Uncovering 200 years of history on our homestead in Ireland
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Join us as we continue our journey as we uncover 200 years of history on our homestead in Ireland. Speculation of a slurry pit, a courtyard or farmyard grow as we carefully uncover laid stones and cobbles buried deep in the rich top soil. Taking steps slowly, it is like we have become archaeologists on our homestead here in Ireland and taking advantage of the early Irish sun before the rain begins again. Clearing land by hand is always better when the sun is shining.
Having already uncovered a suspected 200 year old gully from one of the old farm buildings, we will not give up until every inch of dirt is removed from whatever is hidden below the soil.
With wild ducks flying over head and birds singing all day long, what better way can there be than spending all this time on the homestead at the back of our part renovated 100 year old farmhouse.
Being complete beginners at farmhouse renovation and really needing a "homesteading for beginners" guide, we are taking it slowly, enjoying everything we do no matter how hard it is, to one day realise our dream of running a fully functioning homestead from our once derelict Irish Farmhouse.
There is something for everyone on The Corner House Project channel, if you subscribed for the derelict house renovations or just for the homestead in Ireland, we will bring the smiles, you sit back and relax and let us do the work.... well, Dawn will do the work.
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This is a hard grind but it represents how tough and determined a couple can be to finish the job at hand. Love it.
The plan was so simple. Clear a path, have a raised area and grass it, or gravel, or something. Once we realised there was history under the soil though, we wouldn't have slept knowing it was there. We had to investigate more.
Loved seeing the cats out and about enjoying the land.XX
Now they just inside the door waiting and shouting to go out. It is lovely to have them out with us though :-) xx
I went back 10 months to see how far you have come. You have done a bloody great job. Go back and see the cottage when you first started. Amazing transformation. Well Done. A lot of hard work. It has changed the two of you as well. A lot fitter. A lot of Country Air has done the world for you. Nearly at 6000 subscribers too. Been watching from the start, so I am now a member!
Hi Craig
We go back sometimes and have a look just as a reminder as what we have done, how high the land was with bramble and Ivy and just how rotten the floors / ceilings were lol.
6000 subscribers is unreal, we really can't believe it so than you for being one of them. ALSO - thank you so much for becoming a channel member. A shout out and wave is coming you way.
Have a nice rest of your weekend :-)
It's so exciting to see this stone courtyard appearing slowly! Well done, you two!! Love seeing the cats!
Don't get too excited Leslie, we are not sure what we are uncovering hahaha. It did get a little exciting today as we found a couple more stones hahaha.
We love the cats and it was great to have them appearing here and there and then vanishing again, normally up to no good :-)
Have a nice weekend :-)
You both have to be feeling muscles you didn't even know you had! It's incredible what you have accomplished. Looks so much better.
One or two Bobbie, one or two haha.
Nearly there now. Not sure it will be finished finished this weekend, but we will try.
Have a lovely weekend and thank you as always :)
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Bet you two could benefit from a soak at the end of the day for sore muscles ? A hot tub would be good purchase😊
Hahaha yeah it probably would! I know we are very happy when bedtime comes around lol!
LOOK AT YOU ON 6K! that is incredible, you must be so unbelievably proud: it is wonderful seeing all of your hard work paying off. keep it up you two
Thank you Chewy very much indeed. We can't believe we are at 6k subscribers.
Thank you for watching and commenting. Have a nice weekend :-)
The cats always bring a smile to my face . 😻❤️
They do to mine too, they’re a bit too distracting for me with them being out there…I just want to watch them rather than work! 😂
fantastic stuff !!! 👍👍💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥
Thank you very much! 😊
Must be such a relief to be in the final stages of the 'Great Dig', it was so lovely to see your beautiful cats having their first outdoor adventure, good names they have❤ have a good weekend Ben and Dawn😊
Oh Pat it really is, we’ve enjoyed doing it but we are also sooooo ready for it to be finished! We thought we might get done today but alas the rain and the sticky mud had other ideas and now we have a few days of rain and possible storm forecast! Fingers crossed we get a dry couple of hours tomorrow and we should be done! Keep your fingers crossed for us 😉
You are getting it done😊😊😊
Bit by bit, day by day. One day we will be done. Please let it be soon hahaha.
Have a nice weekend and thank you :-)
Wow, well done, like everybody else has mentioned, what a mammoth task you have nearly completed, it can only get better as you uncover more, cats appear to be in heaven, as they explore their new environment, so many adventures for them to go on, on their own property, great.💯
Oh we can’t wait to be finished and get it cleaned to see what is there. It has been a mammoth task, we cannot deny! Oh the cats loved being out so much, they didn’t know where to go first, it was lovely to watch them, if a little worrying for me! 🤣 but they have such an amazing bit of land to explore and lots of adventures! Steve had his first adventure today…by getting stuck in the hawthorn tree! Ladder came out to get him down! 🤣
@@thecornerhouseproject Gorgeous.
That is one word for him haha.
The fig bottle contained syrup of figs bottles made from 1917 to 1960 . so it's over 64 years old anyway. The English bottles had a paper label on the front and embossed on the back . Usa ones were embossed front and back...
Youve done brilliant yet again .
Must be aching now.!
Love Ben's shovel head that changes to a spade and back again every few seconds in the time lapse youz should patent that .
Finally arrived home around midnight after being re routed cos of floods and road closures. Storms not even hit yet !
Have a great weekend.
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We have found a couple of bottles like that. It is nice just to have them. A little bit of history if nothing else.
