Philippe is a carpenter, plumber, farmer, and engineer. He can pretty much do it all and is totally self-sufficient. He's a role model for anyone who wants to learn new skills. He makes me jealous, but also inspires me to learn new things and work hard. I wish you both a happy life on your farm.
@@DomaineSauvage Also, "dumper" is slang in some circles for a persons butt, usually in a positive way. "look at the dumper on that plumber!" for instance.😉
I've watched this channel nearly everyday since the war started and, to be honest, it helps me to remember that there are decent people everywhere and it helps to keep me from despising the Russian people as a block. That youtube and google will permit their unsupervised algorithms to crush a guy like this is a clear indicator of either their arrogance or irresponsibility to simple decency. What a crappy, selfish, and mean spirited world youtube is helping to build.
Anicia, your script and editing were so well done. Your descriptions were a delight and really came alive. Philippe, you are a wonderful partner and father to your family and an absolute hard worker. You have such a great work ethic! Odin is his wonderful self. It was really fun to see the year in review. Thank you so much.
It's been great to see you put life back into your grounds. A lot of hard work but you seem to do it with a smile on your faces. Good luck in the coming year. It's been wonderful seeing your son growing up. And I love it that the chickens are helping too. Stay safe🤗🇬🇧
I second that. Anicia did an excellent job. I'm very impressed. Of course Philippe was an excellent father as well as powering through all the wok needed on that property. This video was a joy to watch. Thank You for sharing.
Perfectly said… impressed with them both, as well as the chickens always in the way and he worked around them lol so patient! And those chickens are adorable wanting to be by them when they work or maybe just outside in general. Smart starting out with only 2
I'm an 81 year old, and love watching videos like yours. What a transformation, turning the overgrown farm into a gem once more. You are both such a hard-working couple. Your husband sets such a good example. One can see he has a lot of patience, which you must have for this kind of work. I'm watching this at 3 am, during the night here in South Africa.
Philippe. My brother’s name was Philippe..I’m French by birth but now living in the States. In the 60’s, Papa , Philippe and I renovated,a 300,year old,house. Maman cooked and did laundry. We had a system going. The walls of the house were 3 feet deep. We rebuilt the chimney. We dug the trenches for the plumbing. We installed electricity. We installed the kitchen and the bathroom. We installed the mazout stove. The roof was good, so were the walls. We brought in water and electricity. I was 16 years old. I griped a lot but I learned a ton. And so we lived in one room which accommodated 3 beds, the dining room table/office, and the stove. We added a kitchen and a bathroom. We did not have snouts money for a tv. My parents lived there for over 50 years. I got married and left after 4 years. What I learned was invaluable: cement, carpentry, electricity and plumbing. Those became a life saver so many times in my life. Philippe died in 2018 of cancer in Paris. Our parents died in 2014 and 2015. I’m now very old but I remember the feelings of safety and love listening to my dad and brother snore softly in that one room. I applaud you for being willing to restore such a home. You will never regret it.
At some point the old farmer parked that tractor in the shade under that tree, not realizing that it would be the last time he drove it. A lot of things in life are like that. You often don’t realize that that one time was the last time.😊
Hi, first time, I see your channel. I was very impressed with all you have done. It's looking beautiful. Good luck, and one day you will have it just as you dream,i it would be. Blessings from San Antonio, Texas USA. ♥️🧑🦳😘
They might not have a lot of money, but they are very rich in motivation and knowledge of so many projects truly they have been blessed. Would rather see this than all the big city rich people rolling in their own God of money.
Not to take away any of the hard work, but the amount of money poured in equipment, tools etc. without them working means you have a great amount of “motivation” in the bank. Also not needing to sell the “caravan” backs this up.
@@DomaineSauvage i also noticed in the begining of the video that you are not rich. But it is good that you display here that even regular people can acomplish things with hard work, planning and some boldness. Continue to invest in your youtube channel. Regards from Portugal
lucky to find a woman who appreciates that! lots of women like the bad boy/club guy with fast money.. the ability to appreciate the little in life is priceless
man i learn alot from European people, self sufficiency, Hard work with nature, Cleanliness, Family time, Food culture, daily life skills and many more things.
Haha not all European people are like this. But if there is one thing I like when people get something out of the videos it to be caring of the place and land you live on. For yourself, your children and people in the future. Thx for your lovely comment! Good luck in your life!
I can’t believe all the work you have completed. Please do more videos. We are 75 years old but with what is going on in the US today I’d be happy with 2 acres a 1 bedroom house with a kitchen and I’d be happy. We will be voting in early November and our Democracy is on the line. Your video made me so happy. Watching Odin grow brought smiles to my face. He is such a handsome little guy and so smart. Peace and favorable weather be with you. I look forward to another video.
I am from Michigan U.S.A. I'm really worried about our election in Nov. Keeps us in your prayers please. Love your channel. New subscriber. What you have already done is awesome.
Watched to the end, amazing energy to get where you are today, really amazing. I’ll be getting in touch to come camping next year, to see it 1st hand. Can you use any help? weather permitting of course!!!😊
What a man Philippe is! In fact, he's 5 men in one!! Extremely hardworking, patient, diligent, disciplined, great attention to detail and smart. All I can say is WOW!!!
I must say phillippe is a very very productive man. He is totally a husband material which is lacking to see now a days You are really a lucky woman to have him . Please preserve him at any cost.
