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A Quaker Town

By popular demand, here's the full version of the song which features in the end credits of every video I post on YouTube.

It's called A Quaker Town, a song I wrote fifteen years ago, and this is the original recording, complete with mistakes, with me singing and playing the guitar in my bedroom. Back then Mossy Bottom and the dream of quitting the rat race was but a fantasy in my sleepless nights.

Here are the lyrics:

Oh I was born in a Quaker town, where folks worked good ...

Angela's Blog | December 2023 (Christmas Special)

Hello, everyone!

Greetings from a sunny and relatively warm Mossy Bottom. The heaps of snow that we have had here since November have suddenly vanished with the warm spell we are currently having and the green grass is resurfacing from underneath. It almost feels like spring again. Although it was lovely to have an abundance of snow so early, it’s great that we don’t have to burn quite as much firewood and the bright rays of sun seem all the more special. Besides, the neighbours hav...

Angela's Blog | November 2023

Greetings from a deeply frozen Mossy/Frosty Bottom. It's currently -10 degrees outside here and I am sitting at the breakfast table enjoying a cup of coffee, watching two mice frantically running around in the kitchen. I've accepted that they are also inhabitants of this house and they seem to become bolder and bolder by the day! I am somewhat perplexed and amazed by their seeming immunity to my presence, but I suppose it's nice in a way to have a bit of company from small furry creatures. Ou...

Introducing Angela, our home in Finland, and an all new blog!

Hello everyone!

Thank you, as always, for your continued support and commitment to the Mossy Bottom family! I hope, by now, you've all seen my latest, long overdue, YouTube video, featuring our new home in the pine forests of south-west Finland. The response to it has been overwhelmingly positive, and the encouragement has been humbling, reminding me, yet again, why I create content and why I love the community that has grown around that content so much. Having you guys is truly life en...

Happy New Year!

I want to wish each and every one of you a wonderfully happy 2023 and say thank you for all of your support this past 12 months. It's been a challenging year for me, and I had hoped to accomplish more, but the path life takes us on cares not for even the best made plans. I hope you've enjoyed the videos as much as I've enjoyed making them!

2023 promises new challenges and opportunities, which I can't wait to share with you all. In fact, stay tuned for more content here on Patreon in th...

In Conversation With Kyle: Our First Meeting!

This is a complete 2 hour recording of my first meeting with Kyle, a fellow escapee of the city and quitter of the rat race. I first met him in October of 2021 where we sat at the hearth of his 300-year-old cottage to discuss his life, past, present and future. For anyone who watched my recent YouTube interview and would like to hear more, including my own perspective on a lot of the subjects we discussed, then this is well worth a listen!

A Walk in the Woods: Mossy Bottom Podcast 4

This podcast is the fourth in my series, A Walk in the Woods, in which me and Moss go on a lengthy stroll through the forest near my smallholding, this time covering everything that happened here at Mossy Bottom in the month of September. I'll take you behind the scenes on the filming of my first folklore video, talk about a new Mossy Bottom website, more harvesting fun, and then attempt to answer some more of your questions. This time around we have the perspective of my farming neighbours, ...

A Walk in the Woods: Mossy Bottom Podcast 3

This is the third podcast in my series, A Walk in the Woods, covering the month of August 2021. This time around I'm going to begin by recounting my first expedition out on the open sea in a 14 foot fishing boat which I salvaged. I'll also talk about laying a new floor in my granary, tomato canning, and the trip to County Leitrim to film for the first Dream Cottages episode. Plus I'll be answering your questions on vegetables to plant now, rocket mass fuel stoves and whether there'll be a new...

A Walk in the Woods: Mossy Bottom Podcast 2

This is the second podcast in my series, A Walk in the Woods, covering the month of July 2021. I talk about wild swimming, gravel paths, peppers, tomatoes, my spring, video projects here at Mossy Bottom, and taking to the open seas!

Thanks for listening, and see you in September folks! :)

A Walk in the Woods: Mossy Bottom Podcast 1

Hello everyone!

Welcome to the very first Mossy Bottom Patreon Podcast. Every episode I'll be taking a walk through the woods, with Moss for company, updating you on the progress I've made in the previous month, and answering as many of those tricky questions as I can. There's lots more to say, so go have a listen! :)

Thank you so much for your continued support, and I'll see you again in August!

Goal 2: Moss's Woodland Adventure

Okay, so goal 2 was in fact to raise enough funds to purchase a camera and wireless mic, but what better way to share my new purchase with you than by strapping it on to Moss and going for an adventure in the woods?

A huge thank you - as always - for your contribution. It really does make a difference! I'll be posting an exclusive video like this for every goal we achieve, so look out for a few more in the coming months (you guys are quick).

If anyone has any questions or suggesti...

Goal 1: Creating a Forest Garden

My first goal on Patreon was to create a forest garden, and with your help I've been able to do just that...  well, the hard bit at least!

This video is to show you what I've planted and why, as well to say thank you to everyone for your contribution. Being winter, the trees and shrubs are all a tad bare-looking, but I am planning an update video in the summer, showing you the transformation into flower and fruit.

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