Clarkson’s Farm
Discussion
As an ex farm worker (who kinda wishes he was still involved), I enjoyed it and have subbed.
As far as Sheep go tho, total waste of effort. First thing that enters a Sheeps mind when it wakes up, is how how can I die today ?
Also, why did he buy the narrowest cultivator known to man and fit it to a huge tractor ?
Would have far easier and more economical to use a wider implement.
As far as Sheep go tho, total waste of effort. First thing that enters a Sheeps mind when it wakes up, is how how can I die today ?
Also, why did he buy the narrowest cultivator known to man and fit it to a huge tractor ?
Would have far easier and more economical to use a wider implement.
DaveGrohl said:
Evoluzione said:
DaveGrohl said:
Ok, NOW I'm excited. Thanks.
I'm a farmer so I'm right up for this.
You may know the answer to this then, why did he not plough his fields?I'm a farmer so I'm right up for this.
I've been looking forward to this as I like Clarkson, I think me and him share a few things in common. Britishness, love of cars, engines, machines, history, Worlds wars, old planes, lack of patience, an underlying sense of humour.
I'm also leaving car related stuff behind to buy a smallholding. So whilst a lot of his stuff is just arsing around it does send a serious message out too that farming is bloody hard work and often pointless - at least as far as making money is concerned. That is often reflected by other farming programs too, I haven't watched Harrys farm yet though, don't even know where to find it, i'm assuming YT so it may not get watched.
I watched the first two Clarksons last night and it didn't disappoint, you can immediately tell when I have a genuine interest in something on TV as I put my laptop down and give it 100%.
That aside I can't add anymore than anyone else already has, just looking forward to some more now.
He dragged something through the stubble fields to break them up, I think he called it a cultivator. It had curved irons with arrowheads on the end and some metal discs.
Maybe its down to a change in methods, but I was taught (totally unproffessionally!) that you plough in autumn, the Winter frosts broke down the clods then you rotovated in Spring before sowing.
In gardening circles we now have the 'No dig' method which is similar.
I’ve watched the first two.
I expect there’s a certain amount of staging for Amazon. I can’t believe that someone as smart as Clarkson would buy a huge tractor from Germany or buy sheep without doing some research and thinking it through first but maybe if you’re as wealthy as Clarkson you can do these things on a whim.
His enthusiasm and respect for farmers shines through to me as well as his utter exasperation with his sheep. I thought his interactions with experts, and especially the brilliant Caleb, seem genuine. I thought it was interesting, touching and hilarious.
For some reason I was expecting Harry Metcalf to pop up to mentor him occasionally.
I’m looking forward to catching up on the rest of the series but wished they’d bleep out the language so my daughter could watch it with me.
That Grauniad review and the comments were a hatchet job from someone who had watched half an episode with a closed mind and is everything I loath about that rag.
I expect there’s a certain amount of staging for Amazon. I can’t believe that someone as smart as Clarkson would buy a huge tractor from Germany or buy sheep without doing some research and thinking it through first but maybe if you’re as wealthy as Clarkson you can do these things on a whim.
His enthusiasm and respect for farmers shines through to me as well as his utter exasperation with his sheep. I thought his interactions with experts, and especially the brilliant Caleb, seem genuine. I thought it was interesting, touching and hilarious.
For some reason I was expecting Harry Metcalf to pop up to mentor him occasionally.
I’m looking forward to catching up on the rest of the series but wished they’d bleep out the language so my daughter could watch it with me.
That Grauniad review and the comments were a hatchet job from someone who had watched half an episode with a closed mind and is everything I loath about that rag.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the Guardian, someone liked it: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/jun/...
CoupeKid said:
I’ve watched the first two.
I expect there’s a certain amount of staging for Amazon. I can’t believe that someone as smart as Clarkson would buy a huge tractor from Germany or buy sheep without doing some research and thinking it through first but maybe if you’re as wealthy as Clarkson you can do these things on a whim.
His enthusiasm and respect for farmers shines through to me as well as his utter exasperation with his sheep. I thought his interactions with experts, and especially the brilliant Caleb, seem genuine. I thought it was interesting, touching and hilarious.
For some reason I was expecting Harry Metcalf to pop up to mentor him occasionally.
I’m looking forward to catching up on the rest of the series but wished they’d bleep out the language so my daughter could watch it with me.
That Grauniad review and the comments were a hatchet job from someone who had watched half an episode with a closed mind and is everything I loath about that rag.
There have been a lot of comments within the farming world of him attanding many auctions and talking to people to gain knowledge and advice. We're watching ep1 tonight, I'll comment tomorrow.I expect there’s a certain amount of staging for Amazon. I can’t believe that someone as smart as Clarkson would buy a huge tractor from Germany or buy sheep without doing some research and thinking it through first but maybe if you’re as wealthy as Clarkson you can do these things on a whim.
