I started paying attention to cheap rural land for sale in Central Portugal at the beginning of 2020, right around the start of the...

One of my longest YouTube subscriptions has been Joseph Marsh's farmer for fun channel (he also has a website here and is prolific on...

It's been quite a while since I wrote up a piece of rural Portuguese property, but this little gem jumped out at me a couple of days ago...

The original source photos of the plates used to make these designs were posted on Pixabay by tunaolger. One of the few drawbacks of...

It's been almost a year since I last wrote about the YouTube vloggers pursuing a simpler life, renovating land in rural Central Portugal....

As I was putting this design together, it struck me that it serves as a kind of pocket virtual tour around Portugal using the web-based...

My light obsession with cheap, rural property in Central Portugal continues to simmer quietly on the back burner. Symptoms include...

I'm talking property here, of course. Land. If you wanted to escape the proverbial Rat Race, put on big rubber boots, and create a rural...

Since the start of the Pandemic and my transition to stay-at-home-dad, I have been devoting as much time as possible to graphic design...

This piece is, in my opinion, one of the most satisfying and pleasing images I have ever made. I named it "Idle in the Canyon" because it...

225,000 € - 185 m² built/5,160 m² plot/207 m² main house (with deck) - constructed 2010 - 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom - garage/storage -...

*** This is an Open Article - new information and media may appear according to no set schedule *** My virtual travels around Central...

Bom dia, everyone and anyone. I'm coming to you whatever-the-blog-equivalent-is-of "live" from the living room of Casa de Hayes, in...

Proposed here is a method of dividing the Algarve into meaningful zones. The above map is my attempt to refine other zoning schemes by...

69,000 € - 5 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 739 m² built/300 m² floor/5,620 m² plot. Tavern/grocery on the ground floor. Water source. Land has...

It's funny how often the photos used to sell property in Portugal are abysmal in either their execution, their subject matter, or both....

33,000 € - 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 176 m² built/70 m² floor area/plot of 4,467 m². 10 minute walk to Rio Unhais, 6 minute drive to Rio...

A recent session with Google Maps turned up a couple of mysteries for me. First, the above tracks in the mud off of Ilheu do Alcorao, on...

In September, 2005, Lisa and I spent two weeks in Portugal, about half of that in Lagos. These photos are all by me. Later, I'll post our...

(*Edit: Feb 25, 2022 - Please see a more recent update about OKPortugal and other vloggers in the area.) Ken and Gina have accomplished...