Putting Food Down for the Winter | Self Sufficiency | Gardening | Root Cellar | Foraging

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  • @Jason-iz6ob
    @Jason-iz6ob 3 роки тому +22

    As a southerner I nearly cried watching those turnip greens getting tossed into the compost pile…

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому +5

      Indeed but, one can only eat so many greens!

    • @daleandstephfarmeritaville7434
      @daleandstephfarmeritaville7434 3 роки тому +7

      @@TheWoodlandEscape you must be a Yankee.. greens could be canned also. Lol

    • @Chasantnik
      @Chasantnik 3 роки тому +3

      @@daleandstephfarmeritaville7434, not Yankee. Canuck. Maybe he doesn’t like it or thinks he’s got enough and the compost needs it more.

    • @sonofeloah
      @sonofeloah 2 роки тому +2

      The greens and I wonder if he would save more than enough of the buckwheat to not only reseed but enough to grind into flour or cook and eat as grits.

  • @throwback336
    @throwback336 3 роки тому +36

    I just found your channel. I absolutely love it. I use to have a homestead before jumping into a small 30 cow dairy. I love history and I love agriculture. Dairy farming is very stressful and a connection to the past, for me, is calming. Very nice homestead you have. I can't wait to explore more videos. Well done!!

    • @SuperWhatapain
      @SuperWhatapain 3 роки тому +2

      Me same

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому +11

      I grew up on a dairy farm and can attest to that calming feeling … hard work but, so enjoyable. I would not have wanted a different childhood. I glad you’re enjoying.

  • @prone_wolf8871
    @prone_wolf8871 Рік тому +2

    Those who do not remember history are doomed to repeat it.....subbed for the history lesson and real world knowledge that is being lost.....

  • @FrontierTradingCompany
    @FrontierTradingCompany 4 роки тому +24

    Great video, love to see historical content on UA-cam. Thanks for posting.

  • @twistnshout3031
    @twistnshout3031 Рік тому +2

    Now that's the way to live. We need to get back to this!

  • @teresamexico309
    @teresamexico309 3 роки тому +13

    I would have loved, the root cellar interior been shown.
    Very Nice video, thank you!

  • @jackgoldman1
    @jackgoldman1 3 роки тому +2

    Lots of hard work. Not what city folk want. City fold want free money, free food, free profits from inflation. Thanks for your hard work.

  • @Blrtech77
    @Blrtech77 6 місяців тому +1

    Peter, what a great video. You and Cathy are a hardworking family and I realize you do this to teach history and to survive yourselves. It also shows how hard working are forefathers were. They couldn't just pick up and drive to Walmart and get the stuff they needed! Thanks and Be Safe Out There.

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  6 місяців тому +1

      Life was simple in that era, but life was hard!

  • @kevinthorrington2131
    @kevinthorrington2131 3 роки тому +2

    I'm a yooper born and raised on the U.S. Canadian boarder. I watched the first of your videos and knew you were from Canada from your accent. I started watching your oldest videos first and will continue to the newest ones. Great videos and love the little cabin you and your partner built. I am looking forward to more. Thanks!!!!

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому +2

      Thanks Kevin, glad you both found our channel and are enjoying.

  • @karionhawkins3091
    @karionhawkins3091 4 роки тому +20

    Love all the vegetables you grew!!

  • @stephenfields6236
    @stephenfields6236 4 роки тому +6

    One of the best back to nature guys I’ve seen.

  • @swhedge71
    @swhedge71 4 роки тому +17

    Homesteading at it's finest! Enjoy the authenticity of your channel and content. Had to subscribe to see more! Thank you for posting your lifestyle.

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  4 роки тому +3

      Thanks sw, we are having a lot of fun putting this together, both cabin and channel, so happy to hear you are enjoying.

