Thanks for the tour of the forest, it's absolutely amazing. It's interesting to see your plans for expanding and developing the area. The horses will enjoy the pasture and trail. Looking forward to seeing more 😀
I love going back in the forest. Thank you for the tour. Those ferns 🌿 are amazing. These are some awesome plans. It’s going to be very interesting to watch the process.
Your plans and designs for that beautiful property are exciting. Kudos to you for continuing to grow and prosper. Certainly admire your goals and achievements.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Yes owls will kill other birds. You can hear a Robin calling alarm. It must have babies near by, maybe on the ground. But the Robin could be upset because of you moving about out there. I noticed as you moved out of the forest the Robin stopped alerting. Interesting stuff. I like the new learning of Hemlock trees growing out of Cedar stomps. Cool stuff. Thanks for sharing this with us. Love to hear all the birds singing. Have a great day. Hug a horse for me!!!
The owls are so beautiful 🦉, you are very lucky ! I never had the chance to see an owl in the wild. I always get superexcited when you have new extension plans for your property. I love watching the progress so I'm looking forward to the evolution of these new great ideas you got. In France it is awfully hot these days, the forest tour was refreshing even through the internet 😁. How pleasant it must be to retreat there a bit on hot summer days. Your place is really wonderful and you know how to make the best out of it in terms of ideas and technical know-how.
I love it as it is so green, 🌿wild and lively with all sorts of creatures ! It's the nesting season, maybe the reason for seeing four owls, with immature youngsters.🦉 As nocturnal, they hunt at night, their vision is not too good during the day. I'm obsessed by toxic ferns, you have so many, they are gorgeous. You can have so enchanting trails in this jungle, with so much vegetation, old trunks covered with moss. I wouldn't be surprised if bears🐻 use some natural cavities as den during the winter. You are so lucky. Once you have completed this project, I'm sure you'll plan for another one. You are so creative, and never end. It's a lifetime job anyway. Maybe you could keep the little cabin as toilets for your clients. I discovered you have wood bison in the North. Congrats for phase 2 👏☘️🌱
@@StableHorseTraining yes, it's a gorgeous nature ! In 360 would have been super too. All these organic material is so good, it regenerates the soils. I understand for the shed. In fact, I thought it was already installed.
@@pennywebb867 hi Penny ! Yes it looks like loo. I've no idea about the owl, they are far in the distance to see. But yes the two were perhaps youngsters quite ready to go. Difficult to see, they might also be males challenging each other for a female or a territory
Wow! totally cool owls. I once saw an owl fly from one tree to another and it never made a sound! Their feathers are made so that they can find their food without any warning to their prey. Thanks for the tour!
We like grass, and horses munching it. That sound and the dreamy look they get? And tricks. Liked Oscars nose to camera trick. Like he's figured we are all sitting watching him. Can't wait to see his next trick. He's so clever, and cute and lovely and adorable and soft and and...
I would hang a comfy hammock back there with a mosquito net, bring a good book and enjoy all the nature sounds and fresh air as I fell asleep for a mini nap. Thanks for the great tour!
I had forgotten how large your forest property was. So beautiful and full of possibilities. As you were walking, I couldn't help but think how peaceful it would have been to have your house where forest is and the forest where your house is. Your house might have had to be on stilts though. LOL I'm a bird watcher but owls are elusive. It is supposed to be good luck to see one, but four...that's amazing. Martine and Kathy and others can jump in here with ID. I had trouble seeing coloring but from the call and size I know they were NOT barn or screech owls-their calls can raise you straight up into the air! I'm thinking barred owls, maybe parents and chicks. The first time I happened upon a barred owl I was meandering by myself through some woods, early morning, trying to spot migratory song birds so I was being super quiet and my binoculars were aimed up in the trees. I sighted the owl just staring at me, didn't blink, didn't move a feather. It was ethereal, took my breath away. So quiet. We watched each other for a good long while then it glided off, not a sound. I'll remember it forever. Just me and the owl. Haven't had a chance to watch all of the Bob videos yet but the ones I have seen are pretty funny. You amaze me. Where do you find the hours in the day to do all that you do? You are the energizer bunny, with a lot of stop and smell the roses attitude thrown in. Sorry about the negative commentor. I will always appreciate how you came to my defense one time. If we had seen negativity toward Martine, we would have felt the same way. Take care. Stay well. Am really enjoying watching Mr. Wilde grow; he really is going to make some one a fine horse. Am also enjoying watching David become the horseman he is destined to be. That's all for now. ❤
Thank you and Join the club Penny, I often go bird watching with binoculars. I don't know North American species very much but it takes a bit of time to identify endemic species, migratory and semi-migratory ones (more difficult) . I can now recognize french birds with their different cries. Binoculars 10 x 50 and a good ref book are essential. Professional will use more sophisticated equipment but heavy to carry. My passion was born in East Africa with an ornithologist. African species are so numerous, they are extremely difficult to identify. All species round the world belonging to the same family depending on their location, have so much variety, that here in Europe they seem so limited. And the great concern is that they disappear together with the insects they feed on, due to man, pesticids, destruction of habitat, expansion of infrastructures etc. A tragedy for nature which jeopardises the food chain too.
