0:00:02 > 0:00:03SHEEP BAA
0:00:03 > 0:00:06# Come join us down on the farm today
0:00:06 > 0:00:11# Learn about nature along the way
0:00:11 > 0:00:13# From seeds to crops and field to barn
0:00:13 > 0:00:15# So much to do down on the farm
0:00:15 > 0:00:17# Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring
0:00:17 > 0:00:20# Ploughing, planting, harvesting
0:00:20 > 0:00:24# With JB and Storm to lead the way
0:00:24 > 0:00:29# Come join us down on the farm today. #
0:00:29 > 0:00:30Cock-a-doodle-doo.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34Hello, I'm JB and welcome to summer on Down On The Farm.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37Today, we're visiting a farm in the middle of a city
0:00:37 > 0:00:40and learning all about this vegetable,
0:00:40 > 0:00:42broccoli.
0:00:43 > 0:00:49Coming up, I discover what farmer Charlie makes with his apples.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52We find out how flour is made from wheat.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59- I meet some schoolchildren who help out at a city farm.- Good job.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03But first, Storm learns about broccoli.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07So come join us down on the farm.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11CHICKENS CLUCK, PIGS SQUEAK AND COCK CROWS
0:01:11 > 0:01:14I'm going to find out all about what is harvested
0:01:14 > 0:01:16this time of year in summer.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19- Hi. - ALL: Hi.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21- And who do we have here? - Jessica.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Isabel.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26- Matt. - Oh, you missed. Try it again.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28So, Farmer Ross, what needs to be done today?
0:01:28 > 0:01:30I'm ready to get stuck in.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Today, Storm, we're harvesting this vegetable.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36- Do you know what this is? BOTH:- Broccoli.- That's right.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40It's broccoli and it's one of my favourite vegetables.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42- And what do you eat it with? - Potatoes.
0:01:42 > 0:01:43Broccoli soup.
0:01:43 > 0:01:44Chicken.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47- Shall we go see how broccoli is grown? ALL:- Yeah!
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Let's get to it.
0:01:52 > 0:01:58This is a broccoli field and did you know broccoli comes from a plant?
0:01:58 > 0:02:02Now, we all have our gloves on to keep our hand safe, don't we?
0:02:02 > 0:02:06Fantastic. So, how many broccoli plants are in this whole field?
0:02:06 > 0:02:0754.
0:02:07 > 0:02:08100.
0:02:08 > 0:02:09Five!
0:02:09 > 0:02:12There's actually 500,000 broccoli plants.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15500,000 broccoli plants.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Broccoli starts life as a tiny plant.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23They can be planted by a machine in the ground
0:02:23 > 0:02:26and take about two months to grow.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29The plants need lots of sunlight and rain
0:02:29 > 0:02:33and sometimes during dry summer months they need extra water
0:02:33 > 0:02:35and this is called irrigation.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39You will often see on farms machines spraying out water.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42They are called irrigators.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45So this broccoli head is now at the right size
0:02:45 > 0:02:48and weight to be harvested.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51We break the broccoli off
0:02:51 > 0:02:52and take the leaves off
0:02:52 > 0:02:55and all our picking is done by hand.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58- And that's it ready to go to the pack house.- Great.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02- So can we see how it is packaged for the supermarket?- Let's go.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Wow. So this is what happens next?
0:03:07 > 0:03:09Yes, this is where the broccoli is brought in.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12It's tipped onto the conveyor belt.
0:03:12 > 0:03:17It's trimmed and weighed to make sure it's the right size and weight
0:03:17 > 0:03:21ready to go to the supermarket.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25Thank you very much, Ross, for showing us how to harvest broccoli.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28Let's find out what else happens in summer.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35Summer has the longest, lightest days of the year
0:03:35 > 0:03:37and is our warmest season.
0:03:37 > 0:03:43The sun rises earlier in the morning and sets later in the evening.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47All those extra hours of sunshine provide the boost that many
0:03:47 > 0:03:50plants need to help them grow and ripen.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52That's good news for farmers
0:03:52 > 0:03:55and for the creatures that rely on plants for food.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00And heat from the sun, built up during the day,
0:04:00 > 0:04:04even helps the night-time creatures, too.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06For prickly hedgehogs,
0:04:06 > 0:04:11the warm nights of summer are the perfect time to go hunting for food.
