Why wouldn't you support this channel? Hardworking, honest couple, with ecological values and principles. Devivering a wholesome down to earth project with a vision to do the right thing. No BS, and of course the Odin element is a sure winner. There are so many skills being shown here and this couple are integrating into the local community and it looks as if they are integrating with them.
Hi Phillipe, the earthworks you are doing is - in my professional opinion - major. In most countries and local councils, it would need the certification of a civil engineer. The issues involved are: 1. Slope stabilization. To prevent the slopes from failure. This could mean installing retaining walls. There are many types. If no retaining walls are used, then the slope incline must be no more than 45 degrees. 2. Surface Water Drainage. This is very significant and cannot be stressed enough. Whenever humans alter the natural drainage lines of existing land, the water will move in ways that may affect the existing buildings. 3. To deal with drainage, proper drains need to be built with inspection pits and invert levels. These must be calculated. 4. Underground water tables. As there is a well on the site, I'm absolutely sure there are one or more underground water tables. These cannot be disturbed. Doing so will affect the geology of the area. 5. It's very dangerous to excavate so close to the buildings. The earth will fail and will affect your buildings. The buffer should be at least 6m with a retaining wall. You really should speak to an experienced civil engineer about all the above. Hope this helps.
@@alpanapaul8210 Glad you aren’t my neighbor. What if all the runoff now floods through the neighbor’s buildings? What if the neighbor’s well goes dry? What if the barn wall collapses?
I agree if the wall height was staggered bottom wall under 1.2 metres high with a step and then another retaining top wall a metre high approx .Probably height restrictions on retaining wall height without a permit. Also behind the building needs an engineer report done which may need a concrete footing to support the building under the ground to possibly ?dig a trench. If poss place your old small concrete and stones in it . Then place a large flexible drainage pipe that come in different sizes with holes on a decline for water to exit and then put more stones around it and pumice around it and cover with dirt same applies for drainage behind retaining walls. Another possibility is to dig out the concrete floor and or put plastic sheet over the existing and concrete over the top then paint with concrete sealer ?
I was wondering about those things as I was watching. The slopes in the area behind the barn look crazy and I’m curious to see how it’s all going to end up.
You should get goats to clear the land. You can pen them in a bramble area and they will eat everything away for you then just move them to the next patch.
Hi Guys. Having found your channel about a month ago I then started your videos from the beginning and am now up to date. I’m not a diy man but I am really enjoying your journey and wish all of you well. Regards John
one day you will sit outside while saying you 'we did it!" all the hardship gonna paid accordingly and here we are cheering up for you and your partner's effort. God bless you and your family 👪
So many things this week! First and foremost: Philippe is a born teacher! There I am, 76 French born grandma, living in the States now , learning mechanical tricks. Batteries? Check! Digger? Check. 6 years ago, I bought a GMC Suburban with a100 thousand miles on it. I couldn’t afford a $70,000 new car. I have a large garden. I carry stuff: straw, compost, mud, horse manure, etc… I dreamed of a pickup truck but they were too expensive. I grow a lot of my own vegetables. This old Suburban has been a godsend! I had it revamped by a local mechanic friend. I called it Myrtle, an antiquated American name, just for fun. This halfbreed of a Landover is perfect for you guys.. We had those in the Sahara Desert. You cannot kill them..🤪🤪 I look at the buildings, and I’m home , once again , in the land I was born in. I grew up in the Loire River, next to Orléans. I had such fun watching Odin calling his cat! Lucie! Tucie! My own daughter ‘s first word was Kitty, aka , cat. She would call everything out with kitty first: cow kitty! Dog kitty! This child of mine is now fifty two and has grown children, but you know, the memories do not die. When you put this video, you do not know who you will touch. You touch me. I enjoy watching you. Bisous à tous.
Hello Stevens! What a lovely comment, we are glad you enjoy our videos! We pass through Orleans when we go to Belgium or back. Beautiful area! It is funny to have little children and see them grow up and there first words or new behaviors 😁 We call him Monsieur Non now because everything you ask is No 🤣
Philippe, comment est-ce que vous avez appris l'anglais? Moi, e suis Américaine, prof de français en Amérique (retraitée) ... j'étais surprise de vous employez le mot "crud!" 😆 J'aime bien suivre l'aventure de votre famille! 😍 La photographie et le "editing" est spectaculaire!
Aerial shot shows how much earth moving you have done amazing amount with little digger 👍 I can see why others have queried safety in all aspects just keep safe 💙
I have a similair project going on in Bulgaria. I am so happy to have discovered your channel. You are giving me inspiration. I lack skills and machinary, but I have a Belgium neighbor who just happens to be a woodwork and metal work teacher in a school in Belgium and he guides me where he can. He happens to have bought a farm next to mine and he has turned out to be the best neighbor and friend I could wish for! He also has a lot of Belgium people staying each summer, so I get to meet them too!
