Field Day: Pumpkins | Episode 3 | Yogi — Transcript

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1. 0:02What a beautiful field of melons I'm
2. 0:04stood in right now. I bet you're
3. 0:06wondering what there is to know about
4. 0:08them, and I am, too, which is why I'm
5. 0:10about to meet an expert who can tell me
6. 0:12a little lot more. Oh, perhaps this guy
7. 0:14can help.
8. 0:17Maybe not. He's looking a bit squashed.
9. 0:21Oh, no. I think it's going to rain.
10. 0:26As you can see, uh I'm stood in a field
11. 0:29of large melons, which is really great.
12. 0:32>> No. They're not.
13. 0:34>> No?
14. 0:34>> No.
15. 0:35>> Oh, right. They're not what?
16. 0:37>> They're not melons.
17. 0:38>> Uh
18. 0:40I thought they were melons. Okay.
19. 0:42>> They're pumpkins.
20. 0:44>> And melons.
21. 0:45>> Pumpkins.
22. 0:46>> Okay.
23. 0:46>> Yep. So, the the word pumpkin comes from
24. 0:50the Greek word for melon.
25. 0:52>> Well, that's
26. 0:52>> That might be why you're confused.
27. 0:53>> Well, that is a confusing, isn't it?
28. 0:55>> Pumpkins.
29. 0:56>> Yeah. All right.
30. 0:57Pumpkin. What? Pumpkin? Yeah.
31. 1:00And one thing I can tell you about
32. 1:02pumpkins is that they're orange.
33. 1:05>> Yeah?
34. 1:05>> Yeah. I mean, yeah.
35. 1:07>> Yeah, they're orange. For sure. I mean,
36. 1:09well, not all of them.
37. 1:11There There's some white ones, too.
38. 1:13>> Yeah. That one's white, actually, isn't
39. 1:15it?
40. 1:15>> But
41. 1:16>> And that one was like blue.
42. 1:17>> That one is That one is orange.
43. 1:18>> That one is all right. The main
44. 1:20character's orange, isn't it?
45. 1:21>> Usually, yeah.
46. 1:22>> Yeah.
47. 1:22>> Yeah.
48. 1:24>> So, that's pretty interesting.
49. 1:27>> Do you want to talk a little bit about
50. 1:29soil for a second?
51. 1:31>> I'd love to talk about soil, actually.
52. 1:32Yeah.
53. 1:34>> Okay. So, what's really cool is is um
54. 1:37soil is it's alive.
55. 1:40Right? We think about like just dirt
56. 1:42>> It is.
57. 1:43>> Yeah, we do. Oh.
58. 1:44>> But it's actually alive.
59. 1:46There's life like in the soil, and so
60. 1:49pumpkins are really cool because they
61. 1:50have these like big
62. 1:53broad leaves.
63. 1:55And so, these leaves, right?
64. 1:57>> Yeah, big stuff. They're um good at
65. 1:59protecting the soil because it's alive,
66. 2:01we have to protect it.
67. 2:03>> That's so nice.
68. 2:03>> Yeah, one of my favorite um soil fun
69. 2:06facts actually is that in a single like
70. 2:08teaspoon of healthy Do you have
71. 2:10teaspoons in the UK? I don't know what a
72. 2:12teaspoon
73. 2:12>> yeah.
74. 2:13>> is. I don't know measurements, but
75. 2:15>> We've also got tablespoons, uh like
76. 2:16dessert spoons, but yeah, the one for
77. 2:18the tea.
78. 2:18>> Perfect. Okay.
79. 2:19>> Yeah.
80. 2:19>> Oh, tea. Yeah, sure.
81. 2:21>> Yeah, great cup of tea for us. We might
82. 2:23That might have been our measurement.
83. 2:25Yeah.
84. 2:26>> In a single like teaspoon of healthy
85. 2:28soil
86. 2:29>> Yeah.
87. 2:29>> you can have more living organisms than
88. 2:32there are humans on Earth.
89. 2:34>> No way.