@user1452-x5o many countries have succumbed to modern times and technology and have left the old traditional homesteading ways. I think this has been done on purpose by the 1%.
Greetings from the USA. We bought similar land in WA State on the West Coast way back in the 1970's. We had many of the same challenges. We did not have any buildings - just raw forest land. We spend most of our spare time for decades, raising both kids and two sets of grandkids doing similar chores. Hard to believe that we did the same tasks that you are doing, but 50 years ago. One thought that kept going thru my mind was the danger of old unexploded ordinance left over from WWII. You did not mention it, so assume that is not a problem in your area and, of course, glad it is not a problem for you. Enjoy your time with your young bodies and young family as time will pass much faster than you think! Very nice job with you video work!
Carol Drinkwater, an actress from "All Creatures Great and Small", and her husband bought an old farm in the south if France and discovered olive trees in the brambles. She has written several books along the way about their experience.Good luck to you two. It is great family can come help do some of the big things on your list.
First-time viewer, and mightily impressed! I will describe you as Courageous, Hardworking, Dedicated, and Heroic for renovating the soil... whoever was dumping there failed to understand the damage being done! I believe the term landowner is wrong! We are caretakers, not owners of the soil!
Being a master plasterer before i retired it was nice to see the rendering on the old house. Fantastic work and good luck in your future. Look forward to seeing you all.❤
New generation need to learn a lot from this couple. My dad and his father grew up on a farm. Besides farming they knew blacksmith and carpenter trade very well
Haha it took me a few weeks and the place is bigger then what we discovered so i have some more to go 😂 But i sleep good at night so that is a good thing!
Yes, he is. But compare the value of the labor being invested with the money he could earn working as a ,plumber. And is the wife working at what are actually hobbies or a serious source of income for the family? I see a LOT of LABOR being expended, but I wonder about the return that labor produces to support the family. Romanticism only goes so far. TWO chickens on a thirty acre farm?
@@SeattlePioneer Perhaps the French government is paying the bill for good PR like China does to videos like this of traditional Chinese culture? If they are not, they certainly should be a sponsor. Mother's #1 job is that baby! And look at the tremendous support they get from their wonderful family!
Financially this is not the best decision, but life is not always all about the money! We have plans and we are working on them and some of them like UA-cam is already working out. We can not do everything in one go as i only have two hands 😉
The joy of watching this video is undescribable. The way Philippe keeps on working and how u look after Odin and Philippe and ofcourse stitching up these videos. ASMR and also living the farm life something which is only in our dreams.
@DomaineSauvage - Wonderful, congratulations! ❤ I especially love the real time audio while the video is in fast time lapse. Great job, thanks for taking us along, looking forward to more.
Wat een fijne, rustige presentatie! Een verademing om naar te kijken. Ik vind het ook leuk om mee te luisteren met de gesprekjes op de achtergrond. Mooi project, ik wens jullie alle goeds.
It’s wonderful to see another couple like ourselves loving and saving a property with history? We spent 7 years renovating a 160 year old adobe two story home in Northern New Mexico, USA that had been abandoned for 30 years. It was a labor of love and we are proud of the home, horse corral and fruit orchard. We sold it but it will always be in our hearts. Dreams can come true!
My brother and his wife purchased a small adobe house in Puerto de Luna, NM (a tiny village 10 miles south of Santa Rosa) in 1979. Had not been lived in for several (iirc) decades. Two rooms, one was the kitchen, the other wasn't. No running water in the house - my SIL had to go to the property line where there was a spigot and fill 5-gallon jugs for most water needs. There was primitive electricity - a naked bulb hanging from the ceiling in each room. 6 acres of land, 3 irrigated, 3 dry-land. Early on if you wanted a bath, you dipped in the irrigation ditch. Slowly they and their 2 children (both under 6 years-old when they moved in) transformed the property and made it a work of art. This video reminded me so much of their journey. I imagine yours was much the same. I have great admiration for people who take on these projects - hats off to all the people who make their dreams a reality.
This has to be the first long-form video I have ever watched from start to finish on YT. Really great camera work, editing and scripting giving polish to what is a compelling summary of a tremendous story. So glad YT recommended you wonderful people to me. Much love to you all (including the cat and dog 😂) from New Zealand. 😊
I just love the interaction between Phillipe and Odin. You can tell how much they love each other. Thank you Phillipe for being such a positive influence.
This is unbelievable!! I can’t believe that one man was able to accomplish all of this by himself !!!!! What type of education or training did he have to be able to wear so many hats and work so many trades???? And the wife’s patience omg this must be a movie set up like real life vlog!!!
You and your husband are amazing. My husband and I have been together for 57 years. We built a homestead from scratch in 1967 in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Our journeys are similar but different. Love your content. Brings back so many memories. Hope you have many more beautiful children. We have heated with wood always. In fact at 75 I just stacked a cord today.
Thx Judith, we would love more children but then we need to be a bit more financially secure so we don't overstretch ourself 😅👶One of the reasons we choose this place was also the abundance of wood, i wont even have to cut live ones since there are so many dead ones ready to be cleaned up and burned.
I'm just awestruck and overwhelmed to see Phillipe doing almost all sort of work on his own! Salute to you both dear and your courageous and challenging stuff and the decision you took to purchase such a property and settle there!