Aha, I see what you mean at 16:30. From the aerial photo and the 'walkaround' at 22:10 I got the wrong impression. There, at 22:10, the walls look a bit low, but not unusual for old barns. But the walls are tall. Well done 'freeing those barns'.
@@DomaineSauvage 👌🏻👍🏻… and I don’t mean to always praise Phillip! Anicia, the videos are VERY well done and all the little things you do make it wonderful. Cette vidéo étais très très bien ! Merci beaucoup et j’ai hâte de voir le prochaine ! A bientôt :)
Haha it is the cutest 😅 Thx for watching Colinda! Or is it Jeroen? He is probably to busy plastering 😅 How is the weather with you guys, with us it is again like last year 😭
@@DomaineSauvage it is me colinda. Jeroen is finally done with plastering. 💪 We have now layed the floor. Here 100 km south it is also bad weather. Not so many sunshine and cold.
@@petitrevefrance Your house is becoming very beautiful, me and Anicia were talking about it that you guys go out to Brocante and have the knowledge of picking out nice items. Maybe a good idea to put in a video since i think a lot of people are interested in the treasure hunting you guys do!
@@DomaineSauvage we do sometimes including trips to the brocante. But at this moment we don't go often to the brocantes anymore 😅 to busy with renovating.
Great work as always. I was a bit surprised you didnt restart the excavation work earlier in the summer, while it was still hot and dry, as the mud issue when it rains causes so many problems.
We would have started sooner but we had no means of moving the soil yet. And when we got the dumper it had some issues so we couldn’t use it immediately. Such is life 😅
Dear couple and baby, happy to see you! In a video, a while ago, you mentioned the hypothesis that the former resident created this hill behind the barn. However, I do not know whether he asked the old residents of the village to obtain confirmation of his hypothesis. I see your hard work in removing all this land, and I wonder: from where, how and what is the objective of the former resident to get this land and create this hill there, even though he has spent hours of work, fuel... including It makes your projects take longer, and the rain contributes to this too. I see the color of the earth, its compaction on this hill and I wonder if this hill wouldn't be natural to the place and, with just the barn being built in an inappropriate place, etc. Health and prosperity to the beautiful family.
Hello, there has probably always been a hill close to the old barn but it has become higher probably with the addition of the new barn they had to get rid of there soil somewhere.. remember these are 200+ years old so a lot has happened in those years and not many around to tell us how it was. We can only make estimated guesses that it wasn’t like this in the beginning by an old barn door at the back that is useless now with the hill against it. An old farm road that is a metre deeper then it used to be etc.
Helo..I'm vhal ,silent viewers from the Philippines...I am new to ur channel but I liked to watch all ur videos and I get use to watch it I think 2 weeks I finally finishes watching ur videos episode.1 to 55..I do hope u continued downloading videos cause I'm so excited of what will happen afterwards....godbless and stay safe all the time..
It must have felt good to have it confirmed, that all your hard work moving the mountain with Bob and Fred, was not in vain!!😃Oh my, the chimney at 9:33, is it as crooked as it looks?! Also I am sure I can speak for everyone in saying that it is really good of you to answer so many comments, It must take you ages!!😃
@@DomaineSauvage I can see that! thank you. oh and I added the question about the chimney after you had read this.😊It's funny seeing you furkle with the carburettor, my husband has just been successful with the same problem on his 1973 Norton Commando except he had to fit a new one! 😃
I really enjoy watching your videos - they are so inspiring on every level. It's lovely to see Odin's character developing and starting to talk so well already. It's really eye-opening to see just how much machinery and maintenance is required to keep up with maintaining land and property of this size. You could almost be in the UK, with all that rain.
Just found a video on you tube with a great piece of equipment for you !!! The bramble problem quickly sorted !!! The site is,more adventures made from scratch episode is, I got a new toy at the junkyard! 👍
One of our wettest summers for ages and still here in the UK in September it rains and rains and rains this year. This video reminded me of the UK 5000 years ago when huge effort went into building neolithic mounds which are still hills today 5000 years later all that soil having been moved.
Anicia and Philippe, that was another very good and very enjoyable episode. So happy to see your subscriber base growing as it is and so quickly. You truly deserve it. Passez une bonne semaine !
Het Bryan, it is crazy to see how fast it is going now. I remember last year if we had one subscriber a day we would be cheering 🤣 Bonne semaine a vous aussi!
