UPGRADING The Passion Project As Our Plans Have Changed - featuring the Luba-2 5000 AWD

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[@elf5012]

The gates, door, and gazebo look beautiful. Privacy is so important. The Passion Project is a perfect place for romantic weddings. Great idea!

[@lynetteyoung9777]

Adding an iron plate to the gates of the Passion Project was brilliant. It was sorely needed for the guests comfort. The iron gazebo was beautifully made.

[@elizabethjurkacek5217]

You two create magic. So happy to see this project evolve

[@lindamitman4538]

Love the changes you’ve made to the gates for privacy. The robot has done a really nice job on the grass!

[@edwardulrich1515]

Edd and Anna, I love your "passion project." You keep making thoughtful esthetic improvements which only enhance the value of le petit château. The lawn 🤖 robot is certainly a godsend, freeing up valuable time and energy.

[@andreechenier8325]

a venue for more intimate weddings is a great idea!

[@dennispatrick4999]

I wish I could afford this home. It was a mess and Edd & Anna turned it into a beautiful mini Chateau.

[@charmees6637]

Great idea having intimate weddings at the passion project. Love that pretty gazebo. Love your new plans with the pool fencing, roses around the gazebo and especially the new lawnmower. What a gem 🙌

[@arrealiaallison9856]

Ed, I love how you want things done perfectly. I bet your home is clean as a whistle.

[@emtodd859]

Y’all are just making the Passion House better and better. Love the idea of columns around the pool❤. How about old fashioned street lights at the pool.

[@pamkullman8839]

Love seeing the Passion Project house!! ❤

[@pamelawright1369]

The robot has done a great job, thank you for sharing 😊

[@JanetMitchell-lc1ib]

I enjoyed watching the robot! It was quite relaxing and did a very good job.

[@JM-bg2ts]

Thanks Ed and Anna, always great work. 👍

[@clairegledhill2497]

Love the idea of using it as a wedding venue x

[@MJPH5]

One of my favorite parts of your videos is the “bonus content/shots” we get during the ending song 🎶

[@aussiepastor4352]

As an Australian, I just love Anna & Ed's humour. RE: the lawn, you need Lawn Aerating; Either with an appropriately weighted Spiked Roller or better still Lawn Corer. This will help the lawn especially in the worn and patchy areas.

[@mariondaniels-price-hh6mx]

The gazebo looks lovely and provides a like private, romantic space for couples. I'd just like to suggest adding a walkway or stepping stones to make it easier to cross the grass to the gazebo. Ladies wearing heels with their wedding attire will greatly appreciate having the path.

[@rosemariedeschenes7013]

Love the gazebo and the privacy gates. That robot mover will definitely make the grass and leaves easier to maintain. Loving forward to seeing the improvements 😍😘

[@lindamounts2193]

Looks nice. I would plant lavender around the pool instead of roses. It's so French and is so hardy and drought resistant. Also looks beautiful in photos.

[@ireneskidmore8755]

Anna loves roses

[@AtlantaGarden]

I'm wondering if there is enough sun in that spot for roses to bloom. Still, it's a lovely idea. That Luba robot mower is great for freeing up your time for other projects!

[@anna-taniatransylove5762]

🙂what a lovely Pavillion

[@Robin-xr2tz]

Larry the lawn mower is great. What a time saver and beautiful lawn maker!!

[@jeanburgin160]

So pretty, you all have done a great job on restoring this lovely property. These gates do look so nice. Love them. You all have worked so hard on this property. Smart, to use the robot mower!!! This will be an amazing location for weddings. All the best to you all on this venture. Wow that looks so good! Did a great job!

[@Robin-xr2tz]

The work you did to level and clean up the yard really paid off

[@annettesharrock1236]

Grass looking fab Edd even though you thought it was not listening to you at first😘😂Lots of plans going forward. Can not wait to see what it all turns out like . Loved watching Edd and Anna😘😘

[@srkiboj1762]

I am in love with that mansion😍

[@debbiebrowne-gudat5170]

All those addidtions will help give the place a more softer, lived in feel. You're onto something there.

