Fans rally around Jeremy Clarkson after Diddly Squat Farm ‘disaster’

The television presenter, journalist and farmer is best known for fronting motoring shows Top Gear and The Grand Tour.

Mr Clarkson became a household name after joining Top Gear in the late 1980s and later helping relaunch the programme in 2002, turning it into one of the world’s most-watched factual shows.

Since 2019, the 66-year-old has run Diddly Squat Farm in the Cotswolds and starred in Prime Video show Clarkson’s Farm, which follows his attempts to make a success of agriculture.

Series five of the programme was released across June of this year, and series six is currently being filmed here in Oxfordshire.

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Mr Clarkson has recently opened up about a “disaster” that previously occurred at the Cotswolds farm in Chadlington.

On social media site X, one fan said: “Just watching series five where the wheat had no moisture, and the onions had to be replanted.

“This might be a silly suggestion, but why wouldn’t you repurpose the crop sprayers to carry water from your streams and have them spray it on the crops?”

Mr Clarkson responded: “We did that in season one or two. Can’t remember. But do recall it was a disaster.”

Fans were quick to reply to the TV star’s statement and sympathise with the situation, as one said: “The sheer volume of water required to irrigate a field is massive.

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“Can only be done efficiently if pumped and piped from the source, which would be a huge cost. That’s what you found out in the earlier series – can’t be transported for the volumes required.”

Another added: “Just finished series five, superb as always and we have just also been discussing the water situation.

“We think you should collect rainwater (or water from the stream) and get Kaleb (dressed as a sunflower) to water all the plants with watering cans.”

A third suggested: “How about Agro bot? If you still have it, [I’m] sure [that] it can be adapted for that?

“It would probably need some beefy water tanks. Maybe have a word with the manufacturers.”