He made me eat JAPANESE KNOTWEED! - How to renovate a chateau (Without killing your partner) ep. 28
2021 ж. 10 Шіл.
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Don't cook this at home. We've warned you! Also, Anna teaches how to restore deckchairs.
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Nathan is a gem. Phillip and Nathan together is priceless entertainment!
See Richard Perkins on you tube ……durable gardening techniques!!
Couldn't stop laughing at Nathan doing a happy dance and sneakily not trying knotweed
Love that silly smirk of Nathan. Looks like he is enjoying your humor!
"I'm bleeding...if you squish..." "I don't make the children try it because I count on them to feed my through my retirement" "Oh, somebody's eating my strawberries. I can rescue half of it, or give it to the children. They won't notice. " "The garden now looks better than it did this morning." I clicked THAT bell button, just like you suggested!
Phillip really has Phantastic language skills: perfect German (of course) and Italian but also excellent french and English. Very impressive.
Well isn't Nathan the chirpy one today, i love it. Nathan: What we really are is sorcerer's apprentice, we're trying to make a poison😂😂😂😂😂...... my herbal infusion almost choked me
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Think I'm love nathan ❤❤
The Influencer balancing the rake on his shoe. Sublime.
Greetings from Japan, where I've just looked up a recipe for Japanese knot-weed! The first step is to soak the plant in water for 6-12 hours which mellows the flavor. Then the stems are fried in one tablespoon of oil until they soften. Add one tablespoon of sugar and 2 tablespoons of soy sauce and simmer. When the stems are cooked, remove them from the heat. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve. This is the basic recipe for any mysterious (non-poisonous!) green plant here: soak, start with oil, then cook in sugar and soy sauce, and finally top with sesame. Japanese knot-weed is called itadori in Japanese, so if you copy and paste this Japanese word into "search images" (いたどり), you can see some photos of various recipes. Perhaps Nathan could suggest that it be included on his restaurant's menu?!? Thanks for another wonderful video. It was great fun!
For a non-vegetarian version, it's also possible to add some bonito flakes during Step 2.
Thank you so much for this recipe! I will definitely try it! Warm regards from Normandy?
Ditto, you deserve millions of subscribers, Philipp. Nobody else has a sense of humour like yours! Always worth the wait! Thank you. Rikki Biermann, Pretoria, South Africa 🇿🇦
yes i absolutely agree a million subscibers for phillip and anna!👍👍
your lessons with Nathan are so funny, I laughed so much!
Love the generational friendship with Nathan and Phillip ,,,,, us older mature ones can learn from the young and vice versa… ..and yes I agree this channel deserves millions of subscribers ,,, best to you Anna , Phillip and girls …love from Florida USA☀️💕
Nathan and Phillip together is pure comedy, I always die laughing at them, I love the French lessons!
For chard and lettuce we don’t cut the whole head, but just the outer leaves. They keep producing into the Fall.
I really agree about just using the outer leaves of chard instead of cutting the whole head, but I sequentially replant lettuce so that it doesn't have a chance to go to seed & turn bitter as it tends to do if the weather turns hot in summer. In a cooler climate Ahulani's system is best
This channel is the perfect combo of DiY, comedy, soothing aesthetics, and just charming people 👌👌 Also, can we please get Benoit, Nathan, and Phillip all together one episode? I'm not sure if that has happened yet, but i feel like it would be comedy gold 🥇
I always love when Phillips German-speaking side comes trough. Especially when he introduces words like Ribisel that are only used in Austria and South Tyrol. 😅
In Bavaria too
@@Sommerpunkte I am from Bavaria actually 😅 but at least in lower Bavaria where I'm from I've never seen it.
The garden definitely looks better, Philip. But so do Anna's chairs! Loving Nathan and his questions too. Another vlog full of fun. Thank you.
One always does feel a bit uncomfortable when Philipp says that he 'has a machine for it'
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Ich liebe wie Philipps Stimme sich so anders im deutschen anhört! I love that Philipp‘s voice sounds different when he speaks German!😂✨
One of my fav channels. I love catching up with Anna and Philippe.
Raised beds for the garden really helps keep the weeds out, and it’s easier on the back
I just love Phillip and Anna as a couple! We need more Phillip and Anna time on camera together. So sweet when he calls her "my darling."
