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03-09-2007, 02:32 PM
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Probbaly wont appeal to the veggies among you...but i love this guy ( and Cales his girl ) he is my hero ha ha
I have watched the first two series of jimmys farm many times over...(seems im the only one? as no one i meet knows who im on about when i say my hero is Jimmy Dougherty...i usually get " Not that junkie going out with Kate Moss?" ha ha)
For those unaware he (with some financial help from Jamie Oliver) took on an abandoned derelict farm in essex/suffolk area with the plan to breed the rare essex pig...series one was mainly about literally rebuilding the place brick by brich and the troubles he encountered...series 2 was about the business and his beautiful girlfriend cales ( Michaela) moving in and giving up her london life...and now into year 5 we have another 4 part series...but sadly called Chrisis at Jimmys Farm ( which is hard as they have already had just about every ounce of bad luck two lovely people can endure)..
part one has been and gone...part two has been...but is repeated on sat night i believe?..actually im unsure what days its on...ill go find out...
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03-09-2007, 02:42 PM
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I love this program too, I'll keep an eye out for it  |
03-09-2007, 02:43 PM
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Hmmm im confused now and im not even sure myself what episodes i have seen.
It seems to be on Sunday nights and Wednesday around 7 or 8...
I though i had seen one and two...but i may have seen one...missed two and seen 3 last night?...gutted...
And STILL...even into series 3 plus christmas specials etc there is no BBC dvd of Jimmys farm...  |
03-09-2007, 03:06 PM
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Don't panic!!!  It was only No.2 of 4 last night 
I too am a big fan of Jimmy's, but then that's because I've actually had a cuddle and photo taken with him at the NEC Good Food Show last year lol! Cooooooor, he's lovely! and I do actually love his sausages!!! (steady now!  ) brought some back from the show of course 
I've been watching his roller-coaster ride since the first series and 'hats-off' to him he's been through alot, but he's certainly making a go of it all, even if he's a dreamer (guinea-pig village )
Love it! |
03-09-2007, 03:13 PM
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Ahhh those pesky BBC...they are showing a clip ( of a part i havent seen ) on their website claiming its episode 2 ?.
and the "listings" page has it all cockeyed...
So just so im convinced...episode 1...was all about the lease problems...then the dead cow.
which was on sunday before last and repeated in the week ( although i am sure i watched the repeat on saturday night at 5:55 and not on a wednesday?)
Episode 2...was on last night and was about the Polish guy going home?...the anthrax result...and the guinnie pig complaints right?
so why does the bbc claim episode 2 is about the "polish guy ARRIVING? and no one can understand him"...and about Porridges horrible absess and the vet lancing it? ( which i havent saeen on tv yet)
and how have i missed the polish guy arriving? but saw him going home to his family?...did i fall asleep during 1 or 2? ( quite possible)
and why do i keep putting an H in cHrisis? ha ha |
03-09-2007, 03:29 PM
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Yep, you've got it sussed, but I didn't see the Polish guy arriving either  but saw him going home last night!
Porridge did have his absess lanced last night - gawd it was gross
Just ignore the BBC listings and watch No.3 next Sunday |
03-09-2007, 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Cazzie  Yep, you've got it sussed, but I didn't see the Polish guy arriving either but saw him going home last night!
Porridge did have his absess lanced last night - gawd it was gross
Just ignore the BBC listings and watch No.3 next Sunday | I have seen the absess clip on the website...very gross...i must have doezed off for 5 mins...
and yeah how odd the bbc lisiting page " A polish guy arrives to work on the farm but no one can understand him?"...thats nonsense...we just saw him leaving to go home at christmas? ha ha
Also...not sure i should say this...but ..if you and other fans were as worried as me about the future of the farm for "lease" reasons or anthrax...fear not...this series was filmed a year ago last summer and the farm is still going string today |
03-09-2007, 04:53 PM
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Is it Polly/ Dolly his sidkick chicken chaser?I love the guy he's so up for it!!!!  |
03-09-2007, 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Jez Is it Polly/ Dolly his sidkick chicken chaser?I love the guy he's so up for it!!!! | It's Dolly Jez, and yep, he's a right character lol! |
03-09-2007, 07:04 PM
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I have seen quite a few of Jimmys farm and enjoyed it. I thought he was very brave to undertake what he did in such a short time. He even took his first order of sausages before completely ready, the nutter but it all worked out in the end. I was a veggie myself in my teens but chicken and pork won me back. |
03-09-2007, 08:10 PM
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his business mangement is terrible and had it not been for the tv progs, they would have gone under like many small ventures years ago. no i am not a fan, we run a shop on a farm and without huge coverage it is very very hard competing with the supermarkets. he doesn't deserve to be running the business. |
03-09-2007, 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr Mag00 his business mangement is terrible and had it not been for the tv progs, they would have gone under like many small ventures years ago. no i am not a fan, we run a shop on a farm and without huge coverage it is very very hard competing with the supermarkets. he doesn't deserve to be running the business. | Blimey thats a bit harsh...His ideas are what he is all about...Michaela deals with the business side of things and keeps him under reins...He also now has a large proper team under him including a newly employed project/general manager Mike.
