85: Plans for a New Stone Building, Traditional Cooking & Tackling the Orchard! | The Scottish Isle

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Welcome to The Scottish Isle. A 'fly-on-the-wall' channel where we share the captivating world of our life on this private island in the Hebrides. Our channel is your window to the rich treasures of this unique way of life, showcasing Scotland's beauty, local traditions, and the enchanting, old-fashioned lifestyle we embrace. Join us on this exciting journey as we explore the stories and wonders that shape our island life, from breath-taking landscapes to cherished traditions; the renovation of a 300-year-old cottage, and the restoration of antiques. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell to stay up-to-date with our latest episodes. Let's embark on this remarkable adventure together!
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[@birrcottage8419]

I love when Scott starts to pick axe the garden and Shona comes running around the corner to see what’s going on 🥰🥰🥰

[@rosschamberlain1823]

H & S officer.

[@birrcottage8419]

@@rosschamberlain1823 😆😆😆

[@TheScottishIsle]

A concerned one at that.

[@LB-gr7gu]

Love how the lambs took a peek during your digging.. then smoozed back to more interesting lamb stuff 😂 Happy Day ❤❤

[@espytpro]

I think gutters and downspouts are the only thing that will help y'all with the dampness next to your 🏠 house. I would use the downspouts to collect rain water 💧 in a rain barrel. 🌧 Love ❤ y'all. Blessings from kentucky 🤠

[@terrybull1043]

The roof where the water running down the wall if you got any of the roofing sheets of the same profile cut a six inch piece off the width slide it underneath the original roof then drill and rivet them together to extend it .The water will run further out a way from wall there for dry out 👍👍have fun love what you’re doing up there

[@dianehigham1293]

Katie's "hello little sheep" melts my heart 💝 xxx

[@marilyn4098]

🎵 “The hills are alive with the sound of strimming” 🎶

[@soniaclarke1171]

Another fun filled episode of the Scottish Isle. Well done Katie and Scott. Can't wait to see you on the roof Scott.

[@robynterrey7767]

You two are such a contrast to each other - Katie ever optimistic, positive, glass half full and Scott so much the opposite......unless it's all a big joke on us! You make me laugh so often. Doing great with all that needs to be done. Bless you!😊

[@ehpeachylove]

I’m with Scott on cutting down all the clover and wild flowers. Provides much needed food for bees, birds, butterflies and a lot of other insect. Hope an agreement can be made that pleases everyone. Soup looked good. Love seeing all the sheep. Have a good week😄

[@tezzathetracter2001]

Scott would make a great Topol so when he starts to render the chimney perhaps Katie could regale him with songs from Fiddler On The Roof! 😂😂😂

[@jenniferfarrah3134]

Love Katy with all her enthusiasm for the new sheep pen , digging out next to the house , making tasty soup , us women can do lots of things all at once , my husband says I have a butterfly brain . But that’s because we have so many jobs to do all the time 😂. I didn’t get the strimming of those lovely wild flowers 🙈. Thanks for making me smile 😊

[@megmills4798]

Shana came flying around the corner when Scott was using the pix are like whoa watcha doing!?

[@melodyc6363]

Did you notice, Shona came running out of the sheep pen to see what you were doing, Scott, when you started digging up the garden... 🐑😄🤣

[@tryingverytrying]

Scott, Katie, may I congratulate you both. Clearly, the hours you've both invested in practising with your new camera are reaping the rewards. The new material is stunning in its clarity and razor sharp definition. In particular, the close-up work reveals a whole new world of life beyond the (also impressive) landscape and vista shots. You've both clearly got your eye in (as the saying goes). Fab work!

[@TheScottishIsle]

Wow, thank you! Kx

[@user-zp9hx3bs4f]

Thank you for the video. You two are a hoot! Hearing about you all having the ladder upside down was too funny!😂😂😂 Ya'll remind me of my husband and I stumbling and bumbling our way through life, marriage, parenthood, andhome ownership. We just have to laugh at ourselves, and our mistakes, and learn from them. Life is a grand experience. 🫠Thankfully it is filled with love and laughter. Blessings and love to you all and your family.❤

[@brenwyckoff]

Genius idea, new sheep pen, creating compost and protecting the sheep from weather. Brilliant♥

[@hanneliewiese3477]

