And Ryan speaks French so beautifully. Foreigners love when someone loves their country so much that they make such an effort to respect their language and culture.
I see Ryan has found his groove. These videos this week allow Ryan to shine. He is perfect for video as he is a natural charismatic character. Would be an awesome actor.
I believe the fuzzy pear is a quince. Fruit trees are best pruned back in winter when trees are dormant. In spring they need their energy to produce fruit. Enjoying the videos guys, good job!😊
Great vlog mapping the garden! Please don’t destroy the overgrown areas of the vegetable, etc., garden until you have a master or expert gardener look through the plants. There may be heirloom perennials hiding; species which are no longer available. I’m a master gardener who has cried over the destruction of many an heirloom garden.
I really, really agree. Thank you for saying that as a specialist. In our era of monoculture we desperately need to resurrect the lost genetics in these plants and trees.
Mapping the garden is important. It could be a money earner before the convent is finished. Imagine a weekly market in the forecourt with fresh produce and preserves, apple pies. Plus locals bringing their products too. You can graft different plum and apple varieties onto that amazing healthy rootstock too and extend your growing season. Great work Simon, Yanis and Ryan. Greetings from Australia 🌏
Or it could be a place for a community garden for the citizens of Ernee. This would be a good way to get people involved in what's going on at the convent.
France: the land of erasable pens and magically appearing rulers. Love you 4 together (including Alex here)! I think you 4 should get together once a week and do a vlog from now on as this has been so entertaining!
WOW! Ryan is a natural at this. I'm so excited to finally see the gardens mapped out. I had no idea there are so many fruit trees. Great detective work Ryan.
I would highly advise you not to clear the garden with a digger, but to get a gardener who knows their stuff in there to gradually work the gardens back into shape. You would have to pay a gardener but you would save loads on plants because they are there, but just need management. Maybe someone would take an apartment in exchange for a set number of hours per week work in the garden.
But, as an ex-professional gardener, I would be happy to have accommodation from which to explore the area in return for doing fruit tree pruning. Would probably be mostly winter and spring to begin with so heating would be required ( for me, not the trees!)
And whoever said "when the cat's away the mice will play"? Not these guys. These men know how to work hard, then enjoy their down time. Love seeing them.😍
Please add a Gardner to the channel Billy!! You will have awesome daily content for months and it will complete the building beautifully. It would be amazing to see the garden brought back to life!!!
Ryan, you are a very good host! So nice to see Duncan again and of course, I always enjoy Simon and Yanis! What a great team and I appreciate your dedication to your work. 💜
Ryan, I can see a bright future ahead for you. You’re a natural host, interviewer and personality as well as intelligent. There are so many wonderful fruit , fig, nut trees. Wow, when it’s carefully cleared I am sure there will be a beautiful organized design that the nuns had planted. Simon has pointed out the significance of the design. You should hammer in some stakes for a temporary estimate of the design. Ryan, it is so nice how you will be able to go outside from your apartment and pick some fruit. Fun video. Hugs xx
As we see, the nuns did what they could to provide for themselves with fruit and nut trees and berry bushes-big perennial plants. Imagine how much they were cultivating of annuals, like food crops, vegetables. Until there were not enough young nuns left to do that kind of hard labor. That’s probably when they sold the vegetable plots to the farmer next door. A local arborist or horticulturist or versatile farmer could help you rescue those healthy, food bearing trees and berry bushes. Please, please don’t get back there with machines hacking everything down! Get the weedy overgrowth out, set in some garden paths-which may be there now concealed, well overgrown-and you’ll have a lovely, rustic garden. Rehabilitate the grotto and area around it with a water feature and you’ll have a truly special meditation garden.
Please, please save those trees in the garden. The whole lot just needs a cleanup and all will be revealed. Start by clearing the paths and you will know where the pruning is needed. Then, one tree at a time. Also, next venture for success, the convent jams nom nom nom. So much potential in that garden. A chef would love it.
Props to Ryan!😮 he very well could have been a tv host / actor TV, personality in a variety of shows. 😊 I actually enjoyed this episode a lot. Your personality really shines through in this way❤
Honestly, with each episode I'm realising Simon is my perfect man 😅. Skilled, fascinated by history, notices trees & plants, brain always working to think how to fix & reinstate things, noticing things others don't pick up on that he finds interesting: he's basically me in Male form. Where can I find a Simon please? 😂😂
🤣 yes ! I agree I really like him too , I've felt like Billy n Ryan were my son's Simons more my age n interests also ! Lol ! Rick is awesome but he's like a Viking warrior and I can barely walk Anymore 😂🤣😉. I'm way past hormones too, so my interests are purely personality and intellect ! God bless !
