62. Memories, Bluebells & Postbag - Living Alone in Wales (May 2024)
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- Slowly getting back to life after illness plus a visit to the homestead.
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Video Journal about life in Wales after living in London for 20 years. With dreams of growing food and flowers on a smallholding / homestead. Aiming to become fitter and healthier in my 50s.
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Sean, your new homestead garden will be a wonderful place for you in so many ways.! you dud get some lovely gifts: the poetry book, back pack, and 100' tape measure! all really thoughtful! Your little Welsh cottage is becoming quite cozy now too as it starts ti reflect more of your personality! You really are home now! ❤️❤️❤️
Just a thought could you not ask the chap who is dismantling the current sheds and taking them away to collect yours from the plot and bring it to the homestead? He must have a large vehicle if he is removing & taking away the current structures? He may be grateful for some extra funds and willing to help. Glad that you are feeling a tad better. Take care of you 🙂and everything will come together in time, you have done amazing building your new life back home it is wonderful to share your journey. Thank you for sharing!
Excellent idea, well thought out.
I thought that
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Give peas a chance man 😂
@sammywalrus 🤣🤣🤣
Hi Sean. Loved this video. I love the grey backpack that Papercloud sent you. That was a very generous gift 🎁 parcel for you. Very kind of, him/her. You are very well thought of Sean. Like myself it is like having a New Friend with lots of interesting things to share. Yes good idea to pay for someone else to put the shed up for you. It would set you back healthwise. Thank you Sean
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I have one of those curtains, at my door in the allotment 😊
My cats are afraid of the screens so I can't put one up Sean
❤lovely vlog sean i look foreward to all your videos x
Aaw I remember those door fly preventers multicoloured back door summer hangers . Nostalgic... And i have the same tea...decaf Yorkshire its the best....
You can buy a fly screen for the door, and it has magnets in the middle, where the two curtains meet, so you and the cats can go in and out, and it will close itself. They are not very expensive, and I have one which works really well, and lets the light in too. xxx
Yes I have one of these so my little dog can come and go they're great
Yes, I have one here to put up- mine is called Homebrite, Magnetic Mesh Screen
Very pleased if you are feeling a bit better Sean! I had ME for many years and found the hardest thing is that when one feels better one hopes to lead a normal life: that works for a bit but then it proves too much and another relapse occurs. I was always overly optimistic about what I could do. In the light of that I would beg you not to get any hens or livestock for your homestead: if you feel ill for a bit you will still need to get down each day to see to them morning and night and it will be a nightmare both for you and for them. The stress and worry would make it even harder for you to recover. Buy good eggs from others and just enjoy the growing on the homestead when you are able:)
@1Sweffling how did you recover? I've had ME for 20 years and know the relapsing thing well :)
@@mingbop Hi, I am sorry you are dealing with this too. I am not sure whether I am completely healed but it does not bother me in the way it used to! I must begin by saying that everyone is different so what helped me might not be as good for you. What I did was concentrate firstly on strengthening my mitochondria since they are the energy factories of the body. I did this by dietary means and conserving my energy levels as much as possible but still doing gentle walking. I gave up alcohol, fruit, gluten, dairy, all sugars (including those hidden in processed foods) and took supplements of magnesium, Vit D, and the B vitamins. I also ate organic liver every day for about a year since as well as the full spectrum of Vit B Vits in the correct proportions for the human body it also contains a specific anti-stress component. I tried to reduce inflammation in my body by taking omega 3 and giving up high omega 6 foods. I ate a lot of oily fish. I was very surprised at the emotional reaction I had to giving up these foods: I became really distressed, partly because I felt left out at social functions and partly because they made life worth living! However I was desperate and stuck to it. Nowadays I try to stick to this way of eating 80% of the time and indulge myself from time to time on special occasions with no obvious ill effects. But for me, the strict protocol for a few years worked wonders. Now i have also introduced some intermittent fasting occasionally which also seems to suit me but I would not have been strong enough to do that when I was ill. Good luck, hope this helps.
@@1sweffling This makes perfect sense to me and thanks for answering x. I think diet is a huge part of all of this and I have done quite a few of the things you mention above. Have saved your post and will try to do more. Many thanks!
