Diddly Squat Farm: What It Is and Jeremy Clarkson’s New Harvest Worry

What Is Diddly Squat Farm?

Imagine a huge piece of land where someone tries to grow food and take care of animals — that’s a farm! Diddly Squat Farm is one of the most famous farms in Britain right now.

• It became well known because of a show on Amazon Prime Video called Clarkson’s Farm.
• The show follows Jeremy Clarkson, who used to present a car show called Top Gear.
• Jeremy is trying to run a very big farm in Oxfordshire that covers about 1,000 acres (that’s like 1,000 football fields!).

What Happens on the Show?

The show has been so popular that it is already made for a sixth series (that means six seasons of episodes!).

In the show, we see the hard parts of farming today, such as:

• Weather that changes in strange ways
• Lots of paperwork and rules from the government (called bureaucracy)
• Money problems (farming can be expensive and not always profitable)

Jeremy Clarkson’s New Problem at the Farm

Jeremy recently shared a new worry about this year’s harvest (harvest is when you collect the grown food from the fields).

He wrote about it in his column in The Sun (a newspaper). Here is what he said in simple words:

• For the last seven years, harvest time made him nervous because the grain (the food crop) was often too wet.
• If it drizzles, has dew, or is just humid, they must stop work for days.
• But this year, the problem is the opposite: the grain is too dry.

Important Point:
Because the grain is so dry, it can catch fire very easily. Jeremy said he is “genuinely scared” because something as small as a thrown-away cigarette or a spark from broken equipment could burn the whole crop in moments. That would mean a whole year of work goes up in smoke.

He also said it was Thursday when he wrote this, and instead of driving his tractor, he was stuck and worried.

A Note About Jeremy’s Health

Last month, on Clarkson’s Farm, Jeremy shared that he had been told he had “aggressive” prostate cancer (a sickness in a small body part men have).

• He later took a test called a PSA test.
• The test showed he is now in remission, which means the cancer is not showing up right now.

Summary

Diddly Squat Farm is a famous farm from the show Clarkson’s Farm with Jeremy Clarkson. The show teaches us about real farming struggles. This year, Jeremy is scared because his crop is too dry and could catch fire easily. He also recently shared good news that his cancer is in remission.

FAQ

1. What is Diddly Squat Farm?
It is a 1,000-acre farm in Oxfordshire, UK, made famous by Jeremy Clarkson’s Amazon show Clarkson’s Farm.

2. Why is Jeremy Clarkson worried this year?
The grain is too dry, and dry grain can catch fire from something as small as a spark or cigarette.

3. What is a harvest?
Harvest is the time when farmers collect the crops they grew, like grain, from their fields.

4. Is Jeremy Clarkson okay now?
He said he had aggressive prostate cancer but a PSA test shows he is currently in remission (no sign of cancer now).

5. How many series of Clarkson’s Farm are there?
The show has been commissioned for a sixth series, so at least six are planned.