I love having Simon and Yannis on the channel. Simon is obviously a master and quite knowledgeable in his field, and the transfer of his craft to Yannis is a great tradition that we have some howgotten away from in these modern times. Yannis shows a strong work ethic and willingness to learn. His future looks bright because craftsmen are becoming rare but still in demand.
Been a great week of Vlogs while Billy has been away. Absolutely fascinating about the convent gardens and the well. Hopefully Billy and Gwen are watching from a sunlounger somewhere. They have left the convent in excellant hands!
Great show today!!! Love the garden adventure and your measuring skills. Good that Ryan and Simon marked the fruits. The hairy pear and funny shape is quince. Good for making marmalade. I love the idea of recreating the 3 massive gardens/orchard as it was. I genuinely love to go and help. All my life is about veggies patchs, gardening, flowers and fruit plants etc. And don't get put off of hard work. So Billy and the whole group, I can help. ❤😊 Another happy day watching you all!!
That fuzzy pear is a QUINCE. Not to be eaten raw, but cooked, into jelly, or even better, cooked down into a paste to be eaten with cheese. In cooking, the delicate, pear/apple/rose flavor and scent come out, the color turns from gold to pink, then to tan if cooked into a paste. Really lovely as a pectin source for blackberry / quince jelly, too. Mmm.
It might be beneficial to hire someone who's more familiar with plants to handle the clearing, that way you can ensure you keep all of the lovely plants that are already there
Just wait until the garden is cleared the fruit trees can be pruned properly and then harvested because once they are regularily harvested they produce more fruit. If you have time try to go back there to pick the fruits of these trees then going into next year they will produce more. I am sure many of your friends will like some free fruit for now. Great job! :) :)
Quince tree. Ripe when yellow and furry, usually larger than you picked. Not eaten raw. Must be cooked. Lovely jams and jellies. (fruit which is cooked, strained and cooked with sugar and becomes clear) YUMMO.
The fuzzy fruit you found is a quince -best stewed as it is very hard and has a dry taste. The next tree was a walnut. Wonderful tour. So interesting and you are all so enthusiastic.
Ryan we are all getting up to "mischief" with you whilst Billy is off on his break....you are sooo much fun Ryan and Yanis, Simon...and bonus...great to see Duncan...he is electric....love it❤😊😊
These guys have done a great job and lots fun to watch this week! Simon is a natural, and Yanis is such a hard worker!!! Watch out Billy, Ryan has been great!😊
Wow Billy’s subs are very close to 300K, a number worthy of a good celebration. The custodians of the convent… Ryan, Simon and Yannis are doing a fantastic job with the channel in Billy’s absence and Alex is recording and editing to a very high standard. Crack on gentlemen🙏🏼❤️
. Hey, Ryan. I'm going back one video, but it occurs to me that if you photograph that inscription on the wall you may be able to highlight unreadable details using the photo editing options on your 'puter. . Meanwhile, I am really intrigued by what you and the crew are doing this week to capture the history of the convent. Why don't you grant Billy and Gwen an extra week and keep going?
Ryan, you've found your true calling as a host, with the best guys. I enjoy the program's steady pace as you go to and from each task. No worries here, Billy!
Love seeing the garden, & all the fruit trees & fruit producing plants that have survived. Will be very exciting when it is time to do more clearing. Billy mentioned eventually putting in a swimming pool, but that will be closer to the convent. Always cheers me to see the great team!
Has anyone noticed that your commercial content is quite rich. Short and sweet but also respectful. Great quality companies! Speaks volumes if you will.
Ryan,Simon,Yanis, and Alex. How wonderful to have all the fruit trees in the garden. Once the garden is completed and borders established it will look so wonderful. Well my surviving team until tomorrow. Take care and stay safe. Love ya all 🍺🍺🍺🍺🌹❤️👍🙏😇🕊🌞🌈
Someone should be up with the drone. Also they have an app for making trails could be useful. I remember getting to take a walk in here with you Ryan 😊 Would love to explore more seems like just a good plan and a few days with a good crew this could be beautiful
Now that was incredible amounts of fun to go through! Just to see the different fruits and plants that there are surrounding the convent, and knowing the direction that Billy wants to head in it's future, it can be all that much closer to self sustainment in a few areas for sure!
