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-Nantlle Valley's fertile soil

-is perfect for growing vegetables.

-But very few people do that.

-Bethan and I

-are determined to change things.

-We want to see

-the local people growing!

-Penygroes is the focal point

-of the Nantlle Valley.

-In the early 20th century,

-there were more than 90 shops here.

-Today, there are only two grocery

-shops, very little fresh produce...

-..not to mention local produce.

-Peas from Guatemala.

-The prices reflect that.

-How much? 2.00?!

-This series aims to encourage people

-to grow their own vegetables.

-His radishes are up.

-Look!

-It won't be easy.

-It won't be easy.

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-I want to cry.

-Is it that bad?

-We're here to grow vegetables.

-If he wants an apple tree,

-he can have an apple tree!

-If our growers have a surplus,

-we intend to open a shop...

-Excuse me, madam!

-..to sell local fruit

-and vegetables...

-That's show quality!

-..at affordable prices.

-Does anyone

-want to grow vegetables?

-But are the people

-of the Nantlle Valley ready to grow?

-We're looking for someone

-to grow vegetables.

-Potatoes, carrots...

-OK, Russell.

-We've got our work cut out.

-We need to find at least

-five families to grow vegetables.

-Let's go.

-We've enlisted Craig ab Iago

-to help us find potential growers.

-He's the coordinator

-of the B3 community project.

-The venture encourages local people

-to grow their own vegetables.

-A group of enthusiastic volunteers

-started it about eight years ago.

-Is there anyone home?

-It developed.

-Three years ago,

-thanks to a Lottery grant...

-..I was employed

-to organize activities.

-I'd rush to the door

-if I heard that knock.

-Someone said to me,

-"What's the point of the project?

-"We get our food from Tesco."

-That's a recurring theme

-in the area.

-I try to point out the benefits

-of home-grown vegetables.

-That's the biggest challenge.

-Do you want to grow vegetables?

-Here we go.

-Hello, how are you?

-Oh, hello!

-Do you grow vegetables?

-Do you grow vegetables?

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-No.

-Do you want to?

-Do you want to?

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-No.

-No, thanks.

-I farmed for years

-and I know all about growing.

-I don't think

-many people are home today.

-Plenty of people

-are showing an interest in Russell!

-Look who it is.

-Russell, isn't it?

-I haven't seen you for a long time.

-I haven't seen you for a long time.

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-Nor me!

-My line dancing partner.

-Years ago now.

-She would throw me across the room!

-Not any more, love.

-Do you grow vegetables?

-Do you grow vegetables?

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-I have no time.

-You don't want to grow vegetables?

-You don't want to grow vegetables?

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-No.

-Nice to see you.

-Nice to see you.

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-And you!

-Bye-bye, Brenda.

-Is there anyone home?

-Who knows?

-Hello! How are you?

-Fine, thanks.

-We're looking

-for people in Penygroes...

-..who'd like to grow vegetables.

-OK.

-Hooray!

-We've found someone to accept

-our vegetable growing challenge.

-Margaret Ellis has plenty of space.

-Do you make use of the garden?

-The children play here,

-and the dogs use it.

-Whenever I think of tackling it,

-I'm called away or I have to work.

-I haven't actually started it.

-I haven't actually started it.

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-Have you grown vegetables before?

-Tomatoes in a bag,

-and also strawberries.

-Do you have a rough idea

-or are you a complete novice?

-A complete novice.

-I wouldn't know where to start.

-That's good. Do you hope to see

-big changes by the end of the year?

-I'd like to grow my own vegetables

-and enjoy it.

-There's a lot of work to do before

-Margaret tastes her own vegetables.

-I hope she's ready for it.

-There are almost 20 rural villages

-in the Nantlle Valley.

-In the mid 19th century...

-..thousands of tons of slate

-were exported from its quarries.

-Penygroes was the retail centre

-for the whole valley.

-There were 90 shops, including

-soap and flour shops, a bakery...

-..several butchers

-and more than ten grocers.

-Does this shop have any mileage?

-Does this shop have any mileage?

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-But the buildings are empty today.

-I haven't got a phone.

-I left it at home.

-Is there a kiosk here?

-Surely we can find

-suitable premises?

-I know just the man to help us.

-I've found a place,

-and I've got the key.

-It's the former Tai Eryri offices.

-Gorphwysfa used to be a shop...

-..selling tobacco, tea,

-corn and flour by the pound.

-After the owner died,

-Tai Eryri bought the shop in 1985.

-It was adapted into offices.

-This is it.

-This is it.

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-Gorphwysfa, yes.

-Here we go.

