Tales From The Green Valley - September (part 1 of 12)

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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 first episode starts in September and it's time for ploughing the fields with oxen, baking bread in a hearth and harvest apples for winter storage.

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  • @marit5792
    @marit5792 ปีที่แล้ว +216

    Who else found themselves stumbling upon an Absolute History show with Ruth and the boys, and is now bingewatching EVERYTHING else they appear in? Such lovely educational slow tv!

    • @kristinwright6632
      @kristinwright6632 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I found this series years ago and binge watched it. Then I found the other series and binged them. I think this may be the third time I've seen this one. It is my favorite. I love these. Glad you found them!

    • @assadasghar4153
      @assadasghar4153 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I think they work well and compliment each other

    • @trentfairley
      @trentfairley 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      This is exactly what is happening with me😂

    • @valeriezimmerman3432
      @valeriezimmerman3432 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes!

    • @stella448
      @stella448 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Me!!!!! How funny!

  • @susannasharrock9253
    @susannasharrock9253 3 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    Can't stop watching these. It's like a sponge soaking up the knowledge that they pass on to you. I love the farm videos

  • @preciouseureka625
    @preciouseureka625 2 ปีที่แล้ว +217

    I'll watch anything with Ruth, she's my absolute hero! Alex and Peter are like old friends....always good to see them all.

    • @jonatasdomingos1252
      @jonatasdomingos1252 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Mine too! She's lovely! Wish there were more farmhouse series.

    • @animequeen78
      @animequeen78 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jonatasdomingos1252 There's a series about Tudor monastery farms they're in.

    • @adinamedrea5303
      @adinamedrea5303 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      She really is, isn't she? You can tell she is so passionate about history and all these projects 😊 her happiness is contagious!

    • @adinamedrea5303
      @adinamedrea5303 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@animequeen78 there are many more: Edwardian Farm, Victorian Farm, Wartime Farm etc.

    • @MrTargenor
      @MrTargenor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      couldn´t agree more ♥

  • @kaylizzie7890
    @kaylizzie7890 4 ปีที่แล้ว +314

    I forgot how young Ruth, Alex and Peter use to be. It’s kind of funny to see them so inexperienced in farming.

    • @lgreen2487
      @lgreen2487 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Yeah it really is! Peter has sophisticated greys now. Gosh he is so handsome and smart

    • @Gerry1of1
      @Gerry1of1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@lgreen2487 I've been hiding my crush on Peter for years. I'd go back in time with him... anywhere

    • @deborahsnyder7144
      @deborahsnyder7144 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Me three!

    • @moongem4489
      @moongem4489 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Gerry1of1 Glad to know I'm not the only one!

    • @sueclark5763
      @sueclark5763 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      At about 7:50, Ruth's face looks so lovely, almost like the painting from that ear, so SO fits into this time period!

  • @Gerry1of1
    @Gerry1of1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +444

    These are brilliant shows. I wish could go back in time like that. I've watched them all...Wartime Farm, Victorian Farm, Edwardian Farm, Tudor Monastery Farm, Manor House, 1900 House etc. Love them all

    • @douglasvilledarling2935
      @douglasvilledarling2935 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I love them also. Do you know of a channel that has them all?

    • @Nyx773
      @Nyx773 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@Gerry1of1 That list isn't quite complete (its missing shows made in the USA). I googled "historical reality tv" and looked at lists from a few websites to get more names of shows
      e.g. Wikipedia has some that aren't on that link and vice versa:
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Historical_reality_television_series

    • @john316-tetelestai
      @john316-tetelestai 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Gerry I love them too. They are the only things I watch everything else is garbage for your mind. I always tell my son to be careful what goes in your eye gates and ear gates you can not erase it. Let these things be pure. Gerry and anyone that reads this please turn from sin and follow Jesus. He is coming soon. Be blessed

    • @michaelmontgomery7612
      @michaelmontgomery7612 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Me too, you should watch supersize me Edwardian, Georgian etc very educational and hilarious. :)

    • @M0M0F2P0Ms
      @M0M0F2P0Ms 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In the US they have done a few of these too, Colonial House & Frontier House. But they are more like reality shows (along the lines of 1900s House) where they enlist people to live back in time.

  • @haroldkane9714
    @haroldkane9714 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Ruths amazing, she must have such a fulfilled life

  • @germyw
    @germyw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I watched all of the series in chronological order by time period represented. Now I’m going to rewatch in filming order to see how their skills grow.

  • @marigeobrien
    @marigeobrien ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One of the most valuable lessons in these stories is helping viewers to understand how very hard life was then and what a struggle it was just to accomplish each basic necessity. For instance, in watching them plow, it occurs to me they walked all day long, both the men and the oxen. And they had to do that until all the fields were plowed. Can you imagine doing that? I'm sure they took breaks but, even so, to keep walking and walking. But it had to be done and in just a few days. It's a real wake-up call for all those revisionists who are so eager to look down their noses at our forefathers.

