Work on the Forge, Clothing of the 17 and 1800's and Putting Food Down for the Winter | LOG CABIN | 

'I've got roots to dig..." and our Hero immediately harvests cabbage!😊

Chatherine has a beautiful smile. Your smile, Peter, is ok. You’re an inspirational couple

I remember that show, and remembered that I really enjoyed it.

Oh how I remember that he killed Jim a bar when he was only three! I could hardly wait until the next episode, as hokie as it would appear today. I’ve watched some of the old westerns I grew up with but some are still entertaining. I watched a few hours of the Rifleman last year and I was surprised that they were pretty good, unlike others. But that period in the 18th century was like revisiting home when I was growing up and into adulthood. I Love living in the country surrounded by Amish farms and stores, which we patronize weekly. They have a strong community and still practice many old/ancient methods. Their buggies and work horses and mules on the farm. A simpler way of life I believe is the most rewarding. I’ve always felt very blessed that I can do many things I set my mind to do to, just as I’ve seen you and Kathy do as well. I very much enjoy Woodland Escape! Living on 8 acres of woods that’s attached to hundreds more brings a balance and comfort being the natural and real world. Many Blessings and Many Thanks! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania

The squeaky wheelbarrow story is so funny. I will always think of that story every time I use my wheelbarrow. What a beautiful harvest you have.

I just love your "wee bit of history" it's how we connect, learn and grow!

What a great harvest, I'm impressed. Always learning something from your videos, along with the history lessons, I didn't know that trick about keeping cabbage fresh for the entire winter. God bless you sir.

For sharing your live history videos with me and my friends

Your energy and knowledge never cease to impress me! I recently went to the Museum of the Fur Trade near Chadron Nebraska and was amazed by the quality and amount of exhibits there. They tell the same story as you. Fabrics and blankets were treasured. Their collection of trade rifles was amazing too. But the lowly fabrics we take for granted today were vital.

I enjoy it when I hear you say, “ a wee bit of history here.” … keep up the good work.. Onward and Upward is the Watchword..

Thank you for the garden shots. We ferment pickles carrots radish peppers an a lot more. Plus sauerkraut. The dairy is also fermented for extended shelf life. Bacon and corn beef and veef. I love food preservation information and application. good video.

Your wee bit of history is one of my favorite parts. So much to learn in such a short lifetime.

Thanks for the history and the fireside chat, it's always enjoyable. It looks like you had a great harvest, and the forge is coming along nicely too!

WOW, lots of good garden veggies! They all will come in handy this winter. Very interesting about the red dye, amazing really! Blessings.

Talk about the 'bounty of nature": your garden has been so productive. Alas, I remember my mother and father working together 'til late hours when orchards were producing peaches and pears that needed canning. You and Kathy have a mountain (of produce) to climb!

I am looking forward too next week tutorial! Your deer hide one is one of my favorites! Your garden looks lovely! Ours was ravaged by deer and raccoons! Love the video!

I always enjoy the history segments. Most people have no idea how labor-intensive life was in the past.

Peter thanks for the wee bit of history. Looks like you and Cathy had a good harvest with your garden this year also.

Have you heard of Tasha Tudor? She was an author and illustrator who loved and live as early 1800's in Vermont. Her legacy is inspiring. Much of what and how you and Catherine live reminds me of her. She passed in 2008 at 92 I think or there abouts. In Joy

Good morning from Syracuse NY USA brother and everyone else thank you

You both are awesome, thank you🥰🥰🥰🥰

Still some of the best on RU-vid

Thanks Peter love watching what y’all are doing. Good looking garden harvest. (Old guy from Arkansas)🇺🇸

I spent my day gathering crops and digging up bulbs and I came inside to think of what's for dinner and turned you on. I remember watching you gather crops last year and realize how fast a year goes. We are all blessed with the lives we have and thankful for shows like yours to help us learn even more. Blessings from Missouri.

Yummy harvest!

