The subscriber amount stood out for me at the introduction, I noticed it for the first time and couldn't believe how fast it's climbed. Great news though, you guys deserve it.❤
Hello, my favorite mud larks! If you were archeologists, you'd dig a test trench (2 foot x 2 foot would be enough for what you're doing) in areas you suspect might have something of interest. For example, you could dig a trench a few feet away from where you're working to see if the stones/paving goes out that far. If it does, dig another trench a few meters out. An old friend of mine, who was a professional chauffeur/gardener back in the days when big houses had "staff", gave me some excellent advice I'll pass along to you. When you're digging, always face the area you've finished, rather than what's ahead of you. It is encouraging to see progress and not as off-putting facing what's to come. 😉
Good evening to you :-) Mud larks indeed we are, we have plenty of mud. We did a couple of test patches in places that sounded like a nice large stone when we used the "probing rod" and found them to be small pebbles, roots, a bit of rubbish and what not. As we will now clear the entire area we just thought "sod it" lets just dig and scrape. We do love the idea of facing what you have done vs what is to come, that is really good advice. One advantage with us facing at what is to come, is that the soil gets less and less deep toward to two trees and that is the bit we are looking forward to getting to. We are hoping that the larger stones that are just in the soil have now finished and the soil is easier and faster to move. Thank you so much for watching, commenting, giving advice and of course being a channel member :-)
Oh it is muddy and a mess indeed, but we agree, when the weather starts to warm and we have finished jumping in muddy puddles, it should look much better. Thank you for watching and commenting Heather :-)
Crikey you two have made some progress there! Every spade full is closer to a dry hard standing yard! Well done guys and a big congrats to reaching 5K and growing! Have a restful night both ☘️
Thank you so much Jane. It is slow progress but we are getting there. Today was a good day and pretty much dry all day too. 5k is unreal, we never would have thought we would get so many subscribers. Thank you, you too :-)
Hello! Aww well we are glad we can help alleviate the craziness a little! Although with all the digging we’ve put upon ourselves….crazy might just be what we are! 🤣🤣
Congratulations on 5k subscribers. I so hope the stones go back a good distance, what a wonderful courtyard you will have, if you ever take a minute to sit. Great video. xx
Thank you very much indeed Marian. Oh we really hope so too. We think they go all the way back going by the bar we use to stick in the ground. We have no clue if it will be a mix of big, small and gravel or just gravel, but it is exciting each time we uncover a little bit more. We may find a minute for two, today was a no dig day :-) Thank you for joining us Marian and being one of the 5k :-)
Hello from Kentucky USA! I have been binge watching your channel for several days now. Wow the two of you amaze me with the amount of work you have accomplished! I look forward to your next video❤
Hello Rhonda from Kentucky USA, how are you today? Thank you very much for going back and binge watching, sorry about the bad quality, it did improve haha. There is so much to be done over the coming, days, weeks, months, years, I am sure there will be plenty more to watch :-) Thank you for commenting today and we will see you Friday :-)
What a wonderful restoration. We restored a home in the 1970s. It’s a slog but was worth it. We continue to make improvements even though we’re in our 70s. Keep up the good work. Really interesting project ❤
Thank you Christine, it is certainly interesting for us and a big undertaking, but we will get there. We think we may still be working on this in our 70s as we are really slow haha. Thank you so much for watching and commenting :-)
Isn't it a lovely way to look at it. I am sure they moaned when it rained for days on end, got their boots stuck in the mud and ran out of steam at the end of the day just like we do but they did it and so can we. And really, we aren't doing any hard work compared to them and we have the modern day benefits of electric, a shower, a power washer, etc and so on. And don't get us started on how on earth the shaped and lifted the massive corner stones for the buildings. Thank you C Ferguson for shining such a lovely light on us doing it by hand. And of course thank you so much for watching and commenting :-)
Hi from Brazil! I have never been to Ireland, but I just love our planet Earth, so I love your country too. There are so many amazing places there. And now I am watching your videos and very curious to see your homestead.
Hello there in Brazil! Ireland truly is a beautiful country and we feel very lucky to be living here to be able to experience it first hand. Hope you enjoy the videos and hopefully before long we can start actually using the land properly now it’s cleared and we just have the top part to finish properly.