Try using cardboard between the rows, think of all those Amazon boxes, pin them using simple T pins cover with mulch to look better. Cardboard will suppress the weeds and will disintegrate before next season. Some people use newspapers I think either will help.
Agreed. I also use cardboard with leaf mulch on top. Works great.
Planting fabric is very effective as well.
Cardboard also attracts worms which is good for the soil.
Cardboard then cover with mulch
Came here to say the same thing!
You deserve 1 million subscribers and more love this Chanel, you are an adorable group of kind hearted funny and dedicated humans I wish you all the very best xx
Card board under mulch will last at least a year or two, is bio-degradable and prevents weeds. Fertilizing near the plants is still and option and if you want fertilize before you put cardboard down.
Add mulch on top of the cardboard and around the plants
Yes I agree with you. Cardboard in the garden will reduce the amount of time spent weeding.
Commenting to help the algorithm, 80k is way to low for how good this channel is.
Weed the garden EVERY SINGLE DAY - staying on top it is 15 minutes a day well spent.
Or you can use a planting fabric (I don't know how it's called in English) the one which allows water to go through is made of polypropylen. It's usually black, thick. In spring you prepare the gardenbed (weed it, fertilize it), on top you lay the fabric, in it you make big enough holes for your seeds/plants, plant them in and that's it, you don't need to weed around it. Of course there will be some weeds in the holes itself but just a little. It doesn't look "organic" but it does it's job very well.
In more arid climates, surrounding the plants with straw helps keep the weeds down. Not sure about cooler, wetter climates.
@@waltercook4868 I tried that and the straw had seeds in it and I got hay and weeds growing everywhere in my garden. Cardboard, or garden cloth with mulch on top is your best bet.
I love Nathan! Effortlessly hilarious. Thanks again guys for the belly giggles.
Our pleasure!
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It matters not what mundane tasks Philipp and Anna are doing-it is always entertaining, interesting and amusing. Nathan and Benoit are always an added bonus! ❤️❤️
Phillipp is very brave to take care of the roses with his delicate hands.I'm sorry all his friends are jealous of his success as an "Influencer". Not everyone can understand his genius must be shared with the world!! Excellent foot work fixing the roses!! Well done Nathan on staying employed a whole week!! Anna,you're so clever!! I would have know idea how to restore the chairs! I would have had to toss them and get new ones.Love what you did!! Nathan & Phillip should start a cooking channel for experimental ingredients!! Love from Vermont
Pro tip for no weeds: high raised beds, and "no dig" method something like "self sufficient me" channel is doing on youtube 😉 I made 90cm tall and 7m long beds, filled them half way with wood, then wood chips and compost, and its trully brilliant! The only thing I'm collecting are veggies 😁 once you build them it's zero mantaince ✌😉
😂 The French lessons get better and better every time! 😂 I’m ready to go from Texas to France now! Thanks so much Nataniel!
This is the best “show”. I love your adventures and projects, looking forward to the next video! Thanks
Charles Dowding no dig method..KZhead. Cover ground with cardboard, place compost on top, plant. If you don’t dig , you don’t disturb the weed seeds
Absolutely agree.
I hadn't heard of the Charles Dowding no dig method. Thanks so much for your post!
I was introduced to the no dig method this year and it is an absolute game changer 😊 less time weeding and more time enjoying my garden. You do get the odd weed from the seeds that birds drop but they are so easy to pull out.
In Sweden it’s called “parkslide” and we need too report locations so the community can remove it
How did this 26 minute video feel like a 5 minute one? ❤️🥰
We use hay in-between our rows to keep the weeds down, when they come back just add more hay. Then next year till it all in.
Yes hay works excellent, but - only if it is well rotted so it doesn't spread more weed seeds from it. Clean 'Certified" hay will do!
Love this vlog. Philipe knows a lot more than he lets on! Anna love the deckchair you made it look very simple but theyre a nightmare to sort. Good fun and the views of the chateau are really lovely. Good job on the kitchen garden! You're gaining a great following and very much deserved. 🤗💜🌹
The garden looks so much better!!! The climbing rose is absolutely beautiful!!