Been really looking forward to this all week. I can now watch and have a beer and cook a curry.

Love that root cellar and wow, that's a lot of beautiful produce! By the way, just love that jacket with the fringe. I've always loved fringe...not sure why...but...its awesome!

Beautiful colors.....really enjoyed the story line!

Hi Peter, I really enjoyed the video I look forward to always watching a second time with a cup of coffee. Great bits of history you share. Bet you and I could talk days about it for days. See ya on the next !

Appreciate your efforts and dedication! What a wonderful harvest, mine not so much. I was able to harvest a good crop of apples though and will be applesauce by the weekend! I just purchased a long sleeve waistcoat last weekend. I believe they also called them civilian jackets. Many people are far removed from what it truly took to survive in times of old. Thanks again and keep your powder dry!

Wonderful and informative as always!! ✌🏻

Another great video. Loved your hunting coat

Thank you for the great video. A beautiful and bountiful garden it is! I also watched the building of the blacksmith shop. A beautiful job well done. You guys are awesome!

i've watched your videos of/on for a while for some reason i had not subscribed until now. I just wanted to thank you for the history portions of the episodes, i'm in my mid 70's and schools paid attention to OUR history where they do not now. You and your lady raise a hell of a garden, makes my mouth water. Thanks for your attention to detail.

I am kinda new to your videos....when watching it is like visiting with friends down the road

Cochinilla is the name in Spanish. But that was not the only red dying that came from Mexico. While Cochinilla bugs might be the most well known, Palo Tinte (“Dying stick”) and Sangre de Draco (“Dragon’s blood”), both trees from the Yucatan peninsula were used by the Mayas for thousands of years as red sources for all kind of dying. The Spaniards commercialized the three of them in Europe for a couple of hundred years until the independence of Mexico. The forge is going great Peter and Kathy! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for sharing and taking us along on the journey.and for the history lesson . Maybe you.could have Mrs Kathy do one on ladies fashion.on. the time period blessings

You got that right brother

Good to see a fire going in the fireplace again. Looks mighty cozy. I had some ancestors that needed patched together to keep going so you might not have been far off with your comment. Pretty sure they weren’t made in to quilts though. Lol. Good looking harvest. Such a great sight in the fall. Enjoy!

Always interesting The Hudson bay blanket history would make a good follow-up video Thanks

How awesome!

I have a couple of those old quilts from my great grandparents! They are not the pretty ornate quilts you see them making these days, they were functional pieces of of clothing for a better word. When I would spend time with them in the winter they would put one or two quilts down on the floor close to the woodstove. Then I would lie down and the stacking started. I can still hear my grandmother asking me if I could move from the weight of the quilts as she stacked them on me one after another. Usually by number 5 I had to ask her to stop. I even have one of the older quilts filled with Spanish moss from the trees they collected and boiled to use as insulation for the inside of the quilt. As the quilts aged or got holes in them they were simply patched or recovered. The heaviest one I still have must have 4 layers of clothing on it. After the last reupholster of it they never trimmed the threads where they stitched the layers together.

It looks like you or your wife has a very green thumb great harvest 👍

This channel just keeps getting better! Love it!! Blessings to you both!

In the book The Swiss Family Robinson, cochineal was used in making their clothing and hats and a type of foot covering. I love that book and have read it countless times. Happy Autumn!