-The bike has a mind of its own.

-Look.

-We can display produce

-in the window...

-..and put a table in the corner.

-And if people can't come here,

-I can deliver vegetables on my bike.

-We could do with shelves.

-We could do with shelves.

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-Pretend to sell vegetables to me.

-Excuse me, madam.

-Do you sell vegetables?

-I've seen nice ones in the window.

-OK. I'll look for some.

-Do you seriously think

-the idea of a shop will work?

-It's a good idea

-to open a shop here for the day.

-People can buy fresh vegetables.

-It could grow and develop.

-Like a snowball.

-What grows in the Nantlle Valley

-stays in the Nantlle Valley.

-That's the shop sorted.

-The only problem is,

-we've no produce.

-I'm heading to the garden

-of designer Justin Davies.

-This is your garden.

-Are you impressed?

-He has never gardened before,

-but he has ambitious plans.

-I've sketched rough ideas.

-I'm not sure what's possible.

-I want to retain the garden's shape.

-I've tried to combine

-a vegetable garden...

-..with a space

-where I can go to sit and relax.

-You'll look back at these plans

-in a few years' time...

-..and think what came over you.

-You might be more relaxed.

-You'll change.

-It's great when a novice gardener...

-..begins to see his garden

-through a gardener's eyes.

-We're starting on Margaret's garden,

-but is she happy?

-Not everybody likes Russell's plans.

-What's the problem?

-What's the problem?

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-I want them to look well-made.

-I don't want to use old wood.

-Some people want something more

-than just vegetables.

-But we're here to grow vegetables.

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-We're almost ready to start

-working on Margaret's garden.

-We need to measure

-before setting out the beds.

-With a little time and patience,

-it's not complicated or difficult.

-All together?

-# Together we'll sing

-# Together we'll sing #

-Recycled pallets will keep the dogs

-out of the vegetable patches.

-RUSSELL CONTINUES TO SING

-The beds will be built

-from four-by-two timber planks.

-After sawing

-and assembling the wood...

-..we'll use the framework

-to mark the bed.

-There's no need to waste good soil.

-We're double digging.

-Turning the soil upside down

-and covering it with manure.

-This is a good example

-of double digging.

-Can you see the depth?

-Make sure it's deep enough.

-The grass will grow back

-if it sees sunlight.

-Turn it around.

-There's no chance

-of that growing back.

-It'll rot there

-and the nutrients are protected.

-There's no room for waste today.

-I work as a barmaid in the club

-three or four evenings a week.

-I clean there every day.

-It's a job.

-I have three children,

-two girls and a boy.

-I look after my granddaughter too.

-My daughters work nights.

-We look out for each other.

-I find myself helping everyone.

-I cared for my sister

-for a few years, up until her death.

-I lost my mother and sister

-around the same time.

-I neglected myself.

-I didn't want to socialize.

-It's natural to withdraw.

-I didn't want to get close to anyone

-in case I got hurt again.

-It stopped me doing a lot of things.

-The burden of caring for others

-makes me feel that I'm drowning.

-I just sit in the house

-and go to work...

-..pretend to be happy at work

-and then go home.

-Thank you!

-I've never grown anything.

-It's a new challenge.

-You haven't got time to talk!

-I'll have to find time for myself,

-an hour or two a day.

-You're still at it?!

-You're still at it?!

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-There are so many stones!

-I said it was like a quarry!

-Gardening will take up my time.

-Let's flatten the slate.

-I go away for two minutes

-and it's chaos here.

-In the far end, I think.

-Mind your arm.

-This is the last screw, girls.

-Yeah!

-Yeah!

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-Hooray!

-Hallelujah!

-I'd really like a cuppa now!

-Have you got anything to eat?

-Have you got anything to eat?

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-Let's go inside.

-Hold on.

-Hold on.

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-Three beds in a day!

-We did it.

-We'll put chicken manure

-in the first bed.

-It's sold in garden centres.

-You don't have to keep hens like me.

-It's high in nitrogen and good

-for peas, beans, onions and lettuce.

-In the middle bed,

-we're adding lime.

-It's good for the brassica family -

-cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower.

-We add bone meal to the third bed,

-which is high in phosphorus.

-It's good for root crops

-like potatoes, carrots and beetroot.

-Justin's garden

-presents a different challenge.

-The designer

-has big plans for his garden.

-But they may not be practical

-for growing vegetables.

-We could start these today.

-We could start these today.

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-We don't know what material to use.

-We haven't decided on the wood.

-What's the problem

-with the materials?

-I want it to look well-made.

-I don't want it to look

-as if we've used old wood.

