Tales From The Green Valley - January (part 5 of 12)

[@mattwilson8298]

I'm amazed at the people at the time and their unwavering commitment to putting everything, EVERYTHING, in a pie.

[@stigyanblue1442]

Or porridge

[@stigyanblue1442]

What is a pie but an edible cook pot?

[@maryanneslater9675]

It seems to me the team is working even harder than the average farm family because they're helping to bring abandoned fields back into productivity and are likely repairing or rebuilding more things than would have been normally necessary in a year. On top of having to learn how to do it!

[@blabla-rg7ky]

good points

[@megancrager4397]

I wonder how much they get paid for this 🤔

[@ritageorge8748]

Well said!

[@mobiousenigma]

@@megancrager4397 there all professionals with degrees and this is science so media grant educational grant i suspect there well paid and this show actually turns a profit

[@sydneymomma11]

And remember that farm families would usually have a gaggle of children to help, so they're also doing this w/out the help of a dozen extra hands!

[@jeskvell3254]

I love these series from this to Full Steam Ahead. It has been my therapy since I discovered them. Wherever these presenters are, I wish them all the happiness as they have given it to me ❤

[@NinaAlivirta]

My thougths exactly!

[@jimsmith3971]

What I love equally to discovering this show on the KZbin is to read the informative comments from people all over the world.

[@thelighthouse7380]

Like this one

[@amandajlemen]

I must have watched this series, as well as Tudor farm, Edwardian farm, victorian farm, and castle building about 10 times each. It's very helpful for modern homesteaders. That's what I am doing...learning about skills, researching them further and then implementing them in my own farm. It took me about a year to find a billhook for hedging ha ha, and about as long to learn how to do it efficiently on my own. I'm currently hedging a back field for my sheep, it's only about a 1/4 acre but it's great for the lambs when we wean them. My next project is a chicken coop, wattle and daub style. I don't have hazel but I planted a huge patch of basket willow, and second year whips look like the hazel pieces they're weaving weft wise. I personally enjoy the indoor pursuits most....I process, dye and spin wool from my sheep, angora rabbits, and goats, and then weave and knit it. My loom is a more modern version than what you see in the Tudor farm...the heddles are metal, and it has 10 shafts, but honestly it hasn't changed much. Same with my wheel, I use a castle style with a flyer assembly rather than a great wheel with a spike. My charka has a spike though, similar to a great wheel but it's very small with a very high ratio for spinning fine fiber. I also grow a lot of my dyes from natural plants and process them myself. I must say I really do identify with their hard labors lol, I have the same complaints but I do have electricity and modern amenities to relax with. One of the hardest things though is finding some of the tools....you may think oh well a modern tool would be easier but in a lot of ways it isn't. If you're building a shed out in the field you don't want to have to run a generator or 5electric cords to plug in your drill, or have your battery run out 5 hours into working....a hand tool is easier in those situations, plus a lot of the tools back then we're more specialized, like my billhook, or a hay knife, or even my good old antique singer machine that runs on treadle power, it can sew through anything and it quilts perfectly, I use it more than my modern serger or expensive quilting machine just because it's so convenient and I feel like I have so much more flexibility. I wish there were more shows like this, and that they went more in depth into day to day processes and household crafts more so than cooking....but I enjoy it all either way. I do like the way they show the butchering and processing of food for preservation. Sorry, I'll end my novel here lol. PS. Love love love this show obviously! BBC please make more like this!!!!

[@HaulAzzForever]

Came here to say - I'm interested in the historic processes for building, hedging, processing/storing timber, etc. and, like you find with the household stuff you're interested in, this show is the best resource I could find. Despite all the momentum behind sustainable construction in recent years, it's hard to find content that covers this stuff concisely and clearly without being "woo woo"/preachy/culty about it.

[@janissauncy7019]

There's also Wartime Farm, which is also really good. Except for that stupid claim that rats don't have bladders. Lol

[@caylarivera2804]

Hey your comment really resonates with me, I do all sorts of handicrafts and love learning about the history behind household stuff, especially textiles from plant/animal to cloth/garment! So good for know there are others out there who have a longing for the simpler ways of life. I would much rather hand knit an item and take months than fiddle about with a knitting machine. And I want to bring some of that energy to my new homestead! Thanks for sharing

[@esbliss13]

I was glad to finally see a cat on one of these shows. I watched the Tudor, Victorian, Edwardian and War Farm series they had no cats and one dog. I've never been to a farm that didn't have a few working cats to take care of the rodents and birds, and a dog or two to protect the farm.