WONDERFUL VID! Thanks soOOOoo much 4 sharing with us! To hear that our ancestors, when; 'too messed up. too worn out to either patch or mend, they were sewn into quilts'...flew through one ear and out the other, with nary a blink. Your relaxed presence and soothing dialogue, had me slip that in as 'plausible'. Dear Lord, the power of (your) 'comportment!' (LOL). Dear Catherine, U look just lovely in your fine blue dress, I canNOT get over how 'clean' you both appear when doing such dirty tasks = Amazing! Clothing is simply fascinating in unveiling the 'fabric' of history. (All puns intended). Funny how we have gone from 'natural' to 'unnatural' in our production of fabrics and it seems 2 mimic our present 'lifestyles'? The use of dyes may have even inspired the lines; 'You bug me! or 'Bug off!'...who knows? WHAT AN ABUNDANCE of healthy veggies now fill your larder = TRUE wealth and GREAT GIFT! Methinks the love on Catherine's face, is the 'reason' behind the 'fine taste' of your brew = Catherine is a TREASURE! Peter, it is always a joy to listen 2 your 'wee bits'. I close with George Washington; "Do not conceive that fine clothes make fine men any more than fine feathers make fine birds." Sounds like a 'bit of venom' penned after a nasty meeting...what say you? Health and God Bless! :)

interesting bit of history about the clothing and the wheelbarrow peter, I enjoy the history lessons by the fireplace, and it looks like your garden did very well this year

Enjoyed the clothing. Admired all the work that went into such a successful garden.

Keep up the heard work I sure do enjoy watching love the history thanks so much Bill from North Carolina mountains

Good evening Cathy and Peter. I figured we'd be getting a garden update soon and looks to be a great harvest. The shop is really coming along also. The local battle of the mississenewa 1812 reenactment was last weekend but I wasn't able to make it. Looks like snow flurries possible here to start the week so I assume you'll be getting the same weather. Thanks for sharing and have a blessed weekend friends.

One of my ancestor's Rev. War uniforms was turned into a quilt during a snowstorm in upstate New York by his Granddaughter, sometime in the 1820s-30s. The last I knew, it is in the DAR museum. All the dark blue pieces in the quilt are from the uniform.

The British used beetles to die their uniforms, which is why the colonials called them Beetles. I think the dye was from South America, as I remember. The only red that I ever wore on my uniforms was a red stripe down my trousers on my dress blues.

Magnificent colours on the intro trees & a beautiful dress on Kathy. Your cropping skills are very evident & productive - but you seemed to need some prodding to get working (lol) however the wee bits of history were great & educational. Great stuff.

Here in Michigan we're having a helluva blow. You will get it later today or tomorrow..... Do you have any 'wee bits of history" on how colonists experienced weather extremes? Did they clear trees away from their structures? Decamp to their root cellars?

The shop is coming along very well. I really enjoy your videos.

The two of you remind me of Vena and Brad Angier.

What a fascinating video. You are absolutely right out Kathy's dress. It's absolutely beautiful. I particularly enjoyed your history comments. The red was particularly interesting. As someone trying to portray a coureur de bois,(French/Anishinabe) the red coat has always interested me as a prize of war. I think this was one of your best.

Living in southern Indiana our garden didn’t produce much this year, what did mostly got eaten by deer. The bounty of yours is impressive!!

Looks like you have a great harvest at the garden this year. Love watching the video especially the wee bit of history. Looking forward to the next video.

THANK YOU again for a great video. You have inspired me to plan a larger garden next year. I always enjoy the educational part about many things we didn't learn in school.:)

Hi Peter, sorry I haven't been talking lately. Busy with a disabled wife. Missed some videos but catching up. Great work and very informative. Thanks. Watch your top knot

Fine video, really enjoyed watching it, thank you both.

Wow I'm seriously impressed by the size and quality of your garden, congratulations!

You’re garden did very well this year lots of good food for the winter months ahead 🙂 I hope to have my own garden next spring especially carrots and potatoes, I was to busy moving and fixing outbuildings on my new property this year. Great video like always Peter I can’t wait for the next one 🙂

Great fun once again the history of early clothing and dyes very interesting. Seeing that wonderful garden again was a great treat. But the Lizard! What was that never seen one like that before.

Good teaser for next week!! and you remember right Peter, the green of your garters is golden rod yellow dipped in indigo, a composite color quite difficult to reproduce in same tone every other batch... but we'll see other way to make green. See you!

Impressive harvest Cathy and Peter !

Another great video and some great history.