The shovel head looked like it was changing but in fact it is a 2 in 1 shovel hahahaha. I never noticed when I edited so it was quite funny that you noticed. I wonder how many others spotted it.
Oh no, that was quite a journey then, one you could have done without. We didn't have much of the storm really. The wind really got up and had some good blows and it lashed with rain but we have had worse. We were out the back today trying to get this courtyard / farmyard / slurry pit / unknown finished.
You two too, speak soon and thanks Mitch :-)
Well done both, such team work! Treasure really does make it look like an archaelogical dig! Amazing progress. Love the music by the way and of course the cats!! Kxx
Thank you Kate. Treasure... haha. It is all treasure, I mock Dawn but I do just like old things. We have a load of metal and a load of other stuff too haha.
We do like the acoustic guitar stuff and just hope it doesn't get boring for you. The cats are great, the walk back up the top with the three of them behind us was just brilliant, it made the video for us.
Thank you as always Kate and also for being one of our Channel Members :-)
Choice of music Ben is perfect! Thank you!
Your working so hard and it's going to be amazing when finished love your cats exploring.
Hi Elizabeth, thank you for watching and commenting.
Hopefully it will be something and even if it isn't, as long as it isn't covered in mud we will be please. I am sure leaving it as a raised area would have been easier though haha.
Thank you again :-)
Come for the house renovation and stay for the archaeology!
Thanks Martin as we were a bit concerned that those who started watching for the house renovations wouldn't be interested in the land side of it. Maybe the archaeology is a winner. After this though we are done digging haha.
Thank you again :-)
I like the wheel barrow brigade views LOL
Haha, thanks Ed. That was only a few trips in one day, it didn't cover all the other trips a it would have been boring. I must make the cat a barrow for next time, he was empty handed.
Thanks and have a nice weekend :-)
It will certainly help keep the moisture away from the buildings,
Good work
Hi Cathy, this was the whole purpose what seems like weeks ago. Just dig a 3ft path away from the buildings, so simple..... but no... why don't we find hidden stones and a gully and then decide to try and uncover the whole area haha. But we will be chuffed when we have done it.
Thank you for watching and commenting. Have a nice weekend :-)
This is one of those jobs that you keep wondering why you started, but it will be so nice when it is finished
Oh yes. We should have stuck to having it slightly raised with a nice stone wall.
Hopefully it won't be muddy in the end if nothing else.
Have nice weekend :-)
I love the little pride of lions following you back to the house. I bet they slept well that night.
Oh my goodness 🥺 that was sooo cute to read! They did sleep really well actually, I wasn’t woken until 6.45am this morning instead of the 5am rude awakening I usually get!
@@thecornerhouseproject You are lucky, It's 4am here, it's a good job they are so cute. 😍 We used the harnesses on ours too, it really worked well.
So lovely to see the kitties exploring the garden 🥰 I wanted to drop a membership to show my appreciation for all the hard work you've both put in to restoring this amazing house and it's land. I've been an avid watcher since you first toured the house with it's soggy carpets and rotting floors. It's absolutely incredible to see how far you've come since then - and inspirational to see how much work you've put into it on your own. Thank you for sharing your little Irish adventure with us. Love from Cambridge, UK ❤️
They had an absolute ball out there and now drive us insane meowing to go out from the minute we get up! Thank you so much for becoming a member! It means a lot to us and we appreciate it very much and also that you’ve been there from the beginning! We sometimes feel like we haven’t done very much at all when we see what other UA-camrs do and have done but we do think back and then realise we have done quite a lot 😂
No problem at all with sharing our adventure with you all, it’s our pleasure ❤️
Making good progress, and nice to see the cats outside.
Thanks Kath. The cats love it. First thing in a morning they are out until they are tired and go for a long sleep. They weren't out for long in this storm though.. unlike two numpties haha.
Have a nice weekend :-)
Whatever happens with this project, one thing is for sure. The two of you are going to be getting in great shape for the summer. That looks like some heavy lifting, but you have pushed on through. Well done.
Good morning 🌞
You are quite right, there are so many benefits from doing this even if it is just getting a none muddy area. Hopefully, soon, we can have a bit of a rest though.
Thank you so much for watching and commenting 😄
Another great video guys. Loved seeing your Cats enjoying themselves 👍😘😘
Thank you ☺️ aww they really did, they love just exploring everything! They’re not so keen on the wind of the today and yesterday though lol ❤️xxx
You remind me of the chap who excavated the ruins of a stone house in his back garden, so exciting uncovering layer by layer. Big cheers for your physical fortitude and big hearts ✊️💥💗
Ooh yes, one of our commenters said that we should watch him last week, so off we went to watch and Wow! 😮 that was amazing what he discovered and did all by hand and by himself. Truly inspiring that man! ❤️
Ancient slurry pit/ gardening pot of gold.👍❤
A pot of gold would be lovely. If we find one we will let you know hahaha.
Thank you as always Neuton :-)
And so you should be pleased,both of you have done an amazing job 😊😊😊😊
Thank you very much indeed Maria. We are pleased and even more so today. As each day passes a bit more gets uncovered,
Thank you for watching and commenting :-)
You two are warriors, well done.
Thank you very much Anita. Not too sure we are, we are just our to get it finished now lol.
Thank you for watching and commenting today :-)
Love the music as you’re both digging and seeing all the cats 🐈 up to their own adventure in their new playground. It’s going to be beautiful
Thank you ☺️ The cats are loving being out and about, not been out too much today though…they weren’t over keen on the wind of storm Kathleen!
