Logging With Two Horses And A Slarch (And Kay, and lots of midges, and a homemade bandsaw...

[@joelastlight7162]

I like your Norwegian harness.Glad to see the horses are bomb proof and you have someone at their heads at 3mins.Stepping between the load and horses with traces still attached and legs akimbo,naughty.Stay safe guys.Love the channel.

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thanks, Joe. I agree - but there's no reasoning with Sandra : - )

[@bluetoad2001]

wonderfully straight grained wood slabs. the horses are magnificent all good

[@martialme84]

The mill turned out so cool! (And immensely useful, it would seem.) I love the videos where your horses are featured. One of your horse related videos was how i found your channel in the first place if i remember correctly...

[@brendankeane5725]

I love this channel. Big fan of the lady's German nostalgia. The gentleman's ingenuity is a treasure -- Ive learned so much. Would be nice to know the blow-ins are learning about Ireland's soul also. Maybe some participation in the struggling cultural renaissance? The Irish language is a treasure. She's a beautiful language, and the traditional culture, despite the famine poverty of landlord-driven austerity, has lots of fascinating secrets and gems: "meitheal" among them. Great teachers both of you. Sláinte agus beannaċt.

[@WayOutWestx2]

Go raibh maith agat, Brendan.

[@zenmaster1979]

I love to see horses doing some real work. The 4 I have are spoiled rotten trail horses. But we still love them and treat them as if they did do some real work.

[@WayOutWestx2]

They like it too - the ones we don't use are always jealous : - )

[@reb4898]

I agree with L Johnson. Citrus and mint based plants are great repellents. We have lemon balm and lemon scented geraniums that we just rub on our skin. Also, got a hummingbird feeder and our mosquitoes have disappeared. Read hummingbirds feed on small insects when feeding young.

[@onekingmetal8437]

Such a wonderful precess! I could only dream of making my own timber. Greetings from Galway!

[@GulaSage]

Im addicted with your videos! I just started gardening this year, i dont have a big land like yours just a decent balcony. Its end of spring now and my strawberries, bell paper and chilies just start fruiting! your videos make me dreaming to own my own land and plant my favourite fruits and veggies haha. love from netherland:)

[@WayOutWestx2]

Keep dreaming, GulaSage - who knows where they will lead you : - )

[@10knucklechuckle]

We call midges blackflies. One year there was apparently perfect breeding/hatching conditions and you had to run from the car to the house due to the constant swarm. Even when the door of the car was open for just a couple of seconds the next time we went out the car would be full of the little buggers. I feel for the horses as well, our dog would have his belly full of fly bites when only out for a pee....horrible horrible horrible. Hats off to you for attempting to work in the midst of them, might i suggest a flame thrower. :)

[@szilardpinter]

Nice job! Than you for filming that. Love your sawmill! :-)

[@springwoodcottage4248]

Yes, been a good year for midges in Lancashire too, one of the insects that thrives while grasshoppers, crickets, butterfly decline, no swallows this year either, first time in recollection of octogenarian neighbours & probably good for honey bees, but I deeply miss the swallows.

[@OntarioLakeside]

Fantastic!

[@JamieRChamberlain]

Wonderful! Great video thank you for taking the time to show us everything!

[@spammerwhammer5526]

Great to see the horses at work. Thanks for posting this. I make my own insect repellant from essential oils in a rapeseed oil carrier: roughly 2 parts rosemary and 1 part each of cedar, cinnamon, eucalyptus and peppermint in 30 parts carrier oil + 20 parts rubbing alcohol. Works a treat, smells great and is super value for money compared to commercial sprays.

[@WayOutWestx2]

Sounds delicious!

[@oldschoolwithamoderntwist6074]

hello,,,very good ,,love the horses,,, the team pull great together,,,,

[@markbiteler]

What a great accomplishment! Congratulations! It seems that it wasn't that long ago that you had just over 41K in subscribers and now have 71K! That too is amazing. I will be donating through Patreon and very much appreciate the videos you produce. Thank you!

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thank you very much Mark! Yes, we're developing quite a following - but it only seems really when we get recognised in the local supermarket : - )

[@matthewodum7160]

Watching here in U.S.A. I must say that not only are the two of you very charming and pleasant to watch and listen to but very resourceful and smart!! qualities rarely seen in here any more!