[@shonamcwilliam4171]

You should watch SECRETS OF THE CASTLE. so good

[@Modj-j5m]

🐈

[@sgrannie9938]

I believe the dog and cats live on the site, which is active year round.

[@lisawintler-cox1641]

I like having a real expert in a subject along with out heroes. I like the interaction. I don't need to believe that Peter, Ruth and Alex are the experts at everything I like the conversation between them and the experts. Plus it gives the experts their due rather then just standing about in the background waiting for the camera to stop shooting. I could say "expert" one more time if you ask me nicely.

[@ritageorge8748]

Please do👌🤭say it again&your clever Sarc- but I do agree-Can't stand it here when one of those"real life"shows either gets the credit-all with no explaining till the end&or my grown kids watch in awe as some famous reality show hero-muscles&hair in place"films" himself-🐂💩film crews&he sleeps 5star-&doubles take chances-Its America

[@wehvgirlpwr]

@@ritageorge8748 I so agree. I attempted to watch a PBS special, I think it was called “Frontier House”. What a disaster of a show. They profiled 3 couples two of whom couldn’t get along and I felt like the show focused on interpersonal issues rather than living the life. It was horrid, I never finished it. Two of the three couples are now divorced, and the show focused on marital issues within the families. It was disturbing to watch how badly one woman talked about her spouse. Why would you do that when you know it’s going to be shown to a national audience. None of the families were well suited for the jobs at hand and I felt like they were chosen because the producers were more interested in drama than a historical reenactment.

[@lknanml]

It's not bath night for 5 more nights... If he went the distance that is real dedication to your work! LMAO. What a good show.

[@Tina06019]

My father grew up in the late 1920s & the 1930s on a farm, and Saturday was bath day, just as it was for the Norse in the old days. It was a convenient time: bathe in preparation for Saturday evening socials & still be clean for church on Sunday morning. The tin bath was dragged into the kitchen and the water heated on the wood stove. The rest of the week, they depended on sponge baths with a basin of water. May sound nostalgic, but I prefer our running water and plumbing!

[@lknanml]

@@Tina06019 Prefer our running water and plumbing! I second that. More than a few times in training and on deployment it was a wash with wipes or get inventive. Not all that bad if it's cold but in warm weather you find out humans are really supposed to smell like.

[@sgrannie9938]

Likely he was quickly off for a good wash in the nearest mod con 😊 Probably at or near the place where both the men got their hair cut on a regular basis.

[@jmax47]

Really cool to see the roots of where so many permaculture techniques came from (coppice, rotating livestock to prep a plot of land for planting)!

[@1425363878]

There's an ancient tradition in northern Germany where we eat kale stew in autumn and winter, while getting blackout drunk. Many people say it's "an acquired taste" because it is quite bitter, but if made properly it is one of the best things you can eat all year. Into it goes white pudding (both whole and a few scraped out) as well as boiled lean ham. Also, there's loads of mustard seed in there, as well as in the white pudding. I've always laughed at the idea of fancy Californians and New Yorkers eating kale as some sort of trendy food everybody else scoffs at.

[@leavingitblank9363]

Sooo... you laugh at people's efforts to eat more healthily?

[@1425363878]

@@leavingitblank9363 I laugh at burgeois cunts jumping on retarded bandwagons to act like they're better than normal people.

[@leavingitblank9363]

@@1425363878 No, not better than "normal" people. Just better than you.

[@1425363878]

@@leavingitblank9363 Oki-doki, fancypants.

[@lizzy66125]

kale mixed with boiled potatoes and ham or smoked sausage is stil staple food in the Netherlands."boerenkool".(farmerscabbage)

[@Hateweek1984]

Love these series! Have learned so much and have a new found respect for the history of agrarian life...

[@Wow-uk2on]

22:03 I remember when we went back to my mum's old farm (decades after she left) most of the yard was completely overgrown but there was too much metal and scrap in the grass that you couldn't use a mower, so the neighbour lended five sheep!

