it's not easy being green.

[Vez1]

Did anyone watch this on BBC2 tonight? It's about a family becoming self sufficient, it was really good.

[Vez1]

[katynewbie]

>:( >:( >:( >:(

d**n and blast....I forgot!!!! Grrrrrrrr

[Vez1]

I missed the first couple of minutes, I remembered when flicking through the channels.

[amphibian]

It filled me with envy.

[SMP1704]

yes, really good - much better than expected - even engaged 13 yr old son

[Heldi]

Yes I saw it. It's that ex army bloke off Scrap Heap challenge.  Couldn't help but think of when I first saw him and his scrap heap team a few years ago building a cannon to blow something up!  Amazing what he is putting his engineering skills to now.

[bupster]

That's where I know him from! I thought it was great, very funny as well.

[Petra]

I struggled with it because of the facial hair I'm afraid, seemed to have a life of it's own and I couldn't work out  how he ate anything. :-\

[bupster]

Maybe it does have a life of its own and he takes it off at mealtimes and sits it up at its own little table to eat.

I'll get me coat.

[fat larry]

I really loved it, kept switching back from the football (missed both goals). Wonder if he is that cheerful all the time? If so I could learn a thing or two from him. What a major project. At least he wasn't a stereotypical hippy tree hugger (no comment on his wife!) - ex army, drives an Audi etc - but what about the permaculture chap! Straight out of the 70s ... groovy.

[Lazybones]

What a fantastic and inspiring programme.  I banished OH to conservatory to watch the footy - not sure I should be mentioning second tv on this thread  ;)

I would love to be like that but unfortunately OH is allergic to the Countryside after about a week.  Darn it.  Still, I can dream  ;D

[beckbeck]

I really wanted to watch this ,took the kids to bed at 7.30,fell asleep with them,woke at 9 >:(,missed it :(,is it a series or a one off?Iwas reallly looking forward to it ,now just want to see the bloke with the strange beard  ;).
Becky x

[bupster]

It's a giant scary moustache the size of a small dog  :D

Don't worry, it's a series, and I daresay eventually a DVD - I'm buying it!

[robkb]

Yep, excellent programme and an absolutely astonishing moustache! Didn't half make me feel guilty about making a coffee though - all that wasted power! :o

Cheers,
Rob ;)

ps. anyone fancy lending me half a million quid so I can go and be self-sufficient in Cornwall? No? Thought not... :'(

[sallylockhart]

I loved it  - although it is perhaps a bit beyond most of our reaches (not sure I'd wanted a 7 bed farmhouse anyway - might get lost :)

I liked the cardboad bed idea - and OH very much liked the idea of a waterwheel (thank goodness there is no stream in our garden ;) )

looking forward to the arrival of the piggies next week!

I didn't like the moustache though -  it has given OH ideas about cultivating his beard in a similar fashion. hmmmm ::)

[fat larry]

in the indy today they said 'nobody seemed to notice you could house a small family under that 'tache' or something similar. Unfortunately i didn't read the full review and now someone has taken it home from the office.
the tache was bigger than many a cottage thatch.

I've really tried to be cheerful today as a result though: most people are wowed by the green dream, I just wanna smile more:0)

[fat larry]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0563493461/203-0312469-1587131

looks like a book is in the pipeline, or should I say, aqueduct

[fluffygrue]

Crap.. I have the horrible feeling it was set to be taped, but we decided to watch that and tape something else. And then we forgot to watch TV last night.

Bah!

Definitely sounds like good watching, though..

Melanie

[tilts]

I think that it is a great idea and in our own way, i think that most of us on A4all have committed to the green idea. 
In reality tho' this show is not reality ~ if they have approx £500,000.00 debt (mortgage for the house) how will they be able to afford all that marine ply, booze for the workers and hey, did anyone notice that most of the workers were their kids friends, is this employment on the cheap?

[cookie]

Very good entertainment value, but not in this real world!! I would love to be able to have a lifestyle like that, but how many people can afford it . We "downshifted" two years ago, due to husbands ill health, have very little money,but still do our bit. we now have two allotments, have sold one car, walk to places if possible, and reuse and recycle where ever possible! Verdict!! you don;t need  all that money to be green!!!