90. 2:35>> Life.
91. 2:37>> That's a lot of humans. Imagine them all
92. 2:40like tiny little ones.
93. 2:41>> on them all actually.
94. 2:42>> Oh, oh no. Sorry, guys.
95. 2:46Oh, wow. Right, what have we got here
96. 2:48then?
97. 2:49>> Well, actually what I what I wanted to
98. 2:50show you was um on the vine, there's you
99. 2:53can see there's like a lot of, you know,
100. 2:55prickly spikes.
101. 2:57>> Oh.
102. 2:57>> So the pumpkin is cool, we talked about
103. 2:59the leaves. Um the leaves have the job
104. 3:01of protecting the soil, but the spines
105. 3:04um have a job of of deterring pests. So
106. 3:07what's cool about, you know, when we
107. 3:09think about farming and farming in in a
108. 3:12regenerative way, in a way that works
109. 3:14together with nature
110. 3:16is um you can think about different
111. 3:18plants growing together at the same
112. 3:20time.
113. 3:20>> All right.
114. 3:21>> And so when
115. 3:24when we think about it in terms of um
116. 3:27everybody has a job, everybody has a job
117. 3:29to do. So we talked about the pumpkin
118. 3:30and its jobs. Um but one of the most
119. 3:32traditional stories um
120. 3:34that we talk about is is the story from
121. 3:37uh indigenous people in North America of
122. 3:40the three sisters.
123. 3:41>> Ah.
124. 3:43>> And so those are it's a it's a farming
125. 3:45system, three separate crops together,
126. 3:47corn, beans, and squash.
127. 3:49>> Oh, I love all of things.
128. 3:50>> Yeah, very fall sort of energy as well,
129. 3:53right? And so uh in when you grow corn,
130. 3:56beans, and squash together, all three of
131. 3:58those plants have a job.
132. 4:00And so the corn is normally planted
133. 4:02first
134. 4:03and it grows this big, tall, nice
135. 4:06It's quite windy.
136. 4:07>> Steady.
137. 4:08Steady.
138. 4:10>> The corn um
139. 4:11>> Yeah, it grows really tall.
140. 4:13>> Really tall, nice strong stalk.
141. 4:15>> I got lost in a corn maze once. The corn
142. 4:17grows really high.
143. 4:18>> Corn grows really high and then the next
144. 4:19thing that you plant is the beans. So
145. 4:21beans as a vine needs that strong stalk
146. 4:25to grow up.
147. 4:25>> Oh.
148. 4:26>> And so instead of trellising or
149. 4:27something like a tomato cage or
150. 4:29something you might
151. 4:30>> just already there.
152. 4:31>> It's just naturally The corn has its
153. 4:32job, the beans climb up.
154. 4:35The beans' job, so beans are a legume
155. 4:37>> Mhm.
156. 4:37>> and legumes are really good at fixing
157. 4:39nitrogen in the soil.
158. 4:41>> All right.
159. 4:42>> plants in order to make these big leaves
160. 4:44need nitrogen.
161. 4:46>> And nitrogen in that.
162. 4:47>> Tons of nitrogen in the air
163. 4:49>> Yeah.
164. 4:49>> but it's really hard for some plants to
165. 4:51access that nitrogen.
166. 4:52>> But not for beans.
167. 4:53>> Not for beans. They're the nitrogen
168. 4:55superheroes. They're really good at
169. 4:56pulling that nitrogen from the air into
170. 4:58the soil in a way that makes it
171. 4:59available for the other plants.
172. 5:01>> That's so clever.
173. 5:02>> So the corn has that strong stalk giving
174. 5:04a home for the beans, the beans are
175. 5:06fixing nitrogen in the ground and the
176. 5:08squash, pumpkins
177. 5:10>> butternut squash.
178. 5:11>> Butternut squash, but it's got these big
179. 5:13leaves to protect the soil.
180. 5:14>> Oh yeah, it's got the leaves. Yeah, no
181. 5:16it is doing a job.
182. 5:17>> And the spines.
