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This is the story that details Hugh's three years as a smallholder in Dorset.
Hugh looks back on his early days at river cottage offering advice to other as to how to start their own adventures into small holding.
5/25/2006
From putting in his first organic veg beds, running the gauntlet of pests, to harvesting bumper crops from his polytunnel. He also offer tips on how to triumph at the local Horticultural show.
6/1/2006
Hugh reminisces about his adventures with his pigs - from buying his first pig to training his breeding sow to hunt for truffles.
6/8/2006
Good friends and helpful neighbours are an essential part of the rural idyll. Hugh recalls his initiation into the rural Dorset community.
6/15/2006
Hugh believes that to achieve a thoroughly good living, you need to be ready to barter and heckle. He charts the rise of his own little enterprise, from the local farmers market to the tough streets of London.
6/22/2006
The difference between a vegetable garden and a smallholding is livestock, and every smallholder needs chickens. Hugh recalls his poultry learning curve.
6/29/2006
Hugh tells us about some of the local customs he learned.
7/6/2006
Hugh explains how the river and sea offer the free food - from crabs and cuttlefish to eels and pike.
7/13/2006
Hugh explains why wild food should be a part of the smallholder's diet.
7/20/2006
Hugh decides to continue as a small farmer - but how far should he go?
7/27/2006
