0:00:02 > 0:00:03Across the country,
0:00:03 > 0:00:07thousands of farming families work tirelessly round-the-clock.
0:00:07 > 0:00:11Bring them up, Isabel. Well done.
0:00:11 > 0:00:12Here they come.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Shake it, baby, shake it.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16But there's one day each year
0:00:16 > 0:00:19where they get to leave the daily routine behind.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22Yahoo!
0:00:22 > 0:00:24These are show days...
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Welcome to the Pembrokeshire County Show.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28..when they come together as a community...
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Salute.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33..to showcase the fruits of their labour...
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Had a quick look at the competition. I'm in with a chance.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39..and try to win prizes for their breed champions...
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Well done. Wahey.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44It's show business, folks!
0:00:44 > 0:00:45..and award-winning produce.
0:00:45 > 0:00:46I got first.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49You have the last two jars.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51There will be highs...
0:00:54 > 0:00:55..and lows...
0:00:55 > 0:00:57No, no.
0:00:57 > 0:01:02..for the dedicated farmers who give everything to walk away a champion.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04No way!
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Farmers work all year to grow food for their customers.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24However, before farmers' markets were established 20 years ago,
0:01:24 > 0:01:26they rarely got the chance to meet them.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28I've never had raw spinach, but...
0:01:28 > 0:01:29- It's very nice.- OK, I'll try.
0:01:31 > 0:01:36Today, there are more than 750 of these markets across the country,
0:01:36 > 0:01:39forging a direct relationship between the people who grow
0:01:39 > 0:01:41and the people who buy.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45Somebody like me who prefers not to go to the supermarket,
0:01:45 > 0:01:47it's a lifeline.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Nigel Dyer...
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Look, there's one of our friendly spiders there.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Arachnophobes beware.
0:01:53 > 0:01:54..and Curtis Thompson...
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Yes, I can feel that there's a lot of honey on it.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Shake it, shake it, baby, shake it.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02..are two farmers who are working towards a sell-out day
0:02:02 > 0:02:05at one of London's oldest markets.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09If I have a secret, it's so secret I don't know what it is.
0:02:17 > 0:02:22Ten miles north of Cambridge, on the outskirts of the village of Willingham,
0:02:22 > 0:02:25is one of the best kept secret gardens in England.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Here, we have mainly tomatoes in this house.
0:02:31 > 0:02:36It's the life's work of Nigel Dyer, who lives here with his wife, Rosie,
0:02:36 > 0:02:38and his 21-year-old son, Jamie.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Here we have the sweetcorn plot.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Market gardening is the best overall description for what I do.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51I see it as another jungle where I can get lost.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55I garden and I market, it's self-explanatory.
0:02:55 > 0:03:00These are sweetcorn, very popular at this season.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03We grow pretty much everything except root vegetables.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05We grow a wide range of vegetables.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07There you are, ready wrapped.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09All you have to do is peel it and boil it.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12And eat it, of course, with butter and paprika.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Nigel's been farming this two-acre field
0:03:16 > 0:03:19since his father bought it in 1970.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Despite its size,
0:03:21 > 0:03:24his green fingers have enabled the family to make a good living
0:03:24 > 0:03:26out of it for over four decades.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32Nobody believes how long I've been doing it, do they?
0:03:32 > 0:03:34No, no, no-one would ever know you were 150.
0:03:34 > 0:03:35No.
0:03:37 > 0:03:42On this tiny patch, there are five poly tunnels and two glasshouses,
0:03:42 > 0:03:48growing rows of chillies, beans, peppers, tomatoes and leaf vegetables,
0:03:48 > 0:03:51all destined for the tables of hungry Londoners.
0:03:52 > 0:03:57I always seemed to have an affinity for sowing and growing things.
0:03:57 > 0:03:58Right.
0:04:01 > 0:04:02There we go.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04The crops I do grow,
0:04:04 > 0:04:07I think I'm fairly comprehensively experienced in them.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Every year presents a new challenge.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13And you are always trying to improve your techniques.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18I like to beat nature at its own game, if I can.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Right, here we go.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Nigel has no farm hands
0:04:30 > 0:04:33apart from the most important person in his life.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35OK, do we want to go and add that to the stock?
0:04:35 > 0:04:37I will, of course, thanks.
0:04:37 > 0:04:38His wife, Rosie.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42I went to school with Nigel's sister.
0:04:42 > 0:04:43That's how we met.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Yep. I repaired your bike.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46He repaired my bike and that was it.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48It was love from that point on, wasn't it?
0:04:48 > 0:04:50- Something like that. - Something like that!
0:04:50 > 0:04:52It's lasted all this time, anyway.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55And you were interested in what I did, which was a bonus.
0:04:55 > 0:04:56Well, this is this it.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00Coming from the countryside myself, I like plants.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04After Nigel's dad retired,
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Rosie threw herself into the growing business
0:05:07 > 0:05:10but it hasn't always been plain sailing.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15Working as a commercial grower, I just wasn't earning enough money.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21An unexpected invitation changed everything.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24They were offered the chance to cut out the middleman
0:05:24 > 0:05:27and sell directly to the public.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30We were invited to attend the very first Islington farmers' market,
0:05:30 > 0:05:36that was in June 1999, and they've gone on fairly well since then,
0:05:36 > 0:05:37and that's nearly 20 years.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Farmers' markets are essential.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44I think it has been the making of us as a business.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47We would not still be here if we weren't doing farmers' markets.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50If we'd stayed with commercial things that Nigel's father was doing,
0:05:50 > 0:05:52then we'd have gone under years ago.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53That's the truth.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57The farmers' market might have become their lifeline,
0:05:57 > 0:06:01but feeding it demands a constant, unforgiving workload.
