Tales From The Green Valley - March (part 7 of 12)
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- In this BBC documentary series we get to follow a small group of historians and archeologists as they recreate farm life from the age of the Stuarts. They wear the clothes, eat the food and use the tools, skills and technology of the 1620's for one year.
The seventh episode starts in March and it's time for preparing the garden for sowing, wheat threshing, brewing March beer, pig yokes, fun and games, egg and pear pie with stewed salt cod.
I like it that they end each episode at the dining table. It's so interesting seeing the multitude of shapes, colours, and food varieties of a 17th century farm family...
*"How's it coming on?"*
*"Chaffs all on top of the grain. I need the wind to blow it off."*
*"Could it be your technique, Fonze?"*
*LOOK OF DEATH*
ROFL!
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^^^^^^
I love all the comments about how Stuart cooked the salted cod incorrectly. I'm not sure if they explained it much in the series but I love how Stuart, Chloe and Ruth all cook and Chloe and Ruth do some farm work. Ruth has mentioned it some, that women's work and men's work weren't always defined how you would think and the roles were defined differently for poor, laboring people than for the wealthy. A lot we believe about men's roles and women's roles in society were based on the social rules of the wealthy and not always the same for working people.
First soak the cod overnight, Throw out the water.Throw out the cod.
absolutely love this especially because it's filmed over twelve months, I just didn't want them to leave so in my imagination they're still there lol
The farm is still part of a living history site.
david metherell Me too! I can imagine them all still working around the 1600’s farm dressed the same, work the same. Lol. It is all so real though.
david metherell I felt the same way...🤗 until I discovered that the three historyoteers moved on down the road to another year on the Tudor or wartime gardens..or somewhere there abouts. I feel like my dear friends love to time travel..😁
I imagine for a few weeks of back pains after they left-they might have felt they never left either
They wouldn't have actually stayed full-time at these locations. I would assume there were travel trailers like you'd see on a film set, and breaks to go home and see their families. No one would want to leave their child for a year.
Stuart gives wonderful tips on rotating garden crops to prevent disease!
2014 this was filmed now 2021 still so very good to watch!!
2005! but still a great watch
@@laurafuoco7046 They look so young when you wach this compared to the later shows.
This is a great series but if this was filmed in 2014 I am king Charles the 1st.
@@noodle9572 It was filmed in 2004.
It's great that the historic series demonstrates that people, for the most part, had only 1 or 2 "outfits" to interchange .
That homerewed beer, and that antiquity cooking with the available ingredients, splendid!
Every time they have fish in the kitchen, the cat is there to appraise its quality.
I'm absolutely addicted to these😊❤️
I have been watching it since 2014. Love it. Plus the other farm series. Victorian farm is very enjoyable.
Love the animals. The dog in particular seems to be having a high old time. The cat adds classic feline comments.
The other farm animals don't fare as well. Altogether gruesome series for animal lovers. :-)
@@mortalclown3812 how is it gruesome ??
@@mortalclown3812 Oh for crying out loud. Why would any "animal lover" (vegan I assume) even watch a series like that if they can't face the fact people eat meat, always have and always will.
I really like Cloe, she has a great understanding of horses and a jovial character.
That winnowing basket, it made me think of gold panning in water. I have to think that gold panners must have had experience in farming/grain and chaff separation.
Gavin Smith possibly what the first gold pans were
Gavin Smith Same principle heavy stop sinks to the bottom.
Most of the gold planners were just farmers from the prairies.
Its a real shame that Stuart didn't participate in the other series of these, he's very knowledgeable and very likeable. Chloe is also very good and I would have liked to see her participate in some of the other series like this one.
Valley Farm was Stuart’s project.
@@sgrannie9938oh that’s interesting to know. Thanks
Did Stuart just cook salt cod without soaking it? Hahaha, oh lawd! It’s inedible if you don’t soak it. Even Alex was having a hard time with it , lol
I know, I had to wince a bit at that. In Italy, salt cod, or baccalà as it's called, is traditionally eaten on Christmas Eve (in northern Italy, anyway) and you have to soak it for 24 hours before you can cook it. Poor Alex. But he's game for anything that boy. I missed him in the later farm series.
