My girlfriend and I have been using the word “shrimpish” for about 2 years now. It’s often used to describe either something that is unique and amusing in a curious and subtle way, or something that reminds us directly of you. Quite often it is both of those things at the same time. A big bag of locally grown carrots sitting in my fridge right now is shrimpish. A can of Japanese yogurt flavoured soda I tried recently was quite shrimpish. A sudden boom in the local population of Woolly Bear Caterpillars where I live is a very shrimpish occurrence. I like when things are shrimpish. We could all use a bit more shrimpishness in our lives.
A monumental delight to start my day. Helping to ease me into my morning after having moved 3 floor to ceiling bookshelves down a flight of stairs along with 600+ books. Last night.
I can't help but smile every time you go "let's take a closer look at that moss for the viewer who likes mosses" - even if it requires so little extra effort on your part, it's just such a nice, comfy gesture
1:39:58 I live near a Franciscan monastery (in Germany) which is on top of a mountain and which is in very good condition and where monks still live. There is a monastery garden, a souvenir shop and a tavern inside the monastery with a beer garden outside. The monastery tavern is for guests to enjoy the monks' products (bread, the monks' home-brewed beer, etc.). Near the monastery there is another old castle ruin but even this ruin has a cafe inside and there are festivals there during the summer. So even the ruins are used here in Germany. I don't think it makes much sense to let a ruin just be a ruin.
"Let's just wait till this bee's finished" > intro That made me laugh so much! And I relate a lot to that feeling, so many times I've had to wait for insects to finish and go elsewhere before taking macro photos of flowers.
Interestingly, I've been watching RUclips for many years, and not even once found myself interested in vlog/random style content until this channel. Somehow you just know it's always going to be comforting and wholesome and there's always something fascinating to be found.
I'm stuck in bed sick with covid, very sad and in a lot of pain - but "cornergette" just gave me the most joy that I've had this entire month. Thank you Shrimp.
Thanks again for the moss. I was grinning like a fool just about here 58:20 . I think I giggle-gasped. I live on the prairie, where it is often mostly dry and moss is shy and dormant much of the time. Such lovely expanses. Thank you, Mr. Shrimp, Mrs. Shrimp and Eva for sharing your wanderings again.
This was a wonderful episode, with all of my favorite things in it- birds, forests, tomatos, and beautiful old abbey ruins. Those ruins were magnificent. Your little robin friend is one of my favorite things. I could just watch him forever on a slow tv episode. Your channle has been so good for my mental health. Your kindly spoken words of wisdom have expanded my world and taught me to let myself simply enjoy what makes me happy regardless of what others think. Thank you for being you.
the Robin in your garden looks so healthy, hopefully he/she will choose your garden to raise it's little family for years to come. We have a Robin family who have nested in our garden for generations :) lovely to see. Lovely video and the tomato and courgette recipe looked delish x
I love your tablecloths, your plates, your shirts (especially this new one!), I love your garden, your walks, your dog, your videos (all of them, every type) and I love this channel! Best content not just here but in literally all of entertainment these days! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Recently I discovered your limited budget videos, really loved them. Also I’m enjoying this kind of peaceful and educational content: walking around, foraging, working in the garden series. Thank you! Greetings from Ukraine :)
I think I visited a Vale of Nightshade in Slaughter Valley once. I met a mysterious woman named Bella Donna and her man, Drake. They seemed like nice people-weirdly obsessed with eggplants, though.
My nan use to get pine cones an make Christmas decorations out of them.. I was in charge of glitter 😂 but I love the rugged rustic look they give.. Brought back a million memories there shrimp 😊❤
Oh my god I was so surprised by that cumberland sausage being from Irvings! If you're ever up in Ulverston again and have the time, I suggest you try a meat and potato pie from either of Irvings, Thomas's, or Lesleys, they're all quite near each other in the town centre and they all prepare them a bit differently from one another! I used to have one every week growing up and they're one of the things I miss about living there
All I'd like to say Mr. Shrimp is that your channel makes me happy. The countryside beauty and your informative commentary feed my rambling spirit. Thank you..
Mike, I'm newish here but I completely adore your videos, they bring me so much joy and I wanted to say thank you for taking the time to make them. Even if (it sounds like) you enjoy the process, I still want to express my gratitude. I'm learning so much from you and our interests intersect a lot, despite them being very varied, so I haven't found a video of yours yet that didn't fascinate me. Thank you!
❤ comment positivity - when you were eating the squash seeds and you said they were tasty 😋 I couldn’t help but think; ‘I doubt there is much that Mike wouldn’t enjoy eating’ 😉 You are probably more adventurous and open to different tastes than most. …you know it is genuinely good when Jenny says; ‘yeah, not bad’ 🤣 ❤❤
Wanted to say thank you. I recently started doing an unboxing series of my own in the spirit of your "Weird Stuff in a Can" videos and Ashens' "Couch" videos
We grow "spaghetti squash", but that looks to be as you said- the results of a next gen hybrid. It doesnt strand as well and is much smaller than ours. Edible nonetheless! I once let a volunteer squash grow out of the compost and it resulted in 30 butternut squash (mostly like butternut). Happy growing!
Very nice video, thanks very much, Mike. A few comments: @15:28 - Maybe you can use the Scotch Bonnets for a chili jam? That's nice with cheese...or home-made hot sauce so you can hone your fermenting skills? @27:20 - CEP-tember...😄 @1:21:16 - I like to imagine that Abbott's Wood Manor was requisitioned by the army's school of camouflage, and since then nobody has been able to find it.
