It has been a year since Peter Ginn, Alex Langladas, and Ruth Goodman lived as Victorian Farmers.  Rupert Acton has several tasks for the Victorian farmers as the team prepares for a Victorian Christmas.

Questions:

1. Rupert Acton made this goal for the team:
   
2. What did the Victorian Farm need to feed his animals?
   
3. What type of weather destroys hay?
   
4. What changes did Rupert make to farm?
   
5. Rupert gave Ruth a new what to help with laundry and cooking?
   
6. What did Ruth make to help with the cleaning?
   
7. What two ingredients does Ruth use to make soap?
   
8. What went into Ruth’s mince pie?
   
9. What was made from an ash log?
   
10. How many windmills are still operating in England?
    

Answers:

1. Rupert Acton made this goal for the team: - Victorian Christmas for the whole estate
2. What did the Victorian Farm need to feed his animals? - Hay
3. What type of weather destroys hay? -Rain
4. What changes did Rupert make to farm? - Made a new garden, added a laundry
5. Rupert gave Ruth a new what to help with laundry and cooking? - Copper
6. What did Ruth make to help with the cleaning? - soap
   
7. What two ingredients does Ruth use to make soap? - Fat and Alkali
8. What went into Ruth’s mince pie? - Lemons, Apples, Currants, raisins, candied peel, brandy, suet/fat from a cow
9. What was made from an ash log? - Hayrake
   
10. How many windmills are still operating in England? - 50

January comes to the farm as the team works on maintenance around the farm.  The well doesn't freeze for the team during winter.  They finally face some bitterly cold weather which makes it hard to work outdoors.  They work on the hedges while the animals are indoors and the leaves are gone.  Alex works on hedge laying, this forms an animal proof fence that animals can't pass through.  A hedge is often thought as a living hedge as the trees and weaving get stronger over time.

Ruth and Chloe much out the stalls.  Stuart makes ink as well as working on his shoes.  Ruth works on making medicine for the people on the farm.  She starts off with sage oil.

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Tales from the Green Valley Episode 5 Questions:

1. What was the biggest task of January?
2. Why did Stuart break up the ice?
3. What did they have on the Thames?
4. What grows stronger over time?
5. Hedge layers are natural what?
6. What made a lucrative product?
7. What was it used for?
8. What was the last job of the day?
9. Ruth produced what?
10. What did sage oil do?

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 5 Answers:

1. What was the biggest task of January? - Hedge laying
2. Why did Stuart break up the ice? - So the animals could drink
3. What did they have on the Thames? - Frost Fairs
4. What grows stronger over time? - Hedges
5. Hedge layers are natural what? - acrobats
6. What made a lucrative product? - Oak Apples
7. What was it used for? -Ink
8. What was the last job of the day? - Putting the animals to bed
9. Ruth produced what? -Medicine
10. What did sage oil do? - Help joints during winter

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 6
The Team works on a new privy, taking care of the animals, laundry and some additional maintenance around the farm.  They get their first snow on the farm.

Alex, Peter and Stuart knock down the privy and build a new one.  The first thing they do after knocking down the privy was cleaning the pit and digging it deeper.  Peter has to dig out the privy after loosing out on a game of Hazard.

Chloe works with the ponies to train them to be working farm animals.   Stuart works on getting the pea seeds ready for planting.

Ruth uses pee for use in the laundry, she makes bleach with it.  She starts doing laundry around the farm.  We learn that waste management was a big business in the Stuart period.

Ruth, Chloe and Stuart bring the sheep down from the fields and perform maintenance on their hooves.  They also clean up some of their fleeces.

Alex entertains with team with his musical talents.

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Tales from the Green Valley Episode 6 Questions:

1. What was the new challenge for the month?
2. Who didn’t want to be on the bench in the privy when it broke?
3. What seed were they planning to plant?
4. Where does the stalk and pod go?
5. How did they determine who would dig out the privy?
6. What was human poo used for?
7. What was urine used for?
8. What else could urine be used for?
9. What animal did they bring in for maintenance?
10. What was the name of the cow that was pregnant?

