Diddly Squat: Home to Roost

<b>It's been another memorable year on Diddly Squat Farm - will the chickens finally come home to roost?<br></b><p><br><b>'Fans of Prime TV series <i>Clarkson's Farm</i> will enjoy this companion'</b> IRISH TIMES<br><br><b>----</b><br><br><b>Welcome back to Clarkson’s Farm.</b><br><br>So, that went well . . .<br><br>The spring barley crop failed.<br>Just like the oil seed rape.<br>And the durum wheat.<br>Then the oats turned the colour of a hearing aid and the mushrooms went mouldy.<br>Farming sheep, pigs and cows was hardly more lucrative. <b>Jeremy</b> would be better off trying to breed ostriches.<br><br>But in the face of uncooperative weather, the relentless realities of the agricultural economy, bureaucracy, a truculent local planning department and the world’s persistent refusal to recognise his ingenuity and genius, our hero’s not beaten yet. Not while the farm shop’s still doing a roaring trade in candles that smell like his knacker hammock, he isn’t.<br><br>On the face of it, the challenges of making a success of Diddly Squat are enough to have you weeping into your (Hawkstone) beer, but misery loves company and in girlfriend <b>Lisa, Farm Manager Kaleb, Cheerful Charlie and Gerald</b> his Head of Security Jeremy knows he’s got the best. And it’s hard for a chap to feel <i>too</i> gloomy about things when there’s a JCB telehandler, a crop-spraying hovercraft and a digger in the barn.<br><br>Because as a wise man* once said, ‘there’s no man alive who wouldn’t have fun with a digger . . .’<br>*Jeremy<br><br><br><br><b>----</b><br><br><br><br><b><u>Praise for </u><i><u>Clarkson's Farm</u></i><u>:</u></b><br><br><br><b>'The best thing Clarkson's done . . . It pains me to say this'</b> GUARDIAN<br><br><b>'Shockingly hopeful'</b> INDEPENDENT<br><br><b>'Even the most committed Clarkson haters will find him likeable here'</b> TELEGRAPH<br><br><b>'Quite lovely'</b> THE TIMES<br><br><br><br><br>Number 1 <i>Sunday Times </i>bestseller, October 2024<br></p>