Here in the nordics, we use rowan berries to make a jelly, preferably served with game. Just a tip, as I know you like to try stuff and forage. As for the ruins, I'm nobility and there are a bunch of castles and mansions sprinkled around Europe that bear my name. Funnily enough, they are all habitable, even if the oldest are over a thousand years old. One is used as a retirement home, another are in the plans to be used as a asylum seeker housing. I think it's great when old buildings get a second chance in life, but ruins should be left as they are. I'm not in anyway angry or upset that the moat and wall of one of our former buildings were torn down after the war and used as material for housing. People needed a roof over their heads. As a fun note, let me tell you about peoples preassumptions about the nobility. I don't remember the context of the discussion, but an American wrote that it was cool to write with a European that lived in a castle. Which I replied to with "Oh hun, I don't live in a castle, there are just to many rooms to vacuum clean and the greedy peasants wants a salary these days". She thought I was being honest. 😆 For Christ sake, I',m more leftwing than Bernie.
The only reason to mention "I'm a descendant of nobility" is when you wanna express deep regret that your ancestors basically enslaved people and robbed them of the fruit of their labor.
@@fieryvale I live in a small cottage (40 square metres) in the middle of the woods. Still waiting for prince charming to come and resque me from the trolls. 😉 Yes, there are still people living in castles, but they are few and even fewer that don't use at least part of the building for something that brings in money. Houses of that size cost a bundle to heat.
You might also enjoy Steve 1989, who reviews ration packs, new, and... Not so new. He exudes a Zen like calm, and viewers often compare him to the late, great Bob Ross. Steve's videos are utterly fascinating.
FYI, there are people who are searching for the patterns that are on your tablecloth, plates and shirts. My vintage Facebook group loves them as do I! Patterns like that just make everyone happy 😁
An hour and 42 minutes... I could watch a movie in that time, but honestly, your videos are informative, relaxing and generally more fun, keep being you and sharing, sir.
I recommend a Siberian tomato called Galina they are small bright yellow tomatoes that tastes wonderful produce right up until November and have very different leaf structure compared to other tomato plants. The leaves are much more like that of a potato plant.
This videos gives me vibes* of early RUclips days when people would just make videos on things they find interesting and life stuff and this is much appreciated. * - except this one is longer and of much higher quality.
The farmers market near my house had a tomato tasting "contest" I took part in a few times. After tasting dozens of tomato types over a few different years, Cherokee Purple easily stood out as my favorite. The flesh is silky smooth among other things I liked about it. I know you weren't asking for suggestions for new tomatoes to try, but if you are...
The scotch bonnets, use some water and blend the excess into chilli ice cubes for later use. I grew some and did the same. Was so great to have some on hand whenever you wanted some heat.
I absolutely LOVE these videos! All sorts of stuff and knowledge too! Thank you for sharing.. it means so much. FYI I’m in the centre of London, I can’t get out about due to health reasons, my husband and I don’t drive, we can’t afford trains etc plus the wheelchair access everywhere in UK is not up to par for an enjoyable trip! So as I have mentioned in another video these videos mean so much. Thank you 🙏🏻
With those scotch bonnet chilli's you can make delicious West African stews, especially if you use palm oil. Maybe your Nigerian friend can suggest a few dishes
Q. from the past: When you made your pottery and added crushed shells, you didn't bake the shells first before grinding did you? I saw another person who put shells on the fire but I didn't see the pottery they made. I would like to see you do more pottery, especially the shelly type, which did turn out rather to be the best of the pots you made I thought
I really enjoy the garden tours, so thank you for sharing with us Atomic Shrimp. This summer, I grew a cherry tomato variety called "black cherry" - we have a moderately small balcony (about 2 x 2 metres), that gets direct sunlight over summer from sunrise through to about 2pm. I grew them in large pots (couldn't use grow bags, as the balcony wall is solid I needed to raise up the plant to get as much sun as possible) and used up some organic liquid fertilizer a friend passed on - same friend gifted me the tomato seeds, too. The colour was best/strongest in the first fruits to ripen - but they appeared more like a dusty grey-red than purple or black - however the flavour didn't impress me. As the season went on, the colour faded and later fruits appeared more red, but the flavour was much better. I think I'll try again next year with a different variety, but given my limited space, I'll stick with a cherry tomato. We've also realised that - thanks to being on the end of a unit - we can use the space outside our front door, which is west-facing and gets direct sun from about midday through to sunset. I know it's generally best for fruit/veg to get as much sun as possible, but is there a preference between morning or afternoon sunshine?
It's almost certainly the same robin- they're very territorial and have their own patches. If you're out in the garden regularly turning over soil etc you'll have a great little friend in short order there
My younger brother sent me a photo of the mushrooms he'd gathered in just 45 minutes (on land owned by his wife's family, not public land); 5 full 5 gallon buckets! He processed them that evening and only 3 had any sign of inhabitants, so that was good. He has frozen most, either in slices or as soup, for the Winter. He also picked up 10 gallons of sweet chestnuts from the three trees on his smallholding. With apples and blackberries, he has a lot of autumnal goodness saved for later meals!
Just got to the end; regarding the ancient ruins and whether they should be left, restored or demolished. As the method of construction was cleaner and a lot more simple - no drains, no power, nothing artificial - leave them as they are and let natural decay reduce them. Time and weather will do the job. No need for men to interfere - they aren't a pollutant or hazard unless people are idiots!