Your doing more than us this year… love the expansion! We need to start working on our forest area again… fencing is first, we have it, just need to get it in.
Thank God you took down the Cottonwood trees. They are a major pain in the butt and because I am close to a bunch, I have to listen to leaf blowing ALL THE TIME IN THE FALL!
I can't wait to see what you do with it! You have such a beautiful property! Raising kids on property like this is so cool. I have 4 acres at our current house and when they have friends over they get concerned because they can just wonder. Lol I have free range children. Lol
Oh that's amazing! I feel so happy for you and the horses. They're gonna love it! I've been wanting to suggest you to have a pasture for a while but, I didn't want to sound invasive or disrespectful. It's your property, after all. I love it! As a wannabe architect who loves nature, I dream of something like that. Yesterday I was asking myself if you had ever considered adding a pasture and I was going to draw something where the arena would have grass instead of sand. I thought the covered arena was the end of your property. In my head I had added grass to the paddock areas too but, today I've learned they have the purpose of keeping the hooves of the horseys dry. In the drawing, the arena would also have sort of an oval shape so the horses would not be cornered by another horsey. I had another idea too. I was wondering, just as food for thought, what would it look like to have all the paddock areas connected so all the horses could be together like in a herd. I guess because you have new horses now and then, you may not want to put them together at first. Anyways, I loved the good news!
Got lots of chuckles on your excursions into video/ special effects, gives us some insight on how hard it would be to make an animated full length movie, eh? Good job !!!
Oh, wow. Owls. Who gets to see them in the day time. Usually they stay so still you never notice them. They must be pairing up because they are so chatty.
Make the most out of the situation you're giving. It's amazing to see your landscaping work in this environment; definitely hard work but it'll certainly pay off ^_^
How exciting!! We purchased property, planning to build a house, pasture and paddock area, however, have postponed due to high costs and supply demand issues. Timely topic for me to learn from!!! Thank you!!
Cant wait to see the new expansion!! Very exciting!! I was just wondering, do you guys ever have to worry about snakes? I'm from Alabama and there are lots of timber rattlesnakes, copperheads and cottonmouths just to name a few.
What a nice forrest! Would be interesting to see how you build the trail. You are putting organics beneath the cloth? And on top crusher dust? That is interesting!
Well, just raising the land a bit with all the organics. Even if it sinks to half it's current height, it'll still be above normal ground level to stay dry. On top will be road base, not crusher dust. The crusher dust is more expensive and only for the paddocks.
You have a lovely area there. I love your plans for it but, boy, there sure is a lot of work ahead of you! Curious, how buggy is it there being so much wet land?
It can get a bit buggy for sure. This year has been good but last year was awful for mosquitos. I'm constantly trying to kill of areas that they can grow in.
@@StableHorseTraining your reply today to this is here. But to this other comment still doesn't work. Do you want me to copy/"paste from the notification which is still there ? That'll save you double work
Thanks for the tour of the forest, it's absolutely amazing.
It's interesting to see your plans for expanding and developing the area. The horses will enjoy the pasture and trail.
Looking forward to seeing more 😀
I love going back in the forest. Thank you for the tour. Those ferns 🌿 are amazing. These are some awesome plans. It’s going to be very interesting to watch the process.
Your plans and designs for that beautiful property are exciting. Kudos to you for continuing to grow and prosper. Certainly admire your goals and achievements.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Yes owls will kill other birds. You can hear a Robin calling alarm. It must have babies near by, maybe on the ground. But the Robin could be upset because of you moving about out there. I noticed as you moved out of the forest the Robin stopped alerting. Interesting stuff. I like the new learning of Hemlock trees growing out of Cedar stomps. Cool stuff. Thanks for sharing this with us. Love to hear all the birds singing. Have a great day. Hug a horse for me!!!
Oh, wow. I just want to go out into these woods and listen to the moss grow!
