Did my Basement Flood This Spring and What's that Noise?

[@alfyr.e.meyerakaa.r.e.m.4434]

As a 70 year old 'quasi' homesteader - now living on a 1.2 acre property in Quebec, having sold and moved from a postage stamp property in Brampton - I both empathize and identify with all your efforts. Our circumstances are less rustic/rugged. The property came with a nice house, huge garage/workshop and pool...no creeks or lakes nearby. Its a French farming community. I've just built 9 4'X8'X10" raised garden boxes. We have a 8'x8' box for potatoes. Bought fruit trees and bushes. I've rented for tomorrow a small tractor with front and back end loader to distribute the 12 tons of soil into the boxes as well as dig holes for the trees. Having recently undergone back surgery, shovel and wheelbarrow are reserved for younger men like yourself. After that, I'll build a modular fence to surround and protect the garden. Hopefully, you got those torrentials rains we got the other day. And yeah, it's getting really buggy out here as well.

[@lieuwina]

Good Luck in your new adventure and I do hope you settle well and have an abundance of vegetables.

[@lonerhappy]

Lucky you. I live in a forest in a resort in Texas. I would like to trade though.

[@lolroflshiplmfao]

People, myself included fantasize about the secluded, wilderness lifestyle but barely ever account for the harsh bug season. Living in a more urban environment skews your understanding of the reality of what spring is like under dense tree cover. Stay vigilant and sane, Shawn!

[@cyndybutler7330]

Right now most definitely

[@danieloliver20]

Ya those bugs can be a nightmare!

[@lillyhall990]

With the problem of bugs and flying insects, you have to have protective clothing to cover you to get away from infection that come fr bug bites.

[@lea801]

Yep, even though we have feel like 102 degrees Fahrenheit around here lately I have to wear long sleeves and 👖 and a hat when I work outside to have protection from all kind of bugs and the sun. Just don't like sun block and bug repellent and the same time and it only protects so much.

[@hotwill402]

you get used to bugs, the good trout fishing makes up for it for sure

[@nancyfaught3833]

Now I know why you like working in the snow! No bugs!!

[@sandratweedale2579]

Everything about what you’re doing is so remarkable. The way you share your thought process with us makes me feel I’m right there with you swatting at those pesky bugs. Your patience seems to know no bounds. I’m so grateful for having found you. I have an old pioneering spirit living vicariously through you. Always intrigued, so thank you Shawn.

[@deborahjohnston5425]

Shawn, I really enjoy you sharing even peeling the trees with us. I check every day for anything from you. I have been struggling with health and your videos help me so much. With my husband gone I get peace and solace watching you. Your voice is calming and gives us all hope. Just the area you are in is calming. Bless you as you continue with your food growing and your home and family.

[@ladyofthemasque]

His voice is indeed very calming and soothing, without being soporific.

[@fairhall001]

I love the sound of the geese and the cranes. Where I live the cockatoo's make a raucous on most days and the bird sounds you get are reminiscent of them.

[@theodorehowe2262]

Always getting the work done with the black flies hovering over you, that’s true bush life. Stay focused Shawn and enjoy your family.

[@graciegolden2290]

Really appreciate you, Shawn. That you do what you do all by your lonesome but for Kali, just so impressed. I watch you and other homesteaders, and I am just in awe. Thank you for sharing with us. The added pleasure is the beautiful scenery.

[@JeffWinter1]

Original Bug Jacket is by far the best bug protection, have been using mine for over a decade. Head Office and store is in Powassan. Keeps cool and protects from not only bugs but ticks too. I like to spray bug juice with Deet on it, my pants, boots and outside of gloves for extra protection but never on my skin. Works well in the boreal forest.

[@lea801]

Sounds good. Didn't know there are bug jackets. Have to look into that

[@barrydeacon3551]

Definitely Snow and cooler weather easier to work in the bush!! Possibly a bee keepers mask might be easier to work with the black flies… I definitely feel for you Shawn!! Keep plugging away: end objective, comfortable cabin👍 B Deacon Manitoba Canada 🇨🇦

[@kerra3699]

Your weather is like it was two and a half years ago in Australia, spring was like summer, and the drought and heat in summer was harsh. Then the bushfires. It might be time to clear up as much debris on the ground you can, just to be on the safe side. Love what you are doing for your family, and Cali of course.

