Farmhouse Chimney Upgrade & Homesteading in Ireland

[@bobbiebrandel3152]

Looks wonderful! So happy about the fireplace fix. Sometimes things do go right...

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Haha yes, we were actually quite surprised that it went up there so easily just like that! Can’t wait for a stove to be fitted, it’s going to be amazing!

[@annagilda1]

So wonderful to see ye getting the chimney going again and soon will have a stove. Our old cottages here, have to have a fire burning in them, otherwise they die.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Yeah we can’t wait to get some proper heat going through that side of the house, we’ve had the open fire going in the bedroom above since November and that has helped hugely, the heat coming off the wall going up the stairs is amazing and the range in the kitchen since the minute we moved in lol it really needed it because it was so damp in here to begin with. It is lovely in here now, no damp whatsoever which is lovely.

[@TheHavasu_77]

I can’t wait to see how the dead hedges turn out!! I’m also enjoying the blooming leaves on everything, so pretty! 😊💚

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Well we’ve made an unintended one actually out of the fungery and we will try and remember to show it on Fridays video 😊 ooh we can’t wait for it all to burst out in green…green that isn’t Ivy! Haha

[@clivecarser7356]

A chimney liner !!!! How very exciting 😂😂😂 now get the back and sides of the fireplace repointed ready for the multifuel stove with 2 doors on the front and a singing kettle on top. There is plenty of logs to keep it going for a while .❤👍👍👍👍

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Haha, good evening Clive, I bet you saw the word chimney, stuck the kettle on and settled for a good episode about FIRE hahahaha. Seriously though, we are thrilled that the flue liner went up so easily and now ready for a stove. The pointing may have to wait a little while as we can get the range quickly, but we can always move it out of the way if the liming doesn't get done immediately. There is so much work to do in each room I don't think anyone will notice lol. Sadly it will be a single door model but any number of doors will be better than the cold look of the old fireless fireplace. Thanks for watching and commenting and hopefully we will have fire for you soon. Have a nice evening Clive :-)

[@clivecarser7356]

Doesn't matter about the number of doors 😂😂😂 as long as you can open the front and watch the flames .

[@rebeccazody1278]

Progress is wonderful!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you Rebecca. Hopefully not to much more clearing to do now. We had a good day yesterday and fingers crossed, although it has been raining, we can get some mowing done this morning. Have a lovely day and thank you for always watching and commenting :)

[@charlenequinilty7252]

That farm house must have been impressive in its Hey Day…glad you are trying to restore it.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Charlene and thank you for being one of our latest subscribers. We believe it was one of the largest farmhouses around at the time of it being built. Lots of people know of the house, hopefully we can do it proud. It would have been such a shame to see the house get to beyond repair one day. Thank you so much again :-)

[@barbarakloise6790]

Yes, a dead hedge along your empty Stone fence areas would look great. I love that look!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Well the bits are there, now we just need to stop digging, raking or clearing and we may get it done haha. Thanks again :-)

[@barbarakloise6790]

You guys really have it looking so good around there. I saw some people who have stinging nettles on their French Homestead and they make stinging nettle Pesto With the leaves and say it's very good. If you look on youtube, there's all kinds of recipes for stinging nettle pesto Like pesto with walnuts etc. Maybe you 2 can make some and see what it's like. So Great. You got your fireplace chimney tube up there and you'll be able to use it soon. Once you get a stove. That'll help keep it warmer in there for you. Then your little orange kitties can curl up near the fire. Seeing you walk the kitten on a harness, what's so cute. Some cats do fine with them and other cats. Just lay there flat and act like they're being killed. It really looks nice behind that 1. Burn where you leveled everything off and made it all cleaned up. Everything is looking so good around there. You guys are very hard workers and get things done. Dawn is an absolute working maniac and puts her whole heart and soul into everything.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Barbara, thank you for such a lovely lot of comments :-) The mower will be out tomorrow, hopefully that will help with the stinging nettles. Quite a few people have said about nettle soup, tea and other things. Pesto isn't something we would choose to make but please do have a go and see if it is as good as people say. There is a cheese from Cornwall (maybe Devon) called YARG. The family name is Gray, which backwards is Yarg. The wheels of cheese are wrapped in nettles and then go mouldy. You can still see the nettle leaf shapes. The cheese is lovely, but I am no sure if the nettles make any difference to it at all. The one cat loves being by the range, you can come down at any time of night and there she is. She will love a stove too. Hahahaha, that is so true with cats and leads, they don't mind or they HATE IT, GET IT OFF ME, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME hahaha. A bit of work is still to be done up the top area and of course the hunt for the possible courtyard stones under where we are going to have as a raised area... or maybe where we are not having a raised area depending on what we find. Have a lovely evening Barbara and thank you :-)

[@Brooklyn19-k3s]

You need to burn the Ivy, brambles & nettles to avoid them taking root - which they will. Bonfire night would be a good time to get rid. You two are work horses. BTW Willow trees can be grown by ‘literally’ pushing a branch into the ground, it really does grow into a beautiful tree - I’ve done it. If you think a tree is dead but you really want to save it, give it seven years, if it’s not leafed in that time, then it’s dead - that info was given me by a Tree Surgeon. 🫶🏻xx

[@neutonrenda2303]

Great success with the chimney.👍 I have to smile when I see a cat wearing a harness l, having seen the reactions from the cats I've had over the years, it can be either dramatic or entertaining when you first put it on.😂

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thanks Neuton, we are really pleased as it won't be long until we get a stove in and working. All three cats wear them quite well, but Alan is the one who always wants to go outside, ,the other two aren't that bothered. Once we get a couple of gates to give them a safe space should a dog be off the lead we will let them out all of the time. As always, thank you for watching, commenting and being a continued channel member :-)

[@claudebernardin1096]

