Medieval Harvest Season and Cooking on an Anglo-Saxon Homestead | Historic Vegetable Garden

As the summer progresses, the vegetables are ready to harvest; Medieval white beetroot and yellow carrot, parsnip, onion, field beans and kale. All varieties that were likely grown by the Anglo-Saxons.
The carrots and beetroot have flourished, with some beetroot growing larger than my fist, despite some mice damage. The parsnips are still very small, and perhaps need to be left longer or thinned out more next year. The onions had a very slow start so are still small, but tasty! The kale and beans have been prolific, despite sharing the bounty with caterpillars and other insects!
The harvested vegetables were used to prepare a simple Medieval meal of fried beans with onions, spiced with hogweed seeds which have a great citrus-cardamom flavour, and stewed beetroot, carrot and greens including the kale, carrot and beet tops. Cheese and butter were served alongside. This meal omits meat entirely, which may well have been quite common in the Medieval period, especially for the lower and middle classes, where livestock were far more precious kept for their milk, wool and eggs than killed prematurely for meat. Meat was likely available when animals were slaughtered due to old age or sickness, but apart from that, the Early Medieval diet was mostly vegetarian, supplemented with dairy, eggs, fish and occasional game. Archaeological analysis of clay pots and strontium analysis of teeth allows archaeologists to work out historical diets likely eaten by people in the past.
I am so pleased to be harvesting my first vegetables! Despite a wet spring full of slugs and a slow start for my seedlings, my vegetable plot has become thriving swathe of vegetation. I feel that the heavy mulch has helped retain lots of water, so I have been able to relax a bit on watering. Although I’m sure these beautiful roots are more a result of the rich loamy soil here, rather than the little gardening skill I can muster!
Although not the largest or most colourful vegetables, I think they taste great, with the white beetroot tasting crisp, nutty and a little sweeter than the usual red and the yellow carrot tasting rooty and herby and at least more ‘interesting’ than the usual orange, if not as sweet or tender.

[@eunicevillaluna7936]

This gave me a glimpse of how Europeans thrive back then. So cool that we can recreate their previous lives today. I hope to watch more.

[@jonsnowver4183]

okay that bowl of root veggies and greens actually looks pretty good

[@gesithasgewissa]

Glad you think so!

[@Sovennix]

add some more water to the pot and aim for cooking them as a soup or stew and let it simmer for an hour or so to help with the chewy factor! those are all hearty vegetables and so would need the extra time to break down and be less chewy. lovely video as always!

[@capuchinhelper]

I think pottage was the most common meal

[@douglasfrank9323]

That's what I thought he intended but he surprised me with the end result.

[@farmerboy916]

Yeah, though the greens and lighter stems should be added a fair ways towards the end of that. I find beet stems and leaves are wonderful for bulking up a soup. They're basically chard if you think about it.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Sure, but frying tastes better haha! The veg was fine, it was just the carrot tops that were a bit chewy. Thanks for watching!

[@Ljw-low-ljw]

You’re gonna need to write a book about all of this

[@clandreth531]

some day this channel will have a million subscribers and we'll be able to say we watched it back when

[@gesithasgewissa]

I hope so, thanks for the support!

[@TheSaracen369]

I love your content. I had long wished for something like a living history channel based on the Anglo Saxons. You're are like a dream come true. One suggestion i would humbly give is that you can create some filler videos between your awesome planned content. Like for example you could record a video of you just sitting by the fire in the house in the evening or daytime sharpening your seax or axe. This would require very little planning and can keep your channel active in between your main content. Another video could be just a tour of your house and the surrounding. Maybe another one showcasing all the tools that you use.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thanks Saracen! I'm actually working towards making this a bit more full time in the coming months, which will hopefully allow me to share a video every week or two! Thanks for the suggestions, I'd like to make more ambient videos too

[@SFCvideography]

VERY pleased to see you including the tops of the root crops in the feast!!! It wasn't until I was in my thirties that I learned that they were edible. Specifically carrot tops, as I knew the others were good for salads. For anyone reading this that doesn't know - radish greens are spicy raw, but not cooked. I was disappointed when I added them to my hash browns expecting a little zing. Very much enjoying your content!! Well done and looking forward to more!!

[@gesithasgewissa]

😄 carrots greens are great, but kind of chewy! Not gonna waste them though. Glad you're enjoying the videos, thanks for watching!