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 6 Answers:

1. What was the new challenge for the month? - Rebuilding the privy
2. Who didn’t want to be on the bench in the privy when it broke? - Fonz or Peter
3. What seed were they planning to plant? - Peas
4. Where does the stalk and pod go? - Feed for the horses
5. How did they determine who would dig out the privy? - Dice game
6. What was human poo used for? - Fertilizer
7. What was urine used for? - For making bleach
8. What else could urine be used for? -  Gunpowder
9. What animal did they bring in for maintenance? - Sheep
10. What was the name of the cow that was pregnant? - Duchess

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 3
November comes around and they work on butchering animals for the farm as well as finish up the cowshed.    Work continues on the cowshed, as Peter and Alex build a wall for the shed.   They take advantage of the sun and warmth to finish up the wall on the cowshed.  The team finishes thatching the roof.

Ruth and Chloe prepare for butchering day by cleaning their supplies to make sure bacteria doesn't affect the meat.  They butcher a pig.  Ruth uses the blood for sausages and puddings as well as taking care of the butchering.  Ruth explains that the ancestors knew that the cooking area needed to be clean, they just didn't know about germs.

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Tales from the Green Valley Episode 3 Questions:

1. What was the next task on the shed?
2. When was the seasonal time to slaughter pigs?  Why?
3. What does Ruth use the pig’s blood for?
4. What was the only part of the pig not used?
5. What did they use to weatherproof the wall?
6. How long could a pig last after it was smoked?
7. What did Peter and Alex use to put the mud on the wall?
8. How long did it take to finish the wall?
9. What did Ruth use on the table to clean it?
10. How long does it take to finish thatching a cowshed?

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 3 Answers:

1. What was the next task on the shed? - Making a wall
2. When was the seasonal time to slaughter pigs?  Why? - November, so the farmers don’t need to feed them over winter
3. What does Ruth use the pig’s blood for? - Black pudding and blood sausage
4. What was the only part of the pig not used? - The Oink/ Squeak
5. What did they use to weatherproof the wall? - Clay, Chaff, and Dung
6. How long could a pig last after it was smoked? - Three months
7. What did Peter and Alex use to put the mud on the wall? - Their hands
8. How long did it take to finish the wall? - Three days
9. What did Ruth use on the table to clean it? Salt
10. How long does it take to finish thatching a cowshed? - Two weeks

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 4
December comes to the farm and the team prepares to celebrate Christmas.  Stuart introduces the episode by discussing that although it's Christmas, chores on the farm didn't end.  The boys work on making a hovel.  They make it so they can take it down and store it over the summer.

Ruth and Chloe work on making woolies.  They talk about how the period clothes and how they work or don't work against the weather.  Stuart threshes the peas for seed and to plant in the future.  He gives the stalks and pods to the animals for a treat.

Ronald Hutton stops by and helps the team celebrate Christmas.

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Tales from the Green Valley Episode 4 Questions:

1. What did they have to build to store firewood?
2. Why aren’t there any hovels left?
3. What did Ruth and Chloe make?
4. What was one of the main field crops of the year?
5. How long did they celebrate Christmas?
6. Why was it called mince pies?
7. What did Stuart want to burn in the main house?
8. What was a common favorite meal for Christmas?
9. What was the dominant factor in Christmas?
10. Who visited the farm to teach the farmers about a Shakespearian Christmas?

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 4 Answers:

1. What did they have to build to store firewood? - Hovel
2. Why aren’t there any hovels left? - They rotted away
3. What did Ruth and Chloe make? - Hose and mittens (woolies)
4. What was one of the main field crops of the year? - Peas
5. How long did they celebrate Christmas? - 12 Days
6. Why was it called mince pies? - There used to be meat in the pies
7. What did Stuart want to burn in the main house? - oakwood
8. What was a common favorite meal for Christmas? - goose
9. What was the dominant factor in Christmas? - Religion
   

Ruth, Peter, and Alex finish their year on the Victorian Farm.  With the failed hay harvest, the team looks to recover with the wheat harvest.  They finish off their year celebrating the harvest with a feast.

Peter and Alex get to grips with Victorian technology in preparation of the wheat harvest.  The harvester that was used had a device that helped tie wheat bundles and was invented by a Wisconsin farm hand.  Ruth learns the art of plaiting straw stalks and discovers how addicting it can be.  It was a simple skill that could make a farmer money.

Ruth also explores the impact of the Empire on the Victorian Kitchen.  She uses curry mix to prepare the boys a meal.  Peter arranges to have the cart they plan to use to haul the wheat in repaired since it was not used in decades.

They celebrate the end of the time on the Victorian Farm with a party.