0:04:13 > 0:04:18But summer can also bring sudden downpours and spectacular storms.
0:04:20 > 0:04:21And like us,
0:04:21 > 0:04:25wild animals have to put up with the changing weather, too.
0:04:27 > 0:04:28When you're only small,
0:04:28 > 0:04:33a heavy shower can make life very difficult indeed.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36But some creatures, like snails, love the rain,
0:04:36 > 0:04:40which is why we see so many during summer wet weather.
0:04:41 > 0:04:46They move around with ease when it is wet and eat up lots of plants.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55I have a question for you.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Where do you think you might find a farm?
0:04:58 > 0:05:00What's that? In the countryside?
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Well, of course, you're right.
0:05:02 > 0:05:07But you can also find farms in cities just like this one.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10This is Mudchute Farm in London.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14Here, you can see over 100 different animals.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17There are city farms like this one all over the country.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21I'm here to meet a local school who often help out at the farm.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23I'd better go and find them.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31Hi, guys. What are you up to?
0:05:31 > 0:05:33We're just mulching.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36- Will you show me how to do it?- Yes.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Mulching is when you cover the ground
0:05:38 > 0:05:42with a mixture of things like bark from trees, grass clippings,
0:05:42 > 0:05:46leaves and straw to stop the ground getting muddy.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49This makes it easier for the goats to walk on.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51We can start spreading it.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54The goats find the mulch very tasty.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59- Am I doing a good job, guys? - Yeah.- Yeah?
0:06:06 > 0:06:10I'm off to see who's looking after the Shetland ponies.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Hello, girls, I'm here to help. What are we up to?
0:06:16 > 0:06:20Erm, just cleaning the poo for the Shetland ponies.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Oh, will you show me how to do it?
0:06:23 > 0:06:25It's important to keep the field clean,
0:06:25 > 0:06:28so the ponies have lots of space to move around
0:06:28 > 0:06:30and fresh grass to eat.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38- So, can you tell me the names of the Shetland ponies?- Flossie and Echo.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- Flossie and Echo. Which one's Flossie?- The brown one.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45- And which one's Echo?- The black one. - Ah.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49What do you like about having a city farm, then?
0:06:49 > 0:06:53- It's a nice place to be. - That's very true.
0:06:53 > 0:06:58I've got another job to do over at the geese enclosure.
0:06:58 > 0:06:59Hello.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03So, girls, what are we up to now?
0:07:03 > 0:07:06We're going to clean this so they don't get germs.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09You've got to take all the food out.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13We're cleaning the geese feeder, which is also called a hopper.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21- Good job.- Thank you.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Here at the farm, the hens lay about ten eggs every day
0:07:30 > 0:07:32and we're going on an egg hunt.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36Keep looking. Keep looking.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38- Found one.- Well done.
0:07:44 > 0:07:45Well done.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Thank you.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Thank you so much, guys, for showing me your city farm.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57I've had a great time. Who wants to be a farmer when they grow up?
0:07:57 > 0:07:59ALL: Me!
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Good. You'll make fantastic farmers.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Coming up next is our summer poem.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08My garden is a lively place,
0:08:08 > 0:08:11There's always something happening.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14There's this constant search for food,
0:08:14 > 0:08:17And then there's all that flowering.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21When you have a garden, you'll never be alone.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23And I believe we all deserve
0:08:23 > 0:08:25a garden of our own.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Look at all these beautiful, juicy apples that are grown
0:08:34 > 0:08:36here on this farm in Kent.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40The farm does something very special with these apples
0:08:40 > 0:08:43and I'm here to find out just what that is.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46This is Farmer Charlie.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50His family have been growing apples for a very long time.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54Lots of apple trees growing together are called an orchard.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58Helping today is Hector, Farmer Charlie's nephew.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Hi, guys. Good to see you.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06- Hi, JB.- You look busy.- Yeah, we are.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10- We're thinning out.- OK, and what exactly is thinning out?