You are ready for Spring. You’ve really cleaned and cleared it up! Looking good!❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Claude, we are nearly there, a bit left down the bottom and a bit left at the top. Hopefully very soon we will be all set. Thank you for watching and commenting today :-)

[@morrigans_cottage]

It’s so great to see the raspberries getting their leafs! Another great vid the land looks SO much better!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you very much indeed. Yeah we are really pleased with the raspberries, hopefully we may see some this year, but they have been left to do their own thing for so long, they may need a bit of TLC. We shall see. Thanks for watching and commenting as always :-)

[@GoosebumpCottage]

It’s a nice sized fireplace, and very interesting to watch as we need to reline our own chimney. Thanks for sharing!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

It was a simple process and really quick. Ours is a 6" liner which allows for larger stoves and is also type 904 stainless steel which allows for smokeless fuel and wood and higher temps. 316 is for wood only as I understand it. Good luck with it.

[@GoosebumpCottage]

@@thecornerhouseproject thanks for the extra info guys !

[@Cuernavacachica02]

Hi Dawn and Ben! I can't wait to see the dead hedge built! That's a tremendous idea! It's just so beautiful! Take care and see you in the next one!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Josefina, how are you? Hopefully it won't be too long before we get to start it. In the meant time, the fungery is looking like a dead hedge now and so is all of the willow we stuck by the side of it yesterday lol. See you Friday :-) Thank you for watching, commenting and being a channel member :-)

[@colettelavery7452]

Ben and Dawn delighted to see the flue liner going in as easy as it did. Great to get the job done without any problem. I am glad you are getting a multi fuel stove .I have two and they were agreat investment .I have an Erin Stanley which heats my water and 8 Radiators. The land looks really well now. Plenty of lawnmowing as the nettles and brambles keep on growing. Take care and God Bless you both xx

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Aww you and us both Colette! We were sooo surprised when it just went up so easily! We are very much looking forward to getting a stove! I think once we have done the living room we will look at getting a small second hand one for the bedroom above too, because we are going through lots of logs and coal having that one lit most evenings. We were looking at the Stanley Oisin because we won’t need a back boiler as in time when we replace the range we will go for one with a back boiler on that for radiators in time. Lawn mowing is on the cards for tomorrow all being well, we were planning on it for today but ran out of time in the end. You take care too. Xx

[@anniedavis4569]

So happy Dawn and Ben ye are getting the chimney fixed and there will be a fire going soon again. You know I was in Carrick on Shannon last weekend with family was thinking of ye. The garden looks wonderful. Have fun

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Aww us too Annie, we can’t wait to be able to get it all hooked up to a stove and get some heat in that part of the house. How lovely of you to say that! We do like Carrick, it’s not too far from us about 20 mins give or take. 😊

[@pennylane9730]

Hi Dawn and Ben You're both doing a fantastic job. Extremely hard workers. Best wishes to you both 🎉🎉

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Penny Thank you so much indeed. We just like to keep going until that job in had is finished. Have a lovely evening and thank you for watching and commenting :-)

[@sandyadams3267]

Hello from Sacramento, California. Your hard work and positive attitudes are really paying off. I'm so enjoying your videos😊

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good afternoon Sandy, thank you for joining us all the way from California. It is beginning to look that way, it has been a long time coming but tomorrow should be mowing day :-) We are really pleased you are enjoying our videos, it is really nice to hear. Have a lovely afternoon and evening. See you Friday :-)

[@sharonheron7559]

So glad the flue went up the chimney to save you some expense! The garden is really coming on bit by bit. It was lovely seeing Alan enjoying the outdoors. I hope the kitties will be good mousers for you. Blessings Sharon

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Sharon, how are you? Are are so pleased that the flue liner didn't give any problems, it makes a change :-) Alan just loves being outside, we think they will be good catchers of things, but hopefully not birds. Fingers crossed they can go out soon-ish. The garden / land is getting there, it looks so different, hopefully mowing tomorrow :-) Thank you for ALWAYS watching and commenting and being with us :-) Enjoy your evening.

[@lindahill9215]

You two need to reach around and pat yourselves on your back. Amazing the difference the back yard. Love watching😊

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you so much Linda, we are really really pleased with what we have done. So close to getting it as tidy as it might get for a while. Now though we can keep on top of it, pick at ivy, pull or mow any brambles etc and so on. Hopefully, tomorrow will be the day for the mower. Thank you for always being with us :-) Have a nice evening.

[@jamesrivis620]

Great job clearing the orchard out !!! Just remember that the only food that fruit trees get is rotten leaves.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi James Thank you, it took a while but we have virtually got there. There weren't that many leaves believe it or not under the apple trees, there was probably too much ivy and brambles. The leaves are starting to show this year though. Which is nice. Thanks for watching and commenting :-)

[@marionmounsey4737]

Spring is coming 👏 I’ve got to say your land is looking so lovely, once the grass takes over and all the mowing is going to be lush ❤️a beautiful garden will appear❤️ Dawn and Ben you both work so hard, the rewards are coming …very happy for you,to be able to get your wood burner going, will heat the house up a treat xx🤗

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good evening Marion, how are you today? Spring is here, today was a beautiful day, blue skies, sun and warmth, I even took my coat off again it was so warm haha. Tomorrow is the day for the lawn mower to pop on down and do it's job. Not sure how long it will take as we will start high and lower it down and down. Then it will be a once a week thing to stay on top of it and the weeds. Hopefully in time grass will start to appear and maybe a handful of grass seed here and there too. We are really looking forward to getting the wood stove, to get real heat in that room will be brilliant. Thank you for always being with us and such lovely comments. Have a lovely evening :-) See you Friday :-)

[@ldianehigley3287]

