Where are Toby and Alys, bring them back.I find this "new" GW the same old thing - go to the garden centre and buy a £100 worth of plants and pop them in the long border! At least Toby and Alys came up with new ideas for everyone.
Thought the compost tea thing was interesting, but odd in that no-one at Wisley knew what was in the mixes. What else would you apply without knowing what went into it? Maybe commercial confidentiality, means they can't say, but the whole piece was a bit glib.Eg why is it better that comfrey or nettle "tea"? I googled afterwards and found loads on gardener's forums with homemade recipes for making it - with a bubble bucket thingy. And they showed you can import a 5 litre system for about $100 from the States. There's even a $35 option that requires hand stirring to work. Again something on how commercial ideas apply to small scale gardening would help GW? I think it would a fantastic opportunity for local compost providers to go into. I buy in mushroom compost and well rotted horse manure - I'd love my supplier to go into this too and deliver compost tea. We're in a recession folks, we should be thinking big!
I gave up watching Gardeners' World when Toby Buckland took over. I'm sure he's a good gardener but no charisma. Not keen on Alys either so I'm really delighted Monty is back - he's my sort of gardener! I've just been following his advice and planting out my self-seeded hellebores amongst my fritillaria.I wouldn't normally bother to comment but I feel so pleased he is back that I feel obliged to comment to redress the balance of those who dislike him and to say that I have many friends who feel the same way. Long live Monty!
Well the BBC seem to be reading this blog as the product placement secateurs have been cut but unfortunately Mr Dom and his bad advice remains uncut :-( Lettuce as a catch crop on top of the potato ridge! planting a dry rootball! and the only bit of good advice he ignored in the next shot when he squashed the stem of a tomato seedling. Well done.
Glad to see Monty back, Toby and alys should have been kept on though, and have been treated a little unfairley by the cut-throat BBC producers i always watch GW on catchup tv, and i always find myself hitting fastforward when rachael comes on, and even thogh i like her, i find myself getting a little bored on Carols travels. Also, i keep reading that gardening is the uk's no1 passtime, if this is true, why is only half an hour of the bbc,s devoted to it, GW seems to be finishing before it starts, surely it wouldnt hurt to have it on for an hour, or even 45 minutes. when you consider the amount of cookery programmes on the bbc at the minute, this surely isnt too much to ask,
Forgot to cancel the series link on sky plus so still recorded Friday's GW. As it was on the planner & it was Mother's Day sat down & watched it on Sunday.
Sadly i do fall asleep watching it and can hardly recall anything from it either really, only what seems a bit odd or else I find myself thinking-”surely that’s not right,is it?” It used to be such a pleasure but now it's just a trial to watch. Monty rambles on & contradicts his own advice e.g. only hold seedlings by their leaves & then holds them by their stalks!And all those wall hanging trowels & other tools, so many of which are new & shiny, does he collect them maybe? there seems to be so many and all similarly displayed, surely a contradiction in terms regarding his constant referrals to recycling? Plus it's distracting. Why do it anyway and so repeatedly? Carols' close-ups on her series, were of seed heads,perrenial instruction dividing & her garden Robin. Her garden also looked wonderful all through the seasons. Montys' garden looks bleak i'm afraid, where is all the spring colour etc? If it wasn't for Carol, well i'm not sure what would be left. Such a shame
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been cut but unfortunately Mr Dom and his bad advice remains uncut :-(
Lettuce as a catch crop on top of the potato ridge! planting a dry rootball!
and the only bit of good advice he ignored in the next shot when he squashed the stem of a tomato seedling. Well done.
Only one thing to say "BRING BACK TOBY & ALYS!!!"
Series link now cancelled.
It used to be such a pleasure but now it's just a trial to watch.
Monty rambles on & contradicts his own advice e.g. only hold seedlings by their leaves & then holds them by their stalks!And all those wall hanging trowels & other tools, so many of which are new & shiny, does he collect them maybe? there seems to be so many and all similarly displayed, surely a contradiction in terms regarding his constant referrals to recycling? Plus it's distracting. Why do it anyway and so repeatedly? Carols' close-ups on her series, were of seed heads,perrenial instruction dividing & her garden Robin. Her garden also looked wonderful all through the seasons. Montys' garden looks bleak i'm afraid, where is all the spring colour etc? If it wasn't for Carol, well i'm not sure what would be left.
Such a shame