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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: aardvaak on January 29, 2012, 09:41:55 pm

Title: A Farmers life for me!
Post by: aardvaak on January 29, 2012, 09:41:55 pm: Does anyone remember this program?

Surely we should of heard more by now - does this mean it was'nt a success?
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Post by: Small Farmer on January 29, 2012, 09:43:08 pm: You have a point
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Post by: robert waddell on January 29, 2012, 10:01:55 pm: probably struggling under a mountain of paperwork that has been filled in with the wrong colour of ink :D :farmer:
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Post by: lachlanandmarcus on January 30, 2012, 08:16:04 am: Googling their names, as of September they were working their holding in Essex, doing farmers markets and doing some product development with a catering college. But what happens at the end of their year I dont know. Jimmy's website says he is filming a new Channel 4 series.
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Post by: ellied on January 30, 2012, 08:19:58 am: Interesting point - if the cameras were following them all last year (was it the calendar year?) then they should be editing and finalising the programme the next month or two but it would be good to see what happened, both to that couple and also an update on whether any of the others made the transition into farming in some way after being evicted by Jimmy..
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Post by: gstar9 on January 30, 2012, 09:12:33 am: :wave:

Theres a feature about them in "countryfile" mag feb issue. Not to spoil anybodies reading pleasure ;) their time on the farm finished in Oct 2011 and now they are renting a house nearby but still working the "won" farm land,

:thumbsup:
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Post by: Small Farmer on January 30, 2012, 10:03:51 am: I liked them: I thought they were triers. I didn't much like the programme though.
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Post by: OhLaLa on January 30, 2012, 10:35:51 am: I always thought they didn't have much idea about how to market their products.

PS: Jimmy sells a pack of their sausages, but that's it.
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Post by: VSS on February 02, 2012, 09:43:13 pm: My friend Bob (the sheep "expert" on the programme) knows them well and likes them very much. Apparently they are doing OK.
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Post by: Rosemary on February 03, 2012, 10:06:00 am: Quote from: VSS on February 02, 2012, 09:43:13 pm
My friend Bob (the sheep "expert" on the programme) knows them well and likes them very much. Apparently they are doing OK.

Good. It can't be easy setting up in a recession - I wish them all the very best :thumbsup:
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Post by: princesspiggy on February 03, 2012, 06:28:07 pm: "My Dream Farm" is on repeats at 3am, as i found out last night wen i cudnt sleep! i love it.