[@Godwinpounds4333]

Hello dear how are you doing?

[@damogranheart5521]

I agree that clearing up the brush and debris and dead limbs would be a very very good idea. Maybe even a Great 💡 Idea!!

[@greham]

It's gonna be a terrible year for forest areas all over the globe. Terrible Spring in Europe as well, never seen Germany so dry and yellow in May.

[@MrPossumeyes]

@@Godwinpounds4333 Hey there, pervert. Back to this username, huh?

[@MrPossumeyes]

Have no contact with morrisonscott429, people. He's a sleaze or a scammer who multi-posts to women, trying to chat them up. Look through the comments for his posts.

[@katschs3965]

Shawn, I admire all of your homesteading skills...tree management, gardening, housing, cooking, hunting....but I have to say that your ability to deal with the black flies is a superpower! I got ONE black fly bite in upstate New York years ago and had a horrible allergic reaction. Had a large welt on the back of my neck for the next six months. Worst, it kept me indoors with a beautiful lake and canoes available. Sigh. There must be an ecological reason for black flies in the circle of life.....maybe it’s to keep humans away?

[@pacop1196]

Living here in Florida we get to see the sandhill cranes regularly and each spring watch them nurture their young as the move about in our backyards. They mate for life so we have a few pair that are residents in the wooded area by our homes.

[@angelitaabrematea3013]

Stay safe and shoo away those flies and bugs, awaiting the cabin to be completed soon. Regards to your family, to Cali and God bless✌🇵🇭

[@leeannadi1755]

Wishing you all the best on your log cabin. I love watching you do all the things you do to call it HOME!! Stay Safe & well.

[@nunofyourbizness5975]

Love that feeling when I get a long easy pull off of bark! My son will sit next to me while peeling logs because he loves the sound.😁

[@jeanhawken4482]

The bugs must be awful. Powerful drive to get things done is still with you.

[@Kathy_Is_Blessed]

Love hearing about the abundance and some of your knowledge about the wildlife there. So interesting and beautiful sounds!🎶♥️ Miss you sweet Cali🧡💋

[@0623kaboom]

that is one of the things of living off the land ... you have to pay attention to what is ON the land ... and encourage it to prosper ... otherwise you strip the area of what will keep you there ..

[@deborahmcsweeney1650]

About an hour from our farm here in Kansas is a wet land where the sandhill cranes and whopping cranes migrate through. We went there one fall evening as the sun was setting. Thousands of sandhill cranes came in in waves on the horizon like dark storm clouds. That sound was so amazing to here from thousands of birds! A lifetime event I will never forget! Here we have pheasant and the first time I heard them I had no clue what it was! Very unusual sound! But now, I listen for them when I'm outside. Grateful to have them because very few around me do have them. They are my neighbors now. Lol What is your plan for the bugs if you can't buy spray? I would imagine that could be a challenge! Love your videos!

[@sgrvtl7183]

Your experience with the cranes sounds absolutely beautiful ~ Spiritually fulfilling!

[@marianfrances4959]

And Kansas is a very special place. I adore the tidy, old farms. 👍😎🇨🇦

[@Hoaxer51]

Wow, that would be an experience to see in person, lucky you!

[@mikethompson2137]

My sister has a ranch in Muleshoe Texas that the Sandhill Crain’s come to nest for the winter. About 20.000 nest in a brackish water lake on her place. It’s really awesome to see.

[@rcooley111]

Many of them winter down in Florida, would always see a bunch of them walking down the street of my neighborhood. they would love to stop in the middle of the road, just taking their own sweet time to cross, didn't seem to care about the cars.

[@jerryodell1168]

There are hundreds of Sandhill Cranes every year in South Central Michigan. It sounds like some of them are moving North. They are fun to watch with their antics and their fly overs.

