Following Illness, the Struggle is Real! Our Old Scottish Manor House Homestead Land Renovation.
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- Опубліковано 18 сер 2023
- Spend the day with us at Lost Tower Farmhouse as we battle with nature and save some fruit trees!
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Hi everyone, Just to answer a few questions to what we should have explained in the video.
We are cutting half of the top of our field because it’s been colonised with invasive Docs and Creeping thistle. We are repeatedly cutting them down low to kill them off.
We don’t have any intention of getting sheep and especially not goats. We don’t have the time or money to house and care for them. Our plan is to convert most of the field into a wildlife meadow with a pond. Most wildflowers happen to prefer low quality soil. Livestock would fertilise the field and destroy the habitat we want to create.
We do want part of the field to remain cut low for the Shwoo pen, the hens and to move around and work in freely. The ride on mower will make this easy to maintain in the future.
We hope this answers some of your questions, Gail & Alex xx
A wildlife meadow and a pond will be perfect and magical! BTW, where can I contribute to a fund to help fix your riding lawnmower? 😊
borrow goat's to clear thistle and a devon will keep clear.❤
This channel is (gold) it's your place not ours, I used soil from under the bird feeder, it's better than store bought
You are doing what you need to do and it is very lovely! It will get done in time. 😘
Pond and meadow sounds lovely. Hope you get youre mower fixed soon.
Happy Birthday Alex! Please put this towards the riding motor repair! 😂
Oh my goodness! Thank you so much Kim! We certainly will 🫶🏻🥰
When you have a chance, we’d enjoy hearing more about when you bought this property, why you chose to live here and how it has worked out for you. Love from Indiana.
Yes! I too would like to know! 😊
Yes, I’d love to know the history of your house and the surrounding area where you live. I love history!
Yes please tell us the back story
You need to get some sheep to keep that grass down or ask your farmer neighbours they would graze their animals there to help you out.
Aside from keeping the grass down, sheep supply you with the best fertilizer.
Beat me by just a bit! Great idea.
Sheep are your best way forward I agree with the other comments. One thing I will say is although I don’t know what you were both ill with but if it was Covid don’t try to push yourselves too hard it can’t be done, take it from one who knows. ❤
Alpacas..... :)
Dairy goats are a better idea. Just two dwarf goats can give you two gallons of milk a day… goat soap sells really well and it’s easy to make.
You were lucky, you need 2 varieties of apples for pollination to produce ample fruit.❤🍎🍏
Maybe you just have to mowe some paths thrue and keep the rest as a meadow. It will be a happy place for bees and other insects. And the flora will increase it's variaty. Or have some sheeps to help you. Thank you for all the lovely things you put up here. ❤
That's a fantastic idea ❤
That's the plan! We left a comment pinned at the top which explains this further ☺️
@@TheLostTowerDiaries Oh, great! Good luck 😍
Oh we are much alike! We save every discarded tree and flower we find! With 10 acres to care for there’s always room fir more plants….We never tire of your videos. Thanks SO much for sharing your lives with us…❤
For a tree in that state a terracotta pot is not the best choice. Terracotta dries to drastically in the wind and sun and takes out all the water ( and nutrition in it) from the soil. So good pot for these babies
👍👌👏 Eeeeexactly! 😁 ;-)
Best regards, luck and health in particular.
I thought they were using plastic pots coloured like terracotta.
@@slydoll7877 in the end they did decide on the plastic pots… Hence my comment: they made the right choice 🤗
So cute to see your birds follow around like a pair of dogs, checking everything out. Hope you're feeling better!
They were there for the buffet of insects on the freshly cut field
With all the love and care you put into everything you do those trees will survive!! ❤️💖
I think that I would have soaked the tree roots for a day or so to help them hydrate and spread better in the pot. They will look beautiful! Let us know if they take!
Yes I was thinking that
They took fantastically! Did you not see them?