Granted he must get an income from the TV Shows as did Hugh Fearnely whittingstall but look at what happened to Hugh? River cottage is now a huge brand and has inspired so many people in either trying a bit of organic veg growing or to keeping chickens or to starting their own cottage business,
Personally i think Jimmy is a great guy...and even though everything that could have gone wrong to them has done they are still going...let alone the fact him and cales have managed to stay together...They are SOOO in love...which is another reason i like to watch it...makes me sick with jealousy ha ha.
But DOLLy is the star without a doubt!
Incidentally dolly has his very own wildlife blog on the jimms farm website ( can u tell im a fan?)
and anyway?...No one stopped you from trying to get a tv company involved with your venture when you started?....Jimmy obviously did ( and he has a great tv personality to boot) so you cannot knock the guy...and personally...i think THATS good business sense. Essex Pig Company - Jimmy's farm and home of the Essex Pig
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03-09-2007, 08:58 PM
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harsh, but my opinion and if you cant survive without tv money and celeb backing eg jamie oliver as i believe they are good mates and he helped getting it going, then you shouldnt be in business. I stand by my claim that his business sense is terrible and customer service shocking with lost deliveries and over ordering of stock, as i saw the last few minutes of the show the other night and if i wish to knock the guy with my knowledge of the food sector then i am able to do so. |
03-09-2007, 09:30 PM
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Oh well ...theres always one. |
04-09-2007, 07:19 AM
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I love Jimmys farm and live just a few miles away Not that I have been there yet
I saw the polish guys arrive, I didn't enjoy Porridges abcess being lanced.
Dolly has been a familiar face in Ipswich for years and I was really pleased to see him working at Jimmys and now a tv star
Did I hear right that the rspca were visiting because a member of the public reported that the guinea pigs didn't have any food or water ?
I would love a job there |
04-09-2007, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Dan Salter Oh well ...theres always one. | well I do think he's great and I love the program but his enthusiasm does overwhelm his business sense from time to time, he often seems to be rushing off into a new venture without making sure the older ones are resulting in a reliable profit... |
04-09-2007, 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Gill Catton well I do think he's great and I love the program but his enthusiasm does overwhelm his business sense from time to time, he often seems to be rushing off into a new venture without making sure the older ones are resulting in a reliable profit... | Yes but thats what i explained..yes he is exciteable and his ideas just keep flowing...Cales was talking about this on the last episode and explained ...she has been very careful to not try and halt his ideas as it would be wrong to put a cap on it as 98% of his so called crazy ideas ( Nature trail, Guinea pig island etc) have been total money spinners....and she admitted the odd one or two ideas dont work or get off the ground...
She is the sensible one though ,and through all 3 series has always kept him in check...made sure the bills and accounts are paid before he flies off on another venture etc...and is already saying the christmas meat idea must not happen next year..
Look i have been in business too ...many....and there are two ways of doing it...stay small and grow slow...and then get jealous of people doing the same business but who are large and doing well...or take risks...grow..expand..and live on the edge and eventually by about year 4-5 you will start breaking even and eventually making a lot of money which is exactly where jimmy is at now.
And if you are going to knock someone for being young and knowing nothing about the industry they are setting themselves up in....then half of the most succesful businesses in the world wouldnt exist now. My family had THE most succesful swimming pool and jaccuzzi company in kent for nearly 20 years and we knew NOTHING about building pools when we opened. And Hugh F W knew nothing about keeping chickens or livestock when he took on River Cottage and its now a small empire. |
04-09-2007, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Dan Salter Yes but thats what i explained..yes he is exciteable and his ideas just keep flowing...Cales was talking about this on the last episode and explained ...she has been very careful to not try and halt his ideas as it would be wrong to put a cap on it as 98% of his so called crazy ideas ( Nature trail, Guinea pig island etc) have been total money spinners....and she admitted the odd one or two ideas dont work or get off the ground...
She is the sensible one though ,and through all 3 series has always kept him in check...made sure the bills and accounts are paid before he flies off on another venture etc...and is already saying the christmas meat idea must not happen next year..
