23515 - that lamb is HUGE ! YES, I agree w you!

So true, it really helps one understand so much more about the people who lived in that time. This series has been fantastic.

Yes! I know so many facts about people's lives throughout history, but I struggle to remember dates of big events. I remember they happened, but I really care more what the people experienced.

I love learning about all the cool old mechanical inventions people used to do everyday things. So many of those processes are so invisible to us today!

I am interested in it all as a whole...to understand one aspect you must understand it all as a whole. It all had it's part.

You are absolutely correct.

If no woman were around a men did the job. I want to go back to the olden days where a woman would be put in the stocks simply for talking back. I miss those days

It's overlooked by society, never by good people.

It's literally the most complex and tedious jobs that are always given to women. More people should be forced to watch shows like this lol

If I had professors start the semester with "here's proof I lived this for a full year as they did" i wouldn't miss a class, pay attention and ask tons of questions.

I've had too many professors who apparently find joy in tormenting their students. Or are clearly incompetent and undeserving of their position and title. It's very frustrating.

@Derek quite rude, aren't you?

@socrlax I've met that kind. They love blaming others but always ready to reap the rewards for themselves.

Me too! If only they were as pro-active as she is. She seems the exception rather than the rule. I'm talking from my life as a college student - personal experience, not data - so take it with a grain of salt.

I agree😊.

Oh I agree i just found this and I'm looking for any i can get with the 3

Please share if you know of ways to see all of theirs

Fantastic program !! Boy they had to work so very hard at everything that they do !! Am Blessed to be in this generation !!! Such an amazing program . Thank You !!!

not sure what happened to tom

My grandmother said that the washing machine did more to liberate women than the vote ever could have! She was quite funny about the innovations she saw take place during the 20th century. She really liked her wringer washing machine and thought the automatic machines were an incredible waste of soap and water.

@Earl Nut I have to agree with the freedom aspect of beig able to plop your clothes in and go! How lazy i feel whe i cant be bothered to pulll the clothes from the dryer right away, my mom would stand there and pull out piece by piece letting it dry and roll as she carefully folded each item.

I agree on how we romanticize a "simple" life. But a simple life rarely means an 'easy' life, we got to remember that.

But there are an increasing number of people who are turning their backs on the modern life, the city life and going back to our ancestors ways of doing things as much as possible, raising their own x food, veggies, herbs raising food animals, sheep for wool for clothing, digging a well…. Using solar power or hydro electrical power for the electricity needed….. I’ve heard it called off grid or homesteaders .

@Gianna I put my clothes in a plastic bend then put in the bathroom tub then add water and laundry detergent I wait for an hour then I take my clothes out squeeze it and lay it out to dry. 🙂

| am sick in bed as well, I will definately going to watch those after this! Thank you for the recommandation :D

My turn to be sick, and watch The Farm series. Hope everyone is feeling better!

@Jeepster Gal I hope you will feel better soon. All the best

I love these kind thank you for posting this .God bless you to be able to to do this.

growing up, my mom eventually as a guilder(?) around Wessex over there found it harder and harder to practice her craft (her, e.g., spinning wheel broke? she'd had to score herself a blacksmith who still plied the trade as during William-Shakespeare times..etc., etc.), such that now long resettled on Corporateria's Isle of Montreal it has become interesting to see how *!wholesomely!* a forge down in the Old Port here has been fondly kindled -- the spiritedness revealed by the promos is what happens to be ringing bells by harking back to cozily tempered living 🍸 however, these actors -- more like _marionettes_ -- literally make me puke :brrrRrr: I helped mom with laundry or carding or dad with pottery or lace; we had no TV, no phone, no fridge, etc., etc.; and so this CORPORATEERED gushiness is wretching as far as reconciling alongside my FOND memories could ever go . . . :pfFt:

oof! I immediately broke into tears after this (patient) spinner had rummaged around her fleece samples for the 2nd time to pluck some wool from for me to sniff, because it smelled just like the untreated fleeces that got individually shipped to our cottage over there: trshow.info/watch/BBJ07-13-oQ/video.html I'm still tucked that sample she gave me for safekeeping 🍸

Schrute Farm welcomes all

It woudl be cool

a week? I want to experience a full season if not more like this, would be amazing. Learn everything most modern people don't know about.

It would be AMAZING

Oh wow! What a great idea! Sign me up!👍🏻

they do it on purpose. historical interest. they have a LOT of old historic houses there and someone has to tend the antique stuff as well. they do get paid.

I dont doubt that he was anticipating the ram's first introduction to the ewes as much or more than the ram itself. The pride in his voice as the ram struts to the herd is intoxicating.

@Michael Webster you're projecting, man.🤣🤣🤣

@theCosmicQueen In what way?

im so jealous how can i be you?

@holly I started 30 years ago planting vegetables in the landscaping around my parents pool in the backyard :) Its a whole life-long journey and you can choose just exactly how self-sufficient you want to be and take either one or two giant steps to get there or a million tiny steps along the way!

