Maybe next time when the guys are mowing and cleaning up the property you could film them doing the work. My favorite part of a yard clean up, is actually watching the work being done. 😊👍🏻
LOL. I was just talking with a friend today who said the exact same thing: People want to watch while something is changing state. I will endeavor to keep that in mind! We got some great footage of the driveway machines in action today, so expect to see that in a few weeks. :D
I live below the road. I think you may regret not having a large gutter along the road to guide the water around to the edge of your property, especially since the front porch is so close to the ground. Best wishes on your project!
We've actually had several conversations about how to manage water off that road. Neighbors tell us the house only flooded once in 2018, but with the weird weather patterns, we are enlisting our earthworks guy to figure out what will work best.
@@lfuentes4098 We settled on a French drain up there for now, and it was just installed! The county also said they'd come dig a ditch as part of their maintenance, but it might take a year or two to get to it. We're going to see how this winter & spring go and then decide whether to put ourselves on the county's list. :D
When that water washes from that road you will want a ditch. Carport will be good but make that further back 20 feet. Goats for a week with Shepard for 3 days. They are really great.. check it 0ut. Less than $ 200. NE NO HAULING OF WEEDS.
We agree 100% about the water from the road. We were going to put in a culvert, and you'll hear that mentioned in one of this week's videos. But what we've settled on now is a French drain. I'm familiar with using goats (and pigs!) to clear property, but unfortunately we don't have the time this time around. Maybe in the next couple years once we figure out what to do with our forest!
I do too. I've watched dozens of shows about rehabbing houses and building tiny houses. It's sometimes hard to realize that we're now doing what I've watched other folks do! I do wish we could do more of it ourselves, but we don't have the time to learn. And there will still be plenty to do after we move in!
Looks like a fun but long, hard project! Once you get more of the lot cleared you may want to have someone go over it with a metal detector, and it may be fun to have a privy digger come out and scope the property to find out where the privy was. Sometimes privy digs can turn up all kinds of interesting stuff about the previous owners, along with old bottles, pottery and crocks. I'm willing to bet there are some interesting things under the front porch too.
Really great ideas, and ones I hadn't considered. Thank you for the suggestions! The den of foxes under the front porch has thankfully moved out on their own, but I suspect you're correct about interesting things living under there. We know there was a front porch in 1945 (though I don't think it's this porch), so plenty of time for fun stuff to find a home there.
Thank you so much! It is really quite amazing how just getting the yard under control makes it look so much more loved and cared for. Excited to share the journey with you!
What a lovely home. New subscriber. The floors in the home are so beautiful. While yes, this is going to be a lot of work, what better way to spend your time than making your dreams come true. Bless you with strength, fortitude, and lots of laughter to carry you both thru this journey. 🎉👩🌾🌻
Looks like you have squirrels in the house, and if those birds have been killed/torn apart, you might have some feral cats (?) inhabiting occasionally. I'd definitely get those windows and any other openings sealed asap! But the cleared property looks quite encouraging!
Squirrels were our thought as well, and recently at that. We know there were rats in the downstairs at one point, but I am NOT Googling to see if rats are carnivorous. GROSS. We are replacing all the windows; they are a non-standard size (by modern standards, anyway), and so they will be replaced near the end of the project because they take so long to arrive!
Yaaay, progress! It’s nice to be able to see the yard. I agree with another commentor, if your workers don’t mind, it would be fun to see the work happening 😊 either way, we’re looking forward to watching things move along. ☕️🇨🇦☕️
Our workers were quite gracious about being on camera! The challenge is that we work during the day while they're on site, and we're an hour away from the house, so we often arrive after all the fun things have happened. I will do what I can to capture the action shots, though!
Felicity!! (this is Clauds from NWH!) It's great to see you guys getting started. Your house is very cool. The layers of wallpaper and all the interesting junk, The cast iron on the wall is a good score. We had an old house and found interesting artifacts in the wall and the crawl spaces. Congratulations on your new adventure ❤
Clauds!!!! How lovely to see you here. Thank you so much for popping over! I too think the house is great. A lot of the junk wasn't helpful to us, but the bits that are feel like real treasures. I love staring at the different layers of wallpaper and imagining who might have put them up and when. We haven't been brave enough to try any of the crawlspaces (though come to think of it, I'm not sure we have any besides the attic). So excited to share the adventure with you!
