Marcus plans to bring in some ducks, but things aren’t as simple as they seem as he heads out onto the lake to create a new home for them. Heading to Devon, he discovers the perfect breed for the smallholding and picks up some top tips and tricks on how to rear them.\n\nBack on the farm, the bounty of the kitchen garden inspires a visit to a local community fridge to learn more about how it works, before a neighbour pops over to give him a lesson on what is edible and growing wild in the hedgerows and bushes that surround the smallholding. Once the new ducks arrive and are safely in their new home, he cooks up a fantastic feast inspired by a British classic, the ploughman's lunch.\n\nMarcus next makes plans to expand the smallholding's herb patch. A trip to Gloucestershire to see the UK's largest herb collection shows that even someone as experienced as Marcus can still learn a lot about ingredients.\n\nLater, gardener Anatoli shows Marcus how to look after the bees and harvest the honey, and Marcus brings in some junior chefs to get inspired in the way the kitchen garden is inspiring him. Once the new herbs are in place, Marcus cooks up a herby feast for the people who have helped him along the way.
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Series 1 Compilations: Episode 3
Marcus plans to bring in some ducks, but things aren’t as simple as they seem as he heads out onto the lake to create a new home for them. Heading to Devon, he discovers t ...
20-04-2025
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Series 1 Compilations: Episode 2
Setting out to bring in new livestock and expand his range of produce, Marcus turns his attention to the smallholding's disused chicken coop. In search of the tastiest chicken, ...
12-04-2025
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Series 1 Compilations: Episode 1
Marcus Wareing embraces a slower pace of life down at his Sussex smallholding. Setting out to expand the range of produce and bring in new livestock, his first additions are som ...
05-04-2025
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Series 2: Episode 5
Marcus Wareing explores new possibilities on his Sussex smallholding. Having cooked with salt marsh lamb for years, Marcus decides to venture out to Romney Marsh to meet shepher ...
14-09-2024
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Series 2: Episode 4
Marcus rediscovers some wasabi plants in his kitchen garden and decides to find out more about them. Heading to the UK’s only wasabi farm, he learns all about how to grow ...
07-09-2024
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Series 2: Episode 3
Marcus’s dad was a potato farmer, so he’s always wanted to grow his own patch. He’s planted some, and now he wants some advice for how to harvest them. He meet ...
31-08-2024
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Series 2: Episode 2
After his bees mysteriously disappeared last year, Marcus and gardener Anatoliy decide they need some advice.\n\nMarcus travels to the Newt to meet Paula and learn more about be ...
24-08-2024
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Series 2: Episode 1
Marcus starts his day by setting off to the Knepp in Horsham to learn all about different varieties of tomato in their impressive market garden.\n\nAfter taste-testing a few and ...
17-08-2024
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Series 1: Episode 10
Marcus develops plans to add a regional Sussex staple, nut trees. Jumping over the border to Kent, he discovers the cobnut, a kind of cultivated hazelnut, and gets tips and tric ...
05-05-2024
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Series 1: Episode 9
Marcus plans to make the kitchen garden a year-round enterprise. A trip to Hampshire gives him an insight into the key of all good growing, compost, before he develops his own c ...
20-04-2024
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Series 1: Episode 7
Marcus develops plans to create a orchard and bring in the perfect eating apple for his favourite dessert, the classic tarte Tatin. A trip to Kent introduces him to the wide ran ...
07-04-2024
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Series 2: Episode 10
Marcus Wareing explores new possibilities on his Sussex smallholding. In an attempt to deter any duckling-stealing predators, Marcus puts his scarecrow making to the test. Marcu ...
15-11-2023
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Series 2: Episode 11
Marcus Wareing explores new possibilities on his Sussex smallholding. One is to investigate unusual food flavours that he can use in his cooking. So, he pays a visit to Shoreham ...
22-11-2023
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Series 2: Episode 9
Marcus Wareing explores new possibilities on his Sussex smallholding. One of his favourite things about the farm is having livestock grazing in the fields. Last year, Marcus obt ...
08-11-2023
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Series 2: Episode 20
Marcus Wareing explores new possibilities on his Sussex smallholding. As autumn draws in, it’s time to take stock of the kitchen garden and preserve any remaining summer c ...
24-01-2024
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Series 1 Compilations: Episode 1
Marcus Wareing embraces a slower pace of life down at his Sussex smallholding. Setting out to expand the range of produce and bring in new livestock, his first additions are som ...
05-04-2025
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 1
Marcus Wareing embraces a slower pace of life down at his Sussex smallholding. Setting out to expand the range of produce and bring in new livestock, his first additions are som ...
10-03-2024
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 2
Setting out to bring in new livestock, expand the range of produce in his kitchen garden and get some insider tips on veg growing, Marcus heads to one of his old stomping ground ...
10-03-2024
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Series 2: Episode 17
There is an abundance of fruit falling from the trees in the orchard; so many apples that too many are going to waste. Marcus wants to change that, so he's making his own cider. ...
03-01-2024
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Series 2: Episode 13
Marcus Wareing explores new possibilities on his Sussex smallholding. And, as the owner of two rare breed Mangalitsa pigs, he’s keen to master charcuterie – the meth ...
04-12-2023
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