The Hard Working Day Of A Victorian Farmer | Victorian Farm | Absolute History
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- Опубликовано: 13 авг 2020
- In this episode, the team embarks on a trip by steam train, Ruth begins a tough task in the dairy, Alex tries his hand at beekeeping, the sheep are sheared using the latest time-saving technology, and the lengthening summer days allow Alex and Peter to try out the new Victorian sport of cricket. It is also time for the hay harvest, weather permitting.
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imagine driving down the road and seeing a man dressed in full victorian garb chasing sheep down the lane
If I ever see a man dressed as a Victorian....im marrying him.
And the Border Collie not being allowed to help round them up.
You'd think you were in an episode of THE TWILIGHT ZONE 🙄
Here we call them Amish
🤭😄😂🤣
It doesn't matter how many times I watch Peter getting emotional over the pigs, it always melts my heart.
Me too. He is too precious.
It's like Lord of the Rings, if there was no Sauron and the hobbits just stayed in the Shire.
99,999999% of Hobbits did stay in the Shire ... and they were seduced / subdued by Saruman ... just like we were.
At the end of the "Wartime Farm" series they are talking about "not forgetting the effort of british farmers to allow them to win the war, but only a few years later that has been forgotten and it becomes all about the price and global trade.
Yes!!!!!
Hahaha exactly!! No wonder why I’ve watched this series a hundred times too! 😁😂
Accurate! 😂🤣
Idéal, really 😂😍
Is it just me or does Peter seem like a cool dude to hang out with?
I’m a simple woman, I see Alex, Peter or Ruth - I watch.
I like peter the most out of the 2 men.he works hard and isn't afraid to get his hands dirty
I love all of these series!
Minus Alex
I'm a simple man and I'll do the same. These history videos are helpful in giving me ideas on frugal living.
I am so enamored with this series, these people and the attention to detail of this whole show, Bravo!
I love Peter, Ruth and Alex so much! What wonderful sports.
Peter has such a soft spot for the piggies! Can’t get over it
Its hard not to when you really taking care of them like this.
I dont mean to be so off topic but does any of you know of a method to get back into an Instagram account?
I stupidly forgot the account password. I would love any help you can give me.
@Yusuf Noel Instablaster :)
@Kylen Leonidas Thanks for your reply. I got to the site through google and I'm trying it out now.
Takes quite some time so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
Anyone who has had pigs on a small holding will tell you they have more character than any other farm animal by far.
the sheepman never misses an opportunity to roast the boys....love him
ruth goodman cackling and shoving at a cow refusing to budge is just so damn pure
Agreed! She's got good spirit
Cackling is right
unlike your comment about it lol
Yes, they can be really stubborn!
I would love to see this but as maybe a seamstress or a merchant or maybe someone upper class in how they lived too. The detail in this show is incredible 😍
Have you seen Victorian Pharmacy?
@@dougbrowning82 i was just going to suggest that!
Yeah, it'd be amazing to see different versions for even more classes.
You should see the one where they renovated the castle interior with all the amazing opulent color!
I agree, it's my new favorite thing to watch at night, I have had no nightmares :)
I laughed so hard when Peter splits his trousers!
I keep bees as a hobby and I was lecturing him when he was pinching the queen cell! You don't pinch off the queen cells until you confirm you still have a laying queen.
I'm guessing it's pretty heavily edited and the expert bee keeper told him what to say and do first.
Nobody likes to be lectured. You sound like my cranky know-it-all grandfather. Explaining something is different again
@@MrDemonchild71 I think she meant she was yelling at the TV (I hope)
@@MrDemonchild71 yes I'm sure you've never watched someone on TV doing something you know to be wrong and said "No! What are you doing? You don't do it like that!"
When they were chasing down the sheep at the beginning of the episode I was half expecting the Benny Hill music to be playing.