  • @cooksmary
    @cooksmary 6 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    I am so happy to find this. I feel like Ruth, Peter and Alex are friends, after watching some of their other series'. So, I can revisit them once more in this series. My ancestors came to the American continent just after this time, from England. They came from St. Alban's, which I am told is not too far from Wales, so I am excited to watch this and imagine how a young couple set out on a sea voyage with a small child and a baby, to go to a new land hoping for a better life.

  • @stargazer4508
    @stargazer4508 5 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    My mother's family was from the Green Valley, so good to see how my ancestors lived.

    • @ritageorge8748
      @ritageorge8748 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      How fun these must be for you😊

  • @seer1623
    @seer1623 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'm not sure what I have more of for these three, admiration or envy. So entertaining you don't realize how educational they are.

  • @cristiaolson7327
    @cristiaolson7327 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Lol. I can't get over baby Peter's nickname because I already watched all the other farm year series, and it's messing with me that his hair isn't grey since the last one I watched was WW2. Love these guys.

    • @blabla-rg7ky
      @blabla-rg7ky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      fawns :)

    • @Summer-mx3xf
      @Summer-mx3xf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I know! After watching the other series, I just out about this one and he and Ruth look so young! ☺️

  • @vivianking8143
    @vivianking8143 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I love these and all the others they have done. I watch them yearly, trying to watch the episodes to coincide with the month I am at present. I always see something I did not before and always get great inspiration of ideas to apply to my days as much as I can. I love this time period. In Joy

  • @chantalsscaleisafibber
    @chantalsscaleisafibber 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I love hearing how common sayings now were formed in the past-upper&lower crust for example.

    • @blabla-rg7ky
      @blabla-rg7ky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeah, they are interesting to me, as well. Just yesterday I have finished watching the Tudor Monastery series, and before that I have watched Victorian Farm series and there's many references in these 2 series alone for lots of common sayings, like
      - the rule of thumb;
      - horse power;
      - grinding to a halt;
      - upper case / lower case;
      And I think there were a couple others, but I forgot them. Still, great documentaries, very educational and entertaining. Once you've started watching a single episode out of curiosity you won't be able to put the entire series down until you've watched it fully.... two or three times in a row, after which you start another series by the same guys and watch that one till the end, too... and so on. When I first discovered these documentaries an year ago (youtube had recommended Secrets of the Castle out of the blue and I clicked on it out of curiosity) I completely watched ALL of the documentaries for a whole week. Haven't done anything else at that time (not even showering, or taking out the trash lol) but sleep, eat, and watch while staying glued to the screen so I could take in every single detail. That addictive these documentaries are :)

  • @reverendsquirrel
    @reverendsquirrel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    I've watched the rest of the Farm series multiple times. I can't believe I JUST found this one. Look how young they are! Peter's baby face!

    • @isabelp187
      @isabelp187 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      legit lmao what a cutie

    • @SunnyMorningPancakes
      @SunnyMorningPancakes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Have you seen the Castle series?

    • @noodle9572
      @noodle9572 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same

    • @honeyvitagliano3227
      @honeyvitagliano3227 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And I just found this one this year too 😂

    • @jerbear7952
      @jerbear7952 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      In fairness he kept that baby face for a long time

  • @KenZchameleon
    @KenZchameleon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Today is July 17, 2022. I have watched every other historical-living series, in chronological order. I just learned about this one, which was actually the first made. So fun to see them brand new to the idea of living in historical times. And I really like the background info on Ruth, Peter, and Alex.

  • @galanie
    @galanie 9 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    I adore how the BBS series with Ruth and Tom and most often Alex is focused on the history and how things are done. I am disappointed at a "similar" American series that seems more focused on "how the unprepared and totally ignorant participants feeeeel."

    • @lucienlachance2476
      @lucienlachance2476 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      There's a similar series called "Coal House" something or other.... That is a series dedicated to showing modern people how blessed they are, and not so much on the history

    • @permahome
      @permahome  9 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      6laderunner
      I think that the fact that these people are historians and archeologists places the entire thing in another dimension than what American producers are even aware of. American shows are constantly seeking controversy and entertainment and aren't really that interested in exploration in the name of history and science.

    • @UPGardenr
      @UPGardenr 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      galanie Don't forget the MAKEUP!!!

    • @nonyadamnbusiness9887
      @nonyadamnbusiness9887 9 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      galanie In America, the history channel doesn't even do history.

    • @kingswoodkid1985
      @kingswoodkid1985 9 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      galanie your entire nation is being forced into lefty lunacy, where everything is abandoned and forgotten because of "feels"

  • @Veronica.John10-10
    @Veronica.John10-10 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It's great, but OHH that weird camera filter/feature they use to make it look like the background is wavering, makes me dizzy!!