Yes I love seeing the garden too. It’s good to get all the trees and plants mapped and named . A master gardener / landscaper would be able to tell not only what varieties of trees are there but the age of them as well.
Wow! Loved this video of the garden. Great to see Duncan again. Those dark plums might be Damsons, although there are dark varieties of plums. They make excellent jams (especially if you add a bit of Port to it), really good at Xmas. Most fruit trees can be cut back in the autumn, when the fruit has been harvested. The plums should be nearly ready for picking anyday now. Lucky you, they are a superb fruit. 😍🍏🍐🍒 Hope there is a cherry tree somewhere in the garden.
I wonder if the reason the plums were all planted together is because they are not self-fertile varieties, so need to be together for cross-pollination.
Billy is focused on individual tasks where Simon and Ryan are giving us an overview of the convent and the grounds which I really appreciate. They do need several herds of goats, to clear ground.
Goats are a great idea and when they are done, you put in pigs to root out the roots. And what they both leave will be great fertilizer for the gardens, a win, win situation!
OMG! The Convent has a fantastic orchard and you are so lucky, as the "fury pear" is a quince! This is a delicious pear-apple like fruit, used for preserves.. jellies and jams, it's also made into a set paste - quince paste served with cheese. The "fur" disappears as the fruit turns yellow and ripens... peeled and cored then poached with sugar in water or white wine, fruit and syrup turn a beautiful rose pink colour, serve with ice-cream or cream for a wonderful dessert. Quinces are one of my favorites, an ancient autumn fruit not eaten raw, not easy to find in the shops now days... so enjoy! ❤🦘
I have a question please. Before Billy returns from holiday, can anyone please let us know what happened to the bird? It's been a few months, they are highly intelligent.
It has been a wonderful journey this week with all of you and as others have already said, the journey that each one of you take and have done around the convent is wonderful. It's not just one thing being shown within one video but several but when major projects are going on like it has been with the kitchen I can understand a daily basis of what was taken base. All of you keep up the great work and welcome back. Billy, when he returns and all start a new journey a new day. Congratulations to you all.
Am sure the fuzzy skin pear is a quince which need to be cooked before eating as a raw quince is hard, sour, astringent and really high in tannins that if eaten raw will make you feel like you're choking. Once cooked the tannins break down and the flesh becomes very tender, pink and fragrant. Quinces are great for making tarts, jellies, jams and other preserves.
Simon Here across the pond, we call them "cat's" what you call noggins. Interesting that English words are so different, from here to there. What a wonderful group of mate's that have been working at the convent. It's a wonderful thing that is happening.
Great presenting by Ryan. Fantastic filming by Alex. Simon is the fruit eating king. Yanis is master of the measuring tape. Duncan = top sparky. Lovely to see the garden again. Would be great if the area up to the wall could be bought back (if the farmer is watching - please get in touch with Billy to discuss a fair price 😀’. Excited for tomorrow.
Keep the fruit trees they are old healthy root stock. Graft different varieties on to have fruit over a longer season. It will be a talking point and will be practical and tasty outcome. Old orchards are special.
I think Billy should hire a professional gardener to come and look at the garden and map all the plants and trees. Because if you just go in there and bulldoze the whole thing, you will loose, fruit trees and berries and decorative plants that the nuns planted. Just have them come in and tell you what is there. Thank you for the walk through the nuns garden. It must have been phenomenal. It could be again, and you could sell the produce from the trees.
The furry fruit is a quince - there are appley and peary quinces. You can't eat them raw, they have to be cooked to be eatable (jam), or you just cut them and keep them open in a warm room in winter and they smell marvellously.
Bravo! Excellent beginning to understanding the convent garden - and thank you so much for taking us on this little tour of the entire garden and especially the hidden areas in the back. My guess is that you will find more species of apple, pear, soft fruit, and nut still thriving as you explore the overgrown areas. You may even be lucky enough when rummaging through the wildness of the garden to find evidence of plants tended by the nuns - as you are seeing with the fruit trees. Some woody herbs can live for quite a long time especially in a sheltered wall garden. As well, somewhere on the grounds should be the remains of a chicken coop and likely an apiary. There appear to be small outbuildings along the walls - explore please! As you can begin to see from your measurements, the structure of the garden is both formal and practical (very French) - traditional gardens were and are now designed on a grid for planning and picking. Check the old photo for exactly what each garden square contained - I'm fairly certain you can get a good idea of the plants the nuns were cultivating from the picture. Each square would be edged, cornered, or centered by a fruit tree both for decoration and produce. Each large square would have been divided into four equal squares for culinary and medicinal herbs or plants maintained on a smaller scale, or into long parallel lines for row crops. Create a clear overlay from that old photo and impose over a current image and you will save yourself time. Bonne chance and I'm so envious of your new adventures!
