My heart just bursts with pride on how your whole family is involved in every project! What wonderful, thoughtful, talented and brilliant parents you are! All of your projects are throughly amazing! ❤❤

Mark is absolutely glowing with pride in this project! ❤️😊

This greenhouse will live on for several hundred years! Very well done! Love the color of the metal framing as well! The children talking to each other thru the orange tubing....precious! A small fridge with beer.....the icing on the cake! Cheers!

Marc was beaming through the entire video. Nice to hear about his education in horticulture. Love that Clemente and Juliette are involved; they bring the joy and giggles. ❤

Oh my, your children are so cute and smart. I love listening to Clemente chat with you. Love the greenhouse. Love your little family and all it stands for.

Great episode! Your drawings are getting better and better. The voice over is also great. The icing on the cake are the little ones playing with their tube “telephone”!

Outside is beautiful , can't wait to seeing it done.

I don't think I've ever seen Marc so happy! "...my potting shed...." Cheeky! It's lovely to see that big smile! So sorry that you lost your pottery studio, Amy, but you might prefer a better-lit, warmer/cooler studio, though. I hope it comes soon for you. The green house looks fantastic! (I always love the green of the window frames: and very practical, which I love. Clemente has a delicious french accent and Juliette looks like she's going to be a mover & shaker like her mom!! Thank you for another super-delightful post.

Your babies are like distant grandchildren to us. We watch them closely growing up. So very sweet! Great job family! It is going to be so beautiful!

Mark looks so happy! It looks fantastic!

Great job on the stone structure!! Everything is about time!! Can’t wait for finish product !! You all come a long way. Just beautiful stone work!!

What tremendous progress being made. Love the color choice. This is fast becoming my favorite of your two channels. Looking forward to seeing those irises in bloom next season.

Love Marks idea of a fridge with cold beer in it🇨🇦🍺

Not only is Marc cute and funny he is smart too. The big bad wolf won't blow down that hut.

Wow the add on looks like its always been there genius plan to make use of wat was already there. It looks really really good so far

The children are so adorable ❤❤❤The greenhouse came out beautifully. Can’t wait to see the Irises in the spring. Marc must be so proud and thrilled with it 😍😘

It's going to be gorgeous! I see Mark out there often in the future.

Exciting project and yes, I can see Marc's Command Central in the greenhouse (and maybe.a pottery studio in the corner)? 😄

What a fascinating young couple you are…..so charming

Love your life in France.

I have so many questions for Marc! I'd love to be able to just sit and talk to both of you for hours... Some questions: What is the climate/micro climate where you live? I know you said it is dry; how many months a year is it cold (under 16c/60f) and when do you consider the growing season dates? Is there an optimal distance from the ground to the cold frame? Is there a nearby water source for the cistern? I assume so, or it wouldn't be where it is! How many springs have you found on your property and is all the water tested to be drinkable? Does Marc plan to place the Victorian greenhouse near a spring? Will you ever tell us about the other structures on the property, what they were used for, when they were last used, when they were built, and your master plan for renovating them? Will they have their own water supplies? Do you have an overall strategic plan for the next 5-10 years for the garden and property? Finally, if you ever decide you don't want those precious, gorgeous babies, can I swap them for a couple of trained Cattle Dogs 🐕🐕😘

Marc looks like he's in his happy place - building most impressive greenhouse. Great job. Precious children.

Oh, it is going to look so good. A fridge with beer will be awesome, Marc. Clement sounds just like Marc. The children playing is precious. ❤

What a perfect project for u to work on. Your children are gorgeous.

What a worthwhile project!

They are the most darling children on the KZfaq! I wanna SQUEEZE them! (But I won't.) And the greenhouse and cold frames are nice, too! Can't wait to see how it all turns out. Cheers from North Carolina USA

Wow - what progress! It's such a beautiful feature now. You can be very, very proud of this project.

