Clarkson’s farm season 3

I’m enjoying this so far.  He seems to have reduced the clowning a little (Although the blackberry picking machine destruction was daft).  It will be interesting to see how he gets on with farming the unfarmed, and of course how he battles the council.

Yes, enjoying it as well, but lots of ups and downs.

finished the last episode the other night.

a really interesting and entertaining programme. Highlights the highs and lows of farming to those (me) who have little clue.

i do wonder how much money he couldve saved by not buying hovercrafts, nettle cutters etc etc.

Binged it over the last couple of days, great that they’re highlighting soil health and companion cropping.

Seems a shame that because it’s Clarkson a lot of people will dismiss it and miss the really interesting stuff about how tough farming is.

There’s obviously quite a bit that’s done for entertainment, they never mention the cost of all the machinery. Still enjoying it though

I just thought it was starting to get a little tedious with the same old gags just like Top Gear.

Thought the ending was a little odd too.

Definitely educational though, my son 14 watched it and commented that he had learnt a lot.

Watch Harrys Farm on YouTube to learn even more

Seems a shame that because it’s Clarkson a lot of people will dismiss it and miss the really interesting stuff about how tough farming is.

James Rebanks (farmer and author) agrees with you.

I probably shouldn’t like it, but… #ClarksonsFarm remains the best farming programme on TV

It shows how difficult it is, shows us respect, the economics are taken seriously and explained, and it has heart pic.twitter.com/w8cGJmaC1l

— James Rebanks (@herdyshepherd1) May 13, 2024

Clarkson adds weight to the old saying…

How do you make a million pounds in farming?

You start with 2 million pounds!

because it’s Clarkson a lot of people will dismiss

The Guardian readers have got Newsnight, Question Time and the BBC Climate Collection to keep them miserable

I really like it, he seems quite genuine and makes a point of saying how lucky he is to be supported by other incomes.

The relationships all seem really genuine and that shows through more in this series than before.

I thought the hovercraft piece was a bit silly and too Top Gear, but otherwise it is a great series.

We’ve been enjoying it too – we have just finished the episode with the goats (episode 6)? I was laughing out loud for most of the episode.

I agree the hover craft was pure top gear.  They had previously made the point about the cost of fertiliser and the need to put it on only where its needed then supposedly fill several barrels and spray in wavy hovercraft paths….no.  But it didn’t seem to much clowning and still made a point about needing to make every inch of field work and use modern methods to do so.

I’ve been watching 2-3 eps a night.  Piglets were a hard watch.

Watched it all, my favourite is Charlie.

The bith with him being the agent for the other landowner renting the goats was hillarious

The Guardian readers have got Newsnight, Question Time and the BBC Climate Collection to keep them miserable

It actually got a very good review.

Having an Irish wife the nettle soup bit when Charlie and Jeremy were discussing how the Irish say yeah yeah for no rings true IMO.

Really enjoyed the series again and the only reason I kept my prime membership.

I’m enjoying it though I’m no fan of either top gear or Clarkson’s usual TV persona, which does highlight what a pro the guy is.

He seems to have reduced the clowning a little (Although the blackberry picking machine destruction was daft).

Yeah, I never understood why he had to have the thing straddling that wall. And neilnevill’s point about the fertiliser too – if it’s that expensive (and hazardous apparently) why blast it all over the place from an erratically driven hovercraft of all things!

supports hunts, hard nope

they never mention the cost of all the machinery

wasn’t there a wages + machinery etc. cost on his whiteboard? But yes, lots of kit to keep maintained, diesel to buy and so on. We enjoyed it. Farmer brother in law likes it too.

I think a lot of the kit is just ‘hired’ … the costs aren’t £)100s of £1000 and I thought they said hired about some at least,  eg the blackberry picker they wrecked.   My guess is Clarkson gets good treatment as the supplier’s think the kit will be on TV.  That’s not unfair though.

Some of it I didn’t quite get. Didn’t seem to make much selling venison; given that he’s encouraged to cull deer on his farm, they eat his crops and it’s essentially free meat I’d have thought he’d be all over that one?

He wants to keep something for the Stark princesses to chase?

That would seem odd, it’s the first thing I thought of when the unfarmed idea was voiced.

Just watched the first episode and half of the second.

I’m going to carry on as it sounds like it’s good but really my feelings so far are a hard no – he’s being a deliberate twunt – the blackberry picking machine was blatant abuse of machinery. Use of Gerald’s cancer diagnosis as a cliffhanger between episodes was totally and utterly not on. Proper eff right off territory for me.

For comparison Harry’s Farm which is pretty much next door had a rough year too but there is no need to ham it up like this.

I’ll watch the whole series and hopefully things will improve.

The relationships all seem really genuine and that shows through more in this series than before.

I’ve been to the farm shop as a customer twice and delivered to the farm multiple times too.  Having dealt with Caleb, Jeremy and a few of the off-screen staff they are exactly like they are on screen with each other off screen.  My last time there was a few weeks ago delivering cabling to the farm and they were filming stuff for (presumably) season 4 and I had to wait for a bit.  Got chatting to one of the production crew and they said that what you see on screen is either absolutely genuine or based on something that happened while they weren’t there with the cameras.  It’s only the odd bit that’s done for show, does well for ratings apparently.

Really enjoyed this season, the best so far and a good supplement to Harry’s Farm who is their direct neighbour.