Thank you for another wonderful episode! The pink roses are so gorgeous and your fix made them perfect! Such a pleasure to watch your efforts with the outdoor chairs, Anna, and your with the garden, Phillip. Best of all were the continuous laughs, chuckles and hoots from your wonderful humor, Phillip.
Loved the French lesson today alors Philip veut faire la fête ! !!😂 😂what about Anna lol
The more enjoyable version of Italy vs England tonight. (Of course I'm cheering for Italy both times :-))
Nathan has patience of a saint and he’s so handsome 🥰💕❤️😍
Another fantastic video....again, the humour, the teaching, the super gardening job on behalf of you Phillip and of course cooking with Nathan...I've learned so much! What???? Anna your ability to restore so many things while keeping up with Phillip and keeping cool. Nathan, you are such a great addition to the videos. Well done, all of you!
Love the sun chair make over, Anna is so inspiring in re-purposing and renovating!
Your videos are great. No matter how bad a day I'm having or what's going on in the world they always make me laugh. Thank you and keep up the good work!
My favorite channel right now! Can’t believe you don’t have more subscribers!!
We grow the Tung tree in America that Produces a nut that they get Tung oil from, they also use it in paint and ink for printers… it’s mildly wild here, but we do have farms that harvest the nuts and sell them to refineries! They are also somewhat large and hurt if they fall on you while picking them! Mixing with linseed makes a very nice durable waterproof finish… it’ll last for years! It’s similar to teak oil… does take some time to dry! You can use a bit of dawn dishwashing liquid or paint thinner to get the stain out if you do it while it’s wet! 😊
Can I use Tung oil on a teak table? If so, does it have to be done in a well ventilated area?
@@christinekaye6393 yes, you can use it on teak, it’s milder than teak oil, finish is just as durable and anytime you use an oil like this I would recommend gloves and at least a fan…. I sometimes light a candle in the room, not close by, but usually several feet away… I’ve learned that doing this reduces the fumes.. I wouldn’t recommend this if it’s a small room….
@@kenknight9873 Thank you so much! The table is in my dining room which is open to the kitchen and living room. Also there are windows front and back, so good cross ventilation and I can set my fan by the nearer windows. The candle is a good tip, and I have lots of protective gloves. You've been very helpful. It's a beautiful table, round with the grain set in matching chevrons. It's all sanded and waiting for the finish. Maybe will do it in autumn when it's not so hot.
Fixing the climbing roses back onto the arbor had me in stitches. Now I will always laugh when I see climbing over an arbor.
You need to do raised beds. I wish I could send a picture of mine to you. It stops all of that weeding and makes the garden a pleasure to grow and harvest. My husband made most of ours and you can do them cheaply but beautiful. Love your home and your video's. Thank you for sharing.
The garden now looks better than the morning...
I love watching these episodes every Sunday afternoon. Even though Phillip is sometimes ridiculous, I catch myself smiling at him, and even laughing out loud sometimes. I also love Anna’s very well done projects. Thanks for giving me something to enjoy. Love your little adventures. 🤗
Hi, ihr Lieben. Jetzt, wo alles blueht und gruen ist, sieht euer Garten fantastisch aus. Anna hat einen geschmackvollen Stoff fuer die Gartenstuehle ausgesucht. Es macht richtig Spass und Freude, euch mitzuzusehen. Ich fuehle mich bei euch schon fast wie Zuhause.
Anna should not say such things about herself! She’s amazing! Her creativity is off the charts! And I love watching her projects!
Philipp, your roses are beautiful! All of what we in Texas call “yard” (not garden) is beautiful. 🌸 Your vegetable “garden” is great. I don’t know how you keep weeds or bugs 🐛 away. Ick. Nathan is just adorable. Your interaction/vignettes are just so clever and so much fun! 😂 Anna, love your chairs ! 🤗 Also I’ve meant to tell y’all that I LOVE your music for all your vlogs.
I know I had to get used to hearing garden instead of yard 😅
In the UK a yard does not have flowers, only a garden does. It is usually a concrete space at the back of a terraced house.
@@juliegraham8133 that’s interesting. Thanks.
You two are funny lol. You have to thin out carrots .. The rose arch looks beautiful.
