7 epic fails on Jeremy Clarkson’s farm so far
© Amazon Prime Hands up if you’ve ever heard somebody declare that they’d love to be a farmer like you – it must be such a joy to work out in the countryside all day.
Well, TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson is gradually learning that life on the farm isn’t all green grass and shepherd’s delight.
These days he’s farming about 400ha of land in the Cotswolds, growing wheat, barley and oilseed rape and also running a flock of sheep.
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His trials and tribulations are being documented for an eight-part series called I Bought The Farm, which follows the Grand Tour presenter as he attempts to run his own working farm in Oxfordshire.
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The show is in production and is expected to be released on Amazon Prime next year. It promises to be a big hit with farming audiences.
Ahead of its release, Jeremy has been serving up sporadic snapshots of what’s happening on Diddly Squat Farm – and most of it isn’t what we’d call ideal.
Here are seven things that haven’t gone according to plan for Farmer Clarkson so far. To quote the man himself: “How hard can it be?”
1. Feeling deflated
Ever get the feeling that the farming gods are against you? This is a sure sign.
2. Lambo-gged down
Ahh, the Lamborghini R8 270 DCR (we think). It would seem that Lambo tractors aren’t brilliant off-road.
Mind you, it would help if you had some tread left on those tyres, Jeremy.
3. Unintentional mob grazing
It’s widely accepted that sheep are the second-best escape artists after pigs. We hope Farmer Clarkson opted for a barley variety with good standing ability.
4. Nurturing nature
Jeremy’s daughter found this poorly young tawny owl in the woods. Having named it Boris, he pledged to nurse the sickly owlet back to health.
It died soon after.
5. Crop failure
Oh dear. Have you tried upping the seed rate a tad?
6. Tillage troubles
How on earth this happened we do not know.
7. More crop failure
That maize looks about as good as the American accent sounds.
Niggles aside, it’s clear that Clarkson is loving his farming lifestyle and genuinely seems to care about quality food production and environmental management, which we think is fantastic.
Just give us a shout if you need any agricultural advice in the future, Jeremy.