#46 Spring Clean at the Farmhouse...We Bought a Dump...in France! Episode 25
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- Опубликовано: 27 апр 2024
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Episode #25
Bloke cleans the house to access the windows to be able to put up a better temporary window/door solution. Our garden is started, and we take a nice walk to the splendour of Spring in the countryside in France, enjoy!
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House on a Rock by Southern Call
The Moon in Your Eyes buy Louis Adrien
House on a Rock by Southern Call
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Love those gorgeous blue doors what a magnificent score. Before you know it the willows will shoot up just like Tracy and’ Budo’s . Great windbreaker for the gardens.
I love the Blue Doors wish I was 40 years younger and would have joined you
Fantastic progress.and the blue doors are gorgeous...
That large barrel is amazing. The doors, the cats, the slow motion skipping, and spring, all a joy x
TY🙏❤️
@@mrbloke hi, I hope you two are just having a well-deserved holiday. I’m worried you’re possibly having visa issues, does that explain your absence. Still have my fingers crossed for that holiday, wishing you all the best x
I see the barrel as a shower cabin
The snail is thinking OMG I am in France....they eat me here😂
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L'escargot 🐌 was thinking , "oh no humans !" "They are going to make me their lunch !" "OH wait they are Americans ? English?" "Ahhhh, they won't eat me !" ❤ lololol 😅
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Where have the postings gone? No updates in weeks!
You could empty the stone water trough and have it outside your front door near the Blue Doors filled with Spring bulbs
Love the no dig veg patch, good rich looking compost. Kitties might think it's a new loo though. Doors looks wonderful there, such a gorgeous colour.
Missing your updates - hope all is OK x
Hope you two are okay. 4 weeks is a long break.
Wow the doors look beautiful they add so much character. Another inspiring episode, thank you ❤
Thank you! 😊❤️
hope all is well, miss your content
There's a post under the community tab. They are ok...
Every hour of every day progress i love the ending to this video with your cat family thank you both.
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Love the way you reuse items found on your property ❤
Thank you! 😊
The blue doors are gorgeous
Magical. Lovely videography captures the mood of the land perfectly - slowly turning its face to the warmth of the on-coming summer, with promise of yet unseen wonders. Thank you for taking so much of your time editing and uploading, lovely to watch!
Thank you Dave❤️
We both said, almost at same time…the barrel would be our shower stall! More great ‘dump’ progress! The house, land and surrounding countryside awakening.
Yes! That is the plan! Stay tuned!! ❤️
I was going to suggest the same thing, the barrel as a shower, sand smooth ,stain ,better supported and marine varnish.
Exactly what I thought too! That barrel is Amazing! I was wondering what may have been in it and if there was anyway to clean it out enough for an outside shower!
@@kathyeyesopen4078
no question:
in France regionally wine or apple must...
I love seeing the farm coming together for you. You know that large wine barrel cut in half would make an excellent set of hot tubs for you 😊
Are you okay? I miss seeing your videos.
I hope everything is going well, I thought I noticed a short that said you were denied a visa, I hope not as you’ve both worked so hard to get that place habitable, bon courage as the French say hopefully you’ll give us an update soon
Few things more strenuous that rehabbing an old house and putting in a garden.....but both will pay off in untold riches!
Your channel has become a favourite of ours. Thanks for you guys being you. You're giving us even more inspiration to getting our butts over there. Santé!
Thank you Bryan. we really appreciate that❤️
Those dumpster finds Wow!
Keep them coming.
So exciting! Love the doors, raised beds & that giant barrel. It looks like a fire 🔥 place in the main house. You will create a magical space full of beauty & charm❣️
I love your cats. The only way my bird loving husband would accept mine, was if I put a collar on it and a bell on the collar. To reassure him I bought two bells (the type you can put on slippers), so the birds had plenty of warning. Cats can;t help being predators, so it was a good compromise. More jobs accomplished. What a peaceful environment you live in. Beautiful. Best wishes.
Thank you❤️
Those blue doors look beautiful and fit perfectly. Truly each week the “ dump” is transforming with your creativity and very hard work! Best wishes from 🇨🇦 Canada!
Thank you...❤️
No amount of
Money can buy peace and contentment. Its beautiful
Thank you❤️
Love seeing how the cats are loving their new home! Xo
Just love the way you are organizing your property. I'm addicted.
Great progress!! So much accomplished yet again! Love the kitties 🐈⬛
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Great video love the way the cats follow you around ❤
Thank you! 😊
Seeing your progress each week is just magical it's like your bringing the old farmhouse back to life 😊 which you both are 😊 paul
Those doors look beautiful
Thank you! We can't wait to install them for real!
