FOREST TO FIELD | Digging a Medieval Vegetable Garden and Planting by Hand | Anglo-Saxon Farming

[@gesithasgewissa]

Hi all! You can check the subtitles and description for much more detail. Thanks for watching! If you like what I do and want to support me further, consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/gesithasgewissa/

[@karlscher5170]

The background music is annoying and trashy.

[@gesithasgewissa]

@@karlscher5170 I like it ☺

[@karlscher5170]

@@gesithasgewissa But wouldn't something simple, maybe hand made on anglo-saxon instruments be more fitting? I mean you don't use electrical modern tools in your video, why use electronic artificial music?

[@gesithasgewissa]

@@karlscher5170 all of the sounds in the music come from traditional instruments, drums, bone shakers, rattles, vocals, and so on. I liked the music for it's spring-like energy, like sap rising. It's just an energetic drum beat, nothing particularly modern or electric about it

[@karlscher5170]

@@gesithasgewissa To me it sounds pretty overproduced and syntethized, but if you like it that's reason enough. I love your videos btw! Really interesting and immersive. Keep up the good work!

[@orangeguy6913]

Though some comments have said it in a less kind way, the music was excessive in this particular video. I, for one, enjoy hearing the sounds of the work by itself much more than I enjoy the music.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thanks for the feedback, I liked the music in this occasion, but I won't be making a habit of it.

[@AnthropoidOne]

I like it. Reminds me of the 2004 Rome Total War game, I spent countless hours at.🤣🇺🇸

[@paulstrickler5684]

Turn the volume down on your device.

[@techmarine83]

@@paulstrickler5684 Seems your reading comprehension is lacking. If we turn the volume down we can't hear what little natural sounds there are.

[@The4j1123]

Despite the opinions of the majority, I personally really dug the music in this video. Typically I prefer the silent ambience, but for this specific endeavor and because of how important and exhausting farming was, I think the music really fit. It gave the video this "let's get to work" vibe while you and your neighbor cultivated the land.

[@gesithasgewissa]

I really appreciate the support. I do prefer natural ambience too, usually. But this music had a real "spring sap rising" feel to it, along with what you say. Thank you!

[@mickieb946]

I loved this music! I’m looking for a reference… what is it, please?

[@gesithasgewissa]

@@mickieb946 It is a mix of 'Ængleland' by Herknungr and Freya | Nordic Vocals | Royalty Free Music

[@Nantosuelta]

I love this channel its like if the Primitive Technology channel evolved from neolithic times into the dark ages.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you, he is a big inspiration for me!

[@BobGeanis]

At least i have this to remind me of the peace i could have

[@damepourpre2945]

It's a hard life but really enjoyable and relaxing to watch. Beautiful images as usual.

[@PhilAlumb]

It used to just be Life..self reliance. Now, Modernity makes you dependent on Government & Corporations. We think it's "easier" but.. we're Slaves.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you! Hard work, but well worth it.

[@mynamejeff3545]

​@@PhilAlumbNo one was ever self reliant. A farmer like this was heavily reliant on others in his immediate family for clothes, food, work, medical aid and companionship, on top of relying on other people in society at large for iron tools, protection, knowledge, trade etc. No one could live this life alone, nor would anyone want to. As much as people rail against "modernity" there's damn near no one willing to go live out their life in the woods without modern technology, except as a fun (and above all temporary) side project.

[@woodsghost9088]

People DID live life without metal tools or needing others for clothes, etc. And people today DO live in the woods by themselves. But you don't hear from them very often. But your basic points of "it's hard to live alone" and "modern tools are really useful" are correct.

[@user-fu1yg2yx7g]

Love this series, but preferred the sounds of nature as it reflects the true environment you're working in.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thanks for the feedback, I like the music, but most of my videos will stick to the natural ambience.

[@lindahamilton800]

I saw beet seeds, onion seeds, carrot seeds (or parsnips) and beans. Impressive amount of work. I liked the music, too - but I must say, the quiet is especially appealing. But, dear Farmer, how much higher will you have to make that fence? Whatever I put in the ground - even toxic flowers like foxglove and larkspur! - go straight into the deer. They will apparently eat anything. Good luck with your plantings!

[@jamescanjuggle]

have to agree, music is nice, but loud and distracting especially for the evenings.

[@susanneward7029]

I think it just didn’t fit the scene.

