Seasons & Episodes
Episode 1
The family move into the house, and with the help of friends - beer guzzling students and local businesses, they plant c
Episode 2
A greenhouse is erected with a unique heatsink designed by Dick and made from recycled bottle glass to keep it warm, and
Episode 3
Dick attaches a generator to the water wheel that powers all the lights in the house and the family enjoys a bumper firs
Episode 4
A heating distribution system is installed to help spread the warmth from the efficient wood burning stoves to the rest
Episode 5
Winter is closing in, but the heating distribution system is not working as well as intended - the wood burners can't qu
Episode 6
Both the heat sink and the water wheel have proven reliable. Dick installs a solar hot-water panel to complement the woo
Episode 7
A second wind turbine is erected, and a composting toilet is installed. Brigit gets into the cosmetics business by makin
Episode 1
In the first programme, Dick helped the Keenan family in Wirral build an eco-house, setting up a ground-source heat pump
Episode 2
In programme two, Dick helped Duncan and Steve in Bath to give their scruffy city garden the green treatment. Using only
Episode 3
In programme three, Dick and James revisited would-be green gardeners Duncan and Steve to see how their urban garden was
Episode 4
James meets Maggie, who is determined to decorate her 1930s house using eco-paints, whilst restoring and reusing the ori
Episode 5
In this episode, we meet Andrew Martin from East London, who wants a solar panel but has no budget. Dick comes up with a
Episode 6
Dick Strawbridge and his son James venture out from New House Farm in Cornwall to meet aspiring individuals and families
Episode 7
In this programme, Dick met Matt, who has a heavenly New Forest house by the beach, but a hellish heating bill. He had a
Episode 8
Dick Strawbridge and his son James venture out from New House Farm in Cornwall to meet individuals and families in citie
Solar PV Panels and Natural Deodorant
:Newhouse Farm has the outbuildings re-roofed and there is a major investment as we get solar photovoltaics (PV) so when
It's All About The Bee's
Dick Strawbridge and son James team up with Lauren Laverne to find out more about living the green life. Dick tries to u
Meat or No Meat?
This week at Newhouse Farm we are dealing with the reality of eating bacon sandwiches and Christmas turkey. Apologies to
Green Pub
Here at Newhouse Farm local life takes on a huge role in our day to day activities. From popping into the local butchers
Grow-Dome
This week at Newhouse Farm we go a bit space-age. Taking delivery of a geodesic dome and setting up a new organic hydrop
Homebrew Cider
This week at Newhouse Farm it’s homebrew moments fermenting away. The team collects bucket loads of local apples to ma
Recycle Dirty Oil Rags
Dick and his team get their rags oily building a ram pump. It is technical stuff - will it work? Lauren visits an eco-ho
Turkeys and Organic Vegetables
At Newhouse Farm this week Dick and James are preparing one of their home reared Turkeys and their organic vegetables fo