Summer 3 - Green Green Growth of May
Channel: Discovering Our Countryside
Date: 06/05/2022

Busy Birds – Lots of spring activity to look out for, birds building nests, singing and new chicks. Planting…– We see the schools visiting Stockbridge Technology Centre planting lettuce and then see how farmers plant lettuce and sprouts on a commercial scale. Pigs for bacon – The pigs we have followed from farrowing are weighed to see if they are ready for bacon. We also follow a local butcher as he explains how a pig carcass in butchered into the various pork and bacon cuts