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Monty's box hedging
Kevin dale
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Now is it me or did anybody else feel sorry for Monty last night on gardeners' world when he had to burn his box hedging ? Also what exactly is Joe swift doing on there get alys fowler back !
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and the years and years of pruning and watching it grow. think he said its 14(??) years old, such a shame
It's part of gardening though isn't it? We all get it. We have a 20 foot paved area designed around an old willow. When we built it I remember saying that I hoped we weren't creating something around a tree that was near its end. We were.
But now I have a whole different planting opportunity. (Leaving out honey fungus susceptible species) 14 years is the blink of an eye in gardening.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Yes, I felt sorry for him, it must feel like the end of an era - but as he said a garden's a living growing thing and every time something comes to an end there's an opportunity for something new - gardeners are philosophers and opportunists and I get the feeling that while Monty felt sad about losing his box, he is looking forward to the challenge of creating a new vision for his garden.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'm with you on Joe Swift...
Nothing lasts forever. Nothing.
A loss is an opportunity
This s what I posted on another thread and I believe it to be true.
"Tonight, Monty gives every reason under the sun to explain the demise of his beloved box hedging. The fact remains that it has been a disaster area ever since the program was first broadcast from Longmeadow two years ago.......The reason - he confessed to stupidly cutting it back hard in October.
That's when you invited in box blight, Mr Don!"
We all make mistakes, but we have get on with it.
Yes, I remember him acknowledging his mistake .......... and he is 'getting on with it'.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I felt really sorry for Monty, but I can't help thinking his garden will be better without it. A bit of box, making a statement as a ball or in a pot or around some herb beds is OK but Monty had masses of it making everything look enclosed and hard to get at.