Gee, Shrimp HQ's garden is looking just Heavenly! I've only just grown my first Scotch Bonnet pepper plant, I didn't know what they looked like till this year. It's fruit was enjoyed here our in California household, and my husband took some to the rest of the family in Oaxaca Mexico. They were unfamiliar with them also, but they enjoyed them too. But now I'm a bit confused, because your Scotch Bonnets look like what we call "Habaneros".
@@fieryvale Thank you! Another thing different about the "Scotch Bonnet" peppers (I grew) was the shape, and overall texture. The habañeros I'm accustomed to are smoother looking, whereas the "Scotch bonnet" peppers (I grew) were slightly crinkly, or bumpy, with a distinct, kind of a poofy top part (stem end), with a pointy and slightly curved tail end coming from the bottom of the poofy part.🙂"¯\_(ツ)_/¯"
Hi Mike, I'm just about 8 minutes into your video, Looking at your clever hexagon compost bin , if you want to make it look aesthetically pleasing and new'ish again, you could give the outside of the plastic panels a blast of an airy blow torch which slightly melts the oxidation on the plastic panels, I've seen it being done on stadium seats on various RUclips videos. Brings them up a treat. Love the videos
Thank you, this was interesting. In regards to the winter squash, I got all excited when I saw a similar looking one in a garden market last year,. I bought it and was very surprised to find out it was a spaghetti squash. I enjoyed it very much😁. I usually buy a pie pumpkin in October to make jam. I always roast the seeds. It does make a nice snack. I have a recipe for a fairly "girthy" courgette cut in half and filled with a meaty tomato sauce and covered with cheese. After blanching the veg, I stuff it with the warmed sauce, then roast it to melt the cheese.
As sad as it is to see it in ruins, it would be even sadder for it to be demolished and gone. I love to see the old buildings. Thanks for showing us around and the tour of gatehouse (?) lodging. Also, I was glad to see your tablecloth appear in your new house. It'd be disappointing if you'd changed. The table setting with the barm sandwich was lovely.....Carla H.
Lovely, lovely caterpillar. Yes, those are the little everyday joys that light up the day, and they definitely has earned their place by just being so lovely
I love watching your videos please dont take it the wrong way but you remind me so very much of my beloved dad, who I miss dreadfully.I mean you remind me of his enthusiasm for love of nature.He knew so much about nature and the countryside and he taught me and my siblings alot about bird song and which tree was which etc, he use to also forage but I was a bit too young to take the foraging in really.Though I know the very basics, which is more than some. I'm disabled now at 55 and can't walk far so seeing your videos are just a wonderful delight. Your new garden looks brilliant, I've also enjoyed you showing us all the lovely things you grown.Your successes and failures and look forward to next years growing season x
I would miss the fun colorful patterns, and I feel your tablecloth is particularly iconic (and good branding, like you said), so I'm glad you really like it and aren't going to move away from them. I mean, I'd be glad you were sticking with what you liked anyway, but I'm extra glad it aligns with what I enjoy. :)
With your kitchen woes, my wife and I found an old ikea bookshelf did the job and have us extra space, and everything thinks it is built into the kitchen! It's great and works well, and we can take it down if we needed.
Scotch bonnets you can freeze whole. I put them in stews from frozen😅 (and fish it out afterwards if those eating the stew are averse to very hot chillies). Fried green tomatoes were traditionally made with varieties of tomato which are green when ripe (yes they exist - they don't go red). Not very common any more, but used to be in the US south.
Thank you for not puting the midroll adds. It really makes me enjoy your content more. It gives me hope in humanity, where it seems to me that everywhere around me all the creators and brands do whatever is possible just to earn as much as possible no matter if they need it or not. It's all about profit. I'm in my early twenties and I often see how wrong alll that is to me, how all the adds and content around try to brainwash me into 'buying happiness.' And at the same time, there's you who doesn't put the midroll ads, because he doesn't like them and you who teaches so many of your viewers how to appreciate simple things in life... like a big ognion or a little walk in the woods. I wish you and your family to stay in great health, so we can enjoy your content for many years to come. Take care and thank you for all your videos, from the bottom of my heart!
1:11:12 Honestly, a convection toaster oven can do all the things of a toaster, an air fryer, and a standard oven all in one. If you're re-doing the kitchen maybe see about replacing the oven with a convection one for maximum versatility.
You are correct about the yard long beans being day length sensitive. There are however some day length neutral varieties available. 'Loans' is one example but I'm sure there are others.
My suggestion for what to do with the Scotch Bonnet (or Habenero) peppers, pickled candied peppers? There's quite a few recipes out there for it. It's called "Cowboy Candy" the recipes will say to use jalapeno, but you can use any sort of hot pepper. (I'm guessing you probably no longer have the peppers as it's the end of October, but perhaps it's just a potential future recipe?)
so here in the states we can get 'Spaghetti Squash' which is yellow, thick-skinned and much more rotund than your garden sample. Of course I understand that your garden sample may be under-ripe. Our Spaghetti Squash has much thicker (more like the diameter of regular spaghetti pasta) strands. I also find our Spaghetti squash to be a little sweetish tasting, which I'm not always in the mood for in my 'spaghetti'.