What a lovely video! Everything coming back to life (including your house!) I’m a gardener (I may have mentioned it before) and I just love seeing the buds on your trees coming into bloom, everything turning green, your cold frame planted, beds created - the act of gardening is like connecting with nature - I love it. Best of luck with your seeds - some old seeds will grow well, but some can take time. In mid-March I planted some tomato seeds that were supposed to be planted before 2017. They didn’t come, and didn’t come, and I had about given up on them…..a month later they germinated!!! It’s a good experiment. Fingers crossed!
Oooo! Great story! That gives me hope for the seeds! ❤️
I love the colour of those old doors. Perfect.
Could you please have more videos? It takes to long to see the next one. Maybe you could shorten them or divide the content.
Your place is looking wonderful! Love the beautiful French countryside ❤
Thank you Chris❤️
Plants on the window sill made me smile. Greetings from Australia. Ooooh, blue doors look perfect there.
Thank you for directing me to the floor plans. I must have missed that episode. It must be so exciting to start working on the main house. Good luck. Enjoy watching your comings and goings and the cats
We think it will be beautiful when it is done, but we have a long way to go! Thank you for watching :)
I love that the kits go for a walk with you 😍
Those doors are beautiful
Mr Bloke, I admire your consistent work ethic. You pace yourself, don't take too many risks and keep going. Persistence is the key to success in building, and an appreciative partner of course.
Thank you ❤️
I’m so happy to see how well the cats have acclimated to their new home❤. They seem to stay pretty close and much together. I’m needing to blend our 2 cats with my daughter’s 2 cats when we move with her, shortly I hope. Honestly it’s worrying me more than the move itself! Lovely video as always❤❤❤
Thank you Kathy❤️
Beautiful doors and windows! Enjoyed from Texas!
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Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you guys, good work.
Thank you❤️
Love seeing your 5 black cats playing and exploring in the garden. Are they a mom and her litter, all siblings, not related at all? What are their names. I have a handsome gentleman of a black cat called Malcolm
We will do a whole video on the cats soon! Stay tuned! But all are rescues or strays! ❤️
Dear Bloke couple.
👍👌👏👏👏 Looks much, much better every time. Congratulations 🎉. Please kindly allow me three suggestions: The walls in your living area (future workshop) are way too dark (you said it yourself). How about brightening the boards up with something like lime wash respectively chalk paint? 2) Please cover at least the top of the firewood stack (with old roof shingles/tiles or corrugated sheet metal for instance). 3) How about moving the microwave (if it is one) to the right. So you will gain more worktop space besides the cook stove.
As always: Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and especially health to all involved life forms (humans, animals and plants).
Love the singing at the end 🎉😂
WOW, those doors look great fitted
Not installed yet...but you can see the vision!
Butting in to your business again but you should prop the cold frame windows open a bit during the day as it can get extremely hot in there and cook your seeds/seedling. At the end of the day when the sun is not so intense is when you close them 😊
Thank you❤️As soon as the sun heats up we'll be sure to do just that❤️
Love the vlogs. That large barrel would make a great shower cubicle..
Thank you❤️Stay tuned...We had the same idea!
You've bought a gem and I like your thrifty renovation finds like the Windows. Good luck.
The main house, Can’t wait to see the progress.
Hey guys. Your progress and achievements are inspiring. On a another note (pardon the pun)😅 best background music on RUclips!!!
Cheers
Rick
Thank you❤️
I think huge tall barrel would make a splendid shower stall
Well done guys you have been busy and the willows look great and will soon get going don't forget to give them copious amounts of water for a couple of three weeks as they love being in water as well see you both soon Budo xx 🍺😎👍🏻
Thanks Budo! We missed seeing a video from you on Friday! We will water them for sure - but I think Normandy rain is doing a good job!🤣❤️. Let's gather soon!
If u took the huge wine barrel and cut it into long wise it would make beautiful beds for veggies or flowers 😊
Another good idea!
Now that I've binged watched your move and renovations, I am soooo looking forward to what's ahead 😊
Thank you!
Another lovely video, especially the clips at the end. I love seeing your clowder of black cats following along like dogs. The blue doors, oh my! They are fantastic and charming and perfect. And wait, that ginormous barrel!? What was that for? Wine? I love those three barrels and hope you have some cool plans for them. Things are really shaping up there so beautifully.
Thank you for your kind words...:)
It seems that you very well capture the essence of the beauty and the poetry of the area where you ´ve been living. Thank you both of you for this very touching video. It can be sometimes so hard to be a foreigner somewhere. I hope you don’t feel lonely and that you have some good friends around you. I also hope that your neighbors are friendly and helping. Moving with 5 cats means a lot and tells a lot about what kind of beautiful people you are. What you are doing is very brave ans inspiring. A French man in the UK.
Thank you for your kind words....Our neighbours are wonderful! She just had a baby girl we can't wait to meet! And we have met some great new friends. France is a beautiful country with lots of nature and open space, we feel so blessed to be here in your country!
Great clearance job in the cottage - really helps to see the wood for the trees!
