Jeremy Clarkson Spends His Time in a Farm Shop When He’s Not Doing Car Things

Jeremy Clarkson is a farmer.

No, but we’re actually not kidding.

With Jeremy Clarkson’s sarcastic and dry sense of humor, sometimes, we don’t know what’s real. When we heard the news that he had plans of becoming a farmer, we had to do a little bit of digging. Of course, very few of us know Clarkson on a personal level. However, the idea of him being a farmer is naturally the polar opposite of how we perceive him on air.

However, behind the scenes, Clarkson seems to be somewhat of a fan of the farm life. In fact, he even has quite the impressive plot in Oxfordshire as his farm spans 1,000 acres.

Having moved to the Chipping Norton property in 2009, and subsequently told by an expert that it was “the shittiest land he’d ever seen,” Clarkson set about increasing biodiversity by planting maize, sunflowers and mustard, and through a scheme of tree and hedgerow planting, as well as clearing streams and ponds to create new habitats.

He said: “Nothing fills me with more pleasure, as I head towards 60, than stomping about here on a winter’s day, or even a summer’s day. Any day, in fact. It’s just, honestly, the nicest thing you can do. Even pulling a fallen horse-chestnut tree out from the pond is just deep joy.”

-DriveTribe Segment on an Interview Clarkson did with The Sunday Times Magazine

This time, Clarkson opens up a bit and tells us all about the farm as he takes us on the tour of the Diddly Squat farm shop. We even get to check out some honey branded with the presenter’s face for good measure.

We’re not sure if this will ever become a full-time venture for Clarkson if or when he ever retires from the auto industry. It certainly seems to be something that he very much enjoys, though.