Just a thought. Since the previous occupant appears to have access to a vehicle and help to remove his sheds, I would reach out to him and ask if you could hire him to assist you to relocate your new shed to this location. Good luck Sean.
How about shifting the screws on the box instead of replacing the chain?
It appears there is a kink in one chain on your box lid....If you undo the bottom screw on that kinked chain then test the lid to see if it opens right...if it opens all the way...take the kink out and put the screw back without kinking it again and poofa maybe that's all it is....
Here in Tasmania we have birds called Black Currawongs, they live in the high mountains come down to warmer areas in winter, they pick up all sorts of thing’s preparing their nests - one thing they picked off my outdoor table was a packet of blue bells, had them there ready to plant 😮! They also took other little items all sitting up high in the Large Pine tree in front of my house, I hope they are happy with their cache 😂, thanks for your video, love the colourful blind at the door, remember them well
A bit concerned about the mould on your kitchen ceiling James, it's extremely bad for your health. There's a product called mould and mildew remover made by either Astonish or Dettol that will quickly kill it but your landlord needs to treat the cause to stop it coming back.
Who’s James?
@@seanjamescameron it was a highlighted tag but obviously something happened to distract you from the message.. Mould depletes the immune system. It's especially troublesome for people with chronic illness. My cfs started when I was living with mould. Not something to take lightly in any circumstance!
James who? @seanjamescameron
Oooh the air looks so fresh and clean to breath as you walk along and the nature that surrounds you would cheer my soul everyday. I would love to wake up and hurry out to wonderful babbling brooks and fields of bluebells at my backdoor. I’m just pleased to notice someone has bothered to create a lovely unique garden space for themselves on my walks around my local neighbourhood. A delightful place to live Sean, thanks for sharing.
Hi Sean just a update on my eldest daughter she's going home but is hvg dressings done everyday sepsis is a nasty infection a skin graft is the next hurdle our welsh genes get us through stay safe xx 🏴🏴
All the best.
Enough gardeners twine to hang myself .. 😆❤
Would the man taking the sheds down at the Homestead be able to help you with your shed, does he have a suitable vehicle?
👀 See if he takes those propane bottles, there's £60 laying there in the long grass.🧑🌾
Sean with such a small cottage I wouldn't allocate so much space to toilet roll. Theres being self sufficient, but you can always order toilet roll when you're down to your last 4 rolls 😅
lol loved when Sean said he had enough toilet roll he would cancel the order. How much do you need ?😂
I sometimes have 2 cases in my cellar, but then, I have a cellar for storage. But, better to have it than not.😅
Hello lad. Just thought you'd like to know that, as I walked through Kırklareli (our county town) I saw one of the plastic strip fly screens over a door in one of the cafes. So not only are they still used..... they've gone international!!! I took a picture but don't seem to be able to add it to this comment! All the best, Dave (NW Turkey)
try keeping powdered millk add some vanilla essence and it tastes good then, for when you cant be bothered going down the street
Hi....if you fix the curtain on the outside of the door frame it won't get squished or torn when you close the door! Also re flies... if you tie a bunch of strong mint together n hang it just inside doorway....it will act as a deterant...
I remember that exact style 'ribbon curtain' being used from 1960's onwards. Just goes t show that some 'classic' items ( even when so simple) are still in use! As the original design so good that still effective!
Hey Sean! Glad to see you back at it. My hubby is up in Wales this weekend at a Piper's convention. He plays the Uillean pipes. The photos he sent me are gorgeous. I saw some beautiful blue sky! Also, if I may, I am the screen-queen. Having come from California, we are used to have screens to prevent flys and other unwanted flying things through the window. I figured out how to do the whole thing. Windows and doors. I use black screening (if you want videos,( you will see that when the screen is put up-the black is not noticeable, strangely!) and magnets that have a sticky side. You measure out doors and windows, get your screen and enough magnets to frame your window and Bob's your uncle! I'm literally putting mine up this weekend as Poulton Le Fylde has a bit of a heat wave and the dog and cat are melting. Let me know if you want to know more about them. Quite reasonable from Amazon. And of course, you don't have to put them on all windows and doors, just the ones you use. Good luck to you!
Clever idea and they could be taken down in the winter.
Glad to see you up and about ……
Your fly made an appearance in your living room at 14.28 - obviously not camera shy.