We can’t wait to get finished and see it all there, it’s going to need some repairing from the looks of it but all in good time eh? 😘
How far from the scary cats that first arrived, the looks like they're having a sensory overload. 👍
You wouldn't think they were the same cats would you. They love it outside.
Have a nice weekend :-)
By God that's a lovely bit of soil....Prize winning veggies next year :)
Good evening Diane, you never know do you. Any veg next year will be a win for us hahaha :-)
Have a lovely weekend :-) See you Monday.
WELL DONE!!! You have plenty of stone to replace any missing bits, I hope you enjoy Jigsaw Puzzles. The slurry drain would make a really good rill water feature, one day. I hope you get a bit of a rest and enjoy your weekend. XX
Can't wait! hahaha. Well after today we don't think it will be a flat piece of area like we hoped. We are still going though so time will tell.
Thanks Carol, have a nice weekend :-)
I love the bottles! The broken piece you showed looks like the bottom of a large bottle. I follow a guy here in Maryland who does magnet fishing but also digs out the outhouses and midden pits in Baltimore city. (out houses where still being used in the 60’s in Baltimore and maybe into the 70’s). Anyway he finds old glass and pottery and tries to put them together to see what they were. What cool finds that tell the story of the house. I seem to remember being given syrup of figs as a kid, that or prune juice. You can still buy fig syrup just not in a lovely bottle…nor does it have alcohol like everything did in the early 1900’s. The syrup I have was free of alcohol, although I’m told they did rub whiskey on my gums when I was teething. You three fur babies following you was adorable.
Aww yes you and me both, love bottles! I hadn’t thought of finding the bits to see what it was, unfortunately that’s only piece like that I have found so far 🙁 but I do have a (I think) teapot in the making with a few bits and pieces I keep finding! 🤣 I didn’t know they put alcohol in that! Terrible when you think about it now isn’t it?!
The cats are absolutely loving their new found freedom! They don’t go far, which pleases me no end! I like to be able to see where they are! 😂
Dawn and Ben what can I say you are both inspirational in what you have done and keep on doing... I feel envious of your stamina.. Please mind your backs as you are both digging and pushing heavy barrow load's of damp soil. The cat's looked as if they really explored their surroundings.I hope storm Kathleen causes no damage to any more of your trees.. It's very windy and raining here in Limerick at the moment.Take care and God bless you both xx.Try and relax over the weekend xx
Good evening Colette, thank you as always for joining us come rain or shine :-)
Our stamina is now the sheer determination to get it finished, or at least all uncovered. Finished may take a lot longer but getting rid of the mud is so close.
After all the rain last night and today we just had mud and the barrows weighed a ton, but we got some done and are excited for tomorrow :-) I think we will be having a bit of a break soon as 9 months is finally catching up with us.
Hopefully Kathleen will pass us by but a 1000 litres of rain won't hurt. The wind has picked up a little bit but not much thankfully.
Have a lovely weekend and we will see you Monday :-)
Have you thought about using a metal detector there?
Congratulations on your very hard work!❤
It’s crossed our minds a few times, but just haven’t had the chance to get round to doing it. The soil is scattered around the land so still here to give it a whizz over when we get some down time! Hopefully that won’t be too long now! Yay! 🥳
Hello can I just say your ready to start cutting your turf 😅 it's amazing what you can unearth from your garden
Haha Stephen, it did look a bit like that didn't it.
We have all sorts of "treasures" and the box gets bigger and bigger lol.
Thanks for always watching and commenting. Have a nice weekend :-)
@@thecornerhouseproject it's a pity they have banned cutting turf for your own heating
I wouldn't fret too much about the elderberry. These bushes are like weeds, they grow quite fast and are almost impossible to kill. Someone chopped ours pretty much to the ground some 15 years ago and last year we had to get professionals in to trim them back because they'd gotten over 5 m tall, beyond what I felt comfortable to climb with our ladders.
Wow 5m is quite a tree isn't it. We have a couple of others on the land so it wouldn't be the end of the world if it has to go but they are not as big as this one. Not sure we want a 5m one though haha.
Thank you very much for your advice and the info. Have a nice weekend :-)
@@thecornerhouseproject Yeah, they're technically considered bushes rather than trees but they can get amazingly big if you leave them. I think young branches can shoot up over 1 m per year! Obiovusly depends on the local climate though (I'm in eastern Austria, which is fairly warm and dry compared to Ireland). Much too warm recently, in fact. 25 C in early April is absolutely insane, I shudder to think how hot the summer might get. March was the warmest March recorded in history.
I've been watching a youtube channel called Doing It Ourselves. He rebuilt and added on to a cobblestone area outside of his little cottage in France a year or so ago, and showed how to do it. You've probably got enough stones laying around to fill in the gaps. Every day there's more progress. Good job both of you.
Ooh lovely I will have a look at that thank you. Yes, we have loads of stones laying around! So many stones! 😂
Brilliant! Going forward once you have this all cleared you will be able to fill in some of the missing stone with the cobbles you uncovered. No more sinking into the muck every time it rains and you need to go back there. I can see the difference already in the drainage and water run off. It's going to make repairing the outbuildings so much easier and It's going to be a beautiful garden courtyard to sit in and have a bar b que. I can't wait to see the rest uncovered.
I'm a bit surprised that you haven't found any millstones or stone mushrooms however; those broken stones with the rounded tops could be broken mushroom stones. they were used (some places still use them) to elevate storage sheds for feed and grains, shaped like a mushroom to stop mice from being able to climb into the food storage buildings, small buildings would have 4 or 5 mushrooms and larger buildings would have 9 or more. There are still many places on your property where they may have moved some. If you don't find any then a farmer probably took them to use on his working farm.
