So Where Do We Sleep? | Tobacco | Root Cellar | Tree Planting | Pioneer Life | Self Reliance
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- Опубліковано 9 жов 2021
- Peter plants the trees he brought home from the north, to replace the trees removed to build his 1700's log cabin. He stores the cured potato crop in the root cellar, thereby increasing his food security. He collects his tobacco that has been curing planning to make it into twists. He then begins work on the new outhouse and discusses hygiene in the 1700's on the frontier, including the practice of making soap from lye. He also references the evolution of disease brought to humans by the practice of husbandry and how the indigenous peoples of North America di not experience any of those diseases until after European contact. Finally he makes up his bed, stuffing pillow ticking with straw. The log cabin is small, without a bedroom, so it was common to put down pallets at night for sleeping and to stow them away during the day.
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My mother and her cousins used to stay at their grandfathers cottage in summer ( N Ireland ) He had a little room he'd fill with straw for the children He'd cover them with straw and tell tell them what good children they were They'd fall asleep with the door open watching great grandad clog dance on the kitchen table. It's lovely just listening to stories about anscensters.
What a lovely story! A room full of straw beats “gramma’s feather bed”!
You sir are a living work of art. Wise, clever, thoughtful, peaceful, gentle and a pleasure to listen to. Not to mention an inspiration.
What can I say, Paul, that is probably the most flattering thing that has ever been said to me. Not sure I deserve such accolades but, I sincerely thank you.
@@TheWoodlandEscapeI second that man comment. Really can't tell you how much I love your content.
You have inspired me to grab the tools and build things for my family.
Many thanks from Somerset England
my grandmother had a washing machine but not a dryer. she dried things on the clothesline and her sheets smelled so good. i think she took her heavy blanket's down to the laundry mat to dry them there. i love the smell to this day and it takes me back to spending time with her.
I’m sure you’ve already been told this but I’m gonna tell you again, “ y’all are one heck of a good bunch of Preppers .” God bless y’all. (Old guy from Arkansas)🇺🇸
The talking is important. One channel I watch did three videos of them painting the interior of there new off grid house. It was like watching paint dry.
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It’s nice watching you ‘do’ things, but the history lessons are my favorite parts.
Outstanding shipmate. Press on. USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 Jan 1980 to July 1983.
I appreciated the discussion about hygiene and soup making back then. In the early days of our marriage, my wife and I would do all sorts of “Back to Nature” stuff. We had a family farm in North Carolina we’d travel to and do our laundry with wash boards, with soap made of lye, lard and other ingredients my wife would put together. Since the old farmhouse had no washing machine we would use the scrub basin and our soap to wash then rinse with fresh water from the well and finally wring out by spinning the garment into a twist until most of the water was extracted. Then it was off to the clothes lines to dry in the fresh mountain air (it was western NC in a little place called Crooked Creek outside of Old fort.). Then the best part of all was taking in the freshly dried wash and breathing in that wonderful aroma it held. What memories! Hard work but worth it. Thanks for another great video, Peter and Cathy. I appreciate you both..
Thanks for sharing that wonderful memory William and we do appreciate your support and interest.
Beautiful story .thank you and best wishes from Ireland 🇮🇪
I'm a "logiene" man myself so soap not much of an issue.
Bet no one “waxxed”. lol
Greetings from a multi generational native from Hvl, living in Avl. Thank you so much for taking the time to type and share your story here. It means a mighty lot to me to read it 😊
Beautiful fall colors. This is the best time of year in the north woods. Thanks for another video!
Thank you Peter! As always, enjoyed the informative video.
Cheers!
Many thanks!
Fantastic video. Thanks for sharing.
Cook those rutabaga and potatoes chopped together with a ham hock. Delicious ! Cornbread on the side!
What time should we arrive for dinner Faye? Sounds delicious!
@@TheWoodlandEscape You and Cathy would be welcome to Fox Valley Farm in Ohio anytime for a meal!
Many years ago when I was a very young my mother would wrap me in a blanket just like the one you have there . That was in the mid 1940s early 1950s . I sure like your videos and look forward to them each week . I am 78 years now but still like to get out in the woods . Thank you.