So well done guys - 5000 subscribers! It's not surprising as it's been really quite engrossing watching your progress - I think because it's real, real life? It's generous of you both to open your project to the rest of us. I find I'm also learning from your journey. So many thanks once again! Kxx
Thank you very much Kate. 5.6k now I think which is unbelievable. It is real life Kate, it is our life, day to day and what we are doing. I think sometimes people forget that it is indeed our real lives. We do things the way we do because it is the way we think best and what works for us, it may not always be logical but it wouldn't be us if it was hahaha. We are learning so much as we go along and making mistakes as we go too, it slows us down but we will get there in the end. Thank you again for watching, subscribing and being a channel member. Have a lovely Easter :-)
I think what I'm trying to say is that because it is your real life, it's more engrossing and that's why you've got 5.6K subscribers and counting! I'd be surprised if folks thought it wasn't your real life to be honest. It's great and I think you both do things in a really sensible way - so never worry about 'logical' - it's your journey! xx
Yeah I knew what you meant Kate and took it as a positive :-) I am pleased you think we do things in a sensible way, sometimes we think we are bonkers haha. Thank you for replying Kate :-)
Congratulations on reaching over 5.25K. You have both worked hard in the garden and I love to see your new treasures that you find. Thank you for sharing. Love and blessings from Scotland xx
Aww thank you! Chuffed to blooming bits! We can’t quite believe it to be honest. Ooh I will have to do a treasure update at some point, I saw all my older treasures when we dug out the pressure washer! I must take some time to get them out for a proper look again! Xx
Hello from Colorado USA. Enjoying your videos very much. So excited for your find out the stone courtyard so to speak. You guys work so hard, even in the rain, you give me the kick in the caboodle I need.
Good evening to you in Colorado! 😊 Aww that’s soo lovely to hear, we’re very pleased that you enjoy them. We are too with the courtyard, we’ve been doing some more digging today and we are still finding stones, which is nice but we still have lots more soil to dig which isn’t quite so nice lol. Well, we are glad to be of service in helping you get outside 😉 🤣
So excited to see this today!! I'm working on a quilt, putting together the squares and had just finished the third quarter. Back was hurting, sat down for a bit, and there you were!!! Yay! I so enjoy this channel, it now has to be my favorite along with Dan (Escape to Rural France). Just to see the improvements in things!! Congrats on the subscribers and please everyone if you enjoy LIKE and SUBSCRIBE.....
LIKE and SUBSCRIBE - Hahahaha, thank you so much. My mum does quilting too, she says she has enough fabric to start a shop. 6pm GMT, which is different to 6pm G&T lol. Awww thank you very much, to be put beside Dan is quite something as that guy is doing a fantastic job and pretty much on his own too. We do like a bit of Dan, we have him to thank for us doing our joists the way we did. Thanks for the congratulations, hopefully we can continue to grow and keep the content interesting. At the end of the day we are just filming what we are doing as each day comes. Thank you so much Bobbie for always being here with us. Have a nice evening :-)
Monumental task you have there to expose the stones. I came across something similar in my backyard when I went to plant a flower bed and found a 1960’s paver patio with green, red and yellow concrete 12 x 8 pavers. The patio is 10 feet x 30 feet. They are 8 inches under the lawn surface so I really can’t plant anything over then. I would keep the patio but I was having drainage issues in that part of the yard and couldn’t figure out why. Turns out it was the pavers that were installed incorrectly causing the issue. It is a monster removing them myself at 64 but I’ll surely finish it this spring.
Wow that is an undertaking you have there as well! I bet you couldn’t believe it when you found them?! We’re rooting for you with that too. We think some of our drainage issues may come from the soil on top of the bedrock but we will try and get some drainage in this year and hopefully that will help us out a bit.
Thrilled that the channel is growing so quickly and that people are finding you and seeing how good you are! Not only do you provide interesting vlogs but you are also genuinely nice people. The area right outside the back door of the outbuilding is coming along very nicely and it will deserve all of the time and energy you are giving it. Can hardly wait for you to uncover the rest of it and see what has been hidden for the last 50 years! I forgot to ask in what part of the county your homestead resides. If you are near any particular town or really in the "wilds"?? Look forward to seeing you both on Friday and see how much farther you have gone in taking out the mud etc.!!! Take Care and a wish and hope for better weather!!
❤️ Thank you! We’re really pleased too! To say the least! It’s been amazing the last couple of weeks, it’s blown our minds a bit to be honest! Well, thank you for saying such kind words, it means a lot 🥹 oh neither can we with uncovering the rest, it’s slow going and it feels like it will never get there, but clearing the bottom part of the land felt like that at times and we got there finally with that, so the soil will be gone too….eventually 😂 We are not too far from a few bigger town lands the biggest and most well known I would think is Carrick-on-Shannon. We are out in the wilds a bit but not too bad as most places for shopping and the like range from 10-20mins away. So really not too bad at all. Look forward to seeing you here Friday too. Fingers crossed for a bit better weather too!