The staddle stone is a two-piece, mushroom-shaped garden element that dates back to the 16th century. Carved from local stone, they were used in farms across England and Northern Spain to support agricultural buildings. Keeping granaries and haystacks off the ground allowed air circulation, preventing rot.
Staddle stones have a long agricultural history in Europe as a clever way to support granaries, hay ricks, and beehives. Once elevated, the stones prevented the intrusion of mice and other critters from the edible goods and grains above. This structure, while serving an important function historically, now makes for a chic garden ornament that can be placed in a garden as a focal point or to mark property lines or used to flank an entranceway.
The Sun will come out... Just not this week 😜 Now that I have though about the staddle stones they make perfect sense for your property for building a gazebo on... way in the future, You crazy kids have lots to do already 😘😘 another rabbit hole to look into later 😇🥰
I'm off to look at the thumbnail 🤣🤣 Dawn is always Beautiful! 😍
Oh my goodness yes, it is going to make such a difference to how we can move around out there now! It’s going to take a little repairing and a bit of creative licence with putting it back together again, but like you say we have loads of spares! I feel like the rest of that area is probably the same floor but….I’m not sure we can go through anymore digging just yet! 🤣
No, no staddle stones…but we do have a staddle stone ourselves anyway. We bought it all the way from England with us because we love it so much and I think we’ve had it about 19 years now! lol It lives outside the front of the house by the front door 😍
Haha yes, no signing us up for new jobs just yet, we need to recover from this one first! 🫠🥱
As always Thank you for commenting so thoroughly 😘
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I think once it’s all dried out and cleaned down you’ll see things clearer. Don’t forget it’s still covered in wet med atm.
^mud
You are right, we had a good day today even though it poured down with rain last night and today. We are getting there :-)
Have a nice weekend and thank you
My grandmother told me, years ago kitchen furniture was stood on glass, or pottery blocks,to raise it out of the water, from constant floor washing and scrubbing, to protect furniture. I wonder if that is what you found.
Hi Anne, thank you for watching and commenting. Well after a while we found another bit of pottery which is part of an old kettle, then a bit of plate, then some bottles, so your guess is as good as ours as to what we found. Sometimes it is a lump which is obvious, other bits we have no idea. A couple have a nice pattern on though.
Thank you again. Have a nice weekend :-)
You have a good system going now with the digging. Great progress! The slurry ditch is a neat feature.
It worked really well doing it like that, seemed to make it go a little quicker. Maybe because I wasn’t scooping! 😉 looking forward to finishing the digging out so we can see what we have…especially that slurry pit!
Loving the beginning of the cat outdoor adventures as well as your own. I love an inkwell - what letters or school homework’s were written from that wee bottle? Heading home from the Mournes tomorrow after a lovely break. 😊
Aww we are so pleased you had a lovely time Sharon. If we were a bit better at forward planning we would say call in for a cup of tea. Maybe next time.
The cats love it, so much to see, here, over here, over there and up there. They haven't stopped.
If it was like my school homework, the ink would still be in the bottle hahaha. But yes many things written I would think.
Have a safe trip back home and see you Monday :-)
Those cats are beautiful, by the way
They love being out, up the trees, on top of the gable of the outbuilding, and everywhere they shouldn't. We do love cats :-)
Great work again. Look forward to the end result. All the best
Thanks William. More on Monday - hopefully the end hahaha.
Have a nice weekend :-)
Cat heaven you’ve got there! Nice to see them out & about. Such a great job you’re doing, so methodical, one chunk at a time. I can learn from you both! Cheers, from Oz. ( nearly 6k 👏)
Aww we really do, they’re lovely little cats! They were in their element out exploring! It worked out pretty well doing it like that, quite efficient and worked well for that bit as it was sooo waterlogged and sticky! Yay thank you! just over 6000 now! 🥳🥳 Sooo amazing and we’re chuffed to bits with that!
Hello me ole Mudlarks, well done again, if you were not enjoying it, the cats certainly were but knowing you probably did, nice bit of editing Ben. xxx❤
Erro Pa. Aww the cats loved it sooo much. They were in their element exploring everything. He’s pretty good at this editing lark isn’t he?! Of course he would be though eh! 🤣❤️xxx
You are both a complete inspiration! Hubster and I keep yearning the day we can do this. Hence forth this cobbled area shall be named ‘cobbled confusion’. Loving the video hooks, content and formatting. Top drawer stuff x
We have our own blossom watch. You are definitely ahead of us here in Wales
Thank you very much indeed. Obviously I don't know you both or your current situation but one day, grab the bull by the horns and go for it. The worst that can happen is you end up on UA-cam putting out three videos a week and digging out a possible courtyard / farmyard that commenters thought might be there hahaha. Seriously though, we waited for our kids to be old enough to fend for themselves so to speak and then went for it.
"Cobbles confusion" - we like that hahahaha.
Thanks for the video feedback. Sometimes I struggle with getting started, other times it just flows and is enjoyable to make. Just the editing time is a killer.
Hope you both have a lovely weekend and thank you for watching and commenting :-)
Yeah !! Its my Birthday! Celebrating the 35th Anniversary of my 29th Birthday !! Cheers !
Happy birthday..........64?
This channel is like an education hahaha :-)
Happy Birthday to you.