[@samanthabloggins1775]

I like your new toy!! It did a great job on the grass, it's too bad your summer heat damaged the grass so much! I love the gazebo idea with roses . Your improvements are going to look great!!❤❤❤❤

[@Aotruba]

Great idea for small weddings 👍😊👍❣️

[@diannedutton6127]

Nice robot! ❤ Ed and Anna

[@tinacarrol6702]

Ring That Bell 🛎️🛎️ 😊Love The Gazebo Edd Anna. Xx

[@kellythomas6507]

Everything that Ed and Anna “fix” turns out beautiful ♥️♥️

[@monikastuckey8737]

Yay! Love the Passion Project work.

[@Tinrebel]

You two work very hard as always! That little robot did a good job! I don’t have grass but if I did! Beats mowing!

[@ruthfrench]

Ask local friends, but I would re-seed the barest bits of your lawn just as the weather turns wetter. A longer growing period before next year’s summer will allow it to develop a better root system.

[@jeanniehall1440]

The gates look marvelous

[@AbigailGerlach-zt1sh]

Your gazebo is lovely. I love iron work. It's so substantial looking. The gates look good. Nice job! A sprinkler system is such a good idea, but there is no denying it requires constant upkeep. Sprinkler heads that don't pop up, heads that get broken, people who inadvertently step in the hole where the heads are and sprain or break an ankle. (My friend stepped in the hole and broke her ankle...twice!!!) If you set the grass cutter at 6 a.m. and then program the sprinklers for an hour after the cutter finishes, it could all be finished before your guests are up.

[@megmills4798]

I like the black out on gates for privacy hello Anna&Edd😊

[@sue7190]

Great idea to add the steel plates to the gates and a super idea to have the robot mower. Do you have robot pool cleaner like you have at the chateau, that would be great. A couple of suggestions that may be food for thought. We have just replaced loose limestone gravel on our garden paths with compacted limestone gravel and it is brilliant- looks pretty and looks perfect all the time. We also used it for a couple of seating areas and it works really well - would look beautiful in the gazebo. Another suggestion for your new flower beds is to buy bulk rolls of cardboard and cover it with mulch or wood chip. It would immediately look smart and you can cut into it and add planting as you develop the beds and it will suppress weeds between the new plants saving you time. Remember to wet the cardboard before adding the mulch. Over time the cardboard will degrade and disappear. Love the idea of the wisteria and columns.❤

[@BordeauxLife]

Thank you

[@Randy8923]

Everything looks beautiful. Love the robotic lawnmower. Thinking about getting two of them myself. Enjoyed. Blessings.

[@earlsandyevens]

Billy Pethrick gave Ed praise on his pool building expertise recently.

[@TheAngela2468]

That's awesome 😊😊😊

[@revtmyers1]

Love the updates. I'm really surprised how well the mower works.

[@becky8571]

Hope you get David Austen roses that smell divine!

[@Jane-3229]

Amazing plans for your passion project. Good luck ❤❤❤

[@Rain-Peters]

Always beautiful work.

[@kevin02mulder]

so nice property. hope you can use it for yourselves too 😉

[@raynonabohrer5624]

Cool. ❤❤❤

[@goldenineke]

Best thing I ever did was instal a spear point/bore in my garden when I bought the house. We pay for town water useage here and I can have a lovely garden without a huge water bill.

[@barneygoddard6421]

Looking forward to the final restoration of the abandoned house in town.

[@lindagage7315]

Looking great!

[@Rippypoo]

Nice segment. Hi, Louis!❤

[@MB-hc9tk]

I absolutely love my auto mower have it about 2 years now , I’ve a different brand but same thing. it’s out there every day and the grass was a mess now it’s so even and lush it made a huge difference! And brilliant that you can change heights with the seasons. everyone always compliments it and is fascinated when they come into the garden by it 😂 It has a sensor when it comes across an obstacle it doesn’t recognise like children or small animals and that. Very small maintenance just swapping out the blades once a year and sweeping grass off every now and then .

[@mjecheverria4197]

Best regards❤

[@marywise2703]

I would definitely plant the border around the pool with boxwoods

[@BordeauxLife]

We are struggling with boxwood right now, as there is a bug that ravages them in France - every time we plant them they die. 😞

[@EmilyBoltz]

That is exactly what I was thinking. The boxwood would hide the pool for wedding photos and give that even more private feeling around the pool.