0:06:02 > 0:06:07We've worked very long hours for quite a long number of years.
0:06:07 > 0:06:13A weekend off is not really an option from February to Christmas.
0:06:13 > 0:06:19Growing delicate vegetables is a combination of skill and luck.
0:06:19 > 0:06:20Whatever the crop needs,
0:06:20 > 0:06:22you have to complete the work at the right time,
0:06:22 > 0:06:25otherwise you mess up and you lose your crop,
0:06:25 > 0:06:27which has wasted all the time you've put into it.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32When you grow 50 different crops,
0:06:32 > 0:06:37the biggest challenge is to schedule when to plant and when to harvest.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39A puzzle worthy of a mathematician.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Most of it is in Nigel's head and...
0:06:44 > 0:06:49- Or diary.- Or diary, and most of it, he does most of the hard work.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56Thankfully, their son Jamie is on hand and happy to help out.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Right, Jamie, I have got a little job for you here.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02You can put this tray of lettuce in.
0:07:02 > 0:07:03- One per cell.- Yeah.
0:07:03 > 0:07:08There's always jobs I can't get done and Rosie can't get done,
0:07:08 > 0:07:12so he's making himself useful and learning some stuff in the process.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17I love seeing Nigel and Jamie work together.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21They are both easy going, they're both hard-working.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24They're really amazing and they work well together,
0:07:24 > 0:07:25despite the age gap.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28You'd think they wouldn't have anything in common
0:07:28 > 0:07:30but they have so much in common.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33One thing is for sure, it's a labour of love.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37Yeah, it's all been driven by my mania.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Well, that's one word for it, your madness, your love of the place.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43There are three in the relationship, there is,
0:07:43 > 0:07:45there's him, me and the land.
0:07:45 > 0:07:46The glasshouse.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48The glasshouses!
0:07:56 > 0:08:0260 miles away in the heart of London lives 32-year-old Curtis Thompson.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05As one of the growing number of urban farmers,
0:08:05 > 0:08:10Curtis leases small plots of land all over the city to house his bees,
0:08:10 > 0:08:13over 30 million of them.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15So, I'm lighting this smoker.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18This helps me control the bees,
0:08:18 > 0:08:21keeps the bees a bit more calm and docile.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25Over seven years,
0:08:25 > 0:08:30he's built up a business that now turns over an average five tonnes of honey a year.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34This apiary site that we're at now has a special significance for me,
0:08:34 > 0:08:36because this is where it all started.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Hmm, the girls are working hard.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42My uncle, he's a master beekeeper.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46He came over from Jamaica when I was just a boy,
0:08:46 > 0:08:49and he really introduced me to the world of bees.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52This is where we used to come down on a Sunday morning,
0:08:52 > 0:08:55spend some time with my uncle, spend some time with the bees.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58You know, it's got a really sort of sentimental value,
0:08:58 > 0:08:59this apiary site.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04Curtis's uncle had a very natural approach to beekeeping.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Never seen bees or been exposed to bees before,
0:09:08 > 0:09:10he hadn't given me any protective clothing,
0:09:10 > 0:09:12he doesn't wear any protective gear,
0:09:12 > 0:09:15so naturally he wanted his nephew not to wear any protective gear.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18I put my hand into the hive, my heart was beating out of my chest.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20I'll never forget feeling the heat,
0:09:20 > 0:09:24the amount of warmth that a beehive generates.
0:09:24 > 0:09:25And from that day, I was hooked.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Curtis found his calling
0:09:28 > 0:09:32but it would be a decade before he returned to it.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37When I was 15, I was very good with numbers.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43I went and done an economics degree and went into investment banking
0:09:43 > 0:09:46in Canary Wharf. But it was a very cold industry,
0:09:46 > 0:09:48it wasn't what I thought it was going to be.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Unhappy in his job,
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Curtis plucked up the courage to change direction
0:09:54 > 0:09:56and returned to his beloved bees.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Is that for me?
0:09:58 > 0:09:59Oh, thank you, son.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- Croissant!- No, you have that, baby.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05When he told us that he wanted to be a beekeeper,
0:10:05 > 0:10:08he was working at a leading bank in Canary Wharf at the time,
0:10:08 > 0:10:11so we thought, "OK, yeah..."
0:10:11 > 0:10:15They couldn't fathom why I would leave a stable career.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17I had to just keep following my vision,
0:10:17 > 0:10:21because I knew what I was trying to create and what it would become.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25It was a gamble that paid off.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30I originally bought three beehives from my uncle.
0:10:30 > 0:10:36I'm proud to say that we now operate over 250 hives across London and Essex.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41The company's going from strength to strength.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Next year, we should be operating and running 400 to 500 hives.