[@gesithasgewissa]

@@lindahamilton800 yes, all right with those seeds. I have a full list of things planted in the subtitles and description. The deer don't tend to come around too often, but when I am not around I am laying blackthorn branches over the bed as a deterrent. I am thinking about a proper fence though!

[@wudugast1]

Really liked the bit with your and your friend both working the land, stopping for a bevvie and having a chat and a laugh. Makes you wonder what kind of things our ancestors would have spoken to each other about in those moments, the banter they had

[@gesithasgewissa]

Good company, good food, nature and the sun. Good times stretching back to the first ancestors 😄

[@wudugast1]

@@gesithasgewissa in a way, not much has changed today!

[@paulstrickler5684]

And how their banter sounded: what does Anglo-Saxon speech sound like? Assuming they’re speaking Anglo-Saxon after the great vowel shift.

[@paulstrickler5684]

Oops. The great vowel shift began about 1400, long after 662 CE (Early Medieval period).

[@jonno27]

A long time ago, i ran a small market garden. I spent an awful lot of time doing exactly this. Digging through the soil with a pack of dogs and the local birdlife for company. Its a terrible way to try and make a living, but in a lot of ways, they were the happiest days i ever had.

[@gesithasgewissa]

I'm really enjoying it so far!

[@jonnyramsden1161]

So much hard work for so little money but it can be very satisfying. I did a bit of smallholding and had similar experiences, never produced enough to even attempt to make a living from it but I learned a lot about all sorts of things and enjoyed the process. My favourite tool for this kind of job is an azada - they have longer handles than mattocks and are a bit lighter with a sharper blade, mine has a triangular shaped blade so it's particularly good for cutting through grass, although perhaps not quite as good for getting big roots out as a mattock. It's skilled work growing food, hope it goes well 🙂

[@terryteed1903]

Some very hard graft put in there fellas. I believe that back then, animal husbandry would have been used in clearance. In the summer before, goats were put on to clear and eat the upper vegetationand through winter, pigs, they would root up the ground and eat out any roots and weeds, leaving the ground clear for spring plantings, then ducks would be around to eat any slugs n bugs. Another interesting instalment of Saxon life Sir.

[@berrytyrant]

And addition to that, burning the shrubbery/wood to clear the land and fertilize it was one very common method used all over the Europe, leaving weed free surface to turn over for planting/sowing.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Definitely, in larger clearances livestock could have been used. This plot is too small for livestock however, and without having any livestock myself yet, it was quicker to do it by hand. Thanks very much!

[@AaronC.]

@@gesithasgewissa maybe a few chickens, or just some ducks, could be beneficial. They require little, and are easy to maintain. Also, material for another video! (Building a chicken/duck coop anglo-saxon style).

[@gesithasgewissa]

@@AaronC. I'd love to do that in the future!

[@damonturnbull5903]

This was great. The music made it feel like I was in the 7th century. I love the experimental archaeology. Stay true to yourself and your vision.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you so much, I appreciate the support.

[@VahnCruz]

It's hard for modern people to understand just how hard homesteading was. Hand clearing land is exhausting and tedious. Now imagine doing this with only sticks and stone tools, that's why agriculture on any kind of large scale took so long for humans to adopt. Great work!

[@gesithasgewissa]

Agreed. Our ancestors were tough!

[@nyaruko-do2ok]

Agriculture took long to develop because of the ice age

[@ewigesgermanien4174]

Manor Lords looks better than i expected 😅

[@Mrhalligan39]

The graphics are top notch!

[@Luigi82932]

XD, that a burgage plot???

[@gesithasgewissa]

Haha, it is, quite literally, a burgage plot 😄

[@AaronC.]

I love these kind of farming videos. Alongside the bee-keeping ones, of course.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Glad to hear it!

[@jt659]

I too have preferences, the main one being that you continue making videos.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Haha, thank you very much! I appreciate the support immensely.

[@fertblu5514]

the music is great actually, the combination with the hoeing gives quite an archaic vibe.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Glad you liked it! I think has a great "rising spring sap" energy.

[@jindrichhospaska5224]

I love your videos. They exude a beautiful calm atmosphere combined with knowledge and at the same time reflect the harsh reality of life at that time.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo]

Living history and very enjoyable.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you!

[@DragonsAndDragons777]

*William the Conqueror wants to know your location*

[@THINKincessantly]

Tell that Bastid we are On our way back from Crushing Viking Warlord Harold “Hardass” and Bishass Tostigs attempt to invade and take control of Britain….

[@jomitchell6711]

William wasn't around for another 400 years.