[@FarawayPrepper]

I just started to work on my cabin in the New England Region of the U.S… starting a new channel too. Lots of work but worth every bit. Love your videos. God bless.

[@poisondwarf70]

Lavender is highly effective at repelling mosquitoes. According to a 2019 scientific study, lavender essential oil showed an 80% repellent rate against mosquitoes and was effective for up to eight hours. Another study from 2009 found that linalool’s repellent rate was 58% outdoors and 93% indoors.

[@annabarela4105]

I hope Shawn sees this and uses

[@timkeagy4094]

I enjoy hearing the various birds there. Here, our main birds are Finch, Sparrow and Mockingbird. Though this past fall, I saw Canadian Geese flying over my house in their V shaped form. That was great. Last time I saw that was visiting my side of the family in the upper Midwest.

[@yogininamaste]

I just finished reading a book One Man's wilderness . I couldn't put it down. I loved Richard Proenneke descriptions of Alaska region. His building skills and self reliance were a pleasure to read . When I saw his quote in your video, I realized how much you your lifestyle is similar to his. Thank you, Shawn

[@vivianwilliams2216]

It's great about your cellar not flooding, and not great about the bugs, hope you find a way to decrease the amount of bugs around your new cabin build, looking forward to seeing the roof going up ! 😊👍💕💕💕

[@whiteturtleadventuresandphoto]

I was in Waterton Lakes National Park a couple weeks ago and was shocked to see so many Sandhill Cranes. Lots of pairs scattered all over the park. It was so cool at sunset to be walking across the fan and having a pair fly between the mountains and hear them calling and then hearing the echoes. Can only imagine what it must have sounded like when there were thousands in the sky. Sorry to hear about the weather, this year has not been good out here. Snow and moisture in the mountains but a lot of the land in southern Alberta is bone dry.

[@nanigoose]

Sandhill cranes are regal birds. In northern Illinois we hear them calling high in the sky as they migrate north; it's a mysterious and other worldly sound. You are fortunate to have them breeding and nesting in your area. Aldo Leopold helped call attention to sandhill cranes in his book "Sand County Almanac."

[@mossmonaco9061]

Really lovely birds, not found in UK 🇬🇧

[@lynsmith2698]

We hear Sandhills a lot here in northern bc, one of the most unusual sounds but also one of the neatest sounds here in the forest. Man the bugs you have already….I am glad ours haven’t come out yet….too blasted cold this spring but they will be out soon. Great video Shawn. Cheers ❤️🇨🇦

[@boblordylordyhowie]

I was working in a forest and being plagued by flies, it drove me mad so I tried something out. I wrapped a long towel around my head neck and face so I only had a slit to look out, it worked so well because it also stopped the heat getting to me and the sweat was absorbed by it any flies had to come straight through my vision area so they were easy to swat too.

[@roberttilsley8647]

I have used a standard round mouth shovel turned upside down to peel logs when the May-June spring conditions loosens the bark. The curve of the shovel blade partly fits the curve of the log. Just slide the shovel under the bark sub parallel to the log, push then pry and repeat. It works well on fresh green trees in the spring and early summer.

[@damogranheart5521]

The cranes calls sound somewhere between a coo and a purr. Fascinating birds!

[@carolyncrouse128]

You have done a great job on your cabin. I am amazed at the man power you have put into your cabin.

[@kellymulderino7156]

Shawn you need to be concerned about mold in that cabin especially with flooding. this can cause major health problems . you may be ok now but eventually it will catch up

[@robertsimard735]

Interesting and informative video. Learn something new each time. Cooler weather coming in should make work a little easier. Have a safe and productive week Shawn.

[@sgrvtl7183]

All the beautiful sounds from the birds. Delightful!

[@devonseamoor]

...... the last of the ice, while the birds are singing their hearts out.... right into summer temperatures, that's a sure sign of changing weather patterns, isn't it? It's the same in The Netherlands. April was hot and dry like summer, we desperately needed rain. It arrived at last, around the 15th of May, and now it's proper May weather with 15 degrees Celsius. We've seen the trees and all outdoor plants grow fully in leave and greener as well. Relief!

