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- In this BBC documentary series we get to follow a small group of historians and archeologists as they recreate farm life from the age of the Stuarts. They wear the clothes, eat the food and use the tools, skills and technology of the 1620's for one year.
The fourth episode takes place during December and includes building a hovel (a woodshed), period clothing, peas and preparing for Christmas.
I have literally watched this series over 20 times!! I suffer from severe mental illness and for some reason the historical farm series' have been the best therapy for me over the past 10 years or so! They just transport you to another world, and Ruth, Alex, Peter, Ronald Hutton etc are just the best! :)
I think series like this are healing and healthy for us all. I too keep coming back to these videos for comfort and hope. Sylvie, I wish you health, confidence, and wellbeing.
I'm very sorry you have mental problems, when your ill in the body here is relief with meds and most times you get better but mental illness is a suffering that pains the soul and spirit.
Wow! Me too. So soothing to me.
Same here. Been so sick I stopped eating, it happened little by slow over the course of a year. On day two of eating again. It's slow going but at least am getting a little food into my body.
Watching these historical shows and how hard they all work has helped me feel Thankful for the ease and comfort of modern life. That being said a part of me longs for the simplicity and wholesomeness of such a life.
Ruth, Peter, Alex, and Ron Hutton are awesome. I've watched Victorian Farm, Edwardian Farm, and Wartime farm many times. I didn't know about this series until today. It seems to be the first farm they did. I'm convinced Ronald Hutton knows so much from each era bc he's actually a wizard in disguise. He's lived in each of them. 😉🤣
I second the person who said this series helps with their mental illness. Every series they’ve done together has helped me through some of my darkest times of my life, and I’m so grateful for these series, as they really are some of the very few things that have been able to help me
i feel the same. plus the beauty of the landscape makes my heart ache with appreciation and love. hope you are well.
This series feels custom made for soothing autistic people
Did you see the castle construction they did in France? Sorry to read about the dark times, hope it’s clearer skies now x
I agree also❤❤❤
Chloe and Ruth sitting by the fire, doing needlework and chatting away - that's one of the most lovely scenes of the whole series!
I'm convinced Professor Hutton is really just a time travelling wizard
I just get such a kick out of how Prof Hutton let's the most horrendous death details roll off his tongue like a pleasant fairy tale of old-&then his toothy little smile-
@@ritageorge8748. My wife and I met him a few years ago on a Time Team weekend. He introduced himself as Ronald, but then told us to call him "Ron" if we preferred a "short handle". He then became known to us as "short handled Ron". He was great company.
Agreed!
He and Mr Richards are the true stars of these shows!
I just love the way he presents and describes the facts just rolling off his tongue , I could listen to him for ages, he is a great raconteur, I would love to meet him in person 😊
Give me literally anything with Ruth Goodman and Ronald Hutton and I'll be in heaven. So knowledgeable and such characters - love them both!
I love the cat lurking around the house! Love cats!
I believe that a house is not a home without a cat.
Yes and especially with all those apples in the loft, and the other foods nearby -- a temptation for the local mice.
My cats don't lurk - they are brazenly out in the open!
@@spazmonkey3815 ~ or 2, or 3, or 7! 😁😘
@@spazmonkey3815 which is why I have two!
I am rewatching all of these amazing series with these amazing people. They helped me through my darkest times.
Am back rewatching too...
Alex and Stuart staggering under the weight of their end of the yule log and Peter walking along merrily behind them holding up his end in one hand!
😄🤣
In every nearly series that Peter is in, there is at least one moment where the viewer realizes, "that lad is a good deal stronger than most!"
14:14 "No matter how many of you are going to *die* before the spring comes, it's on its way", he said with a twinkle in his eye. Lol. I love Professor Hutton. He is a wonderfully weird font of knowledge and is always up for an historically accurate good time. Some of his best work is in the Halloween episode of "Victorian Farm."
His 2017 book on the witch is very good reading.