I love how the sheep came out to see what was going on ❤😅

[@terrythomas2735]

Keeping warm and dry is the more important for you both and the animals. I love the stone lean to sounds very smart and extending the roof even better ❣️Good luck on the chimneys I’m sure they will turn out great. It’s a great thing you’re doing fixing up that wonderful old place. I hope to come out that way before I get too old to walk. What a blessing two people with the open mind to do hard work worth doing. Blessings

[@iamshotty]

Suffering for your 'art' 😂Very good. The sheep are looking faaabulous with their new outfits on btw. Indeed, keep more wild flowers for the birds and the bees for sure xx Teresa 🇦🇺♥

[@camf53]

Shonna skidding around the corner to see what was going on!😂

[@ishka28]

The flowers are so pretty and the sheep look nice after the shearing

[@tripletgirl2484]

You are both great problem solvers. All the best!

[@marinagauthier4597]

I love strumming too Katie. When we had our camper on my cousins property I loved being barefoot in my rubber boots and weed whacker strapped on and just go go go. When your all done it looks so nice and fresh. And I love the smell of fresh cut grass.

[@Rescueluv]

I agree with you Scott Katie’s list of works is a head spin love the new camera the lushness of the isle is amazing the shots of flowers bees rocks etc stunning loved the seal and with the new camera you get a real feel for the strength of the currents, as usual great mixed content and beautifully edited Scott.

[@joannecooke7732]

Katie you are such a hard worker, such an amazing job your doing, the sheep are lovely they should have there own channel lol, not seen the cats for a while, keep safe looking forward to the next episode xx

[@chinoyhealingfoodstravels8888]

Greetings from Redondo Beach 🇺🇸🇺🇸Wonderful countryside video🌷🌷

[@megmills4798]

The bees on the Thistle were amazing😊

[@rosschamberlain1823]

Actually, selling the soil you dig up from around the footings is a great idea. Sell it as authentic Scottish Jacobite soil. Randomly throw in some artefacts from the period, along with the occasional finger bone from a lab skeleton. Add a disclaimer that the seller is not responsible for buyers popcorning round the kitchen upon delivery.

[@petebartlett2229]

The sheep pen is already designed and planned!!! It just needed discussing lol Great vlog as always

[@robinmoore5181]

😊wonderful and very entertaining.

[@pulchralutetia]

You both look lush with your fancy strimmers! You've set new sartorial standards for the West Highlands! 😛

[@busking6292]

The ladder's the right way up north to south it just needs flipped over with the hooks at the top turned round.

[@georgebaird8805]

"Hello Scot got a new strimmer " for the next song adaption.

[@gjmiller138]

Love your cooking videos andstill think you could put together an amazing cook book with pictures and stires. I was raised by my grandmother and great Grandmother in the 50"s and 60's in Detroit, both were Nova Scotia Scotts. When you prepared the Scottish Eggs it took me back to my youth when my Great Gran would make them with pork sausage and place them in my Fathers and Uncles lunch boxes. Never understood what they were until I saw your video in a recent episode.

[@lauraautry6992]

Shona is growing up 😊 and your soup looked very delicious 🤗❤️

[@pokeyjeanne]

Lovely Thistle. Thank you!

[@susannoonan1]

Soup sounds like my smoked oyster stew. I used the potatoes and onions but add a few shredded carrots and mushrooms with condensed milk and butter so it has more flavor. Traditional at Christmas, but good when the weather is cooler. The sheep look so relaxed and summer chill.

[@sarahmaddigan8869]

Surely you would add Spamalot to your list of musicals, Scott!

[@Itslikethis-un3ki]

I’m almost certain that Scott doesn’t mind being referred to as a “HeBride”. 😂 kidding!! I’d say it to his face and hopefully would be quick enough to duck! You guys are the best. There is no faking being authentic and genuine. Both of you do it with class and grace. Much more than is in my repertoire (thank goodness for spellcheck). 🙏🏽

[@megmills4798]

I love the sheep eyelashes❤

[@RobBrown-qr6sb]

Years ago ( the 70s I think ) I guy called Phil Drabble did a TV series about his work on a small farm, he’d bought on retirement , that he was turning into a nature reserve - he struggled with Bracken too and , I seem to recall, said that if you cut bracken 3x in 2 years it would go a long way toward eradicating it - I thing he brought in a trio of piglets after the cutting ( done with horsepower I think) to finish it off ….. and provide breakfast!🤷. Please forgive any slight inaccuracy- I am remembering a program from 50 years ago!

