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0:00:07 > 0:00:08- I'm Sioned Edwards.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12- Six months ago, - I moved to Plas Pont Y Twr...
0:00:13 > 0:00:17- ..with husband Iwan - and daughters Nanw and Malan.
0:00:17 > 0:00:22- It's my grandparents' old farm, at - the foot of Moel Famau near Ruthin.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25- The house is run-down.
0:00:25 > 0:00:29- Our home for the next year - is a rather cramped caravan.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33- It's quite a challenge - with two young children.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35- We must go in five minutes.
0:00:35 > 0:00:40- This year's main project is - to turn the field by the caravan...
0:00:41 > 0:00:44- ..into a vegetable, - fruit and flower garden...
0:00:44 > 0:00:47- ..with a play area, of course.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48- Hooray!
0:00:48 > 0:00:53- My dream is to grow my own flowers - for my work as a floral designer.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57- With luck, next year - they'll come from my garden.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01- Iwan is passionate - about green and organic methods.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05- I could go to the toilet - in the compost heap...
0:01:05 > 0:01:07- ..but Sioned vetoed that.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12- After months - of discussing and arguing...
0:01:12 > 0:01:15- ..we've finally agreed on a plan.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21- This is a story - about sweat, frustration...
0:01:21 > 0:01:22- Hang on!
0:01:22 > 0:01:27- ..arguing and celebrating, - as we try to realize the dream.
0:01:27 > 0:01:32- Let me sit. This is going - to take time, I can tell.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36- Not to mention headstrong chickens, - greedy pigs and a cheeky cat.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41- It's a big challenge - and we may not succeed.
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0:01:48 > 0:01:50- It's the end of August.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52- After months of hard work...
0:01:53 > 0:01:57- ..Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd's Flower - Show is a breath of fresh air.
0:01:58 > 0:02:03- As newcomers, it's the first time - we've been to the festival.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05- We're all competing.
0:02:06 > 0:02:11- Malan's category is a bouquet - of weeds. She has plenty of choice!
0:02:11 > 0:02:13- That's pretty.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20- Are you going to cut this?
0:02:21 > 0:02:24- This is nice.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27- Cut it a little lower down.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32- I've done a self-portrait.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36- It doesn't really look like me.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39- I'm going to enter it.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43- I used acrylics for this one...
0:02:44 > 0:02:48- ..which I also painted.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51- I'm entering this, too.
0:02:51 > 0:02:56- I'm also entering - this painting of a horse.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00- That's it. Well done.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04- The yellow ones are pretty.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07- Pick one of these. Lower down.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11- That's it. Oops! Well done.
0:03:12 > 0:03:13- Excellent.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16- Let's look for grass now.
0:03:16 > 0:03:17- Let's look for grass now.- - Yes.
0:03:19 > 0:03:25- Dad is entering - a picture of a woodland garden.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29- I like the picture.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33- We'll see how he gets on.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37- Malan, that's lovely.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39- Isn't that nice?
0:03:39 > 0:03:42- My category - is three flowers of any kind...
0:03:43 > 0:03:45- ..apart from dahlia or sweet peas.
0:03:45 > 0:03:51- I've never entered before. - The flowers have to be perfect.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56- Cross fingers that there - are perfect flowers in the prairie!
0:03:56 > 0:04:02- This is a rudbeckia. I don't think - anything has started to eat it.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06- I'll take one of these, too.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09- It's a white leucanthemum.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13- They look pretty together.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17- These are my three flowers.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20- Malan is in the car.
0:04:20 > 0:04:25- We have quarter of an hour to set - these out before they are judged.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27- Time to go, Nanw!
0:04:29 > 0:04:33- It's a great opportunity - for the community to get together...
0:04:34 > 0:04:38- ..to compare produce - and display their artistic skills.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44- Shows can be fiercely competitive.