-Why don't we measure

-and then go shopping?

-We can see what's available

-and then begin to build.

-By next week,

-we'll have vegetables growing here.

-How close do you want it?

-How close do you want it?

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-A metre and a half.

-Let's just mark it.

-You mentioned a metre and a half.

-Is that the size you want?

-Is that the size you want?

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-Yes.

-That's not very big!

-I've seen better gardens

-in a nursery school.

-I'd be happier

-if they were that size.

-What does this measure?

-It's two metres.

-How about two by two?

-Or two by one and a half?

-Some people want something more

-than just vegetables.

-But we're here to grow vegetables.

-Within the section that he gives us.

-I want to sit here when it's sunny.

-I don't want to sunbathe

-among carrots and cabbages.

-How much sun do we get?

-Four beds or three?

-Four. One can go beyond the stumps.

-And three here.

-Where would that reach?

-It does spoil your plans a bit.

-Do you want two beds instead?

-Do you want two beds instead?

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-And an apple tree here.

-An apple tree.

-An apple tree.

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-To hide them.

-You have to watch these,

-not hide them.

-If they're hidden, all sorts

-of creatures will eat them.

-You have to protect the vegetables.

-If he wants an apple tree,

-he can have an apple tree.

-What's the point of growing them,

-only to hide them?

-He can come here to look at them.

-Russell would fill the garden

-with vegetables.

-I'd make wiser use of the space.

-You can't fill the garden!

-If they can't agree,

-we'll be lucky to grow anything!

-There's plenty of choice here.

-These are the posts.

-These are the posts.

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-These are good.

-Four of these

-would give you two feet.

-One of these will make up one side.

-Aren't you cutting them in half?

-What does it measure

-if you subtract two metres?

-I left my maths hat at home.

-How many do we need?

-I'd say 30 or 32

-and do what we can with them.

-Alright, 32.

-I don't know about you,

-but my head hurts.

-I've been a referee before,

-but this could finish me.

-Russell hasn't even touched

-a vegetable yet.

-Thank goodness

-Margaret is ready to plant.

-We'll start with lettuce

-in this patch.

-We can get four in a row.

-Don't mix the gaps

-or some will be bigger than others.

-Is that OK there?

-Use the trowel.

-My hands are like a JCB!

-In this row, between the lettuces...

-..we'll plant spring onions.

-The onion, lettuce

-and pea families...

-..love nitrogen.

-The way to plant

-something properly...

-..is to make sure

-the soil is like this.

-Don't plant it too deep.

-If the compost is exposed,

-it'll dry out.

-As you see...

-..plant up to where the leaves end.

-Don't plant it too deep

-or it will rot.

-The lettuce and spring onions

-will be ready in a month.

-And with the chance

-of harvesting more than one crop...

-..Margaret's family will have

-plenty of salads all summer.

-Do you want to plant those?

-I'll make a furrow.

-Can you sprinkle some seeds?

-Can you sprinkle some seeds?

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-Is that enough?

-That's plenty of seeds.

-Keep the rest for another row.

-Just cover them with a little soil.

-That's all you have to do.

-You can do it with your foot,

-if you want.

-We're planting beetroot too.

-They don't grow high

-and overshadow the lettuces.

-We'll plant large onions

-and a row of peas on the end.

-And now it's the lime bed.

-Cauliflowers

-are quite simple to grow.

-When the cauliflower itself

-begins to appear...

-..don't let it be exposed

-to the sun.

-To make sure

-they're nice and white...

-..fold the leaves over.

-Pin them together

-to shelter the flower.

-Here, we'll plant

-green and purple broccoli...

-..and curly kale.

-These brassicas

-grow brilliantly in chalky soil.

-In the final bed,

-with added bone meal...

-..we'll plant potatoes,

-a row of carrots and parsnips.

-These are good potatoes.

-They're resistant to blight.

-Three to a row is plenty.

-These Blue Danube are nice potatoes.

-The inside isn't blue,

-but the skin is nice.

-I've never seen a blue potato!

-All you have to do now is weed.

-Weeding and watering

-are the most important tasks.

-It's best to water them

-in the morning.

-I'll be back soon

-to see how they're coming along.

-And to check up on me!

-And to check up on me!

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-I have every faith in you.

-Right. I'll see you before long.

-On the next programme...

-..I'm back on my bike

-in my search for potential growers.

-Hello! Is anyone home?

-Hello! Is anyone home?

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-We've been expecting you.

-I'll try to make sure

-we all stay level-headed!

-They have to be in a line

-and coordinated.

-It'll be fine after a drink or two.

-It's perfect!

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