[@NSYresearch]

That Bastard can stay in Normandy... our King is the true king

[@NSYresearch]

​​@@jomitchell6711very true, and if I remember correctly the Gewissa were the early ancestors of the West Saxons... occupying what became Wessex. Of course I'm happy to be corrected.

[@MCPhssthpok]

​@@NSYresearchOne of the title cards mentions the year 662.

[@lindahill7315]

I know how hard it is to open the land to make the garden. It's rough work. Love the music

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you!

[@emmastevenson5733]

This one will be interesting to watch! I too have a ‘medieval’ vegetable garden, although as far as I know it’s really just a lot of guesswork. Mine is set out as a quadrant, surrounded by a hazel fence. I have two quadrants for herbs, flowers and fruit bushes that surround a fruit tree (creating a sort of fruit tree guild), and the two other quadrants are for vegetable cultivation. Mostly allium family, so onions, leeks, shallots etc. and root vegetables, so parsnips, carrots and beetroot and chard. I leave things like dandelions to grow because foraging would have made up part of the diet too. I might grow dye plants like weld and madder next season. In very early spring I put down half rotted horse manure to enrich/amend the soil. I imagine the Anglo Saxons would have known to do this. A what would they have grown? My plot is more loosely medieval, not specifically Anglo Saxon.

[@mynamejeff3545]

Unless you had animals yourself, manure would have been hard to come by. Especially horse dung, because horses were expensive and a subsitence farmer out in the woods would be very unlikely to have one. Manure was a commodity, like straw, and was quite valuable for farmers who relied on it to fertilize their field. Farmers who had no cattle and no way to reliable buy manure (I assume transport was an issue was an issue for those who lived far from towns in the year 600) would fertilize their fields with human waste, wood ash, rotted straw and soil/material from the surrounding forests.

[@gesithasgewissa]

That's so great to hear you have a medieval style garden. It sounds beautiful, and great inspiration. Thanks for sharing! Everything you're growing would have been very familiar to the Anglo-Saxons, by the sound of it.

[@emmastevenson5733]

@@mynamejeff3545 substrate from beneath deciduous trees would have been a great option with there being lots of naturally rotted leaf mulch, and wood ash would be just the same as potash, or ‘pot ash’ literally as we still use today. Not so sure about effectiveness of human waste, which might have carried harmful bacteria and pathogens from eating meat, unless they were eating mostly vegetables, but still. It’s why no one in their right mind would use pig waste to amend soil for growing edible crops! But, it was a different time.

[@AaronC.]

@@mynamejeff3545 important to note that if emmastevenson wants to use human waste it should be processed first to get rid of any pathogens (using lime or fermenting it in an aerobic environment, for example. The lime is the more medieval option, and pretty easy to obtain as long as you have trees [Primitive Technology has videos on obtaining it from wood ashes]).

[@daveharrison4697]

I've seen quite a few vegetable gardens in museums for MANY different eras, ranging from Butser (different ones for bronze age huts, saxon house and viking house. Don't remember one for Roman villa), a couple of later medieval ones all the way through to the Apprentice House at Styal Mill circa 1840s. And they all look VERY similar. Its about the best example of form following function I've seen.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Ah that's really interesting, I love those reconstructions. Thanks for sharing.

[@daveharrison4697]

@@gesithasgewissa It didn't cross my mind until I saw your work. But they are all done in strips in a rectangle with a path or two across.

[@inregionecaecorum]

Well essentially they are, it all comes down to the same thing in the end, only nowadays we have poly tunnels and greenhouses. One innovation I have taken to lately is hugelkultur, that is because of my need to raise the beds due to persistent flooding, nothing a celt, saxon, or viking could not have done though and with basically the same tools.

[@shepherdessofskymeadow]

Love this. Your thatched house is absolutely beautiful. We recently tilled and re-planted a large medicinal herb garden on our land that was abandoned some years ago and covered in weedy plants and scrubby trees, much like your patch was. I viscerally recognized that feeling of satisfaction after all the effort and chopping when you finally get out a nice big chunk of tree root :) Thanks for sharing your passion for history with us!

[@gesithasgewissa]

Wow, that's great. It's a good feeling to be growing things...or at least trying to! Thanks for sharing

[@villagecountrylife]

U are creator of the most beautiful sense ❤and u deserve the best event ❤️ 💖 Full of good feeling and beautiful senses ✨️

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you!

[@bookwyrms.2658]

Thoroughly enjoying the series. Nothing like breaking ground after a year of being left to grow. Nice and handy for the chamber pot/bucket to get those early greens going too.