"i just got a bee on my meat and two veg" hi hello yes american here and i've heard a lot of euphemisms for that particular body part but this has to be one of the funniest
I think Absolute History needs to publish some cookbooks 😍 I'd love the ginger beer recipe
There are several books, written by the farm hosts. One for each season.
I was thinking the same thing
@@lisapena9043 do you know where you can buy them ?
It was originally made by BBC. Check their archives
Ruth Goodman herself has written quite a few cookbooks. They are available on Amazon. I googled Ruth Goodman Cookbooks and several Amazon listings popped up. Good luck. Let us know how it turns out!
The way Ruth said you can pay your rent with the cheese money had me almost spitting my food out. Her face was just so serious and cheese money is a weird phrase lol.
As someone terrified of both bees and maggots, this episode caused a lot of squirming and wincing. But it is so fascinating to learn about all of this stuff!!
I'm sure no one cares after this long, however every single person is AMAZING! I'm so very thankful for the luxurious life that my parent's worked so hard to give me. I am humbled and I thank you all.
I think it’s worth mentioning. I agree. 😊
Living in Spain, my TV viewing now consists of watching this series! These three have a great chemistry and I look forward to each new program! Keep up the fantastic work and thanks!
I hope Catherine follows in her mother's footsteps... she's such a lovely young lady and a natural in these series!
Mr Acton must be a time traveler to be able to get his hands on a bike from the 1950's, for use in an 1880's period setting.
Absolutely a fantastic series, thanks for your ongoing efforts and diligence. Cheers with a ginger beer!!
Thank you Ruth and Peter!! And Alex thanks for being on show!!
here here!
4:40 he should shear that hear a little in the back ...
I always wonder with these series; how well do they "debrief" once the year is up? Living a certain lifestyle for a full year doesn't just rinse off after a day.
Ruth has published a few blogs and interviews about it if you Google em!
Just adore the whole Victorian Farm Series!!
I learn so much from Ruth. She makes it so fascinating. Alex and Peter also have some extreme learning stuff going on!
I think Absolute History should recruit people to try their hand at the 1900's village for a year. I would love to apply for the opportunity.
I would pay to be able to do this! Imagine like a board and lodging place like this!
@Celto Loco ... but since the BBC has completely turned into REBRANDED COMMUNISTS, they wont do it either, because british farms didnt have enough diversity back then!
Enjoying this series so much - a great insight to the past. I didn't realize how "recent" the Happy Birthday song is ! They probably would have sang For He's a Jolly Good Fellow in those days I'm thinking.
I love how Peter is the one who understands the machines but how he’s always seen as labor by Alex. Alex couldn’t do the heavy work alone, where Peter would have been an amazing farmer back in the day.
They should put one of the types of livestock onto that failed hay, suck as the sheep. They could eat up, fatten up and be sold off for meat or bred for a bumper crop of lambs
Alex injured his back when doing the Green Valley series. It might have been when he fell off a roof (which is mentioned in the series). After that point, he mentioned a few times in the Green Valley series that he had recurring pain. Apparently he also has a heart condition. So while it seems he slacks off and lets Peter do all the heavy lifting, in fact, he can't do the heavy lifting because of the state of his health.
@@FigaroHey interesting, thanks for the info! At first I didn't enjoy the vibe Alex gave me as much in that regard, but re-watching the series I came to appreciate him very much too, he tries his best too, and came I to love the banter they have going on, even if Peter's often the butt of the joke. But he's always a good sport about it, and his clumsiness here and there and the interaction between them both is comedy gold.
"Sheep might die from old age" 🤣
Whoever the first people to even just experiment with cheese making were must have had some seriously high aspirations, a hell of a lot of time, and some seriously strong stomachs having never smelled such a thing before haha 😂
That wheel-powered shearing machine could also have benefited from a foot pedal, like a spinning wheel. But the bike was pretty inventive, too. I love these videos; where can a person get a place living on one of these historical farms? Does one have to be an actual historian? It looks like a fantastic way to spend a year! I have a farm background, and we had horses and herding dogs, too, so I'd take to it like a duck to water, I bet! Well, next best thing is watching these programs. Thanks for posting!
