I haven't watched the programme but I think OM has recorded it so I will look out for this tiny tiny garden and be equally annoyed! I didn't think gardens were that small in London? I grew up there and our garden was "average" at 100 foot long and width of house perhaps 30'. My 1st own house purchase in London (Enfield) had a small garden - probably 60' by 20' so I will be interested to see this little garden on this programme and what they do with it. I think it is always one of my first considerations when I buy a house - the size and aspect of the garden! My smallest "garden" was a flat balcony of about 3' by 8'. Loved it but soon out grew it and had to buy a house again.
I don't see why we have to turn off our critical faculties in order to be entertained? Surely the point of this kind of programme is to inform and inspire as well as entertain and so info and commentary both need to be accurate.
Our terrace is 6 metres square - or 36 square metres. Makes a huge difference to the budget when I'm planning something like repointing the joints between the cobbles or how many people I can accommodate at a BBQ. Other than the terrace, there are no metres square in my garden as it's a wonky triangle so I have to work out square metres of surface area for seed, feed, mulching and so on.
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I haven't watched the programme but I think OM has recorded it so I will look out for this tiny tiny garden and be equally annoyed! I didn't think gardens were that small in London? I grew up there and our garden was "average" at 100 foot long and width of house perhaps 30'. My 1st own house purchase in London (Enfield) had a small garden - probably 60' by 20' so I will be interested to see this little garden on this programme and what they do with it. I think it is always one of my first considerations when I buy a house - the size and aspect of the garden! My smallest "garden" was a flat balcony of about 3' by 8'. Loved it but soon out grew it and had to buy a house again.
I don't see why we have to turn off our critical faculties in order to be entertained? Surely the point of this kind of programme is to inform and inspire as well as entertain and so info and commentary both need to be accurate.
Our terrace is 6 metres square - or 36 square metres. Makes a huge difference to the budget when I'm planning something like repointing the joints between the cobbles or how many people I can accommodate at a BBQ. Other than the terrace, there are no metres square in my garden as it's a wonky triangle so I have to work out square metres of surface area for seed, feed, mulching and so on.
I agree. Information has to be correct whether it's an entertainment or a factual programme.
After all, we'd all be up in arms if they were suggesting totally inappropriate planting for a specific garden ....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
or said the only way to get rid of ground elder is to dig it up????
Now I have even seen that! (not on BBC I hasten to add!). I garden with children was planted with poisonous and prickly plants
i hate when the americans say 2" by 4" it's bloody 4by2 ha ha
I hate it when americans think Trump would make a good president.
" rising to a crescendo" is the one that gets my goat.
The crescendo IS the rising part. Rising to a climax is more accurate