@@johannaholmgren8088 what one was he not in ? I saw him in all the other farm series I thought
@@johannaholmgren8088 Same thing in Portugal. Traditionally the salted codfish would be place under running water from a natural spring to remove the salt for 2 or 3 days. Although it´s eaten yearound, it´s the most traditional food for Christmas Eve dinner and in the north of Portugal on Christmas Day people would mix the leftover bacalhau, potatoes and cabbage leaves from dinner in a sort of luke warm salad for lunch.
@@kaveirinhaz Sounds an awful lot like my mother in laws Christmas Eve dinner!
In the January series they took a ham that was supposedly salted into it right in the pot as well. You can tell it was a store-bought ham but still love watching it. I'm sure it's impossible to do everything and live a normal life as well as live a second life on this episode of shows
grew up winnowing our rice daily. Bless Peter, its a steep learning curve if u have no prior experience..
yeh many Asian country still used the same technic with rice, i remember my mom said its her job if she went to her grandmother house.
I love how feisty and mischievous the pigs are! Great fun must have been had by them lol
This makes me wonder - In an earlier episode, Chloe was getting ready to train the pony/ies to become a work horse/s. Having watched the Tudor era documentaries a month ago (on youtube, which included all the people here except Chloe & Stewart) I remember they had to bring in an American Cowboy (horse whisperer, sort of) who was BRILLIANT! He got the wild pony to accept getting led by a rope, then accept gear on it's head & neck and finally to carry his weight (laying over the ponies back) without panic by the end of the day (one day!) all without ANY drama! At the end, the pony wasn't actually "broken" but taught to accept the job of working with them on the farm. It was amazing - I was ''jaw droppingly" impressed!!
yeah, I remember that episode. I think I've watched it 2 days ago... or 3 days ago, not more than 3 though. And I've been utterly impressed as well. It takes special people to successfully carry uncommon tasks out
Being that horses are prey animals, its nature for them to run from anything they do not understand. In their mind they could be killed by it. Horses want work. They do enjoy having a purpose in life. And because they are gregarious by nature, they need interaction. Breaking is what the cowboys used to do. Just rope them, throw a saddle on and ride the buck out of them. This is wrong actually and the horse never really gets over the fear of new things. The term horse whisperer is actually not correct. You don't whisper to a horse, you just move slowly and quietly and let them adjust to what you are doing to them. Each new thing they are slowly introduced to that does not "kill them" only instills more and more trust of the trainer. Thats how I trained my horses back when I was a trainer and before I became disabled.
@Oregon Wanderer
My brother trains horses the same way, and has since we were kids on the farm. The horses develop a very close and trusting relationship with people and more or less turned into pets for us, despite their being working horses. They loved to play games, so we would tie apples to tree branches and have them go find them. They would let us little kids ride without bridles or saddles because they were so gentle and friendly that they would sort of look after us. One of our best horses, Star, was so calm and motherly that she was bitten by a snake while my sister was riding and she startled a little, but didn't buck or jump, but limped back to the house to let my sister down before she whinnied and bucked like crazy. Another time, she accidentally stepped on my mother's foot and for weeks and weeks after, every time my mom would come up to her, she would put her head down and snuff at her foot until my mom said "It's okay. My foot is fine, Star."
I still miss that girl and she must have been dead for 30 years by now, but that's what a loving and good relationship with a horse is. It's like a marriage that way, I think. If it's very solid, it's solid for life.
he called the piglets “weaners” and I thought he called them “weiners”! 😂
lol :))
Adorable piglets!
Nothing can make a louder tantrum than a two year old!
Pigs at 14:34 : "hold my beer"
"hold my *pork* " (FTFY)
Pigs are loud but they are tuff handel one they scream bloody murder but they are fine
Like a 2 year they scream like you are about too kill em over nothing a
LOL!
Young Peter....a heartthrob
He's hot now.
I’ve watched this whole series 6 times now. I learn so much. Love it.
My dream job and I could move right in.
So educational and uplifting
Love this groups Whole farm series, surprised you can't stream this one anywhere
I love the mill,the house and how they work together.Everyone worked in those days.