[@user-xi3rd4un8o]

​@@gesithasgewissaна Руси чай делали из моркови и её ботвы. Это очень полезно. Посушите её. А после второй мировой войны такой чай продавался у нас в магазинах🥕🥕🥕

[@lesliecoray3271]

Спасибо большое, что рассказали, я этого не знал! Теперь хочу попробовать морковный чай ☺️🥕☕️🫖

[@zileelliven]

I love your channel so much! It's always a bright point in my day when I see you've posted something new 😊

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you, I'm happy to hear it!

[@thomasgeddes4817]

Wow. Amazing. You richly deserve your achievements. Looks good to eat as well. A sense of calm in thus mad world. Well done. Thanks for sharing.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@ellaisplotting]

I ADORE this channel! Thank you for all your hard work, the results are deeply soothing to witness! 😊💕

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you so much, I really appreciate the kind words and support!

[@chrismiksworld]

Autumn is rolling in Happy Harvest

[@aussiedonaldduck2854]

First day of spring here! 😄🙃

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you!

[@ek-nz]

Growing a garden and a KZbin channel. Plenty of hard work! I guess one feeds the other. We’re certainly all enjoying the fruits of your labour, even if we didn’t all get a bowlful 😊

[@gesithasgewissa]

Indeed, and I'm glad you're enjoying! Sadly not quite enough to go round haha

[@user-xi3rd4un8o]

Смотрю на Вас и вспоминаю детство😊. Еда на свежем воздухе ,самая вкусная еда!. Родителям нас не загнать было домой. Зелёный крыжовник, репа и яйца со своего курятника. Это рацион юных хулиганок

[@gesithasgewissa]

Fantastic. That sounds like a great childhood!

[@CharlesKS]

Se hærfest welig on wæstmum...the harvest (autumn) rich in fruits of the earth. Beautiful video, thank you.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you Charles!

[@Grimthot]

Great, my zen moment !

[@gesithasgewissa]

Glad to hear it!

[@pegasus5287]

What a beautiful scene. When i watched the video of building of the house, i began to wish i was young again. The vegetables look great, i love the house too. Thank you for sharing, from a little Granny in northern california.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you for watching, I'm glad you're enjoying the videos!

[@giuseppersa2391]

Warmest greetings once again and happy harvesting ✌️😊🌽🫑🥬🍅🫛

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you!

[@EtherealPrelude]

Glad to see some new content my friend. Your videos are always a pleasure.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@JamieCrickmore-gs9so]

Stunning. Thanks for the video my friend

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thanks for watching!

[@LordAxalon]

Just what I've been looking forward too. Harvest time. Looks like you did pretty well for your first go at it, I'd be proud of that meal. I bet it tasted amazing knowing it's from all your own had work.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you! It feels incredibly satisfying to start growing my own food!

[@jeanmariemclain2836]

Very interesting. You grew a better garden than any of my own poor efforts ever did. I think I’d enjoy eating the meal you cooked.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you, it was hard work!

[@Dima_Gorenko]

It is interesting to see how these products are prepared for storage for the winter.

[@gesithasgewissa]

I'd like to get into preservation and storing soon!

[@abelfaber4457]

love it, so nice and calm and did not know they also eat the green stuff from beets and carrots

[@gesithasgewissa]

Tasty greens!

[@The.Pigeon420]

obsessed. this is what my mind is thinking about all day. so glad to have found your channel

[@gesithasgewissa]

Welcome!

[@fallonfireblade4404]

I can't believe how full the garden looks now! That's crazy. And seeing the garden grow is one thing, but getting to actually cook and EAT what you grew must have been even more satisfying. I don't recognize the pink flowers in the beginning at all but the scotch thistle I recognized immediately!

[@Floranova13]

The pink flower is Malva alcea, Greater musk-mallow.

[@gesithasgewissa]

So satisfying!! Thanks for watching! And Floranova is right, it is indeed a mallow flower.

[@DazzaBo]

Would love to see more cooking videos in future. Maybe a pottage next? Give those beans a bit more time to soften up lol

[@gesithasgewissa]

Gotta love pottage 😄

[@village1girl]

Your video was very cool, I enjoyed watching it❤❤❤

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you!

[@richardsilver98]

This is so great, thank you for doing (and sharing) this. I've just finished lots of reading and writing about the Early Middle Ages, the Anglo-Saxons, in the context of Manorial and Feudal Systems and the enclosure project which saw so many tillers of the soil moved off the land. Seeing your videos certainly brings it to life for me. Im very lucky to have four acres here in Australia where i can grow a bit of food and otherwise just have that land connection. It should of course be denied to no one. Look forward to more, thanks again.