Hey I am from Bihar India I just saw your 1 year in France video I loved it The way you both making your abandoned farm into living farm is incredible . Lots of love ..
What refreshing videos these are, no hype.I live near London and love to see your farm and the French countryside.Odin is a happy soul,I thought the dog was called Julie but Odin’s put me right!Looking forward to the next one.
I am amazed at how you are able to make the excavation process and other work interesting. For example, watching the replacement of the loader’s battery or cleaning the carburetor. My wife and I bought and renovated a home in New Jersey 13 years ago and started our own business producing endurance events here in NYC twenty years ago. If we had made the time to record it like you are, we would have had a great story to tell. Congratulations on such great work. I hope to go camping at Domain Sauvage one day!
Thx George, that is thanks to Anicia her editing skills trying to make a story out of my babblings 🤣 Videoing and editing while working does take up a lot of time. We underestimated it! You are welcome to come!
@@DomaineSauvage You too Phillipe! I have an uncle who is also a "jack of all trades" and can be a carpenter, plumber, excavator, and electrician, like yourself. He and my grandparents build a campground in NJ that they put their heart and soul into for 50 years. I admire them a lot for what they did and saw how much it hurt them to finally sell it. I guess that because of that history and what my wife and I did, I find your adventure so mezmerizing. Thanks for sharing. I'm sure that we'll show up one day. Good luck!
Hello from Canada!! 🇨🇦 I eagerly await Sunday each week since I binged all your videos and am so sad when the video ends!! I love seeing Odin grow up and am impressed with your progress around your land. Thank you for sharing this journey with us all!!♥️🇨🇦♥️
We do not call them 'wacker plates' in NZ - never heard of that - they are compactors. ! Good that you can fix it - with Claude's help, encore une fois! Bravo, Claude 🙂 Oh that mound (of dirt) has become a mountain ... This is a huge undertaking. 'Moving mountains'. ... There is more than enough dirt to form a pond ... You must be careful. Soil is unstable, you can get slips at any time but esp. after rain. Please take care ♥♥♥
There's a colloquialism (slang) for strimmers too = weed wackers - I wonder if thats related or from the same source lol. My son picked that up from some US tv prog, either The Simpsons or Family Guy. He's the same age as Philippe 🙂
Bonjour from Australia I just finished watching your movie length Vlog & thoroughly loved it!! Did you grow up on the land or are you just resourceful as the interest has evolved to help people teach themselves many skills! You have a beautiful family & your son will learn so much just watching his tenacious & fit parents! 🥂😍
Yes I was thinking the exact same thing. I watch this at night before going to bed and it’s so relaxing. I grew up on a ranch and cowboys in South Texas. The work is never done. I absolutely love how you pivot with the weather to other things. Beautiful life y’all have created. ❤
You have so much patience,and you are making the land lovely for you all.Odin is getting on with his speech, love him so sweet boy. Love too you all, and take care lovely family.Norma XXX🎉
You have an amazing skill set. Of course it is necessary based on what you are trying to do. I applied your initiative and Energy. Very impressive for an 81 year-old man.
Seems sad that there doesn't seem to be as many birds singing, bees and flowers. Would love to know what happened to the garden and how that's coming along.
The garden is doing well, but it is funny that you bring it up! During the dry hotter period there was a lot less birds and a lot quieter then the year before. It was very strange and i have no explanation for it.
Het gebabbel van Odin... en de hond die zo aandachtig is voor het bord en de lepel terwijl Odin eet... heel leuk dat je ook die stukjes van daily life integreert in je videos.
I don’t know, man that dump site looks pretty dangerous. You’re doing a fabulous job clearing away the brambles and debris . I’m enjoying watching your journey. Watching from PA, USA.
phillipe, you are such a wealth of knowledge! i want to add these things to my list of what to look for in a man but i worry i may be single even longer if i do. these american boys seem to be slacking off! on a serous note, i feel like this is what God intended for us. working hard, loving life, family and good friends, all the while caring for the land and creatures He has provided. many blessings from the US.🥰
Hi all, cuddles to Odin, you are becoming quite the mechanic Philleppe. Your hens make me laugh following Philleppe everywhere 😂😂😂. The rain just.makrs everything take longer. See you next week 😊❤❤
This guy eat 100000 of guys in his breakfast 😂 what a guy ❤ Hats off buddy the time money energy you put on in your work is absolutely insane ❤she found a diamond ❤
Mud, mud, glorious mud! Because of so much rain I'm alarmed watching you drive that dumper at the pinnacle of fresh earth, so dangerous. Hilarious watching chickens following the machines - glad none flattened!!! :)
Thank you to make us happy with this nature i like this hard warking and this passion in nature...hope to see a lot of people take care of land and nature I am Cardiologist watching u from Aden -Yemen
My significant other is 85 and the minute he saw the outside of your red IH tractor he knew it well. He’s a retired farmer and they had one or more of the 240 model. He told me you can still get parts for those tractors and you should be able to get it working.
