{"product_id":"9780241728192","title":"Diddly Squat: Home to Roost","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Clarkson, Jeremy \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 24\/10\/2024,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 224 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780241728192,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's been another memorable year on Diddly Squat Farm - will the chickens finally come home to roost?'Fans of Prime TV series Clarkson's Farm will enjoy this companion' IRISH TIMES----Welcome back to Clarkson’s Farm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo, that went well . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe spring barley crop failed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust like the oil seed rape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the durum wheat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen the oats turned the colour of a hearing aid and the mushrooms went mouldy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFarming sheep, pigs and cows was hardly more lucrative. Jeremy would be better off trying to breed ostriches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 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 Lisa, Farm Manager Kaleb, Cheerful Charlie and Gerald his Head of Security Jeremy knows he’s got the best. And it’s hard for a chap to feel too gloomy about things when there’s a JCB telehandler, a crop-spraying hovercraft and a digger in the barn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause as a wise man* once said, ‘there’s no man alive who wouldn’t have fun with a digger . . .’*Jeremy----Praise for Clarkson's Farm:'The best thing Clarkson's done . . . It pains me to say this' GUARDIAN'Shockingly hopeful' INDEPENDENT'Even the most committed Clarkson haters will find him likeable here' TELEGRAPH'Quite lovely' THE TIMESNumber 1 Sunday Times bestseller, October 2024\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43704887083052,"sku":"9780241728192","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780241728192_3d8bd75a-ee98-43f6-af4b-462baf62d841.jpg?v=1759676363","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780241728192","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}