The one flower you said was interesting at the beginning of this clip is a Nigella, or known as ,love in the mist. They come in white and pink also. Mine come back every year, as I too collect the seeds and sew early every springtime. I love the pods that come on after the flowers to use in a vase as you will too, so pretty. Look on the utube site, “escape to France”. He is putting up metal beams like you are doing, infact he just finished doing the last ones this week. His experience might give you some tips, we all always welcome. Now. Am going back to finish your video. Have a nice weekend both of you, M.
carving to make mating parts of wood. there is one tip i can give to you. white chalk. put a layer on one side that you are not carving. rub the carve wood on it. the spots on the carved wood is where you need to carve (excess material) off. repeat. until both material seems heavily white on both sides.. (meaning you got the wood to match each other.
The problem with store brought grass seeds is that it's usually a very fast growing species, taking over the space and is in need of a trim quite often D: (also look at all those grass seed pods) I hope you'll be able to find a good solution for the meadow in the future, it's a great thing to have and good for nature
There's a wild flower, in English called yellow rattle (Latin name Rhinanthus minor), which inhibits grass spread and enables other wild flowers to prosper. Perhaps you might be able to obtain it for your meadow.
Unfortunately, flowering meadows have to be resown every year, otherwise the grasses will take over again. The white flower you have shown is called "Jungfer im Grünen" in Germany" 🙂
Regardless of the somewhat disappointing regrowth of wildflowers,I’m quite sure the ground has benefited from the ploughed in vegetation . Was it ploughed in? At any rate ,the soil still would have benefited from the busy worms and soil loosening that must have taken place,not to mention your becoming bee central for your local flying population.When we moved house to a a place with very bad soil due to it having had vehicles parked on the poor old lawn for a long time , we planted and cared for grass which we cut down and left lying where it fell and my husband mowed the off cuts to chop them small as fertilizer.We had watered it well and the soil was quite a lot renovated.That was a good start to our helping the soil.What a great job you are making of that beam problem . I don’t think there is even one thing that defeats you,and you do not have a ‘That’ll do’ bone in your body.👍🏻
I love the picture of Marina laying on that beam cleaning and varnishing it. Some day when your work is done and you move in make a print of that and hang it in your office. It is a stunning picture.
When I saw you sow the meadow with a mix of wildflowers and grass I was hoping this years outcome wouldn't happen. Grass is very sturdy and an 'enemy' for wild flowers. A solution might be if you cut the grass really really short and sow Little yellowrattle (kleine ratelaar in dutch) it is a plant that 'feeds' on grasses which creates a more fertile environment for flowers to thrive. You established a beautiful meadow last year so there's lots of possibilities. Love the progress you're making on the big house, steady wins the race
I study plant science and a tip to getting a beautiful meadow is to cut it completely down once a year, preferably around July. That is what many farmers in my country do, and the meadows are some of the most beautiful scenes I've seen. I know it sounds weird, but plants need to get stressed, so they fight more to survive. This will also protect seeds from birds and other animals who eat seeds, since you bury them further down under the grass.
Thanks for great videos! A meadow with wild flowers is wonderful. To get the meadow flowering the following year you should wait cutting it until the flowering season is over and it is making seed pods, that is usually in July. Cut the meadow when it is sunny, let it dry on the ground a few days so seed pods dry and open up and drop their seeds before you rake and make compost. of it Otherwise the seeds get in the compost where some rot and others grow and become 'weeds' when using the compost. Blessings!
I grew a wildflower field years ago. I found that buying just the individual seed and not a wild flower mixture was best. So many times in the wild seed mixtures, grass seeds get put into the mix. It took me about 4 years to get it right, although I still had some grasses I had to remover. I love wildflowers. They always look so lovely, and make me feel so happy. I love that your cat has so much fun on your property. Both cats seem to be living their best lives. God bless you and your whole family.
