0:00:02 > 0:00:06# Come join us down on the farm today
0:00:06 > 0:00:10# Learn about nature along the way
0:00:10 > 0:00:12# From seeds to crops and fields and barns
0:00:12 > 0:00:15# So much to do down on the farm
0:00:15 > 0:00:17# Summer, autumn, winter, spring
0:00:17 > 0:00:19# Ploughing, planting, harvesting
0:00:19 > 0:00:23# With JB and Storm to lead the way...
0:00:23 > 0:00:29# Come join us down on the farm today. #
0:00:29 > 0:00:30CHICKENS CLUCK
0:00:30 > 0:00:33Hello, I'm JB and welcome to summer on Down On The Farm.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37Today we are going to be finding out about sheep.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40And also, do you know what this is?
0:00:40 > 0:00:44It's raw honey, and we are going to see exactly how bees make honey,
0:00:44 > 0:00:46so you don't want to miss it.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Coming up, I'll be visiting some young gardeners
0:00:49 > 0:00:52with a very special garden.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56We meet Farmer Mark, who knows all about honey.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59I'm also going to show you around my own farm.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03But first, Storm will be learning about sheep.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06So come join us down on the farm.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11COCK CROWS
0:01:11 > 0:01:15Welcome to the Lake District, with its beautiful lakes
0:01:15 > 0:01:18and its rolling hills, perfect for a sheep farm.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22But enough of the sightseeing, we're here to meet Shepherd James,
0:01:22 > 0:01:25his wonderful family and his very special sheep.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27COWS LOW
0:01:29 > 0:01:30This is Shepherd James.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33- Come, boy! - HE WHISTLES
0:01:33 > 0:01:37He's been looking after sheep most of his life.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40James's family simply love sheep.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42This is Molly, James's daughter,
0:01:42 > 0:01:45her pony, Blaze, with mum Helen.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50And Molly's little sister, Bea, brother Isaac
0:01:50 > 0:01:52and their sheep dog puppies.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56So, Isaac, can you tell me who the dog is just behind you?
0:01:56 > 0:01:58- Tan.- Tan.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01And what about that dog there?
0:02:01 > 0:02:03- Floss.- Floss.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07And so you all help look after the sheep, is that right?
0:02:07 > 0:02:11That's right, it's a family farm, isn't it? So we all work together.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13The family help shepherd James
0:02:13 > 0:02:16move the sheep to where he needs them.
0:02:16 > 0:02:21These sheep look very different from any other sheep I've ever seen.
0:02:21 > 0:02:22What makes them so special?
0:02:22 > 0:02:26These are Herdwicks. They come from the Lake District.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28They're super tough. They live in the hills
0:02:28 > 0:02:32and they can survive the snow, rain and long winters.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35There's something else very interesting about them.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39They change colour. What colour are they when they're born?
0:02:39 > 0:02:40Black with white ear tips.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43What colour are they as they grow up?
0:02:43 > 0:02:46- They go brownie blackie. - Brownie-blackie?
0:02:46 > 0:02:50- And then do they just stay brownie-blackie?- No.- What happens?
0:02:50 > 0:02:53- They turn grey.- They turn grey.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54Then they are white!
0:02:54 > 0:02:57And then they turn white.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02- Come bye. Come bye. - HE WHISTLES
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Come bye!
0:03:04 > 0:03:06SHE TRIES TO WHISTLE
0:03:06 > 0:03:08I can't even whistle.
0:03:08 > 0:03:13Shepherd James and his family all use a stick called a crook,
0:03:13 > 0:03:15which helps guide the sheep.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20These sheep do something else that is very special. Hefting.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23It's a new word to me. What does it mean?
0:03:23 > 0:03:27Hefting is a really old word. It means going back to the same place
0:03:27 > 0:03:30that your mother and grandmother lived in.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34Even when there's no fences, they go back to the same place.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37It is a special way of farming, an old-fashioned way of farming.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41- How long have they been here? - At least 1,000 years,
0:03:41 > 0:03:44so we think they came with the Vikings. That's amazing,
0:03:44 > 0:03:48- that's a long time ago.- That's longer than you.- A lot longer.
0:03:48 > 0:03:49STORM LAUGHS
0:03:51 > 0:03:55- How do you identify them all? - I have a special mark for each farm.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59Our mark is a blue mark in front of a red mark on the shoulder.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02And it is like an oily paste. A little bit messy,
0:04:02 > 0:04:06but we put that on. It tells us who they belong to on the hills.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08We have tags that we put in their ears.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12That tells us who their mum, their grandmother and their dad was.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14How many sheep do you have?
