River Cottage Forever

It's February and while Hugh has survived the winter there's precious little to eat at River Cottage.

After several days and sleepless nights, Hugh's first ewe finally gives birth to twins - the perfect Easter present!

It's late May, the vet calls and it's bad news: Marge the cow is not as pregnant as Hugh once thought, there'll be no more lambs and the first batch of eggs are all addled.

It's mid-June and it's time to make hay. After last year's disaster, Hugh's determined to get it right and calls in local farmer Paddy Rudd to advise.

Under the hot summer sun, the animals at River Cottage are giving Hugh considerable grief.

It's high summer and with Hugh's vegetable garden in fine shape he's decided to enter the Vegetable Challenge Cup at his local horticultural show.

On his regular morning stock-check Hugh finds that one of his old ewes has died.

As winter draws in, Hugh has one major money-earner up his sleeve.