I love the way the chickens follow you everywhere!
20:38 "Bon voyage to the dumper and hopefully I can jump of in time" cracked me so hard I'm laughing and crying both at the same time LOL.
I love how the chickens follow the excavator around, knowing it will dig up yummy insects! So smart!
😂 those chickens have had some close calls.. always manage to get out of harms way..😊
@@karenklucas923they are into risky business
Crazy chickens!
Why wouldn't you support this channel? Hardworking, honest couple, with ecological values and principles. Devivering a wholesome down to earth project with a vision to do the right thing. No BS, and of course the Odin element is a sure winner. There are so many skills being shown here and this couple are integrating into the local community and it looks as if they are integrating with them.
Thx Andrew! We are far from perfect but we try to do it good!
Hi Phillipe, the earthworks you are doing is - in my professional opinion - major. In most countries and local councils, it would need the certification of a civil engineer. The issues involved are:
1. Slope stabilization. To prevent the slopes from failure. This could mean installing retaining walls. There are many types. If no retaining walls are used, then the slope incline must be no more than 45 degrees.
2. Surface Water Drainage. This is very significant and cannot be stressed enough. Whenever humans alter the natural drainage lines of existing land, the water will move in ways that may affect the existing buildings.
3. To deal with drainage, proper drains need to be built with inspection pits and invert levels. These must be calculated.
4. Underground water tables. As there is a well on the site, I'm absolutely sure there are one or more underground water tables. These cannot be disturbed. Doing so will affect the geology of the area.
5. It's very dangerous to excavate so close to the buildings. The earth will fail and will affect your buildings. The buffer should be at least 6m with a retaining wall.
You really should speak to an experienced civil engineer about all the above.
Hope this helps.
I think he knows what he's doing. Anyway, it is his land and he can do what he thinks best.
@@alpanapaul8210 Glad you aren’t my neighbor. What if all the runoff now floods through the neighbor’s buildings? What if the neighbor’s well goes dry? What if the barn wall collapses?
I agree if the wall height was staggered bottom wall under 1.2 metres high with a step and then another retaining top wall a metre high approx .Probably height restrictions on retaining wall height without a permit. Also behind the building needs an engineer report done which may need a concrete footing to support the building under the ground to possibly ?dig a trench. If poss place your old small concrete and stones in it . Then place a large flexible drainage pipe that come in different sizes with holes on a decline for water to exit and then put more stones around it and pumice around it and cover with dirt same applies for drainage behind retaining walls. Another possibility is to dig out the concrete floor and or put plastic sheet over the existing and concrete over the top then paint with concrete sealer ?
I was wondering about those things as I was watching. The slopes in the area behind the barn look crazy and I’m curious to see how it’s all going to end up.
@mm9773
She has said they will have a stepped embankment. I guess they know what they are doing.
You should get goats to clear the land. You can pen them in a bramble area and they will eat everything away for you then just move them to the next patch.
very interesting video I'm looking forward to see the progress of how the dam develops great video. Ps the chickens are wonderful.
I’m dying with the chicken seriously!! 😂😂Love how they follow the bobcat for freshly earthed worms and stuff!
j'aime votre chaine à la semaine prochaine
Merci!!
Lol 3am in Sydney came across a video u made a month ago and cannot stop watching the progreess lol
Never underestimate a smart man with a plan! Great progress!
Thx!
Hello again 🤗 from Philippines
I'm always sad when the end of the vlog comes up . Beautifully curated videos.
Glad you like them!
Hard working couple.
I admire you both.
New viewer from the Philippines.
God bless you both and your kids.
Hi Guys. Having found your channel about a month ago I then started your videos from the beginning and am now up to date. I’m not a diy man but I am really enjoying your journey and wish all of you well. Regards John
Thx John!
c'est ainsi que l'on reconnaît le spécialiste des polders !😄
one day you will sit outside while saying you 'we did it!" all the hardship gonna paid accordingly and here we are cheering up for you and your partner's effort. God bless you and your family 👪
Thx 🙏
Incredible drone shots at the beginning. A very cool tool that you handle pretty well!
The trick is smooth slow movements or no movements at all 😅
Am glad Vlogging became a trend around the world, I am able to see renovation like this, even I am miles away.
You guys are such hard workers💪🏽💪🏽, I love it
😊 thank you
A Herculean task. Kudos!
