It's Not Easy Being Green - Season 3

It's Not Easy Being Green - Season 3

Season 3

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Episodes8
DatesJan 7, 2009 - Mar 2, 2009
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Episodes

Solar PV Panels and Natural Deodorant
Season 3Episode 130 min

Solar PV Panels and Natural Deodorant

:Newhouse Farm has the outbuildings re-roofed and there is a major investment as we get solar photovoltaics (PV) so when the sun shines we make electricity - a lot of it. We bought our system through the chaps at 'Plug into the Sun'. :James shares a special eco-tip that involves a lot of semi-naked footballers. :Lauren looks at green swimming pools. :We visit Chris and Jay in London - they have their own website with details of what they have been using at Ready Steady Eco. :Phil Tufnell has a wander around Newhouse Farm and we find out how green his lifestyle is.
Jan 7, 2009
It's All About the Bee's
Season 3Episode 230 min

It's All About the Bee's

Dick Strawbridge and son James team up with Lauren Laverne to find out more about living the green life. Dick tries to understand why honey bees are having a tough time at the moment. Lauren recycles and revamps antique furniture, and guest Alex James takes the eco test, with a surprising result. James builds a clay oven, and his mum Brigit makes a guest appearance to help him with a spot of gardening.
Jan 14, 2009
Meat or No Meat?
Season 3Episode 330 min

Meat or No Meat?

This week at Newhouse Farm we are dealing with the reality of eating bacon sandwiches and Christmas turkey. Apologies to vegans and vegetarians but we are embracing the ‘rear-your-own’ philosophy as well as the grow-your-own. So, it’s goodbye to our two Cornish black pigs and hello to our new turkeys.
Jan 21, 2009
Green Pub
Season 3Episode 430 min

Green Pub

Here at Newhouse Farm local life takes on a huge role in our day to day activities. From popping into the local butchers to going to our green grocers we are fortunate to still have a thriving community. Another establishment that is still a key part of our lives is of course the local, our pub the New Inn. This week the team helps out the local pub with their soaring fuel bills. Plenty of projects that can just as easily be employed by other struggling businesses.
Jan 28, 2009
Grow-Dome
Season 3Episode 530 min

Grow-Dome

This week at Newhouse Farm we go a bit space-age. Taking delivery of a geodesic dome and setting up a new organic hydroponic system. The dome is the first of its kind for domestic use in the UK but the design concept itself has been around for about 100 years. New domes and information are available from Grow-Dome. Most famously on show at the Eden project in Cornwall it was our chosen sustainable structure for growing more food at home. Read more here. It’s important to stress that for people interested in growing outside there are other cheaper options ranging from getting really lucky on Freecycle with a greenhouse, to buying a polytunnel in the classifieds (which proved well worthwhile here on the farm!), or building your own cloches out of rubbish. Cloches are essentially mini green houses that cover vegetables in order to start them early, protect seedlings or accelerate growth rates. The simplest DIY version has to be a plastic bottle with the bottom chopped off and then placed over a seedling. We have also found old scrap windows are great for building cloches. Happy growing…
Feb 4, 2009
Homebrew Cider
Season 3Episode 630 min

Homebrew Cider

This week at Newhouse Farm it’s homebrew moments fermenting away. The team collects bucket loads of local apples to make their very own cider and reinstate an old farm tradition.
Feb 11, 2009
Recycle Dirty Oil Rags
Season 3Episode 730 min

Recycle Dirty Oil Rags

Dick and his team get their rags oily building a ram pump. It is technical stuff - will it work? Lauren visits an eco-hotel in Norfolk and helps out behind the scenes weighing the leftover teas and coffees. Toby Sawday meets a young bride at a wedding fair and sets about trying to green-up her wedding and her honeymoon. Jon Kay looks at carbon offsetting.
Feb 18, 2009
Turkeys and Organic Vegetables
Season 3Episode 830 min

Turkeys and Organic Vegetables

At Newhouse Farm this week Dick and James are preparing one of their home reared Turkeys and their organic vegetables for a special lunch to be delivered on Bodmin Moor. This week’s eco-test guest is Phill Jupitus who is on a road trip with his mate Lauren. Together they are test driving the latest Airstream eco caravan and sing a lot along the way... James visits his mate Duncan who is launching his Thoughtful Bread Company in Bath with a tasting session at the local farmer’s market. Let’s see how beetroot bread goes down with the punters?! Thrift is a word that is coming back into fashion and for some people is a matter of habit. James talks to journalist Hunter Davies about the frugal nature of the Past. Lastly, it’s the final visit to Chris and Jay at their Victorian terrace in London. Have they moved in yet? And just how eco is their renovation?
Mar 2, 2009

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