Random Stuff - Smelting, Patination, Berry Picking, Gleaning & Cinnabar Moth 

Jesus there’s literally nothing this man can’t do. Appreciate the mix up of content my friend

I came for the scam baiting, stayed for the random stuff This channel is so random and I love it!

Just goes ahead and makes a furnace base. That is a true sign of effort.

Name the statue Mr John Warosa. Or Mange Tout

This is what happens when someone is addicted to learning and I love it. Best "Variety Hour" show on RU-vid, thank you for sharing! Edit: Love Manuel for the Moai.

Impressive, i like watching this kind of content as well.

I always feel like I'm a journey with my dad when you make stuff like this.

Watching your videos is like being a kid hanging out with your dad learning all sorts of things as and when they come up. Love it!

"I found some iron ore on the beach." "Foraged..porridge" This man doin real life minecraft.

you're a very bright guy Mr atomic shrimp, a real jack of all trades.

I gotta say Shrimp, you are a bloddy interesting bloke.

You really are living your life fullest, doing and trying all kinds of different things, I admire you

Your videos always cheer me up. And I can't wait to see what mixture is going to promote the most growth.

This is a section of RU-vid I didn't know existed but I'm already hooked

This kind of thing must be a favourite on this channel along with scambaiting

Another great vid Mr. Shrimp 🍤 They should show these in schools. They're so interesting. 👍👍👍

I'm sure you've already got the statue sorted as I'm over a year late to the party, but if you want to make moss grow you want to make a slurry by throwing a handful of moss in a blender with ~500 ml of buttermilk and water. Who knew something from mythbusters would end up being applicable. Love the videos!

I have spent many an hour in my childhood on Hengistary head, a fantastic spot to watch the Starlings coming in to roost as well as trudging around the New Forest, especially the Linwood area looking for rare beetles, butterflies and reptiles.

I also wanted to mention this beautiful concrete horse head I have in my garden. I wish I could post a pic here. Moss naturally grew on it over a 4yr period and I love it. About 1/3 of it is covered and it looks as if someone made it that way. No artist compares to nature.

The best RU-vid channel out there at the moment. Is there no end to this man's knowledge and talents? 👍👍

Those shots of grass fields do wonders for video compression

Metallurgy, botany, cookery, entomology; four for the price of one! My sister lives up by an area of moorland, which usually has a fair crop of bilberries. Must go check how it goes this year.

Do you want to pick blueberries in my backyard with me? I thrashed our small stands of winter rye by letting the stalks dry for 2 days, then cutting the heads off into a regular pillowcase and swinging the pillowcase down repeatedly into a table. Then I winnowed off the chaff by pouring the grains from my hand into a dish while standing outside in a slight breeze. Congratulations on 145,000.

I just found your channel and I have to say that your videos just bring me so much happiness for some reason. Keep on going!

This was extremely random. Thanks!

i love this stuff! i didn't know much about smelting or patination before this video, but the last 3 segments were right up my alley

I just love this kind of stuff. I found you by looking for Stuart Ashens-esque material (canned bananas and custard, of course), but this is a big surprise. You are fantastic.

What a channel. So much random videos. Good stuff!

Came for the scambaiting, remained for all the genuinely interesting videos of DIY you're doing. Thank you!

I love this so much. Nothing is more fun than watching you do random things.

This is likely going to get buried, or go unseen. I subbed to your channel after watching you toy with a couple scamers. I have since come to enjoy the variety of things you do. Thank you for your channel and the content you make.

I just found your channel , seen you've been going for 10 years and you whole thing is cool(ish) random stuff. I'm in love deep, I think I'm gonna die watching your channel.

Ur content is so unique❤️

Just recently found your channel, you make some of the best content I've seen. Such diverse and interesting topics. Love how you explain things too. I just cant stop watching lol

The Britsh at their best - inventive - persistent - innovative

We get a lot of Cinnabar moths and caterpillars on our allotment. Both are nice to see

I would love to see an update video on the statue

I like this mash up, always learning something new!

This is one of my absolute favorites of yours. I love how eclectic your videos are. I watch them every night when I hit the sack. I'd love for you to revisit some audio book reading like you mentioned in your birds you need to know video

These outdoors trip videos are something I always look forward to, especially coming closer to the end of summer and fall. I think this will be my third fall watching your videos, and I can hardly wait.

The beginning was so relaxing

I love crab

This is so wholesome I love it

this is so so cool, ur content is so interesting!

I first found you by your scam baiting videos and I subscribed so I could see more. I didn’t start watching your other content until I saw the bee video. Then I started watching another video then another and another. Now I wish I watched your other content earlier. My favorite one is probably the bee one so far. I still need to watch more of your videos so that may change soon

I once made a furnace out of a big several gallon cooking pot with two bricks in the bottom, then I set a ceramic flower pot inside on top of the bricks, cut a hole through the side of both, ran a pipe for air intake and poured concrete mix around the rim between the two pots to fill up the gap. Duct taped a hair dryer to the end of the pipe and taped down the cool air button so it wouldn’t overheat as easy. I only melted down aluminum cans and broken broom handles and lawn furniture, but I got actual bentonite clay and sand and unsuccessfully tried to make molds. I couldn’t make a crucible that Wouldn’t melt, so the furnace was effective at least. The cooking pot held it together well even when it was heavily cracked. I used regular charcoal briquettes

I think that's ragwort on the left at 12:21 , too. (There's not much of it in Hertfordshire this year, for some reason. I've been lucky to spot just three cinnebar larvae so far.)

for threshing the oats you might want to try making a small wooden frame with a bit of mesh spread across it like a canvas, then rub the oats+husks with a wooden block. I used to do that with wheat all the time and it worked quite well

Surprisingly interesting to a bloke that isnt rural minded. I do enjoy learning about words like gleaning and some 'backstory' and history tidbits. Maybe even recognize some plants next time out.