183. 5:18>> Yeah, and the spines. Well, that's kind
184. 5:19of
185. 5:20>> The squash
186. 5:20>> little bit, isn't it? But the the leaves
187. 5:22are the sharing part. Yeah, that's so
188. 5:24cool information. Yeah, I like that. Why
189. 5:27I don't see that ever. We don't do that
190. 5:28then.
191. 5:29>> In uh more modern like farming practices
192. 5:31we've really gotten away from some of
193. 5:33these like indigenous wisdom in touch
194. 5:36with nature type farming things.
195. 5:38>> Yeah, I think that's maybe something we
196. 5:39should get back to thinking about.
197. 5:42>> Yeah, it's it's kind of a job.
198. 5:45>> Yeah, that's true actually.
199. 5:47We're probably thinking about it. Yeah,
200. 5:48probably not then.
201. 5:49>> Yeah.
202. 5:50>> Yeah. Yeah, right.
203. 5:51Oh, what's that then? Is that There's a
204. 5:53pumpkin in there.
205. 5:54>> Yeah. What? I mean
206. 5:56Not yet, but
207. 5:57>> Oh, right. Yeah, no. Not yet, of course.
208. 6:00>> Yeah.
209. 6:00>> Cuz I was thinking, "Wow, there's some
210. 6:01big pumpkins thin there."
211. 6:04It's like magic.
212. 6:04>> Magic. Yeah, and nature kind of is
213. 6:06magic.
214. 6:06>> Well, yeah, I guess.
215. 6:09Except for it's not in there.
216. 6:11Oh, look, another one.
217. 6:14Oh, no, it's all
218. 6:15>> but it's been eaten.
219. 6:19>> Oh, there's a bee on that one.
220. 6:21>> Yeah.
221. 6:22Should we Should we name him?
222. 6:23>> Uh
223. 6:27Buzz.
224. 6:28>> Buzz.
225. 6:29>> Yeah.
226. 6:30That was easy.
227. 6:32>> Perfect.
228. 6:32>> Yeah.
229. 6:33>> Perfect. Well, yeah, it's good that we
230. 6:34name him cuz bees are, you know, bees
231. 6:36are a friendly and important part of any
232. 6:38sort of natural ecosystem.
233. 6:40>> Yeah.
234. 6:41>> Um as pollinators. It's the bee's job,
235. 6:43the pollinator's job to go from plant to
236. 6:45plant and make sure the pollen gets
237. 6:46passed um
238. 6:48so that the plants can reproduce.
239. 6:50>> Well, that's good that they have these
240. 6:51massive flowers then to attract the
241. 6:54bees.
242. 6:56They're pretty impressive flowers,
243. 6:57aren't they?
244. 6:57>> Yeah. Yeah. Well, and we saw a bee here,
245. 7:00but there's actually a lot of different
246. 7:01types of pollinators. So, butterflies
247. 7:02can be pollinators, wasps,
248. 7:04>> Wow.
249. 7:05>> spiders can be pollinators, but
250. 7:06>> They are a bit temper, aren't they? But
251. 7:09um still important.
252. 7:12Yeah, I've actually got some science
253. 7:13facts about pumpkins.
254. 7:15>> Okay.
255. 7:15>> Um
256. 7:16>> Let's hear it.
257. 7:16>> Yeah, there's
258. 7:18There's this guy called Stingy Jack.
259. 7:20And uh basically what he was was a long
260. 7:23time ago they used to leave out
261. 7:25uh actually other root vegetables like
262. 7:28like this, a turnip.
263. 7:29>> Definitely not a pumpkin.
264. 7:30>> to ward off um evil spirits and stuff.
265. 7:34And he was like the bad bad one, Stingy
266. 7:37Jack.
267. 7:38Um And they used to leave him out to
268. 7:40scare them away, really, cuz they
269. 7:41thought that this time of year was when
270. 7:44uh
271. 7:44the dead and alive, the window between
272. 7:46them was the was the thinnest.
273. 7:48Yeah. So.