The owls are so beautiful 🦉, you are very lucky ! I never had the chance to see an owl in the wild. I always get superexcited when you have new extension plans for your property. I love watching the progress so I'm looking forward to the evolution of these new great ideas you got. In France it is awfully hot these days, the forest tour was refreshing even through the internet 😁. How pleasant it must be to retreat there a bit on hot summer days. Your place is really wonderful and you know how to make the best out of it in terms of ideas and technical know-how.
All that is gonna be an awesome set up for your trail riding!
I love it as it is so green, 🌿wild and lively with all sorts of creatures ! It's the nesting season, maybe the reason for seeing four owls, with immature youngsters.🦉 As nocturnal, they hunt at night, their vision is not too good during the day. I'm obsessed by toxic ferns, you have so many, they are gorgeous. You can have so enchanting trails in this jungle, with so much vegetation, old trunks covered with moss. I wouldn't be surprised if bears🐻 use some natural cavities as den during the winter. You are so lucky. Once you have completed this project, I'm sure you'll plan for another one. You are so creative, and never end. It's a lifetime job anyway. Maybe you could keep the little cabin as toilets for your clients. I discovered you have wood bison in the North. Congrats for phase 2 👏☘️🌱
@@StableHorseTraining yes, it's a gorgeous nature ! In 360 would have been super too. All these organic material is so good, it regenerates the soils. I understand for the shed. In fact, I thought it was already installed.
Hahaha. I was thinking that shed looked like an old fashioned loo. Do you think those were barred owls and fleglings?
@@pennywebb867 hi Penny ! Yes it looks like loo. I've no idea about the owl, they are far in the distance to see. But yes the two were perhaps youngsters quite ready to go. Difficult to see, they might also be males challenging each other for a female or a territory
Wow! totally cool owls. I once saw an owl fly from one tree to another and it never made a sound! Their feathers are made so that they can find their food without any warning to their prey. Thanks for the tour!
I’m so excited for you. It will be so beautiful. So much hard work but you are such a hard worker. The horses will always have improvements from you.
The horses will love it when it's finished. You are so lucky where you live Graeme.
Im seeing a beautiful, big campfire livestream in the future with all that slash! Thanks for sharing your joy of having horses!
We like grass, and horses munching it. That sound and the dreamy look they get? And tricks. Liked Oscars nose to camera trick. Like he's figured we are all sitting watching him. Can't wait to see his next trick. He's so clever, and cute and lovely and adorable and soft and and...
I would hang a comfy hammock back there with a mosquito net, bring a good book and enjoy all the nature sounds and fresh air as I fell asleep for a mini nap. Thanks for the great tour!
I had forgotten how large your forest property was. So beautiful and full of possibilities. As you were walking, I couldn't help but think how peaceful it would have been to have your house where forest is and the forest where your house is. Your house might have had to be on stilts though. LOL
I'm a bird watcher but owls are elusive. It is supposed to be good luck to see one, but four...that's amazing. Martine and Kathy and others can jump in here with ID. I had trouble seeing coloring but from the call and size I know they were NOT barn or screech owls-their calls can raise you straight up into the air! I'm thinking barred owls, maybe parents and chicks.
The first time I happened upon a barred owl I was meandering by myself through some woods, early morning, trying to spot migratory song birds so I was being super quiet and my binoculars were aimed up in the trees. I sighted the owl just staring at me, didn't blink, didn't move a feather. It was ethereal, took my breath away. So quiet. We watched each other for a good long while then it glided off, not a sound. I'll remember it forever. Just me and the owl.
Haven't had a chance to watch all of the Bob videos yet but the ones I have seen are pretty funny. You amaze me. Where do you find the hours in the day to do all that you do? You are the energizer bunny, with a lot of stop and smell the roses attitude thrown in.
Sorry about the negative commentor. I will always appreciate how you came to my defense one time. If we had seen negativity toward Martine, we would have felt the same way.
Take care. Stay well. Am really enjoying watching Mr. Wilde grow; he really is going to make some one a fine horse. Am also enjoying watching David become the horseman he is destined to be. That's all for now. ❤
Thank you and Join the club Penny, I often go bird watching with binoculars. I don't know North American species very much but it takes a bit of time to identify endemic species, migratory and semi-migratory ones (more difficult) . I can now recognize french birds with their different cries. Binoculars 10 x 50 and a good ref book are essential. Professional will use more sophisticated equipment but heavy to carry.
My passion was born in East Africa with an ornithologist. African species are so numerous, they are extremely difficult to identify. All species round the world belonging to the same family depending on their location, have so much variety, that here in Europe they seem so limited. And the great concern is that they disappear together with the insects they feed on, due to man, pesticids, destruction of habitat, expansion of infrastructures etc. A tragedy for nature which jeopardises the food chain too.
