Last night I watched Channel 4's 'River Cottage to the Core'. It was all about changing the way we eat, and grow, fruit. As you would expect it was full of fab recipes and footage of idyllic orchards and vegetable beds.
But it was also launching Hugh Fearnley Whittingstalls new plan to raise the profile of fruit amongst the next generation. He has teamed up with the Woodland Trust to launch an initiative to give away thousands of free fruit trees to schools. Last nights show showed a group of school children in Coventry planting their mini orchard next to the tennis courts, and a very good idea it is too. He is also looking for crowd funding to spread the scheme further. If you want information on getting trees or raising money for more trees go to:
This was the first of 4 episodes and I am looking forward to seeing what else Hugh comes up with to convert us all to eating and growing more fruit.
If you missed the show you can catch up with it on 4 on demand here:
Then I turned over to BBC1 to watch 'The Great British Year' which has reached summer. Again, there was lots of lovely footage of landscapes, animals and weather, but what stuck in my mind was the footage of one of my arch enemies - the garden snail! They were like an army invading the cabbage patch after a summer shower. If you need any convincing that snails are the work of the devil then watch this!
Annoyingly, although this shows how destructive they can be it also makes them appear strangely appealing, in a sort of laid back, Eeyore-ish way!
You can catch up with the whole episode on BBC iPlayer here:
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