0:04:45 > 0:04:50- I doubt we'll win a prize, - but it's the competing that counts.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59- Good morning. Are you OK?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04- Weeds from the garden.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06- Weeds from the garden.- - I'm looking forward to that.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09- Thirty three.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12- We set out our entries...
0:05:13 > 0:05:18- ..and left the hall for two hours - for the judges to do their work.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20- I'm quite nervous!
0:05:21 > 0:05:23- Shall we write on them?
0:05:30 > 0:05:34- You came first for your horse - and second for your flowers!
0:05:34 > 0:05:36- Well done.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41- You came second.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46- I was lucky to come second.
0:05:47 > 0:05:48- Nothing!
0:05:48 > 0:05:53- Dad is the only one - who didn't win anything.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58- Bad luck, Iwan. - Better luck next year.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01- Let's go home to celebrate, girls.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- I hope I have better luck - with the potatoes.
0:06:07 > 0:06:08- Potatoes!
0:06:13 > 0:06:15- Wow! It's huge!
0:06:16 > 0:06:19- There are plenty here. Come to see.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25- Four months ago, we began - to grow potatoes organically.
0:06:26 > 0:06:31- Rather than ploughing, we used bone - meal, cardboard, manure and straw.
0:06:32 > 0:06:38- The experiment is a success. - Can you get the basket?
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- The no-ploughing method worked.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44- It was quite simple.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47- We let it do its own thing.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51- Growing potatoes without a spade.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54- Yes.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57- It looks like a duck.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59- It has eyes.
0:06:59 > 0:07:05- We won't pick them all today to - ensure a regular crop of potatoes.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07- You planted these later.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10- I planted them the same time.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13- These are the first earlies...
0:07:13 > 0:07:16- ..then these, - and finally the main crop.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20- We'll pick these two new potatoes.
0:07:20 > 0:07:25- We'll leave those in the soil. - I'll chop the heads off.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30- The potatoes can stay in the earth - for the skins to harden.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35- We can store them over the winter.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39- That's the difference between - new and old potatoes.
0:07:39 > 0:07:44- I see. I had no idea. I learn - something every day with you, Iwan.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47- There's no need to be sarcastic.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54- How suddenly did - the cardboard that we put on them...
0:07:55 > 0:07:58- ..break down and rot?
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- There's nothing left.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04- Nothing at all.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10- A never-ending supply of potatoes!
0:08:10 > 0:08:13- There are loads here.
0:08:14 > 0:08:15- Is there enough for supper, Nanw?
0:08:15 > 0:08:16- Is there enough for supper, Nanw?- - Too much.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19- There's enough for a month!
0:08:20 > 0:08:22- You're right. You can carry it.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30- I'm so happy to see - the fruits of our labour.
0:08:30 > 0:08:35- Growing and eating - our own food is very satisfying.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39- We need a big saucepan - to boil these!
0:08:52 > 0:08:54- While Iwan peels the potatoes...
0:08:55 > 0:08:59- ..I went to collect the hens - from my brother Aled's farm.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02- Are you OK? - We've struck a deal.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06- In exchange for the hens...
0:09:06 > 0:09:10- ..Aled and his sons, - Llion and Osian, get a kitten.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13- Let's swap. - Can I take the hens home?
0:09:14 > 0:09:15- Where are they?
0:09:15 > 0:09:18- Where are they?- - Let's show them to Auntie Sion.
0:09:20 > 0:09:21- Here they are.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24- Oh, wow!
0:09:24 > 0:09:27- You have a lot of hens.
0:09:27 > 0:09:32- Iwan and I have never kept hens. - We need as many tips as possible.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34- What do I have to do?
0:09:34 > 0:09:36- What do I have to do?- - Feed them...
0:09:36 > 0:09:39- ..with layers pellets or mixed corn.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42- Perhaps - I should take some from here.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46- We'll buy more from the Wynnstay - Stores once I know what to get.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50- How often do you feed them?