0:10:47 > 0:10:52Despite his entrepreneurial success, and a staff of 30,
0:10:52 > 0:10:56he still looks after his bees the way his uncle taught him.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Not wearing any protective gear when you're bee farming,
0:10:59 > 0:11:01it helps you have more of a connection with the bees,
0:11:01 > 0:11:04it helps you be at one with the bees in their environment,
0:11:04 > 0:11:07because you're sort of taking away the barrier between you and the bees.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11It also gives you a pretty good adrenaline rush, to be honest,
0:11:11 > 0:11:14because you never know if you're going to get stung,
0:11:14 > 0:11:15where you're going to get stung.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18I think for me, the worst place I got stung was in my armpit once
0:11:18 > 0:11:21and I think I never want that to happen again.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23It was very, very sore, I can tell you.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28His traditional methods may have given him the edge.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32Curtis is now the largest raw honey producer in London.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36It's good to see him doing something that he's passionate about.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40I remember when he used to be in the shed in the garden for hours,
0:11:40 > 0:11:44for hours making frames and picking up those boxes.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46It was so heavy, it was hard work, really.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49He really, really worked hard, yes, seven days a week he was working,
0:11:49 > 0:11:50so yes. He's done well.
0:11:59 > 0:12:0260 miles north in Cambridgeshire,
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Nigel's getting ready for tomorrow's farmers' market.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10OK, that'll probably do for that punnet.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13The pressure is on because it's autumn,
0:12:13 > 0:12:16the season where crops produce their biggest yield.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20You can guarantee there's two days of picking at this time of year.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25But a big range of veg will keep the income flowing.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28I don't think we can squeeze any more out of the place, to be honest.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31- No.- Every inch is planted with something.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34In here, we have a late crop of tomatoes.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Beans. Also my parsley bed.
0:12:37 > 0:12:42Early courgettes, there's onions, salad leaves, rocket, pak choi.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46And here are the chillies.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52Now, family tradition, the kids have all been nicknamed bucketeers.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56Mum and me were picking and they were hauling it out into the baskets.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58And it still works quite effectively.
0:13:01 > 0:13:02At the London markets,
0:13:02 > 0:13:05they're very broad-minded in their tastes
0:13:05 > 0:13:08and they welcome a new product or a different colour in the product.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Right, here we go.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Here's a nice plant full of purple peppers.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15I've been growing purple peppers for quite a few years
0:13:15 > 0:13:17and people still come to the stall and say,
0:13:17 > 0:13:20"Oh, I've never seen a purple pepper before."
0:13:20 > 0:13:23A very artistic salad out of these, if you are so inclined.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26You don't like hot stuff at all, do you?
0:13:26 > 0:13:28No, I can't stand spicy food.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30He doesn't even like his cup of tea hot.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36The art of growing is knowing the right time to pick
0:13:36 > 0:13:39and this is where Nigel's real skill lies.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41In the industry generally,
0:13:41 > 0:13:44a tomato is picked at a quite under-ripe stage.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48In fact, if it blushes, it's off the plant and into the packaging system,
0:13:48 > 0:13:51mainly because it has to last for a while.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54That would be the colour it was picked.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57A lot of bigger people,
0:13:57 > 0:13:59the tomatoes would be graded on a computer line
0:13:59 > 0:14:02where they actually sense the colour of the fruit.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04But that's high-tech. We tend to be low-tech.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08Hand-picking rather than using a computer to select
0:14:08 > 0:14:11also produces another challenge.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Ah, there we go. First spider web.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20Spiders, they really love us,
0:14:20 > 0:14:23because we put up all these ready-made anchors for their webs,
0:14:23 > 0:14:25so it's not for the faint hearted.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28Arachnophobes beware.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Look, there's one of our friendly spiders there.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35We regard them as beneficial, because those webs will catch flies
0:14:35 > 0:14:38and aphids and all sorts of things we don't want around.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41They are good guys.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43With the spiders on guard,
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Nigel can keep his crops chemical-free,
0:14:46 > 0:14:50something that gives them extra value at the London farmers' market.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54There we go.
0:14:58 > 0:14:59Chuck chuck chuck chuck chuck!
0:14:59 > 0:15:03There is one thing on the farm that Nigel doesn't have a say on,
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Rosie's brood of chickens.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09Come on, Willow, you'll never get a look in otherwise.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12We have always had chickens.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14That's my finger!
0:15:14 > 0:15:18Rosie adopts ex-battery hens to give them an easier life.
0:15:18 > 0:15:19Stop fighting, you two.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Chuck chuck chuck chuck!
0:15:21 > 0:15:25Come on, girls. It's a good way of doing something good.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Come on, you four.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29And being totally selfish at the same time.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33They just don't want to go to bed, do you?
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Come on. There you go.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36I think the world of them.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39They all have personalities.
0:15:39 > 0:15:40They're amazing, aren't you?
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Yes, you are. Come on.
0:15:51 > 0:15:56Out in the vegetable patches, picking for tomorrow is done,
0:15:56 > 0:15:59leaving just enough time for a few hours of planting before sunset.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Sowing, planting, picking, it's all hand done.
0:16:04 > 0:16:05OK.