Hope all ok
Miss you Bloke!
Those cats look like they are living the best life. Zooming all over the place with tails high. What was your place like back in the States and where abouts were you ? And most importantly, what are the cats names ? 🙂🐱 Ps. The house is coming along great. 😁
Thank you....Our place had a nice size back yard, but now they are in heaven...DD, Mr. P, Braveheart, Moo and Chubba Bubba❤️
Amazing how the first room has changed after the cleanup... It look very promising ! 👍
Any idea what the huge barrel was used for ? (nearly big enough to make a shower cabin 😅)
All the best !
It really made a difference raking the dirt floors and getting things cleaned up! There is hope!🤣
Lovely 🍎 apple blossom 😊and the kitties 🐈⬛ look happy.
The dump is looking more organised and cared for. The hard work is paying off 👍🇦🇺
Great video.
Thank you! 😊
love ur progreesss ,,yes use them doors ,will look amazin ,cant wait till u start wrkin on house
So pretty and peaceful.❤❤
You guys working so hard and beautified all
Enjoying watching the videos, what about using the metal you took down from the fencing to use as raised beds in the garden.
Keep up the good work 👏 👏👏
Thank you❤️...We like the garden beds raw.
What are the three plants you planted next to the vege garden. Also the hedge of tall cuttings? Would be good to name what you plant on the screen as I am sure everyone is interested. Good progress.
Thank you...Great idea❤️ We will do that in future❤️3 raspberries near the veg garden and golden willow near the bath house
What great progress! Is there any way to use the old corrugated steel fence panels as raised bed sides for your new garden? You’d never have to worry about them rotting, that’s for sure. You are such hard workers and I wish you all the luck with your administrative tasks too.
We like the no edge look❤️
@@mrbloke you may want to consider edging the beds, though, to keep the grass from the paths from growing into your beds. Or you could put down weed fabric and chips or gravel on the paths between the beds like Budo and Tracy did in their garden. It will save a lot of weeding and I know you have a lot of other things to do.
Are you starting on the main house? I cant wait to see that part as im fascinated by how things get done especially stone and lime buildings. Im surprised it seems so cold there still. UK is freezing.
Slowly, slowly!❤️
Slow but sure. 🇨🇦
Hi a further great blog. So nice to pick your home grown vegetables. I have 10rod allotment with soft fruit and supply most of our vegetables needs. Keep up the great work.
Thank you!
Great work!
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Thanks!
Thank you❤️
Vos panthères noires ont l'air heureuses dans leur nouvel environnement. Dommage qu'elles ne puissent vous aider dans vos travaux ! 😅
Nous sommes d'accord!❤️🇫🇷
Enjoyed🌷🌷🌷
Love the stone and mullions of your farmhouse. Looks very damp though, a lot of digging out and plastic membrane should sort it 💖
Beautiful video your doing such great work ,did I miss where the cats are from did you bring them over from America ? I just love they are all black ,looking forward to next weeks video and the process you have made this week
Thank you. Yes they all came from the US. We will make a video introducing them all soon.
About that black plastic sheeting that you started to uncover- will you be taking it out? I worry about the breakdown which results in microplastics in planting areas, from which if you are eating produce, it isn’t a good thing. Farmers used to put that black plastic sheeting over the stacked hay bales (before the era of the huge rolled hay bales) so unless you know that plastic isn’t getting brittle and decomposing, it’s better to take it out.
We are trying to remove all the black plastic. That area won't be our garden area, just a little sitting area....Someone put a ton of that plastic down, we are trying to send it to recycling
Great progress. Well done.. Thanks for sharing. ATB regards from the UK
Thanks Gary👍
I'm still waiting for the Amazons...
I'm a little confused here...! (Mrs. Bloke)
@@mrbloke Apologies Mrs Bloke, it was a nonsensical comment. It happens!
Think maybe you need to change the title.... doesn't seem like a dump anymore.
Thank you❤️It's definitely getting better, but it was for sure a dump when we bought it!
Hey wouldn't that wine barrel make a great shower stall??
Les amours de chats
Merci!
what is going on ?No more weekly videos since almost a month .Problems ?
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Escargot!
Escar-no!😂
Another really productive week. As mentioned, can you make up some nest boxes. Great video. I always look forward to a notification. ❤
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Did you get your papers sorted?
Ugg....that's all I can say for now...
Really concerned about those cats 🐈⬛ hunting the beautiful birds
The cats are more mousers than birders - we don't want to see them kill anything but they genuinely leave birds alone. We love birds and their beautiful songs!
That is Nature, they are animals not humans!!
ha ha, all that skipping. Do you think, just maybe, that there's an arc with a short flux capacitor driving your youth?
Maybe!❤️
That huge wine barrel
Booze cabinet
Pantry storage?
Awsome furniture
So much to be decided!