True. It's a diverse world and they have to try to please as many as possible. But I feel that there is more to gardening than digging and planting - or there ought to be. In fact, finding peace or meaning or hope is worth more than a dozen cabbages any day and it seems valuable to reflect that. You and I might not find that in plastic dinosaurs, I thought it was for her children, but it wasn't, or in a park, but how wonderful that they did. I find it in my garden, too and I wish I could give it to others.
I didn't realise the viewer's videos were repeats, l thought Monty said in the first episode that they had so many sent in that they had plenty to choose from (or words to that effect). That's why l was surprised to see the "riverboat lady" again so soon. I'm sure many of them are not up to Spielberg standards, but there must be enough that are of a good enough standard.
Plus, gardeners live in hope. Given the numbers of trained gardeners around who will have been sat twiddling their thumbs whilst on furlough thru Covid, not to mention the resources of staff and expert gardeners in the RHS/NT/Scottish NT/English Heritage/Kew I wouldn't have thought it beyond the bounds of imagination or possibility to commission some film from some of those.
I look forward to GW every week. There are bits I love and bits I don't and that's what FF is for.
Exactly, and to be fair, until you've watched it , you don't know if you're going to love it or not.
Pretty sure I know that your comments on the next episode will be negative, before either of us have watched it.
Plus, gardeners live in hope. Given the numbers of trained gardeners around who will have been sat twiddling their thumbs whilst on furlough thru Covid, not to mention the resources of staff and expert gardeners in the RHS/NT/Scottish NT/English Heritage/Kew I wouldn't have thought it beyond the bounds of imagination or possibility to commission some film from some of those.
I look forward to GW every week. There are bits I love and bits I don't and that's what FF is for.
Exactly, and to be fair, until you've watched it , you don't know if you're going to love it or not.
Pretty sure I know that your comments on the next episode will be negative, before either of us have watched it.
Pardon my honesty. I hope you know there's an ignore facility on the Forum?. You need never seem my comments ever again
Plus, gardeners live in hope. Given the numbers of trained gardeners around who will have been sat twiddling their thumbs whilst on furlough thru Covid, not to mention the resources of staff and expert gardeners in the RHS/NT/Scottish NT/English Heritage/Kew I wouldn't have thought it beyond the bounds of imagination or possibility to commission some film from some of those.
I look forward to GW every week. There are bits I love and bits I don't and that's what FF is for.
Exactly, and to be fair, until you've watched it , you don't know if you're going to love it or not.
Pretty sure I know that your comments on the next episode will be negative, before either of us have watched it.
Pardon my honesty. I hope you know there's an ignore facility on the Forum?. You need never seem my comments ever again
JoeX sounds like one of the 'woke' generation who can't cope with criticism or any opinion which doesn't match theirs.
I think the ex-soldier's story would have been better extended to half an hour and shown as a separate standalone programme, not as part of GW, because it wasn't, to my mind, focussed on gardening or plants.
Loved Beechgrove this morning, particularly going back after several months left to its own devices. Hopefully people taking on overgrown gardens will find that inspiring.
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Yes @purplerallim and what a joy it was. Very pleased to see them show the garden, warts and all, after months of absent gardeners. Really pleased to see the houseplant woman set loose on an allotment and looking very organised. Really pleased to see them featuring the head gardener as a presenter now. Love that it's a team sharing the work and opinions and experiences.
Looking forward to seeing my 3' high cercidiphyllum reach the heights of George's but I won't be butchering it quite that much in 18 years' time. I don't grow spuds anymore but chappy's tip with the pound coin was a good 'un for those who do. I love that filo pastry tree.
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"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I agree about Beechgrove (maybe it should have it's own thread for 2021 ?). Fascinating to see how nature had taken over, they must have worked so hard to get it back under reasonable control in the time they had available. Always glad to see George in "Sunny Joppa" Back on topic, l agree with @ jennyj's comments.
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That's why l was surprised to see the "riverboat lady" again so soon. I'm sure many of them are not up to Spielberg standards, but there must be enough that are of a good enough standard.
I hope you know there's an ignore facility on the Forum?. You need never seem my comments ever again
JoeX sounds like one of the 'woke' generation who can't cope with criticism or any opinion which doesn't match theirs.
Looking forward to seeing my 3' high cercidiphyllum reach the heights of George's but I won't be butchering it quite that much in 18 years' time. I don't grow spuds anymore but chappy's tip with the pound coin was a good 'un for those who do. I love that filo pastry tree.
Always glad to see George in "Sunny Joppa"
Back on topic, l agree with @ jennyj's comments.