This week did not go according to plan. Join us and find out which cat gets himself into a pickle.
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question: when removing the ivy from the top of the wall, could you not just grab the saw and run it horizontally under the mass of ivy?
Get an electric trimmer or one of those very small chain saws to get the main part off. Doing it by hand will take years.
Can you burn some of that foilage from the wall? Of course not on a windy day.
Dear Amanda, I have finally found the time to send you a message to thank you and Lincoln so much for your videos. We love them so much: the chateau itself (of course), the outbuildings, your beautiful land, your adventures and marvelous & ironic sense of humour, the dogs, the donkeys and the pussy cats – they all make us laugh and smile. We have a small village house and tiny garden in Nyons in the Drome which needed some renovation (but at this stage we can only get there once or twice a year as we live and work at home in Australia) and we have labored long and hard to make it livable and lovely. But it is nothing compared to the size and scale of your beautiful home with the relentless hard work you both undertake with such conviction and flare. I am just so impressed with how you two tirelessly work and play, and I congratulate you so much. As the owners of 2 dogs and 4 cats, we appreciate so much your love of animals and I certainly wouldn't have your apparent tolerance when it comes to those hunters! I know you have expressed your frustration with the time the videos take and your number of followers. Please don't give up on because, be assured, you make those of us who love your youtube channel and you so happy each time we see a new video/post from you. Thanks again very, very much…. and good luck with that blasted ivy!!! Kind regards, Lisa Schonfelder
You might think about Felco heavy duty hand held pruners for that ivy. I don't think dirt bothers them. We all love our Felcos.
Wow that's a m a s s i v e job with the ivy to get done by hand, and up high too! I'd never be able to handle that as I get woozy up that high. Besides good scaffolding I think a proper power tool will be in order. And perhaps in the meantime, doinf what you did to the trees, just going in to sever benath and on top like you were slicing it, and hopefully a few wooks later the ivy will have started to dry, become more brittle and easier to remove properly? Just an idea for a strategy to save your back a little. Poor Pickle. I hope he's doing ok and will pass that bit of wire or mic or whatever soon. It's so worrisome when our pets get sick! Hope he's feeling better already. ❤
There is a hole at the end of the weeding tool( the long one with red handle). put a thin nylon rope through . Make it long enough to reach above your head and the top of the ladder. Attach…. Then, if you drop it, you can retrieve it easily and avoid going down the ladder. I really enjoy your channel. Signed, The lazy Gardner.😉
What is it, with cats and microphones? My receiver that plugs into my cell phone disappeared into the Murder Kitten's Lair. Good work on that ivy wall! Scaffolding will help a lot.
You need to teach your donkeys to pull a cart…then you don't have to move all those heavy things yourselves. They would honestly love to have enjoyable work 👍👍 Love watching all the demo and creation of your home in this chateau! Reminds me of the reno project we did on our home and the acreage. It's ongoing…but so worth it! 🥰
Just love this channel. So funny 😂
Can you not repurpose those boards into dome functional pieces. ie. Bread boards, cutting boards items for gifts, A Table top for out side dinning. A box for momentoes. Looks good
Really always like your choice of music, so nice to hear someting good and ”housey” instead of fake ”chateau-music” blasting, always too loud as well.
Love watching your story
That Ivy is crazy. Poor pickle. I hope he’s ok cause he’s so cute.
2:14 guys, come on. You’re complaining about lack of time for important things yet you want to waste time on restoring an old rickety wardrobe which you can buy for €20 in an Emaus?? 😂😂😂😂
8:09 You didn’t put an anti weed barrier underneath the gravel?? 😳
Hello there Amanda and Lincoln,
I was watching you cutting the ivy on your garden wall. I would like to warn you that those ivy is the only thing holding those walls. What I think you should do, is fixing the walls as you go along with mortar mixed with lime. I would like you to ask advice from the Shateau Lalacelle people, they had that experience, the wall came tumbling down, lucky nobody was around at that time. In the meantime, leave the ivy on the other side of the wall, to give it more strength, while doing the inside wall. This is just my idea, but if you could get a better idea, that would be great. Iwas just concerned for your safety. You are all doing a good job, however, kudos for your hard work and patience.