@@TheLostTowerDiaries yes I commented before I saw how the trees were at the finish,
Yes. They need soaking. At that size the trees don't need 'potting on' they need to be planted bare rooted. if roots are straggly they need to be trimmed, as do any long leafy shoots.
I love this series, it’s like catching up with old friends 😊
Know you can’t post while I’ll so feel better and I’m remembering you in my prayers 😊
Glad you're both better. Thanks for sharing your journey decorating and fixing up your farmhouse.
I love the curiosity of the peacocks
: of course they are searching for "food" to be scared up.
Hire or barter with a local farmer to come and brush hog your meadows. Research how to create meadows. Meadows are not just simply letting the field grow. You want to cultivate native non-invasive plants. I had a 12 acre property and made meadows to cut down on the mowing and to make environments for ground dwelling critters including birds. If you make paths you’d be creating lovely naturalized walkways.
That is the plan! We explain our intention in the comment pinned to the top 🫶🏻
Happy Birthday Alex! 🎊
Such an amazing piece of property and history. I’ll never be able to visit Scotland but I’m living vicariously through your channel and Living the Skye Life. Keep up the good work. I can’t wait to see the improvements you two make within the house and outdoors. Cheers from Arkansas ❤
Same here @lisas7190! but from Melbourne, Australia
Yes I wish my ancestors didn't leave Scotland...look beautiful there..and I love the music 😊👍🏿💜
Oh and blessed birthday to Alex and blessed giving birth day to Gail!
The Schwoos are so adorable. The video of them hatching was just beautiful. Your home is beautiful. Such a peaceful place.
Can’t wait to see the “fruit” of your labor! They’ve grown really well. Hard yard work. Hope you both get well soon. 🌻
Gail makes for a lovely (not so) grim reaper 😄
Such a beautiful cottage. Looks like a castle from the sky! Careful ladies as you work the fields and your surroundings! Keep safe. You are so much fun! God bless! Thanks for sharing! Have a great day today! 🌼 from California 😊
About compromising: There’s probably a lot of compromising going on in nature. It’s the inflexible individuals who tend to come to a sticky end.
Love this series. You are both such hard workers.
The hard work is neverending on a small holding. Love your determination through it. Oh and naughty birdies 👀😀 After months of hearing that beautiful song being sung (if its you Alex your voice is stunning) I now know that my Irish fiance was the one who introduced it to me & you've bought such happy memories flooding back. ❤ Thank you❤
I'm jealous of your rain and green grass! I live in East Texas and we haven't had rain in over 2 months with 20 straight days of 100+ temps. We have goats and unless they're in really good fences, they'll eat and destroy all your pretty plants and trees. The song you play of the woman singing is beautiful. Is it Alex that's singing? Take care!
Alex, you’re a Wonder Woman!! Just like your mum! You’re both such hard-workers! I love your fun and inspirational channels! Virtual hugs to you both! 🦋🦋
You go girl !! You have a lil' something.... Awww so cute though. Next year, you will surely trim sooner. Yay for the visor !! Awesome mowing progress !!!, lower is better. Go momma-syth ! You can use the cut greenery as compost in your garden !! You 2 need to get into gardening if you are not. You would be the best gardeners....Garden beds would be the easiest method....you grow girls ... you are nearly super-hero status and, really, can do anything that you set your mind to. My Pumpkins and Mango-melons are growing mad in this season. All that land...turn it into $$$ and crops... all the greenery will become fertilizer... you did great with your trees and you can do great with anything that you desire to do which would be great for you and your beloved Shwoos
So I saw your reply to those of us who were telling you to get goats and sheep. I didn't understand what your final goal was or what you were dealing with so it seemed a way to lessen your workload . I think those of us who watch you are concerned you have to do so much work and we actually want to help. Good on you , the goal you have sounds fabulous. I wish you only the best.