Look i have been in business too ...many....and there are two ways of doing it...stay small and grow slow...and then get jealous of people doing the same business but who are large and doing well...or take risks...grow..expand..and live on the edge and eventually by about year 4-5 you will start breaking even and eventually making a lot of money which is exactly where jimmy is at now.
And if you are going to knock someone for being young and knowing nothing about the industry they are setting themselves up in....then half of the most succesful businesses in the world wouldnt exist now. My family had THE most succesful swimming pool and jaccuzzi company in kent for nearly 20 years and we knew NOTHING about building pools when we opened. And Hugh F W knew nothing about keeping chickens or livestock when he took on River Cottage and its now a small empire. |
well yes what you say is indeed true, and clearly sometimes the more chaotic strategy works but it can be a very risky, and I think perhaps there is a middle ground though businesswoman I am not. I'm not knocking him as such - certainly not for being young and knowing nothing (after all that applies to everyone at some point) - I do admire what he has achieved very much so, just that there seems to be a strong element of luck, perhaps Cale's hand on the break wasn't as evident in the episodes I have watched. |
04-09-2007, 02:40 PM
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I am totally now addicated to this programme, I started only watching the odd episode or two.. But now I never miss an episode... I love his enthusiasim and his great ideas.. yes his management skills leave a lot to be desired but its a learning curve and with each mistake or crisis he learns a bit more. ( I am so jealous ) he also has some great characters emerging( I love Dolly)
They only thing that really annoys me is that without his mate jamie oliver he wouldnt of been able to achieve this amazing life style.. he would of been totally bankrupt by now.. But even though It annoys me a great deal would any of us refuse this sort of financial help if it was offered to us?? I certainly wouldnt'..
It is also great to watch the farm growing year by year.
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04-09-2007, 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Kymba I am totally now addicated to this programme, I started only watching the odd episode or two.. But now I never miss an episode... I love his enthusiasim and his great ideas.. yes his management skills leave a lot to be desired but its a learning curve and with each mistake or crisis he learns a bit more. ( I am so jealous ) he also has some great characters emerging( I love Dolly)
They only thing that really annoys me is that without his mate jamie oliver he wouldnt of been able to achieve this amazing life style.. he would of been totally bankrupt by now.. But even though It annoys me a great deal would any of us refuse this sort of financial help if it was offered to us?? I certainly wouldnt'..
It is also great to watch the farm growing year by year. | It was only 70 grand back in the initial stages to go towards leasing the farm...the rest has been all jimmy and cales and the business...and a lot of hands on hard work. 70 grand in this kind of venture is peanuts really...so to say its all becuase of Jamie Oliver is a bit unfair although granted the 70 grand would have helped. And if you have a rich friend i would much rather go that route than getting strapped up with a bank loan. There is also a sleeping partner in the business ( No not Cales...lucky sod) ..another farmer who went in 1 third with jimmy in the beginning...whos advice on keeping pigs and livestock would have been worth every penny. |
04-09-2007, 09:21 PM
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Yeah, I love Jimmy's Farm too. I'm hoping to visit it one day soon, as it is not that far from where I live. I like Jimmy & Cales, but I love Dolly, he's great!
I certainly saw the two polish guys arriving, Tomaz and another man, with a name no one could pronounce. I did feel a bit sorry for them, (they're lonely & do not speak english) but, Tomaz seemed to perk up when Dolly realised they shared a love of fishing and so hence the fishing trip.
Mind you, I was a bit worried about so many people in the guinea-pig village, they could have got trampled by so many feet. I didn't know it was not "pc" to put guinea-pigs & Rabbits together. When I was a kid I had several of each and they all lived happily in one large hutch and shared the huge outdoor run. They all got on fine, in fact my female Rabbits used to mother the guineas. If a Rabbit bully's a guinea-pig, then they can not stay together, that's obvious. We even had tortoises share the runs too! |
04-09-2007, 11:56 PM
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I must admit clover the Rabbit/guinea pig thing was news to me too. |
05-09-2007, 01:47 PM
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Ok ...the repeat of Sundays program which i believe is episode 2 ( its been a tad confusing ) is on BBC2 tonight (wed) at 7pm
Then episode 3 ( which the online listings on the bbc 2 site make it sound like episode 2?) is on SUNDAY BBC2 at 8pm |
05-09-2007, 05:50 PM
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On in ten mins BBC2 7pm |
10-09-2007, 06:19 PM
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you can also add me to the list who love Jimmy's farm ...and i am a strict vegetarian !!!!....I just love watching his enthusiasm for all his money making ideas ....also the way the animals live out their lives .... and the conditions they are kept in makes it enjoyable for me to watch ...a | |
