Baking Potatoes in the Stove, the Stone Circle and One Acre

Baking for free!...Everyday Life in an Old Cottage in the Woods amid rhythms from the Celtic world, West Of Ireland. Books written by Colette O’Neill include:
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[@bealtainecottage]

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[@sarahpauline4904]

My children recognize your voice after so many years of listening to you. My son walked past my office and called in "What's Colette doing today?"

[@bealtainecottage]

😄😄😄

[@doloresphilipsabbatino6562]

It’s a stormy, rainy day here in Staten Island, USA….the remnants of hurricane Ian. I always enjoy the sound of your voice & the natural sounds of your 3 acres. I am a bit older than you & pray for your good health to continue your work, living your life and enjoying it!

[@KatWoodland]

Beautiful sentiment. Hi from North Carolina. We had wonderful rain and winds from Ian. May God be with the unfortunate souls who lost their lives and homes.

[@terry_679]

You and Mother Earth have created a magical place. She must be very happy with you. ❤

[@garykandmimisgarden1662]

Love your channel. Your cooking potatoes reminded me of visiting my grandmother on her little farm in the Catskills of upstate New York when I was a child (some 60 years ago). She would also cook whole unpeeled onions in tin foil and spoon it out over the potatoes. I remember sometimes she would do a cored unpeeled apple stuffed with brown sugar in tin foil and a dish she called "Gypsy chicken" which if you omit the obvious meat would be potatoes, onion, carrot, rutabaga, and parsnip all roasted in tin foil. There is nothing like food cooked in embers. You brought back a lot of good memories today. Thank you.

[@bealtainecottage]

Some great ideas ❤️

[@parry3231]

Oh yeah, I know what you mean about the baked potatoes on the coals of a fire 🔥 😋 👌 yummy food. Thanks Collette for sharing this wonderful walk through the wood land garden. I am very fond of the fall season and the celebration of the harvest. The stone circle is very beautiful and calming. It doesn't sound strange that you wished things into existence. You are here now with the flow of energies in honoring life and nurturing life with loving focus. ❤ Blessings to you and to all of us in this world 🌎 🙏 ✨ ❤ 💛 🦄🦋👣✌

[@aswinthasteketee5771]

Thank you for taking us on this walk. Always love that. 😊❤️🍁🍂

[@rebeccadees2300]

❤️❤️❤️ I want to say "I'm jealous" regarding your woodlands but I know you've worked hard and steady to create such a wonder. Please keep sharing your videos.. 😊

[@cathylynnpietranton]

☘Hello Colette, my husband RJ and I really like the way you're changing up your videos. We get to see more of you. As always love walking through your gardens. Sending you hugs and love ❤

[@daniellereid01]

That's exactly how my Dad used to cook them, especially if we had a bonfire going in the garden. Best baked potatoes I've ever had. Thanks for the memories, Colette ❤️ I have to say that your stone circle is transforming. It's amazing to me how plants seem to know the importance of certain things and have grown to protect it. Really, your garden is a feast for the senses xox

[@stscc2009]

Thank you so much for the tour at both the cottage and the park. Your videos make me heart yearn to visit the west of Ireland. And saying you wished the ferns into existence doesn’t sound silly at all. You have captured magic in those 3 acres and I do believe anything is possible.

[@Holly_at_gypsyhollergardens]

Loved this ! Yes, I love making up little veggie packs and tossing them in the fire ! A sweet treat, bananas , chocolate chips and little marshmallows , wrapped up in foil , cooked in coals 💙

[@Divinefemininemiracles]

Quite enjoying these little voice overs, my favourite is always you walking facing the camera at the garden as if we are there. But the voice overs are very pleasant i enjoy them. Thankyou.

[@bealtainecottage]

Quite a few people with hearing problems have remarked on their declined ability to hear me, so the voiceover technique is to try to accommodate the hard of hearing in this little community.