[@ruthgoebel723]

I make a salve from plantain, a ‘weed’ that grows everywhere. Plantain, olive oil and beeswax makes a great skin soother especially for sunburn, bug bites and chapped hands.

[@terricovill4624]

@Ruth Gospel. You're right! I often just pluck plantain,bruise it as best I can and rub it on a mosquito bite or sunburn and the plantain does a great job of soothing the affected area!

[@snazzypazzy]

I usually use it fresh, but it's also great for nettle stings! And nettle and plantain often grow in the same places where I'm from, waters edge and such.

[@terricovill4624]

You can also substitute chick weed instead of plantain if you want.

[@piatpotatopeon8305]

Cloie is such a trooper!

[@kateflack9968]

These are my most favourite programmes I’ve watched most of these series Victorian farm, Edwardian farm ect but not for some time so re watching them all as I’m on bed rest anyway

[@isnoo1]

It amazes me how they worked out these different things....... eg the "Oak Apples" (??). and ending up making dye and ink... WOW!!

[@inthenebula92]

I've been re-watching these BBC farm docs and it always gives me a chuckle when they get to winter. I'm a Canadian and there's usually a couple of feet of snow on the ground at this point! Last winter, it started in late October and snowed clear into mid-April. I considered it milder than usual however, as there were only a couple of days that were colder than -30 C with the wind chill, it didn't really stray colder than -25 C. XD

[@terryclayton1425]

Another Canadian here. I was thinking the same thing! Winter - that's not winter!

[@janemann3045]

Here in Virginia we do have -3 or -4 in Winter March wind is the worst for me now that I am older.Some people think it does not get cold here or hot but it does

[@systlin2596]

Iowa here, and it always makes me laugh too. They complain about 'really bitter' weather because they had a frost. To me 'really bitter' means -40. Ruth says January is a really lean time in the garden as she still has kale growing, but for me in January the garden is under 2 feet of snow and is frozen hard as a rock in -10F temperatures!

[@darkfireeyes7]

I used to live in Chicago and had a similar reaction.

[@microsoftpainenthusiast8096]

Last year we had -30 in Toronto and I felt how my eyeballs were freezing

[@bessiemann7468]

Life was busy and hard back then especially in Winter.They said the woolen clothes they had on that they still got cold.You could see their breath when they was spit roasting the beef.Enjoyed watching this

[@jennifermcdonald5432]

I read about a ‘ willow house’ you planted several little willow saplings around the perimeter of your house and then as they grow you thread the shoots around the main stems. Continue on till you have a house. It actually takes far, far less time than you would think!

[@AL-fl4jk]

Rarely done for an actual house but a lot for pigsty’s and chicken coops

[@larrycounce4509]

This series is most interesting and a joy.

[@jaketmurphy]

Poor people were meant to wear caps to stop the spread of lice I believe, not so the poor could make a living selling hats. Awesome series, one of my favorite ☝️

[@LynxSouth]

I'm developing an appreciation for how much the colonists in New England and south had to change their yearly schedules and tactics to survive. This was a new world in _lots_ of ways. Shouldn't Ruth have strained those berries out of the pig's fat salve?

[@Thepourdeuxchanson]

I think maybe the idea was that as time passed, more and more of the berry juices would pass into the fat and enrich it.

[@LynxSouth]

@@Thepourdeuxchanson I no longer remember what the purpose of the salve was, but I think I'd rather mash and strain the berries at the start and add only the juice/berry paste, than end up smearing berries on and having to pick them off of whatever body part the salve was applied to. But thanks, that seems logical, if not efficient.

[@SharolTilgner]

I am enjoying your series. I would like to let you know that people still make herbal oils, salves, plasters and poultices as well as many other types of herbal products. They are not placebo, they actually work. However, they have to be made correctly to work. For example the mustard poultice should have been very warm. Although honey can be used, it is usually better to use whatever flour you have around that is older. Make a pot of hot water, mix it with your 3 parts flour with 1 part freshly ground mustard seed. Then you add enough hot water to make a paste. You take a thin tea towel and place enough paste on it on it to fit over the main part of the chest. Then you pull the tea towel over the mustard paste or place another on top. (This can also be done with multiple layers of thick paper towel.) This protects the skin from being burned by the mustard. Then you place it on the chest for only 20 minutes. More can cause the skin to burn. You also generally place a hot water bottle or another heating element on top and wrap the person in a blanket or towels. There is more I could say about it but his is the basics of a mustard plaster. There should always be a thin cloth between the skin and the mustard paste. Never use on abraded or open skin. The skin should always be protected from "heating" herbs.

