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I have repaired plenty of fence ravaged by cows, goats and Clydesdales. Fortunately I have never had to take on the challenge of a primordial tree. Hats off to you two for skill, ingenuity and sheer grit!!! Great job!!!❤

Can we all just take a moment and admire Katie's hair?

@billathighwoods4289

6 ай бұрын

For sure she should have been in the Highlander movie series!!

I'll be praying for you Scott. Hope you feel better. I know it sucks to feel stuck and not work, but the more you take it easy and rest the faster you'll be able to recover. 🙏

Just take the tree bit by bit a little at a time! I’m 79 and I’ve learned there are a lot of little solutions to this problem🤗🌈

My heart just sank when I saw that tree. Hopefully you’ll be able to get someone out to the island and get that taken care of quickly. Scott, rest your back.-don’t try to do too much before it’s healed. That birch will make especially nice firewood

Ice pack then heating pad are your friends. Feel better soon and give yourself time to heal. You two are a great team :) ❤

You two are the most amazing couple. No job is to big for you to undertake. That tree is massive and that root ball is gigantic. You were so right when you were talking about the power of nature….especially wind and water. That was some storm. Must have been gale force winds. So glad you are both safe. Hope you get some relief with your back Scott.

There is nothing worse than back pain! You did a good job, the rest will can be done later! You have alot of firewood coming!

Look on the bright side . Potential lumber if milled . Years ago had a similar sized tree on our property felled and made into wide plank flooring . Could be a gift for you guys .

@TheScottishIsle

6 ай бұрын

I really hope we can mill it! Kx

You are both a force of nature and nature is a force for you….. beautiful but raw… never ceases to amaze me how nature rules our lives in so many ways.. nice cup of tea and a slice of Katie’s loaf should ease the pain. Big hugs xx🍞☕️🫖🌲🌲🌲🦌

@bergannon6585

6 ай бұрын

Yes, I agree, choice between being stuck in morning traffic or living your authentic life, It's a no-brainer 😊

My heart just goes out to you both! Keep safe and well! ❤❤

You can make cedar shingles (shakes) for siding or roofing with the cedar tree rounds or make split cedar rails for fencing.

How Scott didn't swear when he fell & Katie didn't make jokes or laugh I don't know, but that could just be my sense of auzzie humour. Hope your back mends soon Scott & you both get through this misfortune of mother nature with ease.

You are two incredible people….I’d have sat down and cried!

Ooooh, I felt every step you took as I suffer lower back pain as well. It always stops me in my tracks so I admire your willpower to carry on. It seems that all the bad stuff happens at the same time just to drive us nuts.

So sorry you’ve hurt your back Scot , so debilitating, especially with all the storm damage you now have to sort out . Rest is the best healer , but that doesn’t seem to be an option for you at the moment . How resilient you both are , even cracking little jokes 👍. Hope you soon are feeling better . 🙏

Regardless how sedate or physically demanding a background, one should always take a few moments to do some stretching exercises before undertaking any activity. The heat generated along with the stretching of muscles should prevent many tissue injuries. May you have a speedy stress-free recovery.

@bergannon6585

6 ай бұрын

Absolutely, Yoga movements are super pain relievers. ❤

So sorry to hear this happened to you. Worrying about the trees behind your home...I have seen in past vlogs water coming down from stream. I hope there are no looming trees behind your house that could fall on you. Perhaps if you get professional help removing the fallen tree, he could check the others around your home while he is there.

I feel your pain Scott. Take it easy and rest your back. Katie you are an amazing woman. You two are tackling what others would not do. I look forward to your content.

