The second half of my childhood was spent on this property, as Wayne is my stepfather. We were always working on something between school and athletic events. I had my hands in the construction of many of those buildings, some more than others as I've always helped a little bit whenever I've been able to visit. Hope everyone enjoys the travels through history this place provides!

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Lovely sharing your moments there Roger. Wayne is a true gem.

@Holly_at_gypsyhollergardens

Жыл бұрын

How wonderful !!!! What a joy to be a part of such a rich and creative historical legacy !

@katherinespencer2073

Жыл бұрын

There needs to be a cottage or camper spaces that can be rented out for short visits or to have people from around the world come & work for a few weeks in exchange for a place to stay. Myself, I'd love to weed or harvest in his gardens, or dust & polish the buildings. I am a carpenter but since retirement mostly gardening. Such infrastructure could be your next project at your old home.

@franpie2264

Жыл бұрын

@@katherinespencer2073 I would be worried about things disappearing from the sheds. It seems to me that Wayne has everything in control for now.

@nonoydennisgemarino1866

Жыл бұрын

I do super enjoy this trip back in time guys.. I love vintage and rare stuffs, my passion.. thanks

The man, himself, is a national treasure. His work is amazing.

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

agreed

Wayne is irreplaceable, how many men like him are still around. Amazing detail in the craftsmanship of tools. Thank you for the fascinating tour, a reminder of the tough people that built this country and strength, ingenuity they had in a pre-electric world.

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Well said, Joshua. Appreciate that you appreciate the video and what it stands for.

What a hobby. What a passion. What a collection he got and so organized. Everything labeled like a museum in a garden. So knowledgeable of every piece he got. I wish him more visitors come to his garden.

@summerrayneoakes

Жыл бұрын

He's just an all around incredible guy.

@robertsawyers6535

Жыл бұрын

Awesome Awesome Awesome

This man is such an absolute treasure. I never knew I had such an interest in bricks or butter churns until your visits with Wayne!

First lawn mower was invented in 1830's, but i've never seen that design. So interesting!

What a wonderful man!! Wayne thank you for your passion and saving these wonderful collection!!

Great editing and thanks Summer for giving Wayne a platform to show his collection and all the hard work that went into it.

I remember that video. I immediately shared it with my four daughters. It struck such a cord with me. I can't wait to watch this one to learn more.....my mind staggers at the thought of all the tools farmers, ranchers, homesteaders thought up and handmade to do a specific job on their place and they are now laying around and nobody knows what they are all about.

We lost a lot when people were encouraged to sell their land to move to cities to be packed like sardines while longing for the fresh air and real life on a farm. It may have been hard but it was healthier mentally and physically. Great video and admirable gentleman curator.

Such a beautiful collection of local agricultural equipment and ephemera! I don't know how things work in the US, but I hope one day that Wayne might get some sort of back-up from local government for all his immense curatorial work, the precision research, and the preserving, maintaining, housing/displaying of this important historical archive. It's dedicated people like him, steadily working away in the background, that keep such irreplaceable artefacts (a finite resource) from being lost forever.

@Hapenparadise

Жыл бұрын

The last thing he needs is interference from gov!

He sure is an ambitious collector 🌸💚🙃

This was amazing. Thanks for doing another visit Summer. I can listen to this man all day long talking about all his treasures. Thank you Mr Myers for teaching us all about the history of these old items. Oh, yes a return to the brick wall. Every corner or turn holds something different to take in. I was glued to the screen.

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

So glad the video is meaningful to you.

My daughter and I collect old milk bottles from Golden Guernsey dairy, my husbands grandfather was one of the founders of Golden Guernsey dairy in Wisconsin.🌸💚🙃

I love Wayne and his gardens and buildings and antiques. I miss him and Ithaca so much that these segments are so special and yet so hard to watch, because of the nostalgia and longing for place and people. I have to wait to be in a stronger mindset to watch this because I know it will make me cry 😂

Wow. Another really awesome video. Well done! What an amazing man and fantastic collection. He has so much knowledge to share. Love the music ❤️❤️❤️❤️

So lovely please tell the gentleman thank you for sharing

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Just got off the phone with Wayne and he appreciates everyone's kind comments. He is really overjoyed.