[@gesithasgewissa]

It's very satisfying to finally start growing things!

[@lizfodi]

Some of those plants you mattocked out will regenerated from nothing but bits of root. On the plus side this is being done so late in the season that seeds in the soil will probably have sprouted, but new seeds not yet dropped. Does add to the idea that this is a hasty bit of late planting in a newly established holding. Suggest a deep dig in the late fall. Remove soil 18 -24 inches (45-60 cm), using modern measurement, from the first row. Fill with the soil from the second, putting stalks and remnant garden waste in the bottom of the trench. Work until the end, shifting soil from each row forward, top to bottom, when digging down. Fill last row with soil from first. The organic waste will rot well at that depth and allow for deep penetration of rainfall. Lightly work in manure waste on top and rest till spring. Not sure what was planted however. If some of the crop is biennial or perennial, you have added to work in the future. Kitchen gardens have been prepared this way for centuries. Establishing a deep soil profile that is steadily built up over the years is essential to good crops. Homesteading in Canada 1970s. Had to deep dig a couple of times around the plot until more land was cleared, as tree roots quickly invade tended soil. The spot you picked is interesting, Assuming from the digging of the house pit that this plot already has a deep soil profile and is part of bottomland, rich in organic matter, the preferred site for such plantings. How damp is the house?

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thanks for the advice! I'll keep it in mind. I'll be working muck in to improve the soil as I go. The house isn't too damp, though in the winter I am wishing for a raised wooden floor. That's a future project!

[@RuralSpanishRetirement]

That soil looks really good.. no wonder the Vikings want to come and settle 😊❤

[@gesithasgewissa]

It is beautiful soil, I am very lucky!

[@sonjamccart1269]

I've dug garden plots by hand before....so I know how much hard work it entails. It's relaxing to watch you do it!

[@gesithasgewissa]

Haha, glad you enjoyed, thanks for watching!

[@elverbabybabysen2173]

Great video:) I think it's so cool that you're starting to actually turn it into a farm. It kind of reminds me of when I was a kid and kept reading "the new complete book about selfsufficiency" (or something like that) by John Seymour over and over because I was so fascinated by that lifestyle. It also describes how to keep a complete farm with often very simple tools and techniques. Have you ever come across it? It's a weirdly addictive read

[@gesithasgewissa]

I'm pretty sure I have read that yes! It's a really satisfying project to start working the land

[@gud2go50]

You always make me feel exhausted just sitting here watching you work so hard. No wonder you stay so fit!😂 I have been very impressed with your whole series. To watch living history makes me admire how hard people of that era had to work in order to survive. When people say when talking about history, “Oh, they were just peasant farmers”. Well, I wouldn’t want to mess with them!😅

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you, and I agree!

[@LynnKsCouture]

The ambient music is not necessary. The sounds of the work is plenty. Very good video. Am curious if the Anglo-Saxons made a fence around the kitchen garden to keep the rabbits out.

[@gesithasgewissa]

I like the music, but lots of my other videos have very little music, I'm not making a habit of it ☺ There actually weren't any rabbits in Anglo-Saxon England. They are not native to Britain, and although the Romans brought domesticated rabbits over to Britain, as there is no Old English word for rabbit, it is assumed that they did not naturalise. The Normans introduced rabbits into the British countryside.

[@brup.]

@@gesithasgewissa Indeed but throughout the Medieval period, rabbits were pretty much confined to managed warrens. It wasn't until the post-medieval that "wild" rabbits became a feature of the countryside. Bloody nuisance when they get at your veg plot though! That said, my biggest problem used to be badgers, they can really make a mess of things and if a badger wants to go somewhere, it'll go there regardless of what you put in it's way :)

[@gesithasgewissa]

I didn't know that, thanks for sharing!

[@campidor]

Beautifully done, thanks for sharing. Definetly simpler but for sure harder times back then.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you very much!

[@BEANSNOHELPME]

Found your channel recently and love your calm, methodical and simple content, thanks for sharing this amazing look into the lives of our ancestors. May your harvest be bountiful and your roof stay dry!

[@gesithasgewissa]

Welcome, and thank you for such kind blessings! Good tidings to you as well.

[@simonburge8007]

Found your channel and binged all the videos. Will be really interested to see the garden and house as it comes on!

[@gesithasgewissa]

Welcome, glad you're enjoying the videos!