Getting out in the woods is no doubt a healthy thing, Gord and most likely a good reason for your longevity.
I was wrapped in similar wool blanket only a few years ago but I find wool itchy. :). I wonder If the feather bed would be poke? I enjoy the video. Being outdoors and in the woods Is very healthy for lungs and mental health in my opinion. :) cheers. Good luck with outhouse.
Thank-you for your videos, love everyone. You are living a life that I only dream about.
Your kind comment is appreciated Vance.
Debbie-Texas. New subscriber, sent by Danny from Deep South Homestead. Enjoying this. Thanks
We’re flattered that Danny is recommending our channel and appreciate both your interest and support.
Look forward to each new episode. Simply enjoy your living history, especially your strong passion for the 18th Century way of life, and technology used in that day. Keep up the good work. Can't wait for next weeks episode.
We appreciate your interest Tracy and kind compliment.
I totally love you...Great information! Your awesome. Thanks for your experience and sharing it.
Glad you’re enjoying our channel.
Thank you!!
I have to say sur that your good lady wife is an amazing camera person and clearly has an artists eye, what a beautiful country you live in!
Cathy has indeed mastered her side of the camera! I’ll pass along your lovely compliment to Cathy.
@@TheWoodlandEscape thanks for the reply I really think what you do for living history and educating people is such a very worthwhile thing, it must be fulfilling, I live in the u.k but would love to visit your beautiful country one day , you are a fine ambassador for Canada and Ireland respectively
Well Sir,if you ever do visit Canada, we’d love to host you. Send us an email and we’ll send you our address. Cheers.
Fascinating!
The bed looks comfy and in front of the fire. Relaxing. Looking forward the outhouse build.
It is indeed, a very comfortable place to lay ones head!
Great job! I always learn so much. I think I love Kibler kits as much as you do. May God bless.
Only built one Kibler but, it certainly didn’t disappoint!
Hi from Syracuse NY brother and thank you for sharing your thoughts and adventures and your family and everyone else
Wonderful!
Thanks James.
Lovely, Thank You
I love the care and attention to detail you show for your craft! Not to mention jealous of your eyeballing skills and careful tweaks in lining up so many of the joints in your carpentry! I'm so glad I found this channel!
We’re glad you found us too and appreciate your interest.
One of my favorite channels on UA-cam. Love seeing the “old ways” and the history explained. Greetings from Alabama, USA.
trick joker ... it's called acting on youtube
Thank you so much for such a wonderful video and the look into her history,
Thanks to Kathy for the filming.
Thanks Richard and I’ll pass on your kind compliment to Cathy.
Hello Friend Peter! I hope this note finds you well and happy!I remember my Grandma' talking about sleeping on a "straw tick" when she was a little girl. Thanks for another great video! Regards and best to you and yours, Pink
Got to love our grandparents stories. My grandma Kelly was born in 1872 and died 1971, 3 months short of 100 and boy did she have stories!
Good video !!
Thank you.
As always, very interesting. I am a big fan of yours. Greetings from Bavaria
And greetings from Canada.
Animal husbandry , been a long time since I heard that term ! In the early nineties I worked at a 300 sow farrowing farm . Among the many things we brought with us to this beautiful land too bad colds and flu were included . Can you imagine what life must've been like before we got here !
What it must have been like is one of my ongoing thoughts Mike.
Always a pleasure watching your videos. Until next time, take care. Thanks Peter.
Thanks Michael and do keep safe out there on the road.
Wow the way you carried on about that nice soft "pallet" made me have to go dive in my soft mattress and covers here in Alaska in my cabin.Some of the best things in life are so totally over looked.My grandmother who was born in 1897 and went from Oklahoma to Mississippi in a covered wagon used to spray the bed [after she rolled back the covers] with DDT [to kill bedbugs] every nite with her sears and Roebuck atomizer spray pump when she tucked us kids in for bed.circa 1960.LOL We used to sit on the porch swing late in the evening and you could actually hear panthers in the distance. And Whipporwills and bob whites.I miss those days.You don't hear those sounds much anymore.I'm of the mindset that Jesus Christ is going to restore everything some day!! Including the buffalo!!!! Wow won't that be something!! Until that time I think you have right idea.Keep life as simple as you can.Most "things " come with strings attached.Those strings are attached to ropes that bind a man.