Good luck with the wildflower garden. Yes, grass will take over whenever it can. Unless it’s treated poorly. Ha, daisies are taking over my back yard. I keep trying to get rid of them and they keep returning. Luckily the neighbors like looking at a field of daisies. I didn’t ever plant them - the birds brought the seeds. 🤣 Good progress on the beam. You are ingenious! ♥️
We had a similar result with our meadow in the middle of the US. Many things in the seed mix are not perfectly suited to a real, wild meadow - they want a lot more maintenance or they won't sprout in a wild setting. Your beam repair looks really excellent. When you polish them. you might want to leave some of the old tool marks, as they are interesting history.
That lovely white flower was nigella sativa, which is an annual. My understanding is that perennial plants grow year to year from the rootstock which survives the winter, but annuals reseed with each season. Some are hardier than others, and wildflowers are among the toughest. But they all seem to have minds of their own, and are often astonishing.
My community has turned several disused areas into wildflower areas, at least since 2018 and almost every year the whole neighborhood has enjoyed them, last year until late October and this year the result is unfortunately also disappointing so far, although nothing has been done differently. However, we had a lot of rain here in northwest Germany and a slightly longer period of frost, we suspect the seeds either got too wet or were washed away by the soil.
Mr De Hoeve, when you going to get round to fixing that outbuilding roof that was blessed by the Pope...a little too much? I mean you're keeping a load of wood, among other things, and there is a whopping great skylight in the roof!
Concerning the wildflowers: Sometimes you buy seeds that are only for annual flowers. Means, these plants are kind of sterile and their seeds do not grow. So you have to buy seeds again. I.don't know if that's the case with your wildflowers, it just could be an explanation.
Yes, possible. Few cornflowers did come back but by far less than previous year. It's all about experimenting :-) next year we'll try a different strategy.
I used to live in Virginia, USA and loved the mountain views on my way to work. We moved to the ‘armpit of America’ (Ohio) about 14 years ago and I miss the views. Y’all have an amazing view of your land. So ‘jelly’
Prior to the wildflowers, was that field used to raise grain? Grasses will always overpower flowers when in competition. Esp if it’s a seed variety farmers use for hay or straw. Since you don’t have barn animals that can eat that grass, it’ll be great in your compost. It went to seed already, so you’re gonna have to battle it for awhile I fear.
Great work on the beam problem, Ilia. Sometimes just talking it out provides the best option. Too bad the wild flowers did’t come back. I’m sure the wild life misses it too😢. I always look forward to your videos. Keep up the great work😊
Grass is pretty invasive (which is ok if you want a lawn). You can tame grass by sowing yellow rattle (kleine ratelaar), which is slightly parasitic on grass. This gives other seeds a fair chance.
I noticed there are some two- years flowers in the bed. Give it a chance for next year. The flower Illja was touching is a Nigella. You can eat the seads.
Last year we sowed just flower seeds, and a bit of gras that we bought apart. I planted too many flower seeds, and the flowers were competing against each other. This year we sowed no flower seeds, hoping that seeds from the last year will grow. Illia just put a bit of grass seeds. And this is the result this year: lots of grass, very few flowers. By far less flowers than previous year. Thanks for letting know! I will pay attention to the content of mixes more.
@@DeHoeveOldBelgianFarm Good luck. The wildflower mixes there may be fine, but when I first tried to establish a wildflower meadow on a part of our property, I got mostly grasses, so I was not happy. The second year I only threw out flower seeds, flowers started coming up but the deer decided they, too, loved flowers. Eventually though I was able to have a nice wildflower area. By the way, I love your channel and admire you for taking on such a big challenge to save the house and several of the buildings.
Heard or read that wood glue is the strongest glue there is. But the surface of the wood itself probably does a lot to making two pieces stick together. Somebody out there know this better?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigella_damascena#:~:text=Nigella%20damascena%2C%20love%2Din%2D,to%20the%20buttercup%20family%20Ranunculaceae. Your wild flower plant is Black cumin.
The one flower you said was interesting at the beginning of this clip is a Nigella, or known as ,love in the mist. They come in white and pink also. Mine come back every year, as I too collect the seeds and sew early every springtime. I love the pods that come on after the flowers to use in a vase as you will too, so pretty.
Look on the utube site, “escape to France”. He is putting up metal beams like you are doing, infact he just finished doing the last ones this week. His experience might give you some tips, we all always welcome. Now. Am going back to finish your video.