His 2017 book on The Witch is well worth reading.
a true icon
Off to watch the Halloween episode of Victorian Farm as you suggest! Thank you
I like how Ronald Hutton is dressed so much better than everyone else. Hello m'lord welcome to our farm!
Aside from our dose of Ruth, Peter, and Alex, it's always a delight to see and learn from Ronald Hutton, too. He lights up the room with his history lessons and you can see he's really enjoying reenacting the festivities along with them. It makes watching all the farm series more enjoyable.
I have watched a couple of his lectures, and so far they lack the energy and enthusiasm we see here or on Time Team. I’ll still be watching them though 😊
Love the weirdness of prof. Hutton loudly reciting poetry about doing hard work, over the sounds of folks actually doing said hard work.
These programs are master pieces that only the British would do. I can't get enough of them. I read history and a lot of it is English and American and this brings a history to the mind that no book can.
Having just watched Wartime Farm last week, I decided to go back and start from the beginning and watch the series in their filmed chronologically correct order. Watching how young Peter, Alex and Ruth were is just so cute, and so innocent in the beginning. I see now by the Wartime, they are so good at animal husbandry and many other aspects of farming, where here, they were so new to everything! Thank you for posting this, really makes my work day fly by listening to them and watching during lunchtime.
Haha I did the same thing but for all the rewinding to rehear-see Colin the craft master&Peter's voice get more polished as his appearance gets as dirty as Alex and Ruth get dapper-Really all a joy
I’m watching the videos by their years so Victorian is next
…and funny to hear Peter referred to as “Fonz” 😄
AS a lover of History I can't get enough of this marvelous series that only us English can recreate using the creme de la creme of out top experts in their fields
These are the sort of videos that can be watched repeatedly and still get enjoyment out of them.
HMOG. I am 64 years old and today is literally the first time I've finally understood the meaning of the phrase "living in a hovel". Like so many English phrases, I've repeated this one innumerable times, but never once wondered what a "hovel" actually is.....!
Prof. Hutton is just so delightful. He has that vibe of just loving everything about the period of history he is talking about, just like every good historian does.
I'm making a hovel for firewood! Thatched with twig bottles and pigweed, wish me luck!
I love these shows. I also find the gentleness of the British winters fascinating. As a Canadian, where I live, December is the beginning of deep winter, so tasks they are doing in December would need to happen in October here. Just a much much shorter season to get work finished before the winter sets in. (No sitting outside in woolies at -20C to -40C)
Certain parts of the country would have harsher winters but yes, in the whole we do have a milder damper climate!
Such lovely people. I am not an expert in any of this but I would love to be involved in a project like this just to hang out with Ruth, Alex, Peter, Chloe, Hutton, and all the rest. I talk up Ruth's books to anyone who will listen because reading them is like hearing a really enthusiastic friend describe interesting stuff and I feel so enlightened after reading/listening to her.
Glad they asked Peter to use his real name instead of "Fonze" in later series. Just weird hearing him called Fonzie! Non the less, great series!!!
I thought it was Fawns.
He has a german background too so his middle name might be Frank or Francis so his family probably calls him that. How I know this is because I have a german/slav background and my dads name is "John" so he is called "Hans" or "Hansie" (Johnny) so I wouldn't be surprised if thats why Peters nickname is "Fonze".
@@TattooSwag22 if he has german background, Fonsi would be short for Alfons
@@AnimaConfusa oh that’s very true or Alois
This is great really enjoying the series, the best sort of reality TV.
I love professor Hutton, he's such a character.
So relaxing! It's just brutally hard work but the reward. I am a worker bee myself. From dusk to dawn. If there isn't anything left to do, I'll find something. I'd do fine here once I get the program down Pat.
It's wonderful and absolutely beautiful! I'd love to be back then. I detest our self entitled society. Send me back I'd run toward it.
These series are really addictive
I can't get enough of these people.