I must say Quien you have crafted some very profound words. I also love your story telling and your dive into your blankets brought a Hugh smile to my face!
Thank you for sharing your time
It is our pleasure Scarlet, we enjoy creating and sharing our historical endevours.
So glad I happened upon your channel!
Another beautifully crafted video. Blessings from Ireland 🇮🇪
Thanks Mark from across the pond.
Your out house is a super sized model. Most of the one's I grew up with were just big enough for you to go in, turn around and do your business. The reason why was every so often you would dig a new pit, move the out house over it, and fill in the old pit with soil. Also you made sure you stayed down hill of your water source. The same with your livestock pens and barn.
Many a water source has been contaminated by improper location of the water closet.
Simply nicely done ✔ and great story 👏
Most comfortable bed I ever slept on was a canvas bag stuffed with grass & or cedar shavings.
That does sound darn comfy!
"Double Holers" don't need to be moved or dug out as often as a single hole outhouse & they don't smell nearly as bad. The nasty stuff is spread over a bigger area with more ground contact,oxygen & seepage, so it rots down faster & doesn't ever get as nasty. We used to build them in rural Canada. Bigger families built two seaters so the kids could go at the same time, but mostly it was just to handle the amount of $h** without becoming truly vile.
So true on all accounts!
@@TheWoodlandEscape When I told my co-workers that I grew up without a toilet, there was total silence in the room..... They thought I was kidding. They looked as surprised as if I'd told them I came from another planet. But shanties (that's what everybody called them) were still common into the 70's, in remote areas.
👍 Danke fürs Hochladen!
👍 Thanks for uploading!
👍 Very good and beautiful, thank you!
👍 Sehr gut und schön, danke!
The ones that survived childhood had strong immune systems.
New to the channel I must say a root celler how wonderful, me my mother and my children make chutney and jams at this time of year pickled chestnuts ,damsoms and quince jam or cheese very nice xx
excellent content, keep them coming, my new favorite
Good day my friend, that's some haul with the potatoes, I could eat them everyday in every way. Nice root cellar as well, my grandfather had one built into the ground under his house with an outside entrance off to the side of the back porch, and an old coal shed out back. Those were the good old days. I heard even in the late 1800's they would make corn husk mattress's the same way. Have a great week ahead and see you on the next one.
It seems most people’s grandparents were a wise lot. Thank you for your support.
Common sense and necessity seemed to rule their lives Peter. Every week I learn something new or are reminded of something I used to know. Another great video.
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Thanks Mark, means a lot!
You videos take me somewhere that I feel so at home that I believe his was the right and proper way of living. Some few places exist where this way of life can now exist that I believe we have lost life in the transition to modern society!
The modern world is certainly convenient but, I agree a lot has been lost from those simpler times.
Your Channel has become my favorite one !
A very flattering comment Tessie, thank you.
Thank you for sharing all this. I sit back working on project with my herbs while watching your videos and ALWAYS it gives a contented smile playing on my face. There is something peaceful and fulfilling when it comes to nature and living in and with nature. Sometimes it can be a lot of work, but still...there is something good and fulfilling.
Like gardening Gail, it is hard to describe to some, that while it can be hard work, that feeling of satisfaction when you put food away for the winter
Another great episode. Thank you for your dedication and your efforts. Hope you will be filming your fall hunting adventures. Everything is coming along nicely. Thanks again and keep your powder dry!!
Thanks Ashley and watch your top knot!
wow one tobacco plant now to blend and soak the leaves in a cask like Winston does . i like 4 sweet with one strong and two aromatic but to each his own blend . smoke ciggies
PS I enjoy your videos, I went to Jamestown and Williamsburg 40 years ago or so and was infatuated by the old ways.
I love Williamsburg, but yet to get to Jamestown. It is indeed a fascinating era.
Tamaracks are members of the Larch family, which all lose their needles in the fall. There are stands of Larch in our area, and we enjoy their bright orange/yellow colors this time of year.
They are also called larch in some parts of Ontario.