Thank you very much indeed Maria. 10k might be a bit ambitious at the moment, lets try for 6k first and then we will go the whole hog and push for 100k hahaha. Thank you for watching, commenting and being a subscriber. See you Friday :-)
Why not use some of the other flat stones to replace the ones missing? A courtyard would be useful and lovely in that area. Imagine sitting out and overlooking the garden when everything is in bloom. 😊
That’s what I think we will do, once we get it all,uncovered and can see what we have and what we have that looks like it’s missing. Oh it really will and we can’t wait to be able to sit out there, it’ll be so lovely, with the outbuildings whitewashed again behind us. I can see it now ❤️
Congratulations on reaching 5k subscribers, it's fantastic! You will get your farmyard in time and I can picture you both out there on a summer evening in years to come looking out at your beautiful finished garden, veg and fruit abundant and no mud!! ❤
Thank you very much Pat, we are chuffed to bit with 5k, now even more. Keep a hold of that picture for us please Pat because at the moment it is a muddy mess hahaha. We will get there and hopefully it will be as beautiful as your picture :-) Thank you so much Pat for always being with us :-)
Brilliant about hitting the magic 5K! Won’t be long now before you’re at 10K, then 15K and so on. Loving seeing the progress, huge well done to you both :-)
Hi Joanna, 5k is incredible isn't it. Let's aim for 6k first and then maybe 10 haha. Fingers crossed, in time we will get there though. Thank you very much. We are hoping things will move forward quicker with the patch we are working on now we have got further away from the building as there seems to be a lot less stones. Thank you for watching and commenting tonight :-)
Great job guys. Its getting bigger by the day. Clay might have come from the bottom of the trench dug for the pipe. Ive seen this before they use the clay to support the pipe as nothing is going to shift it once it compacts. Would explain your drainage too . Apart from the rock you're built on.if you have clay with peat rich topsoil on top .water will run along the clay not sink in. The stuff here you really could make crockery with.
Good evening Mitch, how are you? "The stuff here, you really could make crockery with." - I can see a scene from Ghost happening... hahaha I think you have hit the nail right on the head and the more we deal with the land up the top the more we learn. On a wheel barrow run yesterday my foot sunk about 6 inches into the ground straight onto bedrock. When you look around there is some popping up out of the grass. You can lift a sod of grass and the bedrock is looking at you. It is like a giant wig. The same goes for the back of the outbuilding. I already found some lumps but the more you look, the more you find it. Our plan apart from the bridge of a bedrock channel, it to find the wet spots which never drain and remove the soil so we can try and sort moving the the water from that area to another, or maybe fill it with gravel first and then soil on top. But that is for another day lol. Thanks Mitch. Have a nice evening :-)
Hugh gul culture - Isnt it annoying they done have an english version but it is the best way for the logs branches and soil that you have - great to see you using it - I have had great success with them in rainy Wales.
We hadn’t heard of it until someone in the comments said about it…so we thought we’d give it a try. I love that it means we get to tidy up bits and pieces around the land at the same time! Win win! 🏆 I’m glad to hear you’ve had success with them. Now we just need to make some time to plant something in it! 🤣
Aww you and us both, fingers crossed it covers the whole area and not just a small part. We’ve had a day off today from it so back to it tomorrow unless it is absolutely tipping it down lol
Never knew that about raised beds. Interesting. I guess the clay would have given the pipe some protection being soft but clingy. Whenever I do physical work in the mud and rain, I don't enjoy it at the time but always feel good later. Tired but good. Especially in the clean air. You're making good progress. Painstaking😊
Hi Michael, thank you for watching and commenting :-) We knew about raised beds but I would think you normally build the container first and then fill it. But, this is us so are doing it in reverse haha. We agree with the clay around the pipe being used for protection / support, but it is a pain for drainage. Yeah the weather isn't really a problem, a sunny day is much nicer than rain but we carry on regardless. Like you say, at the end of the day, it was worth it. The uncovering is slow, but now with the pressure washer, hopefully it will be fast. Thanks again :-)
It is Monica but we are indeed getting there. We also really enjoy it and fingers are crossed we have a nice end result. Thank you for watching and commenting today :-)
You must be exhausted…..the rain is exacerbating the almost liquefaction situation you are searching in….i lived through that buying a very old house in my country…positive side-I made a good profit when I eventually sold it……oh my goodness, I see!!….this is an outbuilding…..certainly a radical shift of my thinking!!….BC Canada
Hi Dyanne Yes, this is a 200 year old (ish) outbuilding with a possible courtyard / farmyard behind it. The farmhouse is a whole different kettle of fish. The house is now warm and dry with new joists, floors and temporary ceiling panels. It got us through the winter. There is a lot of work on the house to be done, but working on the land has been lovely. We don't plan on ever selling it as the location, the land and the people just makes it all perfect. Thank you for watching and commenting :-)
Lots of fun along with sore backs and blistered fingers. It will be nice to have that area cleared, l wonder how far the stone covered area extends. Looking ever more loved and cared for.
Yes a couple of those! So far no blistered fingers but I think that’s because of the good gloves that we wear luckily. Ooh we can’t wait for it to be cleared. It’s lovely seeing little bits appear but it will be even more lovely when we can see it all because then that means the digging is done! 🤣
Excellent, keep going guys, sunshine at the end of it, so frustrating watching from here, I wish I could leap into the screen and come out your side to help you.😀 highlight 5000 subscriber's.
