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Love this video. Lots of information about your work. Tracey here in Oz, picking up gal iron like that would probably reveal snakes. Cheers from Oz. xxxx

It was so lovely hearing you talk about your bees, Budo. I loved your recounting, and showing, how they escort their dead community members out of the hive. Something about the way you spoke of them made me feel like a little girl again - and I'm over 70. I can't really explain why, other than it was so wholesome.

what they do here is take the broken pottery and china and make an inlay table top on a little cafe table.

I watch another channel that is in Alabama in the US - Cog Hill Farm. They have an enclosed waggon that they pull around their land surrounded by Electric Fence and they have a Guard Goose that they put in with the chickens when it was young. It protects the chickens from hawks.

Wow when this is all done us subscribers would love to stay and have a French bbq and smell the lavender 😂

Love a spring clean. So glad you are getting chickens. The future is so exciting can't wait. Love watching you both you work so well as a team.❤

It’s such a sad image when u see the death of a tree….but I m sure you shall replace with new life….happy to follow your journey

Bless our French farmers ❤

Love a digger and tractor day. I’ve not seen this side of your property, I’m loving the barn!

We loved the video! What an opening shot! Yes, the homestead is such a part of it all- can’t wait to see how yours grows! ❤ Mrs. Bloke

The bee info will be so interesting 😍

Once again, you two amaze me. Full of energy and plans and work. I can’t wait for the chicken coop and watching all the chickens running around. Hope the weather stays nice for you so you can do what needs to be done and get back on that kitchen. Take care. See you next time❤❤❤

Hi Guy's loved this video. The place is taking shape for sure. I do realize the work never stops on a farm. Thanks for sharing it all with your subscribers.😊

You can be very proud of yourself, you're work is beautiful. And the music is very, very good. Greetings from Belgium

Looking so good getting the property cleaned up! Looking forward to your next video! Well done!

Absolutely epic opening! The drama and pathos! Quite extraordinary really. Then a slightly bumpy landing back to terra firma and real life. All good though!

I just love watching you guys work. My husband has MS so we had to give up our homestead because I could not handle all the work by myself, so watching you makes me homesick for my farm. But you do such a wonderful job and work so well together makes me wish I was there helping you work. I love the bees, I want so desperately to have bees but we live in the city now. I am going to research how to have a hive in the city and just listening to Budo talk about all the hives he wants makes me want to get serious about it this spring. You encourage me so much because I am your age and I think you guys do so much I can do it too. I am not too old, I can learn new stuff, I can have bees in the city, I can plant flowers and pollinators in the city I can do some of the things you do even though I don't live in the country anymore, there are things I can do in the city on a smaller scale. I don't have to give up everything I used to do. You are such an encouragement to me. I have even taken up crochet because of Tracy. I am so encouraged by you two! Thank you so much I just love watching you guys. Keep up all the hard work and stay as physically young as you can!

Love you guys. You are so talented and sweet.

Always enjoy!

A good clearance, somehow rejuvenates your motivation. Funny how that works for me, then I wonder why I didn't do it sooner. I don't even have big jobs like you guys, but sometimes put things I dread - off. But as soon as I attend to them, I get a sense of accomplishment and renewal of energy. : ) Good work guys.

Glad you're not putting in chicken mesh to 'protect' the poultry as it simply isn't strong enough against predator teeth and claws. And definitely do the overhead mesh. We used to get hawks here but they moved on and now we've got feral cats and falcons, groan. They go bonkers trying to get at our coops of racing pigeons in outside pens of what we call hardware cloth. The bit of shade in your chosen area will be good for the poultry. Can't wait for you to get the kitchen roof tiles done so we can see inside progress.

Loved the drone shots. The farmhouse looks so good! Your passion for the bees is awesome. The tractor is so handsome and it's so good to see you guys getting stuck in and back to health. Looking forward to seeing your homestead grow and evolve.❤🍻

What a great video, a joy to watch. You've gotten loads done and the the results are obvious. The opening drone shots and music were sublime [I re-played it several times and wish it had been longer]. I was entranced by Tracy's woolly hat with a hole for a high pony tail I've never seen that before, I'm getting one.

Thanks for the episode,great to hear plans for the future! Loved the music and enjoyed the explanations about the brocage? And bees. Best wishes for your future endeavours and thanks for sharing the journey xx

Congratulations on 8 k followers too guys

Super content and editing!!

Awesome work, both. You got a lot done. Budo, you and Tracy definitely have some very useful skills and experience. You guys now have nice days while we have concerns of flooding from all of the rain. Nothing like a good mug up outdoors!

Great work! Crack on!

loved the new intro place looks beautiful in all seasons.. you have certainly been very busy always a lot off work cleaning and tidying outside ready for the preparation for the land, not sure if it is me but seemed to be a slightly different format on the video very good really enjoyed it good to see you both back to full strength.. I am recovering from a covid or flu and really wiped me out so appreciate what you went through.. keep up the good work and takecare Robb Torremolinos Spain xxx

That was a really nice video. It was so good to see decent weather, getting the yard cleaned up, and a lot of physical activity.. I will be looking forward to seeing more of that. We are having the opposite here - it's been in the 30sC, and all I am doing is drinking cold drinks and sitting in front of the fans.

Great drone shots, love the cleanup

Love your show! Have you been to help the Blokes with their water problem yet? That should make a good video for both of you. I am looking forward to see how the problem is corrected. Take care and hope you stay well.😊😊😊

Great progress guys, look forward to seeing the next one : )

I think this is one of your best videos!

