Humble by Nature

BKS SB

In 2007, after twenty years of living
in London, Kate Humble and her husband
Ludo decided it was time to leave city
life behind them. Three years later,
now the owner of a Welsh smallholding,
Kate hears that a nearby farm is to be
broken up and sold off. Another farm
lost; another opportunity for a young
farmless farmer gone. Desperate to
stop the sale, Kate contacts the
council with an alternative plan – to
keep the farm working and to run a
rural skills and animal husbandry
school alongside it. Against all odds,
she succeeds.
Here, in Humble By Nature, Kate shares
with us a highly personal account of
her journey from London town house to
Welsh farm. Along the way we meet
Bertie and Lawrence the donkeys,
Myfanwy and Blackberry the pigs and
goats Biscuit and Honey, not
forgetting a dog called Badger and his
unladylike sidekick Bella. And we are
introduced to the tenant farmers Tim
and Sarah, the locals who helped and
some who didn’t, and a whole host of
newborn lambs.
Full of the warmth and passion for the
natural world that makes Kate such a
sought after presenter, Humble By
Nature is the story of two people
prepared to follow their hearts and
save a small part of Britain’s farming
heritage, whatever the consequences.

• 282 Pages
• Softback
• 130 mm x 198 mm