What a joy to see the old tractor come to safety. Thoroughly enjoyed watching your story. What a hard worker your husband is. You also and your lovely son. Can’t wait to watch future episodes. Loved it so far.
Ah Wayne, you have been with us from the beginning i think! Thank you for sticking around with us, not always the greatest content we could offer during the year but you stayed with us. Thank you for supporting us!
I just love how your chickens are so attached to you a they follow you around. It is precious! Your farm house is so much prettier without the concrete overage! I know you did it for the health of your family and your home but it really is lovely!
You’ve done an EXCELLENT job filming and editing. Your voice and speech make this all the more enjoyable. And now that your son has grown a bit, it gives you the opportunity to work outside. You all have quite the life! And all the hard work has been done so very well. Looks grand!!
Still watching the video, so not sure if you add one later…but if you can get a tractor with a brush hog on the back that will help control the brambles and save your body. We lived in a similar climate in the Pacific Northwest of the US (with similar vegetation) and waited years to buy a tractor to maintain our acreage. When we did we wished we hadn’t waited so long. We had a bucket on the front and a PTO drive on the back that we hooked the brush hog up to. We would back up to the brambles, lift the brush hog, then set it down on them. It made quick work of it. They will likely keep regrowing. It was also wider for mowing, so got that job done faster and could handle things the riding mower couldn’t.
One of the best video I have seen in years. Excellent filming, great narration, and stupendous story. You have converted each challenge to a positive opportunity. Good luck to you & your family from US.
Out of work right now BUT found this channel. The content is "helping" me deal with my financial despair! Thank you! I am so, so, so, inspired by your determination and HARD work. God bless.
Have great respect for Philippe’s hard work and perseverance in solving problems and improving the land and infrastructure. And my appreciation to Anicia in coming up with the one year review video. She must have spent hours and hours on it. I am looking forward to your future plans and videos. 😊
I wonder if hunting is illegal there, given the presence of boars and deer. I truly respect all the effort the couple has put into making this home beautiful and livable again.
What a great project for such a great team! Well done on your dreams, you're so blessed. I was thinking, I'm not sure if you'd need insurance from the campers but you could make a natural pool, with a covered underbase and covered sides, then 2 concrete low side walls that run the length of the pool and keep the plants off to the sides and while they'll naturally clean the whole pool, you can swim inbetween. Maybe go ice skating in the winter, if it gets cold enough, or not. But it's an idea. Much love from Iowa, USA
Wow, it hasn't been that long and I find it hard to believe just how much you've achieved already. It's staggering. I know exactly how though, seeing Philip tackling so many tasks over the last year has been eye opening on just how much you can get done if you keep at it. I can only imagine what it's going to look like in another year. Thank you for sharing your journey guys, it's inspirational.❤
From Indiana USA. I have never physically been to France. However, this video popped up in my feed, and it was so lovely to see tramsformation! You have a treasure in those acres, and in the historic buildings. I wish you the best!
Congratulations on finding such a wonderful home/farmstead and additional land & buildings. Your project management is truly to be admired. So brilliant to find the you tube vlogs; now my favourite watch. ❤❤❤❤ keep up the relentless challenge as the weather here in Brittany is shared nodoubt. Merci from Cleguerec.
I'm in Canada and I just turned on the UA-cam and found your site. I have been fascinated by it sat here watched the whole thing. My goodness what a lot of work you two young people have done. Absolutely fantastic. When you found that tractor I was so excited for you. I'm a senior now but I was born in farm country. We didn't have a farm but all our neighbors had one and the kids that l went to school with they were driving the tractor when they were 8 years old. Tractor is everything when you're in a place like that. Your baby boy is absolutely gorgeous. Both of you have worked so hard. I was so scared when those wild boars were around I was worried about your little one and about you being out there in case they charged you. I'm watching you now it's September 2024 so I haven't come to the end of the video yet to see what's happened before you sign off. Looking forward to the rest of it 😊❤❤
It is nice to see a young couple working so hard and the video shows that hard work pays. You are doing a great job and I wish you all the best. You have restored my faith in the generation.
It always helps to have a young, strong, energetic and wise man around who knows how to do things and put things together who is calm and is always looking out for the good for his family in projects such as these!!! Amen! I too rang the bell!!
Yes, but your 20s and 30s are also a time when people have limitless energy that can be used to acquire savings and investments that will be needed in decades to come. Instead that time and energy is being invested in something that may have a poor return over decades. You don't want to be impoverished in your old age.
You are living my dream .... however, I am old, husband passed on, children off on their own adventures, ahhh but to dream of an alternate life (altho, I had an extremely happy one of my own ) it is still wonderful to see that 'homesteading' ideal in you guys. Love what you are doing
200 yrs ago someone built up a home, raised probably a large family, now the home is neglected, the home has new owners, life is twisted. Congratulations wish you the best.
It’s been such a joy to watch your journey on your farm! All your hard work will make your years ahead a treasure for you and all your children and a place to have family gathering. Growing your own food to provide safe and healthy food is such peace of mind. As always I am cheering you on for as long as I am here. Blessings to you all💓🌈🚜😆🛠️⚙️🌾🌻🥬🥒
Thx Patricia, the growing food we will have to do better next year! We did get some harvest but not that great, the weather wasn't helping either but also the location we will have to change.