0:04:14 > 0:04:18We have 500 sheep and then all of the lambs running with them.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23I've had the most perfect day in the Lake District
0:04:23 > 0:04:25and learnt so much about Herdwicks.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28While I help shepherd James out with the sheep,
0:04:28 > 0:04:32why don't you find out what else happens in summer?
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Spring was a time of new beginnings.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38BIRDS CHIRP
0:04:40 > 0:04:43As birds filled the air with their sweet songs,
0:04:43 > 0:04:47tough little plants woke up and started to grow,
0:04:47 > 0:04:50making our world colourful once more.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Down on the farm there was lots of new life, too,
0:04:55 > 0:04:57as baby animals were born.
0:04:57 > 0:04:58PIGS SQUEAL
0:04:58 > 0:05:02Soon the days grow longer and warmer,
0:05:02 > 0:05:05and when the swallows arrive, we know that it's summer.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08SPLASH
0:05:08 > 0:05:11This is the warmest season of the year.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13A time to enjoy parks and gardens,
0:05:13 > 0:05:15beaches and countryside.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19But while we relax and have fun...
0:05:21 > 0:05:25..all around us, nature is hard at work.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29Every plant and creature must make the most of the sun's rays
0:05:29 > 0:05:30while it can.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Plants and trees grow faster than at any other time of the year.
0:05:37 > 0:05:42This great growth creates a feast for hungry mouths.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45The summer air buzzes with the sound of insects,
0:05:45 > 0:05:47busily searching for food.
0:05:49 > 0:05:50And down on the farm,
0:05:50 > 0:05:53summer is one of the busiest times of the year, too.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03I'm in the middle of London to meet a group of young school gardeners.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07They've said they have something to show me. I wonder what it could be.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15- Hi, everyone.- ALL: Hi, JB.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17And what are you guys up to today?
0:06:17 > 0:06:21- We are doing the weeding and the rooting.- Oh, wow.
0:06:21 > 0:06:26And I was told you had something to show me. Is it your new planters?
0:06:26 > 0:06:28ALL: No!
0:06:28 > 0:06:31- Can you keep a secret? - Yeah, I love secrets.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Come with us, then.
0:06:33 > 0:06:34OK, come on, then.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- JB, we are going in here.- In here?
0:06:41 > 0:06:43- Close my eyes?- Yes.- OK.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45- What about that?- No, no.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48OK, OK. OK.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50OK, I won't look, I won't look.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Wow!
0:06:54 > 0:06:56This is amazing!
0:06:56 > 0:06:59'It's a secret garden.'
0:06:59 > 0:07:04- Did you guys do all this?- Yes. - By yourselves?- Yes.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08You're going to have to show me everything. This is incredible.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11- Can I show you the carrots?- Yes.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15'In the school garden, the children are taught by their teachers
0:07:15 > 0:07:19'how to grow all kinds of flowers, fruit and vegetables.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22'And how to use gardening tools properly.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24'Learning outdoors is fun!'
0:07:24 > 0:07:28- So what do I need to do, guys? - You need to dig a hole.- OK.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34- So what plant is this? - It's a pumpkin.- A pumpkin.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36OK, so I take this out.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39'The children regularly visit the secret garden
0:07:39 > 0:07:42'and have a gardening club.'
0:07:42 > 0:07:44These broad beans look fantastic.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47- Will you show me how to pick them? - Yes.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51Twist, twist, twist, twist.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53- Ah!- And then you...
0:07:53 > 0:07:56- And then you open them up?- Yes.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00- Is that one of the beans?- Yeah.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Fresh broad beans.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07'The produce is harvested and sold to the local community.'
0:08:11 > 0:08:15Girls, I've brought you some old broad beans for the compost.