Thank you! Oh wouldn’t that be lovely eh? I’m hoping that when I go out one morning that it will all miraculously be gone! 🤣 it hasn’t happened yet but maybe tomorrow! 😉🤣 5000 subs is very miraculous though! ❤️🥳
Haha yes you’re right, not quite there on the impressiveness of that! Lol oh it really is with something solid to stand on. Just to not be squelching around in mud will be a revelation!
Congratulations on getting to 5000 subscribers, that's just wonderful. Love that you are using the hoohaa method lol, my word for it, great way to use all of that rotting wood.👍❤
Loving the hoohaa methods name, we may have to call it that too hahaha. 5000 subscribers is amazing. So thank you for being a subscriber and of course a valued channel member. 😊😊😊
I’ve done exactly what you’ve done with the hugelkulture bed, throw stuff in a pile then build the bed around it afterwards! Great & sustainable way to use trimmings. Doing great with the digging, very exciting! So glad that plumbing the neighbours roof is paying off so early. Congratulations on…5350 subs as I watch this! 🎉😊
Hi Andie, thank you for the congratulations. 5411 as I type, so it is going up and up which is wonderful. The Hugelkulture does seem to be a way to stick a load of stuff in a pile and cover it all up and call it a bed haha. At least you put your bed around it afterwards too. The amount of water is incredible. For what was just an hour or so of work, the pay off is brilliant. Now we need dry weather to see how long we last without rain and our water running out. Do we need more water storage to get through the dry spells. Time will tell. Thank you again :-)
Haha I know it is a bit squelchy! Two pairs of socks for me…one of them fluffy helps! Most of the time it’s not too bad but when the temperature drops you do feel it a bit!
I can actually picture the women a hundred years ago using that stone area to render tallow ,boil clothes , prepping stored foods . I would think they wouldnt want all that hard messy work done immediately by the back door if they could avoid it . Would that be a correct vision of the old days ? ❣️🥰
That is a lovely picture. We don't actually know where the first house was as although there were lots of building around, a lot have now gone. There was something where our farmhouse is now so it is possible that was the original house but can't be 100% sure. It will be really interesting to see what we end up with once we get it cleared. Thank you for always watching and commenting :-)
So glad you were born as optimists! Every barrowful is a great accomplishment and a step closer to a reward when you see that courtyard some sunny Irish day! Well done on reaching over 5000 subscribers. 🙂
Hi Sharon, how are you this evening? Oh we are optimists alright, every cloud has a silver lining and we just hope there is one under all of this soil. Even if it just a hard standing area which looks like the "concrete" we uncovered. We are not asking for a Greek pattern or a painting like the Sistine Chapel, just something other than mud hahaha. Thank you for your congratulations and thank you for being one of the original subscribers to our channel :-) Have a nice evening Sharon.
5000! Yea! Every project seems to uncover mysteries about the place. Wonder if there is a county historian that might be able to interpret what you’ve uncovered? By the way, does it ever stop raining in Ireland?😊 Oh, and Dawn, wear safety glasses when jet washing. 👁️
5000 indeed and we are so so chuffed Ed, and you are one of them so thank you so much. It does seem that we have been very lucky with surprises and mysteries in and out of the house. They always seem to slow us down though. We knew we wanted that as a raised area with maybe a nice stone wall holding back the soil and then look what happens... Dawn finds some stones.... 12 months later we are still digging hahaha. Believe it or not.... .sometimes it stops. These last couple of weeks since the snow it has pretty much rained most days but then in a weeks time it may not rain properly for a couple of weeks. When I say properly, I mean the water tanks don't fill quick enough. Dawn said upon reading your comment that she did think about wearing them. So next time Ed she may have them on lol. Thank you again for joining us and commenting :-)
Thank you so much David, that is a really nice thing to say. Fingers crossed the time and work involved will be worth it in the end, but with that said, at least we should have something hard to stand on instead of the bloody mud. Thank you for watching and commenting :-)
Congratulations Dawn and Ben on achieving 5000 subscribers. You both don't realise we all talk about you to our families and friends as we enjoy your videos and work. I know I really look forward to seeing all the work you both keep doing. Your raised veggie beds will be amazing as I like the look of your soil.Take care and God bless you both xx
Aww thank you so much Colette! 5000 is amazing is it? Thank you for being one of them!❤️ we were both so chuffed to read that you talk to your family and friends about us, it blows our minds that we would ever prompt someone to say something so lovely! The soil is really good, so fingers crossed it produces good things! Thanks again Colette and you take care too 😊 xx