Maybe look up the Living History sites and check with them? Consider opening your own!!
Have a look around for reenactment groups perhaps? It is a literal hobby that comes with insurance and events and all sorts.
I know that just outside of Detroit, Michigan, Henry Ford started a historical village that has all kinds of historical buildings and reproductions demonstrating everything from farming to glass blowing to daily life and innovations throughout 300 years of American history. It's been around since the late 1940's. I don't believe that any of the employees actually reside in the village itself, but it would be a neat experience to be in there on a daily basis, living the lives if only for a portion of each day. There must be other places that would have historical villages like that elsewhere that could use experienced hands, too. I've been to historical sites before, but not like Greenfield Village, which is like an outdoor museum that you can go through and discover on your own, each visit unique. Rather than an hourly repeated performance, these people go about the daily lives of the people of the era, and the guests come in at whatever point they come in. It's a lot of fun!
Oprah did it didn't she?
@@eddiesroom1868yeah. She did something like this while on a road trip with Gayle King. I forgot where it was though
Everybody is doing really great and I love Ruth's doughter...Hugs from Germany :-)
Oh my God. The piglet that tried to sit in the feeder is adorable!!!
26:21 This scene always makes me giggle maniacally.
Ruth and her daughters are so cute together!
Please make more Farm series !!!!!!! Medieval , ironage , different cultural farming through time
Hold on chaps, got a bee on my meat and 2 veg. Hilarious.
The beekeeper saying “they don’t like you doing this” then flinging the bees into the box to immediate angry buzzing was funny lol
After they lamed a horse and failed the hay harvest, I half expected to see Lord Acton screaming at them that they've ruined him and lost him the farm.
@Celto Loco Speaking of animals coming and going, Lord Acton passed away June 17, 2020 at age 95.
Wondered why they didn't turn it into sileage instead, given it couldn't be dried...? Maybe that requires a different green-crop?
@@anna_in_aotearoa3166 They're familiar with the practice as they've made silage on a couple different episodes across their various farm series. Not sure if the type of green matter matters, but I googled the moisture issue. Silage grass must be less than 70% moisture content for harvest, and ideally 35-40%. If it is harvest too moist, butyric acid can form and nutrients may be lost due to seepage. If it's too dry it won't ferment properly and can lead to mold development.
@@hotlavatube May his lands continue to be kept long past the years of his life. He clearly loved what he did.
@@hitokage4 Fortunately his son and family seem to be into the Victorian farm lifestyle he was cultivating, so I hope to see the Victorian Farm series continued in the future.
It’s always fascinating watching history be relived. I wish my school could do something like this. It really makes me appreciate modern day while also wanting to incorporate some of the past
Peter is just so stinkin' adorable. 💗
He is ! and those dimples when he smiles
Absolutely love this series, I want to learn and remember how to do everything! Ruth and the team are amazing!
26:32 lol u can see the bee fly off, and 27:00 that pig on top killed me
Thank You to All ...
Mr. Acton and His Family
Ruth, Peter, Alex and the Entire Team involved...
I've learned a lot in just a few short weeks of Watching, than I did in my school years history classes growing up in the 60's & 70's
I love history. You learn things they dont teach in school.
Right after the cricket match the camera moves to the guys behind the score board and you can see a guy wearing a baseball hat. I absolutely love the Absolute History videos. I too wish they published cookbooks and had done more videos.
Like the series very much, reminds me of working on my grandparents farm. Milked lots of cows, grandma would have gave my britches a switching if I allowed straw or other foreign material to fall into the milk bucket!!!
Oh man, I know they said those bees were more docile than average but I would not have the courage to shake a branch of bees barehanded
Oh I know! I would have been like, "Glad the bees are nice. Have fun cause you're on your own!"
