Victorian Kitchen: Luncheon

I think the best thing about these videos is that two of the presenters were actually in service and are talking about their own experiences. I suspect that today to find anything remotely similar you would have to get access to one of the Queens palaces.

Ruth Mott and Peter Thoday along with Harry Dodson show us what the Victorian used to eat for their lunch.

A beautiful series created by Jennifer Davies. You can purchase the complete series, along with the other programmes, on amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Victorian-Garden-Series-DVD/dp/B000GW8TDW/ref=sr_...

Victorian Kitchen: Breakfast

I hope you enjoy this little series on Victorian life as much as I have.


Ruth Mott and Peter Thoday along with Harry Dodson show us what the Victorian used to eat for their breakfast.

A beautiful series created by Jennifer Davies. You can purchase the complete series, along with the other programmes, on amazon:http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Victorian-Garden-Series-DVD/dp/B000GW8TDW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1312736841&sr=8-2

Thank you Diane Mumm

A video thank you card to Diane Mumm for the wonderful prize that she gave me for being the runner-up winner in her channel contest. For more information on the Friends for Zambia project please visit their website:

http://www.friendsforzambia.org/

Pain de Campagne in the Dutch Oven

A detailed look at my method for producing a French Country Style loaf, Pain de Campagne, using the Dutch Oven to bake it much like the No Knead Bread method with a few differences and adjustments to insure that the heavier loaf gets the same oven spring that is achieved with the no knead method.

Free on the range.

Back to bare ground here and the girls are still enjoying their little treats in the fallen leaves. Getting colder everyday though, minus 5 this morning.

Early December Hoop House and Garden

Hard to believe but it is early December and I'm still working in the garden and things are still growing in the hoop house.

Seed Give Away Contest , Not One But Two Winners... I Know About Time...

Look at me I just won a contest.

Bird Table Timelapse

A shot collection of ten second video clips taken with my plant cam time-lapse camera set-up at my bird table. There aren't any bird songs because the plant cam doesn't record sound.

Hoop House Survives Minus Six Degrees

The hoop house has survived minus 6 degree temperature and continues to grow. A look around at some of the shrubs in my garden that have fruit this time of year for the local wildlife.

Way too early.......

Way too early......., originally uploaded by Campobello Island.

I know it looks nice but I hate it and November is way too early for this. The forecast has it warming up again over the next few days so hopefully it will all melt.

The Ladies in the Snow

Our first snow that accumulated on the ground so I had to go out to the coop and consult the ladies to see what they thought about it. Also a look at the snow on the Hoop House.

The girls in the rafters ready for bed

The girls in the rafters ready for bed, originally uploaded by Campobello Island.

My cat walk in the rafters seems to be working there is much less bickering over positions when the girls are ready to be tucked in for the night. The four little bantam hens go up first and claim the first rafter just inside the door and everybody else falls in behind on the other rafters and the cat walk. Except for Prince Leah he is all by himself on the top rung of the roosts that I built for them to sleep on. He has never slept anywhere else and doesn't see what all of the commotion over the rafters is all about.

Mid November harvesting in the Chicken Coop and Hoop House

Still harvesting food from the Hoop House even though the temperatures are dropping daily. A look around at the remaining crops and harvesting the broccoli. In the chicken coop I'm getting more eggs with a new record today and all of the eggs are now full size, large to extra large for the six full size hens and small to medium for the bantam breeds. The hens are determined to sleep in the rafters so I'm doing some alterations to make it a bit easier for them.

Martha Lays an Egg

A look at my little chicken flock now full grown and laying eggs on a daily basis. Martha the Silver Sebright Bantam and by far the smallest bird in my coop laid an eggs this morning.

Planting a Mediterranean Fig in my zone 5 garden

Planting a fig, Ficus carica 'Celeste in the hoop house.

The Bird Formerly Known as Princess Leah

Things are still thriving in the hoop house even with the cold weather. I managed to get the soil mix that I like and bags of sheep manure compost so I've got the raised beds filled and ready for spring. In this video I plant my garlic and get some spring bulbs ready for forcing.

Three more great gadgets.

Method for making the Dutch Oven Bread

http://youtu.be/GG6aAj4Oloc

and


http://www.flickr.com/photos/dalecalder2003/3090207520/

Making Apple Chutney

Making Apple Chutney, originally uploaded by Campobello Island.

Trying to use up some of my Pumpkin Sweet Apples, I hate to see them go to waste. I had never tried making chutney before so I looked up a recipe on the internet and gave it a try:

recipehelpers.com/spreads-preserves/80694-apple-chutney-c...

I used my own fresh hot chilli peppers instead of the chilli flakes and I didn't have crystallized ginger so I added extra powdered ginger. The chutney has a real zing to it and I love it.

Video Response to Work With Nature - Lazy Garden Bed

Checkout Work with nature's Channel for some great videos and his explanation of this type of garden bed along with some excellent explanatory graphics:

http://www.youtube.com/user/workwithnature