  • @Psiberzerker
    @Psiberzerker 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    While an Acre was supposed to be plowable in 1 day (As a chord could be cut, split, and stacked) that was by a professional plowman, who did it for a living, for the entire community. These are amateur experts, they know the Theory of it, but have no practical experience. So, a rood, or 2 is probably a good start.

    • @LynxSouth
      @LynxSouth 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      *cord (of wood)
      Besides being amateurs, it looks to me as though it's been a long time since that land was plowed. Do you know if that definition of an acre meant previously unplowed land or already farmed land? It's hard to imagine it referred to new land.

    • @Psiberzerker
      @Psiberzerker 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@LynxSouth Under ideal conditions, of course. A plowman with a good team could do it in a day's work. So, I'm assuming previously plowed land.

  • @LadyVesuvius
    @LadyVesuvius 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love how shows were continued to be made with Ruth, Peter and Alex. I've never seen the other 2 since in anything else but I love Ruth, Peter and Alex together, so glad they continued to work on more projects.

  • @pollyrg97
    @pollyrg97 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I'm here after some kind person posted a list of all the shows in this series on Tudor Monastery Farm. The picture quality is noticeably worse but there's the same wonderful energy and spirit of exploration. As a person of British descent this is a fascinating glimpse into my past.

  • @itsthewa
    @itsthewa 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I first happened Ruth and the boys in the Tutor Farm; then I had to watch every episode of it and now everything they've been in!

  • @amir1a123
    @amir1a123 8 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    For those of us who have been in the 'colonies' for several generations, in my case my family have been in NZ since 1840, this is a chance to see where we came from and this history is our history too.

    • @lindamyers1386
      @lindamyers1386 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      amir1a123 we came to the US but, indeed, this history is also our history. The majority of my ancestry were Scott's Irish and English.

    • @Katharina-rp7iq
      @Katharina-rp7iq 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'm surprised they aren't eating things like potato bread or bread and such things, as far as I knew grain should be used as little as possible and as much as necessary, which is where german onion bread, potato bread, bread with nuts and other seeds, dried tomatoes, spinach and other such recipes come from.

    • @gardentreasures7319
      @gardentreasures7319 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Katharina-rp7iq Potatoes did come to England about 1585, but did not spread over most of the country until about the early 1700's, so this is probably an area that hadn't started growing them yet.

    • @janemann3045
      @janemann3045 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      This history is about much every one of us.

    • @andrewgoodbody2121
      @andrewgoodbody2121 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lindamyers1386 Scotts Irish? So from the UK? Cause I'm actually from Ireland and I know no Scottish Irish people born here? Scottish AND Irish you most likely mean?

  • @altybor3054
    @altybor3054 8 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    I love these type of programs from the BBC. In the USA we are not given such enlightening historical shows. Thanks for the uploads!

    • @71mrspeel
      @71mrspeel 8 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      ALT Ybor I sooo agree with you! If they did make a show like this in the US it would tainted with controversy and fighting! one person hating or resenting the other person! always fighting! non-stop bickering! Why? if this documentary was the American version of the show Ruth would hate the lady that she's working with and Alex and Peter will be fighting each other too! I find that really sad!! It's all about ratings on TV here in the US!!

    • @lumen8341
      @lumen8341 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      At least we can watch them now. As an American... let's just say I've been binging these three every time the news explodes D: it's helped me sleep soooo much better.

    • @sagittariusa2283
      @sagittariusa2283 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That's because America hasn't got much of a history 😂😂

    • @lisaalbarras3029
      @lisaalbarras3029 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Try watching Townsons and sons here on youtube.

    • @ek7675
      @ek7675 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sagittarius A* lol yes, America was established in 1968 - Actually this is probably pretty close to what was going on at the same time in Massachusetts Bay Colony.

  • @leonamarie4125
    @leonamarie4125 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i could watch these videos all day everyday

  • @lindahouston9331
    @lindahouston9331 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I just finished Edwardian Farm again, now going through the other series again. I love these!

    • @Gerry1of1
      @Gerry1of1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      LOL I watch them all about once a year myself. Just finished tudor farm. Moving on to Edwardian / victorian / wartime farm etc

  • @alexandranicole5659
    @alexandranicole5659 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You also needed to be respectful of the local traditions and a person of that historical culture would NEVER on pain of death take down any part of a Hawthorn tree for respect for the faeries 🧚 That’s why that Hawthorn is still there! Respect the faeries!

  • @MG-cd9ek
    @MG-cd9ek 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I adore Ruth and all of them. Ruth is a joyous soul! She loves what she does! Her laugh is awesome!

  • @lavoixdevelours
    @lavoixdevelours ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Ruth, Alex, and Peter just have a chemistry in friendship they can't replicate in other series. It seems they've stopped making shows for now.

