I fully support him for being honest! If he had told us all to go ahead and plant during the cold spell we would all be complaining to the BBC for his bad advice. He should be praised for telling us the best advice. Most of us hardened gardeners knew not to plant but the novices need that sort of advice, or they would have disasters and be put off gardening for the future!
ENOUGH! We seem to be having this pointless debate about whether we love Monty or hate him. I find it reaasuring that he has not been got at by the industry and does not recommend stuff from particular places. The advice he gives is his, if you dont like him dont watch him, if you dont agree with him seek advice from elsewhere.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
did you hear radio 4 news at5pm?monty was on explaining what he meant,and he was so calm,and ended the report encouraging people to go to garden centres this weekend.
I think this is a non-story to start with;if the garden centres can really blame one peson for their entire industry not selling their stock thats crazy.
monty did say,why are they throwing away their stock?why not put it on clearance?ive bought lots from my local garden centre this way,even better,last year i was sent some vouchers and got loads of plants for 50p!
Joslow we have had this debate 3 times in the last few weeks, with 1 or2 people continually having a dig at him. It clear that they [ you? ] do not like him and have spouted about Montys lack of gardening credentials. Todays storm in tcup was actually Monty saying there is no need to rush to get your seeds in. Sounds sensible to me.
If you dont like him dont watch, if you do then fine
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
'ENOUGH! We seem to be having this pointless debate about whether we love Monty or hate him. I find it reaasuring that he has not been got at by the industry and does not recommend stuff from particular places. The advice he gives is his, if you dont like him dont watch him, if you dont agree with him seek advice from elsewhere.'
IAbsolutley Agree...it's noticable that threads are being used with comments made by the few more suitable for facebook or twitter...which cannot be diffused by the odd 'smiley' icom
Give me strength...for goodness sake we are Gardeners...lets get on with sharing our gardening experiences...as MD does.
...and another thing...read this....posted elsewhere but relevant here...
“'Garden centres throwing away plants' Peter Burks. Chairman of the Garden Centre Association has decided to name a name.
He says the commercial disaster is not the fault of the inclement weather, but of TV presenter Monty Don.In a recent episode of GW MD advised viewers that “There's no great hurry to plant seed, so don't panic. Don't be in a hurry. You don't have to sow anything until April”.
Quite right. The earth tends to have to hit a certain degree of warmth before seeds will germinate.
All that Burks' opinion really illustrates is how much garden centres rely on selling plants to people who don't know much about gardening. Charming”
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I fully support him for being honest! If he had told us all to go ahead and plant during the cold spell we would all be complaining to the BBC for his bad advice. He should be praised for telling us the best advice. Most of us hardened gardeners knew not to plant but the novices need that sort of advice, or they would have disasters and be put off gardening for the future!
ENOUGH! We seem to be having this pointless debate about whether we love Monty or hate him. I find it reaasuring that he has not been got at by the industry and does not recommend stuff from particular places. The advice he gives is his, if you dont like him dont watch him, if you dont agree with him seek advice from elsewhere.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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Thanks Marshmellow for the Tumblr link!
ENOUGH of what, debate, discussion, other peoples points of view?
did you hear radio 4 news at5pm?monty was on explaining what he meant,and he was so calm,and ended the report encouraging people to go to garden centres this weekend.
I think this is a non-story to start with;if the garden centres can really blame one peson for their entire industry not selling their stock thats crazy.
monty did say,why are they throwing away their stock?why not put it on clearance?ive bought lots from my local garden centre this way,even better,last year i was sent some vouchers and got loads of plants for 50p!
AT presented from his own garden at a moment's notice when Geoff Hamilton sadly died.
Joslow we have had this debate 3 times in the last few weeks, with 1 or2 people continually having a dig at him. It clear that they [ you? ] do not like him and have spouted about Montys lack of gardening credentials. Todays storm in tcup was actually Monty saying there is no need to rush to get your seeds in. Sounds sensible to me.
If you dont like him dont watch, if you do then fine
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
punkdoc wrote - at 16.51 and above
'ENOUGH! We seem to be having this pointless debate about whether we love Monty or hate him. I find it reaasuring that he has not been got at by the industry and does not recommend stuff from particular places. The advice he gives is his, if you dont like him dont watch him, if you dont agree with him seek advice from elsewhere.'
I Absolutley Agree...it's noticable that threads are being used with comments made by the few more suitable for facebook or twitter...which cannot be diffused by the odd 'smiley' icom
Give me strength...for goodness sake we are Gardeners...lets get on with sharing our gardening experiences...as MD does.
...and another thing...read this....posted elsewhere but relevant here...
“'Garden centres throwing away plants' Peter Burks. Chairman of the Garden Centre Association has decided to name a name.
He says the commercial disaster is not the fault of the inclement weather, but of TV presenter Monty Don.In a recent episode of GW MD advised viewers that “There's no great hurry to plant seed, so don't panic. Don't be in a hurry. You don't have to sow anything until April”.
Quite right. The earth tends to have to hit a certain degree of warmth before seeds will germinate.
All that Burks' opinion really illustrates is how much garden centres rely on selling plants to people who don't know much about gardening. Charming”
The Guardian. Saturday 13.4.13