Well you had to,didn't you? Otherwise people would starve
I think Stuart forgot to soak the salt cod overnight first to get rid of some of the salt and tenderize it before he cooked it in the chafing dish
Yeah, he did. And now we know why you freshen salt fish before cooking.
If you don't soak fish that's been salted enough to preserve it, it's pretty much inedible.
I had a horrible flashback to Lutefisk, enjoyed in Scandinavia and Minnesota. Excoriated everywhere else in the world.
I wish they'd provide the recipes. That egg and pear tart sounded interesting.
Me too!
In Germany, March beer is still made today, only in May. It's really strong.
Thanks for uploading I love these
Some of the scenes on this show look like they could be 17th century paintings. 28:25 for example, it reminds me of Vermeer!
I can't believe he didn't soak that salt cod. And verjuice is used at the rate of about a Tbs full to a cup of water. You don't poach anything in neat verjuice. You might as well poach it in neat vinegar. The looks on their faces when they tried it were priceless though.
That wooden shovel looks wonderfully impractical.
Backbreaking actually!
Round one goes to the pig, Peter gets round 2 however..... fantastic
It must have been so soothing for their souls to take part in this project. Although there was hard work, I think it is such a breath of fresh air to get away from the city, television, internet...
Peter is such a good sport.
he didn't soak that fish at all. 🤣
I know! So much for being an expert. I've never cooked salt cod, and I know that soaking it is essential to make it edible.
Work hard... play hard... I love these series.
I wish they did a remake of this.
Actually, I'd rather that they return to this farm with the experience theyve had of the other farms ...
@@johannaholmgren8088Yes that would be good
@@johannaholmgren8088they’re all 20 years older; it might be considerably more demanding physically. Not to mention established careers that would be hard to take time off for that long. They still do smaller pieces, like the trains series.
@@sgrannie9938 I know. I agree. Just wishful thinking. Lol
@@johannaholmgren8088 agreed
Can't believe Stuart didn't soak the salt cod! He obviously doesn't have many Jamaican friends!
Yes thinking the same thing - not just Jamaican. Surely they would've soaked it first - it would be really horrible to eat still salted.
Or Nova Scotian ones. I have two packs of salt cod in the fridge. It's something that is still eaten on a regular basis.
I know. Salt cod is still eaten around the world. But the salt must be soaked out first.
@@cayannap6752 soak salt cod 24hrs fresh water change every4 to 8 hrs
Did the men take over the kitchen and cooking tasks? I was amazed to see Stuart hands on the meal preparation, totally unexpected.
I was hoping they would explain the understanding of yeast back then. Before Pasteur people had no understanding of the microbial aspect of yeast, brewers simply added foam from a previous brew, or allowed airborne yeast to get into the wort.
I would love to find out what kind of drinking vessals those are. Those would be nice to have around our house during winter. Big vessel of hot tea or cocoa.
One of them looked like a horn.
I must confess that I am surprised that the salted cod is not watered out before cooking... It must have been close to inedible....
Thanks again.
Watching this like: why are they calling Peter fonze? 🤣
That's his alias.
That was Peter's nickname back in 2005, when this was filmed.
I am surprised he didn't soak the salt cod. I did salt cod for the vigil of Christmas and like most Italians I soaked the salt cod for three days, changing the water every day.
I'm not.
They would use the wort twice when making beer. The first wort would be where they got the higher alcohol beer which they saved for special occasions. The second wort produced the low alcohol beer that they could drink while they were working. It wouldn't be smart to drink full strength beer while working because you might do something stupid like slice your foot off with a scythe and bleed to death. You could drink the low alcohol beer periodically throughout the day without making yourself stupid or clumsy.
They do mention this in the Tudor Monastery Farm series.
As Ruth mentions, most of the beer they drank was of the weaker "small" variety, while the strong variety was typically only drunk in the evenings.
5:13 m8
I guess the alcohol kills the germs s and parasites in the water. Apparently they didn't drink a lot of water for that reason
I love how Ruth says Vit-a-min .
What else would she say?
Penny Elliot That is how it is pronounced in the UK.
@@ruthgoebel723 I thought so, thank you for sharing ! I love her accent!!
I was hoping to hear someone say 'aluminum'. :-)
Has anyone noticed that ‘intestines’ has been pronounced three different ways? 😊 (I love all the regional differences still heard today.)