    • @swhedge71
      @swhedge71 4 роки тому +3

      @@TheWoodlandEscape I wish you all the success you deserve for your hard work and authenticity. I look forward to more my kind friend! Thanks for the response! -Steve-

  • @nosaltiesandrooshere7488
    @nosaltiesandrooshere7488 3 роки тому +1

    👍 Danke fürs Hochladen!
    👍 Thanks for uploading!
    👍 Very good and beautiful, thank you!
    👍 Sehr gut und schön, danke!

  • @juanvega6206
    @juanvega6206 3 роки тому +2

    LOVE YOUR HOMESTEAD AND THE HISTORY LESSONS.I THINK ALL CHILDREN SHOULD SPEND A COUPLE OF WEEKS EACH SCHOOL BREAK FOR EXTRA CREDIT.THE KNOWLEDGE THEY WOULD GAIN WILL CARRY THEM THROUGH LIFE.GOD BLESS!!!

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому +1

      We think the same on the education thing Juan. Simply being in the outdoors can have a stimulating effect on ones brain.

  • @Wholesomeday
    @Wholesomeday 3 роки тому +8

    Really interesting to see the uses for different mushrooms you found and a lovely looking garden. Thank you for sharing.

  • @kathyjones274
    @kathyjones274 3 роки тому +2

    Fried green tomatoes,yummy. My grandmother made it. Also baked pumpkin 🎃with brown sugar and cinnamon. Love your garden. Thinking about moving by my son so we could can some veggies,again like grandma use to do.

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому +1

      You are making me hungry, Kathy. My wife and I can 75 quart jars of tomatoes each year … like a taste of summer in the middle of winter. Thanks for your interest.

  • @tylerkrug7719
    @tylerkrug7719 3 роки тому +7

    I love learning new stuff like this,thank you!

  • @dougmoore5222
    @dougmoore5222 3 роки тому +1

    Your gardens are the best mental clinic I can think of.

  • @edmedlin2936
    @edmedlin2936 3 роки тому +4

    I love it! You are doing a great job. I lived kind of that way for many years. Had a big garden, raised plenty of food, grew corn and ground my own meal, took a deer and an elk if i was lucky. One time raised some pigs. I love making my own food.

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому +4

      It is a great feeling to know one can fend for themselves in this crazy world.

  • @elund408
    @elund408 Рік тому +3

    One thing to add about buckwheat is that it flowers right up to frost, this is an advantage for honey bees as they can find food after the local trees and plants have stopped blooming

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  Рік тому +2

      Thanks, Erik, I should have mentioned that. Bees sure need all the help we can give them!

  • @Rubbernecker
    @Rubbernecker 3 роки тому +1

    You are living the life!!

  • @FilipStasresinic
    @FilipStasresinic Рік тому +1

    Best back to nature and reenactment channel I have seen. You almost dont sound like american, at least modern one, and thats a compliment.

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  Рік тому

      That’s funny… we are in Canada!

    • @FilipStasresinic
      @FilipStasresinic Рік тому

      I know, but canadians are americans too. You just sound different, not so loud commercial. You sound like from different century. It seems you realy are trying to teach people something not sell them something. Its very refreshing.

  • @crazytimes9989
    @crazytimes9989 3 роки тому +1

    You are so fortunate.

  • @caboitommy8930
    @caboitommy8930 3 роки тому +2

    Great show and what a loaded patch of land
    I'm glad I found you

  • @coachflow9120
    @coachflow9120 4 роки тому +7

    I think this is when people were the happiest. When the farms got bigger and people started growing cotton and other crops to sell, life became drudgery. This was diversified farming before that term was cutting edge. I think it was a lot more fun to hunt deer than to take care of cows. I might have had one or two hogs but that's it.

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  4 роки тому +1

      Ah the simply life! When the work was done, all be it hard, they probably had a lot more free time to wonder the woods etc.

    • @warehousejo007
      @warehousejo007 3 роки тому +1

      yeah.....
      good times....😜

  • @briannemorna4268
    @briannemorna4268 3 роки тому +2

    Man, those turnip greens are the best part!

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому

      I agree but, one can only eat so much, lol.