Everything is looking so neat and tidy now! You guys have done a wonderful job, amazing clear out behind the big shed/barn.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you Diane, we are so close to it all being tidy. We have been down the lower end today and tomorrow should be able to mow :-) Thank you for watching, commenting and being a channel member :-)

[@cynthiabruns7178]

You should plant a few shovelfuls of marsh marigolds along the sides of your drainage ditch. That way you can save a few and still enjoy them. I don’t expect to see mine until late May. Property has become so much more accessible and open. It will be an interesting summer, so you can see what comes back and how much of it you still want to keep.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

I like that idea thank you! Once we are sorted with the ditches eg not piling scrapings on the edges dragging them out, I will most definitely do that because it would look lovely! Last year, even though it was very over grown everywhere, the yellow of the those looked beautiful! 😍

[@tracybush8115]

The land looks spectacular! Hello to dear Alan who clearly loved sniffing all around haha. You'll have raspberries galore - that patch will soon be doubled.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good afternoon Tracy, how are you and the temperatures? Today was like a summers day even though it was the first day of Spring today, it was lovely. With any luck we may get a raspberry or two, but we will see. Knowing we have some is a step forward, double and fruiting will be lovely. I said hello to Allan for you, now I could lie and tell you he said hello back or I could tell the truth and tell you he just looked at the door wanting to go out again hahaha. Thank you for always being with us :-) Oh, we mentioned Tracy Island again today when we were chatting, not that there is much left, but the name has stuck :-)

[@willwoodvine143]

I really can't get over how much you two have done in a relatively short time - your back garden is looking loads better! Just a thought on your dead hedge - have a look into taking a few willow cuttings and plunging them into the ground in the dead hedge. Willow takes easily from cuttings and you'd soon (well, maybe a couple of years) have a live hedge springing up to fill the gaps along side the dead hedge. It'd be nice to see new hedges growing from cuttings from your old tree's, kinda like a rebirth :)

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Will Great minds think alike as they say. This is on the list of part of the dead hedge and we are also hoping we can stick a few of the blackcurrent stems in there too if they haven't dried out too much in the pile. We have a bucket of willow cuttings ready for use already. Keep your fingers crossed for us please. Thanks for watching and commenting :-)

[@SweetOne.]

ROFL the line coming down the chimney made me jump hahaha. That was a lot more than a bit of tidying up lol Now you have to stop working and go buy a fireplace. So interesting to know that it was originally an open fire with a grate. I can't wait to see what you've chosen.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hiya Janie. It actually made me jump when I saw it on the video for the first time as I just thought it was bits of stone / lime as Sean was getting ready to drop the rope down haha. A "bit" more tidying up done today and tomorrow.......... mowing :-) Yes, Sean thinks that would have been used initially, although rarely as it is the parlour, but we will never be 100% sure. But it is nice to think it was. A nice little stove, not too small we hope for the size of hole. We will see. Thank you as ALWAYS :-)

[@SweetOne.]

@@thecornerhouseproject some of the newer tiny stoves put out a lot of heat and they look really nice - replica fronts.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good morning. We may go for small "Hobbit" stoves in the bedrooms, but the plan is to get radiators heated from the range around the house and are really hoping we won't need the stoves in the bedroom. We will see though, as you know, our plans change quite a lot lol. Thanks Janie. Have a nice day when you get up :-)

[@peterdowden7694]

My wife says give the raspberries plenty of compost and fully enclose them with wire netting.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Ooh lovely thank your wife for that tip, we were only saying today actually that we need to get some string and some stakes around them to stop them falling over. We will be looking for some wire netting instead 😂

[@colinchick2692]

You are so right mowing will be the key to transforming the ground cover from what you dont want into what you do,

[@thecornerhouseproject]

It’s amazing what you can achieve on a piece of land with regular mowing isn’t it? We’ve managed to do it with a couple of pieces of land in the past, turning them from weeds and brambles into a nice piece of grassed area that you would never have known had been so awful looking! Fingers crossed we can do the same with this land too. We were planning on mowing today but the time just ran out, so tomorrow is now mowing day, so fingers crossed we get it done before it rains! 😂

[@simonworthington5162]

Fantastic looking indeed and see how big this wide open plan is becoming and very hard work has paid off. Nice having the chimney liner installed.. Congrats for getting your audience thrilled in what your doing and your new members.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you Simon. More log and bitty piles gone today and hopefully mowing tomorrow. We are chuffed with the flue liner, it will help us get some real heat in there soon. The number of subscribers and views is incredible, we really can't believe it. Thank you for being one of them. Have a nice evening :-)

[@simonworthington5162]

@@thecornerhouseproject Your welcome as i like to see great things happen. Poor Goats wont be needed .

[@babs2522]

The garden is looking fantastic, you have both worked so hard on it, love and blessings from Scotland 💖💖

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Nearly "done" down the bottom area. Today we continued with the clearing of the logs etc and tomorrow we may even get to mow. Thank you Babs for watching, commenting and being a channel member :-)

[@flyingeaglewoman8682]

Great progress! And raspberry plants in bloom too, yummy! Good save Dawn.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you! Aww yeah fingers crossed we get some fruit this year! They looked different to the blackcurrants so thought it was worth saving them to just see what happens 😂 paid off!