[@janetwithers7427]

Those black flies hover over the camera too. Makes me itch to see them. Ha. Great video. 💖

[@167curly]

I once saw Sandhill Cranes in March in Grand Island, Nebraska where they stop off in their thousands on their annual migration from Texas to Northern Canada. Farmers there leave corn for them from harvesting to feed them them by gleaning. It was an amazing sight. You sure are a busy man at this time of year, Shawn. I've gotta hand it to you, juggling so many necessary jobs, building, planting, fence-creation to stop marauding wild-life, fighting the bugs, throwing Cali's orange toy (LOL) etc etc.. Glad that you can still take some time to enjoy a canoeing trip on the lake with Cali too.

[@tommychew6544]

Great video, I remember a time when I was young that we had way more bugs than we have now in Missouri, a streetlamp was almost blocked of light from them, and I don't remember much complaining about them. I think we likely had a better bat population back then and that modern pesticides have killed of them as well making things worse without most even realizing it. Nature had a thing going that we thought we could do better, and we threw a balance of things off. I didn't read that; I believe it from my 55 years of life and experience of seeing things change over the years. Bats at night and Purple Martins, and all the other swallows during the day. Natures balance was meant to be, and we had to mess with it because we thought we could improve on it. In the end there's no excuse for messing things up, we caused things ourselves, now we're stuck with it.

[@xmatis1981x]

Hey, did you consider building bird nesting houses? I don't know how would it work where you are, but in Poland, where i live, its very popular solution to get rid of bugs and mosquitos. Also bats get rid of bugs really good.

[@calholli]

Exactly.. Here in Oklahoma-- we have certain little swallows that will eat the mosquitoes.

[@tedbryer2512]

don't forget building bat houses too. they love the bugs!!

[@Wiihelfer]

This is a very smart solution! :)

[@adamwilliam2882]

Unfortunately the mass amount of flies that hatch in ontarios springs are impossible to control. No amount of birds could contain them

[@devonseamoor]

@xmatis1981x Thank you, that's a great idea, bird nesting houses to get rid of the bugs. Never thought of it. Where I am we've placed several of them, but there's space for much more. With a 10 meter wide ditch close by, it's quite lively with mosquitoes and I believe it's why also bats arrive in the evenings, catching their daily snacks. My 2 kittens are trying to catch insects too, with magnificent jumps at times. It's a show!

[@chrisblack8390]

I love cranes. The fields by house get full of them an i love the sound. I found a fresh dead one an wanted to take it for the feathers and wings and the legs were so cool. It was beautiful! I figured it was probably illegal to take an left on the side of the road. Thanks Shawn glad your basements not flooded. You freaked me out when i saw the title!

[@067captain]

Went to Canada to canoe the Petawawa River a few years ago. The bugs were tough, coming from the UK! One chap got bitten whilst asleep and woke up with both eyes swollen and closed. Lovely!

[@tontocasimirmary-lou4961]

Schön Dich zu sehen!🍃 Alles Gute Dir! Sandra und Achilles.

[@joannegerrard9414]

Sand Hill Cranes are very abundant in Florida. I think they sound prehistoric.

[@Grizzlife]

Really coming along good. The bugs are bad here in Tennessee as well. We have what we call May fly (Chrysops Fly) that is small but bites like a horsefly. The blue staining on the wood is from cutting the tree when the sugars are up. Best time to cut is from around September to December. I cut all year but my flooring and interior wood I cut in winter and no staining. I use the leaning method to dry my wood and this allows air to do its work and I can see my inventory.

[@Grizzlife]

@@1kbs11 It’s actually a chrysops fly but they show up in full force in may. The actual May Fly is quite different . But you know how Southerners are? Lol!