0:16:06 > 0:16:11And when it comes to weeding, nothing beats this man-made contraption.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15It's called a single wheel push hoe.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19You set your row width according to the blade and there you go.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21It's a very efficient way of cutting off weeds.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Because it's old, doesn't mean it doesn't work any more.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29I'm sure customers would be tickled, I think,
0:16:29 > 0:16:32to see that things are still done in old-fashioned ways.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38Sticking to tradition may be the secret of Nigel's success.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41I feel that in some respect,
0:16:41 > 0:16:45I've become a personal provider to people.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Some people say, we won't actually buy this particular product
0:16:48 > 0:16:51until yours appear because we love them so much
0:16:51 > 0:16:53and nothing else tastes as good.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55The flavours in my products, I don't know how I do it,
0:16:55 > 0:16:57- I have no secret.- Seasonality?
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Probably because I let them ripen well on the plant.
0:17:00 > 0:17:06Unfortunately for Nigel's customers, his market days ahead are numbered.
0:17:06 > 0:17:12It's fairly obvious that when I get too old to do it,
0:17:12 > 0:17:17it will have to cease, because none of the family want to take it on.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19It's just too much.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21We still enjoy ourselves far too much, don't we?
0:17:21 > 0:17:25But I can still do the work, so I shall still do the work.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35All right, shall we go and see some bees, yeah?
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Yeah?
0:17:37 > 0:17:38Back in London,
0:17:38 > 0:17:42Curtis also believes farming relies on the next generation.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44What does the bees make?
0:17:44 > 0:17:47- Honey!- Yeah, do you like honey? - Yeah.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49His children, Nazarly and Zianna,
0:17:49 > 0:17:53come here regularly to get a taste of the beekeeper's life.
0:17:53 > 0:17:54Look, can you see all the bees?
0:17:54 > 0:17:56They are flying.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Yeah, there's quite a lot of them flying, isn't it?
0:17:58 > 0:18:00- Yeah, I want to go and see them. - All right, wait, Son.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Do you want to come with me? You want to go by yourself?
0:18:06 > 0:18:08- It's up to you.- I don't mind.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11- You don't mind?- But he has...
0:18:11 > 0:18:13He's going to get stinging with his arm.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16Don't go too close, Zarly, yeah?
0:18:16 > 0:18:19It tickles when it crawls, doesn't it?
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Do you want to hold it, Zizi?
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Where don't you touch the bee?
0:18:25 > 0:18:26On the bum.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Yeah. Why don't you touch it on its bum?
0:18:28 > 0:18:31- Because it will sting you.- Yeah.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33They are very interested in bees.
0:18:33 > 0:18:38My kids have actually seen the queen hatching out and starting life
0:18:38 > 0:18:39as a queen bee.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Look, see where the bees are coming and going from here.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44So you don't want to stand in front of it, because, look,
0:18:44 > 0:18:46that's where they have to come and go.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49So you always stand to the side, so they can go in and out
0:18:49 > 0:18:51of their home without bumping into you.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53The kids are being very brave.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55They're being very brave, aren't you?
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Once upon a time, in order to collect honey,
0:19:03 > 0:19:05you had to destroy the whole colony.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Luckily, by the 19th century,
0:19:09 > 0:19:11innovations in beekeeping meant the hives
0:19:11 > 0:19:14were preserved for another season.
0:19:17 > 0:19:23Today, there are approximately 250 different species of bees in the UK,
0:19:23 > 0:19:25but they are under threat.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29A drastic drop in numbers has been blamed on pesticides
0:19:29 > 0:19:32and diminishing wild areas.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36This decline in bees is potentially catastrophic,
0:19:36 > 0:19:38as they pollinate our food sources.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46Everything that we're doing in terms of keeping bees in the city,
0:19:46 > 0:19:49teaching people beekeeping, selling bees,
0:19:49 > 0:19:53all of that is helping to actually reverse the decline of the honey bee.
0:19:55 > 0:20:00Curtis is not the only urban beekeeper helping to conserve the species.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03The rise in farmers' markets is a welcome outlet
0:20:03 > 0:20:06for a whole generation of honey makers.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Hello, girls!
0:20:11 > 0:20:14A lot of people have never had real honey.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16I think a lot of the time,
0:20:16 > 0:20:21people that grow up in London don't realise the connection
0:20:21 > 0:20:24between where the food is actually produced
0:20:24 > 0:20:28and how it actually becomes ready to eat on their table.
0:20:28 > 0:20:33Farmers' markets play a vital role in bridging that connection.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36All right, girls, all right, all right.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Time to find where that honey is hiding.
0:20:45 > 0:20:46This frame feels quite heavy.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48I can feel that there's a lot of honey on it.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50So we'll shake the bees off of this one.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Shake it, shake it, baby, shake it.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Yeah, it's important not to squash any bees,
0:20:59 > 0:21:01even though there's millions of them.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03They're all living. They're all serving a good purpose.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06I'll take off a few more
0:21:06 > 0:21:10and we'll take this back to the HQ and we'll do some extracting.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24Three miles away, which in London means an hour in the car,
0:21:24 > 0:21:27is where Curtis and his team bring it all together.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31I like to always get my hands dirty,
0:21:31 > 0:21:34so I am processing some honey today
0:21:34 > 0:21:37so that we have fresh honey at the markets tomorrow.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Everything's done by hand.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46It's really an artisan process, how we produce honey here.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50There's a lot of machines that can do this for you,
0:21:50 > 0:21:54but I'd rather create employment for people so that we are able
0:21:54 > 0:21:57to provide jobs for our local community.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02There is one machine.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06This spinning extractor will force the honey out of the combs.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12There's a good smell, there's a good aroma coming from this.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16It's 100% raw, untouched, unprocessed honey.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23This process hasn't changed in the seven years since Curtis started.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28When we had our first stall and it sold out within two to three hours,
0:22:28 > 0:22:31we thought, OK, we are onto something here.