His enthusiasm and respect for farmers shines through to me as well as his utter exasperation with his sheep. I thought his interactions with experts, and especially the brilliant Caleb, seem genuine. I thought it was interesting, touching and hilarious.
For some reason I was expecting Harry Metcalf to pop up to mentor him occasionally.
I’m looking forward to catching up on the rest of the series but wished they’d bleep out the language so my daughter could watch it with me.
That Grauniad review and the comments were a hatchet job from someone who had watched half an episode with a closed mind and is everything I loath about that rag.
He stateed he bought the farm in 2008 and so one assumes he had a lot of good people making it work and saw an opportunity to do something else.
Really enjoyed it made me realise how big an acre is and yet how small. We live in postage stamps in towns and are really missing out on the great open expanses of the country.
Also lambo tractor...very cool but Caleb's "power of the class" line when towing him out was great.
Really enjoyed it made me realise how big an acre is and yet how small. We live in postage stamps in towns and are really missing out on the great open expanses of the country.
Also lambo tractor...very cool but Caleb's "power of the class" line when towing him out was great.
Doofus said:
I'm on ep3, and he's at risk of turning into Cartoon Clarkson again. Being deliberately stupid, rather than accidentally so.
Same here, it's been like watching Ali G.Lets make a wildlife pond by killing all the shrews and fill it with Trout which normally live in rivers.
Then make MDF boxes for Owls that live in the old barns and trees.
Gecko1978 said:
He stateed he bought the farm in 2008 and so one assumes he had a lot of good people making it work and saw an opportunity to do something else.
Really enjoyed it made me realise how big an acre is and yet how small. We live in postage stamps in towns and are really missing out on the great open expanses of the country.
Also lambo tractor...very cool but Caleb's "power of the class" line when towing him out was great.
He bought the farm and there was a farmer who farmed/rented the land, he retired and Clarkson thought as he's said, "how hard can it be" then when meeting some of the people he thought they were characterful enough to be on TV and that it could work as a TV show, I asked Harry Metcalfe if he was helping Clarkson ages ago before the show was a show and he said Clarkson didn't need his help and he was getting more then enough help.Really enjoyed it made me realise how big an acre is and yet how small. We live in postage stamps in towns and are really missing out on the great open expanses of the country.
Also lambo tractor...very cool but Caleb's "power of the class" line when towing him out was great.
He was never not going to have a Lamborghini tractor though, If I was in the situation where I was required to get a tractor a Lamborghini would be the first one I would look into getting, I am surprised though that he didn't go for the CASE on tracks that Hammond used on TG.
|https://thumbsnap.com/q4qZQEkd[/url]Doofus said:
I'm on ep3, and he's at risk of turning into Cartoon Clarkson again. Being deliberately stupid, rather than accidentally so.
Some of the filming was done with just a camera-person and a sound-person, I have seen a couple of times Clarkson being interviewed and he said they did a fair amount without a director, also Clarkson isn't stupid he knows very well what works as entertainment so somethings will have a bit of showbiz dust sprinkled on it, but he is a trier as we have seen over the years on the TG challenges.If the show is too dry people won't watch it, the only people that will will be the very same ones that watch Countryfile and read Farmers Weekly, however if a host can use their unique presenting skills and create a show about a topic that is very different from what has gone before it can bring a whole new audience, just look at Harry's Farm for example, I have learnt far more about farming watching Harry then I have ever done from any-other source, I am not even into farming, but it is entertaining and I learn stuff along the way without knowing it.
I think you can see that he is trying to make it work, and he's always going to try and go against the rules, the ones he deems are stupid and petty, it's in his nature, I have only watched the first three episodes and they have been great, and I have seen clear emotion on occasion from Clarkson and also frustration "why won't you WORK", I think that Clarkson will educate far more people into learning that chicken nuggets and sausages don't grow on trees and also help everyone else understand how and why it's somehow cheaper to freight lamb in from New Zealand then produce it in the UK and I have genuinely laughed out aloud at some of the things on the show as well.
The show only works for you if you like Clarkson and yes I concede he's quite divisive, I like him though and think he's great.
There are some good behind the scenes videos on this channel.
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614-HSO said:
Gecko1978 said:
He stateed he bought the farm in 2008 and so one assumes he had a lot of good people making it work and saw an opportunity to do something else.
Really enjoyed it made me realise how big an acre is and yet how small. We live in postage stamps in towns and are really missing out on the great open expanses of the country.
Also lambo tractor...very cool but Caleb's "power of the class" line when towing him out was great.
