Friday, January 31, 2014

Pruning Peppers - Black Radish & Goji - Chili sin carne





My Chilli peppers for the most part are ready for their first pruning and I have started some Round Black Spanish Radish and Goji Berries in the grow room. I'm also offering a few Goji seeds to anyone who would like some, while my supply lasts. I made a large pot of Vegetarian Chilli and showed you how I do it.



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 Plant List 2014



Seaboost Sea Weed Fertilizer

1. Early Butternut Squash

2. Baby Leaf Blend Mixed Greens

3. Kossak Kohlrabi

4. Blue Curled Scotch Kale

5. Black King Eggplant

6. Fremont Cauliflower

7. Rendero Cabbage

8. Merlin Beets

9. Stevia

10.Italian Dark Green Parsley

11.Bouquet Dill

12.Penny Series Violas - Citrus Mix -- Jump Up -- Penny Lane Mix

13.Tomcat Pepper

14.Patio Star Squash

15.Veseys Basil Blend

16.Broadleaf Chives

17.Monte Gusto Beans

18.Totem Organic Belgian Endive

19.Big Bomb Chilli

20.Thai Chilli

21.French Marigolds from Rob Bob in Australia

22.Cuthbertson Mix Sweet Peas

23.Gardeners Delight Tomato

24.Calypso Cucumber

25.Carrot Bolero

26.Rutabaga York Turnip

27.Broccoli Gypsy

28.Swiss Chard Fordhook Giant

29.Cucumber Rocky

30.Cayenne Pepper

31.Uncle David's Dakota Dessert Squash

32.Crown Pea

33.Ne Plus Ultra Shelling Pea

34.Velour Bush Snap Beans

35.Ethiopian Lentils

36. Cara Potatoes

37. Covington Sweet Potatoes

38. Spanish Round Black Radish

39. Shanghai Express Goji Berries.

40. Yellow Pear Tomatoes

41. French Shallots  (Sets)

42. Spanish Onions (Sets)

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Victorian pharmacy episode 4 FULL





Published on Feb 11, 2013
Episode 4 of the BBC's Victorian pharmacy with Ruth Goodman, Tom Quick and Nick Barber.

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Victorian pharmacy episode 3 FULL





Published on Feb 11, 2013
Episode 3 of the BBC's Victorian pharmacy with Ruth Goodman, Tom Quick and Nick Barber.

Saturday, January 25, 2014

Repotting Peppers - Harvesting Cucumbers - Maritime Soul Food





I repotted my chilli pepper seedlings into one gallon grow bags and have been enjoying the Rocky Cucumbers. In the last half of the video I prepared some Maritime Soul-food, Fishcakes with Egg Gravy and Chow-chow.





 Plant List 2014



Seaboost Sea Weed Fertilizer

1. Early Butternut Squash

2. Baby Leaf Blend Mixed Greens

3. Kossak Kohlrabi

4. Blue Curled Scotch Kale

5. Black King Eggplant

6. Fremont Cauliflower

7. Rendero Cabbage

8. Merlin Beets

9. Stevia

10.Italian Dark Green Parsley

11.Bouquet Dill

12.Penny Series Violas - Citrus Mix -- Jump Up -- Penny Lane Mix

13.Tomcat Pepper

14.Patio Star Squash

15.Veseys Basil Blend

16.Broadleaf Chives

17.Monte Gusto Beans

18.Totem Organic Belgian Endive

19.Big Bomb Chilli

20.Thai Chilli

21.French Marigolds from Rob Bob in Australia

22.Cuthbertson Mix Sweet Peas

23.Gardeners Delight Tomato

24.Calypso Cucumber

25.Carrot Bolero

26.Rutabaga York Turnip

27.Broccoli Gypsy

28.Swiss Chard Fordhook Giant

29.Cucumber Rocky

30.Cayenne Pepper

31.Uncle David's Dakota Dessert Squash

32.Crown Pea

33.Ne Plus Ultra Shelling Pea

34.Velour Bush Snap Beans

35.Ethiopian Lentils

36. Cara Potatoes

37. Covington Sweet Potatoes

38. Spanish Round Black Radish

39. Shanghai Express Goji Berries.

40. Yellow Pear Tomatoes

41. French Shallots  (Sets)

42. Spanish Onions (Sets)

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

The difference a day can make





No sound track this is a silent video. Just a short time lapse video done with my iPad Mini and an app called iStopMotion. Over a two day period I made two time lapse clips and joined them together. The app was taking one frame ever 60 seconds from around 8 AM until 6 PM . The first day was grey and overcast with a snow squall in the middle of the day and  the second day was sunny and bright with clouds and chem trails racing across the sky.

Sunday, January 19, 2014

GALETTE DES ROIS KINGS CAKE



Published on Jan 19, 2014
La recette de galette des rois selon Sabrina, avec une exellente recette de fâte feuilletée rapide !
King's cake recepe whith Sabrina, whith a very good and fast fast puff pastry recepe.

