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Episode 2

Episode 2 of 6

Second in a six-part series following Donald MacSween as he tries to make it as a full-time crofter. In this episode, he picks up his first home-produced pork and sausages.

Tha D貌mhnall MacSuain - no Sweeny mar as fhe脿rr a dh' aithnichear e - na chroitear 脿 Le貌dhas le miann s貌nraichte. Na Niseach pr貌iseil, tha e an-dr脿sta ag obair p脿irt-霉ine, ach bu mhath leis sin atharrachadh gu tur agus barrachd 霉ine a chur seachad anns an 脿ite as b貌idhche fon ghr猫in na bheachd-san - Nis, gus a bhith na chroitear l脿n 霉ine. Leanaidh sinn e thar bliadhna san t-sreath
霉r seo de 6 earrannan, 's e a' feuchainn a r霉n sh貌nraichte a thoirt gu buil.

Tha 霉idh air a bhith aig Sweeny ann am beathaichean agus croitearachd bhon a bha e na ghille 貌g agus chuir e seachad t貌rr 霉ine le a sheanair air lot an teaghlaich. Bhon a ghabh e os l脿imh e ann an 2005 tha e air 霉ine a roinn eadar an obair l脿itheil agus croitearachd - rud nach robh furasta, ach anns an Iuchar 2014 ghabh e a' chiad cheum le a phlanaichean d矛oghrasach.

Tha Sweeny na chroitear 脿 Le貌dhas le miann sh貌nraichte - a bhith ri croitearachd l脿n 霉ine. Anns an d脿rna pr貌gram san t-sreath ch矛 sinn mar a tha a' dol dha na cearcan 霉ra. Tha Sweeny a' togail a' chiad fhe貌il agus isbeanan muice bhon chroit aige fh猫in, agus tha neach-sgr霉daidh cearcan bhon riaghaltas a' tadhal.

Donald MacSween - or Sweeny as most folk know him - is a Lewis crofter with a dream. A proud Ness man, he is currently working part-time but aims to change all that so he can spend more time in what he considers to be the best place in the world, Ness, and be a crofter full-time. We follow him over a year in this six-part series as he tries to make his dream become a reality.

Sweeny has had an interest in animals and crofting from a young age and spent a lot of time with his grandfather on the family croft. Since taking over the croft in 2005, he's juggled the demands of the day job with crofting, but in July 2014 he embarked on the next stage of his ambitious plans.

In this episode, we see how the new hens are settling in, and Sweeny picks up his first home-produced pork and sausages and gets a visit from a chicken inspector.

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