[@rubenskiii]

I have a small patch outside my window and it seems i am basically "farming" like an early medieval person hahaha. Slug picking is a daily chore now the weather is so wet. Eggshells seem to help, they don't like to go over the sharp edges.

[@rubenskiii]

We have cats and they help a bunch with mice and other rodents but they also go after the birds, and i could use some birds feasting on these fat slugs hahaha. It seems nature always finds a way to pull a UNO reverse card on you and you'll just have to learn the hard way what works and what not.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Cool! This is my first time growing properly, so nice to see some of my viewers are doing the same ☺ I'm picking slugs almost daily too now, and saving up eggshells. I have place wool round the border, which might help a bit, but they are still crossing it.

[@scott7937]

Not one but two beautiful young men

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thanks!

[@jorundr1907]

Its good project. I wish You goodluck. May the Gods be with You.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you, and with you!

[@BonesyTucson]

Love this series, and impressed by the work put in.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you!!

[@Rexxis-Arcturus]

I've been waiting on your next upload! Love your videos. Always a good day when there's a new one in my feed.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you!

[@ek-nz]

I just saw you on Time Team! How fitting that you’re involved with the Sutton Hoo ship build ❤

[@gesithasgewissa]

It's a great project! That's from a couple years ago, when I was working as a shipwright on the Sutton Hoo Ship.

[@ek-nz]

@@gesithasgewissa When you commented a few videos ago that you’d hewn plenty of planks by hand, I hadn’t imagined this :) You weren’t kidding! I just finished watching the programme and I look forward to seeing how she sails in 2026… or later. Who cares how long it takes for such an important experiment, as long as the resources don’t run out. Glad Time Team is involved to bring the story to the masses too.

[@Vanadisir]

Feels like home.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Indeed!

[@LeonidesPalma]

I like your videos, with music or without music in the same way.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you very much!

[@edwinmason123]

Inspirational works as always - thank you!

[@gesithasgewissa]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@gibson1005]

Just cleared a similar surface of blackthorn a few weeks back. The axe is a very good tool for the job, although it's easier to prune the main branches first before hacking at the bottom. It get less stuck that way and the processing is faster

[@gesithasgewissa]

Cool! That's true, but only if you have nice big boots on. With my thin Saxon shoe soles the thorns are a nightmare! So I try to take them straight out rather than do any trimming and scatter the thorns everywhere like little caltrops 😄

[@gibson1005]

@@gesithasgewissa very good point! good old clogs might help, don't know when they first appeared thought

[@gesithasgewissa]

@@gibson1005 Ooh, nice idea, I hadn't thought of that!

[@mickieb946]

New subscriber from the US and thanks for the new stormy morning binge watch! Love living history and have often wished for more examples of the European metal ages. Looking forward to more!

[@gesithasgewissa]

Welcome to the project!

[@kitsurubami]

It's just like Vinland Saga Season 2!

[@gesithasgewissa]

😄 love that show!

[@Bgraytful]

There are a number of labor saving garden techniques used in various cultures including small scale grazing and controlled burning. Most likely these were also used in this kind of settings. You may not personally had those options but I have a hard time believing essential food production wasn’t more skilled and understood/managed. Modern permaculture is reviving much of this technique. What we now call “food forests”

[@gesithasgewissa]

I'd like to do more permaculture based gardening in the future. Burning would not work on living trees and I wouldn't want to do that next to my thatched house. The area is a little small for livestock, and they wouldn't have removed the trees anyway.

[@pan_vladek7113]

Саксов стало больше!))) Интересный проект

[@gesithasgewissa]

I've got very good friends!! Thank you

[@LordAxalon]

Awesome. Been hoping you'd do some farming. I really liked the music, I felt it emersed me in what you were working on.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the music. I feel it has a "spring sap rising" energy. Really glad to finally start growing things.

[@Meg_A_Byte]

I'm sure that help during digging up roots was much appreciated.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Very much so!

[@DiovaniLisboa]

So this is paradise huh?!

[@gesithasgewissa]

It is for me!

[@mossking8842]

Bro on the Vineland saga farm arc.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Yes indeed 😄

[@dontherocks897]

Could watch you for hours. Love it 🖤

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you!

[@peterellis4262]

Reminded me I have a couple of little stumps to get out ;)

[@gesithasgewissa]

They're a pain, haha!

[@raduneacsu8382]

It seems like people comment on the music idk i liked it. These videos are put together extremely good way better than all of the video arts students i know make

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you! I like the music too. I enjoy showing off the beautiful sounds of nature but sometimes I like to add more music too. People will have to live with it.