[@LewisC1944]

So pleased you got the liner up. One job that went well. Jo has raspberry canes and she tells me that they fruit on the second year of growth so don't be too disappointed if you don't get fruit this year. If you squint when you look at the ground it looks like lush grass not marigolds and stingers. See you Friday XX

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Yes! What a surprise when it just worked, we were expecting it to get stuck and not fit, so when it just went up like that we were a bit gobsmacked! Thanks for the tip with the raspberries Carol, nice to know what to expect. Hahaha that’s how we will view the ground from now on….through squinted eyes! See you Friday! Xxx

[@justgoodness333littlehomes5]

Raspberries make a welcome addition to your orchard. ❤❤❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good morning to you :-) Yes, we are really pleased as we initially thought they were more blackcurrents. Fingers crossed and with a bit of TLC we will get some fruit from them. Time will tell :-) Have a nice day and thank you for watching and commenting :)

[@Cindy-x3g]

Looks fabulous.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you very much! 🤩

[@reannejarvis9464]

Stinging nettle soup is good if you experience arthritis, cream of nettle is delicious.🇦🇺🎸⚡️🤘🏿🤘🏼💋❤️my grandmother cooked it when I was a child

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Reanne, thank you for watching and commenting. Dawn has a range of tea's which come to mind when you say about stinging nettle soup, not really for me but I have never tried it, maybe I will look up a recipe and have a look. Thanks again Reanne :-)

[@patkilmurray4702]

It's looking pretty managed now and I reckon your soil looks very rich, dark and will definitely be nicely productive. Fantastic progress.❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

I think we are finally on top of it all and fingers crossed will be mowing day. Never had this much green to mow before, not sure how long it will take. Thank you Pat for always watching and commenting. Have a nice evening :-)

[@johnoneill5812]

So happy to see something go according to plan without surprises. Looking forward to seeing how the stove gets fitted and seeing the bricks cleaned up a bit and repointed. Was there much celebrating for St Patrick's Day?? I've heard that we make a bigger deal of it here in North America than in Ireland. In any case, blessings for the two of you.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good afternoon John, how are you today? Yeah we are really pleased there were no dramas with the flue liner and a clear path forward for us. We will get the stove up and running and then deal with the liming in the near future as that side of the house has never had a real in the living room and is also the room which seems to suffer the most from damp around the walls, so a nice bit of steady heat will do it the world of good. We didn't go to any of the parades, maybe next year. There were loads of parades going on though from villages to towns, some staggering the times so you could get to go to a few of them. Thanks for joining us John, have a lovely afternoon / evening :-)

[@egratis2367]

Good to see all your efforts on the land beginning to pay dividends, It's hardly recognisable from when you started. Keep up the good work.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you Egratis for subscribing, watching and commenting :-) It is certainly looking different. So much so we sometimes have to look at previous videos just to make sure we are remembering things correctly and it wasn't that long ago. Thank you again and have a nice afternoon and evening :-)

[@dianerayburn1728]

It's good to keep some of the plants like the raspberries and blackcurrants because whatever variety they are, they are absolutely suited to the soil type, soil quality, pest attacks, diseases and weather in your part of the woods. They're bound to be an older variety. Your fruit trees probably are too. The newer types of currants probably have fatter fruit, but I bet yours taste better. Old varieties are worth their weight in gold. There's nothing worse than buying a plant that just doesn't like the conditions in your garden. And as for your fireplace. I was born in a house that was built in 1884/. A two up two down terrace there was a tiny front room for visitors then the 'same sized room which we called the kitchen. It had a small, black, cast iron range with a side oven, I remember my gran cooking a joint of lamb in it. I can still hear it sizzling and the smell of it.- That was where you cooked, and leading off the kitchen at the back of the house was the scullery which had a stone sink and a cold tap. That was where you did your prep and washing up.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good evening Diane, thank you for a lovely comment(s). We hoped some of the blackcurrents up the top end would be a mix of them and raspberries but sadly not, so we are over the moon we found then down the bottom. A bit of TLC and hopefully we will have some fruit, no matter how small or old, I am sure they will be lovely. It is lovely to hear about people and how they lived. It is sometimes hard to really imagine living that way anymore with everything we have available today. I think my mum and dad had a 2 up 2 down mid terrace, I don't know the age of it though. It is amazing how people just got on with it as that is all they knew. Thank you again Diane, have a lovely evening :-)

[@Debbie-kt6ck]

Just having a tea beak from doing my house, don’t think it will ever end, great news that the flue fitted the chimney, my garden was full of weeds and nettles my house had been empty for a few years I ended up rotavating to get rid of it, I tried just digging and mowing but it all kept coming back, if they had veggies etc there the earth should be good, just stick a willow whip branch into the ground and they do grow, I did it, cheap trees 😁

[@thecornerhouseproject]

I do like a tea break but they never last long enough do they. We wonder if it will ever end, we decided when we bought the place it probably won't but maybe one day we will get close. We are chuffed to bits with the flue liner, normally things like that don't happen for us, especially when the liner was given to us because it didn't fit their chimney. The winter did us a huge favour will killing everything back so we can tackle it with the mower, hopefully it will work for us, sorry it didn't work for you :-( We have quite a few willow to stick in the ground. Maybe our dead hedge may not be so dead haha. Thank you for watching and commenting today Debbie :-)

[@strawberryfair]

good morning (?) dawn and ben... this is certainly interesting

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good morning! Went out a ‘little’ early! 😂 Thank you! 🤩

[@rontanser9369]

Yes I’ve heard that if you just stick Willow in the ground it grows, but it’s a good idea filling in some of the holes in your hedging. Do people walk up and down that road

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Yes, we have been told the same so the dead hedge may not be so dead in the end, which will be nice. Yes, the road is used a lot in the lighter warmer months by walkers and ramblers. Thanks again :-)

[@pendolinoable]

So pleased that the liner went through. That fireplace has left you with a some options to think about now as it also looks great stripped back to the arch. But the original fireplace looks great too.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you! Ahh yes us too! We were so surprised when it just went up! From the beginning of moving here we’ve had lots of things not run so smoothly, so yeah it was a joyous moment to say the least! I think we will just get a stove and leave the arch fireplace as it will then let us have a stove in there with still space on the hearth and around it. It’s a a shame because we really liked the fireplace and the open fire but a stove will be much more efficient than the open one.