[@treetrout3987]

cheers, I can concur from experience. I live in Newfoundland, Canada and I recall me Dear Granny using poultices - nothing better on a burned finger - (I still do on my Children). You know whatof you speak - I miss those older times w/o electronics, and would really rather live w/o them.

[@jjimmifferr]

I came on to say the same thing:) They still work but have to be made and used correctly.

[@LynxSouth]

Thank you for this. I remember enough from what my mother told me to know that this in the program wasn't done correctly, but not enough to write about it. If you don't have a hot water bottle, you can use steaming hot, damp cloths.

[@foreverwander0320]

Very interesting. What do the ingredients do? Are they anti-inflammatory?

[@wendyeames5758]

I'm wondering how the result differs from just using a heating pad?

[@fionnagrant6636]

My mum used to make Frumenty from creed wheat. She also used milk, egg, honey and sultanas. It was so delicious. We had it for breakfast in winter. Apparently she heard about it from a Look & Learn magazine in the late 70s.

[@edram4051]

"This ink is poisonous", proceeds to grab with his hand.

[@dionnedunsmore9996]

Around 10:30time spot they talk about timber dwindling in England and the govt restrictions. The English also helped the dwindling of lumber here in USA too. England bought as much lumber as we used here. If u look at maps of American lumber spots from back then and compare them to the current maps, you'll see an 85% of the forrest has been used without being replaced

[@baylorsailor]

Peter is so handsome. ❤

[@jitaamesuluma9730]

Cedar is the medicine for a cough, boil leaf and twig till it becomes half the water then put into a bottle you can add honey and ginger, they help too and make it more tastey, it tastes quite nice

[@johannaholmgren8088]

SO funny to hear Stewart say "As the saying goes: Pease pudding hot, Pease pudding cold, Pease pudding in the pot etc" I never heard that until now. I learned it as "Pease PORRIDGE hot, Pease porridge cold, Pease porridge in the pot, nine days old". Also quite enlightening to realise that "pease" must be an older spelling of "peas". Again, it was written that way in my book (which was quite ancient) that I learned that rhyme from....

[@mortalclown3812]

Same here. So much of what I recall as rhymes and fairy tales are hundreds of years old. :-)

[@mbeally]

Ha I hadn't even noticed that he'd said "pudding" instead of "porridge," because I learned it as "pease porridge" too! =)

[@tenthousanddaysofgratitude]

Canadian here and I’ve heard it both ways. Pudding was what I learned as a child and later heard porridge.

[@mariecarie1]

Thank you so much for uploading these. Love to watch, especially when recovering from a nasty cold. Thanks again! Cheers

[@SandyKH]

I always watch these when I'm too sick to read or do anything else. It makes for great fun, and learning too.

[@SandyKH]

FYI... the word "plaster" is the Danish word for bandage. Our Vikings clearly left an impression on "the Green Valley"!

[@gladtobeangry]

Yeah, here in the Netherlands we say pleister.

[@Thepourdeuxchanson]

There is an old ironic expression in England to "break a head then give a plaister"

[@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131]

@@Thepourdeuxchanson Outch....🤕

[@feeline1120]

In Germany we say Pflaster

[@janemann3045]

I would love to live like this but I think I would wear pants to help me get around better.Those skirts would soak up water and snow.I love the cooking they did, good natural food

[@joannecarlson9933]

I'm surprised they didn't get food poisoning the way they cooked without washing their hands after handling meat.

[@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131]

@@joannecarlson9933 I'm sure "Health & Safety" rules and regulations were followed. Liquid soap and plastic wash basins just didn't fit with the time period, so had to be edited out...🤗

[@Tina06019]

Indeed. I have worn skirts to work and hike outside in winter; this works fine, but only if my skirt lengths are well above my ankles.

[@GiGiGoesShopping]

The cow looks into her shed and sees the Chambermaids are still working.