Love your videos...very hard working couple and little Odin saying Lucie❤
😊 thank you
So many things this week!
First and foremost: Philippe is a born teacher! There I am, 76 French born grandma, living in the States now , learning mechanical tricks. Batteries? Check! Digger? Check.
6 years ago, I bought a GMC Suburban with a100 thousand miles on it. I couldn’t afford a $70,000 new car. I have a large garden. I carry stuff: straw, compost, mud, horse manure, etc… I dreamed of a pickup truck but they were too expensive. I grow a lot of my own vegetables. This old Suburban has been a godsend! I had it revamped by a local mechanic friend. I called it Myrtle, an antiquated American name, just for fun. This halfbreed of a Landover is perfect for you guys.. We had those in the Sahara Desert. You cannot kill them..🤪🤪
I look at the buildings, and I’m home , once again , in the land I was born in. I grew up in the Loire River, next to Orléans.
I had such fun watching Odin calling his cat! Lucie! Tucie! My own daughter ‘s first word was Kitty, aka , cat. She would call everything out with kitty first: cow kitty! Dog kitty! This child of mine is now fifty two and has grown children, but you know, the memories do not die.
When you put this video, you do not know who you will touch.
You touch me. I enjoy watching you.
Bisous à tous.
Hello Stevens! What a lovely comment, we are glad you enjoy our videos! We pass through Orleans when we go to Belgium or back. Beautiful area! It is funny to have little children and see them grow up and there first words or new behaviors 😁 We call him Monsieur Non now because everything you ask is No 🤣
Philippe, comment est-ce que vous avez appris l'anglais? Moi, e suis Américaine, prof de français en Amérique (retraitée) ... j'étais surprise de vous employez le mot "crud!" 😆 J'aime bien suivre l'aventure de votre famille! 😍 La photographie et le "editing" est spectaculaire!
Another beautiful video perfectly narrated with soothing music, I too am sad when the video ends, I love what you are creating together ❤
Thank you Donna!
Phillip allrounder man keep growing up bro m from India
Cześć! Praca idzie pełną parą pomimo deszczu. Podoba mi się jak kury podążają za koparką szukając robaków na przekąskę. Pozdrawiam👍 😀 🫱 🇵🇱
Kurczaki są szalone!🤣
Aerial shot shows how much earth moving you have done amazing amount with little digger 👍
I can see why others have queried safety in all aspects just keep safe 💙
Hey Sue, it does make it a lot clearer for a lot of people. It is not easy to convey the scale with a camera!
I have a similair project going on in Bulgaria. I am so happy to have discovered your channel. You are giving me inspiration. I lack skills and machinary, but I have a Belgium neighbor who just happens to be a woodwork and metal work teacher in a school in Belgium and he guides me where he can. He happens to have bought a farm next to mine and he has turned out to be the best neighbor and friend I could wish for! He also has a lot of Belgium people staying each summer, so I get to meet them too!
Well done brother 😊
I love your dog
Thx! She is sweet!
Aha, I see what you mean at 16:30. From the aerial photo and the 'walkaround' at 22:10 I got the wrong impression. There, at 22:10, the walls look a bit low, but not unusual for old barns. But the walls are tall. Well done 'freeing those barns'.
You got to imagine the front of the barn with the big gate in it and that is the level what we want at the back.
That's a huge job but your chickens really appreciate it 😊
Haha they love everything we do as long as it involves food 🤣
Thank you Phillip for the explanation on how you fixed the compactor 🙏🏼😁
No problem 👍Main problem with gasoline engines who haven't started in a while will be this.
@@DomaineSauvage 👌🏻👍🏻… and I don’t mean to always praise Phillip! Anicia, the videos are VERY well done and all the little things you do make it wonderful. Cette vidéo étais très très bien ! Merci beaucoup et j’ai hâte de voir le prochaine ! A bientôt :)
love the chickens in the background looking for newly available goodies in the soil
I love your videos. God Bless your family. You are an example of a hard worker who work with pasion and love.❤❤
Thank you!
So cute how Odin says Lucy. See you next week,
Haha it is the cutest 😅 Thx for watching Colinda! Or is it Jeroen? He is probably to busy plastering 😅 How is the weather with you guys, with us it is again like last year 😭
@@DomaineSauvage it is me colinda. Jeroen is finally done with plastering. 💪
We have now layed the floor. Here 100 km south it is also bad weather. Not so many sunshine and cold.
@@petitrevefrance Your house is becoming very beautiful, me and Anicia were talking about it that you guys go out to Brocante and have the knowledge of picking out nice items. Maybe a good idea to put in a video since i think a lot of people are interested in the treasure hunting you guys do!