Perhaps it would be worth while to get an herbalist to look at what is growing in the garden. Then, if not too difficult, they could be saved and included in the restored grounds.
I really love that Ryan speaks to Yanis in his own language, it's so respectful. ❤
I love hearing Ryan speak in french ❤
j'adore entendre Ryan parler en français
And Ryan speaks French so beautifully. Foreigners love when someone loves their country so much that they make such an effort to respect their language and culture.
We need to remember that Ryan has been in France since about age 5. He attended French schools.
Haha, well they do live in France after all.
@@dudeorduuude5211 not all ex pats make such an effort to learn the native language.
I see Ryan has found his groove. These videos this week allow Ryan to shine. He is perfect for video as he is a natural charismatic character. Would be an awesome actor.
Oh yes he is charismatic. Beautiful young men and so nice and polite.
That’s why I like his channel. Life of Ryan
He's just doing whatever to avoid sweeping up his mess in his apartment ..lol
@@SagebrushRamblestotally agree and add that quite a bit more of his natural silliness shows on @LifeofRyan 😁❤
@@susansouthern6704😂😂😂😂
Billy is going to come back to a fully formed tv series 😁
Every series needs a really good producer and Billy is excellent at that.
I believe the fuzzy pear is a quince. Fruit trees are best pruned back in winter when trees are dormant. In spring they need their energy to produce fruit. Enjoying the videos guys, good job!😊
Yes, definitely a quince. Glad they didn’t take a bite out of it as they are only palatable cooked!
It is edible, but definitely don't eat it raw. because it has astringent and sour flavor, which sweetens when cooked.
@@YaaLFH Exactly, another fruit that need to have a first frost is the Russet Apple.
But quince makes a fabulous jelly & cooks well with other fruits.
@@YaaLFH Yes, they do, but they are softer after a first frost Not so hard to bite on.
Great vlog mapping the garden! Please don’t destroy the overgrown areas of the vegetable, etc., garden until you have a master or expert gardener look through the plants. There may be heirloom perennials hiding; species which are no longer available. I’m a master gardener who has cried over the destruction of many an heirloom garden.
I was thinking the same. Using a digger would be sacrilege!
I really, really agree. Thank you for saying that as a specialist. In our era of monoculture we desperately need to resurrect the lost genetics in these plants and trees.
Mapping the garden is important. It could be a money earner before the convent is finished. Imagine a weekly market in the forecourt with fresh produce and preserves, apple pies. Plus locals bringing their products too. You can graft different plum and apple varieties onto that amazing healthy rootstock too and extend your growing season. Great work Simon, Yanis and Ryan. Greetings from Australia 🌏
Or it could be a place for a community garden for the citizens of Ernee. This would be a good way to get people involved in what's going on at the convent.
Great idea
Yes that would be a great idea and they would be Organic
Cider or Peary 🍾🍾
Could rent out the beds to someone who wants to grow organic veg.
Ryan is doing a great job as guest host and Simon as cohost.
France: the land of erasable pens and magically appearing rulers.
Love you 4 together (including Alex here)! I think you 4 should get together once a week and do a vlog from now on as this has been so entertaining!
WOW! Ryan is a natural at this. I'm so excited to finally see the gardens mapped out. I had no idea there are so many fruit trees. Great detective work Ryan.
I would highly advise you not to clear the garden with a digger, but to get a gardener who knows their stuff in there to gradually work the gardens back into shape. You would have to pay a gardener but you would save loads on plants because they are there, but just need management. Maybe someone would take an apartment in exchange for a set number of hours per week work in the garden.
I, too, wonder what plants are left from the garden.
Soil can take decades to recover from grading/digger.
The strange peer is a quince
But, as an ex-professional gardener, I would be happy to have accommodation from which to explore the area in return for doing fruit tree pruning. Would probably be mostly winter and spring to begin with so heating would be required ( for me, not the trees!)
This is where a drone would come in very handy gentlemen.
Can't wait to see the gardens come back to life.