Have a nice weekend both of you, M.
You are doing a amazing job well done ❤❤❤❤
carving to make mating parts of wood. there is one tip i can give to you. white chalk. put a layer on one side that you are not carving. rub the carve wood on it. the spots on the carved wood is where you need to carve (excess material) off. repeat. until both material seems heavily white on both sides.. (meaning you got the wood to match each other.
I recommend you listen to Jacques Brel - 'Mijn Vlakke Land' - it will teach you all about Belgian weather ! 😄
Catspector arrives just in time!
The problem with store brought grass seeds is that it's usually a very fast growing species, taking over the space and is in need of a trim quite often D: (also look at all those grass seed pods) I hope you'll be able to find a good solution for the meadow in the future, it's a great thing to have and good for nature
There's a wild flower, in English called yellow rattle (Latin name Rhinanthus minor), which inhibits grass spread and enables other wild flowers to prosper. Perhaps you might be able to obtain it for your meadow.
Duplicating the wild flowers of last summer is a challenge. It looked SO GOOD. Building up beam strength sure is a good idea. 👍👍👍
Unfortunately, flowering meadows have to be resown every year, otherwise the grasses will take over again. The white flower you have shown is called "Jungfer im Grünen" in Germany" 🙂
Regardless of the somewhat disappointing regrowth of wildflowers,I’m quite sure the ground has benefited from the ploughed in vegetation . Was it ploughed in? At any rate ,the soil still would have benefited from the busy worms and soil loosening that must have taken place,not to mention your becoming bee central for your local flying population.When we moved house to a a place with very bad soil due to it having had vehicles parked on the poor old lawn for a long time , we planted and cared for grass which we cut down and left lying where it fell and my husband mowed the off cuts to chop them small as fertilizer.We had watered it well and the soil was quite a lot renovated.That was a good start to our helping the soil.What a great job you are making of that beam problem . I don’t think there is even one thing that defeats you,and you do not have a ‘That’ll do’ bone in your body.👍🏻
A lot easier moving that grass than the usual bricks or other building materials. Love watching the full property renovation. God’s blessings
I think what you wrote is so lovely. God's blessings to you too.
I love the picture of Marina laying on that beam cleaning and varnishing it. Some day when your work is done and you move in make a print of that and hang it in your office. It is a stunning picture.
When I saw you sow the meadow with a mix of wildflowers and grass I was hoping this years outcome wouldn't happen. Grass is very sturdy and an 'enemy' for wild flowers. A solution might be if you cut the grass really really short and sow Little yellowrattle (kleine ratelaar in dutch) it is a plant that 'feeds' on grasses which creates a more fertile environment for flowers to thrive. You established a beautiful meadow last year so there's lots of possibilities. Love the progress you're making on the big house, steady wins the race
I study plant science and a tip to getting a beautiful meadow is to cut it completely down once a year, preferably around July. That is what many farmers in my country do, and the meadows are some of the most beautiful scenes I've seen.
I know it sounds weird, but plants need to get stressed, so they fight more to survive. This will also protect seeds from birds and other animals who eat seeds, since you bury them further down under the grass.
The cats are the supervisors and inspectors!
Seriously, the work on the beam is very nice.
God bless.
Thanks for posting and sharing. Nice work. Great patience and perseverance.
Thank you for watching!
Great job on the beam. Will be beautiful polished. Wild flower garden is still the place to be on a beautiful day. Thanks Illia, Marina and the cats.
Thanks for great videos!
A meadow with wild flowers is wonderful.
To get the meadow flowering the following year you should wait cutting it until the flowering season is over and it is making seed pods, that is usually in July.
Cut the meadow when it is sunny, let it dry on the ground a few days so seed pods dry and open up and drop their seeds before you rake and make compost. of it Otherwise the seeds get in the compost where some rot and others grow and become 'weeds' when using the compost.
Blessings!