When life hands you lemons make lemonade - or in your case, when life hands you giant trees, make firewood and sheep food. I feel your pain, and send you massive amounts of cyber hugs and positive energies xx Teresa 🙏❤🇦🇺

If you look online there's some very good exercises you can do to untrap the nerve. Worked wonders for me. Sciatica is a nasty pain. Feel for you 😢

You two are a true test of strength, endurance, ingenuity, skill and plain old grit. I chuckled as I got in the shower this evening thinking no way, I’m such a wimp. Don’t get me wrong, I have done some tough things in my life but at my age I like my luxuries. I feel like I’m watching Outlander. I admire you two so much. Scott, take care of that sciatica, I had it for 3 months years ago. It’s horrible

As somebody who was immobilized for about 3 weeks while folding laundry I feel your pain my guy

@sarcasticinfj5310

6 ай бұрын

Laundry will do that to you 😂😂😂. #Abolishlaundry. Stay safe!

you guys are total troupers - praying for you both

Wondered how you would top Scott's back going out...hurt here every step he took!! Well, a Giant Sequoia down across your main road will just about do it!!! How did you mainfest that? Can always trust you to reframe every ostensible catastrophe to a gift: "sheep food and abundance of wood." ❤❤

I have been practicing yoga for 42 years. I have seen many people look to yoga to help their issues and seen them succeed. One particular lady came to the class with sciatic nerve pain, saying she had been to so many doctors and physio therapist and nobody had helped her, she didn't want to spend her life on pain killers (as it masks the pain she wanted to fix the root cause) during one class she was doing a particular pose and there was a pop, everyone heard it....from that moment on she has not had ANY sciatic pain. I know you were saying this is something else but it maybe worth a try, you don't have to be bendy or super fit, simple poses to start can make the world of difference, yoga can improve almost anything.... I wish you well soon.

I have suffered from sciatica since I was 20...mine was an injury of a different nature, but the pain is the the same, I would assume. you were so right, steps or slope doesn't matter. I'm only glad that you both, along with sheep and cats made it through that storm safely. If you do the front flower garden in, save the calendula! Continue to take wonderful care of each other. Sending love and prayers.

@jaywon6749

5 ай бұрын

I have battled sciatica since my 20’s and I always pushed through it. It got to a point they had to do surgery. The surgeon nicked my spine and lost all feeling on my entire left side. Since I have been there I can certainly tell you any anti- inflammatory works. This ended my entire outdoorsman life that I throughly enjoyed. I love this channel because it brings me back to the life that I wanted to lead. Thank you for your content. ❤❤

Nature keeps setting up the barriers, but you two just keep meeting it straight on! Yes, more fire wood. OUCH! With the back. My secret weapon is a very large hot water bottle. Where necessary, I belt to myself to allow me to keep moving. I agree the power of wind and water is phenomenal! I hope your Land Lord is better than most. Loved every minute of this episode, both of you are simply just inspiring!

Poor Scott! Suffering from lower back pain myself, I feel your pain. Best is to tackle small jobs and rest a lot in between. Best wishes from South Africa 🇿🇦

Your resilience is remarkable. Just glad it only damaged the fence and not you or the property.

Hi guys, love your videos, really admire you living in such isolation, followed you from the beginning, can't wait to see the Scottish Isle in the spring, it will be beautiful like the other seasons, Happy living and hope Scott's back is better soon xx

Dear Lord, you really are being put through the ringer. Bottom line, so long as you, Scott, the animals and your home are OK, everything else is doable. Would you consider bringing in spring Woofers to help with winter tidy? They could bring their own tents. Just an idea. For your first winter experience, you are doing fantastic. Keep safe, only do what's essential. Your health is more important than anything else. Blessings to you all. ❤️ ❤❤

I think I would have put the fence around the back of the root for the interim. Good luck with your back - I had that injury in 2000 from years of dirt biking - it’s still a weak point.

@natalieadams6380

5 ай бұрын

I was also thinking it would have been easier to run the fence behind the roots.

Love, and hugs from a granny in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. ❤

As someone who has 6 herniated disks (even after surgery) and two titanium rods in my back, I feel your pain and I'm sorry. Lots of walking and swimming in cold water helps a lot and lucky for you, you have both options at your doorstep.

@Tess-FrugalLiving

6 ай бұрын

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Well done for sorting that fence, especially with back pain .seeing the size of the tree that came down is quite scary!

I had a back operation in 1998. Since then by back has been playing up. I understand a bad back, with that my sincerest empathy. Thát is no joke.....