Is it you singing so beautifully Alex? Happy birthday, get the your mower fixed angels.🎉
Happy BIRTHDAY ALEX!
Everything is so lush and green! And you always seem to dress so nicely for working outside. You’d see me doing yard work in a raggedy shirt and beat up jeans 😁
You guys work so well together and you’re not afraid to work with the land
Hello from exceedingly hot Texas. My Mom and I are old hands at doing our own lawn maintenance for years. Mom is 93 and still mows her own lot. We also maintain our own equipment. Our advice to you while you wait on your riding mower to be repaired: Check the oil in your mower! When you are feeling 100% again you will be able to appreciate how much your hard work is actually paying off. You two are amazing. Happy Birthday.
My goodness such back breaking work , hope you get the ride on mower fixed soon , loving the new channel ladies ❤❤
Gail - I’m exhausted just watching you! That’s a lot of work! I love your videos on this channel. Thanks Gail & Alex.
A good evening,from the south of the Netherlands
It is lovely to see you save and nurture those trees ..and the hard, hard, work it must take to do that lawn! That is love ...and in this bitter, changing world, you bring a beauty of character and care for the environment/nature that is so heartwarming.I wish that help will come to you as needed.Much love to you both and Happy Birthday again to you Alex! Love the birds
Hello. Happy Birthday Alex. When my mower bogs down I move over and cut 1/2 of the row. Putting less grass through the mower, letting the RPM stay high.
I love watching this new channel. Y’all inspire me to tackle projects I need to work on!! Thank you!! Can’t wait to see the new craft room.
Iam loving this channel x
Good morning from Colorado! Thank you for saving those trees. 🎉🎉🎉. Love the Shwoos! And Happy Birthday Alex!
Keep at it!A little at a time!You can do this !
Bless you Alex.. you work so hard. You guys could do with a big sit-on lawn mower! Love your channels. Take care. 😊
Maybe man shwoo thought the mower was another man shwoo so he got to work before the mower did. 😂
My garden has lot's of fruit trees in it too, my mum makes jam with it every year.
I'd come and help you if i didn't live 30+ miles away and if i could drive. It's the thought that counts though isn't it. 👍
You ladies are amazing! I’m glad you’re both better now. Who needs a puppy to follow them around if you have pea fowl! They are adorable, especially Runty. ❤TN Nana
I wasn't aware of this channel, but I recognized Alex's face in the thumbnail picture. So I had to check it out. : )
I have never heard the term strimmer before in my life. We just call a whipper snipper or a trimmer. =D
Happy Birthday Alex 🎁🎶🥳
You know I felt for the both of you struggling with that grass. I was saying give the strimmer give the mower to me I’ll do it for you. My admiration grows more and more. You both put your hands to everything. I’m proud of ya. I think I heard you say you had a ride on mower. I know it costs but get that fixed or as others suggested some animals to munch the grass down. You are great . Thank you for this vid
Y'all really need to get that riding mower fixed, you know. The grass isn't going to stop growing, at least not in Scotland.
Hello Gail and Alex! Wow, what a chore to try and tackle without a riding lawnmower...bless your hearts for hanging in there! Too bad you don't have any friends or neighbors with a riding mower or tractor to help get it cut where you could manage it. I know exactly how it is having to do things yourselves, me and my mom bought a house together and everything has to handled by us. Plus not having the money to just "hire" someone else to do it, is out of the question as well. The apple tree's are looking awesome...what a deal! Good luck ladies, love seeing your day to day life on your farm, it's such beautiful country. Take care...Big ((Hugs)) and Love from Texas!!🤗💙😊💜
It takes longer but next time only cut the roll about half width so it doesn’t choke the Motor as much or over heat the lawnmower 🙂
Beautiful spot all you need is some sheep
You can buy something called a rooting hormone. For your plants, you just dip the end of the plant in water. Then in the hormone, then in the dirt.
