30.10.07

River Cottage

This guy here is called Hugh-Fearnley-Wittingstall, the face of/man behind the River-Cottage series and all of it's spin offs. These in themselves are of course not DIY projects, they are incredibly well researched, well staffed, over produced and over marketed. The notion behind it fits me like a clove though.

He toys with having a one-person semi-self sufficient farm, and while doing so he tries to impress upon his viewers the joys of growing and rearing own food, the importance of seasonality, the quality and diversity of local produce. The show makes you want to grow your own peas, tomatoes, leeks and so on, or at least stop at the nearest small farmer who does.

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