It's nice to see things in full bloom but following those high-summer films with a few minutes to show what it looks like now and what (if anything) needs doing with it would be nice to have and probably more useful to less-experienced gardeners than another viewer's garden. They could cut one out to fit in more information.
Definitely agree.
And also, a newbie isn't going to know that those incredible colourful videos from someone or other's garden were shot in high summer. I do think a "filmed July 2020" would stop such a person from feeling discouraged when they look around the spring garden in their new house and wonder why they only have forget-me-nots and grape hyacinths.
I have lots of dumb questions myself and am forever forgetting which seedling is which and will water something lovingly for months before realising it's a weed. I am grateful for youtube and this forum. GW sometimes feels like, "Look on my garden, and despair." It's all a bit perfect
@Uff gardening itself is a very diverse subject so I don't see why it should be such a problem for GW to cover the main pests
According to the RHS, pests - well, slugs 'n' snails at least - are now welcome members of a "healthy eco-system"?!...don't worry though, I'm sure all the other plant munching inhabitants of your garden will soon be added to the list of insect friends you just haven't met yet.
Carol Klein has shown her garden in different seasons on Channel 5. I enjoy her programmes.
I thought the tulip garden was lovely and the views beyond were beautiful. I did wonder whether it might not be so lovely when the tulips were over and the dying leaves were ugly, but maybe the perennials grow up to hide them. I like Rachel de Thame, always have. Some people on here have said she doesn't know much about gardening but she does, she is trained and experienced.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
@Uff gardening itself is a very diverse subject so I don't see why it should be such a problem for GW to cover the main pests
According to the RHS, pests - well, slugs 'n' snails at least - are now welcome members of a "healthy eco-system"?!...don't worry though, I'm sure all the other plant munching inhabitants of your garden will soon be added to the list of insect friends you just haven't met yet.
They'll probably be claiming that rats are cute and cuddly next.
I don't spray my garden because of the bees, yes, but also through being too busy and too shortsighted to care too much about things like blackspot. (The snails destroying my dahlias
and marigolds do vex me a lot more, admittedly, but pellets aren't an option here either.) Occasionally, I do look at the immaculate apparently late-summer rosebushes shown on these gardening programmes and I do think, hmmph, sliiiiiightly sceptical of this. But then as pointed out the actual times they are filmed can be months or years away from when we see them.
I hate it when Monty wastes seaweed fertiliser why not water plants in a container to collect the liquid instead of letting it run out of the pot and onto the floor.
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I thought the tulip garden was lovely and the views beyond were beautiful. I did wonder whether it might not be so lovely when the tulips were over and the dying leaves were ugly, but maybe the perennials grow up to hide them. I like Rachel de Thame, always have. Some people on here have said she doesn't know much about gardening but she does, she is trained and experienced.
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They'll probably be claiming that rats are cute and cuddly next.