HI GAIL AND ALEX!! LOVE WHAT YOUR TRYING TO DO. WILD FLOWERS WOULD GARNER MORE MONEY, PEOPLE SEEM TO LOVE THEM. THEY'RE CHEEP TO GROW. WILL YOU BE POWER WASHING THE HOUSE? WELL CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOUR PROGRESS. LOVE THE SMOO ON THE SKIMMER, LIKE KING OF THE MOUNTAIN. LOL WELL THANKS AND STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY ❤️ 🙏
Hi Mum,Alex, wow, tough going on the grass, a few goats would help keep the grass short. Happy birthday, Alex. Your is two days after mine ❤🎉
Goats would eat everything, you need to keep them penned in an area if you dont want to lose all your plants and trees.
Yes remember the eye protection when weed whipping. I've had rocks kick up to my face before and have always used goggles. Also one tip, tape or with other securing method newspaper to the area below your knees on your legs. This keeps wet grass from staining your pants. Always wear a long sleeve shirt for arm protection too.
Drive a stick into the ground. In the center, tie a rope to it and extend to lawn mower. It should just circle around😊
Best thing to do is cover the grass with Vodka .................... it'll come up half cut !!!!🤣🤣
Really enjoyed the video. Spunky Man Shwoo stole the show 😂 but seriously, i hope you get the riding mower fixed soon. It's too much to wrangle with not being 100 %. Happy Birthday again, Alex. Cheers!
I hope you are both back in peak condition by this video, you sure are getting plenty of exercise! Happy Birthday Alex, I hope you had a wonderful day! Love this new channel.
How beautiful! Never take for granted the beautiful nature around you. I did, growing up. Then our bit of quiet coastal country was "discovered" and in came the developers. The open fields and woodlands are all gone, as is most of the wildlife. Developments surround my families property now and the air smells of car exhaust. 😔
Top tip....galvanised leaf burning bin 🗑 already has the holes in just take the lid off and plant in it. They look quite nice but are affordable. You can use left over cans of car or stove paint to finish them if you don’t like the galvanised colour.
Good afternoon Gael and Alex, I give you some advice instead of using gravel as base for pots, use pumice which is much lighter and cheaper. Greeting from Italy 👍👌💯👋🇮🇹☘️
You need a few goats or sheep. You are great with animals. We would love to see you have more animals.
Goats are fab
They would need a few more fences up, goats and sheep eat everything including roses, bulbs and trees.
When you use your push mower on long thick grass, don't force it it cut the full width of the mower of that grass as it will struggle to cope with it. Mow just half width of the mower of the uncut grass and other half going over the already cut 'stripe. You should find that your mower will cope cutting much better under less heavier work load.
Golden Delicious apples are yellow nit green 😊.
Invest in a riding mower that does a variety of tasks!!! 👍
Glad you saved the apple trees. I would have soaked the roots in a bucket for a few hours but they look to be doing okay. Good plan to take off any fruit for now so they concentrate on growing too. Golden Delicious is partially self-fertile...If the red apple was Discovery, that is pollinated by Golden Delicious. So that's good! Lovely Ruby Tiger moth you found. As for the grass, maybe add yellow rattle which will reduce grass and allow wild flowers to emerge and have a lovely insect friendly meadow that needs a cut only once a year, and just have a small portion of lawn where you can sit/eat/read etc and easily mow. Don't work too hard!
Happy birthday, Alex!
So the Peacock video has 182,000 views. Besides being environmentally friendly mowers, goats can be entertaining and fun to watch! Blessings ladies🌻
Great to see your new channel is such a success! The moth Alex found is a Ruby Tiger
Hi girls, l see you have a new Schwoo for brown Schwoo. I'd been wondering about that. I am so pleased about that. She won't be so lonely now. Lovely trees from Safeway. You'll have plenty of apples soon. Have you ever thought of espaliering them against that back wall? All the best. Love Janice xx oh, Happy Birthday darling Alex. Couldn't you find something easier to do on your birthday darling.