[@WendyW123]

Goodness, I remember you planting the oak in the middle of the stone circle Colette. If I remember rightly, you had willow around the circle. Thank you for the lovely autumn walk x

[@22marketst]

Bealtaine is really looking just wonderful Colette - all your amazing effort and joy for it over the years is 'wreathed' through your marvellous woodland and gardens - I among so many of us are in 'awe' at your determination and achievements !!

[@ren8240]

I love potatoes cooked in the fire. I also cook wrapped in foil in the fire Bananas in their skin with choc bits inside a slit & an Apple cored & filled with walnuts, sultanas & cinnamon then served with a dollop of cream!

[@bealtainecottage]

Yummy 😋

[@mikeinportland30]

The stone circle has a magic that travels through the streaming medium to widely diffuse places. How nice.

[@leighwiseman8389]

Hi Colette, baked potatoes look delicious. Really enjoyed this video as usual. Thank you very much xxx

[@henriettahenson]

Wow I never thought of cooking potatoes in my wood burner... I don't know 🤔why not we do. It in the fire chimenere outside🥔🥔🥔... So will be doing this... so thanks for tip... Great video as always 🍁🍒🍑🍐🍏🍎

[@Patricia-zo8tg]

You have created such a magical place 💚

[@marysmyth8288]

Dear Colette , Blessed was the day I found your vlog on Bealtaine Cottage, Oh the spuds on the fire to roast , I do often roast my potatoes in my oven I had a wee chuckle when you mention , a wee spit on the fire 🔥 to put out the flame As an Irish family of emigrants , one Christmas my husband gifted me with a small Replica Victorian Electric fire place , we only ever used it to get to the flame without Using the heat , my husband loved his rum and coke, so we lived in a little cottage home with Beams on the ceiling , Desmond would stumble down the hall to the bedroom each night Stop along the way to the corner where the wee grate was, he would bend down for the switch To turn off the flame , with these words , swear on my life : a spit on the flame to put out the fire Today I am a widow , I remember all the quirkiness of this very old fashioned man of mine Also Colette as you took the walk to the stone circle , I felt the Ancestor’s at my back With Gratitude, Mary Canada 🍁

[@bealtainecottage]

A beautiful recollection of your love! Blessings xxx

[@joannaallsop5926]

Hello I would be in heaven there I love quiet a nature ..its lovley..my nan used to do jacket potatoes like that when I was little and toast o n a long mea fork best toast ever ....loved them times ...thanks for sharing jo

[@gramarye_cottage]

Oh wow all that growth at the stone circle. I remember when you first did that circle. It was bare and open. Looks amazing now 💚

[@lindaellis9349]

Gorgeous, absolutely magical dear Colette..thank you for the walk and the trip to the Loch...love baked potatoes! 💞

[@summerrain7466]

The loch looks so peaceful. Thank you for taking us there, and for the walk about your woodland. The stone circle looks more magical than ever! A tranquil and protected space.

[@daggy1778]

What a brilliant idea,dear Colette.......................Blessings and Greetings from Daggy,Kiel,Germany☘☘☘

[@karenhirschkorn2360]

Just beautiful!! Now I have the urge to go plant a tree!! 👍🏼

[@squinky7108]

Thank you for such an enchanting Autumn film , I could just smell those spuds The woodland has such an atmosphere full of presences of another world Autumn is my favourite season! Blessings from Canada

[@TheEmpressgoth]

Hello Ms.Colette another beautiful video always enjoy in my evenings ❤

[@tardifvirginie5261]

Beautiful ! Toujours un plaisir pour les yeux !

[@TheEGA4421]

Spectacular views. I am so happy that your area has not been made into developments of homes and businesses. The world is in dire need of more green space.

[@libbykat3958]

Thank you so much for making these beautiful videos. I really appreciate the time and effort that goes into them and they are a real pick-me-up that I look forward to.