I keep bees, the bit where he had a bee on his meat and two veg... I felt that. I've been stung there, and I nearly doused the hive with gas and lit it on fire afterwards.
Peter imho is ridiculously adorable 🥰
***EPISODE NUMBERS WOULD REALLY HELP*** Love the shows but could you guys please number the videos? 🙏 Thanks!
I love watching these episodes of the farming but Good night there was alot of stuff in the milk bucket, it isn't unusual to get a bit of hair and such in the bucket and the milk should be strained before consumption but brushing them off a bit and washing before starting helps prevent some of it.
Wait, are Ruth's daughters identical twins? I was confused when the narrator called her daughter "Katherine."
No, they just look similar. I'm pretty sure katherine is the younger daughter and eve is the older.
Relatives in my family look so similar that my friends refer to my family as 'Children of the Corn'...
I know! I have watched all three of the farm series before and it is just now that I realized there was two of them. I'm not sure if they are twins, but they definitely look alike. But then I had a friend with three younger sisters, none were twins, but they all looked identical.
I have only two children, both girls, 3 years apart. These girls even have me, their mother, guessing at times when going through old photographs about which one is who. Now they are 27 and 30. They still look close to twins but not identical ones. The youngest is almost 6 ft. While my oldest is 5’ 3”. That is the easiest way to tell them apart. Both have extremely long dark brown curly hair down to their waist and both usually sport a messy bun by some point throughout their day. The youngest has a pronounced widows peak as well. When her hair is pulled back there isn’t any doubt which one is which, even when they are both sitting or laying down during the holidays after feasting & waiting for their food to digest before cleaning up begins!
She has two girls and both look like there mother so its easy too get mixtup
Very interesting! I've learned so much from these documentaries! Ruth is a good, strong smart and quite Lovely Gal! My respects to her. The Boys humor makes the difficult work go by quicker and easier! Thank you for the wonderful History of moments in time!
10:14 his dad looked at him like he was proud 😄
The sound I made when I realized *nothing* in that dairy had been scalded was inhuman-and almost as bad as the one I made at seeing the nasties floating in the milk! Even then, milkmaids and dairies were clean for a reason!
Yeah, and hair not tied back or anything. But I think that what they do in front of the cameras is more for show than actually making produce. For 'real' stuff perhaps they go back and do it properly? Hope so.
My thoughts exactly. I was thinking "love u Ruth but come on now"
Oh good I was not the only one who nearly had heart failure at the hay in the milk bucket. I used to milk my grandparents cows and the hygiene before the milking was extensive. Yes that was only 60 years ago but they cleaned their homes extensively so I am guessing the edwardians had an idea of the need to clean the buckets and the cow.
@@nhager A lot of 19th century housekeeping manuals tell the housewife or farm wife to not only scald everything that touches the milk, before and after it is used, and strain the milk, the first thing, when it is brought into the house after the cow is milked. That's why! There isn't really any way of milking into an open bucket that keeps straw and cow hair out of the milk bucket.
@@e.urbach7780 I think the scalding and such were properly shown in the Tudor farm, so they left it out here to give screentime to other stuff. (Ruth made cheese there too, I believe.)
I love all of them in their own way, Ruth is very brave and knowledgeable, Alex has a curiosity and Peter doesn't let anything bother him. They are a lot of fun as well as facsinanting to watch!! 💙🤍💙
Great production value.
22:56 I'm on Ruth's team
I love Ruth's daughter! She's a star in the making.. :) I hope we see her again in more of these series.
2:40 But if they're all Sean how will you tell them apart?
I'll see myself out, lol
By their Bandaids?
I wish the group would do a full series of medieval, Tudor, Edwardian and Victorian dishes - recipes
Thank you so much Absolute History I love your documentaries! Its such a good series
Thx for all the fantastic videos ❤️
I sooo love watching you guys from Gambo, Newfoundland.Canada.
The absolute WORST place to get stung by a bee is on the head / among the hair. It is close to your brain and the poison will result in a decently strong headache. So having a proper HAT and restraining any "flowing hair" is important.