Илюха, я очень рад за тебя, и за твой англицкий
I grew a wildflower field years ago. I found that buying just the individual seed and not a wild flower mixture was best. So many times in the wild seed mixtures, grass seeds get put into the mix. It took me about 4 years to get it right, although I still had some grasses I had to remover. I love wildflowers. They always look so lovely, and make me feel so happy. I love that your cat has so much fun on your property. Both cats seem to be living their best lives. God bless you and your whole family.
I'm always waiting for your videos. Can't wait to see what you do next. God's blessing to you.
Good luck with the wildflower garden. Yes, grass will take over whenever it can. Unless it’s treated poorly. Ha, daisies are taking over my back yard. I keep trying to get rid of them and they keep returning. Luckily the neighbors like looking at a field of daisies. I didn’t ever plant them - the birds brought the seeds. 🤣
Good progress on the beam. You are ingenious! ♥️
We had a similar result with our meadow in the middle of the US. Many things in the seed mix are not perfectly suited to a real, wild meadow - they want a lot more maintenance or they won't sprout in a wild setting. Your beam repair looks really excellent. When you polish them. you might want to leave some of the old tool marks, as they are interesting history.
In your wildflower meadow add some Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus minor). This kills off some of the grass, allowing the wildflowers to thrive
That lovely white flower was nigella sativa, which is an annual. My understanding is that perennial plants grow year to year from the rootstock which survives the winter, but annuals reseed with each season. Some are hardier than others, and wildflowers are among the toughest. But they all seem to have minds of their own, and are often astonishing.
The flower field looks nice.
Illia was doing some serious woodworking with some nice back up music 😊
My community has turned several disused areas into wildflower areas, at least since 2018 and almost every year the whole neighborhood has enjoyed them, last year until late October and this year the result is unfortunately also disappointing so far, although nothing has been done differently. However, we had a lot of rain here in northwest Germany and a slightly longer period of frost, we suspect the seeds either got too wet or were washed away by the soil.
Details matter. Lots and lots of details.
Mr De Hoeve, when you going to get round to fixing that outbuilding roof that was blessed by the Pope...a little too much? I mean you're keeping a load of wood, among other things, and there is a whopping great skylight in the roof!
To create a meadow you'll need to reduce the nutrient content drastically e.g. put on a layer of sand, otherwise the grass will win!
Concerning the wildflowers:
Sometimes you buy seeds that are only for annual flowers. Means, these plants are kind of sterile and their seeds do not grow. So you have to buy seeds again.
I.don't know if that's the case with your wildflowers, it just could be an explanation.
Yes, possible. Few cornflowers did come back but by far less than previous year. It's all about experimenting :-) next year we'll try a different strategy.
@@DeHoeveOldBelgianFarm
Good luck and fingers crossed! 😊
I planted a meadow in wild flowers. Grass took over and choked out the wildflowers. Maybe annual over-seeding?
You need some 'yellow rattle' in that mix of wild flowers, helps keep grass down. Or do you want a lawn!
Craftsman beam work.😊
1:56 This is a korenbloem. It is a bit special because it is white instead of the regular blue.
I made a mistake. It's not a korenbloem but a "juffertje in 't groen" (Nigella damascena).
I used to live in Virginia, USA and loved the mountain views on my way to work. We moved to the ‘armpit of America’ (Ohio) about 14 years ago and I miss the views. Y’all have an amazing view of your land. So ‘jelly’
So Annika is the inspector!
Illia and Mariana that was great enjoyed string cutting and clean up and the beam repair great job
Fez um ótimo trabalho de carpintaria adaptando as duas vigas de madeira . PARABÉNS .
👍 Nice work on that beam.
loved the meadow update - I was curious about whether some flowers would come back! Hope more will come!
Your beam is going to look really good , it is a time consuming job but worth the results you are getting. Your whole garden looks amazing.
Great beam repair and great choice of music when adding the other beam to it!! 👏👏👏👌🧡 Oh and glad to see the inspector again! 😊
You are a master with wood. I would even bet you’ve made wooden Dutch style shoes!
Thanks for the video!
Make a frame and pour resin on the beam to level it out
Prior to the wildflowers, was that field used to raise grain? Grasses will always overpower flowers when in competition. Esp if it’s a seed variety farmers use for hay or straw. Since you don’t have barn animals that can eat that grass, it’ll be great in your compost. It went to seed already, so you’re gonna have to battle it for awhile I fear.