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Victorian Farm Episode 6 Questions:

1. What crop failed?
2. What crop did they want to succeed?
3. How long does it take to harvest what by hand?
4. What new skill did Ruth learn?
5. What did Ruth try in the kitchen?
6. When was the first curry house opened in London?
7. What did the boys make to bring in good workers?
8. What did the boys want to put on the poster?
9. What type of berries did Ruth pick?  What are they known in America as?
10. How did the team celebrate the harvest?

Victorian Farm Episode 6 Answers:

1. What crop failed? - hay
2. What crop did they want to succeed? - wheat
3. How long does it take to harvest what by hand? - One week
4. What new skill did Ruth learn? - Straw platting
5. What did Ruth try in the kitchen? - curry
   
6. When was the first curry house opened in London? - 1811
7. What did the boys make to bring in good workers? - beer
8. What did the boys want to put on the poster? - “Best beer around.”
9. What type of berries did Ruth pick?  What are they known in America as? - Windberries/bilberries, Blue Berries
10. How did the team celebrate the harvest? - Harvest fest

It's May and the boys are tending sheep.  Ruth starts dairying, Alex gets involved with beekeeping and Peter learns how to make cricket bats.

Once the sheep give birth, they are sheered with an electric sheerer.  This sped up the process for the Victorian farmer.  In order to speed up the process, Peter and Alex bring out something that their land agent invented to help the farmers from hand cranking the sheers.  The inexperienced sheers discover that their fleece is infected with maggots.

Alex gets help with a bee swarm in order to start up bee keeping while Peter learns to carve a cricket bat.  Peter and Alex take in a game of cricket where Peter has an embarrassing situation.

Ruth starts operating the dairy in order to make cheese.

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Questions

1. What needed to be done after the sheep gave birth?
2. What was the name of the cow?
3. How many acres did a farmer need to break even?
4. How many acres did a dairy farm need to break even?
5. What was invented in the 1870’s?
6. What became a popular sport during the Victorian Period?
7. What did Ruth make for the garden?
8. What did Alex get involved in?
9. When was the modern beehive invented?
10. How far does bees create their honeycombs?

Answers

1. What needed to be done after the sheep gave birth? - Shorn/fleece cut
2. What was the name of the cow? - Forget me not
3. How many acres did a farmer need to break even? - 50 acres
4. How many acres did a dairy farm need to break even? - 5 acres
5. What was invented in the 1870’s? - Sheering machines
6. What became a popular sport during the Victorian Period? - cricket
7. What did Ruth make for the garden? - pesticide
8. What did Alex get involved in? - Beekeeping
9. When was the modern beehive invented? - 1855
10. How far does bees create their honeycombs? - 8 millimeters

Springtime on the Victorian Farm; lambs are being born as well as piglets.  Ruth starts a chicken concern.  Peter has an all night vigil with the pigs.

The boys bring out a sheepherders wagon in preparation for lambing season.  It's something that the boys will use to sleep in while keeping watch over the flocks.

Ruth starts cleaning out the cottage as part of spring cleaning.  She uses a variety of Victorian methods to sweep up the dust and clean the cottage from top and bottom.  Alex keeps an eye on the wheat and grows concerned that it's not doing well.  He takes advice from other farmers and the Book of the Farm.  He is determined that the crop will not fail. 

Ruth makes a new dress with the assistance of a historic costumer.  She tries to get a grip with a Victorian sewing machine.

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Victorian Farm Episode 4 Questions

1. What Month are they in?
2. What did they park next to the sheep pen?
3. This activity was a Victorian obsession.
4. Ruth tossed this down to the floor while sweeping.
5. What was cheaper to import from America?
6. What did Ruth use to clean the pots?
7. Who comes and pick up the bones?
8. What attacked the chickens?
9. Who keeps an eye on Princess?
10. How many piglets did Princess have?

Victorian Farm Episode 4 Answers

1. What Month are they in? - March
2. What did they park next to the sheep pen? - Shepherds Hut
3. This activity was a Victorian obsession. - Spring Cleaning
4. Ruth tossed this down to the floor while sweeping. - Tea leaves
5. What was cheaper to import from America? - wheat/grain
6. What did Ruth use to clean the pots? - Brick dust and vinegar
7. Who comes and pick up the bones? - Rag and bone man
8. What attacked the chickens? - A dog
9. Who keeps an eye on Princess? - Peter
10. How many piglets did Princess have? - 8, one died

Episode 3 explores trying to control the animals on the farm, keeping an eye on their pregnant animals, and  exploring old Victorian crafts.  The team is four months into their Victorian Farm Experience.