[@bealtainecottage]

Bless you xxx

[@dwaynecuster]

The Stone Circle is my favorite place to sit in the woodland. It's hard to describe in words the sense of otherworldliness in that space. 🪨🪨🌱🪴🌳🍀☘❤

[@juliehill2830]

Just beautiful Colette.. thankyou for sharing.. Xxx

[@marykaymorley8551]

Always something new to see as the seasons change....lovely.❤

[@elainerichards6406]

Hi Colette, my husband and I loved cooking baked potatoes on our wood burner when we lived on our boat and yes they were delicious too! Love to see that very sacred part of Bealtaine, the very peaceful stone circle so atmospheric. Blessings ❤️

[@marionlacey1074]

Those yummy baked potatoes!🥔🤤 Beautiful walk through your woodland/garden/fruit trees.....to your stone circle. 🐾🦋

[@bealtainecottage]

Thanks so much

[@roannecampagnolo4629]

That was a lovely walk around the Woodlands. Thank you! I especially liked the stone circle.. Blessings..

[@sherelynwhite4130]

Thoroughly enjoyed this Collette...thank you! 💫🌺🙋‍♀️😘

[@Reinolds_Recipes]

Beautiful :) Really like your videos! Makes me hungry every time haha, keep sharing to each other 😊😊

[@mariumortellaro119]

Hello,your forest, and like a labyrinth,very beautiful, but more' beautiful in summer.Still all very beautiful I envy you.👍👏👋

[@levinawalsh2015]

Loved this Colette. A Wonderful idea to bake the spuds in the stove👌. The one acre is looking Beautiful. Thank You & have a Wonderful Week. Blessings to You.☘🥰

[@carolarmstrong4979]

So enjoyed that Colette ! Its a while since we had a tour. I'm looking forward to seeing more with the beautiful autumn colours. Thank you so much ! X 🌳🌳🌳

[@terryditchfield9494]

I look forward to every visit with you at Bealtaine Cottage. The views and the sounds of wind rain and chimes. I am originally from Southern USA in Tennessee. We had lovely hills and rain. I’ve lived in Illinois which is Midwest USA for many years which I also love but I do miss the rain. Thank you for your vlogs.

[@noreenodriscoll7746]

Thank you for sharing you're lovely home and gardens ,it looks so lovely and magical and you have such a warm soothing voice ,I love how you're garden weeves through to different little spaces and if looks like a real spiritual place ,you are so blessed ,❤️🙏🦋🍁

[@debbietodd8547]

Ooh! I love the stone circle....I think I would be spending a lot of time there. The magic comes right through my computer screen! Awesome that you left it undisturbed.

[@grizeldaxxx4568]

Oh Colette, how I love to meander along the paths with You , thanks so much for taking us with You , my fave spot is the Stone Circle ...many Blessings

[@aikitherese]

What a place of magic you've helped create. I take inspiration for my fraction of a property to create magic too!

[@debiallen4053]

I've made baked potatoes in a open fire before. I imagine this would be close to the same. You are so right, they are so tasty cooked this way. I cant almost taste them. I have to make me some tomorrow. So good. I love the stone circle, so very beautiful. So serene, everything in it's perfect place. I live on 10 wooded acres and I have seen so many ideas in this video for my land. You have so many fruit and nut trees, plants, shrubs. So beautiful. It's like a fairytale land. Heavenly.

[@goldenfd475]

I wonder if the ornamental apple trees are in fact like my John Downie crab apple ones from which I make wonderful crab apple jelly much sought after by my offspring? Thank you for a little wander to soothe the soul and fix me hack down to earth today. ❤

[@andrearenee7845]

Yummy potatoes. So healing your land gives off such love and joy.

[@judyfink9527]

Signing on from near San Diego, California. Have my own wee garden...hardly any water but very loved.