Can we just talk about Chloe? She was just as invested
I have seen Ronald Hutton in a number of these historical shows. He has a sweet job. He shows up for the parties!
I would loved to have sat down and ate that food. It all looked yummy!
Oh deary me, Ikea doesn't do flat pack hovels.
I love this series, thank you so much
Pease pudding hot
Pease pudding cold
Pease pudding in the pot
Nine days old....... obviously a good keeper
Such a wonderful series, and I seek all of them out on rotation to re-watch. As we’re now well into November I cannot help but notice the green grass the cows are still enjoying in December. Ours will be well covered in snow by Christmas, dried out & brown beneath a blanket of white.
ty guys , you really work hard for us to invision the whole country living in the day. tysvm
Oh I wish I could do this with them! I’d love it!
Love all BBC Farm series! I just watch them over n over. ❤
Amazing individuals showing us how absolutely fortunate we are today with central heating, a safe water source, modern farming technology. Without these individuals, true professionals, also having the ability to work together so well for so long in such trying conditions this experiment would have been a failure. These individuals are so strong across the board.
The pictures from Christmas are just like from a Rembrandt or Vermeer painting. Love it.
Beautiful series pleasant to watch and informative too! 👍👍👍👍👍
‘And don’t drive for three days’ 😂
In reenactment documentary series like this in the USA -- they actually live on the ranch, homestead etc. No hotels or pubs in the evenings...
I love watching these videos very interesting to watch
That food they made for Christmas looks so good. Nothing like the store bought stuff
I can't even imagine buying ready-made food for Christmas. It's always two or three days of all family cooking together at my house.
Gniewko Drewnicki it’s the same with my family, but the food they made is nothing like the ready-made stuff you can find
Same here. Forget the ready-made stuff. Homemade, from scratch food is sooo much better. Especially when made with the whole family involved in the process. Much more fun.
What a amazing dinner that would be...
Omg...my grandparents used to have a hovel for the wood that was just like that! A long line of them actually, about 6 times as long and full of wood. The roof was covered with a sheet of plastic instead of a thatched roof though. Nowadays we store out wood in the barn cause there aren't any animals in there anymore though.
A house I looked at had one. It was a new construction so you could tell the builder or past owner was into history
I love Ronald Hutton!! And Ruth Goodman even more :)
This is very interesting and please do not remove full episodes of Victorian farm, Edwardian farm and Victorian kitchen and garden (by Ruth Mott).
Where’s the kitchen and garden? Is that on the farm series?
@@elizabetha2601 Victorian kitchen and garden is another series. It’s really wonderful! Ruth Mott (the host) also has a series during war time. They’re great!
Another great video about winter on the farm!! Thank you so much for making this.
I would love to do this!! History is the best!!
what's stopping you?
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Pregnancy!
@@EdenVee ok
♥️😁🇬🇧 fantastic post. Thank you.
A new respect for our ancestors
I love watching this series Very interesting way of living. I must admit I have watched this a few times alone with the other series they have done
Y'all are just amazing. I love this and I'm so glad you filmed this.
Wonderful 😍
Love the gauntletted merryman..
damn that salad though... I want one too.
Thanks again.
Since learning my paternal gr-gr-great grandma came from the Welsh border, I like to imagine my people back in this time. I'm a u.s. citizen.
I wonder if there is restaurant in Great Britain or Europe that serve period time cuisine (thematic restaurant) .. that would be fun
BarelyDevi there are many
Christmas is an odd time to get anxious about having to live through the winter For most places in the higher latitudes the coldest weather is in January and February even though the days are getting longer.
It's about the daylight more than anything and the fact that the days are getting longer
@@christinegreen6736 Historians and folklorists want us to believe that ancient people in the Mediterranean Basin also celebrated the Winter Solstice. But, climate-wise I would think that their celebration would be the Summer Solstice- out of fear that the days would never get shorter and so there'd be no relief from the burning hot weather.
