James Farmer

TODAY s Al Roker learns how to create a seasonal and elegant tablescape from James Farmer, author of A Time to Plant.

All Creatures Great and Small: Season 6: Episode 1 -- James meets Basil Courtney, a cowhand for a local farmer. Basil has worked in a circus, been a teacher, has knowledge of art and a palette for good wine! James is intrigued until he discovers that Basil has not been giving the farmer's calves their treatment and, as a result, they are showing no signs of improvement.

All Creatures Great and Small: Season 6: Episode 7 -- When Lady Hulton's cat falls ill, Siegfried embarks, with typical zeal and encourages the practice to cater for such refined clients. Lady Hulton, however, calls him out on his disingenuousness. James' problems lie with an affable but lazy farmer, Vernon Harker, whose plans to save himself from work even extend to marrying a tower of strength with a grown son to match.

All Creatures Great and Small: Season 7: Episode 9 -- Siegfried is determined to discover who shot Korean War veteran Jacob Pearson's dog. The suspect is Captain Crawford's willful and surly 20-year-old son, Hugh. Both James and Siegfried have extraordinarily little success in extracting payment from wily farmer Dennis Pratt -- until they discover he may be sneaking his cows onto a neighboring farm to enjoy better grazing.