Philippe is a carpenter, plumber, farmer, and engineer. He can pretty much do it all and is totally self-sufficient. He's a role model for anyone who wants to learn new skills. He makes me jealous, but also inspires me to learn new things and work hard. I wish you both a happy life on your farm.
Men are just not made this way anymore. You have a GEM in Phillippe.
@carolsloss8440 yes they are, they just have to believe
Must have money to do this
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But how are they making any money? that's the question?! Where is the cash coming from?
I can't imagine a more patient man than Phillipe. So very well done young man. Your family must be very proud.
Thank you, and i think so 😅
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He is lucky to have you as a strong support and companion.
@@DomaineSauvage Also, "dumper" is slang in some circles for a persons butt, usually in a positive way. "look at the dumper on that plumber!" for instance.😉
This is what our modern culture is lacking so much of these days. I love channels like these ❤
I've watched this channel nearly everyday since the war started and, to be honest, it helps me to remember that there are decent people everywhere and it helps to keep me from despising the Russian people as a block. That youtube and google will permit their unsupervised algorithms to crush a guy like this is a clear indicator of either their arrogance or irresponsibility to simple decency. What a crappy, selfish, and mean spirited world youtube is helping to build.
Yes a brave decision to take on such a big task, and you have to be young to do such physical work.
What an enjoyable way to spend a Saturday evening. I wish you well in your future endeavours.
@@ducttapetech9885😅😅
Thank you, glad you enjoy it!
Best husband of the years award goes to philipe. This man is a full package 🎉🎉
You've got that right!!!
Agree
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He's not her husband. They're not married, she said at the beginning of the video that he's her partner.
lucky her
Anicia, your script and editing were so well done. Your descriptions were a delight and really came alive. Philippe, you are a wonderful partner and father to your family and an absolute hard worker. You have such a great work ethic! Odin is his wonderful self. It was really fun to see the year in review. Thank you so much.
Thank you for all these beautiful compliments Glenn, we appreciate it a lot! Have a great week!
It's been great to see you put life back into your grounds. A lot of hard work but you seem to do it with a smile on your faces. Good luck in the coming year. It's been wonderful seeing your son growing up. And I love it that the chickens are helping too. Stay safe🤗🇬🇧
I second that. Anicia did an excellent job. I'm very impressed. Of course Philippe was an excellent father as well as powering through all the wok needed on that property. This video was a joy to watch. Thank You for sharing.
Perfectly said… impressed with them both, as well as the chickens always in the way and he worked around them lol so patient! And those chickens are adorable wanting to be by them when they work or maybe just outside in general. Smart starting out with only 2
New here! Much progress being done ✔️ Looking forward to seeing more!😊❤
Philippe is such a husband material. You are one of the luckiest woman for having him. Sooo reliable, hardworking and a kind of “do it all” guy..
Right, it is hard to find a man that is so “handy”. He seems to know a lot…
He's also lucky to have her.
@@citygirlingrahamIn America maybe
They're not married, she said at the beginning of the video that he's her partner.
@@cg8397that means married???
Thanks
Thank you very much, we appreciate it a lot!!
I'm an 81 year old, and love watching videos like yours. What a transformation, turning the overgrown farm into a gem once more. You are both such a hard-working couple. Your husband sets such a good example. One can see he has a lot of patience, which you must have for this kind of work. I'm watching this at 3 am, during the night here in South Africa.
Philippe. My brother’s name was Philippe..I’m French by birth but now living in the States. In the 60’s, Papa , Philippe and I renovated,a 300,year old,house. Maman cooked and did laundry. We had a system going. The walls of the house were 3 feet deep. We rebuilt the chimney. We dug the trenches for the plumbing. We installed electricity. We installed the kitchen and the bathroom. We installed the mazout stove. The roof was good, so were the walls. We brought in water and electricity. I was 16 years old. I griped a lot but I learned a ton. And so we lived in one room which accommodated 3 beds, the dining room table/office, and the stove. We added a kitchen and a bathroom. We did not have snouts money for a tv. My parents lived there for over 50 years. I got married and left after 4 years.
What I learned was invaluable: cement, carpentry, electricity and plumbing. Those became a life saver so many times in my life.
Philippe died in 2018 of cancer in Paris. Our parents died in 2014 and 2015.
I’m now very old but I remember the feelings of safety and love listening to my dad and brother snore softly in that one room.
I applaud you for being willing to restore such a home. You will never regret it.
Thank you Stevens, Hopefully our children will look back at this time as you look back! Thank you for sharing this story!
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@@pattyfarghaly1821 This was a very sad story at the end.
Bless you old man, and bring tou comfort ❤
@LMStevens your so lucky to have experienced that your parents were very innovative people. This is what makes the world go round.
At some point the old farmer parked that tractor in the shade under that tree, not realizing that it would be the last time he drove it. A lot of things in life are like that. You often don’t realize that that one time was the last time.😊
That is true😀
Jesus. Must be fun at your at XMAS!
The tractor is just a thing. The worst understanding come when you'll realize that's working with ppl as well
Such a poignant comment. The older I get, the more I see this.
Hi, first time, I see your channel. I was very impressed with all you have done. It's looking beautiful. Good luck, and one day you will have it just as you dream,i it would be. Blessings from San Antonio, Texas USA. ♥️🧑🦳😘
They might not have a lot of money, but they are very rich in motivation and knowledge of so many projects truly they have been blessed. Would rather see this than all the big city rich people rolling in their own God of money.