[@elainesplots1132]

Those potatoes look great. Wish I could eat carbs! ❣️Bealtaine looks her gorgeous self. ❤️

[@oilpntr]

OH MY DEAR!!!!!! Fabulous walk around. It doesnt sound at all silly that yu willed the ferns into existence. I did that with a Red Cherokee Chief Dogwood just this past spring. I wanted a pink on or a red one. One of my spirit guides is a Potawatomi Chief from here in Michigan in the USA. The short version f the whole--he gave me a little nudge back down a row of pallets i had been several times. There, in the middle of a bunch of Maples was the Red Dogwood. Manifestation comes with the Pyrenees of love and heart and thought. Blessings and Light coming yur way.

[@ellemski]

Beautiful video, Colette! 🥰😍 Thank you very much! 🍁🍂🍃🌞🌿🌱🪵

[@sherelynwhite4130]

At 11:01 on this video...just as you are introducing the ornamental apple tree one can see an arched entrance of a heavy vine/bush that looks like a tunnel of sorts. Have seen it before in your videos. Very intriguing and always wanting and hoping you will take us to explore it closer. Thank you!

[@hikerx9366]

I LOVE POTATOES.....ALWAYS HAVE ANYWAY YOU MAKE EM TOO. NOW...ALL I NEED IS THAT WOOD STOVE. 🥔🥔🥔

[@margaretlouiseable]

I feel so close to you now Colette. Our birthdays are coming up! I woke up today on the edge of a city I don't want to live in anymore. I long for my people /group that has yet to show up. I'm open to anything! I have 6 precious cats from 14 down to 3 or 4. All rescues. I create little places for them with fleece throws and blankets. They are inside of course. I love them so much! I have no grandchildren or kids of my own. I am lonely and scared which is the human condition currently. I'm ready to stop watching the news and find my people where I am now! I love and respect you with all of my heart.

[@bridgetannanelson6921]

I think this is your group of people, right here. And like you, I struggle not having grandchildren, all the joy they would bring and all the wisom we could share. Cats are our grand-family now. 🙏😻

[@margaretlouiseable]

@@bridgetannanelson6921 I'm so happy to meet you! Thank you Darling for your kind words.

[@catherineblack6330]

I love the stone circle. When I lived in the northern US, I knew where many stone circles were and loved them all. Now that I live in Florida, there are none. No rocks here! Yes, we have the ocean and the glorious beaches, but I do miss the deciduous forests and rocks of the north.

[@theladywispa]

I only have a acre. But I am s Making small paths and planting large bushes and allowing what was already there grow.

[@Goghvangoghandme]

It’s peak season for colors here in The Green Mountains of Vermont, we did our apple picking yesterday and today we are going out to look at the glorious colors of the trees

[@colinestephens2404]

Beautiful place, and you look amazing.

[@MsClaireM]

Oh Colette…those potatoes!! Another gorgeous video … thank you x

[@pamelacourtney8998]

Bealtaine is always beautiful. Always love seeing the stone circle. It has a calming effect on me. Blessings to all 🧡

[@TheMysticTable]

Beautiful stone circle with the oak! Would love to have that as well! :)

[@Divinefemininemiracles]

Great idea for voice over for hard of hearing, might try that myself (and potatoes mine keep going black).

[@stacyfelton5588]

I was you could film the land from a camera up in the air... I've forgot what they are called lol

[@TheHallowedCauldron]

Your baked potatoes gave me a craving...had to make some tonight for dinner!!

[@cindibednarz4474]

Loved my afternoon walk with you Collette. Be well.

[@mysticmimi3924]

Oh my gosh the tiny little mushrooms there must be fairies on your property that land that is so Lash and Beautiful

[@carolwhite6979]

I do enjoy a lovely plain baked potato with a bit of butter...

[@nellmanning8547]

Beautiful video, I loved it ......Blessings !

[@marianfrances4959]

Thank you for this beautiful video. Even your hair looks awesome!! 👍😎🇨🇦🌿

[@amikshajain5476]

wow wow wow ❤️ this is lovely. I make the potatoes the very same way in winters.

[@traceyesparza7824]

I was wondering what was the very first tree that you planted on your land?