Happy Birthday🎂🥳. Don't worry bout giving your age away.I cant count 😄😄
The writing you cannot work out on the piece of glass.... have you tried taking a brass rubbing off of it, sometimes the crayon/pencil is much clearer on a piece of paper put over the writing - you might then be able to research the name? Think the 'patio' will look lovely. You will spend the summer picking up an odd bit of stone and seeing if it will fill one of the holes to complete it all again. Looking forward to seeing if you finish or not. Have a lovely weekend
What a great idea Tracy, it didn't even cross our minds to try that even though everyone did it as kids with a coin.
"patio" in speech marks indeed. It might be more "that lumpy stone area" in the end. It is still confusing but we are very close to have the top mud gone now. Hopefully Monday we will know more.
Enjoy your weekend too. Thank you :-)
hi dawn and ben happy friday
Hi Alan, Happy Friday to you too. Have a nice weekend :)
You’ve earned the Australian honorific of Digger Dawn and Digger Ben. You’re amazing.
We love this Maureen, thank you.
And thank you SO MUCH for becoming a channel member. Look out for your secret wave and shout out.
Have a nice Sunday :-)
I'm thoroughly enjoying your videos. I feel like I want to put my wellies on and giving you a hand. You're doing a fantastic job 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Aww we’re so very happy that you are enjoying them! Ooh stick the wellies on then, we’ll make you a cup of tea as a thank you 😉
It would be so awesome if you guys found a really valuable treasure for all your hard work
Ooh yes wouldn’t that be lovely eh? We will keep searching for that elusive treasure! 😉🤣
Enjoyed
Love all your little bottles Dawn, I found quite a few when digging the piggery. The green one though and green coloured glass is quite unusual.
Peaches, Alan and Steve are having a ball! Our black ladies often pop in to see the cows in our neighbour barn, so no doubt your gang will be very excited to see your cows next door.
I love the two person dig method, ingenious, not long now 💪
They’re really cute aren’t they? I do like old bottles, I’ve found a few that would have little corks I would think too. Anything old and I’m excited! Yes! The green one I was really excited about, it’s a shame we didn’t find that one intact.
Aww I know the cats absolutely love being out, they’ve explored everywhere they possibly can. Steve and Alan came down the bottom of the land when we did the barrows, they were a bit nervous about that as they hadn’t been down there yet, can’t wait for them to explore it all. So many trees to climb! Haha oh you saying about the cows…they did. Wander up that way and then when they saw the cows they made a swift run back home! Haha. I’m sure once they grow into their bolshy normal cat behaviour they’ll be paying them a visit though!.
I love your two black ladies, clementine is beautifully chubby ❤️
Two person dig worked really well, made it go a little quicker too…today’s digging was a bit harder with the rain though, that and we’re broken now 🤣
Well, the sunshine didn’t last long did it?😢😢 time of writing this you should be going to storm Kathleen I hope it’s not too severe.
Nope, very short lived. Two days but they were glorious days. The heavy rain started last night and turned the back into a mud pit, which was fun today. Hopefully the storm will pass us by if we are lucky but the bot of rain doesn't hurt. 2k litres of water harvested last night :-)
Have a great weekend Ron and thank you :-)
As I comment here there are 155 comments on the video. The channel is getting serious interest now. Not sure u will get much done this weekend as there is a storm just hitting now. When u get the rest of the clearing done u might get some focus on a veg patch with all the rich soil u have. I got the gates left in for galvanising yesterday and got some in fill boards as well. The week after next it will be time to get the gates up. At 200kilos each the wee digger we have will come in handy.
Thanks Marcus, the channel seems to be getting there, a big burst and now creeping up again, but 6k subscribers, we are over the moon.
200kg each, that is some gate you have made there. Fitting them sounds like hard work to me. The digger sounds perfect. Don't forget to send photos when done please. It is always nice to see what are capable of :)
Have a nice rest of the weekend and thank you as always :-)
You are almost there, be proud of your accomplishments! Could we have some before and after images when you finish please 🥰
Oh we are so close to finishing and it feels great! Very proud of what we’ve done this last couple of months, it’s been a long road with still lots to do but so pleased with it all so far 😘
Yes of course with the before and after! Might get Ben to stick the drone up if the weather is being nice to us! 😉
@@thecornerhouseproject Thank you Dawn 🥰
We missed the best day for the drone but it was just brown mud still. Actually, it still is.
Thanks Shae :-)
What a brilliant pair of workers . 💯% 🎉🎉🎉🎉
I love the moggies ...❤
Best wishes .. ...
Well done 👏 ✔️ 👍
Thank you very much Penny, that is really kind of you to say.
The cats are great, apart from Steve, who was stuck up the Hawthorn tree this morning. He got down in the end though.
Have a lovely weekend :-)
you are doin so well both of you, ahh cats are lovin it there x
Thank you! Oh they really do and it’s lovely to see them all getting very excited about being out and about and exploring anything and everything!
Getting so close to six thousand subscribers. 🎶
Hi Vicky, we are hoping this weekend. Fingers crossed :-)
Great attitude guys, keep it up!!
Aww thank you! We sure will! 😘
I LOVE your new system of cut and lift/fill the wheelbarrow! Teamwork makes the dream work! Excellent!!
It was a really good and efficient system. Which is unusual for us! 🤣 but it did work really well 😊
The mud pile is disappearing and soon will be entirely gone, good for you guys. So cute to see the furry angels out and about climbing trees, on the roof, following you back up to the out building etc.