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Saturday, January 18, 2014

Hoop House - Grow Room - Spätzle



At last we have had some mild weather and I've been able to get the door to the hoop house open so I'm in to check on the fig trees and to do some pruning on the grape vines. In the grow room the pepper plants are growing and I have several cucumbers that will be big enough to pick soon. To close off the video another cooking segment this time I decided to make Spätzle for lunch.

 Plant List 2014

Seaboost Sea Weed Fertilizer
1. Early Butternut Squash
2. Baby Leaf Blend Mixed Greens
3. Kossak Kohlrabi
4. Blue Curled Scotch Kale
5. Black King Eggplant
6. Fremont Cauliflower
7. Rendero Cabbage
8. Merlin Beets
9. Stevia
10.Italian Dark Green Parsley
11.Bouquet Dill
12.Penny Series Violas - Citrus Mix -- Jump Up -- Penny Lane Mix
13.Tomcat Pepper
14.Patio Star Squash
15.Veseys Basil Blend
16.Broadleaf Chives
17.Monte Gusto Beans
18.Totem Organic Belgian Endive
19.Big Bomb Chilli
20.Thai Chilli
21.French Marigolds from Rob Bob in Australia
22.Cuthbertson Mix Sweet Peas
23.Gardeners Delight Tomato
24.Calypso Cucumber
25.Carrot Bolero
26.Rutabaga York Turnip
27.Broccoli Gypsy
28.Swiss Chard Fordhook Giant
29.Cucumber Rocky
30.Cayenne Pepper
31.Uncle David's Dakota Dessert Squash
32.Crown Pea
33.Ne Plus Ultra Shelling Pea
34.Velour Bush Snap Beans
35.Ethiopian Lentils
36. Cara Potatoes
37. Covington Sweet Potatoes
38. Spanish Round Black Radish
39. Shanghai Express Goji Berries.
40. Yellow Pear Tomatoes
41. French Shallots  (Sets)
42. Spanish Onions (Sets)

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Victorian pharmacy episode 2 FULL



Published on Feb 11, 2013
Episode 2 of the BBC's Victorian pharmacy with Ruth Goodman, Tom Quick and Nick Barber.

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Victorian pharmacy episode 1



Published on Feb 11, 2013
Episode 1 of the BBC's Victorian pharmacy with Ruth Goodman, Tom Quick and Nick Barber.

Saturday, January 11, 2014

Tudor Monastery Farm Season 1 Full Episode 6



Published on Dec 30, 2013
It is now harvest time and winter is just around the corner and the dissolution of the monasteries is on the horizon. The team have to bring in the barley and they celebrate with a harvest feast, to give thanks for their bounateous crop. Ruth makes salt which was vital for preserving meat. Ad they get ready to leave the farm, they will reflect on what they have learnt from the experiance.

Friday, January 10, 2014

Seeds - Grow Room - Cooking Segment



The seed catalogs and seed orders have started arriving. I take a look around in the grow room, it looks like the cucumber is starting to develop and one of the lettuce plants started to bolt so I harvested it. I planted some of the new seeds that just arrived and picked herbs to used in my baked stuffed potato recipe . Attached is this years seed list.

 Plant List 2014
 Seaboost Sea Weed Fertilizer
1. Early Butternut Squash
2. Baby Leaf Blend Mixed Greens
3. Kossak Kohlrabi
4. Blue Curled Scotch Kale
5. Black King Eggplant
6. Fremont Cauliflower
7. Rendero Cabbage
8. Merlin Beets
9. Stevia
10.Italian Dark Green Parsley
11.Bouquet Dill
12.Penny Series Violas - Citrus Mix -- Jump Up -- Penny Lane Mix
13.Tomcat Pepper
14.Patio Star Squash
15.Veseys Basil Blend
16.Broadleaf Chives
17.Monte Gusto Beans
18.Totem Organic Belgian Endive
19.Big Bomb Chilli
20.Thai Chilli
21.French Marigolds from Rob Bob in Australia
22.Cuthbertson Mix Sweet Peas
23.Gardeners Delight Tomato
24.Calypso Cucumber
25.Carrot Bolero
26.Rutabaga York Turnip
27.Broccoli Gypsy
28.Swiss Chard Fordhook Giant
29.Cucumber Rocky
30.Cayenne Pepper
31.Uncle David's Dakota Dessert Squash
32.Crown Pea
33.Ne Plus Ultra Shelling Pea
34.Velour Bush Snap Beans
35.Ethiopian Lentils
36. Cara Potatoes

Tudor Monastery Farm Season 1 Full Episode 5



Published on Dec 27, 2013
Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold explore hospitality in Tudor England. With no provision for the poor from the state, the monasteries played a key role in providing welfare and charity for those in need. But funding charity also meant extending hospitality to wealthy donors.

The monastery enlists the help of the team to restore a corrody room which would have been granted to an elderly worker as a form of pension. The room needs a new floor so the boys gather and roast limestone in order to make lime putty. Ruth is in charge of the home comforts and harvests rushes from the river to make a mattress.