274. 7:50>> What's
275. 7:51it's not science.
276. 7:52>> Oh.
277. 7:53>> But it's quite interesting, though.
278. 7:54>> Yeah. Well.
279. 7:56>> Thanks for sharing.
280. 7:57>> Do what you want with that, really. So.
281. 7:59Yeah.
282. 8:00But we didn't used to have pumpkins here
283. 8:02in England.
284. 8:03>> Mhm. You're welcome.
285. 8:04>> We had Yeah. Yeah, I guess. Thanks.
286. 8:07>> From North America.
287. 8:08>> Yeah.
288. 8:08>> Yeah.
289. 8:09>> We stole the seeds, I guess, and then
290. 8:11brought them back.
291. 8:11>> Yeah.
292. 8:12>> Travelers. Anyway.
293. 8:14The turnips.
294. 8:16So that's pretty scary. If that was on
295. 8:17your doorstep, you probably
296. 8:20>> So what
297. 8:20>> If you were an evil spirit, would you
298. 8:23>> It's um it's kind of cute, actually.
299. 8:25>> No. It's scare It's terrifying.
300. 8:30I
301. 8:31Yeah. Well.
302. 8:32>> Okay.
303. 8:33So it's a fact that's not science.
304. 8:36Or about pumpkins. It's actually a
305. 8:38turnip.
306. 8:40>> Loosely speaking, it's about both. How's
307. 8:42your tea?
308. 8:43>> It's great, nice, actually.
309. 8:44>> Yeah.
310. 8:45>> It's warm and nice.
311. 8:45>> Yeah.
312. 8:46>> I can't see the face.
313. 8:47>> So do you really think he's not that
314. 8:48scary, then?
315. 8:49>> I mean, a little bit.
316. 8:50>> Okay.
317. 8:50>> Yeah.
318. 8:51>> But I could work on it. I didn't want to
319. 8:52go too far in with the holes because I
320. 8:54want to eat him.
321. 8:55>> Have you ever carved a a pumpkin before?
322. 8:57>> A big pumpkin, yeah.
323. 8:58>> Okay.
324. 8:59>> But then it kind of went all like
325. 9:01>> Yeah. You can't
326. 9:02>> And then I didn't eat
327. 9:03>> Yeah, yeah.
328. 9:04>> And there was wax and stuff inside.
329. 9:05>> Yeah.
330. 9:06>> If you paint them, I think then you can
331. 9:07eat them better. Well, I might paint
332. 9:09mine this year.
333. 9:10>> Yeah, yeah. Well, it depends on the
334. 9:11pumpkin, too, cuz some aren't really
335. 9:13like meant to be eaten. Depends on the
336. 9:14species, but um
337. 9:15>> Okay.
338. 9:16>> Yeah. I think it's it's a good point,
339. 9:18though, cuz there is a lot of waste um
340. 9:20from pumpkins, right? Like we're we're
341. 9:22so obsessed with pumpkins.
342. 9:23>> Where do they all go?
343. 9:24>> Where do they all go? Um
344. 9:27probably a lot of them just end up in
345. 9:29the landfill.
346. 9:30>> That's not ideal.
347. 9:31>> Yeah. I've also heard people just throw
348. 9:33them in the woods sometimes.
349. 9:35>> Okay.
350. 9:35>> Also not ideal.
351. 9:36>> No.
352. 9:37>> No.
353. 9:38>> Do the animals not like them?
354. 9:39>> No. I mean, it Anything I mean, I don't
355. 9:42know. Sometimes we think about like
356. 9:43banana peels or orange peels, like, it's
357. 9:45fine. It's just plants and I'm going to
358. 9:47throw it with the other plants, but
359. 9:49anything that's not native really
360. 9:51shouldn't just be like thrown out into
361. 9:53nature. And so, pumpkin here isn't
362. 9:56native.
363. 9:57>> No.
364. 9:58>> So, it's better to compost it.