  • @jenniferjaurigue9660
    @jenniferjaurigue9660 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I love these; I can’t even watch American Television anymore! All we get in the U.S. are criminal documentaries, unsolved mysteries and reality T.V.

    • @A_nice_cup_of_tea
      @A_nice_cup_of_tea 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      If this was produced in the US it would be filled with overly dramatic music and orchestrated conflicts. So nice to watch something calm and interesting.

  • @granskare
    @granskare 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was told of an error. I waited and here am! I remember those 2 guys from a different show, and this lady as well.

  • @1andonlylynda
    @1andonlylynda 9 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I like Ruth's statute hat. I have one similar since chemo drugs are destroying my hair and it covers it very well. I love all the series but prefer the ones with a smaller team. Just seem to flow easier.

  • @traceymatzen4837
    @traceymatzen4837 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    found your interview from Maryland after watching all the historical farm shows which led me here. looking forward to seeing the show that started it all. Thank you Peter

  • @eccentricnoise3583
    @eccentricnoise3583 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    If it weren't for disease & pestilence, I would love to visit this era in time.

    • @bunnyfoofoo9695
      @bunnyfoofoo9695 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I'll bet if you lived in the country on a farm like that you wouldn't catch any plague.
      The people in the city usually got hit with it.
      That's why all the rich people would flee to the country during plagues.

    • @kdgc6217
      @kdgc6217 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Covid-19, HIV/AIDS, chronic disease, mental illness, child suicide? I'll trade the 21st century for the 15th every day of the week and twice on Sunday. At 7.8 billion , the herd needs thinning.

    • @julien.4617
      @julien.4617 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kdgc6217 Take away OSHA, CDC, Welfare.... natural selection. Viola!

    • @TreyCapnerhurst
      @TreyCapnerhurst 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@julien.4617 That's some yummy eugenics!

    • @NothingToNoOneInParticular
      @NothingToNoOneInParticular 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kdgc6217 That's what the mRNA injections are for. Should bring the herd down by about a billion.

  • @brianpainter6620
    @brianpainter6620 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    After watching all of the other great shows these guys have done, it took me awhile to get used hearing everyone calling Peter "Fonz" or "Fonzi". There is a story there on how Peter got that nickname that I would love to hear! 🤣

  • @FigaroHey
    @FigaroHey ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why does he say he's throwing the grain on the 'floor' instead of the 'ground'? He's outdoors. I thought the English knew how to speak English. Does he call the ceiling the sky?

  • @InezAllen
    @InezAllen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    it would be fun to see them try this series again now that they have so much more practical experience farming

    • @vksof
      @vksof ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes! It would be amazing if they put a new one out

  • @katarzynamariamuszynska2811
    @katarzynamariamuszynska2811 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I love these programms
    I love history
    My favourite era is Victorians
    I would love to take part in it
    Its like pleasure plus job
    They have fun but hard work as well and they get paid for it
    I always been interested in how people used to live cook work just general household
    These 3 historians have way of explain the history in fun and real way

  • @Cumbriman
    @Cumbriman 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I adore this programme. it's such a shame tudor monastery farm isn't available too

  • @retta6026
    @retta6026 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Boy they were young in this docco lol. Must have been the first one done together. Wish there were more... I watch the other ones about once every 2 years. Soooo good!

    • @angelwhispers2060
      @angelwhispers2060 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Have you seen the Edwardian and wartime Farm ones yet? Also Ruth's does one on Victorian Pharmacy

  • @ncbeeguy
    @ncbeeguy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This is from the time period when the first coloniest started coming to america so these techniques were used in the James town colony and in t he Plymoth colony as well. it is part of our american roots too.

  • @rockshot100
    @rockshot100 9 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    Right, this is fantastic compared to anything on American TV!
    Ruth and Peter are celebrities in my opinion. After watching this series and all the other ones, I feel like I know them personally. HA, HA!

    • @CaitlinSk
      @CaitlinSk 9 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      +rockshot100 Haha its weird bc I want to meet them and just be like "Omigosh! I LOVED your farm videos!!"

    • @rockshot100
      @rockshot100 9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yeah, they all seem like good friends to us!

    • @rockshot100
      @rockshot100 9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      CaitlinSk I would be like, hey Ruth, hey Peter, why don't you make more farm vids? Are you mad at me?

    • @elizabethschaeffer9543
      @elizabethschaeffer9543 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No HA,HA! about it!
      It would be a real pleasure to meet this crew. I like and respect each one of them.

    • @sharronneedles6721
      @sharronneedles6721 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      all we get in the bloody kardassians

  • @alph8654
    @alph8654 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice and very interesting.

  • @freakinfrugal5268
    @freakinfrugal5268 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That bread dough does not look like it rose at all. And why was Chloe ditched with the subsequent series??