Hello from one hatched in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1952. I am fiddling, "Swinging on a Gate" on my Violin. Now in Brunswick, Maine, US..

I have repair plenty of deer fence /fences damaged by animals & trees, I just cut fence under the tree pull fence back post either side of tree refix fence and a temporary piece over the tree. I usually only have a 36" bar chainsaw But I've cut many & cleared tree over the bar length by starting your 2 cuts 6/8 foot apart and removed wood in-between and again until you cut through

Paceyour self. I'm glad your both well.could be pinched nervous in lower back and legs. I had the same thing happen.streching helps God bless.

great you can see the positive in the huge tree toppling over ...sheep treats and lots of firewood to keep you warm ! In a way, that was nature giving you 'gifts'

@TheScottishIsle

5 ай бұрын

It's nice to see you back, lass, you were away for a while! Kx

I have periodic back pain and I can relate. I hope you feel better soon.

The bits where you are fixing the gate/fence sped up you looked like characters from Trumpton! 🤣🤣🤣

I could cry for you. That storm did so much damage 😢

As a musician type with a broken down body...I wish you both an easier spring...well early spring

Sorry to see all the damage you have around your place. Be safe!

Imagine if you got a knock at the door one evening, it would be terrifying

I was glad when you came to the realization that you need a Tree Surgeon. I’ve seen those root balls fall back and if you don’t do it right it can hurt you bad.

Try an inversion board Scott. I had your same issue. Gravity works better than anything. Except maybe beer of course. Best 150 bucks I ever spent.

Bummer. What a huge tree! Looks like it will burn good. It does look like a job for a lumberjack for sure. Hang in there guys. Scott, my husband swears by a Teeter Hang up for his lower back. You should look it up. It decompresses your discs and relieves pinched nerves. Blessings to both of you. Hang in there. Spring is near.

Use branches to shore up the boggy ground, cut blocks out of tree, to the depth of saw, then a slightly smaller block and work through the tree. Not as quick as a straight cut through but still very doable when you're physically able.

@lotsapockets

5 ай бұрын

@ladygardener100 The fence is to limit deer from getting close to the homestead, deer can cause damage, particularly to crops and young trees, they can also spread paracites which are less than desirable.

Google massage technique for Sciatica. Have a hot soak with Epsom salts, do the massage (often a tennis ball is all you need), and then do some very light stretching. Repeat this every day or so until it relaxes. I'm a massage therapist in Canada.

I totally sympathise, ive had lower back sciatica twice. Honestly the quickest way to recover is to gently keep mobile even tho it hurts.

Wow a huge job repairing the fence…you both do good work. Love to you both 🤗🤗

Over the years I've cut quite a number of trees off fences anything over around 20" in diameter I start by limbing it and cutting the trunk into stove sized blocks (unless you want to try to rip some planks out of it) it is amazing how much you can do with a small saw

Hope the back is ok. Had a bad back a few times now. So I can feel your pain take care. Hopefully you get help with the tree. Stay safe the both of you.

Feeling your pain...literally, Scott. Few years back, I attempted chiropractic intervention. The last one, like straw, did me in. Doctor told me it was "all in your head" until a MRI was done. Shocked. He actually apologized. Then I was transferred to larger hospital where they inserted a 'clamp'. Even driving made me fearful that winter. Seems as I get older, I don't feel so tough. Hope the weather improves and you feel better soon. Hey, I won't fuss if you have a few beers to relax those muscles & nerves

Oh that must have been one hell of a storm, can only imagine the noise of it with those trees coming down. That's so soul crushing seeing all that blimin work and having to get the arborists in for that big one. Yep they'll need a pretty grunty saw for that one. Hope you're on the mend Scott back pain is not fun at all.

Such shallow roots for a huge tree xxxx

Thanks!

@TheScottishIsle

6 ай бұрын

🤍🤗Thank you so much, Sandra! Kx

I felt so badly for your back injury Scott! May you heal quickly. I hope the deer fence is patched well enough that you can rest and relax. Doesn't Jeeves need a lap to take a nap on?

My heart goes out to both of you. Scott, I know how you feel. I have the same problem with my back. You both did an amazing job of the fence.