My childhood home had an old-fashioned pull bell that worked. It had a brass pull knob, and it was my job to polish it every day, along with the doorstep, knocker, and letter box, and it actually wasn't that long ago, the 1980s
Really enjoyed this one Cover the bit of everything When you enjoy something the time just goes by so quick Looking forward to the next blog big thumbs up
I'm glad for this happy little accident with the uploading schedule, lol. I had to put cards in envelopes for work and have over 100 to do, the most I've had yet. This video got me through nearly all of them, and was great to listen to while I worked. Thank you! Also, your holiday location looks amazing and definitely cozy.
I absolutely love the comment threads that pop up under these videos. The commenters are so informative, and there are so seldom big arguments with angry comments and people getting their feelings hurt. It just seems like such a wholesome place to be.
I live in London and let me tell you, I am so so jealous of your garden. I've grown a few bits of produce on the balcony but it's not the same! One day!
Great to see the assortment of odd ends of videos and clips combined in a long video format 👍. I treat it as kind of a "podcast" that i can watch whilst doing other things, cooking mainly 😂. Also great to see the wider places in Cumbria being covered (not just the Lake District area) although it is nice to see places that i have visited recently on your itinerary too (Ambleside Falls). Such a great niche you have on RUclips where i can watch you with a mug of coffee talk about literally anything. Keep up the great work Mike!
I have Gold Nuggets (small yellow cherry tomatoes), Russian Red, and Dad's Favourite (beefsteak) in this year. The Gold Nuggets were excellent (prolific and tasty, my best plants out of three different varieties) last year and I'm interested in how the others will go (I'm in New Zealand, so the season is just starting). Try growing squashes on upright struts to save space.
Hi Mike, Try Sun Gold and Cuore Di Bue tomatoes. They are both good croppers and the Cuore Di Bue has a lot of flesh that is good for making things like Passata as well as raw in salads. Sun Gold is the best flavoured tomato I've eaten.
@@fieryvaledo you find it as watery as red oxheart tomatoes? I feel like the larger the tomato in my experience, the less flavor, so I'm wondering if this would be the best of both worlds 🍅
Finally finished this video, life gets in the way. Regards the woods at the end, they're hardly manicured but certainly well kept. Whom is responsible for that? Just a pleasure as usual, thanks for the content.
I’m not an expert, but I’d hazard a guess that your fuzzy caterpillar at 31:33 is a tiger moth larva. In America we have a slightly different variety that is darker with an orange stripe in the middle, and we call them wooly bear caterpillars.
The seeds of squashes, pumpkins, and marrows, when toasted, and salted, are the only parts of those plants I find enjoyable to eat. They're probably more nutritious than the plant they came from - don't hold me to that, though. I didn't realise that you posted this video by mistake - like most of your viewers, I saw the duration of this video, and thought: 'Well over an hour? Yes please. I'll get a brew going.' Nice one. 👍👍👍 Affpuddle is described in Douglas Adams and John Lloyd's classic book 'The Meaning Of Liff', as: 'A puddle which is hidden under a pivoted paving-stone. You only know it's there, when you step on the paving-stone, and the puddle jumps up your leg.'
My girlfriend and I have been using the word “shrimpish” for about 2 years now. It’s often used to describe either something that is unique and amusing in a curious and subtle way, or something that reminds us directly of you. Quite often it is both of those things at the same time. A big bag of locally grown carrots sitting in my fridge right now is shrimpish. A can of Japanese yogurt flavoured soda I tried recently was quite shrimpish. A sudden boom in the local population of Woolly Bear Caterpillars where I live is a very shrimpish occurrence. I like when things are shrimpish. We could all use a bit more shrimpishness in our lives.
*Scheduling error* this video was supposed to go live tomorrow (Saturday) morning, but let's run with it...
It's a long-un so will probably carry me over til Saturday morning! 😁
A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one!
I was going to say - a Friday morning upload?! Pleasantly surprised :D
I love these long 2 hour videos!
A monumental delight to start my day. Helping to ease me into my morning after having moved 3 floor to ceiling bookshelves down a flight of stairs along with 600+ books. Last night.
I can't help but smile every time you go "let's take a closer look at that moss for the viewer who likes mosses" - even if it requires so little extra effort on your part, it's just such a nice, comfy gesture
"Courgettes in awkward places" - the bane of my life, and potentially the title of my autobiography.
Lol
Closely followed by aubergines, beloved of internet iconography, no doubt?
However, aubergines tend to grow in auspicious places, I hear.
With courgette and vegetable spaghetti in that dish, you're really squashed alot in there
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weirdest crossover
I’ve never watched one of your videos and thought, “Man, you should really get some white plates and white tablecloths.” 😂 You do you!
1:39:58 I live near a Franciscan monastery (in Germany) which is on top of a mountain and which is in very good condition and where monks still live. There is a monastery garden, a souvenir shop and a tavern inside the monastery with a beer garden outside. The monastery tavern is for guests to enjoy the monks' products (bread, the monks' home-brewed beer, etc.). Near the monastery there is another old castle ruin but even this ruin has a cafe inside and there are festivals there during the summer. So even the ruins are used here in Germany. I don't think it makes much sense to let a ruin just be a ruin.
Kreuzberg? I'd love to visit it sounds peaceful
"Let's just wait till this bee's finished" > intro
That made me laugh so much!
And I relate a lot to that feeling, so many times I've had to wait for insects to finish and go elsewhere before taking macro photos of flowers.
Interestingly, I've been watching RUclips for many years, and not even once found myself interested in vlog/random style content until this channel. Somehow you just know it's always going to be comforting and wholesome and there's always something fascinating to be found.
