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We Are Back to Our Abandoned Land in Spain

3 minutes We are back in our abandoned lands in Spain, and this article is about our return. After a long year of hard work to raise capital for the next phase of the Eridu Life project, we are finally back. There were several factors that forced us to change plans and bring the date forward to February 2024. High cost of living in the UK; Lack of continuous work; Beginning of recession in the economy; Rumors of an upcoming pandemic; And so on. Continue→

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Building a Water System with IBC Totes

1 minute This article is about building a water system with IBC totes. After doing some research, the next step in this rainwater harvisting system is to wrapping the IBC totes using black tarp to store water and rainwater. At the time of this PART 2 article, we have managed to wash and clean two of the IBC totes that will be used to store rainwater at our off grid farm in Spain. You can read the the PART 1 article Rainwater Harvesting System Continue→

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Clearing Our Abandoned Land in Spain with a Tractor

less than 1 minute This article is about the tractor driver that is going around working and clearing our abandoned overgrpown land in Spain. This is a huge milestone for the Eridu Life project. The footage for this video was recorded in November 2022, and that were the time to do the clearing in the land. If we were to do this work by hand, it would take us at least 3 months. Thanks to the help of the local tractor driver “Sisco” who Continue→

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Simple DIY OFF Grid Shower Build With Less Than 20 Euros

3 minutes After a day of manual labour in the Finca, there is nothing like a quick off grid shower, right? But how can we take a quick shower if we dont have the first camp build at the Finca? At least not yet. So, in this article I will talk about how I built a simple DIY off grid shower for the Finca investing less than 20 euros. Simple DIY OFF Grid Shower To give a little context… We don’t live on the Continue→

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Repairing the Old Door From Stone House

1 minute As we don’t have a safe place to store the tools and supplies on the Finca, we are going to be using the car as a temporary storage facility before repairing the old door from stone house. This article is about the beginning of the process of restoring the old wooden door. Once this repair is done, we can safely store and keep the tools on the Finca. I brought with me some of the tools and power tools I will use Continue→

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Restoration of Our Abandoned Farm in Spain [Plans for the Future]

less than 1 minute This video is an overview of our Plans for the Future for the Eridu Life project. With this video you will understand what we are intended to do on our Finca in the coming years. After years of searching for the right land to fulfill the dream of going to live off the grid, we finally found our little piece of heaven on earth. Now begins the next part of the Eridu Life project which are our plans for the Continue→

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This is Our Abandoned Farm in Spain [Project Overview]

less than 1 minute This is an overview of our abandoned farm in Spain. With this video you will understand what we have on our Finca, and where things are located. On this video I will be talking about of the land, the stone house, the well, the cistern, the road & ramp and the olive trees. This video will be a sort of guide for the future contents on the Eridu Life project. This video is the PART 1 video. The PART 2 Continue→

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Rainwater Harvesting System With IBC Totes for Off Grid Living

less than 1 minute We are starting to build the rainwater harvesting system for our off grid living with IBC totes. Bringing the IBCs to the finca was the first of several steps. Now that we have received the IBCs we realize that they are dirty and greasy with vegetable oil. Before doing anything else, we need to clean it and wash it. In this video you will see the struggle to clean and wash the IBC totes. This is the firts of several Continue→

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We Bought an Abandoned Land in Spain with a Stone House

11 minutes In June 2022 we put an offer on an abandoned land in Spain that has a stone house to be restored. After negotiations, the offer was accepted and payment was made. The documentation was prepared and in September 2022 the deed was ready. A month later we traveled to Spain, got the deed from the notary and went to visit the Finca for the first time. The process seems to be fast, but it is very slow. It took more than 3 Continue→