Finally someone who sees that we are not rich 🙏
😊as long as there's respect and love to each other that's our wealth...keep safe and more power guys...God bless 🙌
Not to take away any of the hard work, but the amount of money poured in equipment, tools etc. without them working means you have a great amount of “motivation” in the bank. Also not needing to sell the “caravan” backs this up.
@@DomaineSauvage i also noticed in the begining of the video that you are not rich. But it is good that you display here that even regular people can acomplish things with hard work, planning and some boldness. Continue to invest in your youtube channel. Regards from Portugal
@@7peso Actually the caravan is for sale and we do need it to be sold as we do need the money but a caravan like this doesn't sell very quickly.
This man is self-sufficient. He has a wonderful supportive wife too
Philippe is an example of what REAL MAN is! Working hard, making sure his family is safe 🤠
Thank you!!
@@Ivaana3110 9 para commando type attitude
lucky to find a woman who appreciates that! lots of women like the bad boy/club guy with fast money..
the ability to appreciate the little in life is priceless
Indeed, he is a very resourceful and a hands on person , a very rare quality 😊to find in modern gen Z person nowadays.
Someone raised him right
man i learn alot from European people, self sufficiency, Hard work with nature, Cleanliness, Family time, Food culture, daily life skills and many more things.
Haha not all European people are like this. But if there is one thing I like when people get something out of the videos it to be caring of the place and land you live on. For yourself, your children and people in the future. Thx for your lovely comment! Good luck in your life!
I can’t believe all the work you have completed. Please do more videos. We are 75 years old but with what is going on in the US today I’d be happy with 2 acres a 1 bedroom house with a kitchen and I’d be happy. We will be voting in early November and our Democracy is on the line. Your video made me so happy. Watching Odin grow brought smiles to my face. He is such a handsome little guy and so smart. Peace and favorable weather be with you. I look forward to another video.
Those chickens are friendly with your son. I really enjoyed watching your video. I am from Kentucky in the USA. You all are making amazing headway.
Yes dear, leave America if you can If trump does not get into the White House AmerIca and its, people will be no more LITERALLY
good luck, though an ellection isn't going to change much, the US is turning into an oligarchy.
@@lindajones7219 So true, so true !!!
I am from Michigan U.S.A. I'm really worried about our election in Nov. Keeps us in your prayers please.
Love your channel. New subscriber. What you have already done is awesome.
I didn't realize that this video has one hour until it is done. Great job, guys! Your son is lucky having you.
This guy, Philip is the personification of hard work. Really handy, also his hard working helpmate!! All the best!
the ideal fleming, wish i was as productive
Thank you Angela!
Everyone does what makes them happy in life as long as you don't bother anyone all is good!
This video should be taught as a masterclass in story telling. I can’t believe I am watching this at 4 am!
This video of several months just shows hard working you both are! And watching Odin as he grows is awesome!!!❤
Thx DZ, Odin is advancing fast now. He is starting to talk different words now.
Amazing Effort !
Congratulations -I will have will be back and share your channel ❤
Really wonderful vlog. Thank you for the great entertainment. What an amazing job you are all doing. So much work so great respect ❤😊
Watched to the end, amazing energy to get where you are today, really amazing. I’ll be getting in touch to come camping next year, to see it 1st hand. Can you use any help? weather permitting of course!!!😊
I love watching your videos ... Hi guys 👋
The voice over is epic. Loud and crisp. Wow that is alot of work for one person.
What a man Philippe is! In fact, he's 5 men in one!! Extremely hardworking, patient, diligent, disciplined, great attention to detail and smart. All I can say is WOW!!!
I must say phillippe is a very very productive man.
He is totally a husband material which is lacking to see now a days
You are really a lucky woman to have him .
Please preserve him at any cost.
But he's not her husband, she said he was her partner.
@@cg8397Its the same husband partner spouse lol
He is lucky to have her also.
98% of women don’t deserve a man like this. They can’t even cook or clean for fck sakes lol
@@larawest1345No, they're legally different terms. Partner means that they're not married, but in a relationship.
I am an african woman from Botswana this is how our brothers used to work with their hands,,not anymore ,phillipe is a real man.stay blessed
Why your brothers are not working with the hands now? What did they change?
@user1452-x5o many countries have succumbed to modern times and technology and have left the old traditional homesteading ways. I think this has been done on purpose by the 1%.
Greetings from the USA. We bought similar land in WA State on the West Coast way back in the 1970's. We had many of the same challenges. We did not have any buildings - just raw forest land. We spend most of our spare time for decades, raising both kids and two sets of grandkids doing similar chores. Hard to believe that we did the same tasks that you are doing, but 50 years ago. One thought that kept going thru my mind was the danger of old unexploded ordinance left over from WWII. You did not mention it, so assume that is not a problem in your area and, of course, glad it is not a problem for you. Enjoy your time with your young bodies and young family as time will pass much faster than you think! Very nice job with you video work!
People like this family are a blessing to this world and environment. It's is called vibrant living!❤
Thank you!
Carol Drinkwater, an actress from "All Creatures Great and Small", and her husband bought an old farm in the south if France and discovered olive trees in the brambles. She has written several books along the way about their experience.Good luck to you two. It is great family can come help do some of the big things on your list.