Thank goodness for people like Wayne Myers who take time to preserve physical manifestations of the knowledge that otherwise might be lost completely. Thank you for making this video.Loved it!

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

So pleased you can appreciate stories (and people) like this.

What a beautiful and peaceful place ❤️

This place is serenity, so nice to see that his spirit has found a place here on earth to pass the time, we all need to create such places to provide us peace and enjoyment.

@Hapenparadise

Жыл бұрын

Perfectly said❣️👍🏻🌻

So glad you had another visit with Wayne. I love wandering through his collections that are so artfully displayed and so beautifully restored and cared for. He and his property are a true treasure.

So many facets ,this equipment was used to grow and feed a large part of this country before the time of public utilities .I marvel at how many of the tools and equipment were constructed .thank you for the look into the past

Wow. I love the farming history he preserves. Its amazing. We got milk deliveries at my grandparents home in North Brookfield when I was a child, in the early 1990s- it was the last one locally. I still remember the glass bottles and the wooden milk box. Our milkman's name was 'Rick'. He drove an old-fashioned milk truck and had the milk deliveryman coveralls. Its a special memory of my childhood my brother & I cherish-we're the last generation of 20/30 year olds in our town to remember milk deliveries, since it went out of business when we were kids.

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

It's in Spencer, New York.

So much nostalgia. What a lovely gentleman.

My parents had an old corn sheller that I use to play with as a kid 60 plus years ago, cheap entertainment back in the day.🌸💚🙃

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Fond memories!

@gafairbanks2434

Жыл бұрын

Same here, the animals needed to be fed and I stood in the barn (winter) and shelled huge amounts of corn whenever I visited Grandmother. I miss that sheller daily to this day! Sure wish they made useful items in this day and age.

Wow a 2nd tour on this place. The amount of effort to have those things preserved was remarkable. Just how far people have become that a lot of those tools/items have long stood time

This tour took me back to my grandparents farm outside of Elmira. There was a corn crib just like the one shown here. My favorite childhood trip was going to the Cooperstown farmers museum. Loved this tour. Thank you.

Seems like a very nice and humble man that has put alot of hard work into his passion, and you did a great job showing it. Thanks.

I do the same thing in Romania because I love old objects, rocks and plants He has an exceptional collection and yard, congratulations🥰😍🤩🤯🤤💝💖💗🥇🏆🔝♾

One day we will walk in fields of gold, harvest the wheat, and use the old wagons and mills as community once did. Till then, repositories hold our future in hopes that those life ways may live again, only if people have the vision and gumption to use their heads, hands, and hearts. Thank you!

@Hapenparadise

Жыл бұрын

Beautifully said❣️

I remember the first visit !!! Actually everytime , I work with bricks in the gardens I think of this sweet feller and his brick collection 💙 Such an honor to get to revisit his treasure trove of history thank you so much for taking us back with you !!!

This man is amazing. So much history in one man’s head and all of his tool. This was so interesting. Thank You ❣️

Thank you for taking us back here. Wonderful to see

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

You're most welcome. Glad you enjoy these types of tours. We do too.

Cool! A travel in time!

My dream is to buy a property with history. It'd be my life project to pick the pieces back together and learn from the past. Some of the things in his collection show that less can be more, simple but sustainable and efficient. We humans tend to overdo things to the point it's more complicated and harmful too the planet. So I'd love to go back to basics and live a 'simple' life😁

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

We love diving deeply into the past. Just found some books from the 1800s on the area and looking forward to dive into. A lot we can learn, if we take the time to do so. Thanks for your thoughtful comments and do wish your thoughts manifest themselves.

@greatmarloes

Жыл бұрын

@@FlockFingerLakes How kind of you to say, thanks☺️ Have fun with those books!

beautiful song choice

This is going to be someone’s ASMR dream. 1.5 hrs of a kind older man described antique farming tools. Love it

Looking back makes looking forward easier.

Love all the history and ingenuity. What a hard life, but probably with little complaints. I think all us spoiled need to go visit and try a few of these treasures out

@aprilking591

Жыл бұрын

So true!!

