Potter asked the tenant farmer John Cannon and his family to stay on to manage the farm for her while she made physical improvements to theearn the techniques of fell farming and of raising livestock, including pigs, cows and chickens; the following year she added sheep.
Potter asked the tenant farmer John Cannon and his family to stay on to manage the farm for her while she made physical improvements to the farmhouse and areas of the land and gardens that had been neglected. With Cannon she toured the neighboring villages and farms to learn the techniques of fell farming and of raising livestock, including pigs, cows and chickens; the following year she added sheep.