He bought the farm and there was a farmer who farmed/rented the land, he retired and Clarkson thought as he's said, "how hard can it be" then when meeting some of the people he thought they were characterful enough to be on TV and that it could work as a TV show, I asked Harry Metcalfe if he was helping Clarkson ages ago before the show was a show and he said Clarkson didn't need his help and he was getting more then enough help.Really enjoyed it made me realise how big an acre is and yet how small. We live in postage stamps in towns and are really missing out on the great open expanses of the country.
Also lambo tractor...very cool but Caleb's "power of the class" line when towing him out was great.
He was never not going to have a Lamborghini tractor though, If I was in the situation where I was required to get a tractor a Lamborghini would be the first one I would look into getting, I am surprised though that he didn't go for the CASE on tracks that Hammond used on TG.
|https://thumbsnap.com/q4qZQEkd[/url]Doofus said:
I'm on ep3, and he's at risk of turning into Cartoon Clarkson again. Being deliberately stupid, rather than accidentally so.
Some of the filming was done with just a camera-person and a sound-person, I have seen a couple of times Clarkson being interviewed and he said they did a fair amount without a director, also Clarkson isn't stupid he knows very well what works as entertainment so somethings will have a bit of showbiz dust sprinkled on it, but he is a trier as we have seen over the years on the TG challenges.If the show is too dry people won't watch it, the only people that will will be the very same ones that watch Countryfile and read Farmers Weekly, however if a host can use their unique presenting skills and create a show about a topic that is very different from what has gone before it can bring a whole new audience, just look at Harry's Farm for example, I have learnt far more about farming watching Harry then I have ever done from any-other source, I am not even into farming, but it is entertaining and I learn stuff along the way without knowing it.
I think you can see that he is trying to make it work, and he's always going to try and go against the rules, the ones he deems are stupid and petty, it's in his nature, I have only watched the first three episodes and they have been great, and I have seen clear emotion on occasion from Clarkson and also frustration "why won't you WORK", I think that Clarkson will educate far more people into learning that chicken nuggets and sausages don't grow on trees and also help everyone else understand how and why it's somehow cheaper to freight lamb in from New Zealand then produce it in the UK and I have genuinely laughed out aloud at some of the things on the show as well.
The show only works for you if you like Clarkson and yes I concede he's quite divisive, I like him though and think he's great.
There are some good behind the scenes videos on this channel.
[url]
Having now seen up to EP3, whilst Im enjoying it, I do feel the F word is far to prevalent, and unnecessary.
Im no prude by any means, but it wasnt used on TG or GT, and it seems to almost want to shock, which isnt really needed.
Also, as another poster poster mentions, it means you cannot watch it with your children.
Bit surprised at Amazon on this tbh.
Im no prude by any means, but it wasnt used on TG or GT, and it seems to almost want to shock, which isnt really needed.
Also, as another poster poster mentions, it means you cannot watch it with your children.
Bit surprised at Amazon on this tbh.
Turn7 said:
Having now seen up to EP3, whilst Im enjoying it, I do feel the F word is far to prevalent, and unnecessary.
Im no prude by any means, but it wasnt used on TG or GT, and it seems to almost want to shock, which isnt really needed.
Also, as another poster poster mentions, it means you cannot watch it with your children.
Bit surprised at Amazon on this tbh.
To post something from the opposite perspective, not everything needs to be made 'child-friendly' and the answer is 'Don't watch it with your kids then."Im no prude by any means, but it wasnt used on TG or GT, and it seems to almost want to shock, which isnt really needed.
Also, as another poster poster mentions, it means you cannot watch it with your children.
Bit surprised at Amazon on this tbh.
Honestly I'm surprised in the modern world that people get bent out of shape by some expletives.
Funk said:
Turn7 said:
Having now seen up to EP3, whilst Im enjoying it, I do feel the F word is far to prevalent, and unnecessary.
Im no prude by any means, but it wasnt used on TG or GT, and it seems to almost want to shock, which isnt really needed.
Also, as another poster poster mentions, it means you cannot watch it with your children.
Bit surprised at Amazon on this tbh.
To post something from the opposite perspective, not everything needs to be made 'child-friendly' and the answer is 'Don't watch it with your kids then."Im no prude by any means, but it wasnt used on TG or GT, and it seems to almost want to shock, which isnt really needed.
Also, as another poster poster mentions, it means you cannot watch it with your children.
Bit surprised at Amazon on this tbh.
Honestly I'm surprised in the modern world that people get bent out of shape by some expletives.
Privately educated PH), but it is hardly frequently spoken in CF.
Pop down to an actual pub and it’s every other word, not that it makes it right or wrong but I watched the first two episodes and it was said about 10 times in 90 odd minutes, not what I’d class as frequent.
Not everything has to be ‘child’ safe these days, thankfully.
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