Love the historical content of this channel.
Thanks Jeff, we appreciate your interest.
Your homegrown tobacco looks like it would smoke well in a clay pipe; I was smoking Gawith twist in my clay pipe at the Battle of Nantwich re-enactment in January. Needed a good warming blast of pipe smoke - and I didn't drop pipe ash down my sheepskin coat!
One does need to be mindful when smoking a pipe of one’s garments, lol.
That's why it's called making your bed. My grandparents had rope beds and explained that to me year's ago
The term, “sleep tight” came from the use of rope beds … to tighten the ropes prior to bed, was to ensure a good nights rest.
I took a mattress apart and found staw as the main component. Funny to have found one in the 1970s
Who would have thought Janice.
Thankyou for keeping the past and real way to live alive.
Watching your videos makes me hate my rat race life even more than I already do.
Fantastic content, fantastic life- thank you both for your efforts, it gives me a lot of comfort in a world gone crazy.
The world does seem to be a tad crazy. We do our best to keep tucked away from it all.
Mr. Kelly, I hope you keep making these videos forever. C'mon deer season!!
I’m with you on the deer hunt as we are down to about 3 to 4 weeks supply of venison.
Another great video Peter. Our house has a 3 seater in the attached barn. There’s a large house in town that has a 6 holer. Two large , 2 medium, and 2 small.
Wow, a six seater, that is amazing. Sure hope they reinforced the floor well!
Guns, Germs and Steel - Jared Diamond. Available on Kobo. All of his books are a hard, but good read.
I would like to have used wool 'ticking' for mattresses for less dust and some antimicrobial properties. Alas for anyone who was not a back-sleeper. Sore hips and shoulders would eventuate.
Wow
If you look up old fashioned soap makers , they would float a RAW EGG in the lye , if it floated it was strong enough to make soap. If it sank it needed boiled to run off the excess water till it could float a raw egg. Then it was ready to combine with liquid fat to make soap.
Thanks Cynthia. Interesting that you brought up the exact method used in the process of tanning hides. One makes an alkaline solution using wood ash and the egg is the test as to its proper strength. Thanks for sharing, Cynthia.
I know of a log cabin{2 story} in Northern Ontario built out of `8 inch squared Tamarac timbers probably built in the 1880's. Impossible to hammer a nail into it now.
I love your channel. I share your history lessons with my students.
We are flattered to think our step back in time channel is of interest to a history teacher and better yet, to the students. Thanks for your interest.
The Tamarack is one of the most sought after trees in our area because of it natural rot resistance. Your lucky if your area doesn't harvest them for retail.
Part time I am an artist and most of my landscapes include the beautiful larch… soft gold in Fall and brilliant light green in Spring. My favorite tree.
I agree Sukey. While beautiful in the fall, I find the spring green almost to beautiful to bear.
Good for you planting those little pines! They will help keep the bank from washing into the water also. You sure had a fine crop of potatoes this year. Looks like you might run out of room in the storehouse with all the other root crops you have to harvest!
Not sure how Jan but, we always get it packed in and once, a satisfied feeling.
Love how he stores his potatoes in "Ye Olde Aluminum Baskets"
My ancestry goes back to the late 1700's and early 1800's, living in log homes in western Pennsylvania. They were carpenters, a family of eleven children. They built barns, worked on the canal, then the PRR. The patriarch ended as a cooper and agriculturalist. Nice to see how they lived.
Thanks Gary. Getting a glimpse into the like of our ancestors can certainly make us appreciative of easy we have things in our modern world.
Sir, good for you for planting the tamarack/larch trees! I also find this tree species to be a personal favorite.
It is indeed a grand tree … love the amazing green in the spring and the gorgeous yellow in the fall.
Old records say that the native Americans had dog trains numbering into the hundreds, and Eskimo had dog teams. I used a 5 gallon bucket with sawdust for a toilet and added it to the compost pile. It made great clean soil for the garden. That info is in the Humanure Book.
lol Ever hear of a corn shuck mattress? Noisy when you moved.
I have indeed but I’m afraid my old bones might complain!