With Billy away it is an adventure with all you lot what you are up to. Never a dull moment. ❤
And whoever said "when the cat's away the mice will play"? Not these guys. These men know how to work hard, then enjoy their down time. Love seeing them.😍
@@marytaylor9185 Love how you put that into words and how right you are ❤️
Please add a Gardner to the channel Billy!! You will have awesome daily content for months and it will complete the building beautifully. It would be amazing to see the garden brought back to life!!!
It would be a cool idea for the towns people to have a plot to grow things there. Like the allotments in the UK. Or keep bees there on site.
Another awesome video. Simon has the right idea in mapping archeological finds. Ryan is doing a great job as host. Thank you gentlemen!
Plenty of home grown fruit for wine and desserts.
Ryan, you are a very good host! So nice to see Duncan again and of course, I always enjoy Simon and Yanis! What a great team and I appreciate your dedication to your work. 💜
Ryan, I can see a bright future ahead for you. You’re a natural host, interviewer and personality as well as intelligent. There are so many wonderful fruit , fig, nut trees. Wow, when it’s carefully cleared I am sure there will be a beautiful organized design that the nuns had planted. Simon has pointed out the significance of the design. You should hammer in some stakes for a temporary estimate of the design. Ryan, it is so nice how you will be able to go outside from your apartment and pick some fruit. Fun video. Hugs xx
As we see, the nuns did what they could to provide for themselves with fruit and nut trees and berry bushes-big perennial plants. Imagine how much they were cultivating of annuals, like food crops, vegetables. Until there were not enough young nuns left to do that kind of hard labor. That’s probably when they sold the vegetable plots to the farmer next door. A local arborist or horticulturist or versatile farmer could help you rescue those healthy, food bearing trees and berry bushes. Please, please don’t get back there with machines hacking everything down! Get the weedy overgrowth out, set in some garden paths-which may be there now concealed, well overgrown-and you’ll have a lovely, rustic garden. Rehabilitate the grotto and area around it with a water feature and you’ll have a truly special meditation garden.
Please, please save those trees in the garden. The whole lot just needs a cleanup and all will be revealed. Start by clearing the paths and you will know where the pruning is needed. Then, one tree at a time. Also, next venture for success, the convent jams nom nom nom. So much potential in that garden. A chef would love it.
Props to Ryan!😮 he very well could have been a tv host / actor TV, personality in a variety of shows. 😊 I actually enjoyed this episode a lot. Your personality really shines through in this way❤
Agree - Ryan still could do that & in my book already is as this has become my TV, so to speak 😉 Great episode! Well done everyone! 😊
Yes. He needs a talent agent!
Simon is a wealth of knowledge. I love how patient he is teaching and explaining things. He is such an asset to the team. Love it!
Furry pear is a type of Quince. Better for making jams and marmalade then eating.
I thought that looked like a Quince.
It is a Quince.
Honestly, with each episode I'm realising Simon is my perfect man 😅. Skilled, fascinated by history, notices trees & plants, brain always working to think how to fix & reinstate things, noticing things others don't pick up on that he finds interesting: he's basically me in Male form. Where can I find a Simon please? 😂😂
Pretty sure he can be found in Ernee!
🤣 yes ! I agree I really like him too , I've felt like Billy n Ryan were my son's Simons more my age n interests also ! Lol ! Rick is awesome but he's like a Viking warrior and I can barely walk Anymore 😂🤣😉. I'm way past hormones too, so my interests are purely personality and intellect ! God bless !
@ce1581 haha viking warrior!! That's good!
I love having Simon and Yannis on the channel. Simon is obviously a master and quite knowledgeable in his field, and the transfer of his craft to Yannis is a great tradition that we have some howgotten away from in these modern times. Yannis shows a strong work ethic and willingness to learn. His future looks bright because craftsmen are becoming rare but still in demand.
Hi! The furry pear/apple fruit is a quince tree. Not edible unless cooked but makes good jam! Keep going!
Quince jam goes really well with goat's cheese.
And perfect when icing a fruit cake! Fruit cake, hot quince jelly layer, marzipan and then the fondant icing…perfect cake with cheese.
We eat them uncooked also, just add some salt.😁
Ryan!! Get the drone up in the air looking down and all shall be revealed in the garden!!
You guys have been smashing it while Billy is away! I've really been enjoying the videos this week.
Been a great week of Vlogs while Billy has been away. Absolutely fascinating about the convent gardens and the well. Hopefully Billy and Gwen are watching from a sunlounger somewhere. They have left the convent in excellant hands!