[@gesithasgewissa]

That's a cool research project, I'm really interested in that myself! Fantastic that you've got 4 acres, land access is so important, I agree

[@richardsilver98]

@@gesithasgewissa happy to discuss research with you at any point, including to assist you with the creation of your content as it concern land tenure/conflicts/enclosure/dispossession etc. 🙂

[@dawnbaker9274]

Your garden did better than mine. As always great video.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you! Wishing you a fruitful harvest all the same

[@saliadee2564]

Nothing more satisfying than seeing it through from seed to sustenance. Beautiful video, as always!

[@gesithasgewissa]

Indeed! Thank you!

[@jorundr1907]

Nice to see You again. Good job. The biggest challenge at the time was preserving food and storing seeds until the next spring. As for cooking; add a lot of water to the pot, and cook everything to a paste. For cooking at start, add a piece of smoked fatty bacon. May the Gods bless You! Greetings from A Viking from Poland.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Looking forward to trying food preservation sometime!

[@naturfuzzi_tom]

Bon appetit, I can imagine how good it smelled :-)

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you, butter and onions always smells good 😄

[@fredflintystoneea]

Nice to see an update to the garden.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@njpringle]

Nice harvest. I wonder how common apples were during this era. They definitely existed, as apples are mentioned as grown by the goddess Idun in the Norse Eddas. I've just picked two crates of apples from my apple tree, only about 2 metres tall. They're perfect! (such a strong scent compared to shop bought, good size, rosy red, lovely taste) Easiest thing to grow, especially compared to carrots. 😆Highly recommend you get an old traditional variety for your veg garden. Perhaps a plum tree as well, if they were grown in the Anglo Saxon era?

[@Glimmlampe1982]

As far as I know apples looked very very different. Much smaller. Probably also way less per tree as today. Modern apple trees are insane in a wood to fruit ratio. Some are basically a stick with 6 leaves, but like 5 kg apples on them😂

[@maushetzer1925]

I have an old apple tree growing nearby. The apple wasn't grafted onto dwarf stock, so the tree is very difficult to pick from, and the fruit is often rotted or gnawed by the time I can reach it. They are relatively small, very intensely flavoured, and incredibly juicy. Grafting survived in monasteries, but it's unlikely that the early anglo saxons had access to such orchards. I would imagine any trees would be to similar to the type I have. Perhaps it would benefit from pollarding? I know coppicing was common.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Certainly apples grown by the Saxons. Not sure about plums, but damsons were definitely around! I'm planning on planting some fruit trees this winter.

[@njpringle]

@@gesithasgewissa Great, such a great thing to grow. Fruit trees will be a great addition to the garden. I've never tried Damsons before. I'll have to look out for them.

[@MUSTASCH1O]

This can't be your first time growing vegetables with results like that. I am impressed! I love that you chose varieties that may have some semblance to those they would have actually grown. I was wondering how developed their vegetables would be by selective breeding.

[@gesithasgewissa]

It is! Although I'd give more praise to the good soil than any ability on my part 😄 Yeah it's hard to tell just how developed the roots would have been back then, perhaps not this much, but I won't spurn the centuries of careful cultivation that has gone into these more modern (19th-20th century) varieties

[@scorpionwargames4610]

I watched this 3 times, i was feeling deflated with my gardeninng but you've got me inspired.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Glad you're feeling inspired now!

[@skehleben7699]

Your videos really help me appreciate how much ingenuity and persistence it took for our forbearers to succeed in the world. I would have loved to see our planet before we chopped it up and made a mess of things! ☺✌🐝

[@gesithasgewissa]

Very glad to hear it! It would be incredible to go back and see the primeval forests of Britain, I agree

[@shotgunbettygaming]