[@TheScottishIsle]

I know Soay sheep also eat bracken, as well as pigs. Both would make a good go at it, although they'd need a sturdy yet moveable fence... Kx

[@rb9580]

For yard brushes its got to be H.I.S. in Fort William or Inverness on your next visit! In fact you should do an episode from H.I.S in Inverness - it would be at least as entertaining as your visit to the antique places! 😊

[@user-vo1gd4zl3o]

Hi! I laughed most of the way through this. Yer daft kippers! You both make my heart sing. Helen from Scotland. I was in hospital for a few weeks, it's on going, like yer work! 😂 But, I didn't miss you too! You both gave me some thing to look forward too! Hope yer soup was ace? ❤Xx

[@hanneliewiese3477]

The wild flowers and moss are so very beautiful.

[@danielledani1559]

I want that soup SO BAD !!!!!!!!!!

[@wendymcdaniel2483]

Maybe some of those clear corrugated roof panels (supported by wood) would help keep the water off the wall, until another solution is found.

[@lindabaker2905]

Thank you once again for the pleasure of your company and as always putting a smile on my face.

[@margaretlynch1494]

🙋‍♀️❤️ Sharing with my friends!

[@TheScottishIsle]

Awesome thank you!

[@petebartlett2229]

Do you hear the strimmers sing? Singing the song of grumpy man? We will all be rewriting musicals for the Scottish isles LP

[@lauriegreenwood8946]

Hello from Alabama, USA!

[@jennifercopley1626]

For the wooden wall with the short tin roof, I would suggest removing all the tin and replace with longer tin to extend beyond the wooden wall. However, I've got to say in an ideal world, you'd replace the wooden wall with something more robust. Or follow Terry Bulls suggestion.

[@daverichardson5861]

Digging and strimming, got be better than sitting on yer arts! Stay well.

[@megmills4798]

Katie I like your new bracelet😊

[@MyMargo111]

My favourite soup I make it all the time.

[@lindagage7315]

The soup look Great!

[@richardthomson203]

As you were both discussing musicals.... what about a Scottish twist, Brigadoon ! That mythical Scottish village that comes to life once every hundred years. Songs like, Waitin for my Dearie, I'll go home with Bonnie Jean and The Heather on the Hill...... not sure wether Scott as a Sassenach would enjoy, but hay ho maybe the CD accompanied with a bowl of Cullen Skink would be enjoyable ?! Haste ye back 👍

[@dennismatthews6660]

Thank you.

[@dawnarnold3176]

How about 'Down by the old mill strimm?' Greetings and best wishes from Wisconsin, Dawn & Paul.

[@charmainemcdonald9679]

👍🇦🇺👍😂🐑runs around the corner to check on you both working 😂

[@mariaandrade3622]

I'm going to make the soup recipe this week. Thanks for posting

[@TheScottishIsle]

Hope you enjoy! Kx

[@bertieboo]

Im with you with your choice of musicals scott .. i too can't be done with les mis its proper tedious 😊 Loved the strimming duo act ❤ not sure you'd win many prizes tho for lack of enjoyment Scott 😂

[@patriciacolie3895]

Thanks you two! I really really enjoy your videos ❤

[@grahamwalker3819]

Ahhh, Scott’s a pipe smoker. Seeing him by the burner at night with a pipe, and a description of the incredible aroma would be good 😎

[@TheScottishIsle]

Unfortunately, KZbin do not allow smoking on here.

[@grahamwalker3819]

@@TheScottishIsle yeah, probably as well. I’ll just have to watch Inglorious Basterds again.

[@barbarakloise6790]

You need gutters that will help you immensely! You need that more than moving the dirt. If the water is pushed away from the dirt, though dirt will just dry out mostly.

[@terrybull1043]

I think you could do with a nice little camping spot then do camping for work might help 😂❤

[@lilly6766]

Thumbnail giving ghostbusters energy. ❤❤❤

[@thehighlandlife2023]

He he I thought that!!

[@rogerwimble5897]

Hi Scott & Katie , i`m having trouble accessing KO-FI 😏 - Regards Roger .

