Adam can barely contain himself at the prospect of a 'new' garden to get his teeth into, can he? Hope the scaling back works well for him and his family.
I was thinking how differently I now view "Jobs for the weekend". When I started watching regularly in 2020, my reaction was generally, "haven't got that", "not sure what that is" or "never even heard of that". Now it's, "Blimey - forgot about the dahlia tubers stored in the shed"
Whatever the reason for the move, it must be a wrench for Adam. I remember his first segments from his new property and he was so excited about what could be done with the place.
Caught up with the last 2 episodes last night. Seeing Monty lying down was a bit sudden! But like what he's doing with the pond area. And it was good to see him back in the dry garden, following on from his taking all that stuff out the other week. The aeonium lady was fun. I had no idea there were so many varieties but I'm not a fan - a rosette on top of a leggy stick doesn't do it for me. I did like seeing the hepaticas from the lady before - they really are gorgeous and I would love to have more of those. It was a shock to see Adam in such a tiny garden, compared with this other place but good for him to say he had to make some big decisions for him and his family. I'm sure many can relate to that. When we first had our allotment we dug as Adam described, but backfilled the trench with the soil just taken out. Saves having to wheelbarrow the first lot back to the trench just dug. I think the most important thing is getting the organic stuff in the ground. Didn't like the potter's garden and that shelter thingy seemed very dark and inhospitable to me - I wouldn't enjoy sitting in there. But it was more interesting than the other couple with a few plants round the edge of their square lawn. I wonder why the editors thought that might be of interest? Is growing dahlias posh now @Fairygirl? My dad, and old Dick Cook from down the road who took dahlia growing very seriously, would have died laughing if anyone thought they were middle class!
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I was thinking how differently I now view "Jobs for the weekend". When I started watching regularly in 2020, my reaction was generally, "haven't got that", "not sure what that is" or "never even heard of that". Now it's, "Blimey - forgot about the dahlia tubers stored in the shed"
You've changed @Biglad. Right bl**dy middle class now - growing dahlias!
It'll be that there 'kwinoa' you'll be trying next...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
@Fairygirl
The aeonium lady was fun. I had no idea there were so many varieties but I'm not a fan - a rosette on top of a leggy stick doesn't do it for me. I did like seeing the hepaticas from the lady before - they really are gorgeous and I would love to have more of those.
It was a shock to see Adam in such a tiny garden, compared with this other place but good for him to say he had to make some big decisions for him and his family. I'm sure many can relate to that.
When we first had our allotment we dug as Adam described, but backfilled the trench with the soil just taken out. Saves having to wheelbarrow the first lot back to the trench just dug. I think the most important thing is getting the organic stuff in the ground.
Didn't like the potter's garden and that shelter thingy seemed very dark and inhospitable to me - I wouldn't enjoy sitting in there. But it was more interesting than the other couple with a few plants round the edge of their square lawn. I wonder why the editors thought that might be of interest?
Is growing dahlias posh now @Fairygirl? My dad, and old Dick Cook from down the road who took dahlia growing very seriously, would have died laughing if anyone thought they were middle class!