[@WayOutWestx2]

Aw, thanks, Matthew. We just feel very lucky to be able to live this sort of life.

[@matthewodum7160]

Way Out West Blow-in blog no problems keep those vids coming guys my wife and I would like nothing more than to live a self sufficient life style like you guys..

[@CaptainLumpyDog]

Flora and Henry are just so beautiful!

[@adgandd]

I love all of your videos!!! Please keep up all of the wonderful work. Me any my girlfriend have been planning (and saving) for our own farm someday, and your videos offer us many useful examples of the various tasks that come with a diverse business.. I can't wait for more honey bee videos, personally - but we enjoy every one of them!

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thank you adgandd - best of luck with your plans!

[@adgandd]

And thank you! Oh, and I hope that you are still tending bees, those creatures are so mysterious, and I would love to learn more about raising them if you make any more videos about it.

[@stephenodell3861]

Nice table slabs. I like your sled- arch

[@mrjon1985]

Fine looking stack of wood there

[@DixieGirl9876]

Thoroughly enjoyed watching, well done! Makes me think of the stories my dad told of how his first public job was logging timber in the mountains with mules at the ripe "old age" of 12. He said they had this one mule that they could hook her up to a tree and she'd see herself to the mill, if only they were all like that.lol

[@lmjohnsono]

A bit of lemongrass oil or peppermint oil helps keep the midges (we call 'em no-see-ums) away. Cheers from swampy buggy Florida!

[@WayOutWestx2]

Yes, but 'helps' is the word - they work but only up to a point

[@lorraine9309]

I use neem. its great, for kids with head lice.A bit smelly tho'. Its on ebay. great as flea repellant on animals too. I dont use anything else . Natural herb. the earth provides everything that we need.

[@RandallLakedogpix]

Wonderful! My wife and I are toying with the idea of starting a Way Out West Pacific Coast version as we are doing similar things here in the mountains on the west coast of California. Keep up the fine work.

[@WayOutWestx2]

That would be interesting

[@stevecary7435]

sensational effort, I so enjoy your explanations of how and why, my wife is in the next room listening to the 'news', I'll stick with your blog guys, so informative. Love your slarche, I'm not horse proficient, so I'll probably use the tractor.

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thanks, Steve. The only down-side to having the horses is that I can't justify having a tractor to play with as well..

[@charliebrown815]

bravo for your good job

[@jj-cz2tn]

Hi guys. I really enjoy your videos. Tim, if you have already considered this then read no further. Other, if you have logs which might be too big for your bandsaw, you could take 50mm (or whatever it takes) off one side of the log and then flip it 90 degrees. Your log is narrower than it was and you haven't really lost much if anything of the available sawn timber.

[@WayOutWestx2]

But how would you take off the first side, jj?

[@brianphilbrook5262]

Good job on the slarch!!! I’ve been watching a lot of your videos over the last couple days very good.

[@WayOutWestx2]

thanks, Brian!

[@janicebradford6784]

i love your blogs...greeting from Canada ..

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thanks, Janice!

[@restawhileyall1781]

Another hard day's work - earned a good night's sleep. Now that's the life we were all meant to live.

[@1crazynordlander]

Great Video! Thanks for sharing your lives with the world!

[@kismetbleu9363]

I just love this. Thanks so much for sharing the process.

[@amarildokupi488]

Please post some videos with bees and geese !!! I ❤️ your farm and your channel. I'm from Albania and l'm called Amarildo but I'm a bee and a geese lover .

[@tomuchbrainwork]

I absolutely love you both and your channel so much!

[@banjobolt1]

another brilliant video guys , keep up the good work 👍👍

[@LadyJennivieve]

We get tiny little midges in Australia called sandflies. They're the size of grains of sand, and they fit through fly mesh :(

[@benmatthews3732]

No midges here - but you could put a saddle on one of our mosquitoes! (Bonnie)

[@rogerdrum5936]

Truly lucky and well deserved.

[@johntraynor8777]

Nice one Sandra & Tim, Great info and yet another excellent video, OH and well done the rest of the work force.

[@tropifiori]

Wow. kudos!

[@brigidnewton5939]

We had a ' memorable' picnic at Kylemore Abbey (years ago) bitten to pieces by the midges, which we renamed pteradactyls, after a Punch cartoon featuring cavemen having a picnic while beating off pteradactyls & saying "It's not a picnic without them"... 😂

[@WayOutWestx2]

They are formidible, despite their size, aren't they?!

