Ep 164 | Gardening is too much! | Breaking the tools | From French Chateau to Farmhouse

The farmhouse gardens total nearly 4 acres and are in themselves, a full time job! Anna and Peter manage the best they can, and one of those harder jobs that they seem to leave and leave, is cutting back the Laurel hedges.
They choose a really hot day to cut back and reshape the hedges around the front of the farmhouse and on poolside - this time the hedges destroy both of their electric cutters!!
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[@robinfereday6562]

Always look forward to watching your videos so interesting no matter what the content love the Union Jack for D Day celebrations a nice touch 👍

[@CherylKotras]

I feel for you. I just came in from 2 days of hedge trimming. I'm 80 and a widow and I have sore hands and a sore back but tomorrow's another day

[@dimalojenkins1206]

I know that feeling. Such hard work. The clearing up is hard work too. Double trouble 😩

[@carolynhoover9444]

Peter, I hope you had a nice cold drink and rested under your veranda. Trimming hedges is difficult, 0:00 but I think you managed. I hope you show the finished hedge when you can. I love seeing you take things apart and working on them. ❤❤❤❤ love your blog, Peter.

[@johnoleary528]

Well I don’t envy your task! What an enormous job!! Well done to you both 😊

[@elainewolf1537]

What a beautiful place you have, I loved the shot at the end of the pond and yard. 😊

[@endeavouringit]

You pair really are the dream team, working together with your talents. ❤. That was a big job

[@formermichiganian]

No worries Peter. You did a good job with what you have. It's a lot of back breaking work. Well done.

[@thechatelaine]

Hard work gardening...glad to see you guys are doing well.

[@esthervonepp8908]

Wow that laurel is raging..lol..Hope Anna will be feeling herself again soon..miss her laugh

[@JulieRees-b7w]

Well done guys!! It'll look fab when it's done.. personally I find our gardening really satisfying..it's my happy place creating something pretty. But my hubby Mike would say different !!! 😂😂😂😂. Take care both... Ps...you'll have to pop over for a cuppa in the summer when were back out there.... You can always bring your tools along... as our garden will be a jungle by then !!!! 😅😅😅.. Keep smiling both ❤

[@didierjacob250]

Bonjour Anna et Peter, je viens de découvrir vos vidéos. Vous ètes un couple formidable, amoureux, qui aime l' art , l' architecture, l histoire, bien manger, curieux de tout, vintage, sensuel et l' envie de danser, j' ai adoré votre soirée à la coupole, vu et revu, et revu, vous ètes beaux tout les deux, bienvenue en France , Anne et Peter.....continuez....( sorties sidecar vintage , super!!!!! )

[@HoltEllen]

My husband and I really miss Anna and her laugh. We hope she finds her bubbly spirit again.

[@myhillslife27]

Yes miss Anna

[@wenDesigner]

The difference in demeanor is alarming. Hoping for the best. ❤

[@111SecondHandRose]

Admiring your tenacity Peter and Anna. My tiny garden has an ivy covered archway which is now probably 12 feet high and is now too much for me to cope with owing to a health problem. In comparison absolutely nothing, but just as daunting for me. Hoping you can find the finances to get a heavy duty cutter to complete this huge task. Sending you both as always my very best wishes and kind regards. 🌹xx

[@elainedavies8485]

I don't envy all that hard work with the laurel hedges ! But as with everything you do you do it well !!

[@smgreenartsprivate]

I don't suppose a neighbour has a digger with what you need to clear that one area? glad you managed to fix what you have for now. Lovely to see you two fixing your garden it's pruning all the old growth is the hardest. Maybe have a student come in from a landscaping school or a few of them as part credit to their program do some supervised work for you. Sure you can fix anything Peter :)

[@ItsaWonderfulLife2]

My thoughts exactly

[@peterwhite9261]

That was rough when your tools don't work. You soldiered up to it though.❤

[@woodsew]

Your workshop is a dream! And you have wealth of knowledge! Keep up the good work. The farm is amazing

[@xaxmac1948]

Hi Peter and Anna…your laurel hedges would really benefit from a hard side prune early next Spring before birds nest, then determine the height. Laurel is brilliant as a wind break and is faithful as anything…don’t be frightened to hard prune …the new green shoots from late March soon give the protection.

[@lorieastside1]

Great job so far...jeez what a lot of work!!!

[@fourtails1192]

Maybe you didn't have the right tools for the job but you improvised 😊 & managed to do a great job 👍😊✌️

[@elizabethmckelvie5418]

Some job that laurel hedge…my sons a landscape gardener..he says ..any hedge is a nightmare if it’s neglected..but with the correct tools …it makes the job much easier but never easy. Good luck

[@radiogramgramophonetoons5802]

At least when you work yourself up into a sweat………. Then you can dive into that great cooling swimming pool

[@KateriBurnett]

Wow I’ve put a comment in 3 times and it always disappears. I was trying to tell you that there is an ASV (All service vehicle) with a head on it that can run through trees and brush so fast and turn it into mulch. You should see if you can find someone who has one who has one to wipe out that big job you have there. There is a guy I like watching I guess that head is mesmerizing to watch (Idigit4) is his channel. Hope you’re having beautiful weather like we are here In Indiana.