0:22:33 > 0:22:34When people taste it,
0:22:34 > 0:22:37there's no word to describe the look on their face.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40You can see the reaction.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43We have a lot of customers that come and see us and they say,
0:22:43 > 0:22:46"Oh, I didn't realise this is what real honey actually tastes like."
0:22:48 > 0:22:51We've actually converted them to becoming a honey fan.
0:23:00 > 0:23:05Both Nigel and Curtis have worked hard to carve out thriving businesses
0:23:05 > 0:23:08despite not having acres of land at their disposal.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12Righto, Jamie, add the sweetcorn to that one.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16The harvest is done, but now comes the bigger challenge,
0:23:16 > 0:23:20selling their stock and building up those essential customers.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22So hopefully for the market,
0:23:22 > 0:23:27we will have a good turnout of people trying honey for the first time.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32I'll put a few chillies onto the basket.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36The most rewarding thing for me is going to market with a van full
0:23:36 > 0:23:38and coming back with an empty van.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40You know, I feel I've done something worthwhile
0:23:40 > 0:23:43if people have bought and liked what I have grown...
0:23:43 > 0:23:45No, Jamie, start on these, actually,
0:23:45 > 0:23:48because they're the ones that actually have to go in the van.
0:23:48 > 0:23:49Right, pick up the handles.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Oh, well, this is the last of it.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Yeah, hopefully we have a good market.
0:24:13 > 0:24:14OK.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Hopefully the weather's nice to us and the sun comes out,
0:24:23 > 0:24:25blesses us with its rays.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Chapel Market in North London
0:24:39 > 0:24:42is home to the Islington Farmers' Market.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46From the late 1800s,
0:24:46 > 0:24:49vendors started coming to sell their fruit and vegetables here,
0:24:49 > 0:24:51loudly calling out to customers,
0:24:51 > 0:24:54much to the annoyance of the local residents.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59It's also home to one of the country's oldest pie and mash shops.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03Manze's has been here for over 100 years.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08Its food credentials are topped by number 48,
0:25:08 > 0:25:11where a Mr John Sainsbury took over a cheesemonger's
0:25:11 > 0:25:14and opened his first greengrocers.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19The farmers' market continues its food legacy.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33It's 8.15, and after a two-hour drive,
0:25:33 > 0:25:36Nigel and Jamie are here and ready to go.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39The journey was easy.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43The roads were empty, it was a beautiful sunrise.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45You know, I always know if it's on the left-hand side,
0:25:45 > 0:25:46I'm going the right way.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54A successful market day is crucial for Nigel's business.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57That's why after 20 years of experience,
0:25:57 > 0:26:01he doesn't like to leave anything to the last minute.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Set up in a nice relaxed way, you end up, you know,
0:26:04 > 0:26:06you're better for the customers.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09I have to say, we have kind of our own set jobs.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11We're kind of used to our routine now.
0:26:12 > 0:26:17I enjoy market day mainly because I get to come out
0:26:17 > 0:26:20and I get to socialise with people.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Four hands instead of two,
0:26:23 > 0:26:28it makes all the setting up a great deal easier.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31Well, it's just good to have some help and some company.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37We just do what needs doing and if I see him standing still too long,
0:26:37 > 0:26:38I just give him another task.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44There is one thing that is absolutely essential
0:26:44 > 0:26:47if you want to trade on market day.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49What have you lost?
0:26:49 > 0:26:52- Scales.- Well, did you take them out the van?
0:26:52 > 0:26:53I think I forgot them.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Right, I'll go round and walk.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57You go round and collect them.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01I knew I forgot something. There was something in the back of my mind,
0:27:01 > 0:27:03I'd forgotten to pick something up.
0:27:03 > 0:27:04Autopilot fail.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10A few stalls away, where the honey stand will go,
0:27:10 > 0:27:12there is no sign of Curtis yet.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16He sells honey across several markets, but for Nigel,
0:27:16 > 0:27:18this is one of only two markets that he sells at.
0:27:20 > 0:27:25Farmers' markets generally have provided a lifeline to small producers like myself.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29We are not big enough to compete in the commercial sense,
0:27:29 > 0:27:33because of the scale of operation you need,
0:27:33 > 0:27:36and it's good from a personal point of view because the feedback
0:27:36 > 0:27:39from customers gives you the incentive to keep going.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Today is particularly important
0:27:41 > 0:27:44because Nigel needs the takings to be high.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47In September, it's the part of the year
0:27:47 > 0:27:50that makes your money to go through the winter.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52You are paying your way through the rest of the year
0:27:52 > 0:27:54and September's the boom time.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58So he's hoping to attract more new customers.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02We don't do shouting out.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06I think just putting a good range of colour and variety on the stall
0:28:06 > 0:28:07so that it catches their eye.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10It's a case of make a good display, basically,
0:28:10 > 0:28:12and that should do the job.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15- There we go.- Is there anything else you need to get out now?