First-time viewer, and mightily impressed! I will describe you as Courageous, Hardworking, Dedicated, and Heroic for renovating the soil... whoever was dumping there failed to understand the damage being done!
I believe the term landowner is wrong! We are caretakers, not owners of the soil!
Thx LaRayne, that is true, once we are gone the next caretakes arrives!
Amen to that!
I am French and I am happy to know that your lovely family will live near me, in south west France. Take care
Merci, Émile!
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Being a master plasterer before i retired it was nice to see the rendering on the old house.
Fantastic work and good luck in your future.
Look forward to seeing you all.❤
There's a lot to love about this video, but I want to call out the chickens who are fearless around the excavation in their search for delicious bugs!
For them the party's got to go on😂 Love it!
Peaceful. Nature. Child. Dog. Cat. Man & Woman. Perfect universe.
Great job. Best wishes frm India 🙏
New generation need to learn a lot from this couple. My dad and his father grew up on a farm. Besides farming they knew blacksmith and carpenter trade very well
Thanks!
Thank you Barbara! Sorry for the late reply! We appreciate it very much!
The level of tangent he went on to dig through all the soil and then rake it, sift it and re-dig it. Wow.
Haha it took me a few weeks and the place is bigger then what we discovered so i have some more to go 😂 But i sleep good at night so that is a good thing!
Phillippe is a serious man. That is a lot of hard work and monotony takes a toll. The entire video is amazing.
Yes, he is. But compare the value of the labor being invested with the money he could earn working as a ,plumber.
And is the wife working at what are actually hobbies or a serious source of income for the family?
I see a LOT of LABOR being expended, but I wonder about the return that labor produces to support the family.
Romanticism only goes so far.
TWO chickens on a thirty acre farm?
@@SeattlePioneer Perhaps the French government is paying the bill for good PR like China does to videos like this of traditional Chinese culture? If they are not, they certainly should be a sponsor. Mother's #1 job is that baby! And look at the tremendous support they get from their wonderful family!
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Thank you Gray!
Financially this is not the best decision, but life is not always all about the money! We have plans and we are working on them and some of them like UA-cam is already working out. We can not do everything in one go as i only have two hands 😉
The joy of watching this video is undescribable. The way Philippe keeps on working and how u look after Odin and Philippe and ofcourse stitching up these videos. ASMR and also living the farm life something which is only in our dreams.
Philippe is unbelievable! What a worker. You are blessed.
Philippe looks like one man army. The family is really a hard working one. Great inspiration to see your work. Kudos.
Thank you!
@DomaineSauvage - Wonderful, congratulations! ❤ I especially love the real time audio while the video is in fast time lapse. Great job, thanks for taking us along, looking forward to more.
Taking that render off really made a huge difference. The farmhouse is beautiful
We think so too, even if it is not finished yet it is already more peaceful to look at.
I have done renovations ....but nothing on this scale. An incredible amount of work.... you are amazing !! What a beautiful environment !
Thank you!
You guys had me captivated until the very end! The skills, determination, hard work, and patience that you guys have as a family is unmatched by most!
Thank you!
@@DomaineSauvage You're welcome😇
Unbelievable work done by both of you ❤❤sending love and light to all of you..keep growing.. hat's off to you... from Mumbai India 🙏
Oh my GOD!! And I'm out here finding the willpower to do the dishes & laundry. Chapeau!!
😂😂😂 😊
This film should be in a film festival. You two are Renaissance geniuses. So much talent and vision.
The correct way to start, removing all the junk and getting back to a clean slate. You guys are doing an awesome job ❤
Wat een fijne, rustige presentatie! Een verademing om naar te kijken. Ik vind het ook leuk om mee te luisteren met de gesprekjes op de achtergrond.
Mooi project, ik wens jullie alle goeds.
It’s wonderful to see another couple like ourselves loving and saving a property with history? We spent 7 years renovating a 160 year old adobe two story home in Northern New Mexico, USA that had been abandoned for 30 years. It was a labor of love and we are proud of the home, horse corral and fruit orchard. We sold it but it will always be in our hearts. Dreams can come true!
My brother and his wife purchased a small adobe house in Puerto de Luna, NM (a tiny village 10 miles south of Santa Rosa) in 1979. Had not been lived in for several (iirc) decades. Two rooms, one was the kitchen, the other wasn't. No running water in the house - my SIL had to go to the property line where there was a spigot and fill 5-gallon jugs for most water needs. There was primitive electricity - a naked bulb hanging from the ceiling in each room. 6 acres of land, 3 irrigated, 3 dry-land. Early on if you wanted a bath, you dipped in the irrigation ditch. Slowly they and their 2 children (both under 6 years-old when they moved in) transformed the property and made it a work of art. This video reminded me so much of their journey. I imagine yours was much the same. I have great admiration for people who take on these projects - hats off to all the people who make their dreams a reality.
This has to be the first long-form video I have ever watched from start to finish on YT. Really great camera work, editing and scripting giving polish to what is a compelling summary of a tremendous story. So glad YT recommended you wonderful people to me. Much love to you all (including the cat and dog 😂) from New Zealand. 😊
Thank you for these lovely words!!