    • @joshenyou360
      @joshenyou360 3 роки тому

      @@TheWoodlandEscape I agree that turnip greens are delicious. Is it possible to dry/dehydrate them?

    • @Caleb-fo9zx
      @Caleb-fo9zx 3 роки тому

      Yes with a little vinegar

  • @hussainahmedsyed9044
    @hussainahmedsyed9044 3 роки тому +4

    I was so curious to see your root cellar!!

  • @samgamgee2936
    @samgamgee2936 4 роки тому +2

    Excellent blend of frontier farming and gathering from the forest!!
    Can’t wait to see the post harvest deer hunt video!!

  • @nhmountains5683
    @nhmountains5683 4 роки тому +11

    Your gardens are awesome. The work you put into them shows. Congrats!!

  • @OldDocSilver
    @OldDocSilver 3 роки тому

    And a river runs through it too. Nice!

  • @sheilabrennan5543
    @sheilabrennan5543 3 роки тому +1

    Love the music and the informative video

  • @georgemurphy9910
    @georgemurphy9910 7 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for sharing this with us 🎉🎉

  • @joshenyou360
    @joshenyou360 3 роки тому +9

    Such beautiful gardens. I see much hard work to have such a enormous harvest. Love you channel. Just subbed.

  • @markirish7599
    @markirish7599 3 роки тому +1

    Great video thanks and best wishes from Ireland 🇮🇪

  • @earlshaner4441
    @earlshaner4441 3 роки тому +1

    Hi from Syracuse NY everyone that's a very big gardens and a lot of work weeding them

  • @claytonholton2749
    @claytonholton2749 3 роки тому +1

    Great just loved it now I want to move to the Forrest!

  • @sailorjohnboy2325
    @sailorjohnboy2325 4 роки тому +10

    Our modern society is so disconnected. Great video and a fantastic garden. As you work through your video style, might I suggest narrating as you go about your day. I'm looking forward to your hunts and cold weayher videos.. Keep up the good work.

  • @tylerkrug7719
    @tylerkrug7719 3 роки тому +1

    That's some hard work to manage that many gardens!

  • @johnemery9634
    @johnemery9634 3 роки тому +1

    Living the dream man.

  • @newdayfarm9463
    @newdayfarm9463 2 роки тому +1

    Hello from Texas! Sent here from Danny at Deep South Homestead. Great video. Love the root cellar.

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  2 роки тому +1

      His channel is awesome, thanks for visiting our channel.

  • @jesstonychavez2684
    @jesstonychavez2684 4 роки тому +3

    I like your traditional lifestyle

  • @cherylbishop7657
    @cherylbishop7657 2 роки тому +1

    They look like rutabaga, GOD BLESS

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  2 роки тому +1

      Your absolutely right, they are rutabaga… my mistake.

  • @cynthiaweathers6979
    @cynthiaweathers6979 3 роки тому +1

    We ate our turnip and rutabaga greens. Cooked with fat meat or ham, they were really good.

  • @rabahyacobi7161
    @rabahyacobi7161 3 роки тому +1

    I liked your video. What you do is interesting

  • @jeanmuehlfelt7942
    @jeanmuehlfelt7942 3 роки тому +5

    Your deer don't seem to jump very high, based on that fence. Ours are almost 8' tall and the deer can still clear them if they like what's inside the garden. 👍🏻 Nice vid. Thanks.

  • @jeanlamourUK
    @jeanlamourUK 3 роки тому +1

    Another one behind you !

  • @SuperWhatapain
    @SuperWhatapain 3 роки тому +3

    That puff ball looks like manna from heaven😂

  • @amyrodgers9887
    @amyrodgers9887 3 роки тому +1

    Loved it

  • @saltriverorchards4190
    @saltriverorchards4190 3 роки тому +2

    Excellent video. Very informative. Thank you for posting

  • @jesstonychavez2684
    @jesstonychavez2684 4 роки тому +2

    I love vegetables

  • @rawdio.docdar5715
    @rawdio.docdar5715 3 роки тому +1

    Just stumbled on this video, awsome stuff, will definatly be following, take care, all the best from Ontario,Canada

  • @markhudspeth8503
    @markhudspeth8503 3 роки тому +1

    Enjoying this channel, best root cellar I’ve seen

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому +1

      We built it last year but, should have done it years ago. It worked amazing well, still eating produce from last fall.