The garden now looks better then before.
The garden and the garden chairs look great!
The vege garden looked great and the Roses look amazing. Great job Philip. I love the banter between Philip and Nathan. Anna did a great job on the deck chairs.
For a small project like staining deck chairs where you only use one or two rags, it doesn't really matter, but in case anyone doesn't know, if you have a bunch of rags with wood stain on them, don't leave them in a pile. The chemicals in the wood stain can make the rags set on fire if you keep too many together!
Its amazing how Phillip can connect with his audience. When you were talking about weeding your garden I thought "He needs to get a "weed wacker" and low and behold 10 seconds later he pulls out the "machine". Uncanny!
I’d look into the no-dig gardening method for a weed-free veg garden (Charles Dowding has brilliant books and KZhead videos on this method). You basically create your veg beds not by tilling the soil (which disturbs the weeds and causes more weeds to grow); instead, you put down a bed of compost on top of a layer of cardboard which will block out the sunlight the weeds need to grow. You can then plant straight into the compost without disturbing the soil and weed below. After a while the weeds in that area will simply all die back cause they don’t get light. It’s the best way to have an organic, weed free veg garden where you don’t need to weed every day (or even every week), but you also don’t destroy your garden with harsh chemicals. Really worth trying! Keep up the great work! Greetings from a fellow Südtirolerin (meine Familie ist aus Bozen) who lives in the UK, working as an architectural historian at Cambridge. I love your videos!
I was going to suggest the same thing, I've been using this method for a few years and have almost no weeds now. All those chipped branches and leaves would make excellent mulch for between the rows and improve the soil as they decompose. Another farmer with really good videos on no-till gardening is Richard Perkins in Sweden.
My Sunday isn’t complete without your vlog. It’s part of my relaxation Sunday lying down on my favorite couch while the kids leave me alone. Thank you!! 👍🏼
The vegetable garden looks absolutely amazing!!
18:02 Anna, I think your inner Phillip took over there 😂❤️. We're all tempted to cut corners at times & the chair came out looking great.
This channel gets better and better. I love Phillip's dry wit and Nathan's dance is one of the cutest things I have ever seen!
Every Sunday I look forward to your vlogs! It’s a great combination of laugh out loud humour and great renovation projects! Thank you🌸
Anna and Phillip have become one of my favorite Chateau shows, along with Escape To Rural France and Chateau de Lelande! Thanks for the fun!
That arch full of roses is breathtaking! Absolutely stunning!
The two of you are BRILLANT. Love everything you have have done to your home!
The garden looks great& I love your silly humor.
Fawlty Towers always springs to mind....the new Basil. Just love it.
I BELIEVE your garden looks beautiful...you're such a good story teller..
The garden looks better now than in the morning🤣🤣😆❤
The garden looks amazing, so much better. Love how you repaired the roses, well done!! Anna, the chair looks amazing and once you have the other 3 done, you will see that is well worth it. Very professional and love the material. Your guest and your family, will love them!!
Use your ladders to position the roses. Electrical ties are quicker to tie. You can get metal ones. Or use ladies pantihose in beige or black.
wow, Philipp the garden looks better than ever!
Beautiful garden Phillip, you've done your mother proud. Anna lovely lady, I love how you face all your challenges head on. Great job.👏💪
The card board idea and then cover with mulch is the best idea. Add more straw to your strawberries too.
"I am bleeding, when I squeeze'. God man, how I love you taking the piss on your own ego. Brilliant every time.
Philip, I am so impressed by your English skills ! English is not your native language, you lived in France , not in England or United States and yet your vocabulary, pronaunciation and comand of gramar are better than many native speakers! Polligano de Japone is also a problem in Japan !
The garden looks much improved and quite prolific. The chairs are amazing. Loved the weekly French lesson. Japanese Knot Weed is actually a very good remedy for Lyme and other tick borne diseases. One can make a tea with the rhisomes. In Eastern medicine it goes along with the philosophy that the cure grows along side the disease. As tick borne diseases become prolific, so too does Japanese Knot Weed. It is very high in resveratrol which fights the Lyme and other bacteria. Another fabulous video!
Another good reason to drink red wine.