Those were nice looking veg 🥕!! Be sure to save a pod or 2 of those beans to dry out for next years harvest, they all did REALLY well! Did you grow the Hogweed or was that a wild find? And omg are those your cows?! Either way, it's nice to have them near. Cows are funny🐄. Seems you've had a lovely season and now your bed is ready for their winter crops! Methinks you need to find a potter friend to do some trading with to store your seeds. I'm sure you'll be getting into it on your own at greater depth down the road, but developing working/trading relationships with others in the Historical Recreationist communities can yield some items you may not be ready for or interested to learn just now. It can also be inspiring and helpful to both parties when you give another tradesman some work. I'd stick as local as you could though, long distance business suuuuucks😆 If I may also suggest one new skill you'll find quite handy now and in the Future, is taking up knotwork. Even macramé. You could whip up a hanging sling or wall net to hold your root crops in a jif anytime you needed one without taking up space for special shelving. Plenty of air to keep them from rotting, reusable materials should you not need a sling just now, inexpensive to craft and can be made to go anywhere (ceiling, wall, post, etc.). If you want to get real fancy, some of those long grasses when fresh could be used to make them as well should you not want to go the rope route. Always enjoy your videos, Alec! Happy Harvest & winter sowing to you, friend!

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you! The hogweed is growing wild everywhere here. They aren't my cows, but very sweet. I'd love to have animals sometime soon. Pottery and knotwork, both great ideas to add to my list. Thank you friend, as always, for the support. Best wishes to you!

[@99fruitbat94]

Being half Scottish and half German I just had to sub. What a lovely channel ❤

[@gesithasgewissa]

Welcome!

[@nicolaszara7478]

thanks bro for this amazing video 👏👏

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thanks for watching!

[@sirmeon1231]

Lovely to watch, thank you for sharing!

[@gesithasgewissa]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@armuver1]

Brilliant.What better than your own cooked veggies,well done from Scotland.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Indeed. Thank you!

[@wellingtonsboots4074]

Thank you. Enjoyed this

[@gesithasgewissa]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@donmcallister3745]

Very nice garden… enjoy your harvest…! 🌎🕊️ 🌜🌞🌛

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you!

[@rebeccasourpuss]

Congratulations on your bountiful harvest! A garden doesn't have to be perfect to be delicious and rewarding. I think you've done a great job with it. I also enjoyed seeing how you prepared the food. It looked very tasty and filling!

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thanks you so much!

[@krispin9]

Looks great I would really enjoy a meal like that, I especially love Field beans! Be sure to work the bean stalks and shells back into the ground after the garden is finished for the year. They are a nitrogen fixing crop and if you break them up and work them back into the ground with a hoe, they enrich the soil!

[@gesithasgewissa]

Already done, I've knocked them down and mulched over! But thanks for the great advice!

[@Pénélope_Baudoin]

Wow, génial. Merci beaucoup pour la découverte.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thanks for watching!

[@rl3293]

Fascinating learning and watching ❤

[@gesithasgewissa]

Glad to hear it!

[@DemonizedTX]

Love your videos but can I suggest putting a little note at the beginning to turn on CC. I enjoy reading the explanations and thought process, but sometimes even I forget to enable CC.

[@gesithasgewissa]

There should be a notification bar reminder for subtitles ☺

[@KingTrouser]

Looks like you got some cabbage white catapillers. We had loads this year, good to see butterflies improving

[@gesithasgewissa]

Lots and lots here! But that's fine, more than enough kale to go around 😆

[@шибкоумнаяоднако]

I love how authentic your videos feel! Your crops look so nice, even though it's a little weird to see white beetroot and carrot (despite I knew they were white for a long peroid of time). By the way, white beetroot is grown in my country for sugar industry because it's sweeter than red one. I hope to see your harvest fest one day! Oh, did bees found your hive? Do you have any honey this year?

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you, that means a lot! Unfortunately no bees this year, hopefully next year!

[@3851035]

Absolutely love this channel and the content. Keep up the good work!

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you!

[@goldfish2379]

Absolutely loving these!

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you!

[@gartengeflugel924]

Wonderful

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thanks!

[@davidsauls9542]

You start with a natural thing of beauty and continue with great visuals. The sounds now make it as if we were there. The history, the story, the editing are all very good. I was worried for a moment, fearing you would eat the beautiful veg raw. Worried the next episode would be making a spare pair of pants.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you so much for the kind words!

[@ellaisplotting]

He's already got a video making new trousers! Very snazzy ones at that!

[@Alpemomi]

That was amazing! Love this channel and seeing what you are doing in real time! Love that you used everything: You can also eat the leafy beet greens in salads and the carrot greens can also be eaten in soups for example. Are you going to start a compost pile somewhere?

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thanks. Yeah, greens are great! Already got a compost pile, just haven't shown it yet ☺

[@ericward8459]

A fine harvest feast

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thanks!

