Farms: Victorian Farm Episode IV
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Victorian Farm is a historical documentary TV series in six parts, first shown on BBC Two in January 2009, it recreates everyday life on a small farm in Shropshire in the mid-19th century, using authentic replica equipment and clothing, original recipes and reconstructed building techniques. Episode 4 It is spring and there are lambs and pigs to be delivered - which means Alex and Peter need to master animal midwifery. A prized ewe is in danger and a lame horse may jeopardise vital work on the farm. The team witness the birth of many chicks and ducklings, along with 8 (originally 9) piglets from the pig Princess. The team turns to Victorian science in a bid to save their struggling crops. If they succeed, they will have something to celebrate at the May Day fair. If they fail, all their hard work will have been in vain. It is make or break time on the Victorian Farm.
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why is he dragging the lamb?! just pick it up its not that heavy
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Here in Australia, if the neighbour's dog attacked my livestock i'd shoot the mutt then lop off the tail and place it in their mailbox. Then send them the bill for damages.
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Critical for fields today is not Nitrogen but Phosphorus. There is a lot more Nitrogen in soil because of industrial emissions in the air. So their crops will grow better today than back in victorian time without fertilizer.
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Ruth's nails are always dirty.
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So glad to be Vegetarian.
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The thing about womens clothes "back then" is that there are lots of small things which could make it look different. And since the dresses all had basically the same shape ... the accessories work with every dress. Shawls, belts, small jackets, ... that doesnt work with todays "T-Shirt and trousers fashion", where most of the appeals comes from a colorful print or fanciful cut.
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They should have THIS instead of Big Brother. People are watching the Decorah Eagles every year in their nest in their thousands.
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why was he dragging the poor lamby :(
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I was raised on a farm and did a lot of hunting also. Plus I was in the military over 13 years and deployed often. So I've eaten lots of farm food and wild game as they do on these shows. The deployments also gave me wide experience in more exotic foods. I love experimenting with different eats.
That said, I could never ever eat a brain. I don't even consider them safe to eat, even though I'm sure they are if handled properly. I've sat at the same table with a friend sucking squirrel brains, so I don't have a problem with the idea. But I'd have to be near starving before I could manage downing any of that nasty looking goop. -
I love this! It is good to know what our forefathers and mothers endured.
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I like their take on how their feelings, appetites, cravings, and thoughts change as they live there.
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I would definitely try the eyeball and some of the braun that she makes.
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The diagrams are quite inaccurate! The corset wouldn't shift your internal organs any more than a pregnancy would, and, perhaps over time, curve the floating rib a bit more than is considered "natural" dependent upon the time period and the corset being used.
Particularly since, up until the commercialization of the era, a corset would be completely customized. After the industrial revolution, made to measure would begin to take over, but they didn't quite have "off the rack" styles which cause issues today. [Hot spots, bruising, and the like.] Your corset was created to suite your unique body, not just slapped on hodge-podge and praying for the best!
Those ladies with the 17 inch waists would have been tight lacing from the moment they hit puberty, and if not, slowly inching themselves down by increments. Any educated corsetiere possesses this information, as does any person who wears corsets to waist train. -
I love Ruth. Nothing daunts her, she reminds me of my Grandmothers. Nowadays so many of my peers just buy, throw out and buy new, and trying something new means ordering it off of a menu.
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No no no lol. When you nail corrogated iron sheets, you don't put nails in the furrows, you put them on the top of the corrogations. Otherwise water will leak in through the nail hole lol. For anyone contemplating doing this. lol
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Not sure why they are pulling the sheep out, ours birth by themselves
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Does anyone know the music starting at about 32:00? I really like it, but I can't seem to find any info about the soundtrack.
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22 letters in the alphabet?😂
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Peter is really strong he could have moved that chicken shed by himself if he wanted to.