Great show today!!! Love the garden adventure and your measuring skills. Good that Ryan and Simon marked the fruits. The hairy pear and funny shape is quince. Good for making marmalade. I love the idea of recreating the 3 massive gardens/orchard as it was. I genuinely love to go and help. All my life is about veggies patchs, gardening, flowers and fruit plants etc. And don't get put off of hard work. So Billy and the whole group, I can help. ❤😊 Another happy day watching you all!!
I’m the same here Laura, I love to get my hands in the dirt! Hopefully one day, it will be tided up and produce lots of wonderful fruit again!
Or Quince jam.
That fuzzy pear is a QUINCE. Not to be eaten raw, but cooked, into jelly, or even better, cooked down into a paste to be eaten with cheese. In cooking, the delicate, pear/apple/rose flavor and scent come out, the color turns from gold to pink, then to tan if cooked into a paste. Really lovely as a pectin source for blackberry / quince jelly, too. Mmm.
It might be beneficial to hire someone who's more familiar with plants to handle the clearing, that way you can ensure you keep all of the lovely plants that are already there
Excellent job hosting these videos, Ryan. Ten stars! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
And discoveries in the gardens are always a delight! 💝💝💝💝💝💝
I love hearing Ryan speak to Yannis in French 😀
Just wait until the garden is cleared the fruit trees can be pruned properly and then harvested because once they are regularily harvested they produce more fruit. If you have time try to go back there to pick the fruits of these trees then going into next year they will produce more. I am sure many of your friends will like some free fruit for now. Great job! :) :)
I hope the fruit trees and bushes can be restored. It would be a shame to destroy that incredible orchard.
Billy said (in a previous video) that he plans to keep all the fruits trees as long as they aren’t dead.
Selling fresh fruits and vegetables to the local shops would be a great way to fund part of the renovation.
Horticulturists from the local University would love to visit that garden!
Quince tree. Ripe when yellow and furry, usually larger than you picked. Not eaten raw. Must be cooked. Lovely jams and jellies. (fruit which is cooked, strained and cooked with sugar and becomes clear) YUMMO.
The garden may be a treasure trove of hidden gems with historical ties to the convent.
Oooohhhh paranormal investigators!!!! That should be so interesting 💖💖💖💖💖
The fuzzy fruit you found is a quince -best stewed as it is very hard and has a dry taste. The next tree was a walnut. Wonderful tour. So interesting and you are all so enthusiastic.
Yes, a nice little walnut!
Inspector Clouseau - Garden Adventures. You guys are great. Keep the comedy coming. Very interesting.
That hairy pear is a quince
It was nice that you mapped out the garden. Thank you for taking us on the adventure with you guys.
Ryan we are all getting up to "mischief" with you whilst Billy is off on his break....you are sooo much fun Ryan and Yanis, Simon...and bonus...great to see Duncan...he is electric....love it❤😊😊
These guys have done a great job and lots fun to watch this week! Simon is a natural, and Yanis is such a hard worker!!! Watch out Billy, Ryan has been great!😊
Wow Billy’s subs are very close to 300K, a number worthy of a good celebration. The custodians of the convent… Ryan, Simon and Yannis are doing a fantastic job with the channel in Billy’s absence and Alex is recording and editing to a very high standard. Crack on gentlemen🙏🏼❤️
The figs are a great source of vitamins
While Billy’s away the worker’s at play. Mapping the garden was important for the future of the convent.
Establishing a veg patch and all those fruit trees will be beneficial for the future hotel. Nicola
The more metal detecting the better. The finds help fill in the convent history.
If they find the trash dump, it will be a treasure trove!
Can you say detectorists? Smashing it guys! Love every bit
. Hey, Ryan. I'm going back one video, but it occurs to me that if you photograph that inscription on the wall you may be able to highlight unreadable details using the photo editing options on your 'puter.
. Meanwhile, I am really intrigued by what you and the crew are doing this week to capture the history of the convent. Why don't you grant Billy and Gwen an extra week and keep going?
Ryan, you've found your true calling as a host, with the best guys. I enjoy the program's steady pace as you go to and from each task. No worries here, Billy!
Love seeing the garden, & all the fruit trees & fruit producing plants that have survived. Will be very exciting when it is time to do more clearing. Billy mentioned eventually putting in a swimming pool, but that will be closer to the convent. Always cheers me to see the great team!
