3 minutes There’s nothing like an off grid shower after a day of work on the land, right? But how is that possible if we don’t have a shower to take a shower in? Read this article and find out how, with a little creativity, we design and build a simple off grid shower that works, for less than 20 euros. Why We Needed a Shower? Back in 2022 we bought an abandoned land in Spain with the goal of transforming it into a Continue→
1 minute This article is about repairing the old wooden door from the stone house. Once this repair is done, we can safely store and keep the tools at out abandoned farm in Spain. As we don’t have a safe place to store the tools, we are using the car as a temporary storage facility. I brought with me some of the tools and power tools I will use to start the restoring and repairing the wooden door. Using a hammer and chisel I Continue→
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3 minutes This article is an overview of our plans for the future for the restoration of our abandoned farm in Spain. With this article you will understand what we are intended to do on the Eridu Life project in the coming years. Restoration of Our Abandoned Farm in Spain Introduction Welcome to Eridu Life! Join us as we embark on an exciting journey to restore an abandoned farm in Spain, transforming it into a self-sustaining paradise using permaculture principles. This article outlines our Continue→
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5 minutes This is a project overview article is about our abandoned farm in Spain. With this article you will be able to understand what we have in the Finca and where things were at the time we bought it. This Project Overview is the first part of a two-part series. You can check out the second part, Plans for the Future. Just to make things clear… This aticle is not intended to be very long, as there is a comprehensive video down below Continue→
4 minutes This article is a little about the Phoenicians in Spain during the Iberian Neolithic period. I hope to shed some light on who and when the stone structures on our abandoned land were built. Since we bought our abandoned land in Spain, I have been intrigued by the ancient stone structures we have on the property, e.g., the stone well, or the stone house. I’ve always wondered: Who and when were they built? Neither the documents nor the neighbors gave me answers, Continue→
5 minutes Since we dont have running or drinking water on our abandoned farm in Spain, building the rainwater harvesting system became our first project. Rainwater harvesting is a sustainable water management solution for areas with limited access to water resources, like in our property. We are planning to start this rainwater harvesting project using intermediate bulk containers or IBC Totes as our water storage tanks. In this article, I will talk about the challenges and struggles of this first rainwater harvesting project. What Continue→
12 minutes In June 2022 we put an offer on a piece of abandoned land in Spain that has a 300-year-old stone house to be restored. After negotiations, the offer was accepted, the payment was made, the documentation was prepared and in September 2022 the deed was ready. The abandoned land in Spain is finally ours 🙂 A month later we traveled from the UK to Spain, got the deed from the notary and went to visit the Finca for the first time. The Continue→