This is the UK in five years time.
???
Yep, and not just U.K..
Seems like "beat the grains out" should have become an expression.
I thought that when he said it. I'm going to start using it.
040922. I've watched almost all of these Alex, Peter and Ruth series, and have greatly enjoyed them all. However, as in this episode at 27:39, I marvel at how Ruth is able to always keep her nails so long and groomed.
Long yes, groomed not so much
Yes I must admit, as a retired RN, Ruth's nails give me the heebie-jeebies. The jobs they had to do in the farm, and long nails? Unless you are washing and scrubbing your nails with a nail brush (and even then...!!) there's no way those nails are clean.
I thought eggs for Lent were a big NoNo in the medieval times, all the way up to the 19th centrury. And because they weren't eaten you ended up having loads for Easter. Thus Easter eggs. There are lots of old recipe books describing how to store eggs over lent.
Hm. I know after Catholicism fell out of favour people didn't follow the same rules. Could be why.
Eggs are permitted in Lent, as they have no meat taste, at least nowadays. Possibly by this time, eggs were permitted. Easter eggs are more of a Pagan tradition of birth.
In the 13th century no eggs were permitted, along with milk and meat. The idea was you don’t eat the meat, or any product of the animal. I’m not sure when this went out of practice, but certainly the break from practicing Catholicism in England could account for the change.
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040922. MissMargaret" In the 13th century no eggs"
@@sparkybish I can not imagine that anyone held to that. In England the products of animals were the sole basis of fat. What would they cook with?
Salted cod fish is a staple in my family.. I soak overnight changing the water at least twice.. I don't know how they could even stomach it without soaking it. Would be like sucking on a salt block literally
Where do you get yours?
@@alliemackenzie1575 I live in Virginia. Do usually caught up north and boxed and salted. The guy I get them from gets 50lb box because they're very popular here on cold days . Island seafood is the name.
I'm very curious to know how well the bottom of bracken worked in keeping out the majority of rodents of the wheat in the barn. If anyone has knowledge regarding this, I'd love to hear about it in the comments!
I suspect cats kept the rodents out of the grain, just as they do today.
That is correct. Thats why farms always had cats and dogs. They both hunt mice. Though the dog also provides protection. They do it as a game, not because they are hungry. Even the most well fed cat and dog will hunt mice. Mine sure do. They have never wanted for anything.
Its spikey, and very dense, so would have been a deterrent. No doubt some got through.
@@christinegreen6736 Bracken is a fern, it's not spikey.
@@theclumsyprepper with you go stick your face in a bunch and see how it feels lol. The stuff they were laying down was more like gorze which is VERY spikey.
Just two lads beating their seeds in the barn
is it a matter of freedom or a matter of necessity.
FREEEEDUMMM
You do not ' boil ' salt cod to prepare it for eating. The stuff can last salted for years!! It needs to be soaked in cold water AT LEAST overnight. I've been eating it all of my 59 years; it's delicious but HAS to be prepared correctly - i.e. no vinegar and if it is screwed up as Stuart did, it will taste like Alex says. We Newfoundlanders invented it.
Even a prairie girl like me knows how to cook salt fish. No vinegar required 😂😂
I’m so glad that you commented about the fish. I’ve Never cooked it without soaking. It would have been delicious if done right.
@@birdali2 Never liked Stuart Much but he's all about Gervais Markham and "book cooking'- it's best to do it like yer Mum or Grandma did. ;)
@@birdali2 ...or Grandpa...
Lol salted fish has existed for thousanda of years, you didnt invent anything
Interesting: Timestamp 10:20 Adding Hops prior to boiling; Timestamp 11:18 bringing the mash runnings and hops up to boil...
"What's wrong with this beer?" cough cough. "Oops, I accidentally used the soap recipe".
Wonder what Bruce Lee would have thought of the over-sized num chucks? Looks as if they do the job!
I, myself, am quite confused when biting into an onion. 😏
what's the name of the book she is quoting the hazard game from?
Joseph Strutt: The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England from the Earliest Period (1801), p. 246.