0:09:51 > 0:09:53- I feed them every evening...
0:09:54 > 0:09:58- ..and change their water every day.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03- We intend - to use Mam and Dad's old shed...
0:10:04 > 0:10:07- ..and make a small run - outside of it.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09- How many hens would that house?
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- It's ideal for four.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17- It would be too cramped - if you had more hens.
0:10:22 > 0:10:23- How will we get these out of here?
0:10:23 > 0:10:25- How will we get these out of here?- - Do you need a box?
0:10:30 > 0:10:32- Put it down there.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35- Stay outside. Shut us in.
0:10:37 > 0:10:38- Come on, girls.
0:10:40 > 0:10:45- Aled is giving us two Rhode Island - Reds, which are dark brown...
0:10:45 > 0:10:48- ..and two Light Sussex.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51- That was it.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55- Hold them so they can't fly away.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58- Put your hand underneath.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03- Between their legs, - so they face backwards.
0:11:03 > 0:11:08- Backwards?
0:11:08 > 0:11:10- Nanw will be over the moon.
0:11:16 > 0:11:17- Thank you.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19- Thank you.- - You can borrow those.
0:11:20 > 0:11:21- Thanks.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23- Look after the cat.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26- Look after the cat.- - We'll play with it now.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40- Coming up, the hens - are unexpectedly troublesome.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43- I choose world famous roses...
0:11:44 > 0:11:48- ..from the national collection - as a garden centrepiece.
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0:11:56 > 0:11:58- There you are.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02- Where are you going to put that? - There?
0:12:02 > 0:12:07- Will they be happy hens? - I'm sure they'll love it here.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10- It's like a hotel for them.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15- Sioned and the hens - will be home shortly.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19- Malan, Nanw and I are making - the shed as homely as possible.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29- Are you OK? Are we ready?
0:12:30 > 0:12:31- Did you get them?
0:12:31 > 0:12:32- Did you get them?- - Yes.
0:12:32 > 0:12:33- How many?
0:12:33 > 0:12:35- How many?- - Four.
0:12:35 > 0:12:36- Wow!
0:12:37 > 0:12:38- Are you alright, Mals?
0:12:38 > 0:12:40- Are you alright, Mals?- - They won't peck me.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42- Thank goodness.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45- Shall I open the gate?
0:12:45 > 0:12:46- Shall I open the gate?- - Thanks.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49- Aled showed me how to hold them.
0:12:50 > 0:12:55- Do you want to pet her?
0:12:57 > 0:12:59- Welcome to your new home.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05- There you are. Isn't she pretty? - Let's put her inside.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09- Can you close the other door?
0:13:10 > 0:13:12- That's it.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17- That wasn't supposed to happen!
0:13:18 > 0:13:20- She's making a run for it.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24- Another one!
0:13:27 > 0:13:30- She doesn't like it.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39- Where are you going?
0:13:39 > 0:13:42- This isn't a good start.
0:14:00 > 0:14:01- Three down.
0:14:10 > 0:14:11- Whey! They're in.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14- They're all in.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18- Hello! I've brought you some food.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23- Here's some food.
0:14:35 > 0:14:41- Choosing flowers for the garden - is one of my favourite things.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48- Roses are always popular - in wedding arrangements.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52- I'm keen to grow them in the garden.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58- We want to build an arch in front - of the trampoline to grow roses.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01- There is only one place - to buy roses.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04- The David Austin Centre - in Shropshire.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08- There are so many - I'm not sure where to start.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13- But luckily I've done my homework - and I have a map.
0:15:13 > 0:15:18- The Queen of Sweden - is definitely coming home with me.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26- David Austin roses are world famous - for their colours and scent.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32- They've won 17 gold medals - in the Chelsea Flower Show.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35- I can't wait to grow them.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38- I want to take two large ones home.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42- They'll look nice in the border - and provide height.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45- They're fabulous.
