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Six years ago, my friend Geraint Warrington was the man behind the camera on the very first episode of Ben Fogle: New Lives In The Wild shot here at The Field Lab. They just wrapped episode #50 in the Sahara Desert.  I imagine they have been to far more exotic locations than my little lump of SW Texas...  62,70,43,0,C

that new episode

Ben Fogle: Return to the Wild - the episode they shot last July just aired in the UK last night.  Getting swarmed with messages and new subscribers to my YouTube channel.  I kinda cringe when I watch myself in one of these productions, but they did a pretty good job with it (they sent me a private link so I could see it on Vimeo).  I imagine it will be a couple of months before the episode is available to see here in the US.  52,60,42,0,W

a friday night film

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Ben Fogle returns...

Had a return visit today from Ben Fogle.  My Ben was named after him when his show New Lives in the Wild filmed here 5 years ago.  Nice when a celebrity insists on getting selfies with my famous animals and includes my favorite UPS driver.  They were here for 8 hours today to do a follow up on my episode from the first season of the program.  95,97,74,0,B

The Show...

New Lives In The Wild

Finally saw the episode the British film crew shot last year.  It actually turned out pretty good even though they left baby Ben out.  Now I have another film opportunity to ponder from the folks at http://warmspringsproductions.com/

Greenhouse is doing well except for my green beans....got swarmed with white flies and only got one harvest off of it.  Gonna stick a grape vine there that I got from a recent visitor.  Got one lone grapefruit hanging in there just a little larger than a golf ball.  My fig tree from last year is loaded up with baby figs.  Still getting lots of chard, spinach, and kale.  85,99,65,0,B,.20

the Bens....

It has been a hectic week.  It was great to get to know my new friend Ben Fogle.  Little Ben the bull calf was named after him.  (hmmmm...there is a bit of Benita and Ben'n'Texas in the little critter too.)  79.95,65, .14,B,0