[@gungagaslayer9216]

Looks like a great harvest!!! My mums been trying to grow crops for the last few years in her garden, but they always get eaten by slzgs and rose beetle larve! Great job man, keep it up!!

[@fertblu5514]

slugs can be kept away by blackberry brachnes. they hate the thorns

[@christopherstein2024]

@@fertblu5514 Slugs can crawl over a razer blade so do they really mind the thorns?

[@fertblu5514]

@@christopherstein2024 yes because the thorns push into their flesh

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you!

[@Кираизтрущёб]

Отличный контент очень нравятся ваши видио долго ждали 😊

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you!

[@Кираизтрущёб]

@@gesithasgewissa дорогой друг видил только что в рекомендациях Ютуба твой ролик переведенный на русский язык советую поискать и кинуть жалобу если ты с ним не договаривался а то это воровство твоего прекрасного контента

[@gesithasgewissa]

@@Кираизтрущёб Thanks for he heads up!

[@greenrena8503]

And now I'm hungry. I also know what I did wrong with my field beans this year. You learn something new at the strangest places... Will you also try to store your produce like they did back then?

[@gesithasgewissa]

I'll be keeping most of this to save for seed, but I am really interested in trying preserving with traditional methods. Soon!

[@tardismole]

Despite some saying peas arrived with the Normans, peas and beans were traded along the Silk Road as early as 2200BCE and were a staple crop in Britain from that time. As you mention, it was used as animal feed for centuries before some hungry farmer decided to eat one. And the rest is history. Got a bumper harvest, there. I love the carrots. The natural yellow and white carrots have a superior flavour to the manmade orange. Almost foraging time. Looking forward to seeing what you find, if you go that route.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Good old peas and beans, the staples! Yes, I'm enjoying finding alternative vegetable colours hahah. I'll try and get some foraging in this autumn ☺

[@jing268]

Great!

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thanks!

[@AELIIFVLVII]

Your channel is just simply amazing, starting from the name to the content, it's been like a year or something that I check on your stuff, but this video was simply amazing, finally subscribed. Maybe it was the beans... I was born in Brazil, beans just speaks home...

[@gesithasgewissa]

Haha, thank you so much!

[@AELIIFVLVII]

@@gesithasgewissa Thanks for your content, Anglo-Saxon brother!

[@turinhorse4232]

Glorious

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thanks!

[@SurvivalLnstinctLife-g3t]

the food you cook is so delicious..🎉

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you!

[@AELIIFVLVII]

Nice beans bro... nice beans! And by the way, nice Patera! Didn't know that anglo-saxons used those too

[@gesithasgewissa]

They're great, I've hardly touched them all season, they took care of themselves! Yes, pateras have been found in Anglo-Saxon graves; a bit of romanitas!

[@AELIIFVLVII]

@@gesithasgewissa That's really interesting! ^^

[@tauIrrydah]

Those broad beans look so plump!

[@gesithasgewissa]

Plump 'n juicy!

[@qiajenaehamilton6397]

Well done! Your garden fared better than mine this year! The collards, strawberries & blackberries were the only things that made it, plus 2 green beans. Sigh...

[@gesithasgewissa]

Ah that's tough, it was touch and go with mine for a while!

[@billymeyer99]

Thanks for the fascinating show. I was interested that you did not add salt.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Plenty of salt in the butter though ☺

[@terryteed1903]

It's been a while. Nice little drop there Sir. Some cracking beans there. Hope you've enjoyed the summer.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you, it's been a good summer, if hectic! The beans are great aren't they? Hardly touched them all season, they took care of themselves haha

[@evanleclaire]

Been eagerly awaiting this video

[@gesithasgewissa]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@AnthropoidOne]

I never knew they ran the roofs all the way to the ground. Eliminates the splattering anyway. No need for gutters 🇺🇸

[@gesithasgewissa]

And slightly warmer too!

[@DragonsAndDragons777]

Next up, building a mot and bailey castle! (You'll just need to wait a few hundred years for William to come along)

[@fertblu5514]

you also need like 50 men to built one

[@gesithasgewissa]

Haha, I always love an ambitious project!

[@DragonsAndDragons777]

@@fertblu5514 I'm sure he can clone himself (:

[@capthappy345]

Nice garden! 👍

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thanks!