It's so awesome that there are still fruit trees growing in the garden. It's great, Simon was able to say what they were.
If the trees are well pruned, Michael can make "Convent jam and Jelly" to sell.
Has anyone noticed that your commercial content is quite rich. Short and sweet but also respectful. Great quality companies! Speaks volumes if you will.
Ryan,Simon,Yanis, and Alex. How wonderful to have all the fruit trees in the garden. Once the garden is completed and borders established it will look so wonderful. Well my surviving team until tomorrow. Take care and stay safe. Love ya all 🍺🍺🍺🍺🌹❤️👍🙏😇🕊🌞🌈
the well and a gutter water collection system may be great source of water for gardens ❤
looking forward to seeing clearing and redevelopment of gardens and orchard!
Glad you will be mapping out the garden. One of the things I was hoping Billy would do
I meant to say to identify your plants, the app ‘ picture this’ 🙈 it was invaluable when we inherited our garden
So many fruits. Amazing to still have them alive. The birds will be eating fantastic 👌. So much to put in jars. Xoxoxoxo 😍 Save the trees 🌳
Today's garden exploration was a nice treat! So much fruit is growing. Yay to when the edible vegetation can be pruned.
What a fun and useful mapping day. Love watching all the old infrastructures being rediscovered.
When th garden is restored y'all will be having fresh fruits & veggies for everyone!🍎🍐🍑🍅🌶
The produce in that garden is amazing Hopefully when the garden gets sorted most of it can be saved .
What a fun video including the French pen.
Absolutely loved this episode. One of my favourite yet❤
"we have a ruler... that came out of nowhere." lol. That was very funny and mysterious (despite knowing that Alex was handing it to Ryan). 😂😊
Someone should be up with the drone. Also they have an app for making trails could be useful. I remember getting to take a walk in here with you Ryan 😊 Would love to explore more seems like just a good plan and a few days with a good crew this could be beautiful
Oh yeah I remember that too! Happy days 😄
The 4, 5 rather including Alex are doing a great job. You work well as an entertaining team.
That garden is amazing! I wish it could be cleared and fruit trees pruned when it’s time!
Now that was incredible amounts of fun to go through! Just to see the different fruits and plants that there are surrounding the convent, and knowing the direction that Billy wants to head in it's future, it can be all that much closer to self sustainment in a few areas for sure!
Have truly enjoyed all the things you have been exploring in Billy's absence. Good job team.
Oh, I've been hoping to see more of the garden. Thanks guys
Yes I love seeing the garden too. It’s good to get all the trees and plants mapped and named . A master gardener / landscaper would be able to tell not only what varieties of trees are there but the age of them as well.
Wow! Loved this video of the garden. Great to see Duncan again. Those dark plums might be Damsons, although there are dark varieties of plums. They make excellent jams (especially if you add a bit of Port to it), really good at Xmas. Most fruit trees can be cut back in the autumn, when the fruit has been harvested. The plums should be nearly ready for picking anyday now. Lucky you, they are a superb fruit. 😍🍏🍐🍒 Hope there is a cherry tree somewhere in the garden.
I wonder if the reason the plums were all planted together is because they are not self-fertile varieties, so need to be together for cross-pollination.
Well done MC Ryan. You are doing a brilliant job. X
Billy is focused on individual tasks where Simon and Ryan are giving us an overview of the convent and the grounds which I really appreciate.
They do need several herds of goats, to clear ground.
Goats are a great idea and when they are done, you put in pigs to root out the roots. And what they both leave will be great fertilizer for the gardens, a win, win situation!
A small herd of goats with movable fencing to concentrate their browsing would clear that quite quickly.
@@lindachenoweth9002 pigs can be a bit brutal, chickens on the other hand weed/scratch/fertilise. Chicken tractor style.
you have a point there@@CassTaz
I like the lead ins...the convent, gardens and surrounding town.
So many possibilities for Gardening 👩🌾 so so exciting
Maybe Nick the arborist could prune all those fruit trees. He's done Chateau Diaries and Escape to Rural France.
I am very impressed with you three. Bless. 👍❤️
Billy had said previously that the garden also had kiwi. What a wonderful garden! It could give you so much food.
Presumably that's kiwi 🥝 fruit not kiwi bird or kiwi people 😊
Very interesting looking around the garden. It would look great restored ❤
OMG! The Convent has a fantastic orchard and you are so lucky, as the "fury pear" is a quince! This is a delicious pear-apple like fruit, used for preserves.. jellies and jams, it's also made into a set paste - quince paste served with cheese. The "fur" disappears as the fruit turns yellow and ripens... peeled and cored then poached with sugar in water or white wine, fruit and syrup turn a beautiful rose pink colour, serve with ice-cream or cream for a wonderful dessert.