I'm stuck in bed sick with covid, very sad and in a lot of pain - but "cornergette" just gave me the most joy that I've had this entire month. Thank you Shrimp.
Same here,covid. It took a while to realise what it was because the symptoms are hitting one at a time rather than together.
@@pheart2381 yes, that's so true! One horrible symptom unfolding after another... I hope you get well soon!
@@emmashannon5191 and you too.
@@pheart2381get well soon, Mr Heart! Take care! 🌈
Feel better soon! 🤒
Thanks again for the moss. I was grinning like a fool just about here 58:20 . I think I giggle-gasped. I live on the prairie, where it is often mostly dry and moss is shy and dormant much of the time. Such lovely expanses.
Thank you, Mr. Shrimp, Mrs. Shrimp and Eva for sharing your wanderings again.
This was a wonderful episode, with all of my favorite things in it- birds, forests, tomatos, and beautiful old abbey ruins. Those ruins were magnificent.
Your little robin friend is one of my favorite things. I could just watch him forever on a slow tv episode.
Your channle has been so good for my mental health. Your kindly spoken words of wisdom have expanded my world and taught me to let myself simply enjoy what makes me happy regardless of what others think.
Thank you for being you.
the Robin in your garden looks so healthy, hopefully he/she will choose your garden to raise it's little family for years to come. We have a Robin family who have nested in our garden for generations :) lovely to see. Lovely video and the tomato and courgette recipe looked delish x
The way he took that stalk off without an ounce of drama. 22:56
That shirt is definitely disco rustic. Thanks for the video mr shrimp. You always bring me back to reality. So calming and positive
Yes, thank you for the moss appreciation! And I also love the "animal friend of the day" bits
I love your tablecloths, your plates, your shirts (especially this new one!), I love your garden, your walks, your dog, your videos (all of them, every type) and I love this channel! Best content not just here but in literally all of entertainment these days! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
And it's family-friendly, as well.
Recently I discovered your limited budget videos, really loved them. Also I’m enjoying this kind of peaceful and educational content: walking around, foraging, working in the garden series. Thank you! Greetings from Ukraine :)
I think I visited a Vale of Nightshade in Slaughter Valley once. I met a mysterious woman named Bella Donna and her man, Drake. They seemed like nice people-weirdly obsessed with eggplants, though.
😂
Strange.... They seem to like tomatoes whenever I have encountered them
Not many channels I'll sit for almost 2 hours watching their videos on a whim. Much love my dude.
My nan use to get pine cones an make Christmas decorations out of them.. I was in charge of glitter 😂 but I love the rugged rustic look they give.. Brought back a million memories there shrimp 😊❤
Uploading a Random Stuff on Friday morning made me think for a minute I didn't have to go to work today 😢
Oh my god I was so surprised by that cumberland sausage being from Irvings! If you're ever up in Ulverston again and have the time, I suggest you try a meat and potato pie from either of Irvings, Thomas's, or Lesleys, they're all quite near each other in the town centre and they all prepare them a bit differently from one another! I used to have one every week growing up and they're one of the things I miss about living there
All I'd like to say Mr. Shrimp is that your channel makes me happy. The countryside beauty and your informative commentary feed my rambling spirit. Thank you..
I thank you for not using music in your films, nice to just hear natural sounds. Another great video.
Freeze your scotch bonnets they last years in a freezer and over the years you can use them in pickles chutney etc.
Mike, I'm newish here but I completely adore your videos, they bring me so much joy and I wanted to say thank you for taking the time to make them. Even if (it sounds like) you enjoy the process, I still want to express my gratitude. I'm learning so much from you and our interests intersect a lot, despite them being very varied, so I haven't found a video of yours yet that didn't fascinate me. Thank you!
❤ comment positivity - when you were eating the squash seeds and you said they were tasty 😋 I couldn’t help but think; ‘I doubt there is much that Mike wouldn’t enjoy eating’ 😉 You are probably more adventurous and open to different tastes than most.
…you know it is genuinely good when Jenny says; ‘yeah, not bad’
🤣 ❤❤
“It’s all right.”
Wanted to say thank you. I recently started doing an unboxing series of my own in the spirit of your "Weird Stuff in a Can" videos and Ashens' "Couch" videos
I love your dishes and decor, dont change except to add more lovely things
We grow "spaghetti squash", but that looks to be as you said- the results of a next gen hybrid. It doesnt strand as well and is much smaller than ours. Edible nonetheless! I once let a volunteer squash grow out of the compost and it resulted in 30 butternut squash (mostly like butternut). Happy growing!
Very nice video, thanks very much, Mike. A few comments:
@15:28 - Maybe you can use the Scotch Bonnets for a chili jam? That's nice with cheese...or home-made hot sauce so you can hone your fermenting skills?
@27:20 - CEP-tember...😄
@1:21:16 - I like to imagine that Abbott's Wood Manor was requisitioned by the army's school of camouflage, and since then nobody has been able to find it.
I love this channel Mike, it's insightful, educational and great to watch whilst writing or studying. So glad I found it.
I absolutely love your “travel” videos! They are absolutely wonderful and I enjoy everything about them!
Here in the nordics, we use rowan berries to make a jelly, preferably served with game. Just a tip, as I know you like to try stuff and forage.
As for the ruins, I'm nobility and there are a bunch of castles and mansions sprinkled around Europe that bear my name. Funnily enough, they are all habitable, even if the oldest are over a thousand years old.
