Did you notice at the end of Friday's programme, Monty said GW ill be here every week till November? Despite the olympics! Hey, someone's listened to us!
I have just watched Gardeners World from Friday and I did notice what Monty said about being on every week. At last, it does see, like someone is listening. It feels good.
Looks like this thread has gone cold but for what it's worth I'm going to comment. I think the content of GW is old and tired. I record it and prefer to watch Alan T from 1999 then this weeks offering. Monty's garden is intolerably boring. He covers the same old ground every year. Trimming his giant hedges, diging potatoes on his birthday, strawberry runners, nothing is topical and new. Alys fowler was in touch with new ideas regarding health and growing your own veg. I want to see making the most of small spaces, vertical gardening, veg and fruit growing. How to do it the easy way I'm not into double digging. A bit of design but not too much. Alan T did it all and I just can not stand Monty's poor use of English. The word is Accurate not Ackrit. It's Sliver not slither, snakes slither.
I think they need to at the very least ring the changes with the setting. Monty's garden is so unrepresentative of most peoples. What ever they do they shouldn't repeat and repeat the same thing again and again. I can't give suggestions for a whole year's shows in this short space but I could come up with a more interesting catalogue than we have see in the last two years. I want to know how to grow veg in my garden not Monty's huge space. I want to know what I can do to keep and preserve and enjoy it. I want to know how to fill my garden with scented plants, to keep interest going all year not just one season. How many plants give double duty, Flowers in spring and colour/berries (even edible hedges) in autumn. What interesting things can I use for containers. How can I keep fertility going in containers and how can I control vine weavel (the bain of my containers). What can I grow besides tomatoes and cucmbers in my greenhouse. How can I control temperatures in my greenhouse. Dick Strawbridge had a great idea using stored heat from the sun to keep a greenhouse warm in the night. What inovative ideas can they come up with other then blowing the budget on expensive and wasteful electric heaters. Parafin heaters are awful, they give off fumes so what's the alternative. What can I do to create a propagation area out side early in the year, i.e. insulation, lighting heating a small space to grow seeds early and not just on a windowsill. I could go on and on and on, why the heck can't they when they are supposed to be the paid experts.
As for hating TB, he was a little stiff at the beginning but he eventually got going and I though he had improved by the second year. Yes the 30 min competition was a bit silly but at least he gave some new ideas. I think he would have been better had he stayed. I think it was a knee jerk reaction to bring Monty back, nothing personal here but I hate his garden. He's fine as a presenter but boring and even if that appeals to some there is definitely a new element/trend to gardening now a days that looks to growing food. What has he shown us in recent years very little and nothing new. What about unusual veg, seakale for instance or globe artichokes. Carol Kline is a really nice person and I love her enthusiasm but if she tells me about geraniums AGAIN I think I might scream! Give us something new not warmed up leftovers.
Ok- have watched GW from the 1970's-and it has always been the case that you adapt the ideas to suit your own plot and at the same time the programme cant ignore old issues just to show new ones- what about new gardeners?
As to your points over the years I have seen most of them deal with-vine weevils came up last year-containers and fertility a couple of weeks back-propogation and growing on in cold frames often shown-I think the trouble is you may be looking for an individual training manual which is not the remit of the programme
Nothing is perfect and GW will not please all-but then what does?
GW is currently the Beeb's lone offering for gardeners and it' snot enough ..
In my opinion, gardening, as an activity/pastime is very similar to cooking.
How many cookery series do the BBC have. It's seems there's a different cookery program on every day. And some individual cookery programs (Ready, Steady Cook) are sometimes on every day. And there are the various cookery/travel programs that feature cooking around the world.
I pay the same licence fee as cookery fans to, and I get just one program a week; sometimes none. I want a refund.
Totally agree! Come on BBC we want more and often plus repeat but do make it worth a repeat please.
True but one would think that GW team would be in touch with the latest interests and not just serve up the same old stuff year on year. I'm trying to come up with suggestions as asked to elaborate by Joslow. I have recorded GW for the last few years and since Monty came back he virtually copies his last programme dialogue in places it's blatent. Look at the start of the March programme when the clocks changed, his opening words are virtually identical, it's terrible. I want a refund on my licence if that's all he has to offer. I'm only asking for somthing different and dare I say it INTERESTING !