  • @Nana-vi4rd
    @Nana-vi4rd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I truly love these shows and must admit, somewhat envious wishing when I was younger I could have done something like this. Thank you for uploading, I hope there will be more.

  • @agatarosati8570
    @agatarosati8570 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I really admire professor Ruth Goodman

  • @sanguinelynx
    @sanguinelynx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I love all the farm series, but this has always been my favorite, it truly seemed like stepping back in time, and everyone was so enthusiastic about this challenge. The music was perfect, too!

    • @FMHammyJ
      @FMHammyJ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This one and Edwardian Farm are my favourites....my least favourite was War Time Farm....they used a different narrator and I think the producers wanted to convey a sense of "urgency" throughout the series, and I found it far less relaxing to watch than this series....

    • @sanguinelynx
      @sanguinelynx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@FMHammyJ I agree, War Time Farm was the least interesting, using that word lightly since I still enjoyed it. I just didn't get immersed as much. Green Valley is fascinating, maybe because it is so far removed from our modern system. I just love how they're not just excavating the land, but the way of life.

    • @blabla-rg7ky
      @blabla-rg7ky 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wartime Farm was my least favorite, as well, while Victorian Farm (even though I've only watched 2 episodes), and especially "Secrets of the Castle" have been my favorites

    • @sueclark5763
      @sueclark5763 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I find War Time Farm the most interesting, it seems to have the most information that, given the state of things right now, we would be able to use the most, like how to make do with less. Victorian farm is next for me! We all seem to look for different things in each series.

    • @nafisamusah7085
      @nafisamusah7085 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This one is my favorite too😍😍. The first one I saw many years ago.

  • @samikirk05
    @samikirk05 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I'm a history and language geek. Fascinating to learn where common expressions come from.

  • @wwirelesswwizard
    @wwirelesswwizard 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    13:50 That's not a corset, that's a body of stays.

    • @anna_in_aotearoa3166
      @anna_in_aotearoa3166 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😂 Just been scrolling down to find if any other historical clothing enthusiasts were wincing at that one! Why is it always the support garments that send these docos into a wee tailspin... 🙄 Pair of stays or bodies. The busk story was really cute though!

  • @elizabethneily5995
    @elizabethneily5995 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    We are catching up on this series. As historians who participate in living history programs, we're loving it and are very impressed with how hard working and dedicated the participants are. Thank you!

  • @lesliespiers8407
    @lesliespiers8407 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I probably would have died in this era.

    • @trezzh4
      @trezzh4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Most of us would. Personally, I had my appendix removed than I was 21, in the 17th century appendicitus meant death in 90% of cases.

    • @MelanieBurrett
      @MelanieBurrett 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I would have died a couple of times in the era before antibiotics.

    • @kdgc6217
      @kdgc6217 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Death is to make room for new life. When there are too many agents in species, there is always a shortage of resources. Grocery stores and drugs keep people fat and sick. Death cures that.

    • @Tina06019
      @Tina06019 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am too near-sighted to have survived childhood.

  • @seamusoluasigh9296
    @seamusoluasigh9296 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    These people really go all out to provide an authentic experience. Incredibly hard work under difficult conditions. I suppose the only thing they can't recreate is the bunch of children most farms would have had working full days doing all the jobs that would take up too much of the adults' time.

    • @blabla-rg7ky
      @blabla-rg7ky 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      spot on everything you said :)

    • @seamusoluasigh9296
      @seamusoluasigh9296 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@blabla-rg7ky Thank you.

    • @blabla-rg7ky
      @blabla-rg7ky 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@seamusoluasigh9296 no problem. I fully agree with what you said

  • @yolowell9564
    @yolowell9564 8 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Damn those are some gnarly looking oxen

    • @100brucebrown
      @100brucebrown 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Very old Oxen.. Almost too old.

  • @kellihenderson7794
    @kellihenderson7794 7 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    After viewing the other shows in the Historical Farm Series, I am now watching the beginning with this. I like the name "Peter" better than "Fonz" though.

    • @mctavish199
      @mctavish199 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Agree. There has never been an explanation of "Fonz". Personally, I find it totally asinine. Might as well dub Alex Eeyore.

    • @terricovill4624
      @terricovill4624 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I prefer Peter over "Fonz" also. Why doesn't he use that nickname in the other historical farming series?

    • @yamiatemyugi
      @yamiatemyugi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      kelli henderson I know him better as Peter from the other, later series.

    • @judithfurmston3731
      @judithfurmston3731 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@mctavish199 If it's the name he prefers why is it asinine?

    • @SunnyMorningPancakes
      @SunnyMorningPancakes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mctavish199 it's obviously a reference to Fonzie from Happy Days. And I can see why.
      Although I agree it feels a bit jarring if you've seen the other series first

  • @2opler
    @2opler 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My Grandfather used to shoot pigeons on a local farm. He taught me how to pluck and draw them when i was about eight years old. My Grandmothers pigeon pie was delicious.

