served in the army for some years, he was a farmer through and through. His day would begin by strolling through his vegetable garden, talking to his beloved plants and sometimes I catch myself doing that too. I wonder what he would have thought of our corner here.
#homesteading #nostalgia
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2026-01-15 23:48:55 UTC

Ever since we moved to Portugal, I have been looking for tallow everywhere and unfortunately not able to find it. I started using tallow as moisturiser during my pregnancy and since then I do not want to use anything else. After months of searching for suet, my neighbour got me a small amount of suet and I finally rendered my very first batch of tallow. Will be making some moisturiser in a day or two with some other incredible ingredients. https://image.nostr.build/775262b753f3a4dfff1384bd1aef26ba96d506f332ac412add5b73ec9fa6e9e1.jpg
#tallow #skincare #homesteading

2026-01-14 20:42:08 UTC

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It really is, specially with a little one who is feral, it makes such a big difference.

2026-01-14 19:36:32 UTC

Finally our carpenter has started working on the floor upstairs. We know that he has multiple projects running at the same time so whenever he is here we are so thankful and every day is a guess work if he would show up, but we did know that this is part of the work culture here so we are prepared 😉 https://image.nostr.build/8d99a37fa1c226375c2c7c2b00e073f9aea5342fc1f345eeeef3590b3dc46513.jpg
#buildstr #homesteading #construction

2026-01-13 21:35:49 UTC

The lower socioeconomic class, who would gain the most from stepping outside of #fiat systems and saving in sats, are unfortunately the last ones who will be able to access information and understand the characteristics of these two systems. If we zoom out and look at nations as a whole, similar tendencies are prevelant. Point in case, #Nepal.
I was born and lived there until a decade ago. Although I studied economics and finance, I am ashamed to admit that it took me a long time to understand the real world functioning of "money". And although my knowledge is still sub par, I am convinced that Nepal could benefit a lot if it were to seriously invest in #Bitcoin infrastructure.
Nepal has a vast amount of water resources and given the topography of the country, it generates almost 100% of its energy from hydropower. Electricity is really cheap and abundant so even now, stepping into mining would be a significant lucrative investment. Instead, the government has put a ban on individuals owning bitcoins. Nepal would gain such a big advantage if it were to take #Bitcoin seriously. Maybe the issue of massive brain drain would then be solved and the looming emptying of the country would halt.

2026-01-12 21:35:28 UTC

We have had many conversations with family and friends regarding why we live the way we do and why individual property rights is so important to us. When we talk about #bitcoin and how it solves so many problems created by the #fiat system, we are almost always told that we dream and desire a utopia. Why is there such a resistance to understanding a "new" system while clearly the existing system has failed most of humanity is beyond me. Wanting to live a life where we have an autonomy over our own bodies, our property, our mind and way of life has certainly trimmed our social circles, thank god for #nostr so that we know that there are other freedom living, sovereign, crazy people out there.

2026-01-12 09:33:10 UTC

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I can assume that your weekends are always full with chores then. We still have a long way to go as well and the to do list keeps on growing, but we will get there and so will you!!!

2026-01-12 09:28:42 UTC

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We actually did get the indoor plumbing for the first time two days ago 😅
We bought an old building with no plumbing, no electric infrastructure, no modern amenities at all. Luckily we have lots of natural water source in our land so we built ourselves a water reservoir and now we have indoor plumbing in our house ☺️

2026-01-11 20:26:08 UTC

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It definitely is ❣️

2026-01-11 17:01:12 UTC

Not to brag, but we too have hot water running through our pipes now 😉. After months of trying and mostly failing, after endless moments where we were both stretched thin because of the lack of basic amenities, and that too with a child with us, we feel like we have taken such a big step forward. And because we have running water, we also have a washing machine now!!! I am one happy woman!!!! https://image.nostr.build/df8fc42cebd7ff85e3921b224d6ce71001eb8c006df92c5d423df358018edbcf.jpg
#luxuries #plumbing #homesteading #grateful https://image.nostr.build/6a36de4162a80516d72f6cf309899e613c1cb13e6c3f2de218472f15adec7911.jpg

2026-01-10 23:24:01 UTC

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No, the wall that you see behind the tank is the source of our water. We are at the bottom of a hill and these walls naturally filter the water from all the way above and we collect this dripping water.

2026-01-10 21:54:26 UTC

Tears of joy were shed today! After more than eight months of living without the luxury of running water, we finally have managed to welcome our house into modernity.
We have also setup the boiler and water filtration system, will post an update on them tomorrow. As for now, we have running water!!!!! https://image.nostr.build/12ea35b244654690eb23dc48399966be6c60ba50fa8c835e03e431841539a0f7.jpg
#homesteading #water #grateful

2026-01-09 21:23:34 UTC

This is an appreciation post for my husband. When we build the wall for the deck, seeing the empty space between the house and the wall I had thought to myself that this is an impossible task without some equipments. But my husband kept on bringing the rubbles from all our land and filling it up every chance he got. And look at that, it is finally completely filled. About 25 cubic meters space filled solely by the hard work of my husband. Thank you ❤️ https://image.nostr.build/787b6cdba472bf8d91ad18e36048975deb892da0e0735689642be963691c6993.jpg https://image.nostr.build/1c3d399aad19af8924e10a87f992ac3feab5d635944d5268807cf326721882b1.jpg
#buildstr #homesteading #grateful