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Did you notice at the end of Friday's programme, Monty said GW ill be here every week till November? Despite the olympics! Hey, someone's listened to us!
I have just watched Gardeners World from Friday and I did notice what Monty said about being on every week. At last, it does see, like someone is listening. It feels good.
Looks like this thread has gone cold but for what it's worth I'm going to comment. I think the content of GW is old and tired. I record it and prefer to watch Alan T from 1999 then this weeks offering. Monty's garden is intolerably boring. He covers the same old ground every year. Trimming his giant hedges, diging potatoes on his birthday, strawberry runners, nothing is topical and new. Alys fowler was in touch with new ideas regarding health and growing your own veg. I want to see making the most of small spaces, vertical gardening, veg and fruit growing. How to do it the easy way I'm not into double digging. A bit of design but not too much. Alan T did it all and I just can not stand Monty's poor use of English. The word is Accurate not Ackrit. It's Sliver not slither, snakes slither.
AT has sold his soul now
I think they need to at the very least ring the changes with the setting. Monty's garden is so unrepresentative of most peoples. What ever they do they shouldn't repeat and repeat the same thing again and again. I can't give suggestions for a whole year's shows in this short space but I could come up with a more interesting catalogue than we have see in the last two years. I want to know how to grow veg in my garden not Monty's huge space. I want to know what I can do to keep and preserve and enjoy it. I want to know how to fill my garden with scented plants, to keep interest going all year not just one season. How many plants give double duty, Flowers in spring and colour/berries (even edible hedges) in autumn. What interesting things can I use for containers. How can I keep fertility going in containers and how can I control vine weavel (the bain of my containers). What can I grow besides tomatoes and cucmbers in my greenhouse. How can I control temperatures in my greenhouse. Dick Strawbridge had a great idea using stored heat from the sun to keep a greenhouse warm in the night. What inovative ideas can they come up with other then blowing the budget on expensive and wasteful electric heaters. Parafin heaters are awful, they give off fumes so what's the alternative. What can I do to create a propagation area out side early in the year, i.e. insulation, lighting heating a small space to grow seeds early and not just on a windowsill. I could go on and on and on, why the heck can't they when they are supposed to be the paid experts.
As for hating TB, he was a little stiff at the beginning but he eventually got going and I though he had improved by the second year. Yes the 30 min competition was a bit silly but at least he gave some new ideas. I think he would have been better had he stayed. I think it was a knee jerk reaction to bring Monty back, nothing personal here but I hate his garden. He's fine as a presenter but boring and even if that appeals to some there is definitely a new element/trend to gardening now a days that looks to growing food. What has he shown us in recent years very little and nothing new. What about unusual veg, seakale for instance or globe artichokes. Carol Kline is a really nice person and I love her enthusiasm but if she tells me about geraniums AGAIN I think I might scream! Give us something new not warmed up leftovers.
Ok- have watched GW from the 1970's-and it has always been the case that you adapt the ideas to suit your own plot and at the same time the programme cant ignore old issues just to show new ones- what about new gardeners?
As to your points over the years I have seen most of them deal with-vine weevils came up last year-containers and fertility a couple of weeks back-propogation and growing on in cold frames often shown-I think the trouble is you may be looking for an individual training manual which is not the remit of the programme
Nothing is perfect and GW will not please all-but then what does?
True but one would think that GW team would be in touch with the latest interests and not just serve up the same old stuff year on year. I'm trying to come up with suggestions as asked to elaborate by Joslow. I have recorded GW for the last few years and since Monty came back he virtually copies his last programme dialogue in places it's blatent. Look at the start of the March programme when the clocks changed, his opening words are virtually identical, it's terrible. I want a refund on my licence if that's all he has to offer. I'm only asking for somthing different and dare I say it INTERESTING !
He is on a 2 year contract-the initial idea of him presenting from his own garden is fine on paper but I do agree with you it may get repetitive
Who knows there may be a change next year-there has been a little barney with the BBC over his chemicals/non chemicals stance