Hello Daniel, fellow wood cutter/splitter here. For those smaller bits of log I’d recommend getting a small one handed axe with thick cheeks - it will take a lot more strain off your back and you’ll be able to work longer and split more wood. Just a tip mate. All the best.

Not sure if you already have a dog. Maybe a Dutch Friese Stabij is a good and fitting dog choice. Read some about it if you like.

Thanks for the update, lovely to see you all thriving :)

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At least for France, you are correct, for privacy and security reasons it's not legal to show exact house location

Only 4 more weeks and the days start getting shorter 😢

You've survived the winter, so enjoy the summer. It's the country's apology for the winter. The berries are excellent over here btw, because they get so much sunlight during the summer.

Just some tips from the fellow firewood splitter. 1) I recommend to have a tyre (truck type preferably), fill the tyre with the unsplit logs and start chopping. It's easier to pick the split log pieces from the tyre than to collect those one by one from ground 2) Due to wind, make sure roof of stack of firewood is wider than the stack itself. Otherwise, due to wind, rain may dampen lower part of your stack 3) Remember to remove some bark from a tree when sawing - wood dries quicker, especially tree with a thicker bark layer such as pine. 4) I recommend using a tree lever to push a tree to a desired direction - safer than ropes!

Crazy irish bastard. Im finnish miself but the guy who said it is from scotland. So, Im just a messenger.

Are you walking with two cats? I'm new here. I did see a fairy in s tree top, so think I was allowed because they overheard me tell my husband not to cut it down because I watched the crows playing up in them. Tall hemlock trees.

You CAN grow vegetables in Finland! Even in middle and north parta of the country. Plants are growing day and night because of the light.

Once you get to those old twisty birch trees... They are such a bitch to split with hand, you may have to hit it 10 times to just get them to a state where you can leave them to dry off, not yet ready for firewood... Then you are going to buy a splitter as it is just ridiculous amount of work. Straight pine is like butter compared to twisty birch. And i share your opinion on splitting axes. Never liked them either, regular or felling axe is so much faster.

Moi! This all reminds me of my childhood living next to nature during summers at our mökki south of Finland, having our garden, forest, the sea nourish us. Very soothing to watch. Do you have or will you be building a sauna in the future?

"What a beautiful dog....but not right for us." Switch to Tuppence's reaction at 05:26.

We've usually seasoned the split logs outside for one year and after that in the shed if we have space for them, trying to keep that usual rotation. I do remember that you should place the wood you've split with the bark facing the ground so it wont trap moisture under the bark layer

I just got this vid in my yt recommendations and i have never been so jealous of someone in my life, altough im writing this in our summer cottage island that is located near Vänö (look it up). You are living more finnish lifestyle than i am.

That tool at 3:00 is a lever to rotate leaning and clinging trees to make them fall. What it comes to axes, have you tried Fiskars splitting axes? They come out in many sizes and listening to your preferences, forget the largest one but second or third largest would be good for you.

I suggest to cover the sides of the wood stack with tarp. that way when you take the wood from the outside they wont be wet. (if its a wet day)

The most dangerous animal in Finland is the "punkki", the tick?. And that one is worth to take seriously. I can understand that people who count and collect their dead raindeer might have a different view on the right number of wolfs in the territtory. Sieni metsästys, a new word in Finnish perhaps but I would suggest "hunting" is for food that can move.

I have a question: What do you do for money here in Finland, Or do you abuse the wellfare system and use the taxpayers money to provide for you? I know your wife is a student and do not earn a living yet. What about you? What do you give to Finnish society?

I have a question: What do you do for money here in Finland, Or do you abuse the wellfare system and use the taxpayers money to provide for you? I know your wife is a student and do not earn a living yet. What about you? What do you give to Finnish society?

I agree that a felling axe can be fast and handy with fire wood, but that depends on the wood type. Trying out couple of different axe types and sizes is smart, but I think that both of you axes are B-tier, because they are middle of the road. I would rather have a light forest axe for easy wood and very heavy maul for those nasty logs with branches. PS. Dead standing firewood will propably be seasoned by now in this dry and hot may.

WTF = Welcome to Finland.

Have you already built a new house?

im finnish and the "relic" you found looks like 1930 ish finnish hay collector i think (source trust me bro)

I miss Moss he was such a great dog..RIP Moss your running free in doggy heaven and i Hope Daniel is enjoying his New life in Finland

I'm jealous of your lifestyle 😳. 🙏🙏

It's been one hot May this year, I hope you have been fine, and Have a happy midsummer =)

Nice, but you will have to talk about your sauna too, and you must take up fishing and skiing too. Chopping wood was what most Finns my age had to do as kids and very early on too. It is indeed amazing how much easier it is when the wood is frozen. One memory I have with my cousine from kids when we heard somebody chopping wood behind the house and it wasn't us. And there she was, grandmother +80 years of age, and we said sorry and she said it's allright, you carry on from here. That house had 12 fireplaces where the main one took 1m logs.

From the looks of it, it's going to be the warmest recorded may ever after the coldest winter as far as I can remember. Weather has gone crazy 🤷‍♂

I have to wonder what have Finnish farmers been doing for last couple of thousand years if it is too cold to grow things here?

As a barbet owner you will experience pure joy with Tupp but expect her to be a hunter.

At least she passes of as a Finn.

That is not black ice. Do some research for your own sake. Black ice is treacherous.

Hey. Good talk about speed in log splitting. Didnt watch the rest. And never will 😂

Surprised you did not mention the OTHER job at home: Cooking, cleaning, laundry, feeding the baby, taking care of the baby etc. etc. Is that something you do or Angela, or both???

Your bike needs to have front light and red backlight when driving in Finland. Police is starting to be kinda nazi about those.

Please, please PLEASE, let there be more. You have been springled with fairy dust and have a wonderful way of telling a story. Continue on this journey

we have a old now days summer house but used to be a mostly self siffient home for my now gone grand grandma and pa. We still grow Quite a good amount of potatoes carrots and other herbs. For me it is super nice that you are also going to just grow food for use of your own.

Ah I have but one left to listen to. Please make more, my soul needs them. Thank you.

Well soon you have enought money to buy mansion and 100 hectares of own land. Doctors make stypid amount of money in Finland. Finland is good place to live if you have kids taxes are not so bad after all when your kids get free school. And in country side schools are way more fun than in Cities. Your kids even get free taxi ride to school once they are in age.

Poor Moss we miss you so much hope your running free in heaven RIP OLD friend😢

Beautiful playful puppy 😊

This looks such an awesome project, for me the pond is the highlight of the property, can't wait to see your restore and transform this plot of land. Best of luck to your endeavors and welcome to finland.

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Growing up my family had a gray norwegian elkhound, it was very alert and wanted to guard the property, even when it was -25 outside it wanted to go out and sleep in the snow. Only when temperatures dropped below -30 it occasionally asked to come inside the house by banging the door handle.

I’m here just for the log pile. Pure art!

I so enjoy your telling of these tales. Please dont stop. I look forward to more.

Porque você saiu da Irlanda?

As a Finn, I must ask. How many times you go sauna per week or per month? :)