Plans for a New Stone Building, Traditional Cooking & Tackling the Orchard! Garden Rescue

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[@sarasunshine6929]

How old are you both? Sorry to sound personal. Im just curious. This is my dream & its failed a few times due to an issue with age. I'd just like to prove a point to everyone that nay-says my dream! Love you guys & your life & all you do! ❤❤❤

[@espytpro]

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

[@LB-gr7gu]

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

[@terrybull1043]

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

[@janedickson-gw4pb]

Katie, Les Miserable is one ☝️ f my favorite musical let as well!! ❤ Ya’ll make me tired just watching you do your “streaming” ( we call it a weed eater) !! 😂 we do gardening, yard work & love antiques as well !! But right now it’s 98 degrees F in Alabama USA & the humidity makes you get wet just walking to your car!! I love seeing you in jackets & hats!

[@marilyn4098]

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

[@carolynstewart5825]

I loved every second of this...despite the fleece off...fleece on section! Work on your home is really starting to show now. Keep going you two!

[@birrcottage8419]

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

[@rosschamberlain1823]

H & S officer.

[@birrcottage8419]

@@rosschamberlain1823 😆😆😆

[@TheScottishIsle]

A concerned one at that.

[@wildflower1335]

Wow Scott, such power in you swing with the pick axe and the strumming!!!!Be careful, all the "Scott doesn't do anything club", is going to catch you working on camera!!! They'll have to change their story. Your soup looks heavenly Katie!

[@busking6292]

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

[@beverlyethridge5084]

When my back would allow it I loved strimming. You get in a rhythm and time goes by without you realizing it.

[@tezzathetracter2001]

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

[@wendymcdaniel2483]

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

[@pulchralutetia]

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

[@tracebooks]

I’m only partway through, but honestly, if anyone ever needed to expand the house, really the only place to do it is on the wooden side. So I wouldn’t put a stone building there. Your other option is to raise the roof and put another story up there.

[@katier2978]

You need an intern to help you

[@Sag3w0man]

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

[@michellemarlow976]

This the first time I have commented but I have now watched all the KZbin episodes & thoroughly enjoyed them all. I notice that you haven't sheared Crowdie yet- are you waiting for warmer weather so she is maybe less skittish.? I guess whatever it will be quite a job getting her into your kitchen!🐑

[@megmills4798]

The bees on the Thistle were amazing😊

[@jeanmariemandic1922]

Plant some catnip and when the leaves grow, break some off and rub them into your skin, perfect insect repellent. Works for mosquitoes here in Canada, should work for the dreaded midges!

[@allon33]

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

[@melodyc6363]

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

[@kathyalden806]

Bees huddled up on purple thistle made me smile

[@megmills4798]

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

[@joanzive822]

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

[@judymcgovern8454]

Think stone built shelter will look lovely especially if you manage to thatch the roof. I would be trying to stone clad all that wooden extension too 😊. Xx

[@CynthiaEvans-i2f]

[@rogerwimble5897]

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

[@TheScottishIsle]

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

[@sight-emmajean]

Love the sound of the new sheep pen, sounds great. The other one can then be knocked down and rebuilt in stone too… for the donkey you’ll be getting 🤪 also the quality of the video is great ❤

[@silviapennec2005]

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

[@chinoyhealingfoodstravels8888]

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

[@margaretorden7568]

A few years ago we went to Scotland to see where my great-grandparents and my partner’ s mother were born. We stayed in a traditional house in Cullen for a few days and had Cullen Skink at the local hotel which overlooks the sea and saw dolphins while eating. A memorable meal!

[@ishka28]

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

[@joyceglaister2086]

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

[@joyceglaister2086]

Sorry it should be “the hills are alive etc”

[@ValerieOakleaf]

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

[@tripletgirl2484]

You are both great problem solvers. All the best!

[@megmills4798]

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

[@rosschamberlain1823]

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

[@RobBrown-qr6sb]

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

[@TheScottishIsle]

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

[@georgebaird8805]

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

[@tinawelch3005]

nature sheep and harp are balm. Beautifully done.

[@gaffysmenk]

Highland industrial supplies have good brooms, I think there's one in Fort William, definitely one in Inverness.

[@megmills4798]

I love the sheep eyelashes❤

[@richardthomson203]

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

[@excossack]

Membrane and fill with gravel to stop water sitting? If Colin Furze can sell jars of rock i am sure people would be jars of Scottish Isle soil :-)

[@HelenMcGinnis-i9z]

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

[@gjmiller138]

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

[@margaretlynch1494]

🙋‍♀️❤️ Sharing with my friends!

[@TheScottishIsle]

Awesome thank you!

[@stuartrogers621]

I absolutely love your vlogs, you are both wonderful !

[@mariaandrade3622]

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

[@TheScottishIsle]

Hope you enjoy! Kx

[@brynapizzo]

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

[@rb9580]

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

[@megmills4798]

Katie I like your new bracelet😊

[@jennifercopley1626]

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

[@iamshotty]

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

[@bertieboo]

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

[@robinmoore5181]

😊wonderful and very entertaining.

[@marinagauthier4597]

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

[@dawnarnold3176]

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

[@tbrown2302]

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

[@jenniferfarrah3134]

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

[@petebartlett2229]

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

[@terrythomas2735]

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

[@ehpeachylove]

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

[@susannoonan1]

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

[@robynterrey7767]

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

[@randallsherryadams5040]

Give us some Phantom of the Opera! 😂

[@joannecooke7732]

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

[@mariarobinson-jh7dm]

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

[@whiskeycook3323]

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

[@AbigailGerlach-zt1sh]

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

[@barbarakloise6790]

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

[@Rescueluv]

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

[@jackiesaylor2487]

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

[@terrybull1043]

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

[@grahamwalker3819]

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

[@TheScottishIsle]

Unfortunately, KZbin do not allow smoking on here.

[@grahamwalker3819]

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

[@petebartlett2229]

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

[@danielledani1559]

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

[@lauraautry6992]

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

[@sarahdearborn9191]

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

[@pulchralutetia]

@@sarahdearborn9191 Amen and amen.

[@tryingverytrying]

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

[@TheScottishIsle]

Wow, thank you! Kx

[@lilly6766]

Thumbnail giving ghostbusters energy. ❤❤❤

[@thehighlandlife2023]

He he I thought that!!

[@Sedum54]

Wolf tools do some good brushes.

[@charmainemcdonald9679]

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

[@geddesjimmy]

I had been subscribed but for some reason I've been missing you lately, so today I went and checked and lo and behold I was no longer subscribed, can't have that soooo......back again.

[@TheScottishIsle]

Pesky unsubscribing nonsense. Welcome back! Kx

[@daverichardson5861]

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

[@brettwalters-n4u]

I love using the weed cutter...

[@sarahmaddigan8869]

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

[@lindabaker2905]

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

[@Dore60]

👍

[@camf53]

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

[@ShelaghCorson]

Thank you very much.

[@MyMargo111]

My favourite soup I make it all the time.

[@pokeyjeanne]

Lovely Thistle. Thank you!

[@katrinagibson6559]

3 bees on the thistle was fabulous ❤

[@CindyMccomb-fz7kp]

❤️

[@dianehigham1293]

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

[@hanneliewiese3477]

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

[@paulinestevens9351]

🥰

[@rosselliot8971]

Let the sheep eat the grass.