I haven't watched in quite a spell. Life in the farm gets to busy. Now the season is winding down I'll get back to where I left off in the build. I sure do enjoy your videos. Don't forget your bucket of corncobs. Haha! Also you root cellar is amazing. I guess you don't need to worry about the stores losing stock. You'll be just fine. Take care.
If you are referring to the the corn cobs being used in the outhouse, well sir, you’re the first person that I know of that is aware of that wee bit of history.
Interesting, In New England we Still have attached Farm houses where the house is attached to the barn and some are still used as Farm houses.
Sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite! My hub and I installed rope on an antique double rope bed for the historical cabin and it took 125 feet! Rope beds have a key to crank to keep the rope tight after each sleep, hence, sleep tight!
Who would have thought, 125 feet, that’s crazy. I’ve seen and studied a number of rope beds but, I’ve yet to see one with a crank on it.
@@TheWoodlandEscape Were can I send you a picture?
Interesting. I bought a Victorian bed but see it needs ropes too.. I wondered if I could use sailing strength ropes to support a bed. Do you have a specific rope for your historical bed? I wonder how to create a tightening key for the ropes.. hmm sleep tight makes sense. Thanks
@@essenestephanie We bought sisal rope to be authentic. We first tied binder twine (baling twine) together and strung the bed to see how much rope to buy.
@@essenestephanie I would think sailing strength rope would do just fine if you can get it tight enough.
My grandfather had skids on his outhouse, so he could move it to a new location with a tractor, when need be.
Brilliant!
Hey, It's David Carradine.
golly gee pops, looks like a REAL Mt Man, wowie zowie!!
We call them larch here, I like making walking sticks from small ones. Pretty bark, light and strong when dry. The 3 posts on the front of my cabin are larch....James
I bet it would make a fine walking stick.
Not sure how i've missed your channel till now. Big up from Eire/Ireland !
Thanks Christopher, we appreciate your interest.
Looks like a great spot to sleep. I suppose after a hard enough day’s work one could get a good night’s rest just about anywhere though. Sleep well my friend.
I do most nights Steven and I’ve been known to sleep in some crazy spots. One memorable one was on a winter trek. Ran out of firewood and spent the night kindling a tiny fire with twigs between my legs.
I was leaning against a tree. Thought I should clarify that, lol.
Love everything except too old for pallets
There was a well-known method for determining the strength of leached lye. A raw egg (sometimes a small potato) was floated in the lye solution, and how high or low it floated determined the lye's strength (basically it was a crude hydrometer). The target strength was to float the egg at the same level as it would in a saturated salt solution (water in which salt was dissolved until no more would dissolve). This lye was added to the melted fat, and the combination was simmered until it thickened, then poured into vessels (usually wood or bark) to cool. Soap made from ash lye (potash, or potassium hydroxide) makes a soft soap that doesn't harden enough to cut into bars. It is just scooped out of the bowl and used. Extra processing, with the addition of salt and/or alum, was necessary if hard bars were desired. Most on the frontier just used the soft soap.
My wife and I make soap using caustic soda (sodium hydroxide) rather than potash, and the soap hardens enough to cut into bars. Caustic soda was discovered at the end of the 18th century, but was not used for soapaking until well into the 19th century.
Fascinating information, thanks for sharing.
My friend i recently found your channel. In NZ, we have the 'silver fern', which we use in layers with our potatoes when we store them in the shed. We start with the bottom of cardboard, then fern, potatoes, cardboard, fern etc. We have a cool climate during winter, and the potatoes stay in good shape doing this. Goodluck and i will look forward to more of your videos cheers.
That sounds like a great way of preservation, thanks for sharing. Now I just need to find that there silver fern, lol. I’ve only seen your beautiful country in coffee table books and it looks amazing!
Guns germs and steel is a great book! I’ve tried to find a copy and haven’t yet. Read parts of it in college.
by Jared Diamond
Thanks!
The little trees look like they're in a bit of a shock but, I'm sure they'll do well.
Most interesting. In Australia they often referred to outhouses as "longdrops" or even "thunderboxes" for obvious reasons.
I guess our Outback temperatures kept the waste 'on the move' as well.
Up here an open box in the bush with no structure over it is called a thunder box but, long drops is a new one!
