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The Victorian Kitchen Garden

The Victorian Kitchen Garden

10.0 IMDb tt0482150 1987 Documentary

This wonderful series goes behind the high redbrick walls of Chilton Foliat in Berkshire, where Harry Dodson carefully recreates a traditional Victorian kitchen garden. Using traditional tools Harry painstakingly transformed the weed-choked ground into a gardener's and cook's delight solving many horticultural mysteries along the way and showing how gardeners dealt with pests and how they grew exotic fruits and vegetables for the household all year round.

Cast

Harry Dodson
Peter Thoday

Episodes 13

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The Beginning 30m Once every big house had its walled kitchen garden. In an age before imports and deep freezers, the…
January 2
January 30m Harry remembers his life in the walled gardens and his rise from garden boy to head gardener. In…
February 3
February 30m Winter locks the garden in its icy grip. It is an opportunity for repairing tools. Peter shows the…
March 4
March 30m Harry and Peter draw up a cropping plan for the coming year. Harry expects to plant over 25…
April 5
April 30m It was called 'the hungry gap'. While the staff were fed tired offerings from the root store, the…
May 6
May 30m A wet May frustrates Harry's attempt to sow seeds on the open land. Under glass he starts on…
June 7
June 30m 'Flaming June' lives up to its name. Harry is kept busy manipulating the blinds and ventilators of the…
July 8
July 30m The soft fruit is ready for picking - morello cherries and black, red and white currants, red and…
August 9
August 30m The preoccupation of the Victorian gardener during August was getting water to his plants. The invention of the…
September 10
September 30m September is the month that brings cook the widest choice of fruit and vegetables. Although a time of…
October 11
October 30m One October morning Harry walks to the garden to gather a choice melon and an artichoke-like vegetable called…
November 12
November 30m Whenever the family was in its London residence, it still received fresh vegetables from its country garden. Harry…
December 13
December 30m Christmas occupies much of the head gardener's time. Harry ensures he has a plentiful supply of produce for…