Clever idea. I've smelted before, and you did a pretty good job for your first time. BTW, have you thought about doing asmr before? Your voice is really relaxing.

I really am sad i will never achieve this state of living you are in. You have the life ive always wanted...also I vote you name the statue Dumdum

Interesting craft stuff, especially the bit about creating the miniforge. Thanks for the process video edit: to suggest a name, Manuel is a good choice. Max is also good, or Henry.

Man I love this channel

Looking forward to the update on the statue

Came for the Scam Baiting, stayed for the wholesomeness.

yes, this was interesting, and calming pleasurable and soothing while being informative cheers!

A second blueberry bush of a different variety would hugely increase your harvest. They do best when they are pollinated by a different plant.

Remember years ago when there was a glut of cinnabar moths one summer ? I remember walking my son to school over a patch of rough ground, walking through the long grass with cinnabar moths flying up all around us. Absolutely beautiful. Hardly seen one since ! Isn't Nature weird ?

I *_love_* that idea!!! (making the charcoal, hand bellows, etc)

i'm really happy you did combine them all for the last block

As a Manuel myself i think you should definitely go for Manuel for the Moai.

I really like this channel you just do things

Please reffer me to the patinated Moai results! Having only watched your scam-baiting videos, I found these random stuff a life-changing surprise

That moss seemed to be growing fast, must be Stirling Moss.

I love this channel

This guy is just genuinely interesting, I could just listen to him go on about anything he does. Given that this is RU-vid, I think I may do just that

really entertaining content dude, keep it up! :)

Amazing, always so interesting!

Yes, it was very interesting. I always learn something from watching your videos. :-)

You are a very clever man And by the looks of things you care a lot about the planet and eco things You should be in schools Teaching foriging, inventing, craftsmanship and cooking

Beautiful variation of content. Have been binging, if I'm honest.

Manwell looks a lot like Malcolm Fraser, an Australian Prime Minister that governed back in the '70s. A group of monuments erected of Malcolm can be found in the fields of Easter Island.

The end of this video (I had to go to work earlier after my last comment, was roughly 2/3 done with the vid) somehow has me reminded of Peter Lustig, host of Löwenzahn. Not sure if you've ever heard of it considering it's German rather than English, but you give off the same nature knowledgeable, fun vibes in your videos, or at least you do to me. I'm now going to embark on a journey to watch probably the majority of your content, and I urge you to check out a channel called "Lofty Pursuits". They make candy there, but I feel like you'd like the little story times and history lessons in each video there! P.s. also slight Bob Ross vibes. Hope the bell actually gives me notifications from your channel!

Nice

I love your little doggie

How do you know so much stuff?! Oh and have you done the experiment on the finish for the head? And of course: CONGRATULATIONS on reaching 1000...how very Shrimpy to make your own celebratory medal :o)

So I've subscribed for your scambaiting stuff, which was pretty impressive to me, and I decided to try and check out some of your videos that came up in my feed, and I'm liking it all a bunch.

A wholesome video👍

I like the name Norman for the statue.

What a beautiful collection of adventures! I've found painting statues with a moss "slurry" blended with Agar or even Gelatin makes an excellent growth medium, it appreciates the moist stickiness. Though most moss likes the acidity of yoghurt, it's also the perfect media for mould and other nasties. Lichen is so slow growing that its hard to get anything reasonable happening and it's more likely get a divorce- the slime mould and algae will decide to end their symbiosis

i once read about "moss graffiti" where they advice to put the moss with yoghurt in a blender to spread it more evenly. i wouldve thought the moss wouldnt survive that, but apparently it does.

as for someone who has made charcoal (and black powder) himself it is a verry jarring experience. the sulfur and potassium nitrate were ordered. however, the charcoal dust was 100 % homemade. takes alot of air and the right setup. we used a bucket, paint can, and some wood XD

Now this is epic

Fun to forage porridge! Maybe a drying/low roasting step would remove the chewiness?

you should do asmr, your voice is soothing

This is true talent

Stale beer, moss blend to a paste. Apply. Mist daily. George!! His name is George.

Yes please show update on the statue

Just like the simulations

You really are one of those Jack-of-all-Trades type of person, eh? Love it! EDIT: ugh, sorry about the grammar fail there

Thank you for respecting my kind on here, we don't get enough credit these days...

Kinda sucks that your other videos don't get as many views as your scammer videos. This is genuinely interesting stuff.

I like these in my recommended

I like that you used the letter 'P' and not 'H'.

Ah a local man. Small world.

Very interesting!!! And you should have just gone ahead snd made some bilberry bran cereal while you were at it! Lol!

That was the perfect video for a Sunday, thank you. One small question, are you sure you're not the reincarnation of Jack Hargreaves?

you're like a special grandpa or uncle that can make anything and like to scam baiting

I hope the moss paste works the best for your statue as I would not be opposed to seeing it with a mossy mohawk.

His name shall be... Lark...