THIS Farming Life returns to BBC 2 on Wednesday (September 6) for a second series, with three new episodes airing each week for four weeks. And this series will see two local farming families highlighted, from Mull and from Appin.
On the isle of Mull, committed new-entrant farmers Janet and Alastair Taylor rent a small farm where they keep 140 sheep, 20 Highland cattle, ducks a goose and nine dogs.
Five years ago they started their farm from scratch with little to no money. For them it has been a struggle constantly juggling the benefits of cash incomes from paid contract work on other farms against the need to spend time building their own farm into a profitable enterprise.