365. 10:00>> Yeah, cuz someone actually did once tell
366. 10:01me that
367. 10:02they saw a hedgehog and it ate a pumpkin
368. 10:04and then it had diarrhea.
369. 10:07>> It's unfortunate.
370. 10:08>> Yeah. What should people do with their
371. 10:10pumpkins? And what are we going to Where
372. 10:12are we going to put them all?
373. 10:12>> Compost, ideally.
374. 10:14>> Okay.
375. 10:14>> Yeah. Or eat them if you can.
376. 10:16>> Or eat them if you can. Yeah, yeah. If
377. 10:17you paint it
378. 10:17>> Compost them inside your self.
379. 10:20>> Right.
380. 10:21>> Right. Sure.
381. 10:21>> Yeah.
382. 10:22>> Like an
383. 10:23earthworm.
384. 10:24>> Exactly like an earthworm, yeah.
385. 10:27>> Do you want to hear a uh fun fact about
386. 10:28earthworms?
387. 10:30>> If there's one thing about me, it's that
388. 10:32I love a fun fact about earthworms.
389. 10:35Yes.
390. 10:36Please.
391. 10:37>> Well, the longest earthworm ever found
392. 10:41>> Longest?
393. 10:41>> Longest.
394. 10:42>> Oh, wow.
395. 10:42>> want to guess?
396. 10:43>> Yeah.
397. 10:44Uh Oh. Oh, no. Like
398. 10:49As big as a No, that's about a standard
399. 10:52size. Uh
400. 10:54No.
401. 10:55>> It's like 21 ft.
402. 11:00>> Of them?
403. 11:00>> Like 21 of them?
404. 11:01>> 21 ft. Like more than 6
405. 11:04>> Really? But still the same skininess?
406. 11:06>> No.
407. 11:07>> Oh, no.
408. 11:08>> Chunky.
409. 11:09>> That sounds like a snake.
410. 11:10>> Yeah.
411. 11:11>> Are you sure it wasn't a snake?
412. 11:12>> No.
413. 11:13>> You're not sure.
414. 11:14>> Yeah, I mean, earthworms are actually
415. 11:16like pretty important for the soil.
416. 11:18They're like tiny little compost
417. 11:20machines and
418. 11:21>> Oh.
419. 11:21>> They've got an important job.
420. 11:22>> They do the composting.
421. 11:23>> Yeah. Yeah.
422. 11:25Um
423. 11:27When they kind of work their way through
424. 11:29the dirt, also, they They these little
425. 11:30tunnels, which helps oxygen get down
426. 11:32into the soil. It helps moisture get
427. 11:34down deeper into the soil. It's
428. 11:36>> I never knew they were that clever.
429. 11:37>> Big job.
430. 11:38>> That is a big responsibility again.
431. 11:40>> Yeah.
432. 11:40>> All these things so much responsibility.
433. 11:43>> Yeah.
434. 11:43>> As much as us as well. We got a big
435. 11:45responsibility.
436. 11:46>> We really do.
437. 11:47>> Honestly.
438. 11:47>> Cuz I can't do that. I can't be digging
439. 11:49the little holes.
440. 11:50>> Can't turn nitrogen into soil of plant
441. 11:54available nitrogen.
442. 11:55>> No, can't do that either.
443. 11:57Uh but I can responsibly
444. 12:00uh get rid of my pumpkin.
445. 12:02>> By eating it or composting it?
446. 12:03>> By eating it or composting. On a scale
447. 12:05of 1 to 10, how connected to nature do
448. 12:06you reckon you feel in them?
449. 12:08>> Right now?
450. 12:09>> Yeah.
451. 12:12>> 10.
452. 12:12>> Yeah, pretty 10.
453. 12:13>> Yeah, 10.
454. 12:14>> Yeah. Yeah, I'd say I'm like pretty much
455. 12:16pretty connected. As connected as
456. 12:19Oh my god, this is really wet. I think
457. 12:23I think we're nature now.
458. 12:25I think this is us in nature, isn't it?
459. 12:27>> Yeah.
460. 12:29>> Right, let's go.