{"id":379,"date":"2024-03-15T19:07:17","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T19:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discovering-our-countryside.co.uk\/?page_id=379"},"modified":"2024-03-15T19:17:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T19:17:07","slug":"spring","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/discovering-our-countryside.co.uk\/index.php\/spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Beyond the Farm - Food Stories\" width=\"858\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MjmahDaHYiM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Spring and late winter in the countryside. Food farming wildlife videos to help bring the seasons of wildlife, countryside and farming into your classroom or life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the summer playlist of 6 videos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Spring 1 &#8211; Beyond the farm&#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spring 2 \u2013 Preparing for Spring<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spring 3 &#8211; What happens to cockerels?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spring 4 \u2013 April shower, lambs, wild flowers, potatoes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spring 5 &#8211; Weather &#8211; good or bad?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spring 6 &#8211; Ides of March.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spring 7 &#8211; Preparing for calving and piglets born<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are details about each of the 7 spring videos<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/discovering-our-countryside.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/beyond-farm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-382 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/discovering-our-countryside.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/beyond-farm.jpg 500w, https:\/\/discovering-our-countryside.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/beyond-farm-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/discovering-our-countryside.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/beyond-farm-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spring 1 \u2013 Beyond the Farm?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Farm Animals and Computers \u2013 Shows how computers are used to monitor pigs feeding during pregnancy and also how they are used to help farmers weigh ingredients so they can mix the correct food ingredients for cattle. It also shows how even milking cows and goats is helped by the use of computer to monitor how much milk is produced. In your local Greenhouse \u2013 Shows how machines are used to plant seeds then how computers and robots are used to then sort the growing seedlings. It also shows how human input is still needed for many jobs that computers cannot do \u2013 yet! Extending the Veggie Patch \u2013 extending our veggie patch to grow more fresh produce..<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/discovering-our-countryside.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/prepare-spring.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-387 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/discovering-our-countryside.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/prepare-spring.jpg 500w, https:\/\/discovering-our-countryside.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/prepare-spring-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/discovering-our-countryside.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/prepare-spring-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spring 2 \u2013 Preparing for Spring<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Forward planning your Veggie Patch \u2013 Seasonal vegetables are about forward planning. Even when it is snowing in spring you can be starting your spring planting with home made newspaper plant pots! Preparing for Calving and Sows Farrowing \u2013 Shows a farmer fetching in his cattle ready for calving in the spring, Then goes on to show how piglets are born all year round. With footage of piglets actually being born . New Life in the Greenhouse \u2013Show the tomatoes we saw being planted and grown as seedlings now being transferred and set out in greenhouses.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"782\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/discovering-our-countryside.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/cockerells-in.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-384 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/discovering-our-countryside.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/cockerells-in.jpg 782w, https:\/\/discovering-our-countryside.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/cockerells-in-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/discovering-our-countryside.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/cockerells-in-768x411.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spring 3 &#8211; What happened to cockerels?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What happened when we put Cockerels in with hens?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"header\"><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/discovering-our-countryside.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/april-showers.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-381 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/discovering-our-countryside.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/april-showers.jpg 500w, https:\/\/discovering-our-countryside.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/april-showers-300x142.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spring 4 \u2013 April shower, lambs, wild flowers, potatoes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>April Showers &#8212; Lambs, Wild Flower, Potatoes&#8230; This program looks at April&#8217;s seasonal changes and happenings in the countryside, and down on the farm, a bit like the saying April Showers we see a cascade of new life and sowing for future new life. \u2022 Lambing &#8212; Follow lambing on Oliver&#8217;s Farm where we see lots of new born lambs and the work involved in looking after all these new lives, which involves both experienced shepherds and fresh, enthusiastic young shepherds. \u2022 Planting Potatoes &#8212; We see the first school visits of the year to Stockbridge Technology Centre and see the children and their teachers busy planting potatoes and wild flowers. Wild Flowers for a Bee Larder &#8212; Luke Tilley from Stockbridge Technology Centre explain a little about the bee larder project he is running and shows you how to plant wild flowers seeds which can be used to start your own school or garden bee larder.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"865\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/discovering-our-countryside.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/weather-depend-free.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-388 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/discovering-our-countryside.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/weather-depend-free.jpg 865w, https:\/\/discovering-our-countryside.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/weather-depend-free-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/discovering-our-countryside.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/weather-depend-free-768x353.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spring 5 &#8211; Weather &#8211; good or bad?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The snow hath retreated &#8212; Looks at the signs of spring. What can you look for as an indication that spring has sprung! Also how you and your school can get involved with helping scientists analyse if spring is getting earlier like some people believe. Beating the weather? &#8211;Another visit to the greenhouses to see how the tomatoes are progressing, as well as cucumbers and surprisingly strawberries. The weather can kill! &#8212; This follows our newborn piglets through to weaning, looking at what different systems are available for rearing pigs and how the UK pig herd has some of the highest welfare standards in the world &#8212; which we should be supporting if we believe in animal welfare.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/discovering-our-countryside.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ides-march.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-385 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/discovering-our-countryside.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ides-march.jpg 500w, https:\/\/discovering-our-countryside.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ides-march-300x137.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spring 6 &#8211; Ides of March.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bees &#8212; Explains why bees are so important, giving a brief explanation of their role in the life cycle of a flowering plant. Busy bees Busy Farmers &#8211;Shows bees busy pollinating tomatoes, and farmers busy in the fields, fertilising winter crops and sowing spring crops. Secret Calves and lambs? &#8212; Explains how we have so far been unsuccessful in catching calves being born on film, but how we are more confident of catching lambs being born as our farmer has 2000 ewes to lamb. We see these ewes being brought inside, fed and vaccinated in preparation for lambing.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"867\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/discovering-our-countryside.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/calving.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-383 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/discovering-our-countryside.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/calving.jpg 867w, https:\/\/discovering-our-countryside.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/calving-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/discovering-our-countryside.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/calving-768x366.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 867px) 100vw, 867px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spring 7 &#8211; Preparing for calving and piglets born<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Preparing for Calving and Sows Farrowing &#8212; Shows a farmer fetching in his cattle ready for calving in the spring, Then goes on to show how piglets are born all year round. 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