Good evening Denise, how are you today? It is an option we chatted about yesterday but getting a dry enough spell at the moment would be the issue and could take ages before we got to sweep. The rain we are having at the moment is nuts and the soil, even thin bits are never drying before the rain starts again and we would just be sweeping mud. The pressure washer does a good job but sadly does take some of the gravel bits out. Once we have removed all of the soil from the area, hopefully it will get to a stage where it is clean enough to just use a broom and water when it needs cleaning. Bit by bit we are getting there. Thank you for watching, commenting, being a subscriber and of course being a channel member. :-) :-)
Hi Ben and Dawn, Hope you’re both keeping well. The progress is just amazing. I was watching you and my line of sight kept getting drawn to the bottom of the garden. At one time you couldn’t even see past the area at the back of the outbuildings. Should be so proud of yourselves 😊 I just love your sympathetic way of doing things, which is exactly what you should do with such an old property. Always a pleasure to come a long for the ride, hope you get some dry days though, I do worry about you 2 getting ill working in the wet and the cold, but does show what absolute troopers you are💪 Great news on the subscribers 🎉 See you next time 😊 Take care guys ❤
Hi Mark, we are good thank you, how about you? It’s beautiful to see all the way down there now isn’t it? We can stand indoors on the landing and look through the window and see all the way to the bottom now where before we had a job to see past the dip in the land before. It looks so lovely to look out and see it. We are hugely proud of what we’ve done. I think you’re right with an old property and the way it should be done. We won’t always do it right I would think but we always have the intention of doing things with care and respect for the age of it. It’d be nice to have some dry days as it does make it so much easier to keep the enthusiasm going! 😂 Chuffed to bits with the subscribers! Didn’t think we would ever get that sort of numbers watching us. 🥳 Thank you for being one of those! See you next time 😊
@@thecornerhouseproject I’m good thank you so much for asking! It looks so lovely, I get more excited about the courtyard with each bit you uncover, it’s like turning the clock back. You can imagine chickens and ducks strutting about and all the old machinery they must’ve used. You deserve every success with the channel, you’ve certainly put the graft in so far and continue to do so. See you in the next one, take care 😁
Good evening Walking Stick Woman, how are you? That's good, we are pleased you are enjoying it, we don't want it to get boring but sadly this is what we are working on at the moment (Friday may be a bit different though). Fingers crossed we can uncover it quicker now as the large stone that we pull out of the soil seem to be less the further from the building we go. And the soil depth is also less. Thank you for always joining us and commenting tonight :-)
Woohooo.. happy to see your progress. Was going suggest that you build raised beds with all the soil, you can use rocks or sticks for the border and then cover up with clippings, until you can get planting veggies or flowers etc. The beds can stay untouched as the wormies will work their way through and will be pretty fertile for you, even if you leave till next year.. you could even bury your kitchen scraps and cardboard etc in the beds. glad for your video and look forward to see when post. you are living my dream.. 😍
We can't take the credit for the raised beds at this stage, we just needed somewhere to put the soil we are moving and so many comments said about raised beds. We were going to do some at some point, but not just yet haha. We will use corrugated sheets to create the containers but wanted to get some soil moved from the "courtyard" as the priority. We love your idea of chucking in kitchen scraps and cardboard as we are not sure we will get much planted this year. We would have liked to but the land had other ideas and took longer than we thought. We are really pleased you enjoy our videos. See you Friday :-) Thank you for watching, commenting and being one of our subscribers :-)
Congratulations on 5K Subscribers! It looks like there might be the remnants of a dry stone wall - it could be just another pile of rocks left over from building repairs and left over mortar may have been tipped there as well, It's so interesting to see that area unearthed. I keep waiting for Dragon Bones lol Keep an eye out for small medallions and coins as the area was farmed by Monks centuries ago. Have you run a metal detector over the soil you moved? I'm really impressed with the choice you made for the raised garden beds and where you decided to put them. I had to laugh though - neighbours may wonder who you've buried in the back garden ROFL. I so look forward to you uploads! Thank you! Clearing all that out has made it so much safer for putting up a scaffold and ladders for outbuilding repairs and for building materials. What a beautiful courtyard it will be when you are done. Love those smiles
Awwww thank you Janie, we are so pleased with 5k subscribers and just think, you were one of them so early on. We think it will be just more stones piled up, but we will dig around them and see what lies behind them as they are next to and on top of the gully and we don't know how long that is or if it even goes any further. Time and a spade will tell. Dawn has the eyes of a Hawk which is why it is so nice to be doing it by hand. I tend to miss things but Dawn could be down at the plum trees and would still see something up at the top haha. No metal detector yet. Don't they look just like that? We have just started the third one, I think the sooner we get the containers made the better. Just the little bit that is cleared makes such a difference. There is still some soil in some gaps but until we have it all clear we aren't to bothered about. The final jet wash will be amazing. Thank you so much Janie for always watching and your MASSIVE comments on every video :-) See you Friday :-)