[@fgb3126]

Pretty loud Canada Geese at 3:45. And at 9:00 YES! I hear them! Brings back memories of my life in central California. We had Cranes every winter there. I could go out and see them anytime I wanted to. I took them sort of for granted. And then when we moved up here to NW Washington, no Sandhill Cranes! I had never thought they'd be absent here. There are some reports of them in eastern Washington but not here in the wet, damp western areas. I hope you will photograph them from your meadow.

[@lancedaniels]

Thanks for posting and sharing. So difficult working with bugs.

[@Thomas62374]

It surprised me to hear how uncommon Sandhill Cranes are to other people. I'm from the Sandhills in Nebraska that gave them their name, I forget that not everyone has them fly through every year!

[@Johnnyboygomes624]

Hey Shawn! I work outside in the summer and hate mosquitoes!!!!!! I've tried everything and found that the hand lotion that my wife hates the smell of, it's just coconut but any hand cream should work and it's not toxic like deet sprays. Mosquitoes hate it and don't bite. It really works! Good luck friend.

[@jacobward7507]

I've noticed a lot more Sandhill Cranes in Southwestern Ontario as well, the populations seem to have really grown over the last 10-20 years. If this continues it would be nice to see a hunting season open for them, as they seem to be another conservation success story similar to Turkeys.

[@thelostarchivesserialvault5353]

If you ever get a chance to read Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder you will learn how they stored ice in the barn all summer by packing sawdust all around the blocks.

[@TowerHand]

Same here, didn't even know what a Sand Hill Crane was when I was a kid back in the 60's. Now where I lived in Minnesota you see a pair in nearly every farm field in the spring and summer.

[@NorthernRetreat]

Sandhill Cranes also like the grow back from clear cut sections of logging up North, see and hear them quite regularly. Glad your basement survived.👍

[@timothyweiss619]

Thanks for the updates on the cabin and about future plans. The sandhill cranes will congregate at Sandhill Wildlife preserve in the center of Wisconsin. They will come back every night and there's around 50,000 to 70,000 of them. They have lookout towers to see them, anyway when there all cackling it is literally deafening. Take Care Brother

[@melissajohnson2935]

Peeling logs looks like such satisfying work. Hard work no doubt, but satisfying none the less 😌

[@kathyhensarling2537]

I love the sound that the cranes make, I listen to them at night (sound machine) when I have a hard time going to sleep.

[@dircegouvea451]

Que maravilha logo cedo amanheceu,e já vendo estas imagens é muito gratificante, obrigada Shawn.🙏😘🤗

[@jvbash]

Your work continues to inspire.

[@kathydetrie5836]

You are looking dapper with your beard shaved. Nice to see your face again.

[@jewels7832]

I love the sandhill cranes. We have them here in Florida. I walked out my door one day & there was a family of them in my yard. The dance they do is cool.

[@robertchase6226]

Sandhill cranes along with the red tailed hawk were severely effected by the farmers use of DDT back in the 50's & early 60's (to kill off the rodent and insect problems). DDT softened the shells of their eggs, so many shells were broken just from the birds sitting on their eggs to hatch them. In the last 20 yrs or so, I've enjoyed seeing both populations returning to the areas around my home in Michigan

[@halinawiecek2297]

The cabin looks awesome I can wait when you finish

[@magagnon]

Hope all is well with you and the family after that bad storm that ripped through Ontario and Quebec. One of the worst I've seen.

[@chasetronicsinc7719]

SHAWN, GREAT BUG REPELLANT "Skin So Soft" by AVON (also called "SSS" ) Learned about it fishing in the Florida Everglades...stuff works great for " ALL biting insects" ...it is an oil and lasts all day long !! Best Wishes !😊 ....Grandpa Ron 👍

[@maskedmotorsdiy3575]

Canada looks amazing. Massive snow in cold weather, massive bugs in warm weather. From one extreme to the other.

[@anysep3361]

It is indeed a land of extremes 😊, but such a beautiful country.

[@ccccarriemchardy9216]

Thank goodness for the water, at least its a partial escape for you both.