[@gerritpaulusma9971]

Respect voor je vrouw harde werker

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Oh ja, Dawn is een harde werker. Ze laat me er lui uitzien haha Bedankt voor het kijken en reageren vandaag :-)

[@deirdrecerasa3932]

Happy the pipe for the chimney went easily. All the hard work of clearing the ivy all the rest looks wonderful! ❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good morning Deirdre It is a huge relief even for something so simple. We can now finally start to warm that room properly and start to dry it out. We are really pleased with how all the land is looking now. Not to much more to do. Thank you for watching and commenting :-)

[@pitsnipe5559]

Yes! One step closer to a working wood stove. Land is looking so nice. You accomplished something I was unable to do, train a cat to take a lead. With me it was cat vs man…. man list 😼

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hopefully not long now Ed before we get some real, sustained heat in the living room. The open fire was OK when we used it but lacked in any real heat and was so hungry for logs and coal. A stove on the other hand will stay hot for ages and use much less fuel. I think it is 3x more efficient than an open fire. The land is special, we are really please with how nice it looks. We had another good day on it today and hopefully, weather allowing, mowing tomorrow... .and some digging no doubt haha. The cats don't mind the leads at all which we were surprised about, but Alan is the one who always wants to be out. The other two can take it or leave it. Soon we will get some gates so the gates have a safe space from any lead free dogs. Thank you for always watching us and commenting. Have a nice evening :-)

[@vickiellibby7051]

Well done with chimney. Need to do that with ours but. Husband likes the chimney sweep s that nest in each summer.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Well we have never heard of Chimney Swifts before, so I had a Google..... "Chimney Swifts are among the most aerial of birds, flying almost constantly except when roosting overnight and nesting. When they do come to rest, they never sit on perches like most birds. Their long claws are suited only for clinging to the walls of chimneys and other vertical surfaces." So I am guessing they don't like stainless steel tubing with a bird cowl on the top. I understand why he doesn't want a liner doing. Thank you for that, a new bird for our list :-)

[@Mitch-Hendren]

Morning all thats great you got your liner in , won't know yourselves next winter . Im waiting for the postman to deliver a new lawnmower blade . I hit a hidden boulder with it and invented the rotovator 😋 . Assuming that turns up ill do the grass, If not ill do more on the van ... not wasting a dry day. Have a great week

[@thecornerhouseproject]

lol yeah there’s not too many dry days so make the most of it! We were going to mow today down the bottom end but ran out of time so hoping for a dry one tomorrow too….hmmm..but haven’t checked the weather yet! 🫣 fingers crossed your lawnmower blade turned up. I’m sure we will hit a few boulders as we go along! Makes you jump doesn’t it?! Ooh it’ll be soo toasty and warm once we get that in, can’t wait! Almost looking forward to some chilly evenings! 🤣 Have a great week too and hope you get the van sorted too!

[@BarbaraOlson-qg3ex]

Love your positivity! Such hard work but everything is looking great 💙

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you very much 🤩

[@artistikworld4058]

Stinging nettles are a powerful blood tonic in Spring. Just pop into a saucepan, stew for five minutes. Strain and drink.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Lots of people have suggested things to do with nettles, it hadn’t been something I knew about before now, so thank you ☺️

[@DelphineMcNamara-px8zb]

You both are like the energiser battery. You just keep going & going. Love your channel and what you’re both achieving with the corner cottage is fantastic. I’ve watched you from the beginning & this is the first time I’ve commented. Keep doing what you’re doing. Stay healthy and safe. Delphine from Ayr. Nth Qld. Australia.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Aww well thank you for commenting because it means a lot that you did. It’s funny because I’ve watched KZbin for a long time and never been a commenter either. Some people are and some aren’t. Since doing this channel though I have become a commenter learning new things all the time 😂 Some days I’m not sure how we keep going but I think it’s because there’s so much to do but also because we just love turning this place back to home again 😊

[@dorygeancunningham8027]

I am so happy the chimney flu worked for you. Looking forward to seeing the burner you put in. I loved taking my cats out on the lead…I love that I looked like an eccentric old cat lady…hehehehe.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Oh you and us both Dory Gean! We did expect something to go wrong and it didn’t….we were amazed! Burner browsing has begun! 😍 🤣 yes I know what you mean with the harness….when I was a kid there was an old lady who lived in a bungalow at the end of our road and she used to sit out on a chair by her front door with her cat on a lead and then she’d wander around the grassed area with the cat on the lead! We all thought she was an eccentric crazy cat lady too! It’s stuck in my mind all these years later! Alan was showing off on the video as he isn’t normally that good! Haha…he normally just stands still looking at everything around him lol. The other two aren’t so fussed with going out. Which is fine with me! Haha safer indoors!

[@ВиталийСлонов-ч4ъ]

Love watching this kind of thing. It's an escape from the mundane. New subscriber. Best.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Welcome to the channel! Thank you for subscribing and it’s nice to know that we can put a little chink into the mundane aspects of life! 😘

[@wendypritch]

Looking forward to Friday! I'm jealous. I would love a property with land like this to get my hands dirty. You're doing a fantastic job 👍🏼

[@thecornerhouseproject]

I cant deny it is a lovely bit of land to work on, so much interest here, I think we’ve been very lucky really in that in remains pretty much untouched and unchanged for decades and decades which obviously throws up challenges but wow also so much excitement with all the bits we are uncovering! See you Friday and we’re very happy to hear you look forward to the our videos coming out 😊

[@anemone104]