Ah! I see said the blind man. No insult ment. Mr. Robertdesigns thank you for explaining Peters name change. In part 2 I heard Ruth over emphasize the name “Fonze.” Too many “Peters,” on the set. Caused confusion I guess.
I never knew that, cows will have horns too. I would have liked to try that Whiskybeth!!
I think his my 15th time ! Sorry to hear about your mental illness - really glad this helps! Have you seen 👀 Edwardian farm? That’s soo good too x
13:11 They said to show up in period style clothing not Monty Pythons version of period style clothing!
Great series. Hard work back then also food looks good.No MSG in the food. I have cut,chopped wood and built a lot of fires in my life to live in Winter
I agree, it's a great series. There's nothing wrong with MSG though. In fact, I have a jar of it in my kitchen cupboard for flavouring food when I'm cooking!
@@Bille994 And MSGs are naturally found in foods like cheese, fermented anchovies, meat, and mushrooms.
Those shows are absolute fantastic.Every immigrant and teenager should watch them to learn about the roots of British culture!
The look Ruth gives to Stuart at 24'57"! It's clear that she (rightly) doesn't like his being poncy in HER kitchen.
+cjsuk1 ha! great catch!
hilarious. missed that
😂
it's not her kitchen, though. Ruth - as hot and sexy as she is, and as much as I'd like her to dominate me - she's too dominating and self-centered (is that the right word??)
I think Ruth has to be the center of attention, and doesn't like to share it And putting down the workers spend time on the making of "pretty" food, after all-----look at all that time she spent on making "pretty" food, in The Tudor Feast. And bringing u Chloe's bra-----where the heck did that come from!!!????? Other than the fact that SHE fixed it.
I sure wish there was a link to the food and drink so I person could get a recipe.
“You decant off the liquor and don’t drive for three days…”
Should that have been, “don’t drive your oxen for three days?”
I was surprised there was no prayer at meals--even at Christmas.
not everyone is religious, not to mention if you are a protestant during that time you won't be saying grace before meal, if you do the kings men will burn you on the stake because they think that you are a catholic, this is 16 century England when Protestant and Catholic were still butchering each other by the thousands. They will also kill you if you are a radical protestant like the Puritan and Quaker.
Then someone else would complain about them praying. DIYD-DIYD.
Pea's brings back the old ryhmme ... Peas Porridge Hot, Peas Porridge Cold, Peas Porridge IN the pot, Nine Days Old .... sounds just like a pot o feu of old days ... something is always on the fire ready to be eaten
peasoup v.popular in the Netherlands
@@lizzy66125 add sme hank shanks and bacon with some older french bread to dip with ... and yeah it's popular here too ... one of them old comfort foods ... like grandmas stew
So fun!
Love this series . I suppose it is not pc to say that people actually were Christians and they actually wanted to go to church and advent like lent was a time of cutting back and reflection
One question. Rice pudding for Christmas Day. Where did the rice come from?
Probably Italy or Spain. Its up in the air, but rice cultivation started in the 8th or the 10th centuries in Italy. It would have been expensive, so it would be one of those dishes especially saved for celebration.
Yep, there are medieval recipes which call for rice or rice flour. It was mainly imported from Italy and definitely a luxury product, just like sugar.
Same place that the goat {in the beginning scene} went to----don;t know!!!!!!!!!!
Ye Olde Tescoe.... 😆
Its hard to imagen that rice and spices,sugar ones whas something a ordenary family couldent afford other then on crismas and had to save up fore it
was tickled and intrigued by them making a brand new hovel... in various novels and even fairy tales hovels always seemed to be run down & dilapidated affairs... kind of like a self respecting hut come on bad days and degenerating into decrepitude and despair
Where did they get rice?
Does anyone know what happens to these restored farm?
I hope there open as tourist attractions or for documentaries or whatever
It’s an educational centre.
I know people who go there regularly,wearing period clothes,they educate visitors in the way farms were run in the 1600’s.
