It wasn’t just the doc though was it? The sweet old lady said it, practically every home gardener featured says it, it’s alway reinforced by the presenters, professional gardeners and occasional slebs. It’s a bit like constantly banging the drum for peat-free compost and reusing plastic and it does cause my eyes to roll heavenwards. However, it is important to get these messages across for new gardeners so it’s only a very gentle 🙄 and it doesn’t detract from my enjoyment of the programme.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
@AnniD in fairness it was right at the beginning when everyone was saying touch contact was the primary transmission route. He may be saying something else by now.
With regards to the Rudbeckia/Helianthus debate, the photo used to illustrate it is definitely a Helianthus, but looking at the leaves of Monty's plant, it could be the Rudbeckia that he's referring to ?
Thanks @AnniD - yes, that makes more sense. My emerging leaves have a smoother edge, his were definitely more serated. So it could be that the production team are (and were last season) in error. Wouldn't you think though that Monty would have the final say on what is actually shown on his segments?
But he did show the plant in flower last season and I'm pretty sure it was a Helianthus
Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
I just look for practical tips for me and usually find a couple.It always annoys me when Monty plants in the ground as whereever he puts a trowel is perfect crumbly earth. I know packing borders with plants prevents weeds but how do you weed as they are growing and space gets tight? If anyone can answer this I'm listening....I am a fairly new gardener of 5 years so have lots to learn
I just look for practical tips for me and usually find a couple.It always annoys me when Monty plants in the ground as whereever he puts a trowel is perfect crumbly earth. I know packing borders with plants prevents weeds but how do you weed as they are growing and space gets tight? If anyone can answer this I'm listening....I am a fairly new gardener of 5 years so have lots to learn
@mandyroberts99 we have totally packed beds 90% of the plants are perennials, we usually have 1 big weeding session now then I keep on top with a long hoe until early summer when you can't pick out bare ground for all the foliage. We find most weeds can't compete for the light and water to make it, it's not a style some people like but we love the beds absolutely crammed tight with plants. We also mulch each spring with homemade compost laid on very thick which makes a real difference
"In this week’s episode, Monty gets involved in more seasonal tasks at Longmeadow.
Carol Klein celebrates the spring highlights at Beth Chatto’s Gardens in Essex, and Toby Buckland is in Cornwall to meet a gardener who fell out of love with gardening but has recently rediscovered his passion for plants through texture and sound. We meet a gardener in South Yorkshire who is fanatical about ferns, and we discover there is an alpine for any aspect on a visit to a garden in Hampshire. Gardeners’ World viewers also share what they have been up to in their gardens."
I thought this season has started really well but there was regression in last night’s episode. I did not care for the viewers’ gardens and though I had the greatest of respect for the blind gardener I thought that segment was dragged out.
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But he did show the plant in flower last season and I'm pretty sure it was a Helianthus
I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
"In this week’s episode, Monty gets involved in more seasonal tasks at Longmeadow.
Carol Klein celebrates the spring highlights at Beth Chatto’s Gardens in Essex, and Toby Buckland is in Cornwall to meet a gardener who fell out of love with gardening but has recently rediscovered his passion for plants through texture and sound. We meet a gardener in South Yorkshire who is fanatical about ferns, and we discover there is an alpine for any aspect on a visit to a garden in Hampshire. Gardeners’ World viewers also share what they have been up to in their gardens."