Quinces are one of my favorites, an ancient autumn fruit not eaten raw, not easy to find in the shops now days... so enjoy! ❤🦘
Great video! Ryan’s French is amazing! Can’t wait to see the garden restored to it’s former glory ❤️
I have a question please.
Before Billy returns from holiday, can anyone please let us know what happened to the bird? It's been a few months, they are highly intelligent.
I guess he is still at his home
If you are speaking of the bird he took home from the convent, it passed away. A lot of those types injured birds seem to have head injuries,
@@Mudjie50 I didn't know...
@@Mudjie50. I thought Billy said it just flew away once it was fully grown?
It has been a wonderful journey this week with all of you and as others have already said, the journey that each one of you take and have done around the convent is wonderful. It's not just one thing being shown within one video but several but when major projects are going on like it has been with the kitchen I can understand a daily basis of what was taken base. All of you keep up the great work and welcome back. Billy, when he returns and all start a new journey a new day. Congratulations to you all.
Am sure the fuzzy skin pear is a quince which need to be cooked before eating as a raw quince is hard, sour, astringent and really high in tannins that if eaten raw will make you feel like you're choking. Once cooked the tannins break down and the flesh becomes very tender, pink and fragrant. Quinces are great for making tarts, jellies, jams and other preserves.
Love simon and ryan narrating these vids good going guys
Simon
Here across the pond, we call them "cat's" what you call noggins. Interesting that English words are so different, from here to there.
What a wonderful group of mate's that have been working at the convent. It's a wonderful thing that is happening.
Great presenting by Ryan. Fantastic filming by Alex. Simon is the fruit eating king. Yanis is master of the measuring tape. Duncan = top sparky. Lovely to see the garden again. Would be great if the area up to the wall could be bought back (if the farmer is watching - please get in touch with Billy to discuss a fair price 😀’. Excited for tomorrow.
Alex! Loved your opening on this segment! Excellent!!
Keep the fruit trees they are old healthy root stock. Graft different varieties on to have fruit over a longer season. It will be a talking point and will be practical and tasty outcome. Old orchards are special.
I think Billy should hire a professional gardener to come and look at the garden and map all the plants and trees. Because if you just go in there and bulldoze the whole thing, you will loose, fruit trees and berries and decorative plants that the nuns planted. Just have them come in and tell you what is there. Thank you for the walk through the nuns garden. It must have been phenomenal. It could be again, and you could sell the produce from the trees.
The furry fruit is a quince - there are appley and peary quinces. You can't eat them raw, they have to be cooked to be eatable (jam), or you just cut them and keep them open in a warm room in winter and they smell marvellously.
When did Ryan morph into a daytime TV presenter? It's fun watching how you all interact whilst Billy is away.
Bravo! Excellent beginning to understanding the convent garden - and thank you so much for taking us on this little tour of the entire garden and especially the hidden areas in the back. My guess is that you will find more species of apple, pear, soft fruit, and nut still thriving as you explore the overgrown areas. You may even be lucky enough when rummaging through the wildness of the garden to find evidence of plants tended by the nuns - as you are seeing with the fruit trees. Some woody herbs can live for quite a long time especially in a sheltered wall garden. As well, somewhere on the grounds should be the remains of a chicken coop and likely an apiary. There appear to be small outbuildings along the walls - explore please!
As you can begin to see from your measurements, the structure of the garden is both formal and practical (very French) - traditional gardens were and are now designed on a grid for planning and picking. Check the old photo for exactly what each garden square contained - I'm fairly certain you can get a good idea of the plants the nuns were cultivating from the picture. Each square would be edged, cornered, or centered by a fruit tree both for decoration and produce. Each large square would have been divided into four equal squares for culinary and medicinal herbs or plants maintained on a smaller scale, or into long parallel lines for row crops. Create a clear overlay from that old photo and impose over a current image and you will save yourself time.
Bonne chance and I'm so envious of your new adventures!
Perhaps it would be worth while to get an herbalist to look at what is growing in the garden. Then, if not too difficult, they could be saved and included in the restored grounds.
Yes 💯.
HI BILLY, GWEN and BOYS!! Hope you are having a lovely time. ❤