  • @akadventurer7563
    @akadventurer7563 2 роки тому +2

    Thats amazing!! we have puff balls(although I'm afraid to eat them), but they never get bigger than a golf ball... Never seen one even soft ball sized, let alone that big! (I'm in interior Alaska)

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  2 роки тому +1

      That is odd, if the fruiting bodies have stated one must wonder why the stunned growth.

  • @Hallnout
    @Hallnout 3 роки тому +2

    Another great video. Thank you for sharing. I subscribed a couple weeks ago and I'm about out of your videos to watch. Keep them coming friend. Hope all are well and have a blessed weekend.

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому +1

      That is what I’d call a lot of viewing! Thanks for your interest.

    • @Hallnout
      @Hallnout 3 роки тому

      @@TheWoodlandEscape lol. I don't watch TV so.....thanks

  • @gailsgardenherbsmore1605
    @gailsgardenherbsmore1605 3 роки тому +2

    Glad I found your channel. Just subscribed. I love history and plants...especially herbs and foraging. I enjoyed taking a break, sitting back and watching your channel.

  • @archieburson4301
    @archieburson4301 3 роки тому +2

    I noticed you threw the greens away to the turnip roots. Man the greens are as good as the roots are.

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому

      I love beet greens as well but, one can only eat so much food. Normally we grow enough that we are able to gift a bunch to neighbors, friends and family.

  • @shanek6582
    @shanek6582 4 роки тому +2

    Awesome root cellar!

  • @DaveCollierCamping
    @DaveCollierCamping 3 роки тому +1

    Awesome video

  • @craigwitte2943
    @craigwitte2943 3 роки тому +4

    Love what you are doing. I live my life much the same. you need twice as many poles on your deer fence. The deer around me would walk thru your fence without even a pause in step.

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому +2

      Thanks Craig and I thought the same about the fence but, it worked last winter, even though the deer feed on the cabbage remnants we piled outside the fence all winter… go figure.

    • @craigwitte2943
      @craigwitte2943 3 роки тому +6

      @@TheWoodlandEscape I built a split rail fence around my asparagus so as not to share with the deer. They also love my cabbage. Deer roast with a side of Asparagus or cooked cabbage is the best remedy!

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому +2

      Too funny but, I agree, that would work.

  • @bkodra
    @bkodra 3 роки тому +1

    Hang those butternut squash in a nylon stocking and hand it from the basement rafter for good air flow around it. Keeps longer.

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому

      Good feedback. We always keep out squash in the basement , not by the wood stove but, reasonably close. They would rot in month in a humid root cellar.

  • @bradlafferty
    @bradlafferty 3 роки тому +1

    Watching you show us the bounty of your gardens made me so happy, excited, even. Also like your manner of calm presentation. New sub!

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому +1

      Glad you’re enjoying and we appreciate you subscribing to our historical endevour.

  • @craigwitte2943
    @craigwitte2943 3 роки тому +2

    Peter, another great source for "char" is dried punk wood. I find silver maple to be best. I am in the oak, hickory hardwood forest of east central Illinois so no birch & chaga. We do have sassafras for good tea.

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому +1

      We have Sassafras in the southern part of the province but, not where we live. It depose make an outstanding tea. I also use charred punk wood and agree, softer maples are amazing.

  • @ricksspringfield45
    @ricksspringfield45 4 роки тому +5

    Gardens look great, nice root cellar...ours haven't produced so well over the last few yrs here in Missouri, either to much rain or to hot.

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  4 роки тому +2

      Thank you. Our growing seasons are also becoming very unpredictable up hear in Canada.