[@Da55a]

I just spotted you on Time Team! Well done!

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thanks, that's from a couple years ago, when I was working as a shipwright on the Sutton Hoo Ship ☺

[@TheSaracen369]

Yes! Medieval farming!

[@gesithasgewissa]

Here it is!

[@Luigi82932]

U should make a woodcutter hut or camp of some sort, its would amazing with the hut and crop section

[@gesithasgewissa]

I have some sort of plans for a raised granary or food storage hut with a turf roof!

[@Luigi82932]

@@gesithasgewissa sounds awesome

[@adamwallace8082]

idk, if i was going to start an anglo-saxon garden.... i'd first put goats, on the plot, to clear foliage, and fertilize. Secondly I'd put pigs on it to turn over the plot, and fertilize some more, before i started where you guys did. Maybe that's just me.

[@gesithasgewissa]

The plot is a little small and full of blackthorn for livestock. But on a larger area, it would definitely be worth using livestock to help clear it.

[@iogdcutc]

nice vid, I just saw you on time team for a split second and was like wait i know that face

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thanks, and yeah that's from a couple years ago, when I was working as a shipwright on the Sutton Hoo Ship ☺

[@swatson1190]

You should get sheep or goats on it first to take down as much vegetation first to make it a little easier. I live in the Ouachita mountains of Southwest Arkansas. We have a garden every year and I don't have the money for a rototiller. I do it all by hand. The more you have in vegetable and herbs the less that has to be scythed.

[@gesithasgewissa]

I could have, but its a very small area to keep livestock on. On a small scale it is quicker to do it by hand!

[@petehoover6616]

Ah wont ta make uh pont: Ah'm fum Hope. Ah kin raht wut ah heers wayne Ah don't won't ta be dayta-mahned er sirch'd. Musheenz cain't reed this. Ef yew thank et looks lahk sum kinda Anglo-Saxon that's 'cuz Я lengwidge iz uh ex-tinct northern border dahleck lahk Jordie er Lowland Broad Scottish. Yankees Я fum Suvven England. Я formal rittn lengwidge iz all-sew uh ex-tinct Norvern dahleck. Ah wuz hopen we'd git sumwun a-tryen ta raht ian Anglo-Saxon. Thad be fun if we haed dick-shun-ariez. Ah kin do Latin 'cuz they yewsse ta haev uh Latin class ian Hope. But have yew ever seen uh mule ian England? They'z rare. He cain't git no mule.

[@gesithasgewissa]

@@petehoover6616 😄😄😄

[@petehoover6616]

@@gesithasgewissa Mirum est mihi quod Google translate sinit nos hoc modo Latine scribere.

[@krisdog88]

I'm loving the music!

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you!

[@adrianbew9641]

Those blackthorns you will need to tackle regularly as they spread often by root under the soil especially that recently tilled.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you, I'm aware that I'll need to keep on top of them. They're are lovely hedging plant though, so I'm going to keep them if I can.

[@benmiller3358]

My friend, there are period tools that are MUCH better for clearing brush than an axe FYI!

[@gesithasgewissa]

For brush yes, but for two inch thick blackthorn? I disagree. I'm open to suggestions though!

[@sampeterson5043]

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[@gesithasgewissa]

So the boots are turnshoes, which I make myself, you can find tutorials online. My shirt is the Högom tunic which I also sewed myself. But for shoes, I'd recommend Masterbogdan and for clothing; True History Shop

[@CatNolara]

Really enjoying this series so far, the music didn't bother me although I also like it when there are just the pure sounds of nature. What I'm curious about, what are the circumstances around your doings? Is this like a hobby and you work regularly apart from this? Or are you part of some kind of association for experimental archeology? Do you own the land you're working on or how does that work? You propably have a life besides all of this, right? Sometimes I wish things were easier in this modern world, without having to think about all these details.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you! I'll be uploading mostly natural ambient videos, but I like to put in some music every so often. I'm happy to say that I am making enough from these videos to do this almost full-time! This is my land, and I spend most of my time working on it and filming videos. Though, I do live in the 'modern world' too, haha!

[@wulfhardoftoxandria7680]

Very soothing video

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you!

[@ParkourFalke95]

i enjoy your videos with "natural sounds" or with music. but i have to say that song in the beginning was nice. i liked it a lot.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you! The natural sounds will still be the most common in my future videos. But it wasn't possible for this video as I had diggers working nearby.