[@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131]

Cows can be very fussy...

[@leavingitblank9363]

Housekeeping isn't finished with the room yet.

[@ccaarriissaa]

I honestly would love to live like this. yes it's hard but can u imagine a world without electronics. And the fulfillment you would feel that your grew and built and reared everything.

[@katajha831]

+carissa Carissas lol i have more of an issue with out toilet paper.

[@mnfrench7603]

Said the person watching and commenting while on an electricity sucking computer (not to mention life sucking....)

[@angies3057]

I'm with you on that as absolutely beautiful. And hard work is what our bodies was made for.

[@terrigaines1812]

@@mnfrench7603 You're obviously on an electronic device as well.

[@adamhauskins6407]

I'll take life on the edwardian farm/fishing

[@sanaminatozaki2140]

To think that kale used to be associated with the poor while these days it's overpriced and everyone is buying it.

[@evelyneweissenborn8231]

Ironically, often times the poor had a much healthier diet than the upper classes at that time.

[@IreneWY]

i was going to comment that too :D same with black salsify. it used to be the poor's asparagus and now you hardly find it anywhere, it costs it's weight in gold.

[@texlad04]

Rocket, too.

[@angelwhispers2060]

Kale was a hearty food fed to pregnant women and the elderly over winter to help them get through. If it happened to go bad it could be fed to cows or pigs depending on the degree of decay. But if it dried out it was really good bum fooder. Some might be dried out intentionally over Lent so that when they drink tansy at the end of Easter to get rid of intestinal worms from eating so much fish during Lent. It was handy to have extra hard scrubbing pads for the job

[@coralscraftg.2284]

I used to fish the Camel estuary in Corwall, just a generation ago Sea Bass were thrown away by the local fisherman, seen as getting in the way of catching Salmon. Sea Bass was rated as nothing but a worthless trash fish!

[@LadyVesuvius]

If this was made today it would have stupid celebs trying to live like this while having drama and beef with each other. So glad there are real historians and archeologists who were unknwon at the time. I love these shows!

[@beagleissleeping5359]

They'd also have to traverse ridiculous obstacles...😂

[@thelighthouse7380]

Besides the series themselves.....the different comments are also quite informative

[@shaunbellah1406]

Ohhhhh....wow for all my life growing up in Guyana, South America, a British Sovereignty .. we all thought it to be piece porridge hot, piece cold....now I know it's peas porridge...lolllll

[@amir1a123]

+Shana Saul-Morian I think that is pease not peas :)

[@criswentz8343]

Both right. Pease are dried peas. We today usually eat them fresh, but for a long time in England peas were the starch grain crop for the common fellow and family. It was mentioned in Tudor Monastery.

[@zmxl1020]

I like it in the pot, 9 days old!

[@mandeville7474]

You could go to a chip shop and get Pease pudding and Savoloys . I had some when I was a kid from a chip shop at the Angel Islington in central London

[@Kemulnitestryker]

First time watching Tales From The Green Valley. Seen the other series featuring Ruth, Alex, and Fonz.

[@teganl6032]

Watching videos likes this makes me wonder how on earth people survived the Canadian winters before modern times. I've learned bits and pieces, but as a Northern Canadian myself there is no way we could do things the same here. Even just because my winters now are from November to April on average, and the snow and ice cover is complete. You wouldn't be getting any veggies, berries, etc at all. Not to mention this January got down to -40 Celsius. I understand that England is a damp cold and that makes a huge difference than our usual dry colds, but believe me -40 C is a whole different beast.

[@davidtucker1644]

Yeah, I live in eastern washington (state), and we get snow way earlier than them, and when we get it is WAY deeper.

[@moregardening5014]

It’s just different. Summer becomes a mad rush in cold climates. It’s life or death to put up all your food. Have you seen pioneer quest? Similar Canadian show, they show up in a covered wagon and have the year to grow food and build houses to protect them in the winter. It’s on amazon prime

[@teganl6032]

@@moregardening5014 No I haven't see it, but it sounds interesting.

[@pattym307]

Northern Illinois here. Below zero and at least a foot of snow. I dont know how settlers survived.