  • @bpfirehunt0192
    @bpfirehunt0192 3 роки тому +4

    Wow!! Great content and love the way u explain things. I like things like this and have dabbled in it most of my life. Ill be watching all ur vids and keeping up with ur post. Also subscribed thanks

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому +1

      Your comments are appreciated BP. Glad you’re enjoying.

  • @marcusaetius9309
    @marcusaetius9309 3 роки тому +1

    Excellent content.

  • @briansorensen7195
    @briansorensen7195 3 роки тому +1

    excellent content and historical view

  • @keithwilliams4247
    @keithwilliams4247 3 роки тому +2

    I am new to your channel (subscribed) and I have resisted the urge to look to far ahead and started with the first video produced and made it this far. I have but one complaint I can't hear you. (Very well) I hope this was addressed in future videos. I live in Northern Alberta and when I camp, I too sleep with my gun next to me, (as in your first video) we have grizzly, and black bears, wolves as well as cougars roaming around. It is not unusual to come across tracks of bears and I have many pictures of bears on my trail cams. I realize that back in the late 1700's it was more than wild animals you had to beware of.
    Anyway I look forward to watching more of your videos.
    God bless.

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому +1

      We have addressed the audio Keith. I believe we are on our third microphone system. Still not perfect but, a definite improvement.

  • @StephanieMissouri
    @StephanieMissouri 3 роки тому

    Excellent information and presentation.

  • @williamblakeley3744
    @williamblakeley3744 3 роки тому +3

    AWSOME land & way to survive 👍👍 don't have to depend on anyone but your self.I love it.wish I had property & smarts to do it..Bless you.

  • @wvvollenhoven
    @wvvollenhoven 3 роки тому +3

    the numerous slugs in our garden would love to get a hold of those fresh cabbage leaves. (tried once to plant cabbage, and indeed.. party time for them, not for me)

  • @sej9231
    @sej9231 3 роки тому +1

    You are amazing!

  • @ulflyng
    @ulflyng 3 роки тому +1

    This channel will grow. Thx for sharing your efforts. Subbed

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому +1

      Thank you Sir. As to the growth it appears to be stalled at the moment. Perhaps it is the time of year. Regardless, we our doing this historical endevour out of passion for history, not simply numbers of viewers. Thanks for your interest.

  • @TreeOfThe
    @TreeOfThe 3 роки тому +1

    Grade A stuff man.

  • @giraogirao1113
    @giraogirao1113 3 роки тому +1

    Olha só! Voltou a passar Daniel Boone!👍

  • @JustLiving2018
    @JustLiving2018 3 роки тому +1

    Just found your channel. Great content my friend, glad to be here!

  • @yanknoz9710
    @yanknoz9710 3 роки тому +1

    I just found this channel. Love the content. Just subbed. Thank you for sharing.

  • @simonlunt353
    @simonlunt353 3 роки тому +1

    Great video l have not seen a puff ball in years but I do pick mushrooms too eat but like you said you have to know what you are doing l see you had a good crop you didn’t have trouble with the rabbits 🐇 l have two cats they keep the rabbits away and like you said you can keep your crop for a long time if you store them right looks like you have a good life 👏👏👍

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому

      Actually, Simon, the rabbits did play havoc, mostly our beet crop. I think 2 out of about 50 made it.

  • @christineg7169
    @christineg7169 4 роки тому +3

    Thank you for sharing! My dream:)

  • @autiemuse
    @autiemuse 3 роки тому +1

    Beautiful gardens! Wouldn't most early pioneers have saved/used their turnip greens? Composting is good, but losing all that nutrition heading into winter seems a shame. I would dehydrate and break into small 'flakes' to add greens and vitamins to soups or stews all winter long! Did they do this?

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому

      I’m confident that they would have and we should have. One can only eat so many fresh greens but, dehydrating them would have been wise.

  • @TreeOfLifeSuphan
    @TreeOfLifeSuphan Рік тому +1

    สวยงามมากครับอยากมีแบบนี้บ้างเลย

  • @louisknapp265
    @louisknapp265 3 місяці тому +1

    Very nice harvest! A couple of questions? Do you have any problems with voles there? We're constantly fighting them here in Fairbanks, Alaska. Did you make a video of building your root cellar? My wife was greatly admiring it.

