Jack's a hard worker, just like Dad! I love seeing children working alongside their parents. It warms my heart, just like the logs will warm your home this winter.
Hi Jack! What a lovely son you have Ant. That looks like hard work but fulfilling. And what a beautiful peaceful view! Thanks for sharing Ant. Always enjoy your videos!!
You and Jack look like twins... 😀 You have a beautiful place. It looks so calming and green! ❤ I live in ARIZONA now but was raised in Germany. What a difference. Can't grow grass and if you do it costs an arm and a leg. I just miss the green lawns and trees😞
Well Done!! It was fun to watch you and Jack approach the wood you were chopping in different ways! He has a different way of chopping than you do Ant!🤗
My kind of day,in fact I've been doing the very same.Warms you twice my Dad used to say.Lovely to see puppy helping and Jack.Take care, love to you all from Walter cat and me 😊
Thank you Ant and hello Jack. My childhood was spent on my grandad's farm. Logs were chopped for the big black kitchen grate in the farm house. Brought back many memories of the log store and the chopped logs.♥
Hi Ant, in our previous home we would hire a wood splitter and spend the day splitting and stacking wood in our backyard. Always satisfying to see the wood sheds full!
I used to get 4 cords every year and my young son (at age 8) would put the wood on the chopping block for me to split using a maul. He was always helping me…his mom.
That smile on your face shows how happy you are to have jack by your side. *Hii Jack, pleasure to meet you*. Oh your dog is supervising❤ saw Eileen the goose do the same when you were working on Kate's cabin. Adorable, serene and beautiful !!!
How nice that your son helps you, Ant! You can tell he’s your boy! My husband and I used to cut and split our wood until he had his shoulder replaced. Wood gives off the best bone warming heat. Love from Pennsylvania, USA 💕🌷🐻
Yes! I remember when you built the log store - I'm still amazed at how you made it look so easy. Hello and welcome, Jack.It's so nice when our adult children help out.
Wow -Jack and you could be twins! What a wonderful son to come help dad. Lots of wood to chop! Wood store is very handy .glad you’re spending time with your boy! I don’t see mine nearly enough! Nice to meet you Jack!! ❤🦋🌿 xx
Hi Ant and Jack that's hard work and will keep you both fit the young ones are a great help we don't give them the credit they deserve ,good on you Jack helping your dad nice to meet you.
Thanks, Ant, and nice meeting you, Jack. A lot of work goes into getting the wood for winter. You know what they say, “it warms you twice, once when you cut it and then again, when you burn it. I’m glad you are using the spoils from someone’s clearing.
It's hard for me to understand how someone could take one hack at 6-8 inches of solid wood and lop it off! Haha! Your son Jack seems a great man like his Dad!
Don’t know how we would do without our son’s help. Grandson’s live to far to help but when the call goes out they come. Very grateful. You are blessed.
Gosh Jack is just like you. Well done both of you. Do you need to let the logs season or dry out before you burn the on the fire. I just love a log fire. It’s so cozy and kind of mesmerising. 👍👍
Hi Ant, Jack is a fine looking son. Question please Ant, the bigger pieces of wood could they be cut with a chainsaw instead of swinging the axe? It looks like hard work for the body to swing an axe. Thanks Ant. Franca 🦘🦘😊
Hi Jack I think you’re a “Chip off the Old Block “ as they say.. Nice to see you and your dad working together. Ant do you heat with the same stove as Kate ?
Hello Jack, hope your Dad didn't wear you out and you are not too sore using muscles that you don'tusually use. Ant that was a great way to fill the wood shed. I have missed these little catch ups and wondered if I had stopped the subscription but no it's just that your life is busy and long may it continue. Take care Ant and great to meet you Jack, hi Penny, I see you helping too. Cu l8ter Y
@@ants_countrylife I have loaded and unloaded many an Oak and Hickory! Many years ago we heated our house with a big wood burning stove and an insert in our Living room. It took a lot of wood! I have had central heating and cooling for 20 years and believe me I appreciate it. I enjoy so your videos and nice meeting son Jack. I have a (Jack ) grandson! I have 3 grandsons and they are the apple of my eye. Enough abt me. Thank you for sharing Brenda from Tennessee 😊🇺🇸
Ant, I notice you and Jack both wear NASA hoodies. Do you have a connection or interest in NASA? I'm curious because NASA has quite a presence in my community.
Jack's a hard worker, just like Dad! I love seeing children working alongside their parents. It warms my heart, just like the logs will warm your home this winter.
Wood warms you three times: once in the splitting, once in the stacking and finally in the burning! You fellas are very industrious! Well done!
Thankyou
What a great son you have Ant. Jack is a real chip off the old block. (almost look like twins lol) Great job chopping boys
@@JennyEvans-ff1ic aw thank you
Hi Jack! What a lovely son you have Ant. That looks like hard work but fulfilling. And what a beautiful peaceful view! Thanks for sharing Ant. Always enjoy your videos!!
