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Thursday 25 February 2010
The team behind My Dream Farm are looking for people who are interested in taking part in the next series.
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More About... Jen and Bek
Tuesday 23 February 2010
City girl Jen Stuart-Smith and her country cousin Beck Bibby have started a farm growing and selling seasonal English-grown flowers in the Kent countryside. But with the highly competitive wedding flowers business as their target market, their blooms must be superb and their supply reliable. So could choosing a weed-infested small-holding with some of the poorest soil in the county turn out to be a big mistake?
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More About... Nick and Talitha
Monday 15 February 2010
Nick and Talitha Bailey-Brain live near Usk in South Wales with their 2-year-old daughter Emily. Three years ago they impulsively bought two fields, where they one day plan to live and lead a smallholding life.
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More About... Kierti
Monday 08 February 2010
Last year, 33-year-old Kierti Vaidya gave up her city lifestyle to farm South American alpacas in Warwickshire. But her farm is standing empty after she built her farm house without planning permission. Monty Don is on hand to help her bring life back to her land.
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More About... Karon and Simon
Wednesday 03 February 2010
Stressed executive Karon Roberts and her partner Simon Sanders have given up the rat race to rear rare breed pigs in Suffolk. Simon inherited a 13 acre site from his farmer grandfather, and after years of travelling the world wants to give something back to the village in which he grew up.
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More About... Rob and Sue
Tuesday 26 January 2010
Tired of their stressful city life, Rob and Sue Wood moved from the London suburbs to a windswept corner of Cornwall to pursue Rob's dream of living a more self-sufficient life. Whilst renting a tiny smallholding costing them £1,200 a month, they hope to earn their living from the land. If that wasn't hard enough, Sue is heavily pregnant, has two other small children, and neither her or Rob have any experience in farming.