I reckon a wood burner is a great plan. I'm heating my semi-detatched ex-Council estate bungalow entirely on wood. Get ilogs prepared right and they'll burn clean and hot with very little smoke. You may not need to burn coal-derived 'smokeless' fuel at all. Coal is sequestered carbon, like gas, oil and (arguably) peat, so by burning it you are increasing atmospheric CO2 whereas by burning wood, you are just speeding natural carbon cycling. With less pollutants. You have plenty of firewood, including lots of ash (the best), quite a bit of which will have ash dieback. I drove from Rosslare to Mulroy and back a week later in 2022 and it was everywhere and more trees effected than not. Though trees cycle down and die due to the disease, the firewood is fine. But dead ash is very brittle, so effected trees are best felled while still showing signs of life. Effected trees are a headache to climb and sectional fell due to the brittleness, and that's expensive even for 'simple' (un-diseased) trees. Most of the big trees on your boundaries seem to be ash. That one by your dead hedge site is an ancient hedgerow tree, so if it has (or gets) ash dieback, that will be very sad. For more on hedgerow trees, I invite you to take 10 mins to look at this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGXOcn6kn7Crp5I The ash is half way through. Yours has much bigger stems, but its history is similar. When considering your wood burner, I would advise that you get a bigger one than the size of the room 'calls for'. You can always shut it down low once it's running, open doors and position passive fans to move warm air. A big one will take bigger logs and stay 'in' over night, requiring less tending. You can get one with a back boiler and run rads or hot water (or both) off it. If you step it out into the room, you get better room heating efficiency and the space for perhaps installing a worm around the lower flue to heat water (whether or not you have a back boiler). You can do this whilst keeping the old fireplace as a feature although the orthodox path would be to sit the wood burner in the old fireplace. If you run rads, you can keep your central heating boiler If you have one) or night storage heaters for background warming if you're away for a while whilst heating rooms away from the wood burner. You're lucky because your chimney is inside the house. Hopefully, with a house that age, the chimney will be a big mass of masonry that will act as a big storage heater, releasing warmth gradually once the flue warms it. And heat the rooms above and next to it. Hope this is useful, good luck.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Wow! Thank you so much for taking the time to write all of that out for us! I will have a look at the KZbin link you posted there, so thank you for that. I would say 90%of our ash trees are affected, unfortunately. It is something we will look at with the trees. We absolutely love your advice with the wood burner and going for a higher kw than is recommended, that makes perfect sense reading what you wrote, so thank you for that too. We do plan on getting a range for the kitchen that will be capable of doing radiators and hot water at some point in the future. We have an open fire in one of the bedrooms upstairs and that is lit everyday and like you say it warms the stones a treat in the hallway and stairwell. We’re looking forward to getting a wood burner going in the living room to finally feel some proper heat on that side of the house. Thanks again for taking the time to give us all of the advice that you, it is very much appreciated and yes it is very useful. Thank you ☺️

[@DennisWhite-s5k]

Nettles can be used in cooking and sauces plus you can make very nice tea with it. Look for idears on line.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

I’ve never tried nettle tea before, maybe we will save some before we mow them all tomorrow. 😂 a stupid question but what does it taste like? Does it have a green tea type of taste? The only herbal tea I drink is peppermint tea lol so I’m not too adventurous when it comes to teas!

[@DennisWhite-s5k]

@@thecornerhouseproject Its a mildish taste use only the top inch of the tips.

[@jameskyle380]

Be great to get some serious heat in the house. We had a villager Berkley boiler stove in our bungalow when we lived in County Kerry for 2.5 years. Ran the 5 rads, towel rail and hot water off its 7.6kw wraparound boiler burning logs and supertherm. 2 bed Bungalow fully renovated and well insulated and exempt from BER report as derelict. When we sold in 2012, new energy rating a D2. Live on a narrowboat in the UK and have a woodwarm fireview 4.5kw stove. Amazing quality and stays in well. Much better quality and control than the villager.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

From a bungalow to a narrow boat, that sounds a bit of a change. Where do you moor up normally? I am from the Midlands originally and there are loads of canals around there and some lovely marinas. These stoves with the back boilers are incredible and we will be going with a range with back boiler keeping the water the kitchen side of the house. The people we know around here all have back boilers, it seems to be a standard living in rural areas from what I can tell. We are looking forward to the heat output as just the Calor gas heater at 3.4kw soon warms the room, but drinks the gas really quickly and gets expensive. Thanks for the info on the stoves you had / use. Have a nice evening :-)

[@jameskyle380]

@@thecornerhouseproject Lived with my Grandparents, then on our return to the Midlands I bought a narrowboat 11 years ago. Moored at a Marina in Staffordshire, near Alrewas and work in Property Maintenance. Am an NVQ 2&3 qualified plumber. I was StoveFan on boards.ie when lived in Kerry from 2010 to late 2012. Plumbed in a Rayburn 355 solid fuel range while I was in Ireland, plumbed in the whole heating system , around 8 radiators and client so happy. Alarming how much coal it needed to fill the firebox. At least a scuttle, but heated the property well. Old stone house with interior planked stud interior walls. Very original. Warmsler cookers are apparently better than Rayburn. Another option is La Nordica.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you for all the info that’s really helpful. Will have a read on those cooker names 😊

[@rebs95]

aw, yaaaay!! love watching your journey (+ all the cats) it's very inspiring 🤗

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Aww thanks Rebecca! We absolutely love that you watch! It makes us very happy, especially when Beef watches too! We were talking the other night and we said that we could picture you doing something like this! 😘

[@jeanhawken4482]

I am sure your willow cuttings will take well.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

They are still in a bucket with masses of roots on them. We should get them planted really, but they seem to be quite happy where they are. I am sure we can find a final spot for them.