*_Bee in your bonnet ..._*
I love Peter
Who doesn't tbh
Thank You. Liked, and Shared.
Ruth is the best!
These 6 episodes were my favourite documentary series ever!!!!! Thank you for that! I enjoyed every moment. The team is fantastic and the filming crew did a great job!!! Well done beautiful people! You're amazing ❤️️
Do u know they have other series like this set in different times? There's Edwardian, Wartime both ww1 and ww2, Tudor Monastery, and a few more but those are the ones I've watched and can recommend. Look in the playlists section of this channel. Cheers xx
@@pinkyvdt yes dear, I know. Thank you!!! I watch them often 😊 Cheers ❤
The beekeeper guy has a GREAT voice.
Oh wow, I believe I just saw a bachelor button pink flower, they also have a kinda purple blue one also! I had forgotten them. How lovely!
Peter dropping the Family Save-all had me in stitches when he was making the gingerbeer that now I want to also make gingerbeer just so I can drop my own cookbook into it after XD But seriously, this is an incredible sneak peak into history that I hope we can see more of. I'd love a program like this but of life in different countries because it would be amazing to compare things.
Have to laugh at Alex doing the stomp or "meat & 2 veg" dance as he calls it at 26:30!
Poor Peter's body, he's really doing the heavy lifting all the time and Ruth is always doing exhausting job as well all day long. And poor Alex tries his best not to break stuff lol
But fr i hope they got a real nice vacation with free massages after all these shows
Peter is so hard working! I feel bad for him sometimes. He does a lot in comparison to Alex
An episode takes place over weeks, sometimes a month or more. Then it's cut down to an hour. And you have the nerve to say any of them are harder working than the others? This is not even a fraction of a glimpse as to what they did, during their time.
Ive heard that i one of these series i dont remember wich one alex had hert his back ore something like that so peter took on most of the hevy stuff
@@josefinbjork7746 It was injured while doing the first series "Tales from the Green Valley" which is how Peter came to join the team.
Best stuff that I have watched on RUclips!
not at all what I expected from the title, but I quite liked it! it's so interesting. the most admirable, I think, is the girl; she's got the worst of the jobs but always does them so eagerly. good for her!
The boys looked quite handsome in their cricket gear❤️
Peter is awesome
When I was young my mom would make me clothes from back in the day..... I remember having one that had a pattern on it like the one Ruth wears! Makes me want an adult size version. I think I actually have my kid size one packed away in a old trunk.
I made ginger bear once and the bottles exploded in the cupboard. 😂
Well, the poor bear probably wanted to stretch his legs.
48:43 - what a beautiful shot
sounds quality seems good!
Love this project, an American version would be marvelous, thanx for sharing
They made a movie about life in the late 1800’s America called “12 years a Slave.”
@@ladybolskithere’s no need for that here. Wtf
The funniest episode by far! 😄
Rhubarb leaves make a very good insecticide as well.
2:39 Momma sheep shoots a look like "shorn, me?"
Watching all of these series, you can literally see Katherine growing up lol
I agree with Ruth. I would also be there to eat the sandwiches and biscuits have a nice cup of tea.
I’ve made my own cheese, but never cheddar....may have to try it!
I can't stop watching this series. Ruth is incredibly knowledgeable on this stuff
@undertones....this particular series is the only historical farming series where Ruth doesn't interrupt the other experts in order to finish their thoughts! VERY REFRESHING!
@@terricovill4624 Good to know, I only just discovered her existence with this show.
It's a shame, she was gonna be my new Mary Berry
You know, I never wanted to think of cheese as the compressed baby sick of a cow.
I love watching this trio
That Alex is good lookin! Peters growing on me too.
When did this come out? I would love it if it said it in the description of these episodes.
Please make more of these types of shows, they are the only reality shows that are interesting.
I love this series
I'm curious, did they have to discard the infested wool?