  • @lucienlachance2476
    @lucienlachance2476 10 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I think I like this more then Tudor Monastery Farm. It's lovely really :3

    • @horseenthusiast1250
      @horseenthusiast1250 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lucien LaChance yeah, I agree. I think I like the quieter and slower tone more than the busy, raucous tone of Tudor Monastery Farm.

  • @Abelhawk
    @Abelhawk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    If I had the chance to do this, I totally would. It'd be so hard, but this is the type of life-changing experience that would be so valuable and humbling I would never forget.

    • @homesteaderfiftywmartha603
      @homesteaderfiftywmartha603 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I suppose you could start your own homestead!

    • @BronzeTheSling
      @BronzeTheSling ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Start small, maybe consider growing a little crop of wheat, or raising chickens.

  • @evanconnor7600
    @evanconnor7600 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    has anyone found an upload of this series that wasn't stabilized?

    • @xD3adKl0wnx
      @xD3adKl0wnx 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      a bit late of a reply, but I believe these arent. at least the sections I checked and compared weren't
      th-cam.com/video/iSpqpwJ__Ek/w-d-xo.html

    • @Nyx773
      @Nyx773 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Master Huon - Farm Series

    • @jennolivero9028
      @jennolivero9028 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Master Houns account is closed, dont bother with the shared link

  • @TheGenFem
    @TheGenFem 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    What a treat! Thank you TH-cam for recommending this after I watched the WWII kitchen and garden series.

  • @janemann3045
    @janemann3045 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love to see the different ways and foods they cooked.I love the big oxen they have to plow with

  • @jonathangauthier3549
    @jonathangauthier3549 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    From the looks of those dark, poofy, woolly half-trousers that Peter and Alex are donning, one can begin to understand the origins of such mythological satyrs like Cernunnos and Pan.
    Picture the scene: It's a dark, overcast night. No light from either flame nor moon to light your path, you're caught unprepared in a quickly changing landscape. You, a weary traveler in a lost land without supplies. Delirious from hunger and thirst, haunted by the unfamiliar cries of the wildlife that surrounds you, and trembling violently from fear and exposure to the damp, biting, English air in late autumn. Every step could be your last, but you sally forward, stubbornly seeking shelter from the clawing cold.
    The acrid smell of smoke burns at your chapped nostrils, luring you in as you hope that it will draw you toward other people who could help a desperate traveler such as yourself. The scent grows ever more powerful as beastly, disembodied screams and shrieks echo in cold fog, sending waves of goose pimples rippling across your skin in swathes.
    A faint, golden hue radiates from the thick stand of trees that your nose has led you into. With every step, the forest seems to split like the Red Sea as the golden glow grows greater. Strange, muffled whinings and rhythmic drumming throb through the thick air. You put your numb fingers to your throat and you wonder if you are experiencing auditory hallucinations or approaching a potentially hostile clan.
    Your tired and blistered feet clumsily push your reluctantly curious mind closer as dark figures appear, dancing and springing about like rams and stags in rut, leaving you frozen in awe. As your eyes adjust, the silhouettes become more defined, and you see it for the first time: a creature with the upper half of a man, and the legs of a goat. Now you are convinced that in these lands live inhuman, ungodly creatures. As you observe them savaging young maidens and fighting like animals, you determine that these creatures are hellspawn, when in fact, it's just lovers and friends partying at a Samhain gathering

  • @williamrichmond4655
    @williamrichmond4655 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Watching this really enlightens you to the sheer amount of ignorance we have for our past. People assume that all the food was terrible and that it was all a mess in the 1600's when country life couldn't be further from that. Our petty bourgeois attitude (yes I managed to fit Marxism into this comment) means that we have lost our respect for the resourcefulness and skills of the feudal peasant.

    • @jackluedtke6432
      @jackluedtke6432 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      that's by design of the media and new world order, we were infinitely more free under feudalism and lived much better materially as well

    • @nicolebowman7354
      @nicolebowman7354 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There's a guy here on youtube that pops up on my siggested list every once and a while. Something about nutmeg tavern or something like that. He does receipes from Early Settler in America. I've done a few of his recepies and they're actually pretty good! I think food actually tasted better because it didnt jave all the fake flavors we use to "enhance" our foods now.

    • @jackluedtke6432
      @jackluedtke6432 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nicolebowman7354 modern processed "food" is designed to bash your senses over the head with artificial exaggerations of real flavors, mainly sweet and salty, there's no nuance.
      This actually damages the development of the brain as it only receives a narrow set of hyper-emphasized stimulus instead of a normal variety.
      And actually every modern production of everything is designed to bash your senses over the head in the same way with artificial substitutes.