Bit late watching today as I have my 2 year old granddaughter for the night so apologies for the late comment. It always makes me smile when you thank the viewers for watching because I am the one so very grateful to you both for allowing us to share in projects. Every time I see you out in more rain I do think you would be so much warmer indoors but you battle on to bring us the videos ❤ What started as a 14 day project has turned in a Time Team special - bless your hearts. Stay safe and thank you again for allowing me to be part of your journey. A huge congratulations for 5000+ subscribers, well deserved and hope your channel continues to grow. Love to you both as usual xxxx
Hi Kim, it is no problem whatsoever, real life takes priority. Did you have fun with your Granddaughter? We thank you all because without you we would be recoding and talking to nobody haha. It isn't chilly once we get started but I do feel it when we first go out. Within seconds Dawn is baking and down to a t-shirt, you won't see this from me very often in March. We are enjoying the uncovering of whatever is under all of that soil but it does take a long time. If we were just digging to move the soil and stones it would be much faster so stick with us. The pressure washer should help. Thank you so much Kim for always joining us and being a channel member :-)
We’re getting there, it’s slow going but it is definitely getting there! I wish we could work as fast as we do in the time lapse bits, it’d be done in a flash. 🤣 it’s nice to ‘see’ you too! Hope you’re doing alright? X🍀
5k is incredible, we can't really believe it and it is still climbing. Oh there is plenty of mud for them to dig in and some muddy puddles to jump in too lol. Thank you Kathleen for always joining us :-)
Thank you Clive very much and thank you for (guessing) being one of the long time subscribers. Is the love of power hosing an accidental discovery as it was the closest thing to hand to put the fire out lol. The power washer is great at removing the last layer of dirt, something that would take us ages with a brush and a good few dry days. Messy, but brilliant. Thank you as always Clive :-)
Hahahahaha, don't say that. They do look like that though don't they. Thank you Legrand Eileen for being one of our subscribers, watching and commenting :-)
Your both just brilliant, I know how much hard work goes into getting rid of the earth, hopefully the weather will dry up a bit, for you to look back at your cobbled courtyard 😁it will be worth it….. I had to laugh, dawn jet washing, I’m the same, and I’m the one that has to do it😂because it’s so satisfying 🙌come the summer, your land will look beautiful, when everything starts to grow, especially in those raised beds, well done guys your the best xxx🥳
Aww thank you Marion I love jet washing too, I am actually itching to have a go but at the same time I am happy to watch Dawn as then I don't get cold, wet, dirty jeans haha. The sun has it's moments and we only need a couple of dry days for things to start drying up a little bit. We think we are starting on softer soil now with hopefully less stones and rocks in it. The roots may be the main pain now though, we will see. The trees are turning green on the land and in the fields around and we can't wait until the are full leaves. Hopefully the raised beds will look OK, I a sure we could dress them up a bit if they look bad though. Thank you sooooo much Marion for always joining us and commenting :)
Hi, good movement on the garden beds and stone area. In the early days of the channel I think you showed a really old photograph of the house, but I might be confusing you guys with another channel. If you do have photos, could you show them again, as it would be fun to see what the house looked like back whenever it was?
Good evening Tracy, how are you today? Dawn did put an aerial photo of the house and buildings up on Instagram a good while ago which was taken, we think, in the early 80s. I think it may have been mentioned on a video but we don't think we put it on a video. We will see what we can do :-) It is a photo of the original framed photo, maybe if we are lucky, the lady who used to live here reads this and lets us take a scan of the large original :-) I know she reads the comments, she tells us when she comes round to see us haha. We are so lucky to know some of the people who used to live here. Getting there with the stone area, the beds look like a graveyard at the moment lol. Thank you for being with us Tracy. Hope your weather is being kind :-)
@@thecornerhouseproject Regards the photo - oops, as I'm not a big social media gal haha I don't gaze through the insta pics so I would have missed that image. Please don't feel obligated to show an image on the videos for me, I'm sure most people check out your insta pics often. Keep diggin' Ben haha!
@@thecornerhouseproject Regards the photo - oops, as I'm not a big social media gal haha I don't gaze through the insta pics so I would have missed that image. Please don't feel obligated to show an image on the videos for me, I'm sure most people check out your insta pics often. Keep diggin' Ben haha!