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 місяці тому +1

      We’ve a very tight structure so voles are not an issue. Sadly we did not do an episode on the root cellar.

  • @thecrankyyankee5114
    @thecrankyyankee5114 3 роки тому

    I had pear trees and the deer loved them. 😂

  • @lorribosch8634
    @lorribosch8634 2 роки тому +1

    We love your channel! I'm very interested in knowing what variety of cabbage that is.

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  2 роки тому +1

      I’ll see if I can find out, I believe it is called Expect but, I’ll find out. We buy our seed from Vesey’s.

    • @lorribosch8634
      @lorribosch8634 2 роки тому

      @@TheWoodlandEscapeThank you! I am looking for some I can store that will last a while. Have a blessed day!

  • @waveoglesby2920
    @waveoglesby2920 2 роки тому +1

    Is there a video of you building the root cellar? If so I’d love to view it

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  2 роки тому

      M afraid not Wave. We built the root cellar before we started The Woodland Escape.

    • @waveoglesby2920
      @waveoglesby2920 2 роки тому

      @@TheWoodlandEscape I sure like it. I want to build one for myself. I also like the reflection oven you have as well.

  • @lynetteclauser3551
    @lynetteclauser3551 3 роки тому +2

    I’m new to your channel and I love what you are doing. I have a few questions, which may have already answered in previous videos, but I haven’t gone back yet to watch forward. I am very interested in how you store your crops through the winter. What is the difference between the root cellar into the hill and the one below your cabin. You mentioned humidity. Where do I find some sort of guide that can tell me carrots like this, beets like this. I do can but really miss the snap of a fresh carrot or bean. And will you be showing the interiors of the root cellars?

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому +1

      One of resent videos we did show how our root cellar works and it does keep ones carrots crisp well into the spring. Thanks for your interest.

  • @stephenfox1238
    @stephenfox1238 4 роки тому +2

    Dope

  • @tedbaker8291
    @tedbaker8291 3 роки тому +1

    Really enjoyed this video, even 10 months later, and learned alot.
    Maybe someone raised this already and you've already addressed it, but I was confused by one of your statements about puff balls. I think you said it was a good anti-blood clotting agent, which sounds like a blood thinner, but you said it's effective against bleeding, which sounds like a clotting agent, not a preventive. Can you clarify?

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому

      Very observant Ted, that was an oops we missed when we released it.

    • @tedbaker8291
      @tedbaker8291 3 роки тому

      @@TheWoodlandEscape Thanx much for the response. So it *IS* a clotting agent, good for slowing/stopping blood flow?

  • @MusicalMuse444
    @MusicalMuse444 3 роки тому +1

    Cool vid, a little confused about the anti blood clot mushroom, if it stops clots, won't of promote bleeding of an open wound? Sounds like blood clotter if it clotting wounds.

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому

      Very observant Chris. That was an error that we didn’t catch before releasing that episode.

  • @guyinacoffeeshop2239
    @guyinacoffeeshop2239 2 роки тому +1

    Lovely garden. Are yall 100% self sufficient and living off the grid?

  • @suzannefronzaglio2427
    @suzannefronzaglio2427 3 роки тому +2

    The garlic that you're planting as "winter garlic"..... when would that get harvested the following year? In the Spring? Or later? Thanks 👍😊

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому

      We plant it and mulch it around the first week of November and harvest the following July, usually around the end of the month.

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому

      We plant it around the first week of November and harvest it the following July, usually around the end of the month.

    • @suzannefronzaglio2427
      @suzannefronzaglio2427 3 роки тому

      @@TheWoodlandEscape thanks for replying to my question 🙂👍

  • @glass94th
    @glass94th 4 роки тому +3

    Love the garden fence and gate. Would that be appropriate for the 1750's? And how are the fence rails attached to the uprights? Lovely series, really enjoying it. Thank you. Graham.