0:08:15 > 0:08:20- What is compost made of? - It's made of things that rot.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23- And what do we use compost for? - We use it
0:08:23 > 0:08:25for...to put in the plant.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- To help them grow. - To help them grow.- Good.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Well, keep up the good work, girls.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Guys, your secret garden is incredible.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Thank you for sharing it with me.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43Would you like a secret garden? I know I would.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Coming up next is our summer poem.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52BEE BUZZES
0:08:52 > 0:08:54At the bottom of my garden
0:08:54 > 0:08:58- There's a hedgehog and a frog - FROG CROAKS
0:08:58 > 0:09:00And a lot of creepy crawlies
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Living underneath a log.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04There's a baby daddy-longlegs
0:09:04 > 0:09:06And an easy-going snail
0:09:06 > 0:09:09And a family of woodlice
0:09:09 > 0:09:11All are on my nature trail.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Summer on my farm is a very busy time.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24There's lots to do and lots to get ready,
0:09:24 > 0:09:28but first I need to make sure the animals are well looked after.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32Animals that are kept on a farm are often called livestock.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35On my farm I have chickens and pigs.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Mucking out pigs is not a glamorous job,
0:09:41 > 0:09:45but they need to be cleaned out every single day of the year.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47PIGS OINK
0:09:47 > 0:09:50People tend to think that pigs are ready dirty animals,
0:09:50 > 0:09:52but actually they're really clean.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56They like to roll in mud all day to cool them down when it's hot.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59But they select an area where they go to the bathroom,
0:09:59 > 0:10:02and that's the area I need to clean out.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12PIG OINKS
0:10:15 > 0:10:17I like to feed my pigs twice a day.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Pigs fed, now I'm off to the shop.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29A country store is a special shop for anyone with pigs,
0:10:29 > 0:10:33chickens, cattle and horses.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37It sells everything farmers need for their animals.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39And I need some chicken feed.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48- See you later.- Bye-bye!
0:10:48 > 0:10:49CHICKENS CLUCK
0:10:51 > 0:10:56I'm going to feed my chickens and check for some eggs.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Buck-buck-buck!
0:10:58 > 0:10:59CHICKENS CLUCK
0:11:06 > 0:11:10Having chickens on my farm means lots of fresh eggs.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16While I get back to work at the farm,
0:11:16 > 0:11:19let's see what else happens in summer.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27This is farmer Mark, and on his farm,
0:11:27 > 0:11:32he makes honey with a team of thousands of helpers.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36Mark is a beekeeper and has boxes called hives that his bees live in,
0:11:36 > 0:11:39spread all over Perthshire in Scotland.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Each of his hives has 40,000 bees living inside,
0:11:44 > 0:11:47and they all fly around the countryside
0:11:47 > 0:11:50looking for the flowers that have nectar, or sugar water.
0:11:50 > 0:11:55They take the nectar back to the hive to make honey.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Mark puts on a special suit to protect him
0:11:57 > 0:12:02from the bees before he checks the hives for honey.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05The bees work really hard and each worker bee can produce
0:12:05 > 0:12:11a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime, and it flies up to ten miles a day.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15Inside the beehives are trays that the bees put the nectar into.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18The trays have lots of holes for the bees to fill up
0:12:18 > 0:12:20with nectar, called honeycomb.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24The clever bees use their wings to fan the nectar to get
0:12:24 > 0:12:27rid of the water, and what's left is honey.
0:12:28 > 0:12:33To protect their honey, the bees cover the honeycomb with wax.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37The bees will make much more honey than they need,
0:12:37 > 0:12:40so there's plenty for the bees and for Mark.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Mark gathers up the trays of honeycomb,
0:12:44 > 0:12:47and makes sure the bees are all safely off before
0:12:47 > 0:12:50taking them to his farm to collect the honey.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Back at the farm,
0:12:54 > 0:12:58the wax is scraped off to leave just the honey in the trays.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06The trays are then put into a machine called a spinner,
0:13:06 > 0:13:10which spins them round and round so all the honey drips out.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14It goes through a tube, where it is warmed up and sieved to make
0:13:14 > 0:13:19sure it's smooth, and is collected in a big drum like this one.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24The honey goes into jars that we're used to seeing in shops
0:13:24 > 0:13:26and at home, ready for us to enjoy.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Storm and I have had a fantastic time down on the farm,
0:13:34 > 0:13:37and we hope you've enjoyed it, too.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40You can check out more great things to see and do
0:13:40 > 0:13:43from Down On The Farm on the CBeebies website.
0:13:43 > 0:13:44See you soon. Bye!
0:13:44 > 0:13:49# Come join us down on the farm today
0:13:49 > 0:13:53# Learn about nature along the way
0:13:53 > 0:13:55# From seeds to crops and fields to barns
0:13:55 > 0:13:58# So much to do down on the farm
0:13:58 > 0:14:02# Summer, autumn, winter, spring Ploughing, planting, harvesting
0:14:02 > 0:14:06# With JB and Storm to lead the way
0:14:06 > 0:14:11# Come join us down on the farm today. #