@@DomaineSauvage we do sometimes including trips to the brocante. But at this moment we don't go often to the brocantes anymore 😅 to busy with renovating.
en dan gaan we naar Frankrijk om meer te genieten 😉
I just realized the amount of earth u have and will move ......u truly r both amazing people .....I shake my head in awe .... thx so much
Another nice video, beautiful countryside and lots of digging digging digging 😅.
But of course mama and darling little baby 😊
Thx, we can’t have a video without little Odin 😍
Great work as always. I was a bit surprised you didnt restart the excavation work earlier in the summer, while it was still hot and dry, as the mud issue when it rains causes so many problems.
We would have started sooner but we had no means of moving the soil yet. And when we got the dumper it had some issues so we couldn’t use it immediately. Such is life 😅
Dear couple and baby, happy to see you! In a video, a while ago, you mentioned the hypothesis that the former resident created this hill behind the barn. However, I do not know whether he asked the old residents of the village to obtain confirmation of his hypothesis. I see your hard work in removing all this land, and I wonder: from where, how and what is the objective of the former resident to get this land and create this hill there, even though he has spent hours of work, fuel... including It makes your projects take longer, and the rain contributes to this too. I see the color of the earth, its compaction on this hill and I wonder if this hill wouldn't be natural to the place and, with just the barn being built in an inappropriate place, etc. Health and prosperity to the beautiful family.
Hello, there has probably always been a hill close to the old barn but it has become higher probably with the addition of the new barn they had to get rid of there soil somewhere.. remember these are 200+ years old so a lot has happened in those years and not many around to tell us how it was. We can only make estimated guesses that it wasn’t like this in the beginning by an old barn door at the back that is useless now with the hill against it. An old farm road that is a metre deeper then it used to be etc.
@@DomaineSauvagethanks, good morning!
Helo..I'm vhal ,silent viewers from the Philippines...I am new to ur channel but I liked to watch all ur videos and I get use to watch it I think 2 weeks I finally finishes watching ur videos episode.1 to 55..I do hope u continued downloading videos cause I'm so excited of what will happen afterwards....godbless and stay safe all the time..
Hello Vhal, thx for watching all the videos and supporting us tis way!!
Odin is so cute, lovely hearing his first words.😄❤️
Haha it was!
Always enjoy your videos, they are calming and I look forward to them each week. Thank you All!!
Thx Tim!
You guys are so hardworking and determined. Looks like a monumental task but if anybody can do it, you can.
Wow, what a huge job! Excellent work and something to be proud of. 🇨🇦
I'm hooked can't get enough. Beautiful family wish you all well with all your present and future jobs. CAROLYN AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺.
Thank you Carolyn! Glad you enjoy them.
Great job on the whacker! It will surely be useful (and an asset for the future🎉)
It must have felt good to have it confirmed, that all your hard work moving the mountain with Bob and Fred, was not in vain!!😃Oh my, the chimney at 9:33, is it as crooked as it looks?!
Also I am sure I can speak for everyone in saying that it is really good of you to answer so many comments, It must take you ages!!😃
Hello Suzie, it does take time and i am having trouble keeping up but we do read them all and we try to answer them all.
@@DomaineSauvage I can see that! thank you. oh and I added the question about the chimney after you had read this.😊It's funny seeing you furkle with the carburettor, my husband has just been successful with the same problem on his 1973 Norton Commando except he had to fit a new one! 😃
The chimney is crooked and leaking 🤣
@@DomaineSauvage 😯
I really enjoy watching your videos - they are so inspiring on every level. It's lovely to see Odin's character developing and starting to talk so well already. It's really eye-opening to see just how much machinery and maintenance is required to keep up with maintaining land and property of this size. You could almost be in the UK, with all that rain.
Just found a video on you tube with a great piece of equipment for you !!! The bramble problem quickly sorted !!! The site is,more adventures made from scratch episode is, I got a new toy at the junkyard! 👍
Haha i just looked at it! Maybe in the future when we can afford it!
One of our wettest summers for ages and still here in the UK in September it rains and rains and rains this year. This video reminded me of the UK 5000 years ago when huge effort went into building neolithic mounds which are still hills today 5000 years later all that soil having been moved.
Hey Jane, it is awful weather and it has started again..
!IDEA! for dumper - bolt plywood sheets to increase the capacity of the box... Love the content BTW- thanks :-)
I am already overloading it by making a mountain on top when i load it, good idea for transporting other stuff though!
Anicia and Philippe, that was another very good and very enjoyable episode. So happy to see your subscriber base growing as it is and so quickly. You truly deserve it.
Passez une bonne semaine !