[@krismorris1810]

@@BordeauxLifeand in England too, just had to remove my beautiful box hedges, grown from cuttings ten years ago. Absolutely decimated by moth type larvae, I cut back to an inch of their life, but now had to remove…sad.

[@PynfoldPat]

@@krismorris1810 I had to do the same. I’m in England too.

[@melissaworth4961]

There are lots of aromatic drought-resistant options - hedge germander (Teucrium x lucidrys) might work well, or salt bush (Atriplex halibus - you'd love this Anna!)

[@mariemasterson8362]

Looks great 👍

[@donnastorch4462]

Looks amazing ❤🇨🇦

[@newday5]

lol watching a robotic lawn mover who would ever believe this 20 years ago !

[@MetteKjorstad-vb5ym]

Greetings from 🇸🇪😄

[@pthomson9736]

Brilliant ❤❤

[@ireneskidmore8755]

You two are amazing! I have watched you since your first chateau on Chateau DIY. Let’s not forget you also have a family life and a wedding business! You deserve a huge congratulations!

[@BordeauxLife]

Thank you 🙏

[@barbarakloise6790]

For your gazebo you need full sun for roses don't forget because where you put it has a lot of trees so roses may not do well there. Just a heads up.

[@Strooisuiker]

You might want to reduce the need to water too much by making some more borders with plants that can survive a the drought, and wood chips. Much more future-proofed. Summers are not going to get any wetter.

[@Rob-.]

Edd and Anna, Great ideas, very exciting! I bet Jenny will have words for the robot when she sees it going! 😂

[@janeharris6925]

I think it would be best to make a path to the gazebo. If people want to use it for weddings, they don’t necessarily want to track through the grass in high heels.

[@mrsbingh]

Good idea.

[@BordeauxLife]

Thanks, we were thinking of using it for a seating area rather than wedding gazebo, we will think about it.

[@stephaniegaromon3244]

I think you have just saved time and money. You should fertilize with a weed and feed and maybe seed some of the areas that have died. A sprinkler system will do wonders. Love your idea for small weddings. ❤

[@mannyortiz4814]

Edd,Anna my loves. The passion project looks beautiful. The new grass cutting machine does a fantastic job. So glad everything is going great with you guys. Until next time. Please, take care and stay safe. Love ya 🍾🥂🕊😇🙏🌞👍🇺🇸❤️🌈🌹

[@smills7303]

Hello! Always looking good! Missing Bordeaux already!

[@BordeauxLife]

😘

[@Jasonmarcnash787]

Thankyou for sharing another wonderful vlog. I like your peanuts hoodie Edd😊. These lawnmowers are incredible and yes unlike a man, when you’ve had enough you can switch them off 🤣😂😘😘

[@kayethiel9912]

Great job by robot ❤

[@maryhilton1558]

Wisteria near the pool? I guess it will be SO romantic to have all the petals floating in the pool.

[@MyPupDash]

Hello from Ohio👋

[@metropcs7560]

Enjoyed the video!!! Thank you for sharing!!!

[@kayenash5481]

Wow it did a good job ❤❤

[@marcie685]

Cutting the lawn will help but you must weed and feed the lawn as well to help promote thickness of the grass and eradicate the weeds from taking over.🇦🇺🙋‍♀️

[@autodidactin]

Edd, when you walked up to that wall at Vilna, I remembered when you built it. The upgrade plans sound exciting. If my lawn was any bigger than the postage stamp it is, I would get one of those mowing robots, because the one you have really did a great job.

[@lisajahn6839]

Not too short on th grass. It is healthier and conserved water about 3 to 4 cm.

[@lisajahn6839]

😊❤

[@chrisblair8648]

Looking nice. Shame you never got back to me about renting this lovely place for my 60th in October 😞

[@BordeauxLife]

Hi Chris - sorry about that but it’s already rented on those dates.

[@daynight4902]

best

[@jillipepper5353]

Our landscaper said to not cut it too short or the lawn would burn and it would stop the thatch from getting nice and thick. He was right👍🏼🙋🏼‍♀️

[@BordeauxLife]

If we have sprinklers we can do something really nice short / green ….. right now it’s longish and brown in summer 😞

[@KwazySwede]

Hello 👋

[@kayenash5481]

Great idea for such a big erea, fingers crossed it doesn't konk out halfway through Edd 😃🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@sandradavis9309]

I like to watch a lawn mower mow.