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  4 роки тому

      The fencing would not be historically accurate for the 18th century. We actually built it prior to launching our Woodland Escape. Snake back rail fencing would be accurate. I’m glad your enjoying our step back in time.

    • @glass94th
      @glass94th 4 роки тому

      @@TheWoodlandEscape Thank you. :)

    • @d8ve
      @d8ve 3 роки тому

      @@TheWoodlandEscape Are they peeled cedar or Balsam fir?

  • @theun4giv3n
    @theun4giv3n 3 роки тому +1

    Hell. Thank you for your videos. I have a question: Does a high humidity in the root cellar not contribute to mould and rot? Is it not better for it to be dry? I honestly don't know and would love an explanation. Many thanks!

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому

      The high humidity keeps the vegetables from shriveling. The ventilation and cold temperature keeps water from condensing on the vegetables and causing mould and rot.

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому

      You do have to be mindful of mould, though, and cull, as required.

  • @sukeywatson1281
    @sukeywatson1281 3 роки тому +1

    What variety of potato did you plant.? In my northern VT garden (NEK), the Adirondack blues performed poorLy, hardly any potatoes, and those that were harvested were incredibly damaged. How did you keep the flea beetles off the turnips. I just planted purple tops last week of August. What varieties of cabbage did you plant

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому

      Mostly Kenibec whites, not sure of the reds as we’ve used our own potatoes as seed for years. No issues with our turnips at all, perhaps we don’t have that insect up here … worth researching. The cabbage is a winter variety that we get from Vesey Seeds and again, I’m sorry I don’t know the name. Thanks for your interest and sorry I couldn’t be a bit more helpful.

    • @sukeywatson1281
      @sukeywatson1281 3 роки тому

      @@TheWoodlandEscape I thank you for your response because every tidbit helps,. I find that the flea beetles are much less destructive in a late Summer planting and totally decimate turnips and other brassicas if planted in Spring here. I moved from Western Wa a few years ago and the Colorado potato beetle was not at all present. I had up much less problem with them this year as I spent time every day last Summer crawling through my potato patch and hand picking them off and destroying the eggs.

  • @swhod2190
    @swhod2190 3 роки тому +1

    Do you plant heirloom seeds or the commercially available varieties in your gardens? Inspiring video.

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому

      A wee bit of both. Glad you’re enjoying our step back in time endevour.

  • @bertjacobson9550
    @bertjacobson9550 3 роки тому +1

    Love ya,s

  • @joebuchanan9563
    @joebuchanan9563 3 роки тому +3

    What highway are you close to? I can hear lots of traffic in the background.

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому

      We are are long way from any highway but, early morning there is a bit of traffic on route to work .

  • @Calchick7
    @Calchick7 2 роки тому +1

    What parts of the USA do those huge mushrooms grow

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  2 роки тому

      I believe puffballs grow on most of your states but, living in Canada m not sure. A Google search should tell you. They are deli!

  • @The5150owl
    @The5150owl 3 роки тому +1

    I just stumbled upon your channel today and really enjoy it. Could you please inform me on your style of hat and where you purchased it. Thanks from Dallas, Texas

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому

      Now there is a question I can’t answer. I’ve had that hat for over 20 years. I believe I ordered it from a company that does different historical design and I think they were from Missouri.

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому

      You might try cockedhats.com.

  • @michellel5402
    @michellel5402 4 роки тому +5

    You'll definitely have to do a video of the waxing experiment when you get to it!

    • @cathywolfe1038
      @cathywolfe1038 4 роки тому +1

      Next years crop as they are all waxed and put down ... quite simple actually.

  • @TheBowersj
    @TheBowersj 3 роки тому +1

    Your carpentry skills are legendary, I wonder if you build furniture as well for a living.

    • @TheWoodlandEscape
      @TheWoodlandEscape  3 роки тому

      No J, I was an arborist work my working career but, I do enjoy building furniture.