The new chair is chic and and high style for the garden. Well worth the hard work Anna.
I'm going to start posting your vlog link on my FB page - y'all are a favorite!
Greetings from Nova Scotia. Love your videos!🌸
Cheers from New Brunswick 🦋
Anna, this is exactly the tutorial I needed! We have a cast iron park bench and an outdoor rocker in dire need of wood conditioning! And you are NOT stupid, please do no speak like that about yourself....your children are watching and listening!
2:30 Philip's crown of thorns moment. 3:25 Phillip's Karate Kid moment
The garden looks 100% better! And yes, you should go watch ‘football’!😂
the garden now looks better than this morning
Even Nathan couldn't hold back his laughter.. hahahahahahaha.. Lots of fun in this video.. Anna, putting that new material on the deck chair looks great. I like it better than the dark material. I have the same looking striped material on the cushions for my patio furniture. (Ribisel = Red Current) The amount of roses on that rose plant is amazing. So beautiful.
Phillip and Nathan are a comedy double team so funny .x
You can put down a layer of mulch to keep down weeds
save your grass clippings and use them around your plants in the garden. they really help to keep down the weeds and they add nutrients to the soil.
I find grass clippings too dense and prone to create dense smelly mats. Too much nitrogen. Better to compost them but one needs a lot of dry ingredients (carbon) to balance grass clippings!
Please be careful with the tung oil rags, they have to be disposed of properly , if they are squished into a ball and saved they will self combust and cause a fire. My husband makes me lay them flat outside until dry. Then they can go in the garbage. If you google Hot Rod Finish, it will give you a recipe mix that I use on furniture, doors, trim , etc. it’s brush on wipe off and very durable, brings out the grain of the wood beautifully. I use, exterior oil-based varnish, tung oil, turpentine and Japan dryer in my recipe and it’s fabulous. Love your channel, hope to come stay one day soon! Susan and Murray
Nathan and Philipp. Dynamic Duo.
Hahaha Anna's face when she tried your food!! Absolutely brilliant.
We also are overcome with knotweed here in the central east coast USA, but we call it kudzu. It overtakes all bushes and trees, it's a terribly invasive parasite. Miles of trees disappear under its choking growth - known here as "kudzu cathedrals." LOVE this channel! My new favorite. 🥰
We use the big leaf bags to cover the ground and then poke some holes for the actual vegetables. This way, all the weeds won't get sunlight and will eventually die. It's much easier to maintain since you don't have to pull all those weeds out!
But then you get plastic in the soil! And besides it blocks oxygen to the worms and other organic life.
A great gardening method is Charles Dowding "No-dig" (and hardly any weeds) method. We started gardening two years ago using this and hardly have weeds to pull.
Philipp, try either grass mulch (from mowing the lawn) as a mulch under the plants. It keeps the humidity in the soil from evaporating too fast. I see that there is straw around your strawberries. If you have some left which is seed free, that can work too. At the end of the season, simply plow (or till) the straw, grass leaves into the soil. This adds texture and lightens the soil, aiding in water retention for the next season. I'm currently using seedless straw around my mesclun and leaf lettuce plants as our temperatures have been hovering between 30 and 36C all week. Humidex between 36 and 42C.... For the Swiss Chard, my mother used to boil the ribs and serve them with a sharp cheddar cheese sauce. At the end of the summer, towards harvest time, I parboil the leaves, cool them in cold water then roll them up in a small 'golf ball' size and freeze them on a cookie sheet for about 1 hour, then put them into a plastic zip tie bag and freeze them. I use the 'balls' as a substitute for spinach in the winter. Chard leaves are rich in iron and vitamins K, A, C & E, potassium and calcium. magnesium and manganese. All good for you for strong bones and teeth, reduce inflammation in joints and muscle aches. It is among my favorites. Just make sure that you rotate the crop every year as they like change. They also set nitrogen in the soil so you can plant peas or beans where they were the year before.
Thank you for the tips and recipes!!
Love this vlog. Phillip do you think we didn’t notice you trimming the roses with drone with that pass through shot? Pick two days out of the week where you go out and quickly weed part of the garden. Once you start catching weeds early it’ll be quicker to maintain. Add mulch to suppress weed also.