I listen to a lot of podcasts (like radio) and YouTube shows (like TV) and all of them are able to continue while working from home.
A weekly broadcast discussion between Monty, Carol, Adam, et al, of March gardening activities and coping with staying home is easy to produce - lots of people do this live broadcasting even.
Well I am just thankful we had a show to watch at all in these challenging, unprecedented times. Gardeners' World is one of the TV highlights of the week for me. Usually, after a hectic working week it signifies the start of the weekend for me. I enjoy Montys' relaxed presenting style and like seeing his garden projects evolve, even when parts of his garden are not to my taste. My dog will come racing in when she hears the title music and curls up beside me to watch Nigel and Nelly. It wasn't all a montage of old footage. The cheerful snowdrop guy Steve Owen was new. I liked seeing his collection and his passion and patience in his obsession for collecting snowdrops . I do hope he doesn't have them all stolen now after divulging how much some were worth. The dahlia grower was new too. It was interesting to learn that cutting raised flowers are superior in vibrancy of colour and form than tuber raised blooms. I will try that next year. I hadn't bought any dahlia tubers yet this year. It will be great to see Adam's garden for the next two weeks. I don't think we've seen much of it in Springtime yet. His garden is more to my liking, and I like Adam's presenting, I just have to listen a little more carefully and ignore his expressive hand movements. I expect they filmed segments on different plants and garden enthusiasts all of last year so should be able to give us at least a 30 minute programme each week, hopefully. I don't mind if they show any previous years films to pad out the show. It would be great to see some of the gardening shows from the past. Carol Kleins' Grow your own Veg, Grow your own Garden for example. I have Geoff Hamilton's DVD set and have learnt a lot from watching them. It would be wonderful to view clips of him again. His DIY, make do, practical ethos is much needed at the moment.
More than ever do i need my GW fix dont care if its a cobbled together replay just happy to watch and have a bit of normal :)Also i have never done so much gardening in my life
I dont care what's on as long as someone is live at the beginning!! Been watching jamie oliver and hes had to get his wife to film him at their house.i wonder if Adam or monty will do that?I cant imagine them being able to carry on with a film crew.but please,do something bbc to keep it on tv!!!!
Adam did say they'd do their best to keep it on air. I wonder if his wife and Rachel's husband had had a quick lesson in filming ! I did enjoy it, the little nods to Geoff Hamilton, and the understanding that there may well be new viewers tuning in looking to learn. I do envy Adam that garden
Had a long chat with Posum who called from isolation in Belgium, just as GW started so have only just watched it. Loved it! Calm, gentle, hopeful, practical and relevant. Loved the nods to GH and also those eccentric daffodil people, Rachel's new edible garden and Adam's is just a delight.
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They did a great job! It was riveting. Cute highlighting the eccentricity of the daffodil competition. Nice inserts of starting new vegetable gardens for the masses in confusion as well
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I listen to a lot of podcasts (like radio) and YouTube shows (like TV) and all of them are able to continue while working from home.
A weekly broadcast discussion between Monty, Carol, Adam, et al, of March gardening activities and coping with staying home is easy to produce - lots of people do this live broadcasting even.
I enjoy Montys' relaxed presenting style and like seeing his garden projects evolve, even when parts of his garden are not to my taste. My dog will come racing in when she hears the title music and curls up beside me to watch Nigel and Nelly.
It wasn't all a montage of old footage. The cheerful snowdrop guy Steve Owen was new. I liked seeing his collection and his passion and patience in his obsession for collecting snowdrops . I do hope he doesn't have them all stolen now after divulging how much some were worth.
The dahlia grower was new too. It was interesting to learn that cutting raised flowers are superior in vibrancy of colour and form than tuber raised blooms. I will try that next year. I hadn't bought any dahlia tubers yet this year.
It will be great to see Adam's garden for the next two weeks. I don't think we've seen much of it in Springtime yet. His garden is more to my liking, and I like Adam's presenting, I just have to listen a little more carefully and ignore his expressive hand movements.
I expect they filmed segments on different plants and garden enthusiasts all of last year so should be able to give us at least a 30 minute programme each week, hopefully. I don't mind if they show any previous years films to pad out the show.
It would be great to see some of the gardening shows from the past. Carol Kleins' Grow your own Veg, Grow your own Garden for example. I have Geoff Hamilton's DVD set and have learnt a lot from watching them. It would be wonderful to view clips of him again. His DIY, make do, practical ethos is much needed at the moment.
I did enjoy it, the little nods to Geoff Hamilton, and the understanding that there may well be new viewers tuning in looking to learn.
I do envy Adam that garden