[@leannemori9688]

At the old cabin you said that you could get all the geese you wanted because there are so many. So I was wondering why you didn't run for the rifle. Then you explained they were young. Then it made sense.

[@margreetanceaux3906]

Thanks for talking about the cranes. I’m in the northeast of the Netherlands, where there are a few - rare, and highly protected.

[@lesliezeihan8497]

You guys are getting our heat! Crazy weather!!

[@stanwingfield2027]

About Sandhill Cranes: Bill Lishman, ( father goose ), lived in Ontario, in 1994 co-founded Operation Migration, he flew in ultra light planes, numerous migrations leading and flying along side imprinted Sandhill cranes. ( additional flights with geese and whooping cranes ). Lishman adopted eight sandhill cranes in spring 1995. Each had to be exercised, separately, for three hours daily, by a person wearing a crane puppetand an ultra light plane. Lishman probably aided somewhat, to some degree, in recovering of the previously endangered Sandhill cranes population.

[@ShawnJames1]

In Port Perry, I remember it well

[@JDK45ACP]

We get those Sandhill Cranes in droves here in the Oklahoma fall. It’s somehow fascinatingly comforting while sitting in your tree stand.

[@marygordon3032]

Thanks Shawn l like the idea of getting the roof on to keep more water from getting in, and I like cranes. Thanks for sharing. Blessings! 👍👍👍👏👏👏🤩🤩🤩💯💯💯

[@MissouriCrookedBarnHomestead]

Black flies are really bad in Cheyenne, WY at some points as well, but I've never seen them as bad as they are there. I must have something about me that they don't like, so I don't get bitten very often. Same for mosquitoes. I love watching the videos, especially when you are working on the garden. I was hoping that your new cabin would be a lot larger than the prior. I believe it will make your wife a lot happier.

[@Alextodd007]

Hello Cheyenne

[@bendaves77]

Shaun... I'm in northwest Illinois in farm country.. it's been cooler than average and dry for spring but last week it went from high 60s to well past 90s Fahrenheit for about 8 days and now it's back to average 70s for highs mixed with rainy days once a week where it barely gets to 60.. point is that we're seeing the world change in weather and it's a natural thing that the earth does every thousand or so years

[@katesisco]

Here in our tiny UP town the city street has no storm sewer and since we are on a steep hill, the spring melt and rains cooperate to produce a black fly hatch! No being in the deep woods and pure stream required as well as mosquitoes.

[@marianfrances4959]

LOL nearly fell off my chair when you said, "air conditioner"! 😆 But, I get it now. 👍😎🇨🇦🐾🌲🔥

[@tamaragonzalez2227]

Oh I looked them up and it said they are in British Columbia and my goodness they are beautiful and big. I love the red on top of their head. Thank you for letting us know about them.

[@melissajohnson2935]

So for mosquitoes. Look into Spartan Mosquitoe eradicater device. They are reasonably cheap, last for a couple of months, 1 box treats up to a acre and most of all they actually WORK! I live in the dense vegetation of the Louisiana swamp and let me tell you, they work amazingly well. We keep them up all year here. I'm not sure how they work with the black Flys you have but they did seem to work to decrease the horse Flys we have here. You just hang them up in trees around the perimeter of your area.

[@Graybeard_]

Here in North Central Washington at 4,000' on the U.S./CA border we have had the coldest, windiest, snowiest April and May in my memory. To give context, May is two days short of the snowiest April on record. I've been needing to get some logs on my mill, but the ground is too soft for my loader even with chains on all four wheels.

[@canoetipper019]

Hey...that's our two seasons here in NB...COLD and BUGS. lol Blackflies are having fun here again...there is only so much Deep Woods off thata Tilley hat will absorb...and I swear I witnessed a couple big blackflies slurping the Off out of my hat the other day. 😉

[@dawnchrysostomou5782]

It's taking too long Shawn, I'm starting to tune out, I just want the cabin to start taking shape like before your move to the new land. I was totally glued to your previous build but I'm flagging with the new build.