Princess, the pig, joins up with the farm and pigs cause trouble on the farm.  Peter works to divide out the farm yard.  The team turns to a blacksmith, woodsman, and a basket maker to do some repairs around the Victorian Farm as well as learn the secrets to Victorian Crafts.

Ruth gets to grip with bathing in the Victorian Period as well as making Victorian home remedies, Alex fixes his boots with a Victorian Shoe polish recipe.

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Victorian Farm Episode 3 Questions:

1. What was the name of the newest pig to the farm?
2. How many piglets did they expect to have?
3. What was does Peter built to control the animals?
4. What Victorian craft did Peter explore to make a fence?
5. What birds caused problems on a Victorian Farm?
6. How did they determine if a sheep was pregnant?
7. What was the basket made from?
8. Who coined the term “horse power?”
9. What was the test Ruth did to prove the basket’s strength?
10. Who pulls the lamb out first?

Victorian Farm Episode 3 Questions:

1. What was the name of the newest pig to the farm? - Princess
2. How many piglets did they expect to have? - 8-9
3. What was does Peter built to control the animals? - Fence
4. What Victorian craft did Peter explore to make a fence? - Woodsman
5. What birds caused problems on a Victorian Farm? - Pheasants
6. How did they determine if a sheep was pregnant? - Milked the teat to see if there was a wax that came out
7. What was the basket made from? - Oak and hazel
8. Who coined the term “horse power?” - James Watt
9. What was the test Ruth did to prove the basket’s strength? - Stood on it and jumped
10. Who pulls the lamb out first? - Alex

Ruth, Peter, and Alex settled in to Farm Life while preparing for Christmas.  Peter and Alex work on the pigsties, and Ruth prepares a Victorian Christmas Feast after spending four days in the laundry.

Alex and Peter as well as Alex's brother work on building and putting a roof on the pigsties.  The weather turns cold and it's not the best time of year to build pigsties.  It begins to snow on the farm.  The team adds a ram on the farm and they create a rattle to help determine whether or not the ewes are pregnant.

Ruth works in the laundry for three days in order to prepare for Christmas.  She explains the laundry process during the Victorian Period, you used stain remover on what needed to be removed and not the whole garment.

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Victorian Farm Episode 2 Questions:

1. When could the boys expect their first sheep?
2. What does Ruth use for each laundry stain?
3. What was the most important letter on the Victorian farm?
4. What did they build in the middle of winter?
5. What did they use to insulate the floor?
6. How many days did Ruth stay in the laundry?
7.  What did Ruth use to counter the yellow soap?
8. What Christmas tradition came out of the Victorian Period?
9. How much did Ruth put into the pudding?
10. What did Ruth make Peter for Christmas?

Victorian Farm Episode 2 Answers:

1. When could the boys expect their first sheep? - April Fools Day
2. What does Ruth use for each laundry stain? - Ink: Milk; Fruit Stains: Butter; Glue - Whiskey
3. What was the most important letter on the Victorian farm?  Why? - Pigs, they ate everything and fattened up the quickest
   
4. What did they build in the middle of winter? - Pigsties
5. What did they use to insulate the floor? - Bottles
6. How many days did Ruth stay in the laundry? - Four days
7.  What did Ruth use to counter the yellow soap? - Synthetic blue
8. What Christmas tradition came out of the Victorian Period? - Christmas Pudding
9. How much did Ruth put into the pudding? - 4 pence
10. What did Ruth make Peter for Christmas? - Braces

Ruth, Peter and Alex are now working on a Victorian Farm.  The first step to their journey into the Victorian Period is to restore an abandoned cottage, harvest and thresh wheat, and plant a wheat crops: even if the weather is against them.

They take over a cottage that was abandoned in the 1950's and restore it.  They use Victorian Techniques to bring it back to livable condition.  A new range is installed and a bedroom is redone in this episode.

The Estate where the Farm was on: https://www.actonscott.com/

If you're ever in England, you can rent the cottage Ruth, Peter and Alex stayed in on the Acton-Scott Estate.

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Victorian Farm Episode 1 Questions:

1.  Who of the team was responsible for what?
2. How long has the Acton-Scott Family been on their estate?
3. How long was the farm abandoned?
   