Ooh it is sooo nearly there! It’s going to take a bit of tidying and cleaning up and the pressure washer may have just packed up today! Haha doesn’t rain but it pours eh?! Fingers crossed it just overheated a bit today and will be fine tomorrow.
They absolutely love being out and having all sorts of adventures!
Ink jar or ink well, imperfections are called straw markers. It was formed with a hot steel press that developed a crack or a mark that the older it was or the more it was used … the mark became larger and larger until it could not be used any longer be used. Straw was not used to form these jars or glasses but it was called a straw mark. But straw was used in other glass making. That story is for another day. Lol. Fig syrup bottle is the shape of medicine bottles. Hint if you get a book from the library. For a winters day …..
Ooh how interesting thank you! That makes perfect sense as to why the strange shape of the bottom of the bottle. I do like the medicine bottle looking ones, I have a few of those saved!
Thank you for your comment because I love learning new things like this 😊
Amazing result! Kitties are so fun to watch. Wondering if you are going to plant a hardy ground cover like Irish moss, or something between the stones? Looking forward to Monday!
Thank you! We’re finally getting close to finishing! We hadn’t thought about a ground cover but that does sounds lovely. 🥰
Your doing a fab job and it's taking shape. Just think when it's cleared you will be able sit out there and enjoy the great weather, when we get it lol. Love and blessings from Scotland xx
Thanks Babs, it is taking some shape, we just don't know what shape. A lot uncovered today using an alternative method as the rain last night turned everything to thick mud. Hopefully by Monday we can share it. The whole area will be fantastic when it is all cleared but may have to be a work in progress. We will get there though.
Thank you as always. Have a lovely weekend and hope the winds are kind to you.
Definatly not boring. Love seeing the cattens out exploring and supervising. Your fliming and editing is so interesting. bless you all
Thank you! Oh so much supervising going on normally but I think they were soo excited with all the adventuring that they forgot to supervise us. Although we they did have the supervise hats on for the barrowing!
Ben is pretty good with the editing isn’t he? He has a good brain for that sort of thing…me? Not so much! Haha
It was fun to see you racing (for certain definitions of "racing") through that patch. You're on the sweet side of the geometric progression now- every strip you clear, the area reaming to be cleared gets smaller at a faster & faster rate. (My money is also on "slurry" pit; or some more general but similarly sophisticated system for adding effluent to, & then draining, the underside of a manure pile.)
Also fun to see the cats roaming around having fun on their outdoor domain & jungle gym, like little furry ginger chaos agents.
Have a great weekend!
Good evening Evelyn, we hope you are well.
Haha, racing... By the end of the day we would stop 3/4 of the way down to the bottom to rest our arms, but it is always nice walking back up with an empty barrow.
Yes, we had a really good couple of days getting rid of the thick soil and today mud. Hopefully Mondays video will reveal more.
We still can't see the mud for the trees at the moment to really understand what we are possibly looking at. I am sure there is bedrock there so I am not sure about a pit, but define pit. I am picturing a four walled thing about 8ft deep. We will see.
Oh the cats love it. Steve was stuck in the hawthorn tree this morning. Not the best tree to climb. But they just want to be out all the time now and shout to make sure we know this lol.
Have a lovely weekend and thank you as always :-)
Watching you guys on fast forward is so relaxing to watch for some reason, but I know it’s a lot of hard work for you two! The cats are adorable roaming around, and I love the treasures you’ve found as well! I can’t wait to see you guys use all the rocks you’re digging up to fix the outbuildings and fix the roof! At least you have plenty of rocks now to do so! 😂 As always, it’s a pleasure to see you guys pop up with a new video!! 😊💚
Thank you very much. I am not a massive fan of fast speeds but sometimes it has to be done. That or miss lumps out. If I can make it not boring it isn't too bad.
Soooo many "treasures" haha. Soooo many stones. Oh, that is only a few, the large out building has 3 piles of them too. It is nuts. I am sure we will have a good go at using up as many as we can because what do you do with them? haha
It is always a pleasure to see your comments and we hope you are doing ok over there. Have a lovely weekend :-)
Hi guys! Loved the intro the music was perfect and the cats are loving being outside. I wonder if you're going to hit gold or oil soon. Finding relics is the best thing ever! These old buildings always give you such amazing glimpses into Irish history. ❤
Hello! Thank you very much, all down to Ben as usual 😂 The cats do love it soo much! They are all over the place and loving it, Steve got stuck up the tree yesterday! Haha we had to get the ladder out to help him. Little twit! Gold would be preferable!
Ooh I love finding the relics, I check every bit as I go just in case there’s something there! They do, you’re right with the history. All so fascinating isn’t it? ❤️
Have a lovely wkend hope the weather's kind to you and happy digging your doing so well xxx
Thank you Paula, hope you have a lovely weekend too. I am sure we will be digging something hahaha.
Good Day Dawn and Ben. You are getting wonderful at this video thing... The music matched your work impeccably and the back and forth with the wheelbarrows, it just made me giggle but also so amazed at all the work being accomplished. The cats are a great addition. They seemed so interested.
Fyi The Northern Mudlarks could help you with all your little treasures. Great channel and in your neck of the woods.
So glad to see enough stone to piece things together once all revealed. ❤
Good evening. Not sure wonderful is the word I would use, maybe the words "cobbled together" may work better haha. The cats were the real stars though, we thought they wouldn't like the shovelling etc but they really did take it in their stride and followed us right to the bottom of the land in the rain.
Just had a quick look at the Northern Mud Larks, that looks a great channel, thank you.