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Clement is such a Mini-Marc. 😊

I find this project like the rest of the chateau restoration amazing and with two little people’s help and comments ❤

I love to watch your progress on this beautiful estate. The children will have such happy memories of being involved in the restoration. Well done - you have such vision and are such hard workers!

Very well done. I know u are excited to see this progress.

I'm ALL for the fridge with beer in it.

Wonderful progress. I love seeing the greenhouse and cold frame take shape. I live in a place with cold long winters so hope to put up a small cold frame against the south wall of the large metal shop building I live in. The earlier I can get my plants going the better.

Excellent episode! So much progress and it's stunning! Your children are so adorable - what a great life they have!

Please ask Marc what type of exotic plants he wants to grow in France.

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Greenhouse is coming along nicely. It’s going to be beautiful when it’s done.

The Kiddos are growing way too fast, but are so darned CUTE!!! 😊

Great project it's all going to be just what you need can't wait to see more

Amazing that Belgium design. Oh wow, wow, wow what a husband 🤩 sooo adept and perfectly suited to your chosen way of life.

Gosh, your babies are adorable! Excited to learn from Marc about cold frames and starting seeds, teach an old dog new tricks.❤️

Looking forward to seeing this 🎉

Wow!

Emmy would you consider making a plaque for Marks structure ? His name and date established cause that structure will be there for the next couple of hundred years !

About time you presented part 4 updating the development of the greenhouse. A’bientot from Cleguerec 🙏🇫🇷🍷🇬🇧💚

So interesting to know Marks background/education/experience. Love your vlogs & seeing your family & projects. 🥰

The stone work is just amazing, this is such an exciting project, thanks for adding the images from the old books.

Congratulations on the great progress since the last video! The stone walls are beautiful, and we love the green you chose for the frame.

Looks fabulous so far...the little helpers make it happen ( so precious ) 😊❤

Well done. Never seen such an Irisfield before. Beautiful! I adore their sent.💖

Fantastic. It’s so impressive- can’t wait to see the finished result ❤

Marc is amazing, you both are. Super intelligent, hard working, loving parents dedicated to this enormous project and making it happen. Love the color for the greenhouse framed windows. Love all of the stone. Love everything you are doing!!! xx

Impressionnant, de toute beauté 😮

Greenhouse is going to be spectacular!!

Excellent video about your greenhouse project and I enjoyed learning more about Marc’s background- thanks for sharing this amazing project

Those walls in the cold frames and greenhouse are amazing !im so jealous 😂

Very interesting project with lots of progress

Wow! It looks amazing. The depth of your skills and knowledge is just so extensive I learn something new each week. The greenhouse looks beautiful! Congratulations on a job well done!

LOVE this project!! 💫

The greenhouse is looking fantastic. Love the aqua colour and am not at all surprised as Marc loves a touch of the tropics. His shirt at end of video is tropical and somewhere on your land are the many palm trees he rescued. Your kids are living a life of adventure and little experiences that will shape them. Great video. Cheers.

So nice to have that kind of experience Marks a quiet one! I’d love to hear more of his experiences. I was thinking of the Caribbean forests? Where did he go and what are their challenges growing ?

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I saw your comments re your soil when you visited Stephanie Jarvis at her Chateau. You need to start a big enclosed (rectangle minimum size 8 feet x 8 feet) - use metal open metal frames (open so the air can get to all sides) to hold compost together. Make sure you pull it out once a month and then reconstitute it again each month with additions Things to add to your compost each month: 1. a layer of freshly cut grass (cut that day) = layer about an inch 2. a layer of scrunched up brown paper and tissue paper = later about an inch (NO NO NO = NO newspaper) 3. a layer of sheep manure (fresh) but (NO NO NO = NO cow manure - it just become rubbish) and NO to chicken manure - it is too strong) 4A. a 2 inch layer of PEA STRAW - (left over after farmers harvest their peas) 4B. In season, INSTEAD of PEA straw - use a 2 inch layer of newly fallen OAK leaves = that is the ONLY tree I recommend instead of pea straw 5. occasionally if you can obtain it - a small layer of volcanic dust Create those (up to) 5 layers THREE TIMES - once a month each time - EVERY MONTH by pulling it apart once a month and adding more of the above it composts much faster the final product will delight your garden and allow you to grow better vegetables and fruit. ONCE your compost heap is about 5 feet high you can start to remove about 2 big wheel barrow loads to mulch different parts of the garden BEFORE you start pulling it apart to reconstitute it for the month regards Anna