Here in the US, we have screens on all our windows and screen doors on the doors. I have no patience for bugs in the house but love them in my yard. I'm glad you're starting to feel better.
I've seen these new houses where the whole back wall of the house are windows that slide open to reveal the kitchen etc and my first thought was omg how many flies and wasps will be buzzing around !! we open the door for our cat to come in and I swear 10 flies come with him. My Aunty Alice in Yorkshire had that wall of plastic, brought back memories, they had a huge vegetable garden and green house, we ate like kings at their house. My Grandma owned a shop which she opened the front room and bought the house next door and knocked through to make the shop front, so we never had to worry about food. Can you imagine been able to do that today lol this was during the second world war. ( imagine a row of houses, about 30 of them and in the middle a shop ) think of Coronation street but longer. My Canadian husband can't get over that the front door opens on to the street lol. edit: The town is Bolton-on Dearne South Yorkshire
I was wondering about your shed.. could you try and sell it to one of the neighbours and re-order another one for your new spot?
That was a beautiful cat in the tree there!
See the latest video.
Use a hair dryer on the plastic coating in the shelves in the bookcase. Comes off fabulously but youll need to guve it a light sanding afterwards
I wouldn’t think Sean has a hairdryer !😂
@@marianraftery or a heat gun. . .
I had a wry smile today Sean, as I asked about flies recently (as they bother me getting in my house too), and you said no issues 🤣 now you’ve got a screen lol!
I might get one myself now 👍 I hadn’t thought of the stripe type.
I live close to a farm so each Spring I put up a fly screen type curtain at my back and front doors. Have a good weekend one and all 👋🏻
My gran had one of those fly screens. When I was kid we lived near to a farm and in summer plagued by horse flies which would bite. My mum used to hang long sticky brown paper strips from the ceiling . They would collect hundreds of flies and do the job but looked quite disgusting after a day or so. LOL. That brought back a memory to me.
I’d strim the ground where you want to grow and cover with cardboard and plant through. Meanwhile, buy an 8 x 12 thick plastic “tarp” (or two) to kill off the grass until you’re ready to plant something. Certainly wouldn’t dig given your health issues.
We are on a “ no buy” diet until we get our debt paid off so I come here to watch all the stuff you buy! So much fun. Glad you are feeling better.
A bit of lavender oil in a squeeze bottle, will keep, flies off x nice to see you back x
Can U get a wood chip delivery there, that would help U with paths and keeping weeds at bay. Maybe some think to look into.
Would Rosemary & Lavender by the back door help stop the flies?
I have lavender coming in the post today.
The idea about the chap who's dismantling the sheds to takes yours for you is great!! and perhaps if finances allow pay him a bit extra and get him to put the blooming thing up. You can't do everything Sean I have fibromyalgia and sometimes you have to say blow it and Make your life easier. Then you'll be all set up and perhaps motivated to get started, as i sense an energy of "OVERWHELM " with you Sweetheart 😊 ... what do you think?
i love seeing all the gifts people send!
I have a great many flies during the summer where I live. The last few summers I haven't bothered with any remedy and really regretted my action when working outside. I've returned to a solution which has worked very well in the past. Here we have a nontoxic packet which dissolves in water within a container, and you hang up the container which is open to admit flies who can't get out afterwards. Smells horrible so you have to hang in the shade near the house but not inside or near the house, and it works like a charm. I also got a nontoxic small bug light with replaceable sticky shield to trap very small insects because they are somehow getting inside despite window/door screens. They're teeny tiny and buzz around my head while on computer at night. Both seem to be working well.
Decaffeinated Noooooo, what is the point.😵💫
Yes, I have one thats green and white. Put it up every year, I do think it keeps out a few flies and gives me some privacy in the summer. I like your multi coloured one, it reminds me of when we had one as a child.
Glad the tape measure arrived safely 👍, Yes those multicoloured fly screens are a very vivid memory to both my parents and grandparents houses, they were everywhere, my gran also put one on the caravan door too. Glad to see you appear a bit better after the Illness, take care .
Richard
So glad you’re back! I missed you. The ribbon curtain is very pretty, but I will never understand why you Brits don’t use window/door screens.
Hi Sean I am glad you are feeling bit better, take Care an pace your day!