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Just guessing - but I reckon longdrop may refer to a deep latrine used in the bush / rural environs. Never emptied, just filled in & the outhouse moved to an adjacent location.
As opposed to city / urban outhouses built permanently at the rear of the block & the receptacle emptied regularly by the 'nightcart' employees (great job if you could get it!!) That would be a short drop - but I have never heard it called that - well before my time.
You have given this some thought Stephen, very interesting. Personally, I do some of my best thinking in the bathroom, the loo, the waste closet, the out house, the long drop, the short drop, lol. On a serious note, we sincerely appreciate your interest.
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Hahaha!! Well said Sir!
Most common colloquialism out here is "the dunny:"!
Brilliant work, keep it up.👍👍
The other reason for a 2 holer is so when the frozen pile gets to high on the left you can move to the right and wait for the spring thaw.
Too funny but, a valid thought indeed.
Nice Video. If I don't learn something from you, I usually do from some of the comments.
Tamarack or Larch is fantastic wood.
Not well known
It combines the same rot resistance as Cedar with the tensile strength of Spruce.
The reason it's never been preferred for paper or house construction is its weight.
But it is still highly prized in naval, bridge, mines or other sub aquatic applications. Underwater it becomes hard as steel.
Add to that list of great uses it is also a beautiful tree in the fall and an undesirable stubby green in the spring. One of my favorite trees.
Hmm....hygiene, and staying healthy! Yep! That was a tough one.Disease ,would spread from one community to another in a flash!Staying clean, so important today ,we take it for granted....
Good, safe , clean water was paramount, back in the day!
In earlier times bathing was thought to be unhealthy as hot water would open the pores of the skin, allowing in all forms of pestilence and disease.
Once a year was often thought adequate. If you see pictures from the Renaissance Age, you’ll notice they all wear a piece of silk at the wrist. This was soaked with perfume to mask their body odor.
@@TheWoodlandEscape Lol! Man! The smell! But, like everything, you soon become climatised! Just imagine, Queen Elizabeth the First! One bath a year! Small pox , rampit! Rats galore! Raw sewage , untreated flowing down , both sides of the streets in the bigger city, s! London, Boston, New York, Philadelphia! Summer time, forget it! Lol! Out, houses( pit toilets), were an up grade!Gosh! What people take for granted !In third world country's today, clean drinking a must! water( uncontaminated) is a blessing!
It is sad in such a rich world that we as a species can provide clean drinking water and basic food to all. One doesn’t have to live in a third world country … Canada has 100’s of standing boil water orders in many of our remote native communities.
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Thanks, Alfredo.
Seeing the part about sleeping, up until 5 years old my brother an I slept on a old cotton type stuffed mattress, which we called our rock pile, the day it was replaced still is a sad day. Say what you will but I think it was the best mattress I ever had, even today 65 years later I will take a nap just on the floor.
Your a man of my own heart Frank.
Will they grow succesfully that near next to water? I have doubts about that. The roots don't like standing in permanent wet soil and will get 2 meters deep.
Growing up on a Tobacco farm I can offer a little help!
If you place the tobacco on your porch on a rainy of foggy night, it should allow the tobacco to come "into case" which is Appalachian term. All it means is the moisture in the night air will allow the tobacco to become ever so slightly damp which makes it easier to work with as the leaves are no longer dry, meaning to tobacco won't shatter.
One precaution: allowing the tobacco to get too wet will make the thick end of the earth stem feel slimy.
Don't work your leaves when they are in that condition.
Sound advice and the “into case” term is a new one for me. I worked in the tobacco harvest as a teenager for four summers, I was a kiln hanger. The method of harvesting and curing has changed significantly since the 70’s.
@@TheWoodlandEscapeah! You worked with flue cured tobacco whereas I worked with Burley tobacco, which is air cured in a barn.
Tobacco farming is pretty much nonexistent here in today's world, something that seemed unimaginable forty years ago.
I thoroughly enjoy your channel and am glad I found y'all!
Lol, those looked like dying evergreen!
After they dried the tobacco. They added moisture to the leaves which brought back the tar that in the leaves. But, I do not remember how they added moisture