Adam and Lucy have a bold idea to save on feed costs, but it means persuading their dairy cows to adopt beef calves and let them suckle. Emma and Rob are taking a holiday before the busy season kicks in, but first they need to get Emma's parents up to speed on running the farm. Low lamb numbers for another crofter give Ally cause for concern about when to release his own back out to the hills

Dougie Vipond visits Inveraray Castle in Argyll and Bute to look back on a devastating fire that gutted it half a century ago and hears how it was saved with help from local people. Cammy Wilson watches the action at the Stirling Bull Sales to find out why some animals fetch record prices, while Arlene Stuart revisits a story from the Landward archive, following in the footsteps of presenter Ken Rundle as he found out about a new farm diversification called agritourism. Rosie Morton heads to see farmers putting the value back into their Hebridean sheep fleeces

The team looks ahead to summer days in the garden, with Lizzie Schofield pruning and planting in her 'sitooterie' area, while Brian Cunningham has a beginner's guide to starting a productive vegetable plot. Lizzie reveals which varieties of tomatoes she has picked for 2026 and is also the first of the team to start work on her competition garden, based on planting that appeals to one of the senses