"The British have such an odd relationship with food - and the land. I want the public and the Soil A..." — Monty Don

The farm uses up a lot of my creative urges. It's a sort of rough and ready space, I don't film there.

I had a difficult relationship with my parents, who died young, but they instilled self-discipline and a sense of honour and loyalty and accountability. I'm grateful for that.

That first snowdrop, the flowering of the rose you pruned, a lettuce you grew from seed, the robin singing just for you. These are smallthings but all positive, all healing in a way that medicine tries to mimic.

I love high summer as well, but nothing beats a perfect May morning.