Rather than purchasing a wheelbarrow, they make a dump able wagon, my son in law purchased one for me and I love it. It is so much easier to move around.
Your place already looks way better than before, with the yard on the way to being a lawn. I love the mature trees - they add so much to the historic feel of the house. With any luck the critter who loves walnuts and eats them all over our house is a squirrel. I'll send you good, brave energy for the house clean up!
I totally agree. Overgrown yards lend an air of mystery, but the air we're going for is loved, restored, and saved. I am so glad we've been able to save the big trees. There are a lot of small ones coming down - and probably more once we get into food forest planning - but the big ones just make me feel happy all over. Thank you for sending the energy; it is so kind of you!
So exciting, isn't it? We did/are doing a similar project (not as old, 1900), but it has been so much fun. I loved discovering things left or half buried in the yard..like finding hidden treasure. Enjoy the process!
Gosh, even 1900 is over 100 years old! And I agree - finding stuff left over in massively interesting to me. Peter isn't so keen on it; he wants to know what I'll use it for. And to me the fun is not knowing exactly - but I know it will come in handy!
I really wish we had been able to! Unfortunately, the foundation boards were all rotten, and a big portion of the wood had termite damage. But I have lots of pics, so if we want to rebuild in future in a similar style, we can.
So excited to follow along. Thanks for sharing your journey with us. Sad about the birds. I was raised in a very old house in not the best conditions and a rat killed our pet bird. I hope it’s cats and not rats.
I'm super sad about the birds. I love seeing them out and about, and to die in a house like that just feels wrong. I believe it is rats, given that we found a dead rat body (very dead, very dry) on our May tour (did not put that in the video. Yech) and there have been no signs of cats.
Great to see the progress please be careful around the tall grass. Always wear long pants and shower/change after. I had a terrible case of weed poisoning back in 1988 and it got misdiagnosed and by the time they actually figured out what I had I had to be put on a strong round of prednisone. Loving the progress!
Gosh, that sounds awful. :( I'm glad they finally figured out what you had, but goodness, what a journey. Looking forward to sharing more - in long pants. ;)
I thought that too and was really excited by the idea. Alas, it's a regular tub made of who knows what kind of materials, so it's been carted off to the dump.
During that time period the barn would have been the main priority. Everything depended on it. Have you gone and checked plat maps? Talked to anyone from the historical society? Before you begin, I would do that. You may an historical home. They may be able to help you financially.
We haven't yet been to the historical society. It's on the list! As far as we can tell, though, both the shed and the barn are 20th century construction, most likely in the decades after WWII.
Use the old wheelbarrow for a planter and get yourself a Gorilla cart. They are a game changer! They have 4 heavy duty wheels and they dump great with an easy to use handle.
Oooh, that sounds promising! I've been using a garden helper with a box on top, so the wheelbarrow feels luxurious. But a Gorilla cart sounds even better!
Waiting is absolutely not my strong suit! Now that we've closed and can enact all our plans, it seems like things cannot go fast enough. I am loving the journey but am really looking forward to the final product and living in the house. Thanks for coming along on the journey!
Hello, Ellen! It took a long time to grow in my name; it was not at all common growing up in Wisconsin. I quite like it now, though. :) Thank you for stopping by and leaving such a lovely comment!
You can replicate the wallpaper through Spoonflower. I’ve never done it myself and I’m sure it’s price-y, but if you really love it, that may be a good resource. Pretty sure it’s the squirrels that are carrying in the walnuts. Are you from another part of NY, or a different state?
I have just spent the last 15 minutes looking through Spoonflower designs and have had to tear myself away from the Heritage Revival section. Thank you very much for the recommendation! We moved here from Tulsa, OK, so it's our first time being New Yorkers!
If we had more time to fix up the house, we would be doing more of the work ourselves. I would love that! However, given that we need to move in ASAP, live 1 hour away from the property, and work during the day, we're quite limited on how helpful we can be at this stage. Once the house is livable and we've moved in, there will be a lot more DIY!
We wondered if that might be the case. There are certainly several opportunities for them to get in! They must have been quite surprised when we started clearing out the inside of that house. :D
It's called a rehab loan, which is very similar to a construction loan except you're rehabbing an existing structure instead of building a new one. Rehab loans are pretty complicated with all the contractors, so many banks don't offer them. We're very lucky that Tioga State Bank did.
Thanks for the great suggestion. I suspect that there will be a great many yard & tool research projects once we actually figure out what to do with the property!
Thank you, Karen! The dream is to never have to mow, so we're researching low-growing ground covers like clover and thyme. And until then, our neighbor who owns the restaurant has offered to introduce us to her mowing guy.
Maybe next time when the guys are mowing and cleaning up the property you could film them doing the work. My favorite part of a yard clean up, is actually watching the work being done. 😊👍🏻
LOL. I was just talking with a friend today who said the exact same thing: People want to watch while something is changing state. I will endeavor to keep that in mind! We got some great footage of the driveway machines in action today, so expect to see that in a few weeks. :D
@@HoneyAppleFarm awesome! and yes, watching the work being done is what most people enjoy the most. 😊
Oooh, lilac bushes would form a great line of bushes, or you could weave a fence out of living bushes.
I live below the road. I think you may regret not having a large gutter along the road to guide the water around to the edge of your property, especially since the front porch is so close to the ground. Best wishes on your project!
We've actually had several conversations about how to manage water off that road. Neighbors tell us the house only flooded once in 2018, but with the weird weather patterns, we are enlisting our earthworks guy to figure out what will work best.
Exactly what I was think. A ditch along the road makes sense to avoid all the runoff to go towards the house.
@@lfuentes4098 We settled on a French drain up there for now, and it was just installed! The county also said they'd come dig a ditch as part of their maintenance, but it might take a year or two to get to it. We're going to see how this winter & spring go and then decide whether to put ourselves on the county's list. :D
When that water washes from that road you will want a ditch.
Carport will be good but make that further back 20 feet.
Goats for a week with Shepard for 3 days. They are really great.. check it 0ut. Less than $ 200. NE NO HAULING OF WEEDS.
We agree 100% about the water from the road. We were going to put in a culvert, and you'll hear that mentioned in one of this week's videos. But what we've settled on now is a French drain.
I'm familiar with using goats (and pigs!) to clear property, but unfortunately we don't have the time this time around. Maybe in the next couple years once we figure out what to do with our forest!
I lOVE seeing older homes being rehabbed, excited to follow your journey, last week was my first viewing👍
I do too. I've watched dozens of shows about rehabbing houses and building tiny houses. It's sometimes hard to realize that we're now doing what I've watched other folks do! I do wish we could do more of it ourselves, but we don't have the time to learn. And there will still be plenty to do after we move in!
Looks like a fun but long, hard project! Once you get more of the lot cleared you may want to have someone go over it with a metal detector, and it may be fun to have a privy digger come out and scope the property to find out where the privy was. Sometimes privy digs can turn up all kinds of interesting stuff about the previous owners, along with old bottles, pottery and crocks. I'm willing to bet there are some interesting things under the front porch too.
Yes. I'd love to see that.
That would be amazing! Especially since this since this home was built before 1812
Really great ideas, and ones I hadn't considered. Thank you for the suggestions! The den of foxes under the front porch has thankfully moved out on their own, but I suspect you're correct about interesting things living under there. We know there was a front porch in 1945 (though I don't think it's this porch), so plenty of time for fun stuff to find a home there.
Wow, what a difference just cutting grass has made. So excited to see your beautiful farmhouse come back to life.
Thank you so much! It is really quite amazing how just getting the yard under control makes it look so much more loved and cared for. Excited to share the journey with you!
What a lovely home. New subscriber. The floors in the home are so beautiful. While yes, this is going to be a lot of work, what better way to spend your time than making your dreams come true. Bless you with strength, fortitude, and lots of laughter to carry you both thru this journey. 🎉👩🌾🌻
What a beautiful blessing! Thank you so very much, and for watching the video as well.
@@HoneyAppleFarm you are so welcome. Looking forward to watching.the progress.
Looks like you have squirrels in the house, and if those birds have been killed/torn apart, you might have some feral cats (?) inhabiting occasionally. I'd definitely get those windows and any other openings sealed asap! But the cleared property looks quite encouraging!
