Wartime Farm

Anyone else watching this and enjoying it as much as me?  I love it all! I am intrigued by making do and mending - but more interestingly for me, all the food. I have always been fascinated by rationing and all the recipes and foods that were eaten during the second War - and I love just how fair the British were- everyone got the same rations, etc.  And the Land Girls and how farms were dictated by the Ministry of Agriculture and then the Ministry of Food and how farmers had to feed the nation.  Great stuff.

I am watching each week eagerly on iplayer and downloaded my open university booklet. Nerd!!!  

Sounds interesting.  I'll have to catch up online.  I recently submitted an application for Scotland's Climate Challenge Fund for a make do and mend project for our community centre (along with homegrown veggies and herbs in the garden area and a cooking class using leftovers).  Fingers crossed that we get the funding.

A lot has changed since wartime in the UK.  I'm shocked by the amount of food that is thrown away because people do not understand best buy dates versus use by dates. 

Last year, I attempted to purchase a bag of oranges at Tesco.  The bag had lost its tag.  Someone brought another bag up and the lady at the register asked me if I was okay with purchasing oranges that would expire in 3 days time.  Oranges expire?  As long as they aren't rotten or moldy, I don't care how old they are.  In truth, out-of-season produce is usually warehoused for months before it ever reaches a grocery store. 

That's my 2p for the day. 

Yes, we're watching it online.  I loved all the other series' they've done (Victorian Farm, Edwardian Farm, etc.).  I can't say wartime is my favorite era, but enjoying it nonetheless.

I will check this out.

I don't know if it is mentioned in the show, but for a huge chunk of the population, rationing actually saw a marked improvement over pre-war diets.

I havent seen this, but generally love to watch or read anything about life on the home front during WWII. So interesting how they lived, and strange to think it wasn't that long ago!

I would highly recommend visiting Beamish..it's fantastic!!! Especially if you are enjoying this show....

I hadn't heard about this program before you mentioned it, but now I'm really excited! Sue Perkins and Giles Coren also did one of their Supersizers episodes about wartime rationing, which I found endlessly interesting.

DW has been watching it and really enjoying it, still got it on Sky+ for me to catch up on.
DW was fascinated a while ago to learn that we still had rationing into the 1950's

I loved Victorian Farm and Edwardian Farm, and I'm loving this, too.

I would happily watch these three farm in any era they want!

Just watched the first one on BBC iplayer. I think hubby and chicklet may like it too. 

I loved Victorian Farm and Edwardian Farm, and I'm loving this, too.

I would happily watch these three farm in any era they want!

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I have watched it on your recommendation and am really enjoying it! I wish I had known about the other farms! Thank you!

I caught my first ep the other night as well. Really enjoyed it. Wish I had seen the series from the beginning. Thanks for the heads up, Phatbeetle.

I caught my first ep the other night as well. Really enjoyed it. Wish I had seen the series from the beginning. Thanks for the heads up, Phatbeetle.

It's only a few episodes into the series.  You can catch them all on BBC i-player.

Ah, yes! I forgot about the i-Player. Thanks for the reminder, Andee.