Sean,
The early homestead pioneers in the USA, had barn raising parties.
What about a shed raising party?
You provide BBQ, beers (afterwards), tea, coffee snacks and the sausages, burgers and buns for the BBQ.
Your friends bring themselves and their tools, and in one day put down those plastic gravel things for the shed standing and raise the shed. Be generous with the hospitality, perhaps some partners of shed raises may help you to cater, but don't ask them to bring cakes etc as they are building your shed!
Shed build during the day, bit of a BBQ party at night. You will then lose the worry and have your shed built. You never know, they might even be able to bring from the old site if there are enough of them. You can spend the £100. 00 on the hospitality then.
I have seen this work really well. The only time it backfired that I have seen was at a house painting party where the hosts provided minimal tea and coffee and just 2 packets of biscuits, cheap ones, and then expected everyone to help themselves instead of making the beverages and offering round. Mean! Creates bad feeling!
I bet you have loads of friends in your village.
Do you think you will go to the Royal Welsh Horticultural show?
No, difficult to get too without a car.
There are about 100 calories less in a cup of green beans compared to a cup of peas. Less starchy.
My cat would destroy those plastic strips. She shreds up cardboard boxes and woodwork too. Loves clawing plastic bags.
Why would he be taking the fences it would cost you a lot to replace them
I think they are his.
Hi Sean see if that to good to wast can get your shed for £50 They must have a van for delivery just a idea
Pleased to see you are feeling better. Have you thought about putting a call out for some volunteers to help you get your homestead sorted so you can at least start to produce. that would also be a boost to your mental wellbeing. Stay well
I bought a fly screen for the door you can buy them in black or white . Also when you get the TV magazine they are little booklets in there what i liked was a mesh door and you can open and close it like a door. This is one to think about 🤔 . When you finish the homestead it's going to look amazing especially sitting on the bench listening to the river with a nice cup of tea ☕ or a glass of wine 🍷😁.
I remember them. No I didnt have one. Do you remember the magnetic screens? You walked though then the screen went back together?
I don't remember those but I did have some sent for my birthday, am planning on using them in the shed.
lovely update Sean, love the river, will you strim the weeds/grass etc its a fair piece of land.
Just move the screws on the box,you don’t need new chains
Fun to see the tape measure you were gifted. We had one that was in my Dad's tool box. That was at least 65 years ago! Glad you are doing better.
We got 1 I was right I guessed it was one of those.glad your feeling a bit better
I hope he will leave the perimeter fence. I think it's good he is taking all the junk out. It will save you some work. Perhaps,he will help you move your shed from your former alotment. Feel better soon.🙂👍👍🇨🇦
Just take deck chair
Glad you are feeling better
Could I make a suggestion for part of your Homestead, which looks enormous. The area right at the bottom where you’re planning on putting the shed, why not make that into your own garden, laid mainly to lawn with flower boarders. Yes you’ll,need to cut the grass but that’s a doddle compared to the ongoing slog of veg planting, care, weeding and harvesting. It will be a lovely place to sit with a cuppa tea and a Welsh cake or two and hopefully the Cats. By making this area entirely for leisure you’ll be reducing the amount of heavy work. You have so much land to grow everything you need or want. Food for thought? Hope you get your energy back very soon 👍🏻🌷🌾 good luck with the shed.
Really that’s a brilliant idea!
I remember those colourful door ribbons from my grandparents house - and from caravan holidays in Tywyn. Happy memories 😊
Sean are u going 2 do over night camp on t homestead
Never thought of it.
I sent you a email via your website I've not had a response yet but I know you not been well and as I have chronic health issues myself I understand but it would be good if you could reply when you feel a bit better. Your videos are great kind regards Rachel.
I googled..." the great opening R.H.S. Bridgwater"....video...and watched what you were talking about.
Sea , you’re by the water often, why not get a high powered magnet abd do some magnet fishing among those waterways you frequent? You should find old, interesting objects, in my mind.
Like the colored flyscreens. We had them in the 70's too.
Sadly the stores in Holland think retro has to cost alot, so those things cost abt 25-35 euro here, so have to order that sort of things in China.
those rear opening bags are great. they are more secure and also when you put them down on muddy ground the bit that goes on next to your back stays clean and dry 🙂
Why don't you see if there is an old fashioned milk man who delivers in your area Sean...? Maybe that would be helpful for you, especially oon the occaisions when you are 'under the weather'...just a thought.