I thoroughly enjoy every aspect of your site, but can't wait to smell the coal smoke.

Real nice garden, love it.

Looks like you had an excellent harvest!

Yup, for sure we are way too removed from how things are made, and far too quick to just throw stuff out, but that’s because they’re made so cheaply, and far from our sight. Loved the wheel barrow story. I read a book a while back, written by an 1800’s homesteader, who said she traded strips of cloth with native women. I believe they were the same scraps used for quilts…….oh and scarlet may have been sought after….unless it was a letter stitched to your clothes! 😀

Thank you for another wonderful video, enjoyed it so much.

And good history lesson

Daniel Boone's one son said his father didn't like fur hats, because they made his head itch. He was a Quaker and he wore a black wide brimmed ( longhunter's ) hat, a common hat of the day.

Howdy peter You remember Danial Boone ... with Fess Parker . The musket looked like Betsy .You can watch some of the or parts here on YT . A lot of work in the garden ..you can keep the beets right there , never liked them . LOL Trees must be peaking out now . Getting cold .. what is the temp there ? we just had " Indian summer " for a couple of days 65 to 75 F .... cooling off quickly . Low 40's over night . Very interesting about the red dies ... Wonder how it started ...maybe someone had the " bug " walking on his arm and smashed it and the color stayed ....Not sure if you buy fur coats very easily. It will interesting to see how the bead work and stitching done . Think you will starting fire in your furnace this year ?

Very good video. Thank you

Excellent looking harvest! Good job!

😋 yum ☕☕⚡

excellent video as usual. Awesome harvest. Are you a teacher by trade? Really like the bit of wheel barrow history. Great Wee Bit of history.

Wee Paddy goes to his Gaffer and asks for a new wheel Barrow. The gaffer asks him why. Paddy sais "cause it's going squeek...........squeek...........squeek........squeek". His gaffer fired him and Paddy asks why. Gaffer sais " because it should be going Squeek..squeek..squeek 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

What an amazing harvest Peter. You guys are going to winter in the cabin aren't you? Outstanding video and thank you both for sharing

Synchronicity. Yesterday I watched a video about harvesting the cochineal larvae by hand and making the dye.

Awesome harvest!!

I was just in Peterborough for work. Was wondering how close I was to your homestead. Lol

tolle ernte! 🤤🤤🤤😋😋😋👍

Happy Christmas & Happy New Year🎄👵

Wow nice root crop! New sub love your content 😊

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What a great harvest! I really miss the red potatoes, as they are not to be found where I now live. I was wondering today, if you live full time like in your videos or do you actually live in a condo in some yuppie neighborhood?

Nice forge Peter. Q What was the green dye made from for the green frocks of the Rangers? Watching Danial Boone as a kid I remember a episode when Dan meet a Hessian solder in Kentucky probably based on my ancestor Leonard Kratz. He was at Saratoga in 1777 an escaped an went to Kentucky in 1778 down the Ohio.

Hello Peter, Good to see another vlog. Speaking of clothing, what did the neb from Scotland wear year round.? Did thyey continue to wear their kilts? Thanks ,and be well. David

Can you talk more about longhunters clothing ca nt wait until the next next time you're video s is like my dream come true thank you

We'll be VIDEO taping that, haha. Are you going to Manitoulin again this year? Nobody in history gets skunked two years in a row on the island

Thank you Peter and Kathy! Did the dyes run when clothing/blankets became wet?

Dont think Your root cellar will hold all of the vegetables. You were blest with a great harvest.

Excellent video! Could you please tell me where you aquired your bluish hunting frock, I'd greatly appreciate it

you need a potato fork to dig all those tubers up with...

That's a good harvest. So... the squeaky wheels don't get the grease?

Was Chinese Vermillion used or did that become popular later. I know it was popular with the Plains Indians. What was Hawkeye wearing under his leggings in Last of the Mohicans? It was some kind of longs johns and they looked quite thin.