What happens to the farm after the year is up, do they just abandon it.
Worth a Google of Stuart Peachy
l think it’s a re~enactment site ,but so much more than that,l would think.
ongoing project.
Did the word currency come from the use of currants & the payment of the troops in Great Britain?
Didn't people ( esp. woman) wear sort of wooden gloggs when they had to go out in the muddy outdoors?
I know in the Middle Ages in Holland they would have a sort of wooden sole to put on to keep their feet ( sort of ) dry.
Ive got a pair of those old wooden farmer shoes. They have thick wooden soles so you can use to shovel and a leather upper thats tacked down on the sides.
I live in the Netherlands,the wooden shoes are called'klompen'(clogs in English.)
the yule log was in use ,,,,,,when the early germanic tribes invaded britain..... anglo saxons ,,,and later the ,,,vikeing ,norwegians swedes,,danish,,,tribes all had it and used it,,,over the winter yule time ,,,so the historian,,,,,is not correct, in his statment reg it ariveing in the 17th century,,but,,fantastic series this is,,,,well done every one .its excellent
I believe he said that the christmas tree was in the 17th century...but 200 years earlier for the Log.
Sure, but you're not considering when the custom came into *widespread* use.
@@criswentz8343 He gives the dates of the 19th century for the Xmas tree, and the 16th for the Yule log, but those would be dates of general adoption in the culture, as opposed to the first time the custom was ever practised on British soil.
So there are still green leaves on trees in England in December?
It depends on the species.
I think a lot of the green leaves you see are ivy. We're on our Welsh farm as I type , it's December 2019 and the only green leaves are ivy, holly and bramble.
Depends. We went to England from Canada for Christmas 2006 and it was fairly green out. Not necessarily leaves, but as they said, ivy and holly and berries
They are using evergreens. Magnolia, pine, holly. Camelia. Gardenia, bay leaves, etc...
Rosemary doesnt die in winter in england. There are palm trees on south coast. There is a micro climate in uk making it warmer than it should be for its position roughly in line with mid Canada.
Ronald Hutton (sp?) looks just the same as in the later videos from this group
you mean "as ugly"? I agree xD
I'd like the recipe for that cordial they are drinking with dinner. I'm not even sure of the spelling. Sounds like he said "Whiskabeth."
Sounds a lot like Jagermeister with sugar.
"Uisge beatha" (or spelling variants) meaning "water of life" (also the origin of the word whiskey).
He explained the exact ingredients and exactly how to make it... confused
It's usquebath.
12:05 excuse me? well, let's see how many times they say that... you know, because it was what they would say during the time.
Where did the lemons come from?
There on certain trees.
@@elizabetha2601 I mean as in what country? I guess lemons can survive a long sea voyage but it would have been a more risky business than dried or salted goods and I presume very expensive.
Italy too. Around the Almafi coast is prominently known to grow a large number of lemon trees. Yet they can be found all over Europe's boot.
Various Mediterranean countries grow citrus. Not sure how long a ship voyage to England would have been in that time period, but trade had been going on for ages between the two regions. Kept cool, like in a ship's hull, lemons keep a good time.
Love these, but the closed captioning/subtitles are ATROCIOUS. Do better, youtube.
They look fine to me
I think they fixed them
Honestly, the first time I encountered modern English mince pies (went to London for uni), I was extremely disappointed to find that they were in fact filled with fruit and not minced meat.
Once upon a time (Tudor period and before), they were mostly meat, with a bit of fruit and spices, but as time went by, and sugsr and spices became cheaper, the sweet won out over the meat
Back when I was a child in the 1960s, my mom and her mother made mincemeat with beef and/or venison. They chopped leftover meat from roasts, suet, chopped apples, raisins, spices, sweet sherry, brandy and other ingredients which I don't remember.