I'm curious about letting young pigs loose in the woods to fatten up on nuts, roots and foliage. Did they round up the pigs at night and pen them in or use a swineherds to stay with them the whole time?
nope they will heard them back to the barn...or the pigs will run away xD
25:31 Uncle common sense give that kitten some fish 🥺🥺
Hops also have a strong soporific effect, which tends to put people drinking the beer made with it to sleep. Even picking hops would put people to sleep (not permanently, like when veterinarians kill pets with poison injections).
POPPIES! Poppppeeeezzzz....
stuart era nunchucks
I can find no references to Drewson's Potage anywhere on the internet. Pity, I fancied getting hold of a recipe :(
+Felicity Wright I think if you took porridge oats, barley malt and some watered-down vegemite or marmite (a big dollop in a mug, about a tbsp to 150ml, though might be a bit salty) you'd get a fair approximation. You could possibly also get warm water and yeast to make a sludge to add in too if you wanted it more bready. It'd probably work quite well with Bonox too by the sounds.
+Catherine Cook Thanks. It's just weird that there don't seem to be any references to it elsewhere.
@@felicitywright791 Maybe it was just a local recipe? Each area has it's on specialities on a basic dish?
Jerusalem's Pottage
so when did FONZ go back to PETER?
Pigs in hats!
Ohhhhh❤️😊 those piglets r just TOO CUTE!! As much as I love pork
(Burnt pork chops r my favorite pork dish) I'd never ever be able to eat those lil guys. I just couldn't. Not after raising them and loving them. I'd rather be hungry. N no, I'm not vegan lol
Would the chafing dish produce a lot of smoke??
It was heated with coals, which don't smoke.
Salted cod first needs to be beaten with a wooden mallet and then soaked for a day or two.
Ok is his name fronz or Peter? In other episodes he’s called peter.
Peter is his name. Fonz is his nickname.
@@irisjoosten8669 Thank god they dropped that nickname in later series. You can really see the others having to strain to use it, it just doesn't sound like it's his genuine nickname at all. For some reason the director must have thought they needed nicknames, to make them more "relatable" or something. One of those typically british television cliches that messes up the natural flow of interactions. Mind you, still 1000 times more natural than american television.
@@gladtobeangry I read somewhere that in college Peter Ginn did an excellent Fonzie impersonation. I'd love to see that.
@@irisjoosten8669 Thanks for answering this question for me. I asked the same question in a previous episode. I am glad they dropped the nickname in a later series. Take care everyone.
@@gladtobeangry
Actually Peter and Alex were friends before this series and it is probably he knew of and used Peter's nickname before coming into this series.
Love this series and the actors, and all the shows they have created so far. I keep discovering new ones. I'm a huge fan of Ruth. By the way... Does anyone know why Peter is called Fonzi?
I was just looking for the reason in the comments, too.. maybe he just did not want to be known by his real name, he probably thought it was a one time thing...and at that time, they did not know this was not going to be the last series of this kind😊 and they did not know the series were going to be so loved as well❤
They’re not actors.
@@lisettegroot3789they introduced him by his real name in the first episode, pointing out that Fonz was a nickname. At that time they wouldn’t have known he’d be in more Farm series.
They are historians and archeologists, not actors.
Puzzled! If I choose to live this way, at my own risk, why would the National Safety Board have the right to tell me I may not live this way?? There's not much that they are doing on this program that I am not already doing. I scratch make my own yeast and bread, my own butter, I love the whole 'in your own garden patch' and the ability to produce and feed yourself, but if I 'exceed the safety standards by today's standards' I may not run my own farm, food, animals, that I may not do so?
The law gives them the right.
The difference is that you're doing this at your own risk, rather than at the behest of an employer.
Nillie Exactly ! It's not like they are a bunch of hippies who have decided to create a commune - they are working for the BBC, and therefore they fall under labour code laws, which probably state that there has to be running water, proper sanitation, Health and Safety crew ( Medics) on duty, etc. If they were doing this on their own, and there were no children involved, I suspect they could do what they want.
@@Canuckmom128 A long, looong time ago I watched a "We Live Like Iron Age People" BBC doco. There were kids, and they wound up having to be removed from the site and shoot. Some poultry gave everyone a stomach thing. Health & Safety, as well as CPS got involved.