I just love the interaction between Phillipe and Odin. You can tell how much they love each other. Thank you Phillipe for being such a positive influence.
This is unbelievable!! I can’t believe that one man was able to accomplish all of this by himself !!!!! What type of education or training did he have to be able to wear so many hats and work so many trades???? And the wife’s patience omg this must be a movie set up like real life vlog!!!
Some people are gifted! My uncle could do anything, he just knew how. My husband is brilliant with his hands too
He clearly didn't do it all by himself ffs🙄
She's not his wife, they aren't married. She said at the beginning of the video that he's her partner.
You and your husband are amazing. My husband and I have been together for 57 years. We built a homestead from scratch in 1967 in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Our journeys are similar but different. Love your content. Brings back so many memories. Hope you have many more beautiful children. We have heated with wood always. In fact at 75 I just stacked a cord today.
Thx Judith, we would love more children but then we need to be a bit more financially secure so we don't overstretch ourself 😅👶One of the reasons we choose this place was also the abundance of wood, i wont even have to cut live ones since there are so many dead ones ready to be cleaned up and burned.
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@@SeattlePioneer Everything in life has a price, the trick is to enjoy the journey
He's not her husband, she says at the beginning of the video that he's her partner. It means that they're an unmarried couple.
Oden is the cutest little bundle of joy.
He sure is!
I'm just awestruck and overwhelmed to see Phillipe doing almost all sort of work on his own! Salute to you both dear and your courageous and challenging stuff and the decision you took to purchase such a property and settle there!
Also Anicia you have a beautiful speaking voice, calming even, easy to listen to. Thank you. 🙏
Thank you Ina!
Yes so well done!
What a joy to see the old tractor come to safety. Thoroughly enjoyed watching your story. What a hard worker your husband is. You also and your lovely son. Can’t wait to watch future episodes. Loved it so far.
This channel could be called "Philippe's Skills". Great choice of Husband !! Congratulations !!
Also electrician!
Haha i have made a great choice of wife too!
I am just a new follower of your journey..God bless your family..fr. Philippines ❤
Excellent Storytelling and editing.
Thx Jim!
we loved this, guys.
Please don't stop uploading. We really enjoy your story.
Love from England 🙏🏻
Thx Sudo, we don't have any plans to stop uploading anytime soon.
Great recap of just how much you've accomplished in a year!
Ah Wayne, you have been with us from the beginning i think! Thank you for sticking around with us, not always the greatest content we could offer during the year but you stayed with us. Thank you for supporting us!
It’s a great thing you are young and healthy. That’s an amazing amount of work!,
From chaos to beauty, what an amazing transformation! Odin is delightful! ❤
I just love how your chickens are so attached to you a they follow you around. It is precious!
Your farm house is so much prettier without the concrete overage! I know you did it for the health of your family and your home but it really is lovely!
The chickens have become pets, yeah the farmhouse is a lot more peaceful to look at now!
Those chickens are smart. They know that where he digs there are worms. 😂
You’ve done an EXCELLENT job filming and editing. Your voice and speech make this all the more enjoyable. And now that your son has grown a bit, it gives you the opportunity to work outside. You all have quite the life! And all the hard work has been done so very well. Looks grand!!
Still watching the video, so not sure if you add one later…but if you can get a tractor with a brush hog on the back that will help control the brambles and save your body. We lived in a similar climate in the Pacific Northwest of the US (with similar vegetation) and waited years to buy a tractor to maintain our acreage. When we did we wished we hadn’t waited so long. We had a bucket on the front and a PTO drive on the back that we hooked the brush hog up to. We would back up to the brambles, lift the brush hog, then set it down on them. It made quick work of it. They will likely keep regrowing. It was also wider for mowing, so got that job done faster and could handle things the riding mower couldn’t.
Hey ! Votre vie est mieux qu’une série Netflix ! 😊
Merci!!
Philippe, Anicia et petit Odin, soyez les bienvenus en France !
Merci Philippe!
One of the best video I have seen in years. Excellent filming, great narration, and stupendous story. You have converted each challenge to a positive opportunity. Good luck to you & your family from US.
Man this dude is a beast with these projects
Out of work right now BUT found this channel. The content is "helping" me deal with my financial despair! Thank you! I am so, so, so, inspired by your determination and HARD work. God bless.
Keep been positive your not along
Hey Pat, financial stress happens to us as well but you will get out of it!
Have great respect for Philippe’s hard work and perseverance in solving problems and improving the land and infrastructure. And my appreciation to Anicia in coming up with the one year review video. She must have spent hours and hours on it. I am looking forward to your future plans and videos. 😊
Thx Wai San, she put a lot of work in it. About two weeks i think 😯
Removing the concrete on the house changed the whole facade of the house! Beautiful
Philippe is the gigachad of the year!!!
He is a real man may God continue to always bless them and keep them safe 🙏🙏
This was peaceful to watch... greetings from the Philippines 🇵🇭
I watched the entire video without any skipping. I enjoyed it, sending love 💚 to you and your family from Bangladesh.❤️
I enjoyed watching your farm house chores etc. I will most definitely continue watching your renovation and other. Good luck
So much work, it never ends. And yet it is such a satisfying way of life. Odin is a lucky boy!
Ah it will probably never be finished!
@@DomaineSauvage It won't if you try to keep up with it, and I believe you'll try no matter what. God Bless You and your family!