[@hiccacarryer3624]

probably have to take a look at a scandinavian or eastern european programme - certainly swedish houses were made of pinewood , insulated with moss or wool, raised off the ground and much bigger and heavier than english peasant houses see kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJLSeK2Pe8iIrZI

[@girlnextdoorgrooming]

I don't know why nobody is commenting on Alex looks. He is really easy on the eyes.

[@itsbecbec]

All through these series I've wondered why Peter is always commented on yet not Alex who i think too is very easy on the eyes.

[@readmycomment3157]

Nobody asked

[@mortalclown3812]

Peter. All Peter.

[@theclumsyprepper]

Not to me, he looks too much like my brother and he's too skinny for my liking.

[@jacquiebarker9609]

Fantastic!!

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Thanks again.

[@noodle9572]

Great series

[@johnransom1146]

Thomas Hardy’s ‘The Mayor of Castorbridge’ has a character get drunk on fromentry sp? It’s spiked with rum I think. At a fair.

[@marigeobrien]

It strikes me how much knowledge has been lost and how removed we are now from the basics of life. People keep SAYING life is better now but I wonder. IS it better that children do not even know where bacon comes from? Or how to sew a simple garment? Remembering the popularity of the apocalyptic theme 10 years ago, I almost wonder if it was brought about from a collective urge to go back to the basics of living. Simple as it was, it must have also been very satisfying to know how to do so many things. And these were all taught at home, by your parents.

[@shreevathsacs]

what is the flute music that is played in the series?

[@candidegunn3624]

Did they really stay there for a year? Or did they just show up to film a few days a month?

[@terricovill4624]

Q: when building a waddle and daub structure, I know hazel is used. What I want to know is the hazel witch hazel or the nut producing hazel. I'd really appreciate a response. Thank you, Terri

[@hilarylonsdale608]

It's the nut bearing hazel :)

[@georgecopley8361]

That was a mean looking blister on the knuckle as she was decanting her oils.

[@meateatingorange]

Love these documentaries with Ruth Goodman and the gang. I'm just confused as to why they are calling Peter Ginn, Fonz??? Weird.

[@AL-fl4jk]

It was his nickname during school, him and Alex were friends for years already at this point

[@FearOfChange]

January and still harvesting greens?! We have 2-3 feet of snow already by then!

[@VoidHalo]

Is it me or does the narrator sound an awful lot like Liam Neason?

[@mandeville7474]

Owen Teale is a welsh actor . He was in an episode of Midsomer Murders .

[@walterkersting1362]

The honey mustard plaister would make you think more than once about complaining chest congestion…

[@brieannamiller3170]

what month did they make the cheesecake ?

[@lesliespiers8407]

what was the pie crust made of? looks pretty brown

[@maryanneslater9675]

Whole grain flour and lard, most likely. The way it holds its shape suggests it might be made by pouring warm water and melted lard into the flour. That makes a tougher, stiffer pastry that doesn't need any pie tin. Very handy for pie sellers. Someone who worked for food safety experimented with some meat pies and found that the crust worked very well at keeping bacteria out. A meat pie could sit in a cool larder for a week without spoiling.

[@mortalclown3812]

Barley was in the flour mix, too.

[@elainefarley1895]

At about 3:47 and after

[@paulbourdon1236]

I hope their chopping technique was compromised by having to talk at the same time. :^)

[@SAnn-rf3oz]

Don't let Stuart touch food anymore. He cross contaminates everything.

[@RootMenu]

Ruth is more disgusting with her grubby fingernails. How many times has she done these shows and yet she insists on keeping her nails long.

[@SAnn-rf3oz]

@@RootMenu There is so much talk about Ruth's nails. I wish she would have cut and filed them before filming these programs.

[@kaylizzie7890]

Holy crap, Alex is built!

[@janissauncy7019]

But Peter is cuter. ☺️

[@junehrycak8263]

Why was Peter being called Fonz or Fonzie?

[@shawnhambler]

June Hrycak nic name I recon

[@rdrrdr778]

Probably multiple people names Peter on set

[@NoraTSS2077]

The tree nearly hitting the camera tho

[@davidtucker1644]

I wonder if anyone lives there anymore.

[@sueclark5763]

It'S still a working farm, but I don't think anyone actually lives there. You can find it online, they sell some of the products that are raised.