Fingers crossed we will have something for Monday.
Have a lovely weekend and thank you for watching and commenting tonight :-)
California syrup of fis was a laxative for children in 60s sold I Ireland. You are doing so well. Not only clearing debris but gaining valuable topsoil which will render your soil more arable. Two wins. Maith thu.
I had a Google about the bottle for the syrup of figs and they this particular bottle was produced for the UK from 1917 - ? Sadly I ran out of editing time to put the info on the screen. So thank you for the info as we didn't know it was for children.
The soil is amazing. We have it safe at the bottom of the land for when we need it. We found a place to put some soil and managed to put about 10 barrow loads of the good stuff there.
We are indeed better off for it. We even bought a couple of plants today.... get u hahaha.
Have a lovely weekend :-)
What an awesome job you both are doing and its really paying big dividends! Loved seeing the progress of the stones in the yard being uncovered even if there is still a layer of mud on top of the hardscape. I wasn't sure about the "drizzle" until I had a closeup and realized that it really was raining! Ben, the tree is enormous and it made me wonder if you will try to remove it? Have you decided what to do with it? You are so brave to allow the kitty's to be outside with you. My guys aren't ever out and truly have never shown any interest in venturing outside of the house even when the weather is good never mind when it's raining! I am looking forward to seeing how things go in the next few days! See you on Monday and thanks again for bringing us on this journey of discovery as you create your wonderful Irish homestead!
You are always welcome Cristy, it is our pleasure. Thank you for watching and of course being a channel member.
Yeah the drizzle is fine on the soil but when it rains it turns into a mud bath. Like today. Drastic measures were taken. You will see Monday :-)
The cats love it so much. They surprised us as we just carried on making noise an it didn't bother them at all. We have always had cats which go out. We thought Peaches would stay in but she is the worst for going on adventures already.
The massive base will probably stay there until it falls over. Just the small piece we stood on it's side weighed so much. I can't imagine how heavy a big bit will be. The actual fallen trunk will go at some point but will get someone with experience for chopping that up as it it a monster.
Have a lovely weekend Cristy and thank you again.
Very hard work you are doing .Pity you had a small digger with a square bucket,your job would be done in a day.Good lucky hope you are keeping well.
Hi James, thanks for watching and commenting.
A digger seems a great idea but at the point we are at now it wouldn't have been any use as bedrock is sticking out of the ground, stones are between the bedrock, levels are god knows where. That along with the soggy ground someone would have turned up, turned around and left lol. It has been long work without using a digger but in a controlled way and best of all it is all free :-) We like free.
We are well thanks :-) Have a really nice weekend and thanks again :-)
Hi Dawn and Ben, seeing the puddytats having their first free exploration of their domain put a smile on me, they have no fear:) Good also to see the finish line in sight for the main excavation. I Hope Kathleen makes a detour around your way, if not, then you should both take it as a sign to take a little break until she passes x
Hi Ellen. I think (fingers crossed) storm Kathleen is going to bypass us, we still have a lot of rain forecast for the next couple of days but the storm conditions I don’t think we will get. We might have a little break from it if does rain a lot though!
Aww puddytats! They had such a good time outside, now they just want to be out the whole time! Hahaha.x
The glass that you found that said Belfast looks like it says whitestar which was the company that owned / built the titanic 😊
We will have a closer look as that would be amazing if it is White Star Line.
Have a lovely weekend Gail :-)
If you like the Birds They will not last long with 2 Cats . I do not want to sound rude. I am referring to how excited you were about the Robin, as she will be on the nest soon.
I know and I did umm and ahh for a long while about getting cats because of the birds but I had missed having cats in our home, I’ve had cats my whole life and it never feels right without them.
I also have 2 cats , One is a Ginger the same as yours. The 2nd is about an 18 months old female that was abused and is terrified of being outside. Sinbad is the male cat's name and he would kill any and everything he could catch. I only let Sinbad out in the Winter months due to the Birds and poison Snakes . A Copperhead killed my neighbor's Cat. I used to save a lot of Birds, mostly babies.. It will help the Birds a lot if you would let the cats out later in the day as the babies are coaxed out of the nest by the parents early in the day and it takes a while for the parents to hide them.. You are lucky to not have Snakes there.
You may be able to find more information by contacting the local university. I don't know if it is the same in Ireland as the U.S. but here you can contact them and get answers on many different topics. I can see the real potential of your property and know it will be beautiful.
I’m not sure about the universities here for Information like that. There is a lot of house heritage stuff that’s online so I will have a search and see what I can find. It’s a great house and we only hope we can do it justice. ❤️
@@thecornerhouseproject You have already done it justice with your hard work in clearing the area and allowing it to be recognized. When I see the old stone buildings I'm always in awe of the people who picked up and placed one stone at a time to accomplish their needs. Have a great day!
Aww thank you! Oh you and me both, just the weight of some of these stones makes you amazed on how they lifted them, let alone build a whole building with them! They look soo beautiful too even the most simple of structures there’s just something so amazing about them. You have a good one too!
