Pigs
Pigs provide us with many different food products: bacon, ham, pork, sausages, black pudding, loin chops, pork pie, spam, indeed it is often said of the pig you can use everything but the OINK! The flv...
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Milk and dairy products in the UK mainly come from cows and goats The flv player provided by webstunning.com. All Rights Reserved The 2.3 million dairy cows in the UK, each produce an average of 5900...
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Sheep
Sheep Farming The flv player provided by webstunning.com. All Rights Reserved Sheep in Northumberlan A Brief History Sheep may be either wild or domesticated; the domesticated varieties are the...
View Article15 April 2013 – Spring, late but….
Spring Marches On… This program looks at more seasonal changes and happenings in the countryside, and down on the farm, as we are now in the middle of April with this very cold late spring. The flv...
View Article2013 Livestock Posts
#Farming Bites: a new way to learn. Watching these sections of the Discovering Our Countryside programs will show the seasonal tasks and changes of plants and crops. This will give your pupils small...
View ArticleDiscovering Science on the Farm
We are offering a limited number of schools (Hull, East or North Yorkshire area) a chance to take part in the pilot of an exciting, science curriculum linked Discovering Science on the Farm Project...
View Article29 April 2013 – April Showers: Lambs, Potatoes, Felling trees in our wood
April Showers – Lambs, Potatoes, Felling trees in our wood… This program looks at April’s seasonal changes and happenings in the countryside, and down on the farm, a bit like the saying April Showers...
View Article13 May 2013 – Green Green Plants of May
Plants of May – Busy Birds, Planting Lettuce & Brussel Sprouts, Meat from Pigs… The flv player provided by webstunning.com. All Rights Reserved Busy Birds – Lots of spring activity to look out...
View Article10 June 2013 – What the summer is to the farming year.
Summer brings – grass, beetroot, ripe tomatoes, life to hedgerows… The flv player provided by webstunning.com. All Rights Reserved Grass at Last – We revisit the lambs we saw turned out after lambing...
View Article24 June 2013 – Hedgerow Feasts, Cow’s Stomach feasts, Tasty feasts.
Hedgerow Feasts, Cow’s Stomach feasts, Tasty feasts – The Food Chains of Life… The flv player provided by webstunning.com. All Rights Reserved Hedgerow feasts –.We look at some of the plants and...
View Article8 July 2013 – Summer Crops, Dairy Products Things to do over Summer.
Summer Crops, Dairy Products Things to do over Summer… The flv player provided by webstunning.com. All Rights Reserved Out and about in summer – Give Mario a break! Things to look out this summer. Also...
View Article9 September 2013 – Bringing in the Harvest.
Man, beast and bees bringing in the harvest… The flv player provided by webstunning.com. All Rights Reserved The harvesting of crops – shows farmers harvesting various crops such as cereals, potatoes...
View ArticleDiscovering Science on the Farm – Autumn
We are offering a limited number of schools (Hull, East or North Yorkshire area) a chance to take part in the pilot of an exciting, science curriculum linked Discovering Science on the Farm Project...
View Article2014 Livestock Posts
#Farming Bites: a new way to learn. Watching these sections of the Discovering Our Countryside programs will show the seasonal tasks and changes of plants and crops. This will give your pupils small...
View Article10 February 2014 – A time to prepare
10 February 2014 – A Time to Prepare – allotment, greenhouse, farm The flv player provided by webstunning.com. All Rights Reserved This program looks at new life starting with the onset of the new...
View Article10 March 2014 – Nature knows….
The flv player provided by webstunning.com. All Rights Reserved 10 March 2014 – Nature knows! This program looks at the importance of weather how it effects wildlife and the onset of spring, how we...
View Article24 March 2014 – Ides of March – come and gone….
The flv player provided by webstunning.com. All Rights Reserved 24 March 2014 – Ides of March – come and gone! Planning done! – Planning over down to planting on the Allotment, with bean, peas,...
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5 May 2014: Spring – What does it mean to you?
5 May 2014: Spring – What does it mean to you? Prepare for your preparers! – Planting potatoes in your garden, allotment or on your patio Calving – We finally manage to capture some cows calving on...
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19 May 2014: April shower – not always in April
19 May 2014 – April Showers; not always in April! Lambing – Follow lambing on Oliver’s Farm where we see lots of new born lambs and the work involved in looking after all these new lives, which...
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2 June 2014: Green Green Growth of June
2 June 2014: Green Green Growth of June Allotment - Planting runner beans, corgettes and brassicas in with or without a garden. Planting…– We see the schools visiting Stockbridge Technology Centre...
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