[@wandajames6234]

Great series but it's funny to see a bunch of soft academics doing this- we did a lot of this kind of work as kids and it was much much colder here in Canada. Had to laugh seeing him hack away at that tree-- Dad would have cut those little trees with a few strokes using an antique axe he kept sharp. I like how Ruth turns "pl-ass-ter" into "place-ter"- it's a word used to mean 'sticking to' as in plaster on walls.

[@walterkersting1362]

Do they keep bees? They should….

[@leavingitblank9363]

That's a pretty nice manicure she's maintaining 11:57, considering the hard work she's supposedly doing. (Although it does seem like the other woman always ends up doing the bulk of the grunt labor.)

[@mortalclown3812]

I've watched Ruth in the Tudor series enough to be impressed with her work ethic.

[@leavingitblank9363]

@@mortalclown3812 It has nothing to do with her work ethic. She was hired as a historian, not a laborer.

[@simonriley2051]

It's Peas porridge hot,Peas porridge cold,Peas porridge in the pot,nine days old, Some like it hot,Some like it cold,some like it in the pot nine days old.

[@peterrebic4436]

Thank god they eventually drop that nickname,,The Fonz,,NOT,,lol

[@a.j.carter8975]

♥️

[@lizpantelis]

Stuart seems quite out of place in this series, lol. Like he's just off doing whatever the heck he wants to do because he read about it once - and then seems to do it badly. 😂 Interesting stuff - but feels so oddly out of place with what the rest are trying to do to keep the farm going.

[@lizpantelis]

@Chris Longski Yes. He is. Doesn't change that he seemed detached from the rest of the group and that a number of things he tried out didn't have great results.

[@lizpantelis]

@Chris Longski 😂 nothing wrong with microwaved soft pretzels though.

[@sgrannie9938]

Stuart Peachey has been very active in the Valley project for years. Look him up.

[@lizpantelis]

@@sgrannie9938 I know. It's pretty much his project. I just said he was out of place "in this series" as in with the rest of the group.

[@Neokulay]

Alex is cute but Peter is so hot! I will date both of them, but I will marry Peter. 😍😍😍

[@thesleepstealer6170]

The only unrealistic thing here and what is missing is they have no children and farm families would definitely have had children.

[@CairineTheElfHearted]

I always peas pudding called peas porridge.

[@jimmason1072]

Ok what about they pay to the church and gentry......I wish they talked about that..... can't believe that roof never caught on fire.....

[@darkfireeyes7]

They discuss it at length in Tudor Monastery Farm

[@Jellybeat90]

do they spend the night there ?

[@MrsLovelyPendragon]

No, the narrator mentioned on the first episode that for safety reasons they only work there daily.

[@billiebluesheepie2907]

I was involved with the project in its early days and helped to (re-)build the original buildings, we camped out in the orchard and various fields for up to month at a time, with a couple of days in the middle on a different part of the site, under the “not more than 14 days continuous/not more than 28 days a year” rules (the site is quite spread out so lots of options!). Some people had to be on site for part of the time everyday year round, because of the animals there.

[@pipsqueex]

@@billiebluesheepie2907 that must have been a wonderful experience. would be my dream to go there even for a day, just so i could walk in that beautiful magical landscape.

[@Victoriam4074]

That is not the right way to make an infused herbal oil though...

[@QuinniMundo]

Really enjoying this series, though I am disappointed that in this day and age the woman of the house is still referred to as "the farmer's wife". She is a person of her own right, and an invaluable asset to the farm. How about the phrase, "the woman of the house" or "the womenfolk" or "the women of the farm"?

[@terricovill4624]

Oh, come on Stewart! There is barely a thin crust of ice on the pond......you certainly don't need to break up the thin ice with a pole! The ice will melt by mid to late morning! Trust me....I live in central Wisconsin, so I think I can write about ice with a fair amount of knowledge and experience.