One is used as a retirement home, another are in the plans to be used as a asylum seeker housing.
I think it's great when old buildings get a second chance in life, but ruins should be left as they are. I'm not in anyway angry or upset that the moat and wall of one of our former buildings were torn down after the war and used as material for housing. People needed a roof over their heads.
As a fun note, let me tell you about peoples preassumptions about the nobility. I don't remember the context of the discussion, but an American wrote that it was cool to write with a European that lived in a castle. Which I replied to with "Oh hun, I don't live in a castle, there are just to many rooms to vacuum clean and the greedy peasants wants a salary these days".
She thought I was being honest. 😆
For Christ sake, I',m more leftwing than Bernie.
The only reason to mention "I'm a descendant of nobility" is when you wanna express deep regret that your ancestors basically enslaved people and robbed them of the fruit of their labor.
Do you mind if I ask - what sort of place DO you live? Does anyone live in castles anymore, besides royalty?
Regards, A Curious American
@@fieryvale I live in a small cottage (40 square metres) in the middle of the woods. Still waiting for prince charming to come and resque me from the trolls. 😉
Yes, there are still people living in castles, but they are few and even fewer that don't use at least part of the building for something that brings in money. Houses of that size cost a bundle to heat.
@@MsAnpassad Thank you! Your house sounds charming.
This is exactly what I need for a chilled Friday morning off work. Thanks Mike 🙏
This is one of the best 40+ age channels out there.
Bigclive and Old Tony are my other two references.
Thanks for the tip!
You might also enjoy Steve 1989, who reviews ration packs, new, and... Not so new. He exudes a Zen like calm, and viewers often compare him to the late, great Bob Ross. Steve's videos are utterly fascinating.
FYI, there are people who are searching for the patterns that are on your tablecloth, plates and shirts. My vintage Facebook group loves them as do I! Patterns like that just make everyone happy 😁
An hour and 42 minutes... I could watch a movie in that time, but honestly, your videos are informative, relaxing and generally more fun, keep being you and sharing, sir.
I recommend a Siberian tomato called Galina they are small bright yellow tomatoes that tastes wonderful produce right up until November and have very different leaf structure compared to other tomato plants. The leaves are much more like that of a potato plant.
This videos gives me vibes* of early RUclips days when people would just make videos on things they find interesting and life stuff and this is much appreciated.
* - except this one is longer and of much higher quality.
Thankyou for sharing your walk in the woods with us. It really is much appreciated.
The farmers market near my house had a tomato tasting "contest" I took part in a few times. After tasting dozens of tomato types over a few different years, Cherokee Purple easily stood out as my favorite. The flesh is silky smooth among other things I liked about it. I know you weren't asking for suggestions for new tomatoes to try, but if you are...
That's one of my favorites, too. I'm also a huge fan of those lemon-flavored cherry tomatoes - I forget the exact name, unfortunately.
Thank you for showing Abbot(t)s Wood. This looks like a nice place to stay for a holiday.
Woooooooo long long Shrimp to watch later, that'll get me through Friday ty
The scotch bonnets, use some water and blend the excess into chilli ice cubes for later use. I grew some and did the same. Was so great to have some on hand whenever you wanted some heat.
Just what I needed after a loooong work week! Your focus on the everyday/'benign', and the beauty of it always relaxes me :)
I absolutely LOVE these videos! All sorts of stuff and knowledge too! Thank you for sharing.. it means so much.
FYI I’m in the centre of London, I can’t get out about due to health reasons, my husband and I don’t drive, we can’t afford trains etc plus the wheelchair access everywhere in UK is not up to par for an enjoyable trip!
So as I have mentioned in another video these videos mean so much.
Thank you 🙏🏻
Culpeper’s Dish sounds like it’d go great with Tremblett’s Pie
With Shatner's Bassoon playing in the background.
wonder if tremblett's pie can be invented
Love shrimp garden! You have done a lot of lovely things.
With those scotch bonnet chilli's you can make delicious West African stews, especially if you use palm oil. Maybe your Nigerian friend can suggest a few dishes
Your garden gives me joy. LOVELY.
There's something just so calming and grounding about these videos, they are a good angst reliever
Q. from the past: When you made your pottery and added crushed shells, you didn't bake the shells first before grinding did you? I saw another person who put shells on the fire but I didn't see the pottery they made. I would like to see you do more pottery, especially the shelly type, which did turn out rather to be the best of the pots you made I thought
I think that's a Buff Ermine caterpillar making it's way across your garden very very quickly!
I really enjoy the garden tours, so thank you for sharing with us Atomic Shrimp. This summer, I grew a cherry tomato variety called "black cherry" - we have a moderately small balcony (about 2 x 2 metres), that gets direct sunlight over summer from sunrise through to about 2pm. I grew them in large pots (couldn't use grow bags, as the balcony wall is solid I needed to raise up the plant to get as much sun as possible) and used up some organic liquid fertilizer a friend passed on - same friend gifted me the tomato seeds, too.
The colour was best/strongest in the first fruits to ripen - but they appeared more like a dusty grey-red than purple or black - however the flavour didn't impress me. As the season went on, the colour faded and later fruits appeared more red, but the flavour was much better.
I think I'll try again next year with a different variety, but given my limited space, I'll stick with a cherry tomato. We've also realised that - thanks to being on the end of a unit - we can use the space outside our front door, which is west-facing and gets direct sun from about midday through to sunset.
