Edwardian Farm

Definitely worth watching
I am not finished watching this series yet, but I thought there might be people out there who would appreciate a better idea of what to expect before investing their time and money.

This team of two male archaeologists and a female historian have done several similar projects, where they recreate a period homestead using resources that would have been available at the time. This is the first series that has been released on DVD in the U.S. The Edwardian farm is in the village of Morwellham Quay in Devon, on the banks of the River Tamar. Following traditional roles, the men (Alex and Peter) busy themselves in the fields, while the woman (Ruth) occupies herself turning the house into a home (mostly - there is a bit of overlap, usually pretty amusing). It is a documentary with voice-over narration, and it's fascinating.

It's particularly satisfying that they bring in locals who are experts on some of these centuries-old processes - repairing a hedgerow, building...

Fun to wawtch
Fascinating, watching three amateurs supposedly make a living on a farm of the time. Very well done, but nobody mentioned such things as getting a backache from using a scrub board to do laundry, or the folly of trying to learn to drive a team of ujnbroken big horses having never driven any kind of a team at all. .but still interesting watching comparing life then to now



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