The Abbot is planning a big feast to entertain a patron - a good way to encourage the wealthier members of society to make large donations. In preparation, Ruth sets about tackling the monastery's laundry, before taking on the cooking preparations.

Tom oversees the production of a book to give the patron as a gift. First he must learn how to make linen paper. He then experiences an exciting new technology - the printing press with moveable type - before embarking on the final stage of the process, book-binding.

Back on the farm the cows are short of food so Peter goes in search of tree hay - an ingenious form of fodder that pre-dates grass hay by millennia. The team reunites to bring in the pea harvest, their most successful crop yet.

The final preparations for the Abbot's feast are made, with Ruth lending a hand in the kitchen to produce some lavish dishes for the Abbot's table, while Peter distils wine into brandy. There's also a lesson in Tudor etiquette for Tom and Peter before the feast is served.

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Tudor Monastery Farm Season 1 Full Episode 4



Published on Dec 27, 2013
The team have to try and master the landscape away from the farm in order to help supplement their income. Tom and Peter mine their own lead using Tudor techniques whilst Ruth finds out more about the importance of this material by using lead in creating a stained glass window.

Monday, January 6, 2014

Shout out to Ryan in Newfoundland and Labrador



A shout out to my buddy Ryan in Newfoundland and Labrador. Ryan is a Junior High student and has started raising chickens this year. Checkout his Channel and subscribe to see more of his videos. http://www.youtube.com/user/XxvideogamerxX200 . We both plan to hatch chicken eggs this year and I just got my incubator so I want to show it off to Ryan.

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Tudor Monastery Farm Season 1 Full Episode 3



Published on Dec 27, 2013
It is now the middle of f summer and the team are keeping a close eye on the cereal crops from which they'll make the staple foods of everyday Tudor life. Ruth creates ale for the workers whilst Peter is in the monastic bake-house where he grinds flour in a Tudor-style windmill.

Friday, January 3, 2014

Tudor Monastery Farm Christmas Special



Published on Jan 3, 2014
Today we think of Christmas as a relatively modern, post-Victorian celebration, but the Tudors took it very seriously indeed. For a start, they celebrated for the whole Twelve Days of Christmas, with many manorial rules stipulating that "villeins are to do no work" on the Lord's land for the 12 days.

Christmas Day itself, rather than being the culmination of Christmas as it is now, was just the warm-up. The observance of Advent (a month of fasting) ended with Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve and kicked off 12 Days of non-stop feasting and merriment, which peaked on New Year's Day and finally ended on Twelfth Night.

Ruth, Peter and Tom concentrate on three of the big Christmas feast days: Christmas Day, New Year's Day and Twelfth Night. They make Tudor decorations, engage in festive revels and prepare Christmas feasting delights such as Boar's Head, Shred Pies (the fore-runners of Mince Pies, made with meat) and Christmas Pudding.

Along the way, they turn their hands to falconry and archery, and make Tudor bagpipes. They discover the Tudor origins of Christmas Carols, the singing of which was known as wassailing, and find out more about the medieval forerunner of Father Christmas: the Lord of Misrule. This was traditionally a commoner placed in authority over his social betters for the festive period and tasked with directing the Christmas revelry - a figure so popular that even the King himself had one at Court.

Blizzard January 3, 2014



What a winter it has "Warmed-up" to -18C today and we are in the middle of a blizzard. A blizzard as defined by Environment Canada refers not so much to the amount of snow that we are getting as to the combination of temperature, wind, visibility in driving snow and snow. Record lowest temperature ever recorded in New Brunswick yesterday at Edmunston -38.2C for those of you who deal in degrees F at -40 the F and C scales meet and the temperature is the same on both scales,,,,,,,, Cold !!

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Tudor Monastery Farm Season 1 Full Episode 2



Published on Dec 27, 2013
The Monasteries in 1500 were the biggest landowners in England and Wales after the King, and this placed them at the forefront of early Tudor technology and farming. This episode focuses on wool production - known as 'the jewel in the realm' of the English economy, it accounted for around half the country's wealth.

Catherine Howard - Letter to Culpepper



Published on Jan 2, 2014
On 2 November 1541, Henry VIII arrived to celebrate mass in the Holy Day Closet at Hampton Court. Waiting for him was a letter from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer.

This letter told Henry the alarming and intimate news that his young wife, Catherine, had been accused of adultery

The story of Catherine Howard



Published on Jan 2, 2014
Catherine Howard: an amorous young queen falls from grace

Bird Table New Year's Day



Enjoying the birds at the bird table and a look at a Mourning Dove with an attitude problem.

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Happy New Year from the Cabin



Happy New Year everyone. I spent New Year's Eve day in the Cabin and thought I would take you along with me. The last day of the miserable month of December here's wishing for a better start to the New Year. Minus 16 today and even too cold to go for a walk. The beautiful male Cardinal was back at the feeder. I think he might have been out at the feeder at the cabin all along, it's closer to trees and much more secluded.