[@deedecorte9448]

You know, I can hunt, I am aware of the meat that I buy in the store. It is really hard for me to eat anything I just pet in the barnyard. It is even harder when you ask "how are you enjoying Arthur." Really? Salad and an apple please, Love your cooking Ruth, but I have to ask. What's in it? I'll have apples. Bye

[@patstokes7040]

Some comments seem to think these people gave up a year of their lives for a year to work all day long on hedge rows, building fires, killing hogs, cooking all day, and getting up at five in the morning, so someone can come in and film them. A production as complicated as this film would have a huge crew to do everything just to set a scene to be filmed. Ruth wouldn't be putting all that stuff together to show you how you made medicine. Some set decorator would get all the stuff needed for the shoot, who would have a staff under them, someone would write the script of what they were going to tell you, there would be a historian to make sure it's accurate. they would show Ruth what she has to do and she would step into the scene, do the task, and explain everything that the historian told her. They do it all so well that people think that it is all real. It's a fantastic effort with high marks all around for everyone that worked on this. It's mind blowing that the effort would be made in creating these little jewels of history.

[@stanlygirl5951]

@Pat Stokes, Ruth is a historian, don't know if she had her doctorate back when this was filmed, but she has it nowadays and has had it for some years now. Peter (Fonzie) and Alex are archeologists, don't know about Peter, but Alex has his doctorate. Stewart has been a reenactor at this site for years. Chloe was an undergrad in archeology at the time this was filmed. Iirc, per Ruth, she was hired under terms that she would only have to be on site one week per month for the 12 months of this series. I don't know terms of employment for the others.

[@FrankWilkinson-ig6co]

Just find it funny that people believe all that goes on as the absolute truth. It's a television programme made for entertainment.

[@terricovill4624]

Stewart looked absolutely ridiculous "breaking" up that REALLY thick layer of ice on the livestock pond! I live in west-central Wisconsin and know (what and when) ice needs to be broken up so live-stock can drink. That glazing of ice on the pond definitely DIDN'T need to be bashed. Heck, the glaze of ice would have melted by late morning!

[@essaboselin5252]

I know it's a matter of what you're used to, but I always get a laugh out of someone British complaining about their harsh weather. You're on an island that is moderated by the warm Gulf Stream! You don't know what harsh weather is. No wonder the colonists had such a hard time adapting when they reached the New World. They thought it was going to be much warmer since they landed so far south of England - England is the same latitude as Alaska, for reference.

[@kimberleysmith818]

@@essaboselin5252why laugh if you know already know people are used to different things. Smacks of thinking you are better because you live somewhere colder. People from hot countries complain about how cold and wet it is in the UK whereas to us we are used to it. Just the way things are and no need to act superior to it.

[@christopherhinton6456]

alderberry fleck.

[@nenelou1851]

Why they don't act in period drams

[@terricovill4624]

Ruth: you can make a MUCH better elderberry salve by using just the berries! Mash the berries up after simmering them for a short time then strain the juice into the melted wax and pig fat. By the way, how were you going to make sure that the salve stayed on the wound long enough to get the best healing? You didn't even try to wrap the wound with a strip of linen to keep the salve on the wound! Wow....

[@giraffesinc.2193]

As much as I adore this series, I do hope they all had a proper bath after filming each day.

[@joannecarlson9933]

Did they not wash their clothes 400 years ago?!!!!!!!!!!

[@mrdarklight]

Not really. Only the linens.

[@treehousekohtao]

Stuart strikes me as quite an odd character, fair enough. But an absolutely shocking cook, unforgivable.

[@marielrodriguez6334]

HIS NAME IS NOT FONZ!

[@marielrodriguez6334]

WHY IN THE WORLD DID THEY CALL HIM THAT! Please tell me!

[@essaboselin5252]

@@marielrodriguez6334 It's a nickname. And stop yelling.

[@mortalclown3812]

@@marielrodriguez6334 get a grip, dear.

[@elainefarley1895]

It looks as if Ruth is pregnant somewhere around 4 minutes or a little after. If she is, Congratulations Ruth!

[@matt071482]

I get high on weed and watch

[@zawaung1988]

Look like a Dracula , K-9 teeth

[@gailhandschuh1138]

Why is it that Alex, with the most irritating voice, does the most jabbering, not that he says anything of import !! Alex is such a whimp!! Whines about any kind of physical labor.

[@JohnAllenRoyce]

Because most people don't share your opinion at all and never even thought it, I imagine. LOL why leave such a comment. To what purpose?

[@janissauncy7019]

He usually manages to manipulate Peter into doing the worst jobs.

[@DH007-w2d]

So interesting serie. Thanks. And seeing Alex's torso... At last...