Looking good have a nice weekend Tracy and Budo 🌹🥀🌼🏵💐

I'm looking forward to future videos ❤

Holly wood makes good replacement handles for tools, like axes, sledge hammers and even hammer shafts. It sands up really smooth and it's super strong.

Hiya. Im soo jealous. Good work you two. Just a quick thought it would great to a high viz coat for the dog when you're working outside. A beautiful knitted one with your skills. From a distance you cant see him. He's abit camouflaged by his colouring.

Love bees, one day I hope to have a hive

I have been wondering... Is that Peter and Gordon singing?

Loved this video, you two sitting on the log, great work on the land and I loved watching Budo move the trunk of the tree with the mini digger super cool job. Glad the weather has taken a turn for the better and may it continue so you can get on a lot outside now. I am still on hold with my health but it is improving a little I went for a 2 mile walk today to expand those lungs of mine and breath in some pure, natural air hopefully it will do the trick, take care until next time. xx

BEST WISHES TO YOU

Ooh chickens they’re on my wish list too

Well done you guys. Both of you have real guts. Stay with your dream 😎

Tracy you’re so creative I bet you could make a pretty mosaic out of all of the pottery pieces you find on your property! You two are so industrious and talented you’re a joy to watch!

I love spring time and can’t wait for it to happen here. Also, do you think you could do drawings of your property and where you plan to put things? I have a hard time envisioning different areas of your farm right now.

Wonderful intro. Great video, keep up the great work.

Good work both hope the weather keeps up for you xxx

Nice bit of broll mate and some beats too!

It’s great seeing you two back on the land there’s a lot of work ahead, I love the idea of you lots of new bee 🐝 hives where I live there’s a lot of people who keep bees so I buy local honey 🍯.

Great update as always, looking forward to buying some Honey!

Fantastic video again Budo and Tracy, and I think that is a great place for your chicken run

Love your music.. glad to see you outdoors cleaning things up a bit.. you are both so gifted… wonderful to watch your progress .. love your knowledge and hard work.. a very real partnership here

You could take some pretty shards of the pottery and make jewelry to sell in your online store

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Always enjoy your vlogs. I’ve been here from the beginning, keep up the great work and videos

It's so nice to see you happily working away on your lovely "homestead"....I love that caption....sounds so cozy. Oh my, I'd love to have one of your recipe books when it's ready. Take care of yourselves.

you really good with the drone shots guys , looking great 👍 never seem that , a rocket stove 😛 bees 🥰 can't wait to start with them , hopefully next year 😊

You guys are great! Really inspiring. Hope to meet you sometime soon... Lx

Just found this channel it inspires me to want to do more on mine . Love everything about it. Your passion for nature and the bees and giving back to the land . The little Patterdale, I have one they’re busy little dogs but funny and loving . It’s interesting seeing you clear up the land and what you’re doing It’s giving me ideas. That little burner you made. If you ever do a video on it, I’ll be interested anything like this is interesting Also, I love the music could you please tell me what it is I’m gonna save it relaxing . You guys are a great team we need more of this . I have also just started to watch the Aiden project barn build also interesting 👍🏻

Hey Nan and Grandad hope you are both well xx I will definitely be buying your cook book if you make one xxx schnitzel better be in the cook book 😉 love you both so much xx im loving the progress ❤

Nice house.

Hi both. This is my first comment on your wonderful channel. I happened to be watching Mr Bloke channel when you both visited and after taking a quick look at French Farmhouse Diaries I went back to video #1 and have spent the past 3 weeks binge watching every episode. Am now going to binge watch every episode of no dig gardening. Your enthusiasm and passion is unbelievable. I quite often chuckle at the end when Budo says “That’s it folks”and then remembers another little snippet he has to pass on. What a craftsman you are. Your excitement around anything to do with wood is only matched by the enthusiasm my dog shows around a scoop of ice cream👏👏👏👏

First time I’ve seen your vlog and place!! Love your place!! I grew up in Alsace Lorraine district North east France and I ache for the life style and weather! I heard about you from We bought a dump in France

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well finally caught up after 5 days of binge watching from episode one. great to see the progress and it certainly brings home its not a 5 minute job renovating a old farm house. Hats off to you both and great to see a true master craftsman at work and willing, hard working and supportive right hand woman,

Love your idea about the Beehives. My father had a number of them on a piece of property outside of the city. When he went back home to europe he found very old front panels of beehives that were painted in a traditional folklore style - each one of them showed a story. Fascinating. Its so lovely how you are bringing your property back to a thriving homestead.

Beautiful vlog. You two are an inspiration! So nice to see the bees👍 I’m so glad the weather has given you a break, here’s hoping the new roof is on its way!

I like that transport box did you buy it in France

on chickens I was watching this program with someone cutting open dead chickens to see if there are eggs in there. Do you think that's common practice?

Came to you from Mr Bloke, tried to watch your first episode but your photography was so bad i couldn't watch so have picked up here. Will gradually work back through the episode. New subscriber and looking forward to catching up.

Mate, magnificent job you are doing in you cottage, you got a new subscriber. Looks like that you have quite of experience in trade job, for it I have a question for you floor, what solution you will come up with limecrete and Lecca or aired igloo floor? I bought a stone house too in Italy and now I'm searching for the best floor solution. I have quite of time on this investigation and is very difficult choose. Greetings and good luck.

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What was the first song? Lovely

Too much talking.

Lousy music!