Marcus Wareing's Tales from a Kitchen Garden S02E16-E20 (1280x720p HD, 50fps, soft Eng subs)
E16
As part of his journey to establish the farm, Marcus has also faced setbacks. Not everything in the kitchen garden has done well, and he needs to learn from experience. The hedgerow around the farm needs to be cut back and managed, so Marcus seeks advice from Paul Matthews, an expert in the ancient art of hedge laying. He’s shown how to make stakes, cut hazel bushes and bind them into fencing. Back at the smallholding, Marcus pickles some of his excess crop of carrots using herbs from the kitchen garden. With an abundance of produce, Marcus takes some of it to a nearby food bank that serves the local community. Later, he joins in a local ploughing match and creates a delicious dessert of bay leaf-flavoured ice-cream, thyme crumble and rosemary nectarines.
E17
There is an abundance of fruit falling from the trees in the orchard; so many apples that too many are going to waste. Marcus wants to change that, so he's making his own cider. He pays a visit to The Newt in Somerset, where expert cider maker Greg gives him a tour of their extensive orchard and a quick lesson in cider making. Back at the farm, there’s ginger to preserve and some naughty Mangalitsa pigs to move to their new home in the woods. Marcus heads off for more inspiration, this time from some forest gardeners who show him how to grow an edible food forest in a small space. Later, Marcus uses his fire pit in the woods to rustle up a humble lunch of sausages and fried potatoes, elevated by cooking them over the coals and with a delicious gravy.
E18
Keen to learn as much about owning and rearing livestock as he can, Marcus is off to auction with Stuart, who is selling some of his sheep. Marcus wants to understand this aspect of farming life and get some tips in case he ever sells some of his own animals this way. Back at the farm, Rosanna and Signe come to help prepare some of the kitchen garden beds for winter and inspire Marcus to think about what he can plant there next year. He decides to try his hand at pumpkins but wants to learn all about the incredible varieties he can choose from so heads to Spadework, a charity in Kent that provides agricultural training programmes for adults with learning and other disabilities. Marcus gets a lesson in growing and harvesting pumpkins and is amazed by an astonishing display of unique varieties that some of the trainees have prepared. Finally, as a thank you to Stuart for taking him to the auction, Marcus makes him and son Fred phenomenal sticky pork sandwiches with garlic BBQ sauce and celeriac slaw, the perfect lunch for hardworking farmers.
E19
Marcus is thinking about adding some goats to the smallholding. There’s a small out-building that could make the perfect shelter for them, but as they’re notoriously hard to look after, Marcus wants to find out more before taking the plunge. He visits a farm in Surrey to learn all about rearing, milking and feeding goats as well as producing cheese from their milk. As suspected, it’s all a bit overwhelming, and ultimately Marcus decides that the time isn’t right to take on such responsibility. However, his sheep keep escaping their enclosure, and so Marcus decides to let them roam freely, using the goat shelter for themselves. Then it’s time to welcome two more apprentice chefs to the smallholding. This time, Marcus has asked his fire expert friend Chris Taylor to give the young chefs a masterclass in cooking over fire, using the heat and the coals in unexpected ways. Finally, Marcus whips up a goat's cheese salad and a sumptuous rarebit for a spot of lunch.
E20
Marcus Wareing explores new possibilities on his Sussex smallholding. As autumn draws in, it’s time to take stock of the kitchen garden and preserve any remaining summer crops so that they last through the winter. Marcus has invited his friend and chef Colin Wheeler to show him some new ideas including fermented cabbage, smoked pear powder and whole brined apples. Knowing that the children at Grovelands School Farm love looking after their goats, and Marcus makes them a goat see-saw with the help of friend Zoe and her carpenter husband Lindsay. As expected, the children and the goats are delighted with the results. Then it’s party time, and as a way of thanking the local community for all the help and guidance they’ve given him, Marcus has invited them for a feast. Everyone brings a dish for the table, and Marcus makes a pot of barbecue beans with flame-grilled beef rib to celebrate the farm and the friendships he’s made.
First broadcast: September 2023
Duration: 30 minutes per episode
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