Nice job you guy's you are almost there
Thank you! Ooh yes, so very very close! Fingers crossed one more day, weather permitting! 🫣
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Enough said really Ed :-)
Have a lovely weekend :-)
siete cosi semplici e lavoratori mi fa piacere a guardavi molta forza
Thank you what a lovely thing to say ❤️
The kitties are having a blast outside! I was sitting here cracking up, you calling him Steve. I think it's great when people name their cats human names, and also hilarious lol do you guys have children that live at home? I think you said your daughter was out there a couple of times with the cats on a leash? Maybe I heard wrong? You guys are really digging everything out great, how much longer do you think it will take you to get this flat? And it was so cute when the cat started following you ❤ now you probably won't be able to keep them inside lol love the video, much love from Oklahoma USA Jackie 🇺🇸💖
Good evening Jackie 😘Aww they really were, today not so much as Steve ran up a tree to run from a dog and got stuck in the tree! ….ladder out to rescue him haha! We’ve had lots of cats/animals over the years and always called them odd names but Steve has got to be the best name for a cat ever! We had two Guinea pigs before moving over that my daughter named Danny and Devito! Yes we have our 19 year old son living with us here and we also have a 27 year old daughter too, who wanted to stay in England.
Well, today we went out with very high hopes of clearing the last patch but sadly we fell short of getting that done. It had rained all of last night and wow it made the soil turn to mud and trying to dig sticky, heavy mud was not easy, so fingers crossed for tomorrow now…obviously depending on the weather!
It was really lovely having the cats out there with us, but I do find them very distracting as I just want to watch them play! Haha you’re right too, they don’t like being indoors now!
It looks as if cattle manure was heaped outside the shed and has since turn to.soil .That digging is definitely heavy work nearly finishes “we fail but screw your courage to the sticking place and we will not fail “Shakespeare
Yeah we think that’s what happened too, especially as we dig in line with the window it has a different smell to the soil outside the door! Oh it really has been some heavy work, but so pleased with how it has all gone. 😊
Looks like you are cutting turf to dry for the fire. Attach the cats to pull the wheelbarrows.
Ooh it does, doesn’t it?! Oh my goodness I love that idea with the cats…pictured it in my mind already! 🤣🤣
Really enjoying your hard work. can I ask, what was the make and model of the hedge trimmer you used? It seemed quite good. Good luck with the end of the dig. The line of barrows remind me of a gag about a Irish builder long since gone to his rest. Story was he drove a lorry load of sand in the front gate, out the back and around again getting paid each time intil there was grass growing on it...
Aww thank you! Glad you’re enjoying it. 😊 The hedge trimmer is a Worx WD260E.5 it’s very good and just about goes through most stuff, struggles a little with really chunky brambles now and again but other than that it’s great! Clever man! Love it 😊
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I commented on this big long comment, went to post it, and then it disappeared. It was about the kitty cats and how cute they were and about the garden and everything you're doing and I'm so mad now I can't remember what I even said grrr great video though. Much love from Oklahoma USA Jackie 🇺🇸💖 PS it's all looking wonderful, nice job!
Hi Jackie in Oklahoma, I'm a Brit in OK and think we have the same UA-cam interests. Aren't Dawn & Ben doing well? Hope you survived the tornado on Monday.
@@jillfrancis8380 Hello, nice to meet you. I live in downtown Oklahoma City in an apartment. Yes I love Ben and Dawn. Where do you live?
@@mocarra100 Hi Jackie, I'm up in Bartlesville. Are you a Brit too? I think I sent you a message on Wild Wonderful (?) UA-cam channeI a way back. I don't watch them so much anymore as they went into other renovations and a Cafe. Dawn and Ben are doing a great job and are very down to earth. Nice chatting.....have a great weekend plus eclipse on Monday 😊
@@jillfrancis8380 no I'm not a Brit but I'm married to a Irish man from Belfast Northern Ireland I lived there for 2 years married him and then we came back to Oklahoma for the past 22nd and we've been married 24 years.
@@mocarra100 I have only been here 2 1/2 years and my husband is Lebanese; we lived in Lebanon 23 years, so sort of the reverse of you. 😊 I've had a few friends from Belfast, wonderful sense of humour and great accent.
nothing better than three curious muddy mogs + glass treasures 😍
Well the three curious mogs don't get to muddy as all three are little princesses who don't like to get their feet wet haha. Steve was stuck in the tree this morning because he is a numpty.
Dawn has so much "treasure" it is incredible. We need a bigger house to put it all in. Some of the glass is lovely though, we just like old. Unlikely to have any value but the age is what we like, just to find out something is old.
Hope everything is good with you. Have a nice weekend :-)
did not see close up but that bit of metal looked like a weight from a sash window
that's what I got on to comment also :)
I checked with Ben and he said it was just a hollow metal tube unfortunately. I did have a Google to see what one looked like though and I have a feeling I may have found one when we were clearing out the outbuildings though. I will have to go through all the bits we have found since being here.
I think you are both quite mad, but in the best possible way, Imagine the poor souls forced to pay good money for gym workouts but without the satisfaction of a splendid G&T terrace when it's all done
Haha, we are just mad, no quite about it Nicholas, but thank you :-)
We are a lot fitter than when we first arrived last June. We don't think we would have been able to have done the land first before doing the bits on the house, the house was a shock to the system, I think the land would have killed us haha.
Have a lovely weekend and thank you for watching and commenting :-)
dawn lights on no one home haha
Pretty much Alan hahaha
I know there will need to be repair work but what a beautiful area you will have when finished. Keep up the good work. Y’all deserve what you’ve worked so hard for. I keep seeing y’all enjoying sitting there with some of Dawn’s cups of tea looking out at your beautiful garden. 🌳🌳🌳🪨🪨🪨❤️
It’s going to look great when it’s all done properly. You’re right with it going to need some repairs here and there. Aww we cannot wait until we can pull up a chair and sit there with a cup of tea just looking out at the garden! It’s going to be amazing. 😍❤️
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