EXCLUSIVE: Steve Green, 90, and his wife Jeanie, 76, chop their own logs for fuel and grow and cook every meal from scratch
In our fast-paced, global modern world, down-to-earth Yorkshire farmers Jeanie and Steve Green are the rarest of breeds – and the happiest of couples.Every day he rises at 6am to tend their animals – the start of a typical 18-hour day for Britain’s oldest farmer.
The farthest they have ever travelled is 50 miles to Whitby on the Yorkshire coast for their honeymoon 40 years ago. Now the Greens are to feature in their own episode telling their life story and seeing them renew their wedding vows. “It was love at first sight for both of us and within three months and ten days we were engaged and married.Steve had arrived on the farm with his family as a 15-year-old in the 1940s.Jeanie, 26 years younger, gave birth to their daughter Sarah, now 35.
“If everybody could lead as simple life as them the world would be a much better place.” Thanks to their TV role, Steve and Jeanie now have cult status. Fans from as far afield as Australia and the US have travelled to Yorkshire to catch a glimpse of them.
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