There isn’t.
@@seanjamescameron Oh that's a shame...
You are like my sister, her house is stuffed, she has two sheds and a 20 foot sea container stuffed full, and she keeps finding stuff that she just has to buy because it is to good to leave for someone else to buy!
In US the trend was orange or green plastic beads on string hanging between doorways. A 70s color scheme.
Really love seeing how things are coming together for you! Take care.
Can’t you move the screws backwards on the box? You won’t need to get another chain then
RHS Bridgewater is beautiful now Sean. Worth a google!😁
We had those strips at our back door. Problem was the cats liked them , jumped up at them and gradually ripped most of the strips off 😅
Ask the 2 good to waste team give them couple pound to deliver shed.
I have exactly the same door blind on my allotment shed door 😊
You could undo the lock and take it to the locksmith and he would make you a key perhaps😊
What a lovely spot that will be to have your tea. Next to the sights and sounds of nature.
Can you not ask man who's moving his sheds off the homestead, he must have transport for his
He’s burning them on site.
We have the screen type over here. When I lived in UK we had one .
Aren’t some people so lovely. Sending you so many gifts. So kind ❤️
I drink a cup of Chai every morning with almond milk. It’s very good. Have you tried Chai?
Yes, didn’t like it.
@@seanjamescameron that’s fine. At least you tried it.🙂
Hi what cameras are you using
Pocket 3.
So glad to hear you're feeling better Sean. I know how you feel about wanting to get the homestead tidied, as I took over a house with a garden and orchard last year that was very overgrown, then also sustained a lot of damage due to storm Ciaran. It stressed me out as I am a mature lady on my own. However, 10 months later, doing a bit when I can, both areas are now blooming. Take it easy Sean, the homestead is not going anywhere, it will wait until you're ready. Slow and steady wins the race 🌺🐝🧑🏻🌾
Love your floral arrangement on the fire heater.
I was right about the hanging multicoloured strips 🙂 and as were mentioned by someone else, the fly screen with the magnetic strips in the middle are brilliant, ive used them for years... Glad ur on the mend, best wishes from a Cardiff subscriber..
Yay, Yorkshire Tea!! I buy the decaff, being Yorkshirewoman. I hope you are having regular meals.
The back fly blinds are wong way because shuting door should put on out side and great home stead looks good and flat and great been by River great video
So pleased to see you’re up and about Sean. I’ve had a cough and a cold for a week now it’s drove me to nutsville 😂😂😂
The Homestead is a project of “years” so agreed that taking it slowly is the best way.
Have a super lovely weekend, from the two old farts over here on wet and windy Lincolnshire ❤
Is that an anti theft bag? Be good for you when you travel. I hope the man taking the sheds down takes everything with him.
most enjoyable sean
You may want to wait until the owner finishes clearing sheds ect. at Rusty Homested, to move your shed...and if the owner has a vehicle, and help to move his sheds, maybe you can make a deal with him to haul your shed.....The Universe may be telling you....this may be a great time for you to recoup, and work on your cottage garden. You could do pots of veggys for fall crops at home, a pot a day or so. Even if it's just laying down a bag of potting soil... once a week or so....cutting a few drain holes...and holes on top for plants or seeds with holes in top of bag cats cant dig in it. You could plant a lot of eatables that way......Bush peas dont need much of a trellis...put them where you can pick easily. Easy peasy. And next year you can put the bags of soil in your garden beds. To clear them away. Once your allotment area is set up.
Good video Sean 👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏
It will be so refreshing after a hot day working in the garden to sit with your feet in that creek.
Ask that man whose moving his sheds to see if he can do it for you . Have a good weekend Dear Sean x
Nice that the former tenant is clearing it out. You'll have a nice level, blank slate to work with. 😊
The song warmed my heart. Ty for putting it up
Hello Sean another interesting video, your very fortunate to have many followers generous too, You are going to be busy little and often, it's a big job your taking on. I shall look forward to watching your slow and steady progress. The river would be a great place to sit and relax good idea to open up the view. All the best in your endeavours. Hugs🙏👏