Masterful piece of work repairing the beam. The pieces of wood are perfectly fashioned to seem like one large beam. Wow
he did not use full length. so is not one large beam at all.
Love the video can’t wait for the next one
A wildflower garden takes a couple years to set. Just reseed next spring
Keep them videos coming!!!
I love your wildflower garden!! 😍
Amazing job! 👏 Love your wildflowers 🌻!
Beautiful ❤
Great Music this week❣️
Danke für das tolle Video 👏🏻👋👍🏻👌😊🙂🙋♂️🇩🇪🤗
Great work on the beam problem, Ilia. Sometimes just talking it out provides the best option. Too bad the wild flowers did’t come back. I’m sure the wild life misses it too😢. I always look forward to your videos. Keep up the great work😊
If you mix in a little bit of stain with the glue it won't be as noticeable.
Great job on the beam problem. As well, too bad the wildflowers did’t come back. I’m surd the wild life misses it too😢
Poppies only return in newly dug land. But most wild flowers get smothered by grass. Good luck.
Hi,you should ask carl rogers ,he also work old house in france in old fashion way ,also he is on TH-cam....
Grass is pretty invasive (which is ok if you want a lawn). You can tame grass by sowing yellow rattle (kleine ratelaar), which is slightly parasitic on grass. This gives other seeds a fair chance.
Thank you 👍
Great
I noticed there are some two- years flowers in the bed. Give it a chance for next year. The flower Illja was touching is a Nigella. You can eat the seads.
I noticed the biennials too, hopefully there will be more flowers next year. 🌼
I think your grass choked out the flowers.🌻😆
The nice white flower is called in german „Jungfer im Grünen“.
In the states we call it Nigelia
Mrs De Hoeve, what is that song playing while you were racking up grass?
Did I miss something, what happened to your automatic grass cutter?
❤😊great job😊
What happened to the robot mower.?
AWESOME..!
You needed a router and a jig for that repair.
How are your fruit trees managing Illia? Fruit trees can be tricky.
Did you sow a wildflower mix? I have found that here in the US the wildflower mixes are mostly grasses with just a few flowers.
Last year we sowed just flower seeds, and a bit of gras that we bought apart. I planted too many flower seeds, and the flowers were competing against each other. This year we sowed no flower seeds, hoping that seeds from the last year will grow. Illia just put a bit of grass seeds. And this is the result this year: lots of grass, very few flowers. By far less flowers than previous year.
Thanks for letting know! I will pay attention to the content of mixes more.
@@DeHoeveOldBelgianFarm Good luck. The wildflower mixes there may be fine, but when I first tried to establish a wildflower meadow on a part of our property, I got mostly grasses, so I was not happy. The second year I only threw out flower seeds, flowers started coming up but the deer decided they, too, loved flowers. Eventually though I was able to have a nice wildflower area. By the way, I love your channel and admire you for taking on such a big challenge to save the house and several of the buildings.
Your land may have herbicides remaining from farming. Or the adjacent farms may over spray. Leaving Native plants to fight for their lives.
Heard or read that wood glue is the strongest glue there is. But the surface of the wood itself probably does a lot to making two pieces stick together. Somebody out there know this better?
На одну треснувшую балку положил ещё одну с трещиной😂
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Ilias krijgt alles klaar👍
No need for wild flowers in Texas.
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#replay
Galatians 5:5
King James Version
5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. Gods blessings over you .
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Teveel nutriënten in de bodem: maaien en gras afvoeren, dus grond « arm » maken om langzaam groeiende zaden een kans te geven.
Scarf joint, leave it be
Мы, советские, такие - косим триммером и под корень, выпиливаем кусок из самой главной затяжки, которая держит стены и крышу.
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I believe is high time to ask for the assistance of a professional ... If not, then the house will have been finished in 10-15 years
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigella_damascena#:~:text=Nigella%20damascena%2C%20love%2Din%2D,to%20the%20buttercup%20family%20Ranunculaceae.
Your wild flower plant is Black cumin.
Yes, looks like nigella sativa.