[@Kat-Knows]

interesting. u won't get fat on meals like that 😁 i am growing a lot of those vegies in my fall garden now.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Depends how much you eat 😉 hope your garden is thriving!

[@anthonypetracca1502]

So peaceful and the Neal looks delicious! You should be proud of your harvest there! I’m curious, what is that small one handled pot you had the beans in called? I would love to try to find one for myself!

[@Qopzeep]

Always happy with a new video :)! To make the broad beans more palatable, you could double pod them (i.e. remove the tough skin around the bean). The carrot & beet greens + the onion can be turned into a nice broth, that would work better than eating them fried.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Cool, thanks for the advice!

[@danielstarks8255]

nicely done, especially with those turnips. the onions will always want to pop out of the ground, when they do they stop growing as large. see if keeping the bulbs buried for longer helps their size. I also saw your field beans had some damage on the leaves, did you get a sudden cold snap? one final question, did the Gewissa have field cats to reduce mice population or did that come along later?

[@gesithasgewissa]

Cool, thanks for the advice! Not sure what happened to my beans really 😅 they certainly had cats yes, they are present in the mythologies

[@christopherkelly4555]

Simple food, how fantastic. I'm trying to do more of this in my own life. Also, could you share where you got your t-ax? It seems like such a fantastic woodsman tool. I'd like one for my own adventures, and to channel my own Anglo-Saxon heritage. Cheers from America!

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you! I commissioned the T-axe from blacksmith Hector Cole, based here in Somerset

[@lindahamilton800]

I make something very similar! I'm glad your garden is producing well. That's a good lot of hauling buckets of water! It seems very quiet where you've built - ummm...how close are you to a road? I'm wondering how far I'll have to go.... Cheers to a lovely harvest! ❤

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you for the kind words! There is a quite country lane next to the land, but more horses than cars most days!

[@gordonsteele5656]

very interesting, thank you

[@gesithasgewissa]

Glad to hear it!

[@TheSaracen369]

Awesome! Thank you for the video. Was a bit concerned when you didn't post for a month. Hope all is well. What is the pot that you cooked in made of btw?

[@gesithasgewissa]

Glad I could share something for you! Just life getting in the way, all is good! Thanks for the support though. It's bronze, based on an Anglo-Saxon hanging bowl (minus all the fancy decoration...for now!)

[@fjolliff6308]

To cook like that is very difficult where I live. Too many wildfires and not enough places to do it.

[@gesithasgewissa]

That's tough, perhaps a raised fire pit?

[@Raycheetah]

Plenty of fiber! =^[.]^=

[@gesithasgewissa]

So much fibre!!

[@jabohabo3821]

It was fennel seed he put in the cup for anyone wondering.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Hogweed actually, it has a citrus-cardamom taste. More detail in the subtitles ☺

[@jabohabo3821]

@gesithasgewissa it looked just like fennel o.0 Here I thought hogweed was poisonous. My bad. This definitely seems to be more like the way God intended us to live

[@gesithasgewissa]

@@jabohabo3821 Giant hogweed is, but with common hogweed you can eat the seeds along with the stem and young leaves if cooked ☺

[@jabohabo3821]

@@gesithasgewissa what's the seed like?

[@gesithasgewissa]

@@jabohabo3821 surprisingly orangey and spicy!

[@hognigk96]

It's almost harvesting season

[@gesithasgewissa]

Great!

[@riverAmazonNZ]

I suppose the very salty butter would be great seasoning

[@gesithasgewissa]

Indeed, very tasty!

[@sheshedcreative]

what is that cool big medal bowl you used? loved the garden and this video!

[@evnhus4]

Not an expert but read that germanic pit houses might have had wooden floors and used the space under the floorboards for storage. Makes sense to me to keep off the bare, damp soil. What are your thoughts? Great channel by the way, keep up the good work! :)

[@gesithasgewissa]

You're right, there is some evidence of raised floorboards in sunken houses at the Anglian villages of West Stow and Mucking. But, equally, there is also evidence of fire hearths placed directly on the floor of the pit, which suggests that was the actual floor level. So it seems that both methods were used ☺ Thanks for watching!

[@theroadlesstraveled3993]

How do you preserve your harvest? Will you be doing a video on that? First time watching your channel.

[@gesithasgewissa]

I'm thinking of trying root clamps, but will be building a granary soon. I'd love to getting into preserving and curing eventually!

[@jennifersvitko5997]

Calves were also slaughtered and eaten in spring in order to make cheese from the rennet in their stomaches.