If you like this one, go find the channel "Absolute History". Its where this video is originally from, and they have WAY more.

I am from the US too. I agree with Violent on Absolute History.

The participants themselves are historians that are part of the research. It means they already know quite a bit about what was done before they go in, and then are able to really recreate the experience. It's really interesting to watch!

The woman is a historian. The two gentlemen are both archeologists.

They do one about the Tudor era too. It's really great.

@Spicy Lagato Is it with the same people? They surely didn't actually spend an entire year on these farms. That's a lot of time out of someone's life to dedicate to something like this and being apart from their friends and family and all of that.

@Spicy Lagato And the Edwardian era and the WWII era-ALL very informative. Lots of info on how to survive lean times.

simplicity at is best.i could live like this.,but old 11B's appreciate any creature comfort.

Ruth is so enthusiast!!

Same is true today!!!!!

Squaller? Think you wanted squalor.

My mother said they really didn’t feel much of the Depression because they lived in the country.

@William Wilson congrats

@Vermont Native old hank Williams song lyrics lmao, but yes ofcourse the poor folks in the country who didn't buy or sell anything could've went the whole depression without knowing.

I was thinking the same thing! Lol.

I think we're lucky to live in a world where a lot of this tedious labor can be automated by large machines. What I really think I feel is how satisfying doing something so difficult must feel and how that's probably lost in today's age.

Ironically right here in America there’s still plenty of farms and ranches that have to do most of these things daily. I know because I’m one of them😂

@Fyr3 St0rm it’s not luck at all the way people are now is deluded lazy and without skills and talent. The literal definition of dependent and consumer.

Ain’t that the truth!

I would love to see more of these series! I love this kind of stuff!

@Cook They also have a Tudor farm and a Wartime farm series!

@Cook They also made a documentary series about a castle that's being built in France, I think it was a 12 parter

@Doredam Thanks! Love these guys

That's the thing. People of all times had great hardships in life, but their joys are greater in different areas too. A fulfilling life can be found in any time and situation, and I've found that physically hard work makes for a good life balance.

@Chris Bolland yes your right. And I believe they in many ways had it better. The family sat at the Supper table and spoke to and looked at each other. They played an instrument and sang on the front porch. They were interested in each other. But now they go into their own rooms with their cell phones. I feel technology is good for a lot of things but that the family has strayed apart. When I was a child we'd get real excited to go to the lake and fish a little. But Momma always made a large picnic. And somehow food taste better in the fresh air. Well I could go on and on. I have found the simple things are still the best things. But I am always drawn to these older time shows. I believe because they're more meaningful.

@Mary Redd Have any of those things gone away though? Just because not everyone does them doesn't mean you can't. Supper tables and instruments and picnic tables all still exist, after all.

@Vadalia yes, they still exist. That is why I collect antique crocks, antique butter crocks. Antique ice cream dippers. I could go on and on. And I use them. My mother didn't like everybody always sitting around the t.v. so she limited it. Of course as a kid I didn't like it. Now I see why. Now I liked this show. Shows that are heart felt scripts. Not shows just based on vanity. There is a bad agenda in some shows and good in others. There is good and bad almost everywhere because both exist. So everybody can choose for himself. So, I know what makes me feel good. And this type of programming I like.

@Mary Redd I agree with you. I was born in the late 70's and raised in the 80's and early 90's. Before cellular phones were in teens hands.I had a second phone line put in my bedroom from my parents for my 16th birthday. Which I thought was the coolest thing in the world. I have 3 children aged 27, 23, and 19. I also have 4 grandchildren, a 5 yr old boy, 2 yr old twin girls, and a 2 month old baby boy. I wish they has gotten to experience the same world I had. Without every moment of your life spent on social media platforms. It the worry that any mistake, no matter how small, could be posted for the world to see. The pure freedom of playing outside with their friends. I wish they got to see that people didn't always hate one another. They believe people have always been like this but that isn't true. It was a wonderful time to grow up in. Technology is wonderful and it has so many huge advantages. Especially in healthcare and science. Unfortunately, in some ways, it has caused people to forget how to properly interact and respect one another.

I am 43 on the 11th, so in 2 days, and she is my new idol after watching this lol! So you are not alone, she is incredible! They all did a fantastic job playing the parts of Victorian farmers. I am from right outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and I found this fascinating. Ruth is incredibly knowledgeable, she really is a joy to watch.

@Myroses79 Happy Birthday!!!

Thank you! Just saw this notification for some reason. It was a great day! Thanks again ❤️

That sounds fascinating!

What Ruth did is known as dry plucking, and it was a common practice for plucking turkeys during that time period. She was still staying true to the time period.

@Meaghan Symes he was in his 90s when he died and he was with his family when he passed. His two sons are now running the Acton estate. He was born there and died there and is buried in the Family Cemetery by his parents.