I know it's generally best for fruit/veg to get as much sun as possible, but is there a preference between morning or afternoon sunshine?
It's almost certainly the same robin- they're very territorial and have their own patches. If you're out in the garden regularly turning over soil etc you'll have a great little friend in short order there
My younger brother sent me a photo of the mushrooms he'd gathered in just 45 minutes (on land owned by his wife's family, not public land); 5 full 5 gallon buckets! He processed them that evening and only 3 had any sign of inhabitants, so that was good. He has frozen most, either in slices or as soup, for the Winter. He also picked up 10 gallons of sweet chestnuts from the three trees on his smallholding. With apples and blackberries, he has a lot of autumnal goodness saved for later meals!
Just got to the end; regarding the ancient ruins and whether they should be left, restored or demolished. As the method of construction was cleaner and a lot more simple - no drains, no power, nothing artificial - leave them as they are and let natural decay reduce them. Time and weather will do the job. No need for men to interfere - they aren't a pollutant or hazard unless people are idiots!
"Call me lazy if you wish, I can't be bothered"
Life lesson 😂
Gee, Shrimp HQ's garden is looking just Heavenly! I've only just grown my first Scotch Bonnet pepper plant, I didn't know what they looked like till this year. It's fruit was enjoyed here our in California household, and my husband took some to the rest of the family in Oaxaca Mexico. They were unfamiliar with them also, but they enjoyed them too. But now I'm a bit confused, because your Scotch Bonnets look like what we call "Habaneros".
It's closely related. The difference is, that habaneros are only orange, while Scotch Bonnets can be yellow, orange, or even red.
@@fieryvale Thank you! Another thing different about the "Scotch Bonnet" peppers (I grew) was the shape, and overall texture. The habañeros I'm accustomed to are smoother looking, whereas the "Scotch bonnet" peppers (I grew) were slightly crinkly, or bumpy, with a distinct, kind of a poofy top part (stem end), with a pointy and slightly curved tail end coming from the bottom of the poofy part.🙂"¯\_(ツ)_/¯"
Hi Mike, I'm just about 8 minutes into your video,
Looking at your clever hexagon compost bin , if you want to make it look aesthetically pleasing and new'ish again, you could give the outside of the plastic panels a blast of an airy blow torch which slightly melts the oxidation on the plastic panels, I've seen it being done on stadium seats on various RUclips videos. Brings them up a treat.
Love the videos
That abbey is magnificent and what a beautiful day to visit it.
Thank you, this was interesting. In regards to the winter squash, I got all excited when I saw a similar looking one in a garden market last year,. I bought it and was very surprised to find out it was a spaghetti squash. I enjoyed it very much😁.
I usually buy a pie pumpkin in October to make jam. I always roast the seeds. It does make a nice snack.
I have a recipe for a fairly "girthy" courgette cut in half and filled with a meaty tomato sauce and covered with cheese. After blanching the veg, I stuff it with the warmed sauce, then roast it to melt the cheese.
As sad as it is to see it in ruins, it would be even sadder for it to be demolished and gone. I love to see the old buildings. Thanks for showing us around and the tour of gatehouse (?) lodging. Also, I was glad to see your tablecloth appear in your new house. It'd be disappointing if you'd changed. The table setting with the barm sandwich was lovely.....Carla H.
A new Atomic Shrimp video... Perfect start to a Friday morning!
My wife and I adore you. You are such a wonderful human being. Thank you for being you.
I love the patterns! you always pick quite nice ones, for example the colour scheme on that new shirt is delightful :D
Lovely, lovely caterpillar. Yes, those are the little everyday joys that light up the day, and they definitely has earned their place by just being so lovely
The perfect video to watch with breakfast. Grateful for the early upload 😁
What a wonderful Friday morning surprise.
I love feature length shrimp.
At 58 minutes, the image looks so painting-like, that I had to remind myself that this was real. Beautiful filming, Mike.
I love watching your videos please dont take it the wrong way but you remind me so very much of my beloved dad, who I miss dreadfully.I mean you remind me of his enthusiasm for love of nature.He knew so much about nature and the countryside and he taught me and my siblings alot about bird song and which tree was which etc, he use to also forage but I was a bit too young to take the foraging in really.Though I know the very basics, which is more than some. I'm disabled now at 55 and can't walk far so seeing your videos are just a wonderful delight.
Your new garden looks brilliant, I've also enjoyed you showing us all the lovely things you grown.Your successes and failures and look forward to next years growing season x
I would miss the fun colorful patterns, and I feel your tablecloth is particularly iconic (and good branding, like you said), so I'm glad you really like it and aren't going to move away from them.
I mean, I'd be glad you were sticking with what you liked anyway, but I'm extra glad it aligns with what I enjoy. :)
With your kitchen woes, my wife and I found an old ikea bookshelf did the job and have us extra space, and everything thinks it is built into the kitchen! It's great and works well, and we can take it down if we needed.
I finally got to behold with my own eyes that elusive blinking oven clock at 1:10:56.
Scotch bonnets you can freeze whole. I put them in stews from frozen😅 (and fish it out afterwards if those eating the stew are averse to very hot chillies).
Fried green tomatoes were traditionally made with varieties of tomato which are green when ripe (yes they exist - they don't go red). Not very common any more, but used to be in the US south.