I wonder if hunting is illegal there, given the presence of boars and deer. I truly respect all the effort the couple has put into making this home beautiful and livable again.
No they are allowed to hunt, we get meat sometimes.
I was glued to this from start to finish a wonderful hard working couple
Odin is so sweet
Most of the time 😉😂
What a great project for such a great team! Well done on your dreams, you're so blessed. I was thinking, I'm not sure if you'd need insurance from the campers but you could make a natural pool, with a covered underbase and covered sides, then 2 concrete low side walls that run the length of the pool and keep the plants off to the sides and while they'll naturally clean the whole pool, you can swim inbetween. Maybe go ice skating in the winter, if it gets cold enough, or not. But it's an idea.
Much love from Iowa, USA
Wow, it hasn't been that long and I find it hard to believe just how much you've achieved already. It's staggering. I know exactly how though, seeing Philip tackling so many tasks over the last year has been eye opening on just how much you can get done if you keep at it. I can only imagine what it's going to look like in another year. Thank you for sharing your journey guys, it's inspirational.❤
Hey Neuton! Time flies indeed, Odin is already so big compared to when we arrived. Thank you for watching and supporting!
From Indiana USA. I have never physically been to France. However, this video popped up in my feed, and it was so lovely to see tramsformation! You have a treasure in those acres, and in the historic buildings. I wish you the best!
Thank you!
People called *Philippe* are always genius. he is my homonym. 😂😂
He is Carpenter, plumber, farmer, and engineer. he is everything
Hahaha, we manage to do a bit of everything 😅
This is mind blowing, what a great childhood your baby is going to have. Greetings from Spain
Thank you Alberto!
Good luck with your projects. Having projects is the best way to travel through life.
Hope YT algorithm is happy with this !
Yes projects is what keeps you going 😅The algorithm beast seams to be happy with this video but so are the viewers so it must be a logical beast 😂
What a hardworking practical man! What he (and she) did in a year would take much longer for many of us
Thank you Monique!
Congratulations on finding such a wonderful home/farmstead and additional land & buildings. Your project management is truly to be admired. So brilliant to find the you tube vlogs; now my favourite watch. ❤❤❤❤ keep up the relentless challenge as the weather here in Brittany is shared nodoubt. Merci from Cleguerec.
You came a long way in one year! Congratulations and keep going strong! Thanks for filming and brringing us along.
No problem Jeroen! Thank you for watching.
I'm in Canada and I just turned on the UA-cam and found your site.
I have been fascinated by it sat here watched the whole thing. My goodness what a lot of work you two young people have done.
Absolutely fantastic. When you found that tractor I was so excited for you. I'm a senior now but I was born in farm country. We didn't have a farm but all our neighbors had one and the kids that l went to school with they were driving the tractor when they were 8 years old.
Tractor is everything when you're in a place like that. Your baby boy is absolutely gorgeous.
Both of you have worked so hard. I was so scared when those wild boars were around I was worried about your little one and about you being out there in case they charged you. I'm watching you now it's September 2024 so I haven't come to the end of the video yet to see what's happened before you sign off. Looking forward to the rest of it 😊❤❤
@@mmiller7965 natures gift tractor he fiund for such a noble renovatory works caring mother earth...
It is nice to see a young couple working so hard and the video shows that hard work pays. You are doing a great job and I wish you all the best. You have restored my faith in the generation.
Nice job thank you for the video
Best hour and a quarter I have spent on UA-cam this year. Impressive job and now I will follow your progress.
It always helps to have a young, strong, energetic and wise man around who knows how to do things and put things together who is calm and is always looking out for the good for his family in projects such as these!!! Amen! I too rang the bell!!
Yes, but your 20s and 30s are also a time when people have limitless energy that can be used to acquire savings and investments that will be needed in decades to come. Instead that time and energy is being invested in something that may have a poor return over decades. You don't want to be impoverished in your old age.
@@SeattlePioneer Not everyone has your values. Thank goodness!
You are living my dream .... however, I am old, husband passed on, children off on their own adventures, ahhh but to dream of an alternate life (altho, I had an extremely happy one of my own ) it is still wonderful to see that 'homesteading' ideal in you guys. Love what you are doing
Thank you Patricia! It is good that you are happy about what you did in your life but at any time in your life you are still allowed to dream 🙏
200 yrs ago someone built up a home, raised probably a large family, now the home is neglected, the home has new owners, life is twisted. Congratulations wish you the best.
It’s been such a joy to watch your journey on your farm! All your hard work will make your years ahead a treasure for you and all your children and a place to have family gathering. Growing your own food to provide safe and healthy food is such peace of mind. As always I am cheering you on for as long as I am here. Blessings to you all💓🌈🚜😆🛠️⚙️🌾🌻🥬🥒
Thx Patricia, the growing food we will have to do better next year! We did get some harvest but not that great, the weather wasn't helping either but also the location we will have to change.
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the chickens always seeming to be in the middle of everything made me chuckle
Haha they are always following us around!
Yes when you are breaking ground the chickens are there to forage for food .@@DomaineSauvage
Would you say seeing the chickens made you cuckle?
that was one of the best re-caps I've seen - hard to believe you are not a professional editor, really enjoyable. Thanks
Anicia learned by doing and she has gotten very far already, sometimes too perfectionist 😂