I suffered from the same problem for years until I got myself an inverter table, never suffer since.

Scott, my back did exactly the same thing a couple of winters back - right out of nowhere - and I struggled with it for a couple of months until I was forced to climb down some oversized steps at a Mayan ruin in Mexico. I had help, and a lot of hand-holding, but the exaggerated steps (about hip-height) stretched something out and released whatever nerve was pinched. I was amazed and so relieved! Good luck to you - I sympathize completely!

Awwww I feel your pain ...hubby had two herniated discs in lower back that gave sciatic pain...you did really well to get moving so quickly...ibuprofen is good to take the swelling down. You are both an amazing team the owners are very lucky to have you on the Island ❤

Hello Katie and Scott, It's a shame that the trees fell down on the fence. Causing the damage and repairs. I do hope your back feels better Scott, I know what it feels like to live with pain. I do wish you a speedy recovery. And I'm hoping the weather cooperates some so that the repairs will be easier. I enjoyed watching this video with mixed feelings, feeling bad for you both, but at the same time it was interesting to see how you would have accomplished the task. Looking forward to more videos.

You guys really worked well together. Good luck moving forward.

Cedar, the smell in the wee Bothy would be amazing! Line your cupboards and the loo area. As a soft wood, easy to cut and mill but not as firewood, leaves too much residue in the lum, potential for a fire you don't want. By the way, if you find that your chain saw, even with shims can't cut right entirely around, you can source in the UK a 36" cross-cut handsaw, one hand or two hands to finish the slab off.

@billathighwoods4289

6 ай бұрын

You already have two hands to finish the job. To be clear, it is a two-handed or "handles" as in loggers saw I was trying to describe! Aw, auld Scottish education leaving school at age 14!

Surprised at how shallow the roots are on that huge tree. It's a wonder more had not fallen down in that wind. Luckily you have none near the house I hope. Isn't it fun having to work through the pain of a bad back. Take care.

Hope your back improves really quickly. You need your mobility to live that lifestyle. Love watching your progress with the property. Keep going and good luck to the pair of you.

Be intresting to see how you will move the tree 🌲 another exciting episode on the island 😊❤

I've suffered from periodic back problems off and on for close to 20 years now. I'm very sorry and I hope you get better soon. If I could I would saw a cord of wood for you but I'm in NC.

If Scot does take Naprosyn, please be sure to always take it with food. I was taking it for the same reason he's hobbling around. I've been there, all locked up, unable to move. I found that Naprosyn, plenty of fluids (water) and rest, addresses the inflammation in the short term. All the best and keep your legs together! 😁

Hi i am no timber jack , But if u find the centre of the tree. Then support both sides of the trees centre, from underneath the m saw or chain saw in the centre. When u start 2 saw the weight of Both sides of the supports will allow the tree to drop both sides, to fall or break in two. hope this helps good luck Biffo

I feel your pain man, I have the same back problems.. and also through years of drumming sitting on cheap stools.. twisting and stuff. I last threw my back in February when I twisted to grab my phone while in Englandshire.. then spent the next two days driving home to Orkney. That really buggered it and I had to used a bl**dy Zimmer frame for five weeks. (I'm only 55) Its still not right and now we're in July.

Oh my, be careful with your back. I felt your pain as I’m just started to have some relief from a back flare up that started after the new year’s. (So many Nurses like me, have bad backs) . I just started watching your channel so I don’t what your hot water situation is but a nice hot towel wrung out some and covered by a thin towel makes a nice warm wrap/heating pad for your back when you have to improvise. I live in Northern California and with the crazy rains and atmospheric river rains we’ve been having so many trees and big ones have fallen. Just the other day a tree fell in Golden Gate Park and damaged 4 cars and injured 2 people. Take Care and I know you guys are trying to be as safe as you can.

Good on you both just get in do what needs to done beautiful landscape the wind the old trees very Jurassic park. On no not a dinosaur fence xx

@TheScottishIsle

6 ай бұрын

Whatever you do don't climb it! Kx

I have the same; excruciating. I hope you heal quickly.

