For once I liked the viewers’ gardens, the first one in particular. For me, the rest of the programme was reasonably entertaining and it augurs well for the rest of the season.
As for the man, the barn and the field, I too thought where is the car? Surely one is almost a necessity if the location is as remote as it seems. I also wanted to know how he seemed so cheerful sitting in a damnable uncomfortable deckchair with no table alongside for the glass and bottle of wine. His garden was stunning.
The apparent lack of security would be an issue for me. The house & garden appeared to be surrounded by a number of well used paths.
I wondered where he keeps his wheelbarrow, spade and fork, coldframe, compost heap and all the other things that clutter up my garden. I couldn’t help thinking that he probably has another house, a few hundred yards away, out of gift around a corner, where all the actual messy bits and bobs of living and gardening are carried out … and probably where his post is delivered 🤣
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I do wish those who complain about Adam and hunting would check their facts and not just go with FB and instagram etc drivel. See earlier posts here.
I finally watched my recording of GW and didn't fall asleep. It was enjoyable. The info on cyclamen coum and hederifolia was useful. The green garden was amazing but not for me except as a corner of my plot. I need flowers and pollinators. Loved chappy in the field's love for his garden and plants. Very adoptable.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Maybe the guy stores his bits under the decking, and just walks across the field to his car? I used to live on a narrowboat so the idea of traipsing to the car isn't alien to me.
I thought his garden and house were spectacular, clearly a dream come true for him
"What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour".
Maybe he has a garage in the trees where he keeps his car and all his other stuff. There was a terrace on one side that we saw in one aerial shot with what looked like it might be a potting bench, though only glimpsed briefly so I could be wrong. We used to live in a house where we had to park the car about a 5 minute walk away. I always enjoyed the walk, even in the rain, a bit of peace before the day began
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
"With spring just around the corner, Monty makes a start on his bog garden and demonstrates how to divide perennials and get plants for free.
Rachel de Thame visits a garden in Kent, a labour of love where meticulous planning, discipline and precision have cleverly extended the season, and Arit Anderson plants up a seasonal container inspired by the colours of spring.
We meet an allotmenteer in north west London who loves to experiment with growing unusual and heritage vegetables to use in her cooking, and a couple of plantaholics with a passion for rare and unusual plants show us around their garden, created on the site of a former nursery in Cambridgeshire. Viewers also share their gardening exploits."
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
I finally watched my recording of GW and didn't fall asleep. It was enjoyable. The info on cyclamen coum and hederifolia was useful. The green garden was amazing but not for me except as a corner of my plot. I need flowers and pollinators. Loved chappy in the field's love for his garden and plants. Very adoptable.
I thought his garden and house were spectacular, clearly a dream come true for him
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
https://www.gardensillustrated.com/gardens/country/andy-salter-great-dixter-house-garden/
"With spring just around the corner, Monty makes a start on his bog garden and demonstrates how to divide perennials and get plants for free.
Rachel de Thame visits a garden in Kent, a labour of love where meticulous planning, discipline and precision have cleverly extended the season, and Arit Anderson plants up a seasonal container inspired by the colours of spring.
We meet an allotmenteer in north west London who loves to experiment with growing unusual and heritage vegetables to use in her cooking, and a couple of plantaholics with a passion for rare and unusual plants show us around their garden, created on the site of a former nursery in Cambridgeshire. Viewers also share their gardening exploits."