Winter Solstice Feast
Max deals with potato blight and plans a self-sufficient lunch for 30 people. A cow is slaughtered on the farm. From 2024.
Max Cotton, a retired political journalist, leaves behind the weekly shop, supermarkets and the modern world to find out if he can grow and produce 100% of his food on a smallholding near Glastonbury. His only import for a year is salt.
In this episode, Max gets to grips with the grisly process of turning his farm animals into meat, and he has to come to terms with a disastrous potato harvest that could threaten the viability of the project. Max and his neighbours also gather in grapes for winemaking, and we learn how best to pluck a Christmas turkey.
Presenter: Max Cotton
Producer: Tessa Browne
A Good Egg production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2024.
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Broadcasts
Wed 24 Apr 202413:45BBC Radio 4- Sat 10 Aug 202419:00BBC Radio 4
- Sun 11 Aug 202412:15BBC Radio 4
- Wednesday09:30BBC Radio 4 Extra