Daily Star Sunday

SHEERAN’S CULTIVATIN­G A GOOD LIFE

- By AARON TINNEY

ED Sheeran is obsessed with living The Good Life – just like in the hit

1970s sitcom.

The singer has been spending lockdown experiment­ing with growing fruit trees, vegetables and herbs on his £3.75million estate.

Ed, 29, has also been raising chickens and consulting gardening experts online about how to use his

16 acres to churn out produce. A source said Ed, inset, wants to be like Tom and Barbara Good.

The couple were played by Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal in the BBC show.

It followed them as they turned their suburban home into a tiny farm. Our insider added: “Since the coronaviru­s hit, Ed has developed the belief he should use his estate to produce more food.

“Ed keeps chickens, brews his own beer for the pub on his land and has been into self-sustainabi­lity for years. He loves the taste of the food grown on his land.

“He has been obsessivel­y reading up on the subject and consulting experts and watching tutorials.”

Ed is worth an estimated £160m and owns Bertie Blossoms pub and restaurant in central London. He has been self-isolating in rural Suffolk with wife Cherry, 28. Last month, it was reported he had taken delivery of brewing kits so he could make his own ale. Celebrity gardener Monty Don recently warned self-sufficienc­y was a “non-starter”.

The 64-year-old said: “At best it consigns you to a life of dreary repetition and terrible food. “At worst your teeth fall out, your breath stinks, you erupt in boils and you sink into 13th-Century malnutriti­on. The Good Life indeed.”

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