You will both sleep well tonight!
I know the video is about splitting wood but I can’t get over the rolling green hills and sounds of nature. It’s so peaceful ❤
@@thatgirlinokc3975 it is an amazing place ❤️
I was thinking the same thing
Me too
Hey Ant! I thought Jack was your twin brother. Nice work you guys🥳🇺🇸
My shoulders hurt from watching. That’s hard work.
You and Jack look like twins... 😀 You have a beautiful place. It looks so calming and green! ❤ I live in ARIZONA now but was raised in Germany. What a difference. Can't grow grass and if you do it costs an arm and a leg. I just miss the green lawns and trees😞
My husband and I used to split wood every summer when we lived in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Good memories of hard work. Great job you two.
Jack looks like he's is a chip of the old block there Ant 😊
A chip off the old block, sorry had to be said, great video, love Northumberland 👍🇬🇧
That looks so tiring! But having enough wood for winter is a good thing.
Love seeing the dog and the view!
Well Done!! It was fun to watch you and Jack approach the wood you were chopping in different ways! He has a different way of chopping than you do Ant!🤗
Jack is adorable! He has a nice cake!
It‘s a family affair😂 My boys and I are already prepping for winter in the Bavarian Alps.
My dad used to do this when we had a small farm back in the 1960s. I was very young, but I would sometimes chop the kindling up. 😄 Fun times.
Nice to meet Jack. And great that he helps his Dad. But oh my, all I could think of was no gloves….. splinters!
A lovely job of it, well done, both of you! Thanks so much for sharing your family with us, always a joy to see that you’ve posted a video.❤
Our pleasure!
Handsome man like his dad! Enjoyed seeing those muscles work & fill up that wood pile!
Thankyou
My kind of day,in fact I've been doing the very same.Warms you twice my Dad used to say.Lovely to see puppy helping and Jack.Take care, love to you all from Walter cat and me 😊
Makes my back hurt just watching 😅❤
Jack is certainly a chip off the old block. 😂😂😂 Loved every minute of this exercise. Thank you
I used to love getting wood ready for the winter-when I was in my 20s and 30s. Good honest work and a comforting, practical result! 😊😊
Good GRUEF ant looks like you definitely needed a. It if help you doing that lot. It must be hard work . Well done both .
What a handsome son you have with a great smile
Welcome Jack. It's a pleasure to meet you! And thanks Ant for another great video!
Welcome!
I knew the minute I saw him he was related to you. Nice looking guy.
Thankyou that’s very kind ❤
Thank you Ant and hello Jack. My childhood was spent on my grandad's farm. Logs were chopped for the big
black kitchen grate in the farm house. Brought back many memories of the log store and the chopped logs.♥
Hi Ant, in our previous home we would hire a wood splitter and spend the day splitting and stacking wood in our backyard. Always satisfying to see the wood sheds full!
@@elizabeththomson2579 it’s piece of mind for when the winter comes
Welcome Jack; spit 'n' image of your dad!
Kate should be there to help stack the wood! Actually, she could have chopped some logs, too!!! Love your scenery and enjoy your videos.
I used to get 4 cords every year and my young son (at age 8) would put the wood on the chopping block for me to split using a maul. He was always helping me…his mom.
Hi Ant
It's a pleasure to meet Jack. Great to have nature's spoils on your doorstep 💯🌟🥃🥃
Absolutely
That smile on your face shows how happy you are to have jack by your side.
*Hii Jack, pleasure to meet you*.
Oh your dog is supervising❤ saw Eileen the goose do the same when you were working on Kate's cabin.
Adorable, serene and beautiful !!!
What a nice son you have. Chopping wood, I’ve been known to chop wood myself., nothing like a wood fire. Thanks for sharing ❤
Nice to meet a chip off the old- no, I won't go there! What a great help. Splitting wood is labor.
How nice that your son helps you, Ant! You can tell he’s your boy! My husband and I used to cut and split our wood until he had his shoulder replaced. Wood gives off the best bone warming heat. Love from Pennsylvania, USA 💕🌷🐻
Thankyou
Yes! I remember when you built the log store - I'm still amazed at how you made it look so easy. Hello and welcome, Jack.It's so nice when our adult children help out.
@@marybeth4002 absolutely it is always great to have him back home even if it’s only for a couple of days
Wow -Jack and you could be twins! What a wonderful son to come help dad. Lots of wood to chop! Wood store is very handy .glad you’re spending time with your boy! I don’t see mine nearly enough! Nice to meet you Jack!!
❤🦋🌿
xx
Ahhh yes Indeed, lots of hard work, but so worth it! Thanks again and Take care 🇨🇦👍👍💖🌈🦋
It's that time of year here in Pennsylvania as well. Lost 3.5 trees diring a recent storm.
It's a pleasure to meet you, Jack!
