I'd love to see these make over shows that seem to fill day time television (inbetween the shows about sleeping with your partners brother or having six children by the time you're 23) get in on the action and offer to do over a few gardens in such a way as to show others how you can achieve a bit of a quick fix to please the eye and heart in pots and such like while the land itself recovers.
That's a good idea, Clarington! Would someone like to post a suggestion on one of the makeover show websites to see if there are any takers? (I've already nagged the BBC a couple of times (GQT and GW) so they might be a bit bored with me now...).
Philippa. I agree with Rosie, we should really bombard these gardening programmes with requests for how to deal with flooded/contaminated soil. At what point will it be safe for them to grow veg again?
When I lived in London, we were about 1 or 2 miles from Hogarth roundabout, the busiest roundabout in Europe apparently (though I find that hard to believe - Hammersmith is far worse) and my lovely neighbour who was an RHS member had his soil tested for lead pollution and it came out ok.
The gardeners in the affected areas need to know how to test their soil and what to test it for, especially if they have been affected by sewerage as inevitably they will have.
The good news (at least for the Somerset flood victims) is that we've been offered the free help and advice of the gardenadvice.com website - they've provided advice to flood recovery internationally so they are really well-placed to advise.
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I'd love to see these make over shows that seem to fill day time television (inbetween the shows about sleeping with your partners brother or having six children by the time you're 23) get in on the action and offer to do over a few gardens in such a way as to show others how you can achieve a bit of a quick fix to please the eye and heart in pots and such like while the land itself recovers.
good idea Clarington. Maybe someone will take it up
In the sticks near Peterborough
That's a good idea, Clarington! Would someone like to post a suggestion on one of the makeover show websites to see if there are any takers? (I've already nagged the BBC a couple of times (GQT and GW) so they might be a bit bored with me now...).
Philippa
. I agree with Rosie, we should really bombard these gardening programmes with requests for how to deal with flooded/contaminated soil. At what point will it be safe for them to grow veg again?
When I lived in London, we were about 1 or 2 miles from Hogarth roundabout, the busiest roundabout in Europe apparently (though I find that hard to believe - Hammersmith is far worse) and my lovely neighbour who was an RHS member had his soil tested for lead pollution and it came out ok.
The gardeners in the affected areas need to know how to test their soil and what to test it for, especially if they have been affected by sewerage as inevitably they will have.
Have you seen what's just come in as a new thread?
Ask Alan
We can start there.
In the sticks near Peterborough
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Bump from Pongo the puppy to Flossie Flo
Does chemical spillage include toilet cleansers, dish washing tablets, biological soap powders etc. These have also surfaced with the sewage.
The good news (at least for the Somerset flood victims) is that we've been offered the free help and advice of the gardenadvice.com website - they've provided advice to flood recovery internationally so they are really well-placed to advise.
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Rosie, that is such good news.
Flossie-Flo; The Tiger of the Fens