Courage, friends!

Good luck with all !

As a fellow sufferer, I felt your pain going up those steps.

I do feel sorry for you both. What a task especially in that weather and with a bad back.

Find some old fishing net to help with this sort of temporary repair. It will flex right around the tree and you can tie it up or whatever, because it's so light compared to wire. Old gillnet is perfect. tie tags on it so the deer can see it,though.

Jeezo! Now if that had been Dec, what a Xmas tree that would o been😂. Less will be more for a bit with your self Scott. You will be fine, bit o rum and you will be fecking great! I wil have a few fir ya! Epsom salts in yer bath! Do ya have a bath? Do what works for you. Cosying up in yer living room with a book by the fire. Soft hugs too ya both and furry zoo! Xx❤Helen From Scotland

I'm looking at the bright side You won't need wood for a very long time , and i see tables in the burls ... 😊I wonder if you can weave with that bark .. ive made hats and baskets and roses 🌹

OMG!! I wanted to jump though the TV and help you guys!! I hope all is well.

What about a pretty little black wrought iron fence around the beds in the front of the house? Will still keep the sheep out!

My husband struggles with back issues too. I “wood” like you to be mindful when you have reached your limit and rest.

Scott, I wish I could help you with that tree, hope your back gets better soon. Erv

@TheScottishIsle

6 ай бұрын

Thanks, Brian. We know you'd be here if you could! Kx

Get better soon xx

You will learn moving slowly as you age is the only way. As a person who loses weeks and months to back injuries.

You work so well, 😊

Ohhh I bet that tree would make some nice lumber! Find a sawmill to cut that up for lumber because I bet that would make a fair amount of very good lumber for house projects.

@shimmertree

6 ай бұрын

Yes, I was wondering how many beautiful boards (plus a mantelpiece?) could be cut from a cedar tree that size. I'll bet there's a youtube video on a diy sawmill that would qualify as an "island fix."

@TheBlueMoo

6 ай бұрын

Was thinking the same thing. With the price of wood, that's probably a small (or large) fortune sitting there.

@Edje001

6 ай бұрын

A sawmill where....?

@piperlynne1

6 ай бұрын

@@Edje001 There are lots of people who have portable sawmills that will come to you and cut your wood up for a fee. Or you can buy a jig thing to use with your chainsaw to cut up rough lumber. Or you could sell the tree to someone who would like to make something from the lumber. Cedar does not make the best firewood but is excellent for outside projects like fences, benches, flower boxes, etc, as it is rot resistant.

@JeremyLevi

6 ай бұрын

That'd be my inclination normally too, but the remoteness of the location no doubt would pose some logistical barriers to getting it to the nearest mill. Even getting it to the shore could be a real challenge. Heck even if they had their own small sawmill setup already at the property the bulk of that trunk would likely be too large for it.

Sciatica is the worst! I've seen 2 surgeons and both said no to surgery. Then, 4 years ago, I had rotator cuff surgery. Friends told me I needed a recliner to sleep in during recovery. The first night I slept in the recliner, the next morning, I had NO sciatic pain. If it flares up, I sleep in the recliner and I have overnight relief.

@AmyLovesOldStuff

Ай бұрын

I haven't slept in a bed for 3+ years. My bedroom has a recliner and I sleep in it. Still have back issues, but nothing like I did lying in a bed.

I have the same problem and I hope it gets better. My holistic Dr. recommended castor oil packs and they do help also l-methyl folate calcium helps with the inflammation.

Good luck I see that tree and I am thinking chainsaw mill and free timbre 😮 hope the back heals soon

I believe we may be witnessing A Series of Unfortunate Events the like of which may be the reason why people gathered to live in communities.

I'm praying for you Scott.

Hats off to you both for getting that fence up in good time despite the conditions.Ive done a good share of stock fencing when I volunteered for a countryside park. We had to walk a section of fence every day, but we had hacked out a path with bill hooks so we didnt have as many obsticles as you currently do. Is it worth taking a mattock to level off some of the worst ankle-breaking gullies? Hope your back is better Scott.