4. What did Ruth discover in the barn?
5. What was Ruth nervous about cooking with?
6.   What book did the team use to guide their farming endeavors?
7.  What was invented due to industrialization?
8. What type of plow was used before?
9. Why was the stove blacked?
10.  What replaced roasting over a fire due to coal?

Victorian Farm Episode 1 Answers:

1.  Who of the team was responsible for what? - Ruth – Cottage, Poultry and Dairy / Alex – Growing Crops and rearing animals / Peter – Day to day living / Steam and horse powered technology
2. How long has the Acton-Scott Family been on their estate? - 1255
3. How long was the farm abandoned? - 50 years ago
4. What did Ruth discover in the barn? - Milk Stool
5. What was Ruth nervous about cooking with? - Coal Range
6.   What book did the team use to guide their farming endeavors? - Book of the Farm
7.  What was invented due to industrialization? - Steel plows
8. What type of plow was used before? - Wooden plows
9. Why was the stove blacked? - To prevent rusting
10.  What replaced roasting over a fire due to coal? - Roasting in the oven
    

The team works on the Cherry and potato harvest and plans a trip to the seaside.

Alex and Peter look for ladders for the cherry harvest and Ruth makes plans with what she can make with the cherries.  The team celebrates the cherry harvest with a festival and lots of cherry pies.  Then they take a trip to the seaside.  Ruth makes a new period swimsuit and tries it out.  At the seaside they are entertained by period performers.  They also take a dip in the sea in period swimsuits.

If you need a filler in the classroom, this is an excellent series for that use.  You aren't limited to history with this series either you can use this in a family and consumer education or a home economics class to learn a recipes or crafts.  You really see history come to life in this series and Ruth, Alex, and Peter are excellent narrators.

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Questions:

1. What did the team harvest first?
2. What was the most valuable piece of equipment for the harvest?
3. How high can cherry trees grow?
4. How many fish were caught in the Tamar River?
5. What was made available during the Edwardian period?
6. What was new to the common person’s Edwardian diet?
7. How was the cherry harvest celebrated?
8. What did the boys have to do to stop blight on potatoes?
9. What were Edwardian swimsuits made from?
10. Who did the team use to pick potatoes?

Answers:

1. What did the team harvest first? - Cherries
2. What was the most valuable piece of equipment for the harvest? - Ladder
3. How high can cherry trees grow? - 70 feet tall
4. How many fish were caught in the Tamar River? - 2000
5. What was made available during the Edwardian period? - Glass Jars
6. What was new to the common person’s Edwardian diet? - Preserved fruit and vegetables
7. How was the cherry harvest celebrated? - Cherry Feasts
8. What did the boys have to do to stop blight on potatoes? - Cut the plant off
9. What were Edwardian swimsuits made from? - Wool Crepe
10. Who did the team use to pick potatoes? - Kids
    

The series concludes with the Oat harvest and it's a challenge to predict the weather!

Alex and Peter look to predict the weather in order to determine when to bring the oat harvest.  They have a weather vane made in the shape of one of their chickens.  They also find a quick method to determine barometric pressure.  Ruth works on the market gardens for one last time, putting seaweed fertilizer on them.

If you need a filler in the classroom, this is an excellent series for that use.  You aren't limited to history with this series either you can use this in a family and consumer education or a home economics class to learn a recipes or crafts.  You really see history come to life in this series and Ruth, Alex, and Peter are excellent narrators.

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Questions:

1. What was oat sold for?
2. What needed to be on the farmer’s side?
3.  When the wind is coming from what direction will the team know the weather will be dry?
4. What did the team commission to help with determining wind direction?
5. What was the name of the chicken they used for the model?
6. What did the farmers use for fertilizer?
7. What else did the farmers use to predict the weather?
8. What was cooked on a shovel?
9. What was the direction of the wind when the weather vane was put up?
10. What was invention used to record the harvest?

Answers:

1. What was oat sold for - Horse Feed
2. What needed to be on the farmer’s side? - Weather
3.  When the wind is coming from what direction will the team know the weather will be dry? - Northeast
4. What did the team commission to help with determining wind direction? - Weather vane
5. What was the name of the chicken they used for the model? - Sunny
6. What did the farmers use for fertilizer? - seaweed
7. What else did the farmers use to predict the weather? - Barometer
8. What was cooked on a shovel? - Fish
9. What was the direction of the wind when the weather vane was put up? - Southwest or “don’t harvest your oats yet.”
10. What was invention used to record the harvest? - Film Camera