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Thinning out is when we've had a really good apple year
0:09:13 > 0:09:16and there are too many apples for the tree
0:09:16 > 0:09:17to make them all perfect.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20What we have to do is help the tree out.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22We take off the small ones and the damaged ones
0:09:22 > 0:09:25in the hope that we'll get a really good crop.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28- Would you like to help? - Yeah, of course.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31Just drop them on the floor for the birds.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37- Hector, do you like apples?- Yes.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41- And which are your favourite, red apples or green apples?- Red.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43My favourite apples are probably Bramley
0:09:43 > 0:09:47- because they go into apple pies. - Yeah.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51Charlie, how many trees are in this orchard?
0:09:51 > 0:09:54- In this orchard there's about 1,000 trees.- Wow.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56And how many apples to each tree?
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Well, I'd say about 200 apples on the tree.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03- That's a lot of apples, isn't it, Hector?- Yeah.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Way more than I can count.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09I'm told that you guys do something really special with these apples.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12- What is it you do? - Turn them into apple crisps.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- Will you and Uncle Charlie show me how?- Yeah.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17- Come on.- OK.
0:10:18 > 0:10:23First, we all have to dress up in white coats, wear hairnets,
0:10:23 > 0:10:26wash our hands and put on gloves.
0:10:26 > 0:10:27Don't we look good?
0:10:29 > 0:10:33Farmer Charlie pours the apples into the machine where they are washed.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35The apples are collected
0:10:35 > 0:10:38and taken to another section of the machine
0:10:38 > 0:10:40where the cores of the apples are removed.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44The apples are then sliced up very thinly.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48They move up the belt and fall into a tray.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51It's mine and Hector's job to spread the slices out
0:10:51 > 0:10:53ready for them to be heated.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57The slices are put into a huge machine that blows hot air over them
0:10:57 > 0:11:01and after a full day they come out as crisps.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05They go on to another belt and this takes the crisps up into a machine
0:11:05 > 0:11:10that weighs them and puts them into packets, ready to go to the shops.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14I'm really looking forward to trying these.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18- I can see you've already started. Shall I have one?- Yeah.
0:11:19 > 0:11:24- Mm. Those are seriously good, Farmer Charlie.- Thank you.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28And I love the fact that none of the apples in your orchard get wasted.
0:11:28 > 0:11:29Thanks.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Now, while we enjoy these apple crisps,
0:11:31 > 0:11:35let's find out what else is harvested in the summer.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40Today, we're finding out how wheat is harvested
0:11:40 > 0:11:43and how the grains of wheat are turned into flour.
0:11:43 > 0:11:48Flour is an ingredient in bread, biscuits and cakes.
0:11:48 > 0:11:54This is Farmer Tom. He's in one of his wheat fields on his farm.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Wheat starts life as a tiny seed
0:11:56 > 0:12:00and is often planted in winter by a machine called a drill
0:12:00 > 0:12:02attached to a tractor.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06The seeds are stored in a box at the back called a hopper.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09We drop the seed into the top of the hopper.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11The seed is then blown down these pipes here
0:12:11 > 0:12:13and as it comes down these pipes
0:12:13 > 0:12:16the tine at the front here makes a groove.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20The seeds are then dropped into the grooves ready to grow.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Shoots first appear and start to spring up,
0:12:24 > 0:12:29which turn into green fields that look a little bit like grass.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34The plants need sunlight and water throughout spring to help them grow.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38The stalks of wheat grow heads that contain the wheat grains
0:12:38 > 0:12:41and turn from green to yellow as it becomes ready
0:12:41 > 0:12:44to be harvested during summer months.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53A machine called a combine harvester cuts the wheat down
0:12:53 > 0:12:57and separates out the wheat grains from the stalks.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00And it's the wheat grains that are collected.
0:13:01 > 0:13:06They are transferred into a truck and sent off to the mill.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10Look at all the wheat grains that have been collected
0:13:10 > 0:13:12from Farmer Tom's fields.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16At the mill, the grains are cleaned and sorted
0:13:16 > 0:13:20and they are ground down in these huge machines into flour.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27The flour is put into bags ready to be sold in shops.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Storm and I had an excellent day down on the farm
0:13:35 > 0:13:37and we hope you've enjoyed it, too.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41There's more fantastic things to see and do on the CBeebies website
0:13:41 > 0:13:43so check it out.
0:13:43 > 0:13:44See you next time. 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 field to barn
0:13:55 > 0:13:57# So much to do down on the farm
0:13:57 > 0:14:00# Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring
0:14:00 > 0:14:02# 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. #