Hello there,my goodness i love your films, really love the dear creature s too.hmmm,the music, its delightful and emotional, im so happy for you both with your 2 trees,,they are going to live a happy life growing away and feeding you ,oh and treets for the creature s,i just love the picture with the dear feather ed freinds and the wooden houses and gate,all the delicious green around,hmm,such a comfort ing satisfying film,,😊
Absolutely Love the singing along with the old age sythe work. Beautiful singing, I love to hear it. Keep it up.
RS from Oregon USA
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Happy belated birthday Alex 😊.
Put a wooden stake in with a tree strap to stop it from breaking until it's strong enough
Happy birthday for yesterday Alex!
Happy Birthday Alex, sorry you were sick for so long, don't push yourself too hard. Gail saved two apple trees, well done. 🌳🌳 You ladies are very hard working, good thing you have a brother Alex to help with all the hard work .. like stoping the Shwoo's from multiplying 😂 I love all your video's they are so well done in all ways! did some research on one of my favorite songs you play by Sandra Marteleur "DROMMAREN" feeds my soul! thank you for all your hard work sharing 🌺🌻
Hi hi from Johannesburg south Africa. Sorry you are having a bad time. Hope and pray you get the ride on mower fixed. Hugs.
Happy belated birthday, Alex. I hope you had an amazing time on your special day. I was thinking, though I have no idea of the expense and upkeep of sheep and goats, but they would certainly take care of the lawn for you.
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Glad to see both of you.up and we'll. Like the peacock 🦚 uou have. Its a big ground to cut.get better soon 🙏.
Awww..how lovely..apple trees..my favourite...we had many varieties on the dairy farm I grew up on in Australia...❤
Crikey, I jumped out of my skin when Gail produced a scythe.....not sure of the spelling...😮
Today I ate my first home grown tomato. Last week it was potatoes...one had a sludgy bug in it so I had to shove it over the garden....urrrrrr.....
There is a flap or door on the side of the lawn mower held in place with toggle bolts it has to be held open to work,I call it the coleslaw door,also don't take a big a swath only half the width of the mower ,when the grass is that tall
I hope you had a wonderful birthday. It's a shame the shrews can't mow the grass. They love to follow you and be around the mower. Having property is very hard work. Your part of Scotland is beautiful. ❤
I love your house and grounds!
The schwoos and chickens are hunting for grubs and goodies. 🤣
Yes some shepards may have some sheep or goats that need grass to eat and could do you a favor. Those shews are very curious aren’t they. Feel better soon.
The music is so beautiful on this video who sings this song it’s just wonderful
Your grass trimming outift is very Hobbit-esque
Happy belated birthday wishes Alex🎂
What a beautiful place to live!
A small tractor with a mowing apparatus would knock out that field in no time. Hopefully you can get your riding mower fixed soon.
Happy beĺated birthday Alex. You both work really hard, i really enjoyvall if your videos. Thanks xxxx
Your property is beautiful. I love country living. Thank you for showing us what your life is like. Thank goodness you and your mother have each other to rely on and we love your videos. Donna Northern Michigan
Happy belated birthday Alex 🎉🎂 you have the Same birthday as my daughter 8/18 😊
Hope you and your Mom are feeling better 🌞
Best wishes! Heather , Watertown Connecticut USA
I haven't seen you for a while been sick as well but I love this new channel and I can see it doing great! Very good. I hope you are feeling better and as with other comments wondering if that is Alex singing a beautiful voice and sounds like what i think she would singing. Love love the song! Happy Birthday Alex, Your such a beautiful girl and deserve all the happiness in the world you and mum both! Bless you and the Lord keep you in all you do. Mary
Alex you crack me up. I just so enjoy these videos.
Great job in rescuing the trees from the supermarket, I would have to! I hope they grow for you. Happy belated birthday, Alex!