Hugh purchases some livestock, prompting he and a local carpenter to build a fox-proof chicken coop. Hugh also goes scallop hunting, and enters a nettle eating competition.

Hugh's cattle and sheep are settling in, but a few of the chickens are not. Also, local vet Jeff Thomson helps with a delicate operation, Hugh builds a polytunnel, and more.

Hugh's landlord hosts his annual medieval fair, and Hugh decides to donate a pig for the feast. He also helps create Dorset lardy cakes and learns hot to shear sheep.

Rain dooms Hugh's hay harvest, and only radical plant-surgery can save his tomatoes from blight, however mushrooms are thriving. Hugh also enters the Melpash Agricultural Show.

Hugh embarks to sell his entire tomato harvest at the Farmer's Market by offering a diverse range of products under the brand name: The River Cottage Glutton.

With a failed hay harvest, Hugh conceives a cunning plan to supplement the winter feed he will need for his animals by throwing a party. Hugh also agrees to an unusual request.