"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2011-09-05 18:11:36 +0100, Martin said:

On Mon, 5 Sep 2011 17:48:26 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 2011-09-05 16:54:00 +0100, Martin said:

On Mon, 5 Sep 2011 15:31:44 +0100, Janet Tweedy
wrote:

In article , Sacha

writes
Apparently, he bought the land from its original owner quite
recently.


Why on earth didn't she?

Exactly what we asked.

The average price for average land down here is about £5900 per acre.
Ray bought 3 acres of field from the Church Commission over 14 years
ago and it cost him £27,000 because it's good land and they don't sell
cheap. I think that may be the answer to that question. I don't know
how big the plot in question is but if it's less than an acre, she's
not going to make much of a nursery, size-wise. I know she had the
nursery but it was quite small and I don't think the Beeb is
over-generous with salaries to most people who aren't Mr Ross!

Don't you believe it. Griff Rees Jones gets £2.5 million/annum for his
holiday movies etc.

With respect to all who work on them, gardening programmes don't command
very high audiences or fees, afaik!

I don't think she is poor. If she'd had the chance, she should have bought
the land herself.
Tina