Squirrels were our thought as well, and recently at that. We know there were rats in the downstairs at one point, but I am NOT Googling to see if rats are carnivorous. GROSS. We are replacing all the windows; they are a non-standard size (by modern standards, anyway), and so they will be replaced near the end of the project because they take so long to arrive!
Yaaay, progress! It’s nice to be able to see the yard. I agree with another commentor, if your workers don’t mind, it would be fun to see the work happening 😊 either way, we’re looking forward to watching things move along. ☕️🇨🇦☕️
Our workers were quite gracious about being on camera! The challenge is that we work during the day while they're on site, and we're an hour away from the house, so we often arrive after all the fun things have happened. I will do what I can to capture the action shots, though!
Felicity!! (this is Clauds from NWH!)
It's great to see you guys getting started. Your house is very cool. The layers of wallpaper and all the interesting junk, The cast iron on the wall is a good score. We had an old house and found interesting artifacts in the wall and the crawl spaces.
Congratulations on your new adventure ❤
Clauds!!!! How lovely to see you here. Thank you so much for popping over! I too think the house is great. A lot of the junk wasn't helpful to us, but the bits that are feel like real treasures. I love staring at the different layers of wallpaper and imagining who might have put them up and when.
We haven't been brave enough to try any of the crawlspaces (though come to think of it, I'm not sure we have any besides the attic). So excited to share the adventure with you!
Rather than purchasing a wheelbarrow, they make a dump able wagon, my son in law purchased one for me and I love it. It is so much easier to move around.
A Vermont garden wagon two wheels big square bed and big handle to maneuver.
Thanks for the tip! Adding it to my "garden tools to research" list!
Your place already looks way better than before, with the yard on the way to being a lawn. I love the mature trees - they add so much to the historic feel of the house. With any luck the critter who loves walnuts and eats them all over our house is a squirrel. I'll send you good, brave energy for the house clean up!
I totally agree. Overgrown yards lend an air of mystery, but the air we're going for is loved, restored, and saved. I am so glad we've been able to save the big trees. There are a lot of small ones coming down - and probably more once we get into food forest planning - but the big ones just make me feel happy all over. Thank you for sending the energy; it is so kind of you!
So exciting, isn't it? We did/are doing a similar project (not as old, 1900), but it has been so much fun. I loved discovering things left or half buried in the yard..like finding hidden treasure. Enjoy the process!
Gosh, even 1900 is over 100 years old! And I agree - finding stuff left over in massively interesting to me. Peter isn't so keen on it; he wants to know what I'll use it for. And to me the fun is not knowing exactly - but I know it will come in handy!
Save the shed!!!
I really wish we had been able to! Unfortunately, the foundation boards were all rotten, and a big portion of the wood had termite damage. But I have lots of pics, so if we want to rebuild in future in a similar style, we can.
New subscriber, love seeing old farm videos
Welcome! Excited to share this journey with you. :D
So excited to follow along. Thanks for sharing your journey with us.
Sad about the birds. I was raised in a very old house in not the best conditions and a rat killed our pet bird. I hope it’s cats and not rats.
I'm super sad about the birds. I love seeing them out and about, and to die in a house like that just feels wrong. I believe it is rats, given that we found a dead rat body (very dead, very dry) on our May tour (did not put that in the video. Yech) and there have been no signs of cats.
I am so excited to see your progress. Looking forward to seeing more!
Awww, thank you! It feels so good to be doing things instead of waiting to do them. Looking forward to sharing more of the journey with you!
This was awesome!
Thank you! I love your TH-cam handle. I see that you are also in the process of clearing your land. Looking forward to following your journey!
Cool barn quilt behind you!
It really is! It's in our rental house, and I've enjoyed it very much. Such unusual patterns!
Great to see the progress please be careful around the tall grass. Always wear long pants and shower/change after. I had a terrible case of weed poisoning back in 1988 and it got misdiagnosed and by the time they actually figured out what I had I had to be put on a strong round of prednisone. Loving the progress!
Gosh, that sounds awful. :( I'm glad they finally figured out what you had, but goodness, what a journey. Looking forward to sharing more - in long pants. ;)
Could be where the well or septic was not a flower bed
If that's an old claw foot bathtub I'd save it to plant flowers in. Maybe it's what it was used for.
I thought that too and was really excited by the idea. Alas, it's a regular tub made of who knows what kind of materials, so it's been carted off to the dump.