[@JCrook1028]

Yea you're on the extreme east edge of the sandhill cranes range. they're not at all endangered. they're listed as "least concerned". They just don't belong in your area is why you usually don't see them. Almost all of North America except the North Eastern portion is their range. Florida all the way to the Arctic. I Love em, they sound like terydactals lol.

[@shirleyfoshee6656]

When I was in Ocala, Florida we heard Sand Hill Cranes, too where they migrate❣️❣️

[@douggibson9084]

Great video. Ryan (Ringworm) calls them Pterodactyl (Sandhill cranes)

[@hynayny4849]

Cheers from Brazil!!

[@flowrider5082]

I hope your ok after the storm that hit yesterday, May 21, in eastern Ontario and wester Quebec.

[@lynh8378]

Shawn we get many cranes in New Mexico. You can hear them during migration! They also like to hang around down on the reserves and the Rio Grande. Cool birds.

[@edwardestes8038]

Here in N W Indiana down passed the Kankakee River sandhill cranes are everywhere in the early spring months.Before the corn crops start to rise you can see thousands of them out in the fields feeding on whatever they eat in the ground.And you always hear them flying overhead in their large V patterns.........churping away, heading to who knows where.

[@shawndonohoe2789]

There are 100's of Sandhills that nest in the Inco/Vale mine tailings in Sudbury now. In the late 80's we were allowed to take 50-100 flightless Canada geese from the Toronto waterfront and bring them to the same tailings. They are a borderline pest on the local beaches and golf courses here now.

[@mkllove]

Sorry for the bug season Shawn ! I work outside at an airport, and don't have it nearly as bad as you do, though it comes with extreme heat and the privilege of smelling of jet fuel all the time... For the basement, would continuing the sho sugi ban treatment like you did on structural pieces help dry as well as preserve it against future moisture infiltration ? You can paint it with sealer stains or paint as long as the char is not too severe or loose on surfaces. I've wondered if you couldn't also use something like heat applied beeswax for antifungal/mold reducing potential on wood surfaces of walls.

[@jmar5787]

Had my bug head net out a few days ago here in northern Michigan it's cooled off for now with no bugs but I'm sure once it warms up they'll be back. Don't like working in the heat and with all the bugs they sometimes become annoying! That's why I like you do most of my tree / outside work during the colder months! Also ticks have been bad already. Have a good weekend Shawn!

[@Rags2Itches]

I enjoyed seeing the sandhill cranes on your land last year, so it will be good to see them again this year. First time I ever saw them was when a pair was nesting on author Timothy Findley and Bill Whitehead's property south of Cannington, Ontario many years ago. Luckily sandhill cranes are not endangered and doing well.

[@mollietison8360]

We had the cranes when growing up in California (time from 1954 to 1973) to when i moved to Nebraska and if I'm right they migrate here in Nebraska to else where.

[@bigunone]

Spent a summer working in Florida, there were sand fleas there, like you say the wind helped except then they lay in waited for you around the corners out of the wind! I live in NM I remember all the efforts to revive the Sandhill cranes, now days we know the sound of them flying over signals the arrival of fall

[@kimthompson9194]

I love your updates and content! Thank you for sharing, stay cool.

[@heidipustelniak652]

Those bugs are something! Praying you get some rain soon up there!

[@lynnplestid2711]

Cranes are moving from the west, wet lands in Saskatchewan are drying up.

[@robertweldon7909]

Wow, I live in Atlanta, Ga. About 4 or 5 years ago I happened to be out in the yard one morning in late March or early April. I heard a strange noise, looked up to see hundreds of San Hill Cranes flying north. Over that day several thousand cranes must have passed over, heading for Canada, It was quite a sight, over 100 cranes flying in formation, making that strange call we could hear on your video. To this day I have wondered where they came from, where the stopped to rest, and just where they were going. If they don't go to Ontario, where do they go?

[@BraxxJuventa]

ooohh I hate bugs... Good luck Shawn. 👍😁

[@jorysmith9345]

Sandhills crane are the rib-eye of the sky. Absolutely delicious!