The only thing in this episode that might be illegal in modern England or Wales is the privy
Why are they calling Peter "Fauns" ? It's not like they aren't using his name in the other seasons...
Fonz / "the Fonz" ... look up "Happy Days", a TV series from the 60s. Peter probably is "popular with the ladies".
A bit out of the time period, eh?
i think that is why he goes by Peter now.
This was the first one they did, they changed it after.
'Fonz' not 'Fauns' . . . think Fonzie from Happy Days the television show.
what would the children drink? Beer??
Yes, "small beer". I promise, I'm not making this up! Google it :)
There were 3 different strengths, Strong beer, one that was everyday and lower in alcohol, then small beer, which was made from the 2nd use of the mash, which was theoretically low alcohol - 0.7% (although some have come out at 9.5%) which would have been given to children and servants. It could be quite thick and porridgey and was nutritious because it had lots of the malt and other makings left in it. Labourers and people like these farm workers would drink up to 10 pints a day.
Andrew Greaves Yes - as HogwashMcTurnip explained, there were different strengths of Beer and the beer they drank as their main beverage, everyday, was low alcohol. As Ruth explains in this episode, unless you had a mountain Spring on your property, you couldn't drink water without serious risk of illness from naturally occurring pathogens, and all the crap that businesses ( tanneries, mills, etc) would dump in the water. Because the water in beer had been boiled and processed it was much safer to drink, and was very important nutritionally, providing carbs, iron and other micronutrients. When the temperance movement came to the fore in London and England as a whole, they caused terrible increases in deaths from malnutrition because the poor were no longer getting that nutrition from the low-alcohol beer.
Canuckmom1958
To add on to that the main point was that the alcohol killed the majority of the bacteria.
This, a combination of boiling and fermentation did the job.
Of course they did! They couldn't drink the water. A LOT of children and elderly died from dehydration from a case of severe "runs"! This was preventable by drinking "small" beer .
Wait? They ate chicken EGGS regularly except for winter months but?? They didn't eat CHICKEN as a meat usually? Earlier episodes said chicken was a rare meat. I don't get that. I eat chicken weekly
If you eat all the eggs, you don't get more chickens. Eggs were far more valuable. They didn't raise chickens for meat, but would have eaten them when they got too old to lay. The phrase "a chicken in every pot" in the US in the early 20th century was a way of suggesting a comfortable financial situation would be had by all. Today chicken is ubiquitous because of factory farming of birds in gruesome industrial settings with timers, grow lights, drip waterers and especially plucking machines and conveyor belt killing. Modern practices also introduced salmonella into both chickens and eggs on a global scale, meaning that people can no longer eat them raw.
@@QuinniMundo wow. Tyvm idk this. Ty
Omg. Ok. If you had 6 chickens, no way of getting more, how long before you have no chickens and NO EFFING EGGS! you failed maths at school I take it? Smh I despair at the ignorance of some ppl. You couldn't just go to the bloody supermarket and get more. To get more chickens they had to leave the eggs to hatch, meaning no eggs. That means NO PROTEIN at all for some time. You know how long it takes to rear animals?
@@christinegreen6736 did u failbasic humanity?!
Wouldn't they have made a small shelter for the pigs in the field and let them dig it over through the winter? What little winter they have, the ground would not have been frozen for long, nor very deep. Or at least a month sooner.
@Sheila T. I've seen lots of discussions comparing the winters. The Brits who live in the Midwest/PA-NY/New England basically tell their countrymen to shut up, they know nothing. I can't speak for Alberta or the prairie states, but what I saw on this program for a whole winter didn't even make an average November in NE Ohio.
@Sheila T. Exactly.
Its hard too Think that beer/Ale was ones a very inportent part of peopels diets.
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If you lot haven't got anything nice to say about this programme then DON'T say anything at all !!!!
Why do they keep calling Peter, Fonz?
Because he liked Happy Days.
It ,probably,a nickname he got when he was a teenager at school.
It’s Americans who seem to get annoyed about it,for some strange reason.
@@manchestertart5614 I'm not annoyed, just confused. I'm kinda sad they stopped.
@@unforgrettable Lots of Americans here expressed various levels of dislike or confusion about the nickname
In Jesus' time, 2000 years ago, He refers to having the "chaff blown away by the wind" which was still done in the 1600s. It continues to amaze me how little life changed for hundreds and hundreds of years compared to now. The 20th century saw huge changes. Now the entire WORLD can change in a WEEK!
