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Chapter 6 Quick, get a pump!When designing the track we had decided at the same time it was worth putting in the trench to run the water cable and electricity cable. We had decided to share the track build with our neighbours who were building a farm at the same time...

Chapter 5 Learning to use a digger with YouTubeOne thing we were told by the planning regulations passed to us is where our static caravan had to be “sited”, where it had to go roughly, and we wanted it overlooking the farm so that left one position.  Which was down...

Chapter 4 Day 1…. it’s stuck! Back to the field and it is officially Day 1. Emily had to get a second signature on our leases as a witness signature, and we didn’t know anyone in East Sussex at the time so on that day we signed our leases she drove back to Hampshire...

Chapter 3 Why Fanfield Farm? We named our farm Fanfield Farm, a name that is very special to me and my family. Growing up I spent summers on my Great Aunt’s Farm in Worksop, Sheffield. My Great Aunt was called Auntie Prue (to me of course, I don’t think her first name...

Chapter 2 We bought a field…. So whilst the turnaround to getting this piece of land was less than a year, we know we were lucky with timings, but it felt light an eternity and a very lengthy process. It was by no means easy, we need to make that clear. We had to...

The brand new book is out now!Chapter 1 How it all began, the year before.  It all started with a dream, but I didn’t want to start with a cliche line like that but it is true. I had dreamed of living on a farm, working from the land and building my own home...