2026-01-07 20:26:18 UTC

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Thank you, will try to be more consistent this year 🙏

2026-01-07 16:37:52 UTC

Some of our friends have been asking us recently if we have stopped working in the garden as we don't post anything about the garden these days. Well we do work on the garden but I am too lazy to post about it 😅.
We have about 80 bulbs of garlic in the ground and hopefully we get to harvest most of them this summer. Garlics take a long time to develop so the update on them will follow later. The cauliflowers are not doing great. The larvae of white butterfly got most of the leaves so I am hoping to at least get some seeds for next year.
We will start on sowing some onions the coming days and sort through our seeds. Will keep you all posted on the developments. https://image.nostr.build/90ef90f76a97ec6b07e1910da992d51299fd84a7249dccf83944964a7c17a4d2.jpg https://image.nostr.build/06793979cafd58e7e58e70f8951c5615886fa1092a74876defd407f3a10ba2bd.jpg
#growyourownfoods #homesteading #wintergarden

2026-01-06 00:56:54 UTC

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This one seems to keep mice away from the front porch, so yes, we are thankful for his presence here.

2026-01-06 00:55:00 UTC

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The neighbour is an 84 years old lady with six other cats, so she is actually relieved that we have taken over one of her cats. She asks us if if we want more of her cats 😅

2026-01-05 20:16:29 UTC

This used to be our neighbour's cat. Our daughter took a liking to him so we started giving him food every time he showed up so that he stayed longer for our daughter's sake. And now he has adopted us as his family. My husband and I are both not cat people and yet somehow we have a cat now. https://image.nostr.build/71b214bbbb8d4e4f019d0cf5bebcbbc4fb409ed0ac82632232dc5b1c525f2ba5.jpg
#catstr #homesteading #pets

2026-01-04 15:11:45 UTC

Greetings from our neighbour's kitten. He is our daughter's all time favorite creature. Any chance she gets, she goes to find him. https://image.nostr.build/199606cd7cb205d9ef69f1d15f4c4cc47ffc10b3345abfd5910ee5686ff2df2b.jpg
#catstr

2026-01-03 19:31:12 UTC

It's amazing to see how independent and free willed our daughter is already at 15 months. Thankful everyday that we get to spend so much time with her, that she is being raised by us and the upbringing is not being outsourced. Such a privilege to see this tiny human grow. https://video.nostr.build/9eb41f991786299d11ee8b7a9b6c3e8ff93521c0c7a5aa717bfc941688fe5275.mp4
#parenting #homesteadig #thankful

2026-01-02 18:21:47 UTC

Hello everyone, we hope that you all had a great start to new year. We here at our homestead decided to start the new year with a new, yet very simple compost bin construction. We have a big growth of a type of bamboo in our land so we like to use that for making simple structures. This year we plan to do a bit more than last year when it comes to growing our own food. This should be possible as we did not do much last year. Be our witness to see how our plans shape up this year. https://image.nostr.build/d33069a0248dda7916126624c62395affa19c5b95799040231371ca68aacde26.jpg
#homesteading #compost https://image.nostr.build/7c137c9828c9cf9ee48b0ea11204b4efdbe9aa1c1f03a13766f536cf08d49bf6.jpg

2025-12-28 22:50:03 UTC

And we have a water tank that actually fills up. The floor is still not ideal. We will have to put some work in it in the summer because its super wet now but at least we will have running water in house for the time being. https://image.nostr.build/8b60d6f9f770950eaa1d241118599e5566f5957ab0bf731facef68ec7a99c4af.jpg https://image.nostr.build/8119e2e50d1c55249e9d814473523cabea90c5e88e0efed786902ea3bc469abe.jpg
#buildstr #offgridliving #homesteading

2025-12-24 20:42:51 UTC

Dear family, friends and all of you Nostrians who have been with us this year, we wish you all a blissful and merry Christmas and an amazing new year. May the new year bring new prospects and new opportunities for us all. May love be abundant and support be productive. May we all get to live a fuller life, a life in the embrace of people we love and cherish ❤️ https://video.nostr.build/e431daa87acd2d3dbf5eae7218140911058de241c5d703c15364c0beb1003221.mp4
#christmas #festivities #offgridliving

2025-12-07 14:23:01 UTC

GM nostr. We harvested the last of the squashes today. We cleared some of the garden space to prepare it for the next season. We have had loads of squash curry the last month and they taste so good that we want to save these for Christmas to make some more. Right now we have about 80 garlic cloves in the ground, planted at intervals to get a prolonged harvest. We have some cauliflowers growing and some long turnips. Our land is generous and we are forever grateful!! https://image.nostr.build/37db1d159bb52723ec9ac235c8b6e849e55f16e074b24d3787e0398137532019.jpg
#homesteading #growyourownfood #offgrid #foodstr