Also a QUESTION: "... tough as an old boot." Shouldn't the saying be, "tough as a NEW boot"? I mean, an old boot would be more worn out and therefore not as tough and definitely easier to cut through, which is the context it is being used in here. 🤷♀️
Also in Jesus' time, He refers to being "yoked" to another person. Since you didn't know what a "pig yoke" looked like, might I suggest you yoke two pigs together? Like oxen. It might serve your purpose because it would require the pigs to organize and work together for them to accomplish an escape through a hedge (for example). Probably NOT within their abilities or characters to do. 🐷🐷 🤔 LLR
Yoking 2 together would impede their ability to root & feed. They'd probably end up competing & one wouldn't grow as well.
Old boot leather goes very tough and hard compared to supple new leather
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I’m willing to bet that, when not filming, most of what they ate came from a restaurant …. or at least the nearest chippy 😊
Why dig the veg patch? No dig is so much easier and better for the soil. Just chuck on some muck early winter and leave it.
I am sure -- being historians and archaeologists -- that they were recreating the planting habits documented in historical writing.
I do like this series very much. However, I object to the comment about using pesticides to 'rectify a problem' of blackfly on broad beans. I doubt if this was a problem in 1600 as there would have been plenty of birds around to eat them, as they do in my garden. It would surely only have become a 'problem' when large areas were planted with monocultures by machine and the problem caused by such practice was added to by poisoning the flies which then poisoned the predators. It a shame that erroneous comment couldn't be deleted.
Oh you were there then? Sorry we didnt realise ppl lived for 400 years! God save us from armchair experts.
@@christinegreen6736 I am not 'an armchair expert', I grow broad beans every year and don't have blackfly problems as I have plenty of predators for them. Is there any written evidence that this was a problem 400 years ago?
@@christinegreen6736 The point is still well taken. More predators (birds) competing the same prey (bugs) means less crop damage. It was nature's way to balance. We've most certainly changed that with the Big Ag of today.
farmers these days dont know there born.
wut?
If the lads were doing all that physical work they should have developed muscles like Garth but Alex at least is still extremely weedy! Makes you wonder!
@LASummer swine.
How rude
some people are just fiber and no muscle no matter what they do. I personally know a lot of such people, my cousin included who's one of the most hard-working people I have ever known and he's still as tall and fiber-y as he's been as a teenager. And he works like a horse, yet he can't put muscle on no matter what. Alex is the same type
Yeah cos Olympic swimmers are built like weightlifters arent they? Wtf is wrong with ppl? Much of the work was cardio vascular, and protein IF YOU WERE LISTENING.. wasnt consumed every day like it is today. Ffs go away if you cant be bothered to watch and LEARN. I take it you've NEVER heard of mesomorph, ectomorph, etc? I take it you've NEVER met a tall slim person who no matter what they eat doesnt gain weight? To build muscle you need protein and resistance. Guess you missed the bit about eating seasonal foods and food being scarce in winter. I give up. Go watch real housewives you prob think that's more realistic.
Stuart needs a good haircut and a trim shave.
Hardly a priority for a farmer in 1620,as that is what they are trying to create .
Hi
You claim the young lady working with you . Grow up on a farm. Didn't she ever leave the house because she seems to be SCARED of most the animals and goes on and on about the smell of the cow shit. Be honest did she leave the farm when she was about 3 years old . Didn't live on the farm again. I grew up on a dairy farm and my father would have sacked me for being as useless as her.
Look at her trying to drive the cows etc she's SCARED of them and she is about as much use driving cows as the police are when some get on the motorway. Ie NO IDEA HOW TO DRIVE ANIMALS. PERSONALLY I DON'T BELIEVE SHE'S EVER WORKED ON A FARM . SHE MAY HAVE LIVED ON A FARM. BUT ANYONE WHO GREW UP ON A FARM CAN SEE SHE DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE NEAR ANY ANIMALS.
At least the rest don't claim to have any idea how to farm.
Calm down 😂
Nick. Nasty bit of stuff you bring.
Lol bit much
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