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12/09/10, 09:12 AM
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Great TV Series Recommendation
Herrick Kimball, aka "The Deliberate Agrarian", recommended a BBC TV series viewable on youtube called Victorian Farm. Wow - what an excellent series! I started watching the episodes last night and they are really fascinating. Just type in "Victorian Farm" on youtube and you'll find them. Each youtube clip is about 10 minutes long. Really neat stuff that I thought everybody on here would enjoy.
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12/09/10, 09:51 AM
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Thank you!
I'll be watching some tonight. 
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12/09/10, 09:52 AM
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Thanks Tim, will check it out.
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12/09/10, 10:33 AM
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Thanks Tim I watched the first one, looking forward to the rest, later. I also took a peek at "The deliberate agrarian" blog, looking forward to that also.
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That looks fascinating! Thanks!
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12/09/10, 10:38 AM
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The other show that I really liked was Coal House, The War Years (or something like that). It isn't necessarily "homesteading", but it is a facinating look at what the Brits went through during WWII. There are 8 episodes of that on you tube. It takes place in Whales. Victorian Farm was great, too.
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12/09/10, 11:29 AM
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Original recipe!
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We have been watching them as part of 'school'. Takes forever to get through them because we keep stopping to discuss stuff.
The effects of mass production farm tools on individuals, why the hayers rebeled as the threshing machines became more popular, why tiles are a good roofing material, the changes brought to farms by the canals.. oh it just goes on and on..
and how bad it be to pour water over yourself in a room where you can see your breath.
I want the pantry!! Oooh.. the pantry!
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12/09/10, 12:43 PM
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I'd be curious to try some of the cider they made - no yeast, no sanitizing, nothing. Crush apples, cider into cask, done. Hmmm.....
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12/09/10, 01:02 PM
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Try BBC iPlayer also
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We are addicted,a great show. 
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12/10/10, 10:13 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by timfromohio
Herrick Kimball, aka "The Deliberate Agrarian", recommended a BBC TV series viewable on youtube called Victorian Farm. Wow - what an excellent series! I started watching the episodes last night and they are really fascinating. Just type in "Victorian Farm" on youtube and you'll find them. Each youtube clip is about 10 minutes long. Really neat stuff that I thought everybody on here would enjoy.
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Many thanks, timfromohio...I watched 5 minutes and got hooked.
Thanks OLF for the direct link.
Saved it to my 'favorites' folder.
I anticipate many hours of engrosing watching.
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12/10/10, 10:26 PM
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Oh...this looks good!
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12/10/10, 10:32 PM
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I confess, I wasted a whole afternoon and evening and watched them all! LOL
The kids will be watching them also. I thought they were fantastic.
One thing I was surprised about was that they seemed to 'pull' every lamb. The old breeds of sheep mainly lamb naturally with no help. As ours do.
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12/10/10, 10:36 PM
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We started earlier tonight and are about halfway through.
Got our Marine friend interested in buying the DVD set so he can watch it with his family.
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ooo, thanks! i love this sorta thing, looking forward to watching more!
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12/11/10, 05:44 AM
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It was fascinating. The person that put that on youtube seemed to have a bunch of other interesting stuff on there too.
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12/11/10, 07:36 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rockyshore
The other show that I really liked was Coal House, The War Years (or something like that). It isn't necessarily "homesteading", but it is a facinating look at what the Brits went through during WWII. There are 8 episodes of that on you tube. It takes place in Whales. Victorian Farm was great, too.
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Foyle's War is another great British series.. and am definitely going to check out Victorian Farm series!
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12/11/10, 07:43 AM
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It was fascinating. The person that put that on youtube seemed to have a bunch of other interesting stuff on there too.
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I noticed that too and will be watching some of the other stuff. I know there was one about off grid living.
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12/11/10, 08:13 AM
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Glad that all of you are enjoying the show. We're about halfway through and my boys really like it. Those Shropshire horses are beautiful!
Reality TV for homesteaders!!!
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