Farming today too much for Humphrys

The "grow your own" culture has suffered a setback after the presenter John Humphrys said he was going to give up his farming project because he felt like an "amateur". To be fair to the Today man, his DIY efforts went rather further than many of ours – he owned a farm in Carmarthenshire and 6.5 hectares of land, which is up for sale for £265,000, reports the Daily Telegraph. "I was an amateur, it was an enormous strain, but I did get immense satisfaction," he said. There is no truth in the rumour that the difficulties stemmed from the way he talked to his plants. "I'm sorry, I'm going to have to hurry you. I won't accept 'potato blight' for an answer. You're not really answering the 'what I'm going to eat for dinner tonight' question."