0:15:56 > 0:16:01- I think I have enough. I'll - need help to take them to the van.
0:16:05 > 0:16:10- While I was choosing roses, - Iwan tackled the arch.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27- The look I hope to achieve...
0:16:27 > 0:16:30- ..is for the roses - to grow all round the arch.
0:16:31 > 0:16:37- Usually, people choose a couple of - roses that complement one another.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- Because I want - to use these for my work...
0:16:41 > 0:16:45- ..and get all - sorts of different colours...
0:16:45 > 0:16:49- ..I'll put the yellow and orange - ones on one side...
0:16:50 > 0:16:53- ..and the pink and white - the other side.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57- Hopefully - they'll spread to the beds...
0:16:58 > 0:17:03- ..yellow and red this side, - the pink, blue and light purple...
0:17:03 > 0:17:05- ..in the other direction.
0:17:06 > 0:17:11- It should look nice. I've never done - this before. Let's give it a go.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21- As usual, I soak the roots in water.
0:17:21 > 0:17:26- It's a good idea to water the roses - two hours before planting them.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30- This helps to plant the roses - as naturally as possible.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34- The roots have absorbed - as much water as they can.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38- The rose is less stressed.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41- What is this one?
0:17:41 > 0:17:43- What is this one?- - Constance Spry.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47- She started the concept...
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- ..of flower arranging.
0:17:52 > 0:17:53- Really?
0:17:53 > 0:17:56- She died fairly recently, I think.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00- She's coming into our garden. - Is that alright?
0:18:00 > 0:18:02- A little deeper.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11- Fungicidal powder will help - the roses absorb more water.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14- Four scoops is enough.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16- It says here...
0:18:16 > 0:18:21- ..that the roots have to touch - the powder for it to react.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24- I'm planting the first rose.
0:18:33 > 0:18:38- There is a specific way - to plant roses in large borders.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41- In you go.
0:18:44 > 0:18:49- They say to plant the roses...
0:18:49 > 0:18:51- ..30 centimetres apart.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55- This creates the impression - that it's one bush.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59- They recommend planting them - in threes.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03- We couldn't afford three.
0:19:03 > 0:19:08- It could be a birthday, Christmas - or anniversary present for me.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23- Is that OK?
0:19:23 > 0:19:26- Is that OK?- - It'll grow like that.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28- Look, Iwan.
0:19:28 > 0:19:29- Look, Iwan.- - Wow.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33- This is Mary. She smells nice, too!
0:19:33 > 0:19:38- They are quite expensive, - between 15 to 18 each.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41- But they're worth every penny.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45- It'll add height to the border.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50- It's lovely. - It's brought a smile to your face.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52- I feel like Jane Eyre.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55- But I don't look the part!
0:19:55 > 0:19:58- I feel like - the servant in the garden.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01- Shall I prepare the soil?
0:20:01 > 0:20:04- Shall I prepare the soil?- - We have to do that now.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26- Autumn is coming and the hard work - is beginning to pay off.
0:21:13 > 0:21:18- We're using half-rotted wood...
0:21:18 > 0:21:21- ..to create an affect - in the prairie...
0:21:22 > 0:21:24- ..that we planted over there...
0:21:24 > 0:21:29- ..similar to grasslands - in the American Midwest...
0:21:29 > 0:21:32- ..that's been ravaged by fire.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35- The trees have been burned down.
0:21:35 > 0:21:41- All that remains is the odd stump, - standing in the prairie.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48- It should look nice next year...
0:21:48 > 0:21:51- ..when the grass and flowers appear.
0:21:51 > 0:21:56- It's quite artistic.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05- This is the affect we want.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10- They will naturally erode over time.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14- Eventually, - they'll look even more interesting.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38- Nice, isn't it?
0:22:40 > 0:22:42- Next time, - we're up to our ears in fruit.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46- Bulbs are planted, ready for Spring.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50- How will the garden look - exactly a year after we started?
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