I think to attract younger viewers it would be good to have a practical section about real plants in real gardens. I love his and Adam's gardens but every week they spend my annual budget on plants.
Most young people can't pop out to the garden centre and shell out £50 - £100 . They are paying rent or mortgage, getting uniform for the kids or filling up the car.
But you can still garden AND have fun on a fraction of what Monty spends and in a small plot. I'd like to see more emphasis on this.
I think to attract younger viewers it would be good to have a practical section about real plants in real gardens. I love his and Adam's gardens but every week they spend my annual budget on plants.
Most young people can't pop out to the garden centre and shell out £50 - £100 . They are paying rent or mortgage, getting uniform for the kids or filling up the car.
But you can still garden AND have fun on a fraction of what Monty spends and in a small plot. I'd like to see more emphasis on this.
That's why he shows you how to set seeds, take cuttings and features families filling whole gardens of plants for a few quid. You must have missed those bits when you went to the toilet or something.
What the heck was that bulb he was talking about that liked well drained soil? Sounded like Nerium or something? Neither of us could make out what he mumbled despite playing it over and over again. There was some idiotic thread posted up a few days ago which did contain at least one good point and that was they should put the featured plant in text on the screen.
@MikeOxgreen I think the bulbs Monty planted were nerines. l loved the segment with the lady in Lancashire seeing the enjoyment she gets from her garden.
@MikeOxgreen I think the bulbs Monty planted were nerines. l loved the segment with the lady in Lancashire seeing the enjoyment she gets from her garden.
No, @MikeOxgreen, I missed the bits where they looked at a new-build garden or a neglected patch and talked about deciding what you want, how to discover that will grow and setting about preparing the soil, placing beds, sheds, play equipment, budgeting time and money and absolute basics like whether there's enough room for a tree, how much watering is enough, what will survive the weather/kids/dog/going on holiday/ when to feed or not feed. We see so many questions about why plants gave failed or how to move them because they're in the wrong place, so many feeding half- dead plants. New gardeners can enjoy established gardens but it's no good planting seeds if your ground is unprepared and you can't take cuttings if you don't have any plants. As with all skills, new gardeners need to start with some basic knowledge and I don't think GW serves them well in that respect. Excuse me, I'll just pop to the toilet.
Not a bad programme but I thought the best bit was at the end when he said he was off for a few weeks. I do get tired of him shoe-horning yet another big plant into a crammed border or massive pot.
Like @Posy I think there needs to be a regular slot - or even a whole series - on gardening for beginners and it needs to include how to tackle a new build blank space as well as a mature garden that needs to be adapted for a new purpose or family.
I assume there are contractual and/or copyright reasons for not airing Alan Titchmarhs's How to be a Gardener again. That was excellent.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Most young people can't pop out to the garden centre and shell out £50 - £100 . They are paying rent or mortgage, getting uniform for the kids or filling up the car.
But you can still garden AND have fun on a fraction of what Monty spends and in a small plot. I'd like to see more emphasis on this.
You must have missed those bits when you went to the toilet or something.
Neither of us could make out what he mumbled despite playing it over and over again. There was some idiotic thread posted up a few days ago which did contain at least one good point and that was they should put the featured plant in text on the screen.
l loved the segment with the lady in Lancashire seeing the enjoyment she gets from her garden.
https://www.marksandspencer.com/nerine-silk-print-underwired-full-cup-bra/p/clp60533475?extid=ps_ps-bpla_ggl_lg_ch__-_UK_-_-_baussc&gclid=CjwKCAjw6fyXBhBgEiwAhhiZsn1SClGZexHc42rhQrZV8YUcGp2OMktz1q8Z9ZJQhciP4FYVmrAVTRoC204QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
And luckily here too:
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/nerine/growing-guide
Thanks for the word, maybe some of the hardy ones will survive here!
We see so many questions about why plants gave failed or how to move them because they're in the wrong place, so many feeding half- dead plants. New gardeners can enjoy established gardens but it's no good planting seeds if your ground is unprepared and you can't take cuttings if you don't have any plants. As with all skills, new gardeners need to start with some basic knowledge and I don't think GW serves them well in that respect.
Excuse me, I'll just pop to the toilet.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Like @Posy I think there needs to be a regular slot - or even a whole series - on gardening for beginners and it needs to include how to tackle a new build blank space as well as a mature garden that needs to be adapted for a new purpose or family.
I assume there are contractual and/or copyright reasons for not airing Alan Titchmarhs's How to be a Gardener again. That was excellent.