Episode 27: foraging food, metal, and friendship

🌿 Spring colours, snow even, early greens and finding food. slowing down is a lot of work, keeping a diary causes stress; how do I contemplate and develop new meaning and connection through my work? less narrative, more abstraction, details of daily life... try-outs in the coming episodes 🎥 In this episode, you’ll join me on a foraging trip, some metal detacting, repair the storm's damage and walk the woods. This episode will also be available on Vimeo, soon. Keep an eye on my Instagram @ClosertoLandscape. The Closer to Landscape project is supported by the Communauté de communes du Pays de Montmédy and the Maison des Patrimoines et de l´Habitat (Pays de Montmédy Community of Municipalities and the Heritage and Housing Center) for the '26 season. 🗺️ Filmed In: Pays de Montmédy and Gaume, in the Lorraine region of France 🕰️ Chapters 00:02 – Summary reel 00:52 – Foraging Japanese knotweed 05:06 – Opening sequence 05:54 – Searching for wild garlic in the woods 07:24 – Encounter with a deer 11:07 – Winter weather end of March 13:47 – Finding peace in the forest 16:38 – Repairing the glass door, storm's leftovers 18:03 – Digging up dirt and roots, conquering the vegetable garden 21:03 – Gloomy citadel, mist and misstrust 24:33 – Foraging with Émilie and family, wild garlic and metal detecting 34:34 – Early morning idylle 39:46 – Inspecting the plum trees 40:39 – First plantation, potatoes, letuce, herbs 42:55 – Some winter left overs 45:59 – Legless lizard or slow-worm 💬 Like this video? Don't forget to LIKE, COMMENT, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE for more stories from a slow, and peaceful life. Camera, soundrecording: Menno Heling Editing: Menno Heling, Sascha Stouthamer Sound design and colorgrading: Sascha Stouthamer Music selection: Menno Heling Logo design by @menseheling #nature #outdoors #friluftsliv #landscapestories #closertonature #experiencenature #culturalheritage #storiesofthepast #Thoreau #patrimoine #histoire #paysage #Lorraine #cabinlife #cabinworld #architecture #Gaume #PaysdeMontmedy #walking #martijndoolaard #slowlife #kluizenarij #hermitage #wandelen #hiking #minimalistlife #minimalism #simplelife #lessismore #tinyhouse #monuments #biodiversity #autumn #winter #wintercolors #spring #springcolors #grandest #MaisondePatrimoine