Victorian Kitchen Garden

[gettinaclue]

I stumbled across this the other day and I find it absolutely fascinating.

After reading up on this a bit, I know that not all of the series is posted. I've been searching to find where it's all posted, but I can't find it/don't see it, but I still love watching it.

This will definately be on my Christmas list.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a71rGWCnR_M&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

 

[JRmom]

I've watched this too, and yeah, I can't find the whole series on YouTube either. Would love to have the whole series on DVD too.

 

[moolie]

We have the DVD series, ordered it last winter from the UK along with the Victorian Kitchen and Victorian Flower Garden (ours came as one boxed set containing all 3 series--it was a sort of Christmas gift to ourselves, as we ordered it with gift money).

Only thing is that it only comes in UK video format, so you either need a DVD player that is able to play discs from more than one DVD Region or you need to watch it on a computer (we watch our set on a laptop).

I would so love to get my hands on the other two series that Peter and Harry did--the War Time Kitchen Garden, and a series that I don't know the name of where the two of them came over to Canada to tour various gardens. But apparently they are not on DVD.

 

[gettinaclue]

Thank you for the heads up about the DVDs!

I found part of the War Garden series online. I really wish I could watch all of these. They are so interesting!

 

[moolie]

Do you have a link for the War Garden series? I've only ever found episode 8

 

[Niele da Kine]

There is also a book of the same name they did. Brilliant book, I've had it for years and read it periodically just because it's so fascinating. Didn't know there was a video series of the book until reading about it here!

 

[~gd]

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[ORChick]

You had better start studying up because that era is what the whole Eat Organic Locally Grown Food movement has as their goal but in that era it wasn't the top 1% that was hated and feared, only 0.001% owned grand estates. The current Queen of England, God save Her, would not have been in the top tier of those Lords & Ladies who collected rents from those that lived on their Estates. Great to be a Lord, tenent farmer, not so great.~gd

~gd - Have you been sipping the eggnog early today? Or have I just not woken up sufficiently? I have only the vaguest idea of what you are saying here ... and that vague idea tells me that you have gone way off topic on this thread. What, prey tell, has the Queen of England, or "the whole Eat Organic Locally Grown Food movement" got to do with DVDs from the UK?
Now I am going to get another cup of tea, and see about waking up properly

 

[moolie]

Nice to see this topic pop up again

We're going to start watching our way through the series again as encouragement for spring planting--should be starting seeds (indoors) for a few things in no time! (broccoli and cauliflower in early to mid Feb and then tomatoes and pepper in early to mid March)

To be totally fair, Harry didn't use totally organic methods--nor were they common (especially on big estates like this) during the Victorian period. This was a time of science triumphing over nature, and chemicals were scientific "progress". In fact, they mention that many of the things they grew, particularly for the Victorian Kitchen series, weren't necessarily safe to consume--they were just demonstrating period techniques in both gardening and cookery.

 

[TACEYPERKINS]

I absolutly loved the series of shows, thank you for bringing them to my attention. It thrills me trenendously to learn information like this. I would love to have the whole series too. It would be neat to use some of these practices today. I however would try to do it as clean and chemical free as possible. But alot of times thats just what they did too. Thanks again for the information.