0:28:15 > 0:28:16Ready to do, ready to go.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Finally, Curtis arrives.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27I am the last person to arrive today, unfortunately.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31His sales assistant Emma quickly sets up the stall.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33We start at ten,
0:28:33 > 0:28:36so we've still got five minutes to go!
0:28:41 > 0:28:43Even before she is ready, there's a customer.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48Yeah, of course. What sort would you like?
0:28:48 > 0:28:51Um, the more liquidy one.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53So not solid.
0:28:53 > 0:28:54I'm a big honey fan.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58I buy most of my groceries here at the farmers' market,
0:28:58 > 0:29:00because it's the healthy option.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02OK, so that's £7.50, please.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04I suppose it's because it's organic
0:29:04 > 0:29:07and you're supporting farmers as well.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10By giving your money over to them, it helps them to keep going.
0:29:10 > 0:29:11Thank you, cheers.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18It's officially opening time and the crowds are building.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23I've been running farmers' markets since 2000.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26Islington was the very first market, set up in 1999.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29The biggest highlight of farmers' markets is seeing communities
0:29:29 > 0:29:32come together to meet their friends, their neighbours, their family,
0:29:32 > 0:29:34to swap recipes and just enjoy shopping.
0:29:34 > 0:29:38We love giving customers the opportunity to buy direct
0:29:38 > 0:29:41from farmers and have that personal relationship.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43This market is really eclectic.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46For that reason, you have to sort of suit all budgets and tastes, really,
0:29:46 > 0:29:49here. Old ladies who can only afford to spend a few pounds up to people
0:29:49 > 0:29:53who are happy to spend 80 quid, 90 quid on a couple of fish.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56For somebody like me who prefers not to go to the supermarket,
0:29:56 > 0:29:57it's a lifeline.
0:29:59 > 0:30:00So if you're running low,
0:30:00 > 0:30:02then you wait until Sunday for the market to come round.
0:30:06 > 0:30:07Would you like to try some raw honey?
0:30:07 > 0:30:12Despite his late arrival, Curtis has thrown himself into selling mode.
0:30:13 > 0:30:17Would you like to try our ginger infused?
0:30:17 > 0:30:19How is that?
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Yeah, it's actually pretty good.
0:30:22 > 0:30:23Feel free to have a taste.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26Yeah, that's really nice. That's beautiful.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28- Beautiful.- Beautiful, yes, I like that word.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30It's a good word to describe it.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33And no question will deter him.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36Do you ever feel like you're stealing from the bees?
0:30:36 > 0:30:37The bees produce so much honey,
0:30:37 > 0:30:40they produce more than they could ever use.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43- Oh, so what's this? - This is the borage honey,
0:30:43 > 0:30:46so the bees fed predominantly on the borage flower.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48That's really good.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50And because it's that raw honey,
0:30:50 > 0:30:52you can actually taste what the bees have fed on.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Would you like to try ginger?
0:30:54 > 0:30:58While Curtis keeps going, just a few yards away,
0:30:58 > 0:31:02Nigel is quietly serving his steady flow of regulars.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04You might even call them fans.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06I go especially for Nigel's stall.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08I go every single weekend.
0:31:08 > 0:31:09I come here before ten
0:31:09 > 0:31:12to be the first one to get the best of his produce.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19I mean, if I have a secret, it's so secret I don't know what it is.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23Perhaps it's his continuous attention to detail.
0:31:24 > 0:31:28I am just going over the cherry trays to pick out,
0:31:28 > 0:31:32because they're all fairly ripe and they love to split.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45The market is now in full swing
0:31:45 > 0:31:50and the pub that's stood here for over 200 years is open for business.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53Being on Chapel Market, there's no way that you can't be
0:31:53 > 0:31:57part of the market. It's the lifeblood of the street, really.
0:31:57 > 0:31:58Even in our sort of weekly menu,
0:31:58 > 0:32:00we try and use as much Chapel Market as we can.
0:32:00 > 0:32:01We use the local butchers,
0:32:01 > 0:32:05we use all the local veg shops, greengrocers, market stalls.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08It's important that we have that local aspect to it.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10What better drink to start the day
0:32:10 > 0:32:13than a local version of a Bloody Mary?
0:32:13 > 0:32:14I like mine quite spicy.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19A good pinch of celery salt.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21Also, Worcester sauce.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26Um, we also are using ancho chilli flakes,
0:32:26 > 0:32:28just to give it a nice little kick.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31So I have celery bitters to go with my celery salt.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34One half of a lemon squeezed in there.
0:32:37 > 0:32:41We also have tomato juice from the tomato man in the farmers' market.