[@TheScottishIsle]

Hi Roger, here's our Ko-fi address: ko-fi.com/thescottishisle

[@irenefitzpatrick6480]

Beware the strimmer men! 😂❤❤

[@joanzive822]

Scot Katie’s idea is a good one, but seriously though because of the vagaries of the weather a guttering and down pipe I would think is important

[@liesavillandre3481]

Wow, I have not hear that saying like that since my German grandfather was around!

[@TheScottishIsle]

Which saying is that? Kx

[@liesavillandre3481]

@@TheScottishIsle The German of "what is that"? in the beginning

[@joyceglaister2086]

Hi I will not reiterate my usual comment but again brilliant. Music suggestion how about “The hills are aloud with the sound of scything” from The Sound of Music. 🐏🐑🐑🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

[@joyceglaister2086]

Sorry it should be “the hills are alive etc”

[@tbrown2302]

I’m holding my hand up too. It’s work but the end result is so worth it. I’m sure I don’t need to say it but I will, be careful on that roof. Do you have a harness?

[@ShelaghCorson]

Thank you very much.

[@randallsherryadams5040]

Give us some Phantom of the Opera! 😂

[@ValerieOakleaf]

How about the original West Side Story? Watch that one!!! 💜

[@christinehodge3608]

Good video ,

[@whiskeycook3323]

Soup sounds nteresting, I never tried it on my trips to Scotland. Mostly because our guide wasn’t keen on it. But I did try haggis😉

[@megmills4798]

Yes Katie,,,,the Bible says that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord,,2Corinthians 5:8

[@mariarobinson-jh7dm]

Too bad you can’t tear off the corrugated metal roof and have it thatched. But really need to reroof with longer panels so that you can install gutters. Keep the rain off the siding as much as possible.

[@sarahdearborn9191]

To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.❤

[@pulchralutetia]

@@sarahdearborn9191 Amen and amen.

[@hraven7799]

Katie I Am wondering about your amazing boots! What is the brand? I absolutely love them and would love to get myself and my daughter a pair. I love your style .. your dresses! Just beautiful and I love how you are out there weed whacking in your dress! Scott I love the old movie references! You both warm my heart and I love you both! Greetings from Mt Hood Oregon USA ❤️

[@TheScottishIsle]

Hello! The boots are Dr Martens, I got these second hand on ebay! 👍🏻 Kx

[@Sag3w0man]

All I could think was that I hope you didn't pick your bum before you picked the stone and soil! Did you need to throw it back that far? That would have HURT but make semi-hilarious footage for your video!

[@user-sm9fm3vl7h]

😊

[@CindyMccomb-fz7kp]

❤️

[@jackiesaylor2487]

Would you be allowed to use some stones from the previous buildings on the island that have fallen down?

[@silviapennec2005]

Try buying Bic lighters, my son in law makes them here in Brittany. Very high quality 😉

[@Sedum54]

Wolf tools do some good brushes.

[@paulinestevens9351]

🥰

[@karencooperchaudhry5006]

It would be interesting to know what both of your jobs are on the island for the owners

[@TheScottishIsle]

Gardening, fence maintenance, sundry repairs and protecting the island.

[@allon33]

Buying online from China is a problem, as sometimes they never send what I paid for. Like a set of seat covers for my car, no idea where they are.

[@Dore60]

👍

[@rosselliot8971]

Let the sheep eat the grass.

[@user-rl3yt1nl1k]

Please TURN YOUE CC on.

[@TheScottishIsle]

You can click in the CC icon on any video and turn it on yourself, youtube autogenerate captions for everything. Kx

[@katier2978]

Wouldn't any up hill facing door do its best to catch the water that drains down the hill? I think putting the door to the side is smart, but it seems like building this out of stone *now* isn't wise. Seems like there are projects ( those chimneys look bad) that need to be prioritized over a pretty pen for the wooly gals. ❤

[@user-vy3vk2sb8p]

[@holunasoph]

oh have you harvested your own salt?

[@TheScottishIsle]

Sure did! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHeafnmslJ11o7s Kx

[@katier2978]

You need an intern to help you

[@pamthevan7340]

Damn - late again :(

[@AbigailGerlach-zt1sh]

Just go to whatever shop sells cigarettes and ask for lighters. I personally like Bic lighters.