Martin B Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 I forgot the programme was on, i was going to record it on sky+! Please fill me in with what happened! Kind Regards Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Don't own a TV Martin. Sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Oh no! I forgot too! I was watching Holby ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted March 28, 2006 Author Share Posted March 28, 2006 Not good so far then. I can't believe you don't own a tv. You are missing out on some good stuff! ---Martin--- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Annie's also missing out on an awful lot more rubbish ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted March 28, 2006 Author Share Posted March 28, 2006 Yer well said Kate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 It was on BBC2 and not what I expected really - a bit of self publicity I think. Don't think that I would watch it again though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted March 28, 2006 Author Share Posted March 28, 2006 Ok, if someone tells me when the one with battery hens is in I'll watch that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 We liked it, remember it's trying to get to a wide audience. Jimmys farm is far more self publicising, for a reason, but has the same heart, honestly remember who it's aimed at and the subject it's trying to promote you need big personalities. IT'S A HIT HERE! BBX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellcat Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 It was on BBC2 and not what I expected really - a bit of self publicity I think. Don't think that I would watch it again though. I'm with you Kooringa. Ok to do these things with the clout of a tv channel behind you. I'd love to do it but can't afford it. Chappie seemed to spend all his time gallivanting around and leaving the others to do the work Also the telling comment from the woman - 'theres always his consultancy work, and the presenters slots...' hmm. Driving around in an old Audi isnt really being very 'green' is it - or was it converted to LPG? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 I enjoyed it - but did he REALLY say that he had paid £535k for that house?!?!?! someone saw him coming! I think the thing is with all of these things (like Down on the Farm on the Discovery Channel) is that the people still have highly paid jobs, plus of course the fees from the programme makers which help them to get things done so much more quickly - which in the world of tv is more "exciting". If we saw real smallholder life (eh Lesley?!?!?) then it would probably be much more hard work and far less glamerous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted March 29, 2006 Author Share Posted March 29, 2006 I thought we should ahve Lesley's farm as a T.V programme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 (edited) Great idea Martin....Where's lesley. There are alot of people at home thinking I can't keep chickens,I can't make a difference, I don't want to do without and that's what the programme is saying really....You can make a difference, the little things mean alot. I can't move to cornwall but I can save water from the sink and bath to water the plants, recycle, compost, grow a few veg in a pot. I can do something! I haven't got to stop working and live in a tent and wear hemp clothes but I can keep a few chickens! BBx Edited March 29, 2006 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 We all really enjoyed it,even my 2 girls thought it was great & have started to make comments about how we can be greener as a family. I thought the family were all lovely,& seemed to be reaaly into what they were doing.Gorgeous house too The car is being converted to run on bio diesel in a future episode - we already run our company van on vegetable oil There was some self publicity ,but surely any docu show with a fairly well known presenter could be accused of that? If this show makes people think about how they can make a difference,then who cares if it makes for fame & fortune for the family involved To me its all about awareness & it takes shows like this to make people aware (like Jamies School Dinners) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Sorry - I was replying in the other thread with the programme name as heading I wouldn't want to be filmed - even for a few thousand pounds Carl and i will also still be keeping well-paid work, so we will be just as bad? We just want to be further down the road to sel-sufficiency than we are and have been lucky enough to have the opportunity present itself. We have been quite self-sufficient in an ordinary house with an ordinary garden. Even a small step in the right direction counts. I still have to wean myself off using cling film and kitchen paper (well, perhaps just less of it!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellcat Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 I stand thoroughly corrected. (Still thought the bloke was a tool, though!) I was very interestedin the rain collection system for flushing toilets in the house in London. we could do that! I'm looking in to it already, thats just a variation on a theme... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorn Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 We have been quite self-sufficient in an ordinary house with an ordinary garden. Even a small step in the right direction counts Glad you said that Lesley. You have to start somewhere, and any sort of enviornmental friendly change you can make, no matter how small, all goes to help doesn't it. I find that the more I do, the more I learn...and chattring about it to other people gives you ideas too (I'd never heard fo square Foot gardening until I met you.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Too right Gina, so long as we all make 'changes for the green', which we feel comfortable with and which fit with our means, then that's good. I have learned a lot too, and would love the time and resources to have a smallholding and be as green as I can. Phil is great at designing gadgets, one of his brothers is an engineer, and his dad is like Fred Dibnah - always tinkering with something. So I would have a team there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 (Still thought the bloke was a tool, though!) He always speaks very highly of you! I liked him and thought it was a great programme. I shall be looking out for his book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 It's on Amazon for just over £11. going by my last experience with the River Cottage Cookbook - it will be half price in WHSmiths just as soon as I've paid £11 for mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motherhen Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Oh I know that feeling Lesley In fact, it is so probable that the price of a book will plummet as soon as I have bought it, that perhaps I should announce when I buy a book so the rest of you can wait until then, confident the price will be slashed the next day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 I paid a 'special' RC price of £18 each for 3 RCC books - someone on here bought theirs for £7.50 My 3 were signed but I could have scribbled in them and no-one would have known the difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 I did the same with a book for Phil at Christmas, it was a 'not cheap' book of pictures from the Hubble telescope (gorgeous). bout a week after I got it, he said 'you know that book I wanted; have you got it already? Because I've just seen it in the cheapo bookshop for half price' But when I looked, all the ones in there were a bit battered so I stuck with the one I had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellcat Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 (Still thought the bloke was a tool, though!) He always speaks very highly of you! that would be a first!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellcat Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 It's on Amazon for just over £11. going by my last experience with the River Cottage Cookbook - it will be half price in WHSmiths just as soon as I've paid £11 for mine Let me know when you've bought yours then, Lesley! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