0:32:43 > 0:32:44Apply liberally.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49I think it's very important to use good quality ingredients,
0:32:49 > 0:32:51especially from places like farmers' markets.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54And when you use second-rate ingredients,
0:32:54 > 0:32:56it really does show through your end products,
0:32:56 > 0:32:57whether that be food or cocktails.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04Final flourish, just add a little black pepper,
0:33:04 > 0:33:06a touch of celery salt,
0:33:06 > 0:33:08and then,
0:33:08 > 0:33:10boom, Bloody Mary.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15Back at the honey stall...
0:33:16 > 0:33:19I'll have a jar of that, please.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23..the farmers' market gives Curtis the chance to talk
0:33:23 > 0:33:25to his customers face-to-face.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28Lime honey - that's lime tree, not the citrus tree.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33There's a lot of customers interacting with us,
0:33:33 > 0:33:35a lot of customers are trying honey.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37- Do you mind if I try this as well? - Yep, try that as well.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40Turn it to the other side, please. No double dipping.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43Worst case scenario for me is not necessarily about
0:33:43 > 0:33:45if anybody comes to buy or not,
0:33:45 > 0:33:47worst case is if we don't talk to anyone,
0:33:47 > 0:33:50if we don't connect with any new customers.
0:33:50 > 0:33:51Wow, that's really good as well.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54But connecting isn't always easy.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58Would you like to try some honey, sir?
0:33:58 > 0:33:59What sort have you got?
0:34:01 > 0:34:03We've got our golden honey here.
0:34:03 > 0:34:04Sounds like hype to me, man.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06What's the next one?
0:34:06 > 0:34:09OK, this is our ginger infused honey.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11You put ginger in it? I like plain stuff.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14- What's the next one? - OK, this is turmeric infused.
0:34:14 > 0:34:15This is black seed infused.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17I just want plain and simple things.
0:34:17 > 0:34:21OK, the plain one would be the golden honey and the borage honey.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23OK, let's try the borage, please.
0:34:23 > 0:34:24OK.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33It tastes like honey. They're made with love.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35Do the bees love you or do you love the bees?
0:34:35 > 0:34:36We love the bees.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38Yeah, do they bite you?
0:34:38 > 0:34:41- Very rarely. - It's not unconditional love.
0:34:43 > 0:34:44Yeah, yeah, very true, sir.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49- I'm not going to buy it anyway, so...- OK.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51Anyway, it's been very nice talking to you.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53You're well-informed.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55OK, cheers, thank you.
0:34:55 > 0:34:56A job well done.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59I like customers that are prepared to give you a bit of banter
0:34:59 > 0:35:02and are prepared to engage with you about the different types of honeys.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09While both men keep selling,
0:35:09 > 0:35:12the market is filling with the delicious smell of food,
0:35:12 > 0:35:14especially the fish baps.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18The mackerel we're going to cook on the grill, so it goes nice and crispy,
0:35:18 > 0:35:21and we're going to serve it in some rolls that we'll get
0:35:21 > 0:35:24from one of the bakers, with some baby spinach that I'll get
0:35:24 > 0:35:27from one of the other farmers, and a home-made tartare sauce.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29I like the fact that what I'm doing is providing people
0:35:29 > 0:35:31with a sort of pleasure, really.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34Do you want everything in it, spinach, tartare sauce?
0:35:34 > 0:35:35I've never had raw spinach, but...
0:35:35 > 0:35:37- It's very nice.- OK, I'll try.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39When people come back and say to you, "Oh, my God,
0:35:39 > 0:35:42"that fish was amazing, I really enjoyed it," that's a real buzz.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46- OK. That's yours. - Thank you very much.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49This is the first time we're trying it, so, yeah.
0:35:49 > 0:35:54Local mackerel with some home-made tartare sauce and some spinach and maybe some lemon mixed in.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56So we're trying to support local vendors
0:35:56 > 0:35:59and enjoy some good seafood at the same time.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04Thank you very much. Have a good day.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10The morning is passing quickly
0:36:10 > 0:36:14and Nigel's steady stream of customers keep coming
0:36:14 > 0:36:16for their weekly supply from Cambridgeshire.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18We do come to this stall every week.
0:36:18 > 0:36:22We tend to come here to buy tomatoes, paprika and salad.
0:36:22 > 0:36:26We literally take three steps out of our door and we're on the market,
0:36:26 > 0:36:29so it's brilliant for us. We really love it.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31Are they like shallots?
0:36:31 > 0:36:32They are, yes.
0:36:34 > 0:36:38But today needs to provide him with enough to get through the winter,
0:36:38 > 0:36:41so he is relying on those new customers.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43This is actually our first time at the farmers' market.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45It's amazing, I love it.
0:36:45 > 0:36:49I was walking and I saw the tomatoes and they look beautiful.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51There is all sorts of colours and things,
0:36:51 > 0:36:54so Mary makes amazing watercolour paintings,
0:36:54 > 0:36:55so she kind of picks by colour.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58She goes like, "Oh, that one would look amazing on the painting."
0:36:58 > 0:36:59Yeah, these are beautiful!
0:36:59 > 0:37:02Who knew... I've never seen a pepper in this colour before.
0:37:11 > 0:37:16The food grown with so much love and care is slowly disappearing.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18Today is going quite well, I think.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21We've sold out of the yellow and the purple French beans.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25The borlotto are nearly down to their last few.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28Everything else is going down nicely.