[@ParkourFalke95]

@@gesithasgewissa understandable. and a most enjoyable solution for the problem.

[@valeriecrocker6668]

Loved the video but prefer no music. Nevertheless, great job, keep up the good work!

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@jake-rg3fd]

fuck yeah. this channel is very cool

[@gesithasgewissa]

Haha, thank you!

[@raduneacsu8382]

These are just lovely

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you!

[@VernAfterReading]

Hey I think I just saw you over on @TimeTeamOfficial working on a Sutton Hoo ship reconstruction. Nice!

[@gesithasgewissa]

You did indeed ☺ I worked there as a shipwright for a year before starting this project

[@lilykatmoon4508]

I am a Norse Pagan, but almost certainly have some Anglo Saxon Heritage as well. In any case, I certainly hope Eostre blesses your garden and endeavors this season.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you!

[@AnthropoidOne]

Backbreaking work🇺🇸

[@gesithasgewissa]

It's hard work, but worth the effort!

[@ianbrowne8871]

A fascinating film and I tend to agree the sound of nature does not need additions. You can gauge the degree of hard work by the sounds of the roots being hit or torn up or the soil/ stones/ clay being turned over. It is quite a thought that the Anglo/Saxons did not have potatoes or tomatoes!

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you Ian. Unfortunately there was a lot of digger work going on nearby, so there wasn't a lot of peaceful nature sounds to be had!

[@obooms]

thank you again for an another great video!

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thanks for watching!

[@mrKitels]

hello from Belarus)

[@gesithasgewissa]

Welcome!

[@jakubjonash]

TV station dont know how to make a good relax show... only you know.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you!

[@monophthalmos9633]

A friend of mine is a farmer. Due to some regulation, he could no longer use a certain plot of land that had been used for agriculture since time immemorial. He resented leaving it uncultivated, as he knew what kind of work went into making this plot arable, however long ago that may have been.

[@gesithasgewissa]

That's a sad story, I hope the land is well used in some other form!

[@tardismole]

I hope you planted white carrot. They wouldn't have had orange carrots back then. An amazing piece of land. Slightly envious, here.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you, it is an absolutely beautiful little haven. I am very lucky. I have planted white/yellow carrots which are historically correct yes ☺ although there are Eastern Roman and Byzantine codexes which picture orange carrots.

[@capthappy345]

Hard ass work! Nicely done friend!

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you friend!

[@fallonfireblade4404]

That's a lot of work but it must be so satisfying when it's done! It'll be so cool when the garden actually starts to give veggies. Also, unlike our ancestors, I hope you're wearing some sunscreen 😂

[@gesithasgewissa]

I'm really looking forward to harvesting the first veggies!

[@samajier2566]

Kerja bagus kawan

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thanks!

[@Bearfoot-e3e]

You do this for fun? I did it because my tiller broke down and I fenced a new garden plot already but couldn't afford to fix it. I've been using a shovel, hoe, sledgehammer and mattock to break the most inconsistent soil I've ever seen. Huge sandstone slabs in one place, deep good soil next, thin sandstone plates stacked in clay and sand next. What a wonderful feeling when you see little buds appear in your hard won rows.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Heheheh yes! Although I've got it easy...not a single stone in my soil!

[@Bearfoot-e3e]

@@gesithasgewissa before I could even start breaking up the ground I had to get rid of a piece of stone 15-20 cm thick and 1.2m wide, I don't even know how long it is, I dug and broke as much as I had to to get the soil depth I needed. I hope my metric conversion was right. About 6-8" thick, about 4' wide. And you are so lucky to have such good soil, mine only grew these foul smelling thorny weeds for years, can't even walk in my garden barefoot.

[@gesithasgewissa]

@@Bearfoot-e3e That's tough! I'm an imperial guy anyways 😆 we still use inches as carpenters and shipwrights over here

[@Bearfoot-e3e]

@@gesithasgewissa that's pretty cool, I didn't know that.

[@jamiewashere]

Hey I just saw you on the new Time Team Sutton hoo episode!

[@gesithasgewissa]

Yeah! That's from a couple years ago, when I was working as a shipwright on the Sutton Hoo Ship ☺

[@petehoover6616]

Recently saw a shot of a Medieval Latin manuscript on video. I froze the video and tried to read it. The script was pretty unfamiliar but I could make out one passage. I entered that passage into Google and it sent me back the rest of the poem I had been looking at. We can now read those old Latin books whenever we want to.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Incredible! I'd really like to learn Latin.