[@katrinhelgason1293]

Nice Gazebo...but...Roses need sun! perhaps there is a shade lover that also smells nice.

[@jennifermansfield8382]

The only downside I would say about your robot is it does not collect the cuttings which could end up in the pool by the wind or people walking around and then having a dip as that what happens to our pool

[@joleenhuber6042]

We planted new grass this year at our chateau and were wondering what you recommend for weed control in the grass. We are from the USA and they sale lots of products there to weed and feed your lawn, but we have not seen anything in France that manages the weeds in the lawn. We consider you the go to guy for all the building, renovating and landscaping stuff in France. Thanks in advance.

[@BordeauxLife]

Thank you that’s so kind….. to be fair I found it unbelievable that the French don’t do weed and feed!!! But there it is …. It’s either rare or they don’t do it!! This is one of the main reasons I turfed the whole garden….. no weeds - then the grass died due to very very dry soil EVERY summer….. hence the sprinkler system im going to install! For the weeds it’s a hard one but if you keep cutting and cutting the grass (boxing the cuttings off / feeding the grass) it will come good eventually…. Sorry I have no other ideas apart from searching weed and feed on Amazon!

[@melissaworth4961]

@@BordeauxLife RHS advice would be to start again with drought resistant mix and keep weeded. Reduce the area you want to maintain as a fine lawn to reduce the amount of water and labour/chemicals. You could have different mowing regimes in other areas - native local wild flower meadows and areas of prairie/matrix planting with specimen grasses and flowering perennials.

[@gancarzpl]

I noticed the privacy issue and thought that you will strategically plant a hedge as a privacy screen. If somebody would like to see what is going inside, still can.

[@TheBTG88]

You’ll want to put down some weed and feed fertilizer in the Spring.

[@Kimella777]

❤😊

[@Dore60]

👍

[@tamithirion7766]

Do you use a weed and feed on your lawn? I thought you played turf, surprised the lawn is patchy (yes, summer heat has been hard on the lawns). I did learn to leave the lawn a bit longer, it holds water better. I have issues with my lawn also. This is an amazing property

[@smgreenartsprivate]

Makes sense you have an additional accommodation for the wedding party or more than one venue for one. If you were in for hiring someone to run it or manage Sadie Petherick could manage it for you :) Off of that an accommodation outlet for off season renting or event space. Just found another Bordeaux reno YT channel Broad Maker if ever you needed some extra hands on renovations. Does it do edging work? always good to have time saving lawn care :) you always have the best gadgets Edd ;) maybe have sprinklers also run on rain barrels when you aren't running it on plumbing could save you some money on water costs.

[@user-nf7pd8ik3d]

Edd, I’m trying to encourage my lovely husband to get a garden robot (“C3PO”)…..but he’s far too stubborn! I’ll see what he says about this video! Fingers crossed!

[@gunterhagendorf8318]

Using sprinklers or a bore hole in the summer - I have my doubts. Usually in Bordeaux, the usage of public or underground water for private gardens in summer is strictly prohibited by the Prefecture. You risk a heavy fine.

[@BordeauxLife]

No I don’t ….. the professional that cuts the bore hole explained I’m in a zone where it is allowed - thank you for your concern though.

[@markgriffin2400]

Are you using at the chateau as well and did you use your pool cleaner at this place as well hope you and Anna and the kids are doing great

[@BordeauxLife]

Si we can’t use them all over the chateau land - it’s too big, but now we know how well they work we will possibly use them on the terraces at the chateau! We have a second pool cleaner for this place yes….. the little brother of the one at Lagorce, but no top skimmer. We are all great thanks, a little tired from a long wedding season but looking forwards to spending a bit more time with the kids!

[@valeriemendes9988]

😂😂😂 nauty robot 🤖

[@GwendolynTideman]

👏👏👏👏👍

[@shur7318]

I think you guys are going to have to reseed the grass lots of bare spots and weeds

[@kendallricker9633]

Have you considered a robot to mow the grass, just a thought.