Het Bryan, it is crazy to see how fast it is going now. I remember last year if we had one subscriber a day we would be cheering 🤣 Bonne semaine a vous aussi!
What a tremendous amount of work you have done!
Thx Ann, we are getting there!
Wow, the drone footage really shows just how much you've moved already. Seeing how small the machines look on there makes it look even bigger.👌
Yeah it gives a sense of what we are doing!
You are inspiring couple i love watching good to build your family...
Thx!
Hey I am from Bihar India
I just saw your 1 year in France video
I loved it
The way you both making your abandoned farm into living farm is incredible .
Lots of love ..
Awesome! Thank you!
What refreshing videos these are, no hype.I live near London and love to see your farm and the French countryside.Odin is a happy soul,I thought the dog was called Julie but Odin’s put me right!Looking forward to the next one.
Thank you Susan! June IS the name of our dog! He’s referring to our cat Lucie 😄See you in the next video!
Lot of work done but still has to come... good luck!
Love watching your progress! You are so inspirational! Greetings from Cape Town 🇿🇦💛
Wow!! Moving so much dirt!! You're making great progress, and I love watching!! Your family is precious!!
Thx Jean!
Love it inspires me to work on my yard hard 😊
Go for it!
Thank you for showing us your work! I am so inspires and I went out again today, clean up as much as trees cutting and ground… thank you.
It is you who did it, not me! It is satisfying when you are done with the work though 🙏
That is a mammoth amount of soil to move. Thanks for video, I bet when you left Belgium for France you did not expect this amount of rain !
Nope and it seems to be the same again.. We had 6 weeks of nice weather.. Ah well the climate is changing more extremes!
I am amazed at how you are able to make the excavation process and other work interesting. For example, watching the replacement of the loader’s battery or cleaning the carburetor. My wife and I bought and renovated a home in New Jersey 13 years ago and started our own business producing endurance events here in NYC twenty years ago. If we had made the time to record it like you are, we would have had a great story to tell. Congratulations on such great work. I hope to go camping at Domain Sauvage one day!
Thx George, that is thanks to Anicia her editing skills trying to make a story out of my babblings 🤣 Videoing and editing while working does take up a lot of time. We underestimated it! You are welcome to come!
@@DomaineSauvage You too Phillipe! I have an uncle who is also a "jack of all trades" and can be a carpenter, plumber, excavator, and electrician, like yourself. He and my grandparents build a campground in NJ that they put their heart and soul into for 50 years. I admire them a lot for what they did and saw how much it hurt them to finally sell it. I guess that because of that history and what my wife and I did, I find your adventure so mezmerizing. Thanks for sharing. I'm sure that we'll show up one day. Good luck!
Hyy dear your husband so nice guy and very hardworking person,love form india 🇮🇳❤
Thx!
Hello from Canada!! 🇨🇦
I eagerly await Sunday each week since I binged all your videos and am so sad when the video ends!! I love seeing Odin grow up and am impressed with your progress around your land. Thank you for sharing this journey with us all!!♥️🇨🇦♥️
This Swiss-Canadian says ditto!
You're welcome and Sunday a new one will come!
We do not call them 'wacker plates' in NZ - never heard of that - they are compactors. ! Good that you can fix it - with Claude's help, encore une fois! Bravo, Claude 🙂 Oh that mound (of dirt) has become a mountain ... This is a huge undertaking. 'Moving mountains'. ... There is more than enough dirt to form a pond ... You must be careful. Soil is unstable, you can get slips at any time but esp. after rain. Please take care ♥♥♥
Hey Barbara, my neighbour called it a wacker plate so I took it over 😅 oh yeah we will have plenty of soil for the pond!
There call wacker plates in Australia
We call them thumpers here in Pennsylvania.
There's a colloquialism (slang) for strimmers too = weed wackers - I wonder if thats related or from the same source lol. My son picked that up from some US tv prog, either The Simpsons or Family Guy. He's the same age as Philippe 🙂
Keep going Phiippe,one day my friend one day,it will be done.
Thx James!
Bonjour from Australia I just finished watching your movie length Vlog & thoroughly loved it!! Did you grow up on the land or are you just resourceful as the interest has evolved to help people teach themselves many skills! You have a beautiful family & your son will learn so much just watching his tenacious & fit parents! 🥂😍
I have only just discovered your delightful channel. Eats UK tv
Yes simply magnificent yes simply magnificent splendid. Surrey UK
Am so impressed with you guys. Wish I could pop around and give you a hand for the love of it.
Yes I was thinking the exact same thing. I watch this at night before going to bed and it’s so relaxing. I grew up on a ranch and cowboys in South Texas. The work is never done. I absolutely love how you pivot with the weather to other things. Beautiful life y’all have created. ❤
Maybe woensdag camping is open
Thank you Gordon!