    • @pegjones7682
      @pegjones7682 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If you live in N.America and you want to know what good food tastes like go to France. I lived there for 14years and can hardly stand the food back here. Yes its plentiful and Im grateful for that but the taste and flavour isnt there!

    • @Maeglin7936
      @Maeglin7936 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nicolebowman7354 Townsend and sons

  • @YozhikvTumane
    @YozhikvTumane 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I hardly think there would have been 4 people involved in ploughing as we are shown here. Didn't the narrator say "One acre is the area *one* man could plough in a day"? Taking the number of men in to consideration, I think _"half the speed of a 17th century oxen crew"_ is overrated. I'd say it's about 1/8th the speed - and I don't think a 17th century farmer would have been very impressed by the result - still good job for a first attempt trying to figure out how it was done from just some pictures of a plough as guidelines.

  • @OldLadyFarmer58
    @OldLadyFarmer58 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Here I am Back again. I always enjoy all of the various Series , This is my Favourite! I love the music, it is so Calming. I do enjoy the additional participants. It seems to add more of a realistic Family experience.

  • @backachershomestead
    @backachershomestead 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wonder what these great people are all doing in 2022?

  • @vrd555
    @vrd555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Can Alex just keep getting dressed and undressed pls 😏

  • @chrismueller8861
    @chrismueller8861 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    So beautiful and so educative. I wish all of this would be part of the educational schedule just to give kids a much more intimate connection to history and the way our ancestors lived. Learning from history is essential.

    • @sueclark5763
      @sueclark5763 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Too bad there aren't something like week long "camps" in the summer kids to attend and live/learn this. Make it a mandatory thing, like math and English if they want to graduate (or not!!). The kids would go nuts with no phones or other electronics, that would be worth watching!!

  • @006theresa
    @006theresa ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like watching these shows ive tried binge watching them on the channel, I've even gotten my mom interested in watching them.. til I could remember the names of the actual shows I would look them up by typing in Ruth's name, LOL.. I like Every that do these shows but Ruth, Peter and Alex are my favorite.. I've seen others name some of the historical shows so I'ma add a couple I like, Ruth, peter and Tom in How Castles Were Built and then there's one about a character name Mrs. Crocombe at Audley End House on The Victorian Way..

  • @anarchorepublican5954
    @anarchorepublican5954 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    22:43 ..be interesting to know how 1600s farmers routinely nabbed the pigeons ...bird traps..I'd imagine..they did have crude firelock and expensive matchlock muskets for "fowling"...these probably taken with a modern shotgun...

  • @RyanRyzzo
    @RyanRyzzo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I have to admit... this is my favourite of their programmes. It's so wonderful!

  • @galanie
    @galanie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I always liked, of the men, Stuart the least and Peter the most. Of the women, Ruth the most. No woman the least. I just don't like watching Stewart. He's knowledgeable, but comes across as a bit of a know-it-all that really shouldn't be cooking in place of Ruth, nor knows as much as she about domestic affairs. Nor indeed, as much in general as he thinks he does.

    • @bunnyfoofoo9695
      @bunnyfoofoo9695 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He made many cross contamination blunders while cooking the meals too.

    • @jackluedtke6432
      @jackluedtke6432 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      you're crazy for thinking about this that much

  • @angies3057
    @angies3057 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I miss Alex in Tudor farm😣😭😭😭

  • @BeanUasal
    @BeanUasal 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank you so much for uploading this series! I have such fond memories of following it first time round back in 2005. :)

  • @mysimsreality
    @mysimsreality 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you for sharing this playlist! I couldn't find it anywhere else so you've made me happy beyond words. I love Ruth, Peter, and Alex and will watch these entertaining and educational shows of theirs over and over. ♥

    • @johannaholmgren8088
      @johannaholmgren8088 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I know the shows (except Tales from the Green Valley) are all available on AcornTV, as well as TUBI. The most recent series is called Secrets of the Castle (I think) with Ruth, Peter and Tom in France, helping build a 12th century castle from scratch....

    • @ValSMITH-it4lg
      @ValSMITH-it4lg 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I think the one about the British railway system is the one filmed most recently.

  • @pay1370
    @pay1370 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    this is amazing, how come i've never seen this before?

  • @jamesglass5402
    @jamesglass5402 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think I have watched nearly every series with Ruth have been in. I’ve really enjoyed the farming series. If I were 30 years younger I’d would have liked to have a crack at some of these. I have a farm background and some of the methods used in the process are very similar to what I saw growing up. My great grandfather and my grandfather did things very similar to this since they were both born in the 19th century. I mostly wanted to say how much I’ve enjoyed the programs.

  • @KennyRider137
    @KennyRider137 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Here's a shallow question: where can I get the older man's hat?

    • @blabla-rg7ky
      @blabla-rg7ky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      from the old man himself ^_^

    • @KennyRider137
      @KennyRider137 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@blabla-rg7ky thanks! I found statute caps for sale on Etsy. Love mine!