@gafairbanks2434

Жыл бұрын

My grandparents had many of these treasures & as a child I needed to know HOW EVERYTHING WORKED ! So glad I did. They used many of these items on the farm and to this day there is no foods cooked better than those on a woodstove ! I'm positive I have learned my work ethics from their love of life and work! Wasn't and eazzzzy life but so rewarding in every aspect. 💖 OH HOW I MISS THOSE TREASURED DAYS!

it's just so interesting seeing the wildly differing tools and such since people just thought up any odd idea and made it

An education in how we used to use our hands to do things! I'm completely fascinated by this passionate collection of Wayne's...you sir, are a national treasure!

What a fascinating vlog! We have 1 of the old feed mills left in our area that still sells feed. All the rest have been bulldozed.

This is lovely! I was born south of this property in Elmira, and spent quite a few years between Horseheads and Ithaca. So many memories driving north, seeing the larch turning golden on the mountains. Thank you!

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

You're most welcome. I'm glad it brings back good memories for you Paula.

Beautiful video! Id love to know the name of the last song, you put in the end

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

"The Land That Time Forgot". Very appropriate for the video :)

@BlueAquatics

Жыл бұрын

@@FlockFingerLakes it is! Thank you so much! Keep up the great content here :)

The first video of this amazing garden is how I found your channel...and I was hooked. So happy to find another video of this GORGEOUS place !!!!

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Glad you can enjoy a Part 2. There's still so much to see at Wayne's!

Nature AND history?! Perfect video for me, so stoked😁

Wow 🤩 what a beautiful property, buildings and antiques ☺️

I remember watching the video from your first trip and absolutely adored his passion for history and his beautiful gardens. So glad you made it back! ❤️

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

There's so much more to see there too. Have to do the tours in doses. :)

Great devotion to history. Thanks

Thank you for visiting again, just love this man and his collections. I hope someone carries on when he leaves this world. Amazing!

This is so wonderful! Regarding that unidentified corn sheller, if I don't know the name of something I come up with the best description I can, do an internet search, and click on Images so I can see pictures. I've often found exact matches this way.

@nancyfoote6506

Жыл бұрын

One good photo of it is a good start. There are ways to use the photo, upload to google using the camera icon and it will try and find similiar photos online. Tineye as well may help...

What an amazing record

What a nice collection of farm equipment and nicely curated, thanks for sharing!!!

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

What a treasure! Built by brillient entrepreneurs, all viable tools of the era. A farmer's paradise!

I love listening to this kind and knowledgeable man. He is a true treasure of former knowledge and is so patient and happy to explain and display his fount of knowledge to the world or to one interested person. :)

I remember your video, this place is DEFINITELY one of those treasures on this earth ! To him I say "thank you" !

I’m mid 60’s and remember some of the items as i grew up on a dairy farm. Loved the tour! Thanks for preserving our ancestors Tools!! Much appreciated!

Thank you, what a time capsule.

This man and his knowledge, in this place is very valuable! I watched first video and was so glad you went back. I was worried about his health, so glad he is still with us! I have so many questions. I hope the NY state archives knows about this man, his history and his work. It would be a crime if they (or some university) do not document all that he has to offer!

My heart overfills with joy seeing this man collecting and caring for echo’s of the past. Never knew how John Deere came into play f.e. Thanks for sharing this man’s wonderful work. A legacy of it’s own.

I'm so glad you guys came back here. First time I watched this channel was with that original video. It was completely different from the vlogs/gaming I usually watched on youtube. but it was so charming and so beautiful. This is what paradise looks like to me.

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Glad that it strummed some heart stings and interest for you!

I'M IN LOVE WITH THIS MAN ! PRESERVING the history is so important, impressive display, unique buildings, MAGNIFICENT LANDSCAPING and informative notes of all , would love to visit but never leave. So much has been lost over time but I give my Grandmother gratitude for showing me most history of our area and my father for teaching me the conservation of land and animals apart of nature and their jobs in keeping the balance of all 🥰 Elders give us knowledge and we can benefit. Blessings for this amazing tour !

I’ll come back to this in sections. It’s pretty long. Thanks Wayne and Summer!

Wow! This would make a wonderful picture book!