Can anyone please tell me the name of the song at the end, starting ~ 28:28?
yes
@@blabla-rg7ky what an odd place to choose to be a troll
@@Grovesie35 ??
"He That Will Not Merry, Merry Be"
What is it with the English calling everything pudding? It's so strange to me as a Belgian because pudding here is a dessert; custard as the English call it. Why can't a sausage just be called a sausage?
I would so have sunk the pad stones on the hovel about 2 inches. :/ just saying.
That probably would have helped, but it's a semi-permanent structure. It sounds like, come late spring, they'd have moved the horses back out of the stables and gone back to storing the wood in there, which probably means that the hovel would be taken-down and the pad stones taken-up again, as that space in yard would likely be needed for all the warm-weather outdoor chores.
Ronald Hutton is just full of centuries old poetry and customs.
@@gailhandschuh1138 I don't like him. He's so full of himself, and he has the speaking tone and face of an impostor. I really never liked his type of time-wasters and fake-ass losers
@@blabla-rg7ky face of an impostor .... interesting.
@@spazmonkey3815 what do you mean?
I think Peter looks a lot like Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter)
he does.... especially like a drunken Radcliffe ^_^
Why do they call peter fonz? 😅
Is it me or does Peter Ginn look and sound like a hungover Daniel Radcliff.
It's you. Peter is much more adorable.
A very young and better looking Oliver Reed
Mmmmm Peter Ginn can store his wood in my hovle anytime. 😍😍😍😍
Lmao 😂😂😂😂😂
Wow. Go get him, tiger!
Gross.
😂😂😂
Kitty! 20:11
I thought the women would have a more active relationship, it's hard to tell how they feel about each other. I wonder if Ruth feels better being the only female on site. She definitely related better when her daughter was on the show helping her.
to be honest, as much as I like Ruth, I think she's too self-absorbed and domineering and would prefer to be the only woman in the spotlight. That's the impression I'm getting from watching this particular series.
@@blabla-rg7ky I don't think that I feel Chloe has more of an abrasive personality and a bit of an RBF. Ruth is the more experienced so she tends to have a lot to say about a subject
@@aorta321 what's RBF??
@@blabla-rg7ky don't know if you ever looked it up. Its resting bitch face.
@@Alistair-gi3bx nope, never looked it up
Pity they weren't allowed to actual live on site
Mince meat pie!
This folks would have been rich back in the day.
I would bet that a farm exposed to severe weather in winter would mean that the farmer's wife wore both men's boots and men's trousers to go out to work outside. You will never convince me that women were too stupid to take advantage of warm clothing even if they had to wear it under skirts. There is womanly, and then there is sensible.
the clothing that those women were wearing was definitely warmer than the mens' trousers. By the time you have 3 petticoats, long under drawers, tall woolen hose and a dress with apron over the top you are plenty warm! Probably too warm, even in the winter. One thing I think people don't really understand is how body heat functions - ex: your hands staying warmer in mittens rather than gloves - because body heat transfers to the adjacent finger. Same with legs under a dress. your LEGS actually warm each other, rather than having to heat the inside each separate pant leg. I know this because I only wear dresses & often, even thru cold, snowy Central New York winters I don't wear any pants under a dress. I can get by quite comfy with a longish dress, a pair of undershorts & tall sock & boots. My legs stay toasty warm, unless I need to go out for extended periods of time, in temps of 30 degrees or lower - say to walk my dog thru the woods. And I consider myself quite a sensible person.
Real fast that Donald person said MutterNicht which isn't right, He should have said MutterNacht not "Nicht". Nacht= night "Nicht"= Not.
@1.26 Wait!!😂 lmdao don't tell me ....they don't REALLY have 2 guys carrying One 2x4??? Do they?? There weren't unions back then lmao
Men were MEN!! They'd carry 8-10 of those 2x4s at a time!! ONE guy would, not two guys carrying a single 2x4- that's a fail...they missed the mark there. Great series tho, I can't get enuf of this show! I love it!