Hi Ant and Jack that's hard work and will keep you both fit the young ones are a great help we don't give them the credit they deserve ,good on you Jack helping your dad nice to meet you.
Thanks, Ant, and nice meeting you, Jack. A lot of work goes into getting the wood for winter. You know what they say, “it warms you twice, once when you cut it and then again, when you burn it. I’m glad you are using the spoils from someone’s clearing.
You two know how too use an axe!
It's hard for me to understand how someone could take one hack at 6-8 inches of solid wood and lop it off! Haha! Your son Jack seems a great man like his Dad!
Thankyou he is a great lad
Beautiful lab. I had a black Labrador once, he was terrified of water 💧 😂
Penny is definitely a water dog 🐶
Hello Jack! It’s been many a year since I split any wood, brought back memories. I do enjoy watching your dad work, maybe we’ll see more of you, too?
Thank you and I hope Jack will be in more videos too
Don’t know how we would do without our son’s help. Grandson’s live to far to help but when the call goes out they come. Very grateful. You are blessed.
@@joenperkins2138 thankyou and I know I am 👌
Hello Jack nice to meet you…from Newfoundland ,Canada..
Gosh Jack is just like you. Well done both of you. Do you need to let the logs season or dry out before you burn the on the fire. I just love a log fire. It’s so cozy and kind of mesmerising. 👍👍
Hi Jack!
“ Jack my only son” ❤
Good looking young lad bet he helps Dad a lot when he is around good job.
@@bettykinney5123 he’s awesome
Oak burns long and slow, great for fires. I used to get cherry and walnut too, now and then, bright flame, not as long lasting.
I’m your biggest fan of your work !!!
This is the first time I have seen a huge log split into smaller pieces. 😯Ant and Jack make it look easy, but I know it’s not and it’s hard work!
Thanks for sharing. Good memories of when we were young enough to do the same.
Our pleasure!
Hello from Virginia
Hi Ant, Jack is a fine looking son. Question please Ant, the bigger pieces of wood could they be cut with a chainsaw instead of swinging the axe? It looks like hard work for the body to swing an axe. Thanks Ant. Franca 🦘🦘😊
@@franpie2264 they could be I suppose but it’s way quicker with the axe and it keeps me fit
Great job, guys!
@@Auntie7024 Thankyou
Welcome Jack!
Hi Jack I think you’re a “Chip off the Old Block “ as they say.. Nice to see you and your dad working together. Ant do you heat with the same stove as Kate ?
We have a wood burner but a more traditional style than Kate’s one
Great video!! Thank you Ant and Jack. Will there be a video showing sharpening the ax?
@@JC-hn7cm I can do one if you ou would like to see me sharpening the axe
Love Jack’s sweatshirt. My son works for NASA in Pasadena CA at JPL. Looks like a pretty day there.
@@kimhannah1632 wow that’s amazing
How wonderful To have Jack for the help and a visit. I see the pup is busy supervising. Thanks for sharing.
@@madelinewhick7467 it’s always great to have Jack home he’s always a help and Penny just loves being out and about
I remember having to stack the wood after school,I hated it especially when you got turpentine on your hands…
I watched u build your log shed. Holds quit a bit! Will feel good when the cold winds of winter
It’s a nice feeling when the log store is full
Chopping and stacking wood is so similar to building/rebuilding a stone wall ....just realized this, duh
Good job men
Thankyou
Oh, My aching back! 😂
Hello Jack, hope your Dad didn't wear you out and you are not too sore using muscles that you don'tusually use. Ant that was a great way to fill the wood shed. I have missed these little catch ups and wondered if I had stopped the subscription but no it's just that your life is busy and long may it continue. Take care Ant and great to meet you Jack, hi Penny, I see you helping too. Cu l8ter
Y
@@mariehansen2534 Hi Marie I’m glad you enjoyed meeting Jack and hoping to have more videos up soon thanks as always Ant
I’m sorry your son lives in Leeds. I wish him well.
Is that hickory? Maybe Oak? It’s dense😮😊
Hi Brenda it is oak well spotted
@@ants_countrylife I have loaded and unloaded many an Oak and Hickory! Many years ago we heated our house with a big wood burning stove and an insert in our Living room. It took a lot of wood! I have had central heating and cooling for 20 years and believe me I appreciate it. I enjoy so your videos and nice meeting son Jack. I have a (Jack ) grandson! I have 3 grandsons and they are the apple of my eye. Enough abt me. Thank you for sharing Brenda from Tennessee 😊🇺🇸
Ant, I notice you and Jack both wear NASA hoodies. Do you have a connection or interest in NASA? I'm curious because NASA has quite a presence in my community.
@@lilybee_ hi we are both very interested in NASA but our hoodies are just a fashion brand thanks
Ahh..that makes sense!
Stacking your log pile is much like laying a dry stone wall !?!
@@AmandaBiddle-n2b it is a bit