Lovely country good luck from Ireland with your plans💚💚💚💚
Oh, wow. That piece of cedar is to die for. Artisans would love to work that into something.
Beautiful, what a great place to grow up in. For young girls and horses. But wow that's a lot of work.
Your doing more than us this year… love the expansion! We need to start working on our forest area again… fencing is first, we have it, just need to get it in.
Graeme, are you up in the far northwestern part of the country (US)? Or maybe Canada? So beautiful
Graeme is in BC 🇨🇦
Martine is correct, I'm in B.C. Canada in a city called Maple Ridge :)
Thank God you took down the Cottonwood trees. They are a major pain in the butt and because I am close to a bunch, I have to listen to leaf blowing ALL THE TIME IN THE FALL!
Wow, you've been busy !!! Nice expansion work going on !!! Love your forest property & the footage of owls & delicious berries !!!
I can't wait to see what you do with it! You have such a beautiful property! Raising kids on property like this is so cool. I have 4 acres at our current house and when they have friends over they get concerned because they can just wonder. Lol I have free range children. Lol
Free range children...😂😂😂 love it. That's how I grew up and it was wonderful.
Beautiful surroundings. It will be great when finished.
Oh that's amazing! I feel so happy for you and the horses. They're gonna love it! I've been wanting to suggest you to have a pasture for a while but, I didn't want to sound invasive or disrespectful. It's your property, after all. I love it! As a wannabe architect who loves nature, I dream of something like that.
Yesterday I was asking myself if you had ever considered adding a pasture and I was going to draw something where the arena would have grass instead of sand. I thought the covered arena was the end of your property. In my head I had added grass to the paddock areas too but, today I've learned they have the purpose of keeping the hooves of the horseys dry. In the drawing, the arena would also have sort of an oval shape so the horses would not be cornered by another horsey.
I had another idea too. I was wondering, just as food for thought, what would it look like to have all the paddock areas connected so all the horses could be together like in a herd. I guess because you have new horses now and then, you may not want to put them together at first.
Anyways, I loved the good news!
Great video and absolute beautiful property, thank you for taking us along and sharing the owls, berries and bear poop. :)
I am sure that the horses will be so excited to have a pasture! Yay!!
I guess I forgot how it looked like before the trail was done
Got lots of chuckles on your excursions into video/ special effects, gives us some insight on how hard it would be to make an animated full length movie, eh? Good job !!!
Oh, wow. Owls. Who gets to see them in the day time. Usually they stay so still you never notice them. They must be pairing up because they are so chatty.
Make the most out of the situation you're giving. It's amazing to see your landscaping work in this environment; definitely hard work but it'll certainly pay off ^_^
How exciting!! We purchased property, planning to build a house, pasture and paddock area, however, have postponed due to high costs and supply demand issues. Timely topic for me to learn from!!! Thank you!!
So beautiful... What an amazing trail ride it would be. 🙂
It's inspiring to see your plans and what you are working on. Thanks for sharing!
I love your videos.. we are developing our forest property for horses.. love your lay out
Cant wait to see the new expansion!! Very exciting!! I was just wondering, do you guys ever have to worry about snakes? I'm from Alabama and there are lots of timber rattlesnakes, copperheads and cottonmouths just to name a few.
Great visions ! Lots of work. Should be wonderful when done.
What a nice forrest! Would be interesting to see how you build the trail. You are putting organics beneath the cloth? And on top crusher dust? That is interesting!
Well, just raising the land a bit with all the organics. Even if it sinks to half it's current height, it'll still be above normal ground level to stay dry. On top will be road base, not crusher dust. The crusher dust is more expensive and only for the paddocks.
Super exciting! Thanks for sharing Graeme
You have a lovely area there. I love your plans for it but, boy, there sure is a lot of work ahead of you! Curious, how buggy is it there being so much wet land?
It can get a bit buggy for sure. This year has been good but last year was awful for mosquitos. I'm constantly trying to kill of areas that they can grow in.
Can't wait to see the video's as you make all the changes!
Graeme : it seems that your responses to us disappeared !
@@StableHorseTraining odd. Probably a bug. They might reappear or not. At least people have them in their notifications as they stay there.
I even replied to this comment and it's gone. Trying again, let's see if this one sticks....
@@StableHorseTraining your reply today to this is here. But to this other comment still doesn't work. Do you want me to copy/"paste from the notification which is still there ? That'll save you double work