One word. WOW!!!!!

This video is as amazing as the one you did before. What a historian he is a man I would love to visit with.

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

I hope you make it to his place one day!

What an amazing man, and incredible what he has built and collected. Thank you so much for doing a second video with him.

This sweet man is amazing!!!

Wow what a great video! You really captured the story and mood with your editing skills! You did him justice… nice video. 🧡❤️💜💙💚

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Very pleased you think so.

Very peaceful video, love his collection. :)

You always find the most beautiful places to visit.

love waking up to a flock video on my subs

Thankyou for taking me through this slice of history invention and beauty .

I really enjoyed this tour of Wayne's place. A wonderful collection of old tools and STUFF. I loved it. The property was also beautiful and the flowers gorgeous. Thank you for the tour and a huge thank you to Wayne, a great bloke with a great imagination for Stuff.💙

Such a rare quality to be able to appreciate the importance of preserving the little, tangible things. I sincerely hope many people are learning from this guy :) Loved this.

Very interesting, the guided tour made it much more informative. This is a man with a passion, hope his collection will stay intact and be maintained for many years.

As an antique lover and homestead lover, this is so fantastic to watch. What a treasure!

Very inspiring. Preserving the past for the future in a beautiful setting..

Simply beautiful.

I can watch this a hundred times. I assume that schools of all types esp. trades types & architectural or art & business related take students on day trips to help younger people see the ingenuity of old designs, simple materials, life sustaining tools which built the country. If not, WHY NOT?

KING

I lived in the Finger Lakes between Seneca and Cayuga Lakes 1976-1984, owning/restoring two early farmhouses (1841, 1843) while practicing psychiatry/medicine in Elmira/Horseheads and, then, Lodi/Willard, NY. I collected items similar to Mr. Myers and used them in my door gardens. I was active in the EAIA (Early American Industries Assn.) for a period and had barns and barn/house wright in my blood. I have always loved water powered mills, of which Western NY had many examples. I have always loved early American history and am appalled by the "Smart" phone and the vulgar "social media" it has birthed. America's best days are in the past. Thank you for this stroll down memory lane! Stress R Us

Just wonderful.

WOW, awesome video and awesome to see how things were done in a time when electricity and fuel were not even available. So many questions have been answered just by watching this video and this great man. Thank you so much 💓

Love this !!! Thanks for the journey !!

This was so interesting. Wayne is truly a treasure and his collection is so well organized and documented. Such a wealth of knowledge!

Beautiful in many ways!

Thank you, Summer, for a wonderful tour. I grew up on a Mid-West farm in Missouri where these were the tools hanging around in our barns, many of which we used. What great memories. I'm almost 80 now and still have a few of these tools.

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

So glad that it's brought back some fond memories for you. Thank you so much for sharing your story here. Have a blessed day.

You are a darling and I love your channel! I will be mentioning you on my upcoming KZread video: My 10 Favorite Gardeners!

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

So pleased you have enjoyed Wayne's gardens. He'll appreciate it.

So many ingenious tools. Amazing‼️

Awesome collection. Thank you for sharing.

Ms Oakes, nothing has been done on KZread as much your videos. The antique show should be on PBS.WELL DONE. All your videos are just great.I wish I could do my life over to do similar work as you and Saunder. Again. Weii Done.

Absolutely amazing!!!!

Wayne needs to be recondnized with some special awards for all of his work, his deep knowledge. There are all sorts of big money awards given to people who have accomplished something in their lives, even for those who haven't (think the Sussex couple). Someone familiar w. the state should promote this cause for him. Any money or recognition he receives will be put to good use on behalf of others.

@Hapenparadise

Жыл бұрын

I imagine he loves it just as it is! His soul is what it’s about!

Magnificent! Thank you for highlighting & sharing these treasures.

This was a wonderful video! I enjoyed everything about it.... What a great sense of worth of the past.... Thank you for taking the time to past this knowledge on to others!

Total amazing

Wonders of small town life. Even as late as the early 90s, in my town we could just give the last 4 digits of our phone numbers. The area code wasn't required until just this year, and everyone knew the town code.

Wonderful and amazing

AWESOME !!!!