Believe it or not neither of us have ever been huge social media people, which seems weird with us now having a RU-vid channel 🤔 🤣 I’ve had an instagram account for years but never used it until starting RU-vid…learnt all sorts of new things recently lol. Still not sure how to use instagram haha have to ask Lukas to help me when I want to do anything! Anyway I will email you the pic, it’s definitely worth a look 😊
Thank you very much indeed Penny. Progress on this one is slow, but we would rather take our time uncovering whatever is there than rush and mess it all up. Thank you again for watching and commenting on our videos :-)
Hi Stephen It is very tempting to do that, but with the lack of lime, nearly none at all, it would need serious time of it's own to clean that. It will get a light spraying to get the fresh dirt of it though. Thanks for watching and commenting :-)
Thanks Pa! Aww you and us both, today had to do stuff indoors and wouldn’t you know….it was sunny…for a little while…and then it rained. Think it will rain tomorrow again lol 🦆 Yeah it’s a little hard going….fingers crossed it should be easier the further we go back though as there shouldn’t be as many stones in it. 😘 😘❤️
another great video .omg you 2 are doin amazin ,so excitin seeing the stones ,good luck with weather ,here in uk plent offff rain so enjoy the sun when you see it ,roll on friday to ur next video,n congrats on 5,000 subs xx
Hi Diana, thank you for joining us again :-) We have have a load of rain of late, this morning and then it was sunny and then it lashed down. But it was a different day today. Thanks for the congratulations and we will see you Friday :-)
Thank you! 🤩 the stones are great…little sparse here and there but I’m sure we have plenty of stones lying about that we could plug the gaps with lol. The weather has been weird today with lots of sun but also lots of rain. Forecast for rain again tomorrow, but that won’t stop us 😂 Chuffed with the 5000! Never in a million years did we think that would happen! 😂
Congrats on 5K subscribers!! I wonder if the pile of stones isn't from where they originally put in the sewer pipe. One of those stones is clearly cut. I think you are smart to steer clear of that area for now. It is coming on that is for sure! I believe it was a courtyard where they did have the animals, which is probably why its not proper cobble but stones that worked to create a hard area where they could do the tasks that you need to on farm animals (ie cleaning hoofs, castration, initial butchering, cleaning them). I am interested to see how the stone gully runs and where it ends. I am concerned for that elder bush/tree (near that other stone pile) that once you properly clear it may not have enough soil to remain. I would consider removing it and transplanting it elsewhere if possible that would also open up the ditch a little more. But wow! What progress has been made. Just remember every path begins with a single stone. I hope for dryer weather for you so the soil isn't so heavy to move. Keep slogging on! Every inch is progress! Great job and thanks for taking us along.
Thank you very much! We’re chuffed to bits with that! Yeah we think those stones probably do come from where the pipe was put in so we will keep those to one side for maybe placing back on top when we get it all uncovered. I think you’re probably right with what you think it was used for. It would make sense wouldn’t it? Ooh we are too with the gully, we haven’t dug any further with that just yet but I’m sure we will get to it soonish lol Funnily enough I said to Ben the other day we need to move the elder, I’m not sure how easy it is to move, I need to read into the root spacing so that we don’t chop through any of it because I would like to keep that. It’s not a very old tree so I’m hoping the root hasn’t spread too far. Always slogging on, more slog today, still plenty more slog to go🤣 but it’s looking good so far if you ignore the mud! Today was actually not bad at all weather wise. Which has been lovely. 🥰 No problem at all with taking you with us, it’s our pleasure!
So much soil build up. But good to get away from the original foundation. Could you rent a mini excavator to help move the bulk top layer now that you know how far down the base is?
Hi Linda, thank you for watching and commenting again. The soil against the walls was holding so much water and now it is away from the wall we can see just how much, even from light rain. The soil is much softer as we move away from the buildings and seems to have less stone and rocks. We will get there :-) Thanks again :-)
Have you ever thought about contacting those Time Team people to come over and give you a hand? It seems that you are doing some archeological work after all.
Hahaha wouldn't that be great. And once they have finished and say it is nothing more than a farmyard, they cannot understand why we are so pleased that it has all been done for us. It is quite slow, maybe we are too careful but not knowing what is there makes it slower still. Thank you D.R. Magee for watching, commenting and being a subscriber :-)
Hahaha, I thought that too at one point, I went searching for the fork in a previous video, found it and the first push into the ground hit a massive rock, and then another and then another so I gave up with that. With that said though, where we are now, we are hoping that the going will be less stony so maybe the fork will make an appearance lol. Thank you for watching and commenting :-)
@@thecornerhouseproject take a look at 10:49. Dawn might more easily break up the face of the pile with the fork rather than the spade. Thanks for the reply and good luck!
I’m sorry I didn’t watch yesterday. Power washing is fantastic. Unfortunately, last week we were power washing the front patio and didn’t know that the pipe connected to the outdoor spigot had a break. Flooded our basement, luckily we hadn’t finished the walls down there. The joys of home ownership. Now that you are exposing more you can see the first owners graded it so rain water run off is toward your ditch. I think the gully is to just move any animal slurry away faster…keeping things less odiferous…maybe? Are you planning to put gravel over the part that was dug out for the piping, or move pavers back in place?
No problem at all and no need to apologise, we’re here whenever lol. Oh no! 😟 how soul destroying for you! Hope everything is alright now? Yes and I think the more we uncover the more apparent it will be with the water run off. When we jet wash it does seem to,run off to the ditch so we’re very pleased with that. I think when we uncover the lot it will most likely run downwards towards the trees that stand at the bottom edge of that area. Yes we will definitely put something back over that area. Gravel could look good actually but we will see as we go.
Haha that’s alright, we would have trouble getting a tractor on the land because it’s so wet and boggy here. Hopefully in time when we get the drainage done it will become less boggy 🤞
Hi Janine, thank you for watching and commenting. Dry weather and dry soil is much easier and nicer but at the moment it just rains haha. Today is going to be a dry day according to the weather apps, so we will see how today goes. Thank you again :-)
it is amazing to see the original path wow.. will it dry out with the summer or is it rainy there much of the time all year? I seen the jet wash but wasn't sure of the rain part.