During that time period the barn would have been the main priority. Everything depended on it. Have you gone and checked plat maps? Talked to anyone from the historical society? Before you begin, I would do that. You may an historical home. They may be able to help you financially.
We haven't yet been to the historical society. It's on the list! As far as we can tell, though, both the shed and the barn are 20th century construction, most likely in the decades after WWII.
Use the old wheelbarrow for a planter and get yourself a Gorilla cart. They are a game changer! They have 4 heavy duty wheels and they dump great with an easy to use handle.
Oooh, that sounds promising! I've been using a garden helper with a box on top, so the wheelbarrow feels luxurious. But a Gorilla cart sounds even better!
@@HoneyAppleFarm I'm 66, a widow, and starting a homestead on 5 acres of woods alone. That cart helps immensely! Guarantee you won't regret it.
How exciting. Can’t wait for more bet you can’t either!!
Waiting is absolutely not my strong suit! Now that we've closed and can enact all our plans, it seems like things cannot go fast enough. I am loving the journey but am really looking forward to the final product and living in the house. Thanks for coming along on the journey!
Your name is Felicity…so pretty. I’m excited to see your progress on your house. Hello from Alberta Canada.
Hi fellow Canadian! 😁☕️🇨🇦☕️
Hello, Ellen! It took a long time to grow in my name; it was not at all common growing up in Wisconsin. I quite like it now, though. :) Thank you for stopping by and leaving such a lovely comment!
You may have a new pet. Er. Pest. Either way congrats! Thanks for sharing!
LOL. My mom had a pet squirrel growing up. I'm not necessarily adverse if it gives our cat some exercise ...
Before you take the shed down take photos of the house and shed together and frame them for the house.
Great suggestion! I have taken several pictures, so if we want to frame them in future, I think we'll have some good shots to choose from.
You can replicate the wallpaper through Spoonflower. I’ve never done it myself and I’m sure it’s price-y, but if you really love it, that may be a good resource. Pretty sure it’s the squirrels that are carrying in the walnuts. Are you from another part of NY, or a different state?
True yet we're only seeing one layer! I'm excited to see how many layers!
I have just spent the last 15 minutes looking through Spoonflower designs and have had to tear myself away from the Heritage Revival section. Thank you very much for the recommendation!
We moved here from Tulsa, OK, so it's our first time being New Yorkers!
are you not doing any work yourselves,in those 2 days you and your husband could have emptied and cleaned whole house?
If we had more time to fix up the house, we would be doing more of the work ourselves. I would love that! However, given that we need to move in ASAP, live 1 hour away from the property, and work during the day, we're quite limited on how helpful we can be at this stage. Once the house is livable and we've moved in, there will be a lot more DIY!
You may have squirrels bringing in the walnuts
We wondered if that might be the case. There are certainly several opportunities for them to get in! They must have been quite surprised when we started clearing out the inside of that house. :D
Oh I'm sure they were very surprised. You may want to watch for raccoons as well.
Find it hard to believe a bank would lend money on that house
It's called a rehab loan, which is very similar to a construction loan except you're rehabbing an existing structure instead of building a new one. Rehab loans are pretty complicated with all the contractors, so many banks don't offer them. We're very lucky that Tioga State Bank did.
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Awww, thank you!
Do yourself a favor and get a wheelbarrow that has two wheels and it will have balance and easier to manage.
Thanks for the great suggestion. I suspect that there will be a great many yard & tool research projects once we actually figure out what to do with the property!
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Thanks for watching, Betty, and for the comment. Really appreciate you!
How many acres is it?
Around 1.7 (a bit more if you count to the middle of the road, but I don't!)
@@HoneyAppleFarm Very nice!
Please don’t move your camera around so much. It’s making me dizzy 🥴
Agreed.
Looking for professional video maybe the Magnolia Network is always out there.
I appreciate the feedback! I'm still getting the hang of wide pans, so appreciate the understanding.
Congratulations on your place.. alot of work inded ..but.. once the yard is cleared itll be easy to mow.. get a zero mower ..whhoy😊
Thank you, Karen! The dream is to never have to mow, so we're researching low-growing ground covers like clover and thyme. And until then, our neighbor who owns the restaurant has offered to introduce us to her mowing guy.
@@HoneyAppleFarm or...raise goats. They'll keep it down too.