The Winter Larder
Alys Fowler tries to avoid shop-bought fruit and veg and live off home-grown produce. Alys shows how an edible garden can provide for the leaner months.
Alys Fowler attempts to avoid shop-bought fruit and vegetables and live off her own, home-grown produce, all from her tiny terraced back garden. It's no easy task because Alys doesn't want to turn her garden into an allotment, so she's growing her fruit and vegetables among her flowers.
Alys will focus on different foods and show how anyone can grow, cook and eat from their own garden, even if they live in a city.
As well as providing fruit and vegetables to eat in season, an edible garden needs to provide for the leaner months. That means growing crops that guarantee a plentiful harvest, enough to enjoy right away and enough to store.
Alongside courgettes, squashes and kale, Alys grows Jerusalem artichokes to harvest when the rest of the garden sleeps. She also learns how to preserve the flavours of her garden using simple pickling recipes and forages for seeds in the 'wild larder'. Finally, Alys plants up winter crops to tide her over until next spring.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Alys Fowler |
Producer | Juliet Glaves |
Production Manager | Jacque Brown |
Executive Producer | Tracey Bagley |
Executive Producer | Gill Tierney |
Broadcasts
- Wed 12 May 2010 20:00
- Fri 14 May 2010 20:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Wed 18 Aug 2010 00:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One except Northern Ireland & Wales
- Wed 18 Aug 2010 01:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One Northern Ireland
- Thu 19 Aug 2010 02:20Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One Wales
- Fri 11 Feb 2011 20:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Mon 6 Feb 2012 20:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Sun 12 Feb 2017 08:15
- Sun 14 Apr 2019 08:05Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland
- Sun 9 Aug 2020 06:05Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland
- Sun 13 Jun 2021 06:05Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland
- Sun 17 Jul 2022 06:25Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland
- Sun 9 Jul 2023 09:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland