Caz/Rose - just come in myself for a nice cup of tea! After the last 2 weekends away I have spent an hour today bringing in most of the remaining tomatoes from he greenhouse, emptying pots and about 4 hours raking leaves. I have loved it!
Yakram - sound words. I pine for gardening programmes in winter.
Can't see that there's much to miss really (except Nigel, maybe)....you know all about putting your leaves in a chicken-wire enclosure, or a plastic bag by now and putting them on a solid path and running over them with your Honda.....Not to mention that priceless annual about using two pieces of wood to lift them - he must think we're still walking around in a loin cloth, with a club in our hands.
I'll certainly not miss him propelling his wheelbarrow around, every Friday!
Can't see that there's much to miss really (except Nigel, maybe)....you know all about putting your leaves in a chicken-wire enclosure, or a plastic bag by now and putting them on a solid path and running over them with your Honda.....Not to mention that priceless annual about using two pieces of wood to lift them - he must think we're still walking around in a loin cloth, with a club in our hands.
I'll certainly not miss him propelling his wheelbarrow around, every Friday!
And that is the problem David with the programme if advice gets repeated -rather like the annual lawn spiking and dressing exercise-that we seem to have been spared this year-we say oh no that again- whereas new gardeners go- crikey that is a great idea I wouldn't have thought of that-bits of wood, using the mower as a vacuum,bagging leaves -simple thanks Monty-
At least we know that Nigel is alright now after his accident last month, he's such a love and I miss him already, hopefully by the time the programme comes back in the spring he will be 100%.
I almost fell asleep watching this week's GW. Most of us have seen gathering leaves countless times. Though complete novices may have found this informative.
The title of the thread uses the word Hibernation.
That's what nature does. Nature shuts down for Winter. Gardeners who are gardening with nature will want to do the same.
There are of course some people who want to fight nature. They are determined to keep busy at all costs, and blindly fool themselves into thinking that this is the most exciting time of the gardening year.
Just look at some of the propsals listed in the first topic - 'making plans, organising crop rotation, ordering seeds'. Those are desk jobs. That's not real gardening. You might as well sit inside by a warm fire, playing FarmVille on your computer.
Personally, I don't want to see a series of 20 programs about gathering leaves and shifting snow.
Still on the 'hibernating' theme, we were once again reminded to check our bonfires for hibernating hedgehogs.......anyone tell me how that supposed to work?
Anyway, baked hedgehog is supposed to be delicious!!!!
now that's so cruel,baked hedgehog is full of needles,I think as you pick up the rubbish and feel if there is a lump that might be a rat or hedgehog,I think you ll find the rat will bite and squeal and the hedgehog might just yawn.alternately you could start with a small pile and chuck stuff on top that you have checked,that way you can have fun with the bonfire with a nice warm mug of soup to keep you going.
I would like a gardening programme for those of us with a bit more than basic knowledge, plant associations, info about new plants, etc. Garden newbies will still find such a programme interesting I think
That's an interesting idea Verdun, during the winter they could do some "teaching" to cover various levels of knowledge/experience. Perhaps how to plan projects & show how to make things, the way that Geoff did.
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Caz/Rose - just come in myself for a nice cup of tea! After the last 2 weekends away I have spent an hour today bringing in most of the remaining tomatoes from he greenhouse, emptying pots and about 4 hours raking leaves. I have loved it!
Yakram - sound words. I pine for gardening programmes in winter.
Can't see that there's much to miss really (except Nigel, maybe)....you know all about putting your leaves in a chicken-wire enclosure, or a plastic bag by now and putting them on a solid path and running over them with your Honda.....Not to mention that priceless annual about using two pieces of wood to lift them - he must think we're still walking around in a loin cloth, with a club in our hands.
I'll certainly not miss him propelling his wheelbarrow around, every Friday!
And that is the problem David with the programme if advice gets repeated -rather like the annual lawn spiking and dressing exercise-that we seem to have been spared this year-we say oh no that again- whereas new gardeners go- crikey that is a great idea I wouldn't have thought of that-bits of wood, using the mower as a vacuum,bagging leaves -simple thanks Monty-
-the usual you can't please etc.................
At least we know that Nigel is alright now after his accident last month, he's such a love and I miss him already, hopefully by the time the programme comes back in the spring he will be 100%.
I almost fell asleep watching this week's GW. Most of us have seen gathering leaves countless times. Though complete novices may have found this informative.
The title of the thread uses the word Hibernation.
That's what nature does. Nature shuts down for Winter. Gardeners who are gardening with nature will want to do the same.
There are of course some people who want to fight nature. They are determined to keep busy at all costs, and blindly fool themselves into thinking that this is the most exciting time of the gardening year.
Just look at some of the propsals listed in the first topic - 'making plans, organising crop rotation, ordering seeds'. Those are desk jobs. That's not real gardening. You might as well sit inside by a warm fire, playing FarmVille on your computer.
Personally, I don't want to see a series of 20 programs about gathering leaves and shifting snow.
Still on the 'hibernating' theme, we were once again reminded to check our bonfires for hibernating hedgehogs.......anyone tell me how that supposed to work?
Anyway, baked hedgehog is supposed to be delicious!!!!
now that's so cruel,baked hedgehog is full of needles,
I think as you pick up the rubbish and feel if there is a lump that might be a rat or hedgehog,I think you ll find the rat will bite and squeal and the hedgehog might just yawn.alternately you could start with a small pile and chuck stuff on top that you have checked,that way you can have fun with the bonfire with a nice warm mug of soup to keep you going.
Don't shoot the messenger....much prefer a cup of cocoa meself......Anyway, I find my daily bowl of All Bran keeps me going.
Other matters, I was just querying the logistics of checking something like this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicenouse/1159970860/
That's an interesting idea Verdun, during the winter they could do some "teaching" to cover various levels of knowledge/experience. Perhaps how to plan projects & show how to make things, the way that Geoff did.