[@Glimmlampe1982]

And pigs in autumn, for meat and sausages. Do less of them have to be fed through winter

[@fertblu5514]

can use bedstraw (galium verum) to make cheese dont need to slaughter noone cheese is vegetarian.

[@gesithasgewissa]

That's true!

[@AlexanderHL1919]

While I fully appreciate and respect the authenticity of the Saxon experience you show in your videos, however I cant help but feel that it was a rather miserable one if thats all there is to it. Surely they enjoyed more creature comforts than this, wouldnt they? Would they not have had sheds for storing firewood, outdoors working areas for making furniture, kilns, ovens maybe, grain mills, I dont know, more than just a house and a plot of vegetables? What would a complete Anglo-Saxon household have looked like? Do you have plans for expanding your Anglo-Saxon project? It would be very interesting to see what else they would have built or had, appreciating that you cant make a village by yourself of course.

[@Solitary_Scribe55]

There are some very good books out there on these very subjects. I've accumulated a small library of them these past couple of years. Stephen Pollington has done some especially good work in early Anglo-Saxon culture. "Winters in the World" by Eleanor Parker and "Rural Settlements and Society..." by Helena Hamerow are worth looking up.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Haha, oh I'm just getting started! Give me a couple of years and you'll have your oven and grain mill! Creature comforts coming soon...

[@AlexanderHL1919]

@@gesithasgewissa Looking forward to it. I got that bell on. Wouldnt miss it for the world.

[@jonathanchristman335]

Sounds like your asking if you can join him in creating a village

[@OpinionatedChicken59]

Someone needs to help this man

[@gesithasgewissa]

😄😄😄

[@drasiella]

Babe wake up, Gewissæ uploaded

[@gesithasgewissa]

Haha, glad you're enjoying the videos!

[@christinamnechaczek2368]

Ein wunderschöner Gemüsegarten und da kommt schon meine nächste Frage wie lagerst du dein Gemüse dein Haus ist nicht so groß baust du einen Lagerraum und wie lagerst du das Gemüse oder Obst uber den Winter das einzige was mir zur damaligen Zeit einfällt ist Erd Gemüse in leicht feuchtem Sand in Töpfen lagern das möcht ich heuer probieren musste so 3 bis 4 Monate gehen und bitte viele viele Kochrezepte auch Brot 🍞 oder so ich freu mich immer auf neue Beiträge LG Christina aus Österreich

[@gesithasgewissa]

You can store root vegetables in root clamps, dry onions, and the kale grows almost year-round. But I'm planning on building a root-cellar soon!

[@fertblu5514]

Actually the fava beans you need to boil them and them peal off the white husk from the boiled beans, your not supposed to eat it with the husk. Apart from that great research on what was eaten. roots beans and butter were a common thing. maybe also a porridge from roasted and then coarsely grinded grains was eaten very often. by raosting it first its supposed to become sweeter? I dont know if this is true though I never tried it

[@gesithasgewissa]

As these beans are still green and fresh, they're fine. At least I think so anyway! Porridge and pottage coming soon haha!

[@fenrirgaming37]

I'd love to be able to have a huge plot of land where I could do things like this.

[@gesithasgewissa]

I'm very lucky to have the land, I try to remind myself often!

[@fenrirgaming37]

@@gesithasgewissa You do great things, keep it up.

[@angelcollina]

Ooh those carrots are so pretty! Orange carrots are nice, but I wish multicolored carrots were more available. Of the carrots I planted in my little garden box… 1 might have survived >< At least the other plants are doing well.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you! Yeah, I thought my carrots wouldn't make it either at one point!

[@gymnosophist7471]

I remember reading somewhere that carrots before the modern era were white, but I didn’t believe it at the time. Thanks for settling that one for me! Also, what was the fat you cooked it with? It looked like butter, which makes sense I guess if animals were too precious to slaughter for lard.

[@gesithasgewissa]

You're welcome! It is indeed butter

[@ruskinmcpaddy1504]

Amazing video as always. Where do you get your clothes and tools by the way?

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you! I make all of my clothes and most of my tools I either find as vintage wrought iron tools or have them commissioned by a blacksmith. All are based on archaeological finds

[@davidreed2135]

would you consider the way you cooked your veggies frying,or more of a brasing ?never seen beans fried before,keep up the awesome work

[@gesithasgewissa]

No idea! Making it up as I go haha