[@10928rob]

Great about the chimney liner. Also, you are having lovely weather for a change. xxx❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Yeah it really is Pa, shame about not being able to have the old fireplace but this will be much safer and a whole lot more efficient! It’s been an absolutely glorious day again today! Felt almost like the beginning of summer when the sun was out! How’s it been there? ❤️xxx

[@10928rob]

@@thecornerhouseproject It has been glorious here Dawn xxx❤

[@kaye-q1k]

Also organically grown fruit and vegetables are healthier for you have more nutrients and if you sold them bring a higher price.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thanks Kathleen, as always :-)

[@nik2141]

That is a huge Ivy Henge 😀

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Haha it really is! 🤣

[@mocarra100]

I was so happy to see that you released it early. When I got up this morning I was going through my notifications and I said, hey there's the corner house project already yippee. We have a cat also, and she is not Street Smart whatsoever. If you just click a glass on something ,she goes running and hiding. You think she was beaten to death lol my husband doats on that cat from the time he wakes up tell he comes home from work ask about her when he's at work lol and then all night long when he's home from work 😂 he's a mess with that cat. Are you guys going to burn all those trees or let it die down to compost? The land is looking fabulous I cannot wait until the leaves start coming out on the trees. Oh you just said you're using the wood for wood chippings I talked to you guys all throughout the video while I'm watching it I should just wait till the end but I say too much to get it in before it all goes away 😂 good video much love from Oklahoma USA Jackie 🇺🇸💖

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Oh that’s good because Ben was really annoyed with himself for clicking the wrong button and making it go up early! lol Aww poor kitty, peaches (the mum cat) is like that, she’s very easily spooked. The other two aren’t so bad. That’s lovely to hear that your husband is like that with the cat! I’m nuts about cats and worry about them all the time…whether their eating enough, if their not seeming like themselves and when they are allowed out I am going to be so worried the whole time lol Well, we have a few different piles now, we have one to compost down, one for chipping, one for the dead hedge and one for the fungery and one for chopping for our wood store. I’m actually surprised there’s any land left to walk on after listing all those piles! Oh you and me both for the leaves appearing on the trees….we have some bursting out on the apple trees, which is exciting! I love that you talk to us whilst watching it’s bloody great! We look forward to your comments every time! Take care Jackie and husband and see you Friday! Xx

[@DianaHughes-m4u]

looking great ,great ur clearin the land ,be gd when u cut use lawnmowerx

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thanks Diana. Hopefully tomorrow with the lawnmower, that will hopefully make a big difference. Thank you for watching and commenting :-)

[@DenisPeel]

Hi Guys! I think that you have creeping buttercup and celandines rather than marsh marigolds but what the heck they are all yellow. Its lovely to see Alan outdoors, very cute in his harness! Fantastic that you got the flue up the chimney, did you see my stove recommendation a couple of vids back? With that large opening you now have more options. Great job on the land, looks huge now. Denis

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Denis! Ooh I will have a Google and see, I’m just going off the plant app that I use, but it has been know to throw up some wrong ones here and there so I will have a look at the two you mentioned. Thank you ☺️ I will go back over and have a look at the range you recommended. We’ve been thinking about a Stanley Oisin but always open to looking at other options…to be fair we hadn’t realised just how expensive some of them are! 😮

[@DenisPeel]

@@thecornerhouseproject The Oisin is the one I have and was recommending, its great, got mine on FB marketplace for €250 was only about a year old, great deal, have it 10 years now.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

That is a good review for it then. This is the one we will be getting, it is in my basket now. Just sorting the extra parts like the pipe and connector. All very new to us. Have a nice day Denis and thanks for your input :-)

[@monicateeling810]

New subscriber here and love your work ethos and home 😁✅✅✅

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Yay! Welcome to the channel and thank you very much! We hope you enjoy the videos 😊

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Nice

[@thecornerhouseproject]

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[@vickiellibby7051]

In USA they have a screen enclosure built at an open window . Called cat enclosure.they have on Amazon. Is the raised vareagoing to be the grass area to sit and relax. Or planting area.?

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Vickie and good afternoon :-) Hopefully it won't be too long until they can go out without the harness, we just need to sort a couple of gates so they have a safe space should they need to run from a certain dog in the area hahaha. It was going to be grassed, but..... if we find a stone area below the soil we may not have any soil there to seed. So it depends on what we can uncover, if anything. Thanks for watching so many videos and commenting as you go, it really helps the channel :-)

[@artistikworld4058]

Bare root blac kthorn hedge shrubs!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

I love the blackthorn, it’s sooo beautiful in blossom. We do need to get a few more to fill in the gaps of the hedgerow.

[@sandrad2506]

Are they Marsh marigolds? They look like Creeping buttercup. You have done a wonderful job, it’s going to look stunning. ❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Yes, we have since found out that they are creeping buttercup. My phone app told me marsh marigolds 🫣 were also have celandine as well. Another commenter pointed out what they might be. It’s nice to know what we have 😊 Thank you and it really is starting to look quite beautiful down the bottom end of the land. Can I ask, if it’s not rude, do you like Grease by any chance? 😉😊

[@sandrad2506]

That made me laugh. Yes I do, but that just happens to be my name😀

[@ianyoung930]

Just found your channel and have subscribed.Lots of catching up to do.I see you are in Leitrim but where?.I’ve been coming over around the Mohill area for nearly 30 years for the fishing.What was the lake in one of your videos I saw?

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Aww thank you! We always apologise for people catching up as our beginning videos are quite atrocious sound and video! lol We’re not too far from Mohill, probably about 15 minutes away. We have heard that people come over quite a lot for the fishing. We were talking to a man in Mohill when we were in Marie’s deli who takes people out fishing that come over. I can’t name the lake unfortunately because there’s only us and another house around here and don’t want to identify where we are 😂

[@marcusd2380]

What do u plan to do to seal the soot in the back of the fire place. Its needs seal to kill the smell

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Marcus To be honest we hadn't given this a thought, is there something you would recommend? A good clean to start with before doing anything and then repointing it all too, but smell? No idea, we are open to ideas please. Thanks for highlighting this for us.