[@Yorkshireman.]

Lovely video Colette baked potatoes from the wood burner are the best.

[@kesmarn]

After having been convinced by the media that "there's not enough!" (Of any or everything!) or having frightened themselves into believing that all by themselves, people really need to have a look at the beautiful bounty of that dish of potatoes. Lovely. There IS enough! Mother Nature has supplied us with what we need -- and more . We have only to trust her. All that anger and fear... that was wasted energy. You never bought into that. Even during the worst of the pandemic, you didn't accept the scarcity panic that people were trying to sell. (And "sell" is indeed the operative word.) And I believe you never will buy into that. That's one of the many character traits that you bring to the world because the world needs it so badly. Bless you and thank you!

[@bealtainecottage]

Thank you 🙏 Kes for your wonderful words xxx

[@kesmarn]

@@bealtainecottage My pleasure!

[@KatWoodland]

Awesome post and message. Touché

[@shannarowell1819]

There are days I wish I can retire in the country and in the woods behind my home is an ancient cemetery which will be my project to keep it up.

[@eleanorluckhurst9192]

Thanks you. I always enjoy your videos.

[@jmck6320]

thank you for the tour Colette. Very relaxing

[@deewise552]

Having a misty rainy day here as well in coastal Virginia, remnants of Ian that decided to hang around a spell. We needed the rain so I won’t complain. A good video or book by the fire as I walk your acre with you.

[@moonmother.]

💜💕🌸💗

[@verayoung5210]

I used to cook my tatties just like you have, best tatties ever 😀

[@roybellinger6769]

Thank you very interesting..

[@missglenellen]

Thank you for this beautiful walk. I wish I knew more about (edible) mushrooms, so far I am almost perfect with my knowledge about healing plants, I can forage and feel safe, but mushrooms are too special, too dangerous... those little red/orange shrooms looked really beautiful.

[@lizdaugherty5607]

Loved the sound of the crisp potatoes 🥔 sooo yummy 😋thanks for the walk today, I needed it🧡🧡

[@mysticmimi3924]

Absolutely love your stone circle

[@jimdavis9315]

You live in an earthly paradise

[@ruthfowler390]

Absolutely love your videos 💕🦋💕thank you so very much. NZ

[@rebeccadees2300]

Yum. Looks so good.. 😋

[@MaoSharliz]

Beautiful property.

[@estherterrier6400]

Beautiful garden x

[@SAM-eb6wo]

I miss your little Black and white dog going on walkabout with you. Did he pass away?

[@bealtainecottage]

Sadly yes 😢

[@jhamilton8398]

Love baked potatoes

[@alisoncotterill4048]

1100 trees 🌳 😍 that must of been very expensive 😳

[@bealtainecottage]

2 Euros each as bare-rooted saplings.

[@londonschoolofwigmaking5793]

Yum

[@triciabergland5067]

❤ thank you 🙏

[@lindaburrows4724]

Beautiful x

[@beverley1539]

Hiya Colette , enjoyed a walk with you. Wow how Bealtaine has evolved. I’ve been a subscriber for several years now. The stone circle changed I recall the willow & prayer flags. A place of rest without going into detail. Looking forward to watching upcoming walks with you & the other 2 acre’s. Blessings luv Ontario Canada Thankyou 🐝🇨🇦

[@jillychandler]

Your pots looked sooo delicious. I love crispy skins on them, if only I had a stove, but hey ho! I am very lucky with what I do have, and am very thankful for it all. I too love mushrooms on toast, scrummy! Love our walk through your woods with you, and the dingle dangle sound of your fairy wind chimes. I love all your crystals, and bits and bobs you have around the stone circle, and around your woodland. Love the old bike parked against a tree! How wonderful that you have a Badger's set, so precious. I look forward, as I am sure we all do on here, to seeing you make your wreathes, as I think that is such a lovely idea. Beautiful Lock, and I used to live in a lovely little thatched cottage here in Devon, and loved it.