0:37:28 > 0:37:32You can see one or two empty trays here.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36Curtis is also selling well and his stamina is impressive.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39Three hours in, and still talking.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42When you say local, where exactly is it coming from?
0:37:42 > 0:37:44So, we are London's biggest bee farmers.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46We've got hives across London and across Essex.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48Would you like to try some? If you take one of these.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54Dip, swirl, let your taste buds do the rest.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58That is nice, actually.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02I had no idea they had honey that was made in London.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04That's £9.80, please, sir.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06There you go.
0:38:06 > 0:38:07I decided to have a taste
0:38:07 > 0:38:10and we bought the most expensive jar of honey ever.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13And she's into her super foods.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15Oh, yeah.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20But not everyone is new to honey.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23The Romans knew a lot about medicine
0:38:23 > 0:38:25and they were keen on honey.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27Can I have one of the turmeric, please?
0:38:27 > 0:38:29We are all sold out of the turmeric.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32We've only got the golden and the black seed left.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34Well, I'll take the golden, then.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37What's good enough for the Romans is good enough for me.
0:38:38 > 0:38:42- Thanks very much. - Cheers, thank you.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45Curtis and Emma are on the way to shifting all that honey.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50We've sold out of three types.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53We've just got the black seed and the golden honey left.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55Can I interest you in a jar?
0:38:55 > 0:38:58To actually have kind of the founder here is obviously really good.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01He's pretty good at sales, as well.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04Aw, thank you, Emma! Thank you.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10For Nigel, a short lull in the flow of shoppers
0:39:10 > 0:39:13is a good chance to take stock.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17We've sold out of virtually all the beans.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22The bunched chard has all gone.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24Most of the tomatoes have gone.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27- The peppers are going down. - The peppers are much reduced.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29If you remember the heap at the beginning.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33It's just been so busy today that stuff has gone a lot faster
0:39:33 > 0:39:35than it normally does.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37I wish I had more stuff.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41- All right, we're down to our last two jars.- Two left.
0:39:41 > 0:39:45Over at the honey stall, there are only two jars left
0:39:45 > 0:39:50and Emma is getting close to celebrating a personal milestone.
0:39:50 > 0:39:54I haven't sold out before, so this might be the first time,
0:39:54 > 0:39:55which would be very good.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Would you like to try some raw local honey, sir?
0:39:58 > 0:40:01- OK, no problem.- Thank you.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04It's completely raw, unpasteurised local honey.
0:40:04 > 0:40:05Can I interest you in a jar today?
0:40:05 > 0:40:08I'll come back.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10No problem, thank you.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12It's not long before the market shuts.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14What do you think?
0:40:14 > 0:40:15Time for a new sales strategy.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18It is normally two for 15.
0:40:20 > 0:40:21It's normally two for 15,
0:40:21 > 0:40:24but if you'd like to take our last two today,
0:40:24 > 0:40:25we could do two for 14.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29- OK, all right.- Yes? Great stuff.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31And they've done it. Sold out.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33So, congratulations.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35You've had the last two jars.
0:40:35 > 0:40:36- Cheers.- Bye.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Thank you.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40High five.
0:40:40 > 0:40:41Yes!
0:40:43 > 0:40:46- You've done well today. - All right then.
0:40:46 > 0:40:47So, we may as well pack up.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49Cool.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54Things have slowed down a lot now.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56It's coming to the end of the market.
0:40:56 > 0:41:00So, actually after the rush of the morning,
0:41:00 > 0:41:02it's nice to just lean on the table for a little while.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08He does a lot more work on that place than I do.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11Without him, it wouldn't be running.
0:41:11 > 0:41:12No.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14You know every bit of that place.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16I do, yeah.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27The market is coming to an end for another week.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32Time for our farmers to stand back and take stock.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34Every now and again, I have to pinch myself,
0:41:34 > 0:41:38just to really appreciate what I've been able to achieve thus far,
0:41:38 > 0:41:39where the company has gone.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43Sometimes it can become quite surreal,
0:41:43 > 0:41:45every day, and you're in it.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49Sometimes you have to take a step back and just take note
0:41:49 > 0:41:52of what you've achieved and where you are at, where you are today.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Do you want to hold it, Zizi?
0:41:56 > 0:41:58Where don't you touch the bee?
0:41:59 > 0:42:02- On the bum.- Because it stings you.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08It's been a day of challenges
0:42:08 > 0:42:10and rewards.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14I'm pleased with the way the day's gone.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16We've sold virtually all the stock.
0:42:19 > 0:42:20There we go.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22To do this job, if you're not careful,
0:42:22 > 0:42:25you end up with no social life at all.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27It's a good idea if you love what you're doing,
0:42:27 > 0:42:29because it makes it bearable.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36Nigel works too hard, I think.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39But I understand why he does it.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Ah, now that looks nice.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43I hope it's more than nice.
0:42:43 > 0:42:47Even though we spend virtually every single day together,
0:42:47 > 0:42:50I actually miss him when he goes to the markets on the weekend.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52Cake always makes it better.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54Especially chocolate cake.
0:42:54 > 0:42:55True, true.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59After 40 years, I couldn't think of another human being
0:42:59 > 0:43:01I'd want to spend the rest of my life with.