[@cprgreaves]

Alright! That does it! Enough with the colour-coordinated costumes. You have had two warnings. I am going to start my own KZbin video channel called "Way-Out! vest" (HUGE grin) Please give one extra apple each to Flora and Henry from me. Thanks! Chris

[@judithdunbar4628]

Fantastic video! Keep it up! Greetings from the Philippines!

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thanks, Judith : - )

[@johnwildwest1]

nice job fair play

[@dingo23451]

cool video

[@oneshotme]

Enjoyed Thumbs Up :)

[@a1140]

good evening hope you are well enjoying ur latest video

[@rubygray7749]

Wonderful! Makes my day when there is another video from my favourite channel! As you've already discovered, those snaphooks you're using at 0:11, are not horse-drawn friendly. You need MUCH heavier hooks than this. Preferably, forge some 15mm rod S-hooks yourself ! (YT video opportunity.) They would be ideal for this job. Those other clips are only meant for running along ropes, not for taking any weight. They are dangerous around horses & dogs on lead ropes too, as the sharp edges can get caught and attached on fences, wire, fingers, etc with nasty results.

[@WayOutWestx2]

You're right - but the ones we want are not easily available and they're pricey. Only very rarely do we have any trouble with the ones we use..

[@rubygray7749]

When I bought my first draught horses and was assembling harness, I bought those clips too, and very soon found they were pulled out of shape, and deformed so they wouldn't open either. Had to be removed with boltcutters. My oldtime farming mentor scoffed at these things and sent me off to get some "hessocks" (S-hooks) made by an engineering firm. They are always open at both ends so can be slipped off in a crisis. But I know Tim that you are well able to forge your own! It would be the work of moments for you! And a valuable asset especially now that you are logging with such heavy loads.

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thanks for your encouragement, Ruby. It would be a nice project, alright...

[@celticqaidbear]

Use lemon juice on bug bits, takes the bite away

[@chox2001]

great video put some spacing between the planks to help even drying

[@WayOutWestx2]

There are dozens of sticks in there - perhaps you couldn't see them?

[@chox2001]

Way Out West Blow-in blog sorry didn't see them

[@colmseoighe]

do you know what? I often think with all the beautiful animals and things that are endangered in the world there is never any fear of the midges being extinct.Scientists find all kinds of ways of curing all kind of terrible diseases and they have no way of really stopping the midges from coming around without spraying yourself with stuff that is probably more harm to you than the midges bites themselves. One time they even found me on the ocean on a very calm evening , we all had to hide under deck and leave dad steer us ashore.The bog is another place they are very fond of they lie and wait and plan their attack there.

[@edithrugolo1941]

What a lovely video!!👍🏻😘. Are gypsies? The I ask ,is because the type of horse you have .They ate so beautiful! Wow that is a lot of work for the poor horse.

[@joelastlight7162]

Brilliant stuff,sub`d

[@63256325N]

They resemble what the eastern US folk call blackflies, I would imagine they're called that elsewhere I just know what I know them as, and man they do suck....literately. Thanks for the wonderful video.

[@WayOutWestx2]

That's a different fly, Duncan, I think. Our are really small. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midge (I understand that large areas of Canada were considered impossible for Europeans to survive in, not because of the cold, but because of the black flies)

[@63256325N]

Well I can certainly believe that. The blackfly is a ravenous little bugger for sure. I lived in Maine for half my life and I'd buy OFF insect repellant by the case during blackfly season. I should remember just when it started but I'll be darned if I can, mid Spring, perhaps, burying bad memories. lol. Lasted just a couple weeks or so, thank goodness, not the entire summer. The little tiny ones, midges, didn't bite just few into the eyes and mouth. Pain in the butt.

[@63256325N]

The blackfly I speak of is quite small also, not a whole lot bigger than the midge. If you google "Maine blackfly" you'll see what I mean. Do an image search to see the results of being bitten as well as what they look like. ~

[@mossy1s]

Oh... someone with an Irish accent on the channel!

[@WayOutWestx2]

We don't care what people sound like or look like. It's what they say and do that's important, surely?