Thank you for not puting the midroll adds. It really makes me enjoy your content more. It gives me hope in humanity, where it seems to me that everywhere around me all the creators and brands do whatever is possible just to earn as much as possible no matter if they need it or not. It's all about profit. I'm in my early twenties and I often see how wrong alll that is to me, how all the adds and content around try to brainwash me into 'buying happiness.' And at the same time, there's you who doesn't put the midroll ads, because he doesn't like them and you who teaches so many of your viewers how to appreciate simple things in life... like a big ognion or a little walk in the woods. I wish you and your family to stay in great health, so we can enjoy your content for many years to come. Take care and thank you for all your videos, from the bottom of my heart!
i highly recommend buffalo heart , its a home garden classic here in poland , best sandvich tomato by far
1:11:12 Honestly, a convection toaster oven can do all the things of a toaster, an air fryer, and a standard oven all in one. If you're re-doing the kitchen maybe see about replacing the oven with a convection one for maximum versatility.
True. Better value for your money (or space, as it may), for a two person household.
You are correct about the yard long beans being day length sensitive. There are however some day length neutral varieties available. 'Loans' is one example but I'm sure there are others.
My suggestion for what to do with the Scotch Bonnet (or Habenero) peppers, pickled candied peppers? There's quite a few recipes out there for it. It's called "Cowboy Candy" the recipes will say to use jalapeno, but you can use any sort of hot pepper.
(I'm guessing you probably no longer have the peppers as it's the end of October, but perhaps it's just a potential future recipe?)
so here in the states we can get 'Spaghetti Squash' which is yellow, thick-skinned and much more rotund than your garden sample. Of course I understand that your garden sample may be under-ripe. Our Spaghetti Squash has much thicker (more like the diameter of regular spaghetti pasta) strands. I also find our Spaghetti squash to be a little sweetish tasting, which I'm not always in the mood for in my 'spaghetti'.
Your garden is amazing. Thank you for another wonderful video.
My childhood home had an old-fashioned pull bell that worked. It had a brass pull knob, and it was my job to polish it every day, along with the doorstep, knocker, and letter box, and it actually wasn't that long ago, the 1980s
Really enjoyed this one Cover the bit of everything When you enjoy something the time just goes by so quick Looking forward to the next blog big thumbs up
That lodge looked lovely. But that bathroom was fantastic. When you walked in I said wow.
I'm glad for this happy little accident with the uploading schedule, lol. I had to put cards in envelopes for work and have over 100 to do, the most I've had yet. This video got me through nearly all of them, and was great to listen to while I worked. Thank you!
Also, your holiday location looks amazing and definitely cozy.
I absolutely love the comment threads that pop up under these videos. The commenters are so informative, and there are so seldom big arguments with angry comments and people getting their feelings hurt. It just seems like such a wholesome place to be.
I live in London and let me tell you, I am so so jealous of your garden. I've grown a few bits of produce on the balcony but it's not the same! One day!
Thank you for this fascinating, educational video!
Great to see the assortment of odd ends of videos and clips combined in a long video format 👍. I treat it as kind of a "podcast" that i can watch whilst doing other things, cooking mainly 😂. Also great to see the wider places in Cumbria being covered (not just the Lake District area) although it is nice to see places that i have visited recently on your itinerary too (Ambleside Falls). Such a great niche you have on RUclips where i can watch you with a mug of coffee talk about literally anything. Keep up the great work Mike!
I have Gold Nuggets (small yellow cherry tomatoes), Russian Red, and Dad's Favourite (beefsteak) in this year. The Gold Nuggets were excellent (prolific and tasty, my best plants out of three different varieties) last year and I'm interested in how the others will go (I'm in New Zealand, so the season is just starting). Try growing squashes on upright struts to save space.
Hi Mike, Try Sun Gold and Cuore Di Bue tomatoes. They are both good croppers and the Cuore Di Bue has a lot of flesh that is good for making things like Passata as well as raw in salads. Sun Gold is the best flavoured tomato I've eaten.
(Cuore di Bue is sometimes marketed as Italian Oxheart)
@@fieryvaledo you find it as watery as red oxheart tomatoes? I feel like the larger the tomato in my experience, the less flavor, so I'm wondering if this would be the best of both worlds 🍅
Finally finished this video, life gets in the way. Regards the woods at the end, they're hardly manicured but certainly well kept. Whom is responsible for that? Just a pleasure as usual, thanks for the content.
I’m not an expert, but I’d hazard a guess that your fuzzy caterpillar at 31:33 is a tiger moth larva. In America we have a slightly different variety that is darker with an orange stripe in the middle, and we call them wooly bear caterpillars.
I dont know how i found you but i think it was a video about using what you have and something in a can. However, i have grown to love this!
Thanks for finding your own way, and sharing it with us. Take care, be well
Temps are dropping to 24 degrees F at night here in Minnesota. Time to harvest the last of the tomatoes, green beans, and peppers. ❤
The seeds of squashes, pumpkins, and marrows, when toasted, and salted, are the only parts of those plants I find enjoyable to eat. They're probably more nutritious than the plant they came from - don't hold me to that, though.
I didn't realise that you posted this video by mistake - like most of your viewers, I saw the duration of this video, and thought: 'Well over an hour? Yes please. I'll get a brew going.'
Nice one. 👍👍👍
Affpuddle is described in Douglas Adams and John Lloyd's classic book 'The Meaning Of Liff', as: 'A puddle which is hidden under a pivoted paving-stone. You only know it's there, when you step on the paving-stone, and the puddle jumps up your leg.'