The team works to fertilize and prepare the soil for planting.  May is a quiet time in the agricultural calendar.  Stuart and a charcoal burner work to make charcoal.  Charcoal burning powered the industrial revolution and is smoke free, lighter, and burns hotter.  Charcoal burners were a roaming profession.  They are a set of skilled workers.

Dairy production begins in May.  Chloe and Ruth work on milking the cows.  The milk is creamy and thicker, perfect for butter.  Duchess hasn't been milked much and it is proving to be a challenge for Chloe.  The milk they get isn't as much as they were expecting.

The pea field is getting close to done.  Alex is using a breast plow to help plow the field.  However he's not using his chest to plow.  They are using a special pea seed, it is an experiment.

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Tales from the Green Valley Episode 9 Questions:

1. What were they behind on?
2. What did they do to beef up the soil?
3. What is the advantage of charcoal?
4. When does dairy production start?
5. What type of plowing is tricky?
6. What was a professional craft?
7. How many acres of woods were burned in Iceland?
8. What did they use to make butter?
9. How long did it normally take to make butter?
10. What did Peter and Alex find in the field?

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 9 Answers:

1. What were they behind on? - Clearing triangle field
2. What did they do to beef up the soil? - Spread horse poo
3. What is the advantage of charcoal? - Lightweight, smokeless
4. When does dairy production start? - May
5. What type of plowing is tricky? - Breast plowing
6. What was a professional craft? - Charcoal burners
7. How many acres of woods were burned in Iceland? - 80 acres
8. What did they use to make butter? - Butter churn
9. How long did it normally take to make butter? - 20 Minutes
10. What did Peter and Alex find in the field? - Harrow and 1940’s plow
    

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 10
Ruth works in the Dairy while the boys work in the fields.  The boys work on shearing sheep, they were the most valuable asset to the farm.  Stuart, Alex, and Peter wash the sheep in the nearby pond.  They get as wet as the sheep they are washing.  Washing the sheep help makes the shearing process easier.

Working in the Dairy was a woman's work.  June was a good time of year for cheese making as well as a way to beat the heat.  Cows eat different grasses over the year which changes the flavors of the milk.  They make rennet and discuss the alternatives to it.

The dairy portion of the episode would be great to show in an agricultural class, Ruth and Chloe go through the process of cheese making without technology.

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Tales from the Green Valley Episode 10 Questions:

1. When did the farmers wife change dairy production from butter to cheese?
   
2. What did Alex do with the sheep?
3. What did Ruth and Chloe make in the dairy?
4. What does milk do over the course of the year?
5. Why does milk change over the year?
6. What alternatives were there for rennet?
7. What separates from the curds?
   
8. How long would it take to sheer sheep?
9. What did Alex use to sheer the sheep?
10. What did Ruth first make?

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 10 Answers:

1. When did the farmers wife change dairy production from butter to cheese? - June
2. What did Alex do with the sheep? - Wash the sheep
3. What did Ruth and Chloe make in the dairy? - cheese
4. What does milk do over the course of the year? - change
5. Why does milk change over the year? - Due to the grass
6. What alternatives were there for rennet? - Nettles, lemon juice, vinegar
7. What separates from the curds? - Whey
8. How long would it take to sheer sheep? - An hour
9. What did Alex use to sheer the sheep? - Hand sheers
10. What did Ruth first make? - Cottage cheese

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
   

A team of historians and archeologists work a farm as it would have been done in the Stuart Period.  They work a full calendar year on the farm.  They will turn theory into practice.  Stuart Peachy helped rebuild the site.

The Historians are Stuart Peachy and Ruth Goodman.  The Archeologists are Peter Ginn, Alex Langlands, and Chloe Spencer.  Stuart runs the farm, and Ruth runs the household.  Peter, Alex, and Chloe take care of the animals, building maintenance, and the fields.  Chloe has the most experience with taking care of the animals.

They kick off the year by plowing the fields and making bread.  They plant wheat into the field by broadcasting.

Each episode in the series is 30 minutes long.  It could be a last-minute fill-in for a substitute in an agricultural class or a history class.

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Tales from the Green Valley Episode 1 Questions:

1. Who is leading the experiment?
2. Who made up the team?
3. What month kicks off the agricultural year?
4. What crop did they want to plant?
5. What were the names of the oxen?
6. What type of Oxen are they?
7. What was the most essential task of the farmer’s wife?
8. How was bread normally baked?
9. What did Peter have to do to get the plow to plow deeper?
10. How did they determine if the bread was done?

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 1 Answers:

1. Who is leading the experiment? - Stuart Peachy
2. Who made up the team? - Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn, Alex Langlands, Chloe Spencer
3. What month kicks off the agricultural year? - September
4. What crop did they want to plant? - Wheat
5. What were the names of the oxen? - Lancelot and Arthur
6. What type of Oxen are they? - English Longhorn
7. What was the most essential task of the farmer’s wife? - Making Bread
8. How was bread normally baked? - In a communal oven
9. What did Peter have to do to get the plow to plow deeper? - Push down on it
10. How did they determine if the bread was done? - Thumped it on the bottom

Tales from the Green Valley - Episode 2
The team continues to work on the cowshed. They build a roof for the cowshed.  They fight the rain to make sure the roof gets on and adapt to their clothing while they work on it. They turn out the pigs in the orchards after the nuts and fruits have been harvested to help fatten them up.  Ruth makes sure that the workforce is well fed as they are constantly working outdoors.

Each episode in the series is 30 minutes long.  It could be a last-minute fill-in for a substitute in an agricultural class or a history class.

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Tales from the Green Valley Episode 2 Questions:

1. What did they need to get on the cowshed?
2. How many eggs are they getting per day?
3. What did Ruth make for breakfast?
4. How many calories did the farmer consume a day?
5. What was the vice operated by?
6. How many pegs did Alex need to make?
7. What harvest did Ruth, Chloe, and Alistair bring in?
8. How many days did the team take to put the rafters on the cowshed?
9. What is causing Alex and Fonz the most concern while climbing?
10. What went onto the roof?

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 2 Answers:

1. What did they need to get on the cowshed? - roof
2. How many eggs are they getting per day? - 1-2
3. What did Ruth make for breakfast? - porridge
4. How many calories did the farmer consume a day? - 4,000
5. What was the vice operated by? - feet
6. How many pegs did Alex need to make? - 70-75
7. What harvest did Ruth, Chloe, and Alistair bring in? - pears
8. How many days did the team take to put the rafters on the cowshed? - 4 days
9. What is causing Alex and Fonz the most concern while climbing? - shoes
10. What went onto the roof? - Thatch