[@moiragoldsmith7052]

Laurel does make a beautiful hedge...it is a bit of a thug though...unless you pay it attention a few times a year. ....you know on top of EVERYTHING else you and Anna do around your home and garden👀🙈😁. Sending you both everything good and happy. ❤❤

[@LimousinLife]

Those laurel hedges can be quite a job. I had one and had to use the loppers because it was so thick. But once in shape they are a very noble hedge and will look brilliant

[@judymossip7446]

I sympathize about the work you and Anna have with your property. My property is much smaller but it is a lot of work! I decided recently to think of gardening as a ‘hobby” instead of a constant list of tasks to be done. With this change in thinking I have been able to be more positive about the garden and work on this hobby like others and just enjoy a few relaxing hours a day 😆❤

[@jillphillips3227]

Massive hedge and massive job! Well done! Cheers!

[@sallieredman7349]

Wow That’s a lot of garden. Never ending joy or?

[@goldenineke]

Your hedges are beautiful, but huge. I complain about maintaining my hedges which are tiddly in comparison. Well done!

[@Anne-gs1ji]

I feel for you I really do .I have the same laurels hedge and mine is only about 20ft across .Cutting back by hand takes a full morning .

[@TollerLuv1]

Brings back memories of a massively wide and neglected laurel hedge we inherited with a previous home. It required a multiyear rehab! Eventually, it became manageable but one couldn't ever skip a trimming.

[@martinamcdonald5714]

👌👍well done I think ye are brilliant T

[@777tiswas]

Why we took one of our hedges down Peter. A lot of cutting and journeys to the dechetterie but well worth it. We thought that we don't want to be trimming that in later years. It wasn't a nice looking hedge anyhow. Nice video, always look forward to them

[@daynight4902]

Best wishes to you

[@diannedutton6127]

That's hard work! I feel for y'all.❤

[@BarbB56]

I used to have privet hedging which was the bane of my life. Can’t imagine how much more difficult laurel hedging is especially having to do it by hand. I feel your pain.

[@jamesmcneill2202]

Hey Peter and Anna. Hope you are both well. Do you have a way where your followers can help support you with larger purchases? I’d happily chip into help you both to buy some more industrial tools like the Stihl! Keep up the awesome work both 🫶

[@jamesmcneill2202]

Hi Both. Don’t worry. I remembered you had buy me a coffee. So I have done just that. Thank you both again for all your wonderful vlogs. 💕

[@myhillslife27]

Would you think about removing some of the hedge to reduce the work load and put some nice small trees, maybe even fruit trees? it looks like alot of hedge to maintain

[@johnroadley-battin4577]

You need Flail mower for that over grown area, like a Lawnflite.

[@redbird9658]

Come on companies how about donating one?

[@redbird9658]

I only have a small garden and its such hard work. We get 45 degrees in the summer. Surely someone out there can lend you something to get your borders clear? Dont go getting sun stroke!! Any luck with the donkey....im so curious.

[@laurieedeburn2449]

thanks

[@jacquelinesmedley7853]

You need Goats to eat the border brush and heavy brambles, maybe a farmer has some goats they can lend you for a week, it is something people do, no kidding it's called Rent a Goat in France. As I have become older I find myself redesigning the garden to be more lawn-friendly than flower beds, it is easier to keep on top of it, so I feel your pain, it's another one of those challenges of getting older we keep adapting as we go on, but well done with the hedges, once the birds have nested and flown away, its always time and no amount of procrastination can change that lol. Lovely to see Miss Anna giving it her all bless her xx

[@sallyjohnson3381]

👋👍❤️

[@scotchette]

Rome was not built in one day. Why not a dip in the pool?

[@myhillslife27]

I do not understand WHY you would apologise, of course you would use the best you had and there is NO need to apologise Peter! They do not have to watch if its upsetting. Looks crazy hot

[@CynthiaEvans-i2f]

What a project! Looks exhausting. Too bad you can't take a chainsaw to it.

[@RaySqw785]

not a large union jack on the roof yet? is your property owned by the crownies?

[@triroo107]

Bought the professional model Stihl… HLA86…. Pricey but Priceless…. Feel your pain👍💪🙏🫡

[@juliehale9491]

Does anyone know why Anna is so down she’s usually so bubbly and I know we can’t be constantly happy but this seemed to come on suddenly I thought it may be about her hens which she loved so much. Anyway whatever it is cheer up Anna it will all work out.

[@CynthiaEvans-i2f]