An hour with someone who has already done it. Recordings are added to the matching pathway module afterwards.
Ellie Brandt — Land buyer, Kent
Access rights, covenants, drainage clues in the photographs, and the five phrases in an agent's blurb that should slow you down.
Sarah Mullen — 11 acres, Devon
A short, calming list. Mostly it is walking the boundary, writing things down and resisting the urge to buy a tractor.
Marta Kowal — 30 acres, Fife
What to put in writing with a neighbouring farmer, who insures what, and how to keep the relationship when the sward disagrees.
Dr Naomi Fenwick — Ecological adviser
Fixed-point photography, a simple quadrat routine and a bird list that will still be useful to you in fifteen years.
Tom Iredale — Grants adviser
Which schemes have no minimum acreage, which quietly exclude you, and how to write an application that a panel can picture.
Ade Okafor — 6 acres, Somerset
When you need consent, when you don't, and why three shallow scrapes usually beat one deep pond.