It should dry out tight the summer but, yes, it does rain rather a lot lol….but it does tend to rain small showers and then the sun reappears so it not so bad really. We’re looking forward to it all being uncovered so we can see how it fairs with the rain and the drainage.
Hi! From Wyoming, USA! Congrats on reaching 5k subscribers! I'm intrigued by your elevated garden bed technique and have a couple questions. Since you're using decaying material what's to prevent the beds from getting a fungus that will harm your plants? I could hear you sloshing when walking to the soon to be beds, what's to keep the wet from wicking up into the beds?
Hi Gayle Just in addition to Dawn's bit, Here is a link to a page which "sort of" explains Hugelkultur with photos, diagrams and some great info. It is new to us so we can only learn as we go. I hope you find the info useful :-) extension.okstate.edu/fact-sheets/sustainable-landscapes-creating-a-hugelkultur-for-gardening-with-stormwater-management-benefits.html
The raised bed mound that you are building up sounds Scandinavian by the word lol and I have no idea what I'm talking about 😂 thanks for putting us under the shelter while you dig haha freaking rain anyway ugh 😫 you guy's take it all in stride. Really coming along nicely. Much love from Oklahoma USA Jackie 🇺🇸 💖
Yes, I it does doesn’t it? We sort of don’t either! We only know about it because a couple of people had mentioned it in the comments and we thought we’d have a go and bonus…it means we get to chuck some of the bits and pieces lying around in it! Haha you’re welcome, better than getting your hair wet eh? Can’t say it’s warm in there but it is at least dry! Thanks Jackie! As always, you make us smile 😊❤️
I sure hope you two have a hot tub to soak your muscles and bones in at the end of your hard working days…maybe with a glass of wine as well 🥂, great job…so exciting
Ooooh a hot tub, ooooh a bath.... hahaha. We are lucky we are not still showering outside lol. To be fair, we don't ache. Maybe we are not working hard enough. We did ache when we started all of this though last June. It was such a shock to the system. Joists, smashing out stone pockets, floors, ceilings... we did hurt then and a bath would have been so nice. Hopefully the end result will be worth the work :-) Thank you for watching and commenting tonight Andie :-)
The pressure washer is messy and take time. When we have to clean areas like that first give it a run with a yard brush and the when using the pressure washer keep brushing the water and dirt away. Yard brush is about 14 inch’s wide but has long bristles and a long shaft . U know when u need to go to buy one Agri store. I don’t know how u keep going or how u don’t seam to get head colds and the like. Was just looking at ur closing sequence and was thinking that cow shed ur work at the back of must have been the original house for the farm and then it occurred all old house had a well for water of if it was deep a hand pump. To find a well would solve a few of ur water problems. You should go out and visit a few old Irish cottages or farm to see how they compare to what u have.
Ahh yes it is very messy, not a fan of the mess it makes. It’s good for cutting through some of the thick sludge of mud that’s hard to scrape with the shovel but yeah definitely too much mess! We do need a better broom, we have two outdoor brooms but they’re not hard enough for doing this. I’m not sure how we keep going to be honest, we’re shattered at the end of the day but wake up the next day ready for it again, don’t get me wrong we do sometimes walk out there and see it all still and think ‘woah, there is still sooo much to do” but…it’s only us who is going to do it so we gotta get on with it! Now and again I feel like I might be getting a cold but then it just disappears again. The family who lived here before, used to get their water from a spring well from down the lane before the rain water harvesting was put in we think the 80’s. It would be lovely to find a well but I don’t think there is one hiding anywhere, unfortunately. It would be lovely to see how others compare, I’ve looked at lots of online and belong to a few Facebook groups dedicated to old vernacular buildings and it’s fascinating to see.
This looks like a paved stone courtyard. It doesn’t look like real earth. Just years of partly rotted sticks and stuff. No grass on top. Maybe animals were kept there.
We think it’s a lot of manure and soil combined over the years and then when we dug out the outbuilding floor of all the soil in there we’ve added to the pile outside the building unfortunately 🫣
Sometimes lol. We can have quite dry spells even over the winter we had a couple of weeks with very little rain. But just recently we are having a wet spell. We will make sure we film some dry days for you haha. Thank you for watching and commenting :-)
Hello, we’re you able to save any of the old furniture that you found in the house? I noticed a pub chair in the bedroom with two beds and a white iron bed ( it did have a knob missing on top) in one of your early videos. Hello from Arkansas, USA
We saved as much as we could. Unfortunately a lot was so badly woodworm eaten that it disintegrated on moving it. We do have a few chairs and some bedroom furniture bits and pieces. We also save both of the iron beds. The downside is we just haven’t had the time to do anything with them as of yet, but we will get to them and see what we can bring back to life again. 😊