[@marcusd2380]

@@thecornerhouseproject years ago in my mums house we took down a chimney. Concrete block and cement. The builder we had was a reel good experienced man. He seal it with sand and cement mix with cow dung in it. Fresh runny cow dung. I got it for him in a bucket. Hard to believe but he put it on as a scratch coat and it work 100%. At the time I remember him say nothing else worked. Ur house is lime and stone so u can really use cement. But talk to a stove fitter or stove shop to see a few different approaches.

[@susanamann1806]

1820 is 200 years old I think ,maybe 224 years old which is very old.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

We love looking at the buildings out the back and thinking of the age of them and how they used to live and work. Thanks for watching and commenting Susan :-)

[@alanlucas2886]

whats happing ben your early hi dawn and ben

[@thecornerhouseproject]

I panicked hahahaha

[@kandacehazard127]

Get a two wheeled cart , it will save you trips and your backs.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Ahh yes we have been saying we need to get another wheelbarrow because having two will make our lives much easier! A 2 wheeled cart would also be very welcome! 😊

[@pcs2511]

I take it that you can't burn the brush piles. Or is that a personal chose not to? If you don't burn birds and ground animals will use them.

[@rodeandye6347]

The ash would help your land if you did

[@thecornerhouseproject]

We can't burn them. The laws were changed in 2023 which is a shame as we really could do with getting rid of the pile. So at present the two piles are slowly squashing down and the leaves of the ivy dying off. Maybe one day we will get to chop it all up and compost it. Thanks for watching and a good question. Have a nice evening :-)

[@pcs2511]

@@thecornerhouseproject As I said it will give a place for birds and others to live. Good hard work , it's looking great. Neat deal on the chimney.My luck never ran that good😄

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Yes, the big ivy pile down the bottom should be a good home for various things. The top one hopefully won't be staying there. That is a job for another day. We are never that lucky either which is why we are so surprised it went up first time. Thanks for the reply :-)

[@peggycrady8197]

Are you aloud to burn the brush?

[@thecornerhouseproject]

No, sadly not. It’s illegal here. It would make it a lot easier if we could 😂

[@kaye-q1k]

I think it would be a shame to use herbicide on organic ground. Your raspberries will put up new shoots from the roots also if you bend them over and bury the tip in soil they will root.

[@j.c4007]

Exactly !!! No herbicide !!

[@joesture9991]

For further clarification on herbicides. Both the RHS and Organic Society recognise that land that as been allowed to establish an heavy infestation of rhizome weeds it can be best practice to utilise specific herbicides to restore the soil structure, these are very targeted herbicides used for the short term only. This also follows on the principals of a zero cultivation or zero till as preferred technique for organic small holdings, where as the alternative management of nettles and other invasive plants is to dig the soil and to sieve the soil to maximise the removal of the rhizomes (other wise it will just return). Additionally, it is recognised by the Organic Growing Society and the National Farmers Union that a transition to a organic farm over a three to five year period requires a multi strand restoration cycle. This is why I suggested to Dawn and Ben about the annualised spray of core source elements including seaweed. Then to get the structure of the soil more self-defensive, against invasive plants, is the important role of a specific paddock seed mix. Further as Ben stated the next organic management technique is the regular mowing and mulching as that will dramatically weaken any unplanned plant growth. Finally there is the stage of annualised soil sampling with chemical analysis. This will then advise Ben Dawn to what core elements are required e.g. typically routine years 2 and 3 for a need to have a lime or ammonia mix from organic sources. Hope that clarifies.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Kathleen, how are you this evening? Thanks for the tip on burying the tip (no pun intended). When do you suggest we should do this? I think we will be lucky if we get any fruit this year as they haven't been pruned in a long long time. We will keep our fingers crossed though. We don't plan on using any weed killer / herbicide even though Joe's details are spot on. Thank you for watching and commenting as always :-)

[@thecornerhouseproject]

We don't plan on using any weed killer / herbicide even though Joe's details are spot on. Thank you for commenting.

[@kaye-q1k]

You could do it now if they are easy to bend. Raspberries produce every second year you have to clean out the dead canes in the spring. The ones that came up from the roots last year will produce this year. I planted mine in rows with a post at the ends with a piece of 2x4 and put wire from one end to the other and back .This keeps the canes upright and makes it easier to pick and clean out dead canes. Also put a heavy mulch between the rows to keep down weeds.

[@Olderthantime-ic]

I know I am late to the party, but wouldn't it be easier on your bodies not to move things so many times, a tarp it useful for putting pruning's on and sliding/ pulling it to the end place.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

When we had the big tidy we used a tarp to load up and carry / pull to the corner of the land. The logs and bits and pieces in this video we just the last bits. We do tend to wander back and forth with things though lol. Thanks for watching and commenting :-)

[@alanlucas2886]

wheres your mask ben

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Shhhhhhh!

[@karenrich3581]

I hate to see cats on a harness. They have all that land to be free and no cars

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good morning Karen We would rather they aren't on harnesses too and it won't be long until they are off. But about 3 minutes after this little bit was filmed, the dog from the next house, who is free 24 hours a day decided he would come tearing into this area and start barking at Dawn and Alan. There are very few dogs kept on leads in this area, some small and some huge ones, so until we get a gated area at the sides of the house for a safe space for the cats, we though it much kinder to walk them with a harness until they are street savvy because, they lived in a shed before we got them and were never let out. One day they will have all the land they want to roam whenever they choose. Thanks for your comment.

[@gerrymcentee981]

Instead of a dead hedge maybe plant a white torn hedge the whips are about €30 for fifty 👍👍👍👍👍👍,Clearview multifuel stove are fabulous use one myself.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

I must admit I was toying with that idea, but I wasn’t sure if we were too late in putting them in? We have quite a few bare patches along the hedge row that need some new additions where others have either fallen or been broken over the years. We’ll take a look at those stoves thank you. Another thing that is new to us 😂

[@CynthiaEvans-i2f]

[@thecornerhouseproject]

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