Not much choice to work with the weather but it does suck since normally it should be better until November and not this again 😅
In a year maybe but now it is mudfest!
You have so much patience,and you are making the land lovely for you all.Odin is getting on with his speech, love him so sweet boy.
Love too you all, and take care lovely family.Norma XXX🎉
Thx Norma!
You have an amazing skill set. Of course it is necessary based on what you are trying to do. I applied your initiative and Energy. Very impressive for an 81 year-old man.
Thx ted!
Bon courage Philippe ! 💪
Merci!!
Seems sad that there doesn't seem to be as many birds singing, bees and flowers. Would love to know what happened to the garden and how that's coming along.
The garden is doing well, but it is funny that you bring it up! During the dry hotter period there was a lot less birds and a lot quieter then the year before. It was very strange and i have no explanation for it.
Het gebabbel van Odin... en de hond die zo aandachtig is voor het bord en de lepel terwijl Odin eet... heel leuk dat je ook die stukjes van daily life integreert in je videos.
Graag gedaan, het breekt de video ook een beetje anders is het alleen maar graven 😂
@@DomaineSauvage 😆👍
I don’t know, man that dump site looks pretty dangerous. You’re doing a fabulous job clearing away the brambles and debris . I’m enjoying watching your journey. Watching from PA, USA.
phillipe, you are such a wealth of knowledge! i want to add these things to my list of what to look for in a man but i worry i may be single even longer if i do. these american boys seem to be slacking off!
on a serous note, i feel like this is what God intended for us. working hard, loving life, family and good friends, all the while caring for the land and creatures He has provided. many blessings from the US.🥰
As, I’ve noticed, I have to level up my game for those capable men to take interest. They expect similar from me.
Hi all, cuddles to Odin, you are becoming quite the mechanic Philleppe. Your hens make me laugh following Philleppe everywhere 😂😂😂. The rain just.makrs everything take longer. See you next week 😊❤❤
Hey Lesley, yeah the rain sets us back every time but there are other tasks still to do!
Today is 10-04-2024
The first time saw your vlog of one year improving the abandoned lot in France.
This guy eat 100000 of guys in his breakfast 😂 what a guy ❤
Hats off buddy the time money energy you put on in your work is absolutely insane ❤she found a diamond ❤
Odin is cute and smart kid.
Am fan from the Gambia and Am looking forward to develop my farm too
Thx and good luck on your future endeavours!
I was busy counting the chicken so I did not see that it was about to rain here..shoes got wet but never mind..it's worth it😊
Puddles are good, helps show where you are low.
Haha exactly or it shows that my grading is somewhat working if it gathers one on side.
I admire your dedication to the work.
Interesting how the chicken associate the machine with the possibility of food.
Wishing you a long dry autumn.
More wishing cause it is already pouring rain 😂👍
Thanks!
Thank you George! Sorry for the late reply! 👍👍💪💪
Mud, mud, glorious mud!
Because of so much rain I'm alarmed watching you drive that dumper at the pinnacle of fresh earth, so dangerous.
Hilarious watching chickens following the machines - glad none flattened!!! :)
It is still okay to do it, I am making it wider so it is more safe to drive on top.
Falling in love with this channel... love from NAGALAND...
May GOD bless your family
NE here too 😂😂😂😂😂
Where is nagaland? 🫢
@@DomaineSauvage Its a state in Northeast India...
@@DomaineSauvage
Country - India.
State - Nagaland (For Christ)
Sir/madam..
We are tribal people.. from hilly areas...
@@Notification-45 Thx!
So much work, but it is really paying off. At least the chickens keep you good company for parts of the slog!
I don’t feel lonely with the chickens around 😅
It really tickles me to watch the chickens following you around, pretty much wherever you're going. ❤
You’re really hard working man @ you love what you’re doing, am impressed
you guys are doing great job and also you guys enjoy your dream.
Thank you to make us happy with this nature i like this hard warking and this passion in nature...hope to see a lot of people take care of land and nature
I am Cardiologist watching u from Aden -Yemen
Trop passionnant cette excavation !! J’adore
Merci Anne!
You’re a handyman, I was thinking that am one of the few 😍
My significant other is 85 and the minute he saw the outside of your red IH tractor he knew it well. He’s a retired farmer and they had one or more of the 240 model. He told me you can still get parts for those tractors and you should be able to get it working.
Hey Linda, normally this winter we will work on it.
I love that shot were Phillipes posse of chickens are following him behind the digger so funny ....never alone with chickens
Too funny
Crazy chickens, they do add a lot of dynamic to our videos!