[@petehoover6616]

@@gesithasgewissa You don't need to "learn" Latin to read it any more. I'm quite tickled that it was your ability to read my native dialect that let me write you in Latin and have proof you READ it. Kin Ah say Ah'm quaht pleezd?

[@petehoover6616]

@@gesithasgewissa The Bayeux Tapestry is a fun read. Script is legible, no arcane abbreviations, and it's an action-packed adventure with illustrations. It's also all online.

[@gesithasgewissa]

@@petehoover6616 😄😄😄

[@petehoover6616]

@@gesithasgewissa you know, after I recommended the Bayeux Tapestry it dawned on me that the time between 662 and 1066 is 404 years. You are as far from Hastings as we are from when King James first smoked tobacco and choked on it.

[@yonowaaru]

My favourite story arc in Vinland saga 😅

[@gesithasgewissa]

Haha, mine too!!

[@anonymousperson4371]

does your pit house ever flood?

[@gesithasgewissa]

It flooded once, I had dug the pit too deep! But I raised the floor-level of the pit to 20-30cm below ground level. Now it never floods, even in heavy winter rains.

[@petehoover6616]

I liked the music. Did you make two pairs of trousers? One for yourself and another for your assistant? They are eye-catching. There sure is a lot of advice from people starting out "you should..." who don't do this kind of thing themselves. Oh my! You're a CROFTER!

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you Pete! I did indeed, nice cool linen for summer. I'm always open to advice, but you have a point, sometimes it's a little overwhelming. I appreciate your support ☺

[@angelcollina]

I cri! I want a garden! I still have much to learn about keeping one, but I live in a big city on the 4th floor of a large apartment complex. For a monthly fee I can have a little box of dirt on the roof, but that is it. *sigh* tradeoffs… The city gives me a lot of what I need and crave, but much less of others. The balance is off.

[@gesithasgewissa]

I feel for you. I hope you find your garden sometime soon!

[@YassoKuhl]

Since everybody seems to be commenting about the music: Everything in this channel seems super authentic, how about including authentic music as well?

[@gesithasgewissa]

It's a good idea, though all of the instruments and vocals used in this music are based on historical instruments and sounds...it's hard to say what pre-Christian Germanic music was like, as nothing was written down.

[@lorduggae]

Another amazing video sir. I'm really enjoying these. My 2 cents, the music was good just a bit loud. Keep up the amazing work

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you for watching and for the feedback!

[@barkershill]

Well ,I for one loved the music . Anyone who doesn’t like it can just turn the sound off . Not sure about the idea of farm animals clearing the ground for you though . Anyone who has ever tried it will realise that you need some amazingly good fencing to confine either pigs or goats and building such a structure is probably more darn work than clearing the land yourself . As for the idea that ducks will keep the garden free of slugs … I believe this idea was first put forward by John Seymour in his book on self sufficiency in the 1970s and has been repeated by arm chair pundits ever since . The truth is if you let ducks wonder about in you veg plot yes they might eat a few slugs but they will trash all your plants in doing so and as ducks feed during the day and slugs only emerge at night the Twain rarely meet anyway !

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you! And yes, I agree. This area of land is too small for any animals anyway, so clearing by hand was the best option. Not to mention fencing animals without modern electric fencing is a huge undertaking. I would love to get ducks, but won't be letting them amongst the vegetables haha! They might pick up the odd slug around the area though, which helps a little.

[@FrejthKing]

make an offering to Freyr for good harvest!

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you, I will!

[@everen1967]

Great video. Music was unnecessarily moody though.

[@gesithasgewissa]

I had diggers working in the next field during this period, so unfortunately 'peaceful ambience' wasn't an option.

[@Trojan4u]

willow & elderberry bushes you were removing? Wow, what a lot of hard work!

[@gesithasgewissa]

Only blackthorn, much more painful haha!

[@Rozenfield816]

So glad Asmongold joined you to help with your garden

[@gesithasgewissa]

😆😆

[@Dial8Transmition]

Good work

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you

[@Seiaeka]

Love the music as always. Would love to know more about the artist as well as the one you used in your previous videos.

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you! A lot of my music is created by Herknungr, he's a great musician! This was a mix of Herknungr's 'Ængleland' and 'Freya | Nordic Vocals | Royalty Free Music'. The other song I use regularly is 'Bulgarian Spirit' by Psystein and Mika.

[@barbybushcraft]

Parabéns pelo vídeo

[@gesithasgewissa]

Thank you!