Mary
You are a great team .❤❤
Every task you face is so daunting! You guys are truly amazing with the projects you are willing to do yourselves!
You guys just go and go and go! You are doing great! I too was complaining about having to shovel some rocks back in my border, then I saw what you had to do on the wall. I'll never complain again! haha, (I know that's not true). Hope Pickle is better! My daughter's chocolate Lab swallowed a tube sock, (still wonder how he got it all down in one piece. Surgery was very pricey, and thankfully he's doing great! Of course the tube sock looked like it was about twice the size of a normal one!. Gotta love our furry family members. It's looking good you two!! Thanks for sharing!❤❤
That’s was a European Peacock Butterfly, aka Anglias io butterfly. Thanks for saving him Lincoln
That ivy wall is a big job. Can you not use an electric tree trimmer at the top and then lop and pull down gently towards the ground? Hope Pickle kitty is ok and feeling better. Congrats on over 40k subs
I have been on pain in the bum prickle removal duty this week one armed as I am injured, I would rather be in France helping you with your fence 😀 and you win your job is bigger 😂
Wait, wait, wait…. french cake for lunch? I don't see the problem
Thought of your adventures while spending three days in Bretagne, it was so gorgeous and the weather was nice, visited Mt. St. Michel – on our bucket list for ages, what a stunning place! Arrived back home in Ireland/Cork this noon after a delightful night on the ferry.
I wonder if you could get volunteers in and get them tackling the ivy and the repointing
I strongly suggest that you hire high school students to remove the ivy in the afternoons and other items that need to be dealt with on your farm.. You need 2 or 3 afternoon assistants.
I was reading about your wild boar problems in France. 🤯I suppose the only way to keep both them, and the hunters and dogs, off your property is to surround it with several strands of hot wire. NOT inexpensive. Although you do have enough wood to make your own posts. 😉 You can mak your own insulators out of old garden hose or PVC pipe offcuts. Personally, I scavenge building sites usually with permission. So then you're left with the cost of wire and the solar panels. 🤷♀ You've mentioned you have children/built-in slaves, so maybe they can sit at the market and sell some of your strawberry plants to raise the funds? 🤣All so easy for me to say as I type away in the U.S. But wishing I were there with you!
Have you considered spraying your walls with salt water to kill the ivy roots? Of course, nothing else will grow there for a while/years/decades. I'll admit that, while much preferring to use natural methods, I've poured bleach on some awful tree roots that have kept coming up for five years after all kinder efforts. 😡 Nowhere near where my pets could get hold of it, but really. I tried. I cursed, I was persistent. It didn't work.
While I empathize with your kitty mic issue, I'll raise you one foster Malinois puppy who chewed the cord off the dishwasher a week after the dishwasher was repaired. (Not plugged in. Nothing is plugged in around foster puppies/dogs.) I can tell you the vet bill for an incident similar to Pickles', as a friend recently paid one. $3,000. X-rays, VS, overnight stay. 🤦♀I would pay three times that to have back my kitty who was your kitty's twin. I miss him dreadfully. I made my vet admit, years ago, that Black and Black-and-White cats are the most intelligent. Of course, thus more likely to be creatively investigative. ❤
https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/humans-caused-the-overpopulation-of-wild-boars#:~:text=Once%20rare%20in%20the%20French,done%20to%20this%20wild%20animal%3F
You guys are hard workers and have lots to do. How do you plan and balance your projects? Seasonal? A combination of inside and outside work each day?
Have you thought of obtaining a golf cart or ATV with a hitch? It would be driveable on the damp grass, you could use it to help pull things like your big bag of kindling, it would help you haul the water and straw out to the donkeys, and also help carry along your project tools. Many ranchers use such vehicles for chores.
"Have you started removing the cottage floor?" "No" – priceless! Made me laugh out loud, again! Love you two.
I hope Pickle is alright.