    • @blabla-rg7ky
      @blabla-rg7ky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@KennyRider137 well, I was joking, but I'm still glad that you've found the hat :)

  • @mattwilson8298
    @mattwilson8298 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why is it so wobbly? I haven't had THAT much ale...

  • @monawashington6559
    @monawashington6559 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I have loved all the shows in this series.

  • @stringofpearls4551
    @stringofpearls4551 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It is August 16,2021, and I am here because I cannot stand this world anymore. Escape:)

  • @STEVEN-STEELE
    @STEVEN-STEELE ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oct.25 22 .I just found this series a day or so ago, and love it. Though life then was way harder than today. I wonder if it was also way more rewarding. For sure it was all in ones hands if you lived or starved. the market was never farther away than the garden smoke house and larder. Knowing everything you ate was made possible by ones hard work must of made a good meal taste all the better. I once wanted to take the east to west trip as settlers did. To California or Oregon. With a wagon Ox and horse in tow. I never went past the planning phase and knew there would needs be many OKs given to cross fenced lands. But imagining the idea of getting the supplies. Perhaps building a team of experts such as they did here. Then making the trip on one of the still known and exposed trails across the plains and over the mountains before winter snows blocked the passes. Seems the camera got into the Ale in this video. A bit Catty wompuss at times . Still a great video

  • @maysaniyazova
    @maysaniyazova 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lol this isn't a show for vegans, is it :) dead pigeons being plucked right on camera!

    • @SAnn-rf3oz
      @SAnn-rf3oz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They look delicious after they are finished cooking.....

  • @flwriterl8y111
    @flwriterl8y111 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    These shows are just brilliant. To the people who filmed them, thank you. To the person who put them on TH-cam, Thank You!! Children should watch these in school. I am watching them with my 12 year old and he is fascinated. It’s not possible for people in the states to view all of the historical documentary shows.... Yet another sign of the British Aristocracy still with its firm grip around the necks of the Americans!!! When will it end!

    • @Nyx773
      @Nyx773 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Huh???? I am not aware of any shows that are not available. You might have to pay, but they are available. Not everything can be free.

  • @MelanieBurrett
    @MelanieBurrett 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ah. I wish the picture didn’t wobble so much. It’s making me queasy.

  • @LAChantrose
    @LAChantrose ปีที่แล้ว +2

    8:59 Did my edible just kick in?

  • @KristiChan1
    @KristiChan1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    These are the kind of people I would greatly enjoy picking at their knowledge. I would have never learned this stuff in school. Teaching passionately makes a difference in how the learner takes in information.

  • @maryalice5357
    @maryalice5357 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Maybe the plowing was so tough because it hasn't been in so long. Tough turf?

  • @jennifermcdonald5432
    @jennifermcdonald5432 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This looks like it’s one of the first ones they made. Wow!

  • @sabatino1977
    @sabatino1977 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Has anyone noticed the shaky backgrounds? Is that for copyright?

  • @quintusmuller8383
    @quintusmuller8383 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I loved this series so interesting. it shows us that today we only need to press a button to get what was so labor intensive back then. I unfortunately no longer find this series in French.

  • @shanecomeback8296
    @shanecomeback8296 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Jamie was born in this year.

  • @erikscribner970
    @erikscribner970 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The subject-centric motion effect in many of these shots is jarring and not a useful contribution to the original tapes, wish that would've been omitted. Still so happy to be able to rewatch this series.

  • @pattismythe2769
    @pattismythe2769 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love this music.....

  • @Cumbriman
    @Cumbriman 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    love this and subsequent series

  • @AL-fl4jk
    @AL-fl4jk ปีที่แล้ว +3

    “To my dear sister, don’t break this one” haha good to know siblings haven’t changed over the centuries

  • @lizpantelis
    @lizpantelis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Why was this stabilized? It's so weird and distracting.

  • @tomwatson9710
    @tomwatson9710 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just found this on you tube, it looks amazing!

  • @christianpatriot7439
    @christianpatriot7439 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Why didn't Ruth get to keep Chloe for the later farming programs? I would think just cooking for Peter Ginn is a fulltime occupation.

    • @GrainneMhaol
      @GrainneMhaol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Think Chloe went into a different line of work. She was trading stocks, I think, last time I heard.

  • @m0xiemarlinspike
    @m0xiemarlinspike 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What’s with the weird nausea inducing camera moves in some of the indoor scenes?

    • @jackluedtke6432
      @jackluedtke6432 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      you are hallucinating, check your meds

    • @m0xiemarlinspike
      @m0xiemarlinspike 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jackluedtke6432 Aye that was it, much obliged squire

  • @sherimaldonado1889
    @sherimaldonado1889 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm so happy I found tales from the green valley!!! They're all so young🧡🤍🧡🤍