A gay Green Acres? “Fabulous Beekman Boys” premieres tonight on eco-channel Planet Green!

Sounding something like a gay version of Green Acres, the series promises to be a funny and irreverent peek into the world of  this fish-out-of-water couple who are reviving a farm in upstate NY in order to create a new organic lifestyle brand, ‘Beekman 1802’.

The series, produced by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato’s World of Wonder, uncovers how the couple’s city slicker skill-set doesn’t mean much when it comes to wrangling pigs and making goat’s milk cheese.

Planet Green’s Laura Michalchyshyn describes them this way: “Brent is a quintessential type A personality with a ‘my way or the highway’ attitude while Josh is a laid back, genteel kind of guy who spends weekends on the farm, but is still commuting to work in the city during the week.  Their eccentric, extended friends and family dynamic reveals to viewers that trying to live the simple life isn’t so simple after all.  We can’t wait to bring these charismatic new personalities to television.”

Adds: co-executive producer Fenton Bailey: “They bought the farm…literally! From wrapping 14,000 bars organic goat milk soap to organizing a harvest festival to benefit the nearby town of Sharon Springs, Brent and Josh have their work cut out for them, 24/7.”

The farm is home to a menagerie that helps produce everything from goat milk soap to cheese, but with Josh still living in the city to earn a paycheck and Brent living full time at the farm dealing with the day to day tasks, the couple have created a recipe for conflict.

They try to make the most of their weekends together on the farm now that their getaway has become their latest project, but there’s always more work: be it a harvest weekend, book signing or launching a new flavor of cheese. There’s a lot on the line but the “boys” are driven to fulfill their dreams.

Here is some background on our couple: Dr. Brent Ridge was the Vice President of Healthy Living for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and developed Stewart’s Healthy Center for Living at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York.  Brent’s doctor skills come in handy when the animals on the farm fall ill.

Josh Kilmer-Purcell is the New York Times bestselling author of I Am Not Myself These Days and Candy Everybody Wants. His newest book The Bucolic Plague: From Drag Queen to Goat Farmer An Unconventional Memoir (Harper Collins, June 2010, $29.95), is a look back at his experiences at Beekman Farm over the past year.