[@mossy1s]

Way Out West Blow-in blog That's very true but in all your previous videos everyone you work with has an English accent, it didn't surprise me at first until it kept happening so I was getting suspicious that the farm was not really in Ireland and maybe you were just saying that as a decoy. I've seen other KZbinrs do stuff like that so people won't know their location.

[@WayOutWestx2]

Ha! I see. Good plan. We didn't think of that and now it's too late. Though lots of people assume we're talking about the west of the States. We'll include more Irish accents to confuse them : - )

[@martialme84]

Just rewatched your video on the historic seed-dinosaur-drill hehe :) Have you by any chance been able to use it to good effect since then? Or is it just always too wet for it to work at all in your region? Thanks.

[@IncaTrails]

We'd love to see a little more of those stone cottages. And what is a palaba? (undoubtedly spelled wrong :-))

[@WayOutWestx2]

Ha! A palaver is just a convoluted, slow, complicated way of something getting done. Sorry for my bad diction. Yes, we want to tell you all about the stone buildings soon. Fingers crossed!

[@garyevans8116]

You need to stick and stack your timber or it won’t dry properly and just end up a mess but nice film

[@MrVailtown]

@ 06:15 on the right of screen, looks to be a head stock of a lathe. Have you used this in awhile or is it a work in progress?

[@WayOutWestx2]

I used it this weekend. Perhaps I should make a video on it?

[@Kirmeins]

Sooo, you think your horses weigh 450kg each did I catch that right? Or where you referring to the weight they could pull? Somehow, I have a really hard time believing they weigh so little. Surely such a heavy breed weighs more than a big pony like perhaps the icelandic horse? I would guess around 800kg for each of them. :D

[@WayOutWestx2]

We haven't actually weighed them - but we hope to do that soon. So we're going on comparisons with other horses and our vet's best guess. These are really small heavy horses.

[@jonasfaller1491]

Hey ich hab da mal eine Frage ich kann leider euern Deutschen Kanal nicht mehr finden. Was ist mit ihm passiert. Habt ihr ihn gelöscht. Das wäre echte schade eure Beiträge waren echt Klasse.

[@salmonhunter7414]

Are midges similar to mosquitos?

[@WayOutWestx2]

MUCH smaller than mosquitoes and quieter too. But they have a similar effect (Run away!)

[@donaldasayers]

Why does the slarch not have wheels, or tracks?

[@WayOutWestx2]

Did you look at the video about making it?

[@donaldasayers]

Oh!

[@lloydmullins2658]

No I just live in a magical place that produces large mosquitos that carry west nile virus and leave huge welts.

[@marcdette1164]

do you habe your german channel anymore? When you do can you please send me a link? Thanks in advance

[@WayOutWestx2]

KZbin has taken it down and we don't know why. We're trying everything to get it sorted out. Very frustrating!

[@marcdette1164]

Thanks for fast reply , and des it is frustrating i loved this channel

[@voelligegal]

Hi ihr 2, was ist denn mit eurem deutschen Kanal passiert? ich bin voll traurig, dass er gesperrt wurde ;(

[@WayOutWestx2]

Hallo ihr Lieben! Leider wissen wir immer noch nicht, wie es weitergeht mit unserem deutschen Kanal. KZbin schweigt sich aus, aber wir versuchen weiter, die Sache zu klären. Soviel wir wissen, handelt es sich um ein Irrtum von Seiten der KZbinleute...Habt Geduld, wir werden wiederkommen, in welcher Form auch immer!!!

[@annaturba]

Was ist denn eigentlich mit eurem deutschen Kanal passiert? Wo ist der denn hin? 😯

[@WayOutWestx2]

Hallo ihr Lieben! Leider wissen wir immer noch nicht, wie es weitergeht mit unserem deutschen Kanal. KZbin schweigt sich aus, aber wir versuchen weiter, die Sache zu klären. Soviel wir wissen, handelt es sich um ein Irrtum von Seiten der KZbinleute...Habt Geduld, wir werden wiederkommen, in welcher Form auch immer!!!

[@annaturba]

Oh je, ich hoffe, dass sich das bald in eurem Sinne klärt! Ihr macht so tolle Videos und ich schau sie mir gerne auch in zwei Sprachen an, weil sie so nett und ausgeglichen sind. :-) Danke für die Antwort und liebe Grüße!