2025-12-06 13:51:51 UTC

What a few days of rain has done to our small waterfall.
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#rain #autumn #offgrid https://image.nostr.build/2e48194ab5217d9fb0156ce5cc30dbce1a73f9051650d664a2f22ff8fadc960d.jpg

2025-12-05 13:11:47 UTC

This has been a bittersweet development for us. On one hand, having insulation and the dry walls done on the roof means that we have taken a huge step forward but the quality of the work leaves us bit dissatisfied. After consulting three different companies we chose to work with someone who seemed to fit the best with our needs. But maybe it's the lack of command of Portuguese on our end or the difference in work culture or both, the difference between what we wanted, and what has been delivered is a bit too big for our liking.
The dry walls are not symmetrical in any angles in the corner of the house. The wall in the kitchen side is also not a straight line, rather a curve. We are in no position, neither financially nor with time to redo the ceiling so we have to accept this asymmetry.
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#buildstr #offgrid #hiccups

2025-11-23 21:24:24 UTC

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Unfortunately yes.

2025-11-21 21:46:44 UTC

Is anyone else having trouble posting pics on @npub12vk…pugg? I have checked the app permissions and have looked at zapstore for the latest version but somehow I cannot load any media using Primal, that's why I resort to #asknostr.

2025-11-20 19:08:46 UTC

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Feels like its taking forever but it is shaping up ☺️

2025-11-19 19:15:06 UTC

And the bathroom is ready!!!! https://image.nostr.build/60d8324d402ff26b3fd0d6d93efd74440c6596c655c346825d0d87798d30b740.jpg
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#buildstr #construction #offgrid #homesteading #happy

2025-11-18 19:36:45 UTC

The ceilings for the downstairs are finally done. Upstairs is going to be a long time still but at least we can now start on the floating floor for the downstairs. The shed where we are living since 6 months has been rendered almost inhabitable because of the rain. So we have decided that we will start living in the house as soon as one room downstairs is complete. But one step at a time, for now it's one more step closer to having us a home!
#home #homesteading #buildstr #construction #offgrid
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2025-11-10 20:13:24 UTC

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Nothing beats the smell of clothes dried out in the sun. The best way indeed.

2025-11-10 20:06:42 UTC

It has been raining a lot lately, so I am not sure how well our fall garden will do. We have some garlic, some cauliflowers and some radishes going at the moment, trying to #growyourownfood. We have left some flowers for the pollinators, hopefully these help them in this chilly weather. Husband has been working hard all day trying to fill the deck area with the rubbles. Our daughter took her first steps yesterday and since then she just wants to walk all the time. And our spring water tap is back to it's full strength now. All in all, it has been a great day. GN!! https://image.nostr.build/8ba25a2c768ef5df53542845545b27a1d44aeca739088af4ebec11114c70b61c.jpg
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#offgrid #homestead #fall #garden

2025-11-09 20:09:58 UTC

As promised, the progress pictures from the bathroom. The plumber is coming somewhere end of this week to fix the water outlets and everything else. Let's see if this time things will work out as per the planning.
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2025-11-08 21:50:54 UTC

Sometimes when it feels like things are not moving along, it is good to look back at the pictures from before and compare them to how far we have come now.
It has been tough to get this project going. We have been living in a small 10 de meter space for the last half year with our baby daughter. We have no running water, no facilities and every chore has to be done by hand. So survival in itself takes up half a day each day. But slow and steady, we are moving forward. Hopefully we get to move into at least the ground floor before Christmas this year.
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#offgrid #homesteading #buildstr #building

2025-10-29 19:20:56 UTC

We found this cool so sharing with all of you, our house under the blanket of autumn mist!
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2025-10-27 19:20:31 UTC

Ladies and gentlemen, we finally have doors and windows in our house. What a difference these make!! We specially love the glass door which overlooks the valley from our house. I can already see myself sipping my tea, sitting there by that door. Super happy 😊
#buildstr #homesteading #happy #progress
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2025-10-23 19:00:12 UTC

GN! Enjoy this cool video from my garden today. Thank you dear husband for your great sound effects 😜 https://video.nostr.build/32a7a1b34abe673c3528ebfa215e7374787e30691fc2d3ec608ea188a6de1ae6.mp4
#garden #homesteading #offgrid #nature

2025-10-23 11:19:36 UTC

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GM Maria. I have never tried that combination of beef and cabbage in a stew. Something new to try here then because we have been getting a lot of rain and it is stew weather here 😊

2025-10-22 22:05:03 UTC

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Thank you 🙏

2025-10-22 21:12:42 UTC

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Yes, but very slowly 😅

2025-10-22 21:11:15 UTC

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We live in Portugal. But we have seen this type of bricks and method of building in Spain as well. So it makes sense I guess that Brazil would also share this type of construction method 🙂

2025-10-22 18:38:24 UTC

Our biggest challenge so far living in this old property has been the lack of toilet and bathroom. We have had to resort to various creative solutions but as the fall has arrived and with it, rain, we are really glad that the work in our bathroom has finally started. Here are some photos of the progress so far. https://image.nostr.build/08e628198a271cba76e0bd0c501c51eb84bff24e92b5813db7a6c4e150d7deed.jpg
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