The splendid Crystal Palace, the brainchild of an earlier incarnation of Marc, the Prince Consort, was built for the 1851 Exhibition and is well known. Much less well known is the equally splendid glasshouse built at La Petite Malmaison for the Empress Joséphine where she acclimated species brought to France from around the world. The actual villa to which her great glasshouse was attached still stands in a gated neighborhood a few hundred meters from the château de Malmaison, but the glasshouse was disassembled a few years after her death.

Such an interesting vlog! Thanks for taking us along on this project. ❤

The stone walls are really amazing. There is nothing like a beautifully built stone wall, so attractive. Well done 🤗

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Wonderful episode!! Lots of love from Tennessee!!

Congratulations on your progress 🤗👍 I have now caught up on these 🌹🌹🌹💐🌹🌹 Love Sue ❤❤❤🇬🇧❤❤❤

It’s looking good 😁

Will you need an adjoining shed to store your equipment as the project progresses? Seems like such valuable space that you won’t want to give up real estate just for rakes, shovels, soil amendment bags and things like chainsaws or leaf blowers.

Nice progress 😀

Your greenhouse is going to be so nice to have. I look forward to seeing what you will be growing.

I watch all your vlogs, but was not, somehow, aware of Marc’s educational background & experience. Wow!

I love this all so much, it's all very interesting😊😊😊😊

Amazing

Watching your videos always brings a smile to my face and makes me feel happy. You are a wonderful family. Thank you so much for sharing with us.

Loving the whole play list!

Bravo🎉❤

Has Mark ever grown plants with Hydroponics?

This is gorgeous!

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I did not realize Mark's educational background.

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Liked it! ❤

Question for Marc.I have major greenhouse envy. I’m working on a project for a standing box 4’ wide by 6’ tall, the shelves angle down towards the front. I want to start the seeds here. It will sit on a concrete patio, should I worry about insulating the base? This is going to sit under a polycarbonate roof, south facing against a brick wall. Glass doors and sides and back PC sheets.

Hi from Wyoming, USA. It's cold here right now 32 F. I love watching your channels. Just curious...what is Mark's first language? I love that you speak several languages.

Love all the progress. Could your talented Mark not build a pottery studio on the top of this storage building/ come greenhouse/cold frame project?WCL

Question / suggestion: I'd love to know more about the hot beds used by Victorian era gardeners to grow melons etc. I think they banked a pile of manure, under soil, which would give off heat as it breaks down? Not sure if that's what I saw in the drawing at 1:42, in the lower section, but the details I'm wondering about are: do people still use this? How much soil is necessary to make a safe food crop grow up above? Does the pile need aeration, turning, layers of green / brown, etc, like conventional compost, or is it more like the nice heat given off by a big pile of horse manure that I remember in my childhood horse-ranch winters? And lastly, is it as eco-friendly as it sounds?

Interesting and fun video! I have been following you for 2-3 years now. It has been awhile since we’ve seen any new videos. ( Am I missing something?) Just a note to say I’m thinking of all of you! Hoping things are well. 🙏❣️

im sure there's a reason and im curious. ....why u didn't put down rebar grill or something before pouring concrete. thx.

How will he physically connect the metal frames for the cold frames?

The greenhouse will not be big enough even it was 20 times bigger it still would have too small an area. Never get interested in cacti and succulents or it will take over your whole garden.