The 1 hour show is wonderful. We were always complaining that half an hour was far too short for such a wonderfully calm and informative show, plus we enjoy the dogs showing up in the odd place.
Keep up the good work Monty, you have an excellent programme. We watched last night and loved it.
Watched it on catch up this morning and enjoyed it. I felt there was a mix of practical advice with the seed sowing etc. and specialist features with the delphinium and tropical guys. I'm thinking of trying some hardy annuals early now instead of doing everything in March
The urban garden bit was a little disappointing, just sticking plants in pots but liked the enthusiasm of the two ladies who started it all off.
Think the weather feature could be handy if the "script" includes stuff like frost warnings/drop in overnight temps, things that impact on your garden.
Look forward to seeing Adam's new garden develop. I did enjoy watching the one Carol helped a young couple make from scratch a couple of years ago. A good opportunity to show how decisions are made regarding where to site a greenhouse, veg patch, flowerbed. How many new gardeners starting out would consider the soil/ aspect when making plans? I certainly didn't
Really looking forward to it, especially after all your comments. Will have to watch it on Catchup TV as live won't work in our Norfolk cottage, OH is fiddling with it as I type. Have a new aerial in the loft. I like Catchup though, can't get it when we are in France.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Loved seeing those huge new borders at Kew. I remember walking along that long broad walk years ago, me pushing Wonky in a pushchair and with a 5 year old holding Daddy's hand, wishing there was something other than trees and grass to talk to the children about - we're from a very rural area where they saw a lot of trees and grass.
Then a few weeks ago OH was in London and met up with a friend of a friend who said that his girlfriend was working on these fantastic new beds at Kew, and told OH lots about them. He came back and told me and I've been impatient to see them ... I think we need to organise a Forkers Visit to Kew next summer ... anyone else up for it?
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I might even come down to London specially for a trip to Kew... used to go with my Grandpa, also remember it costing a penny (1d originally, I think, Hosta!).
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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About time BBC acknowledged gardening as a popular hobby.
The 1 hour show is wonderful. We were always complaining that half an hour was far too short for such a wonderfully calm and informative show, plus we enjoy the dogs showing up in the odd place.
Keep up the good work Monty, you have an excellent programme. We watched last night and loved it.
Watched it on catch up this morning and enjoyed it. I felt there was a mix of practical advice with the seed sowing etc. and specialist features with the delphinium and tropical guys. I'm thinking of trying some hardy annuals early now instead of doing everything in March
The urban garden bit was a little disappointing, just sticking plants in pots
but liked the enthusiasm of the two ladies who started it all off.
Think the weather feature could be handy if the "script" includes stuff like frost warnings/drop in overnight temps, things that impact on your garden.
Look forward to seeing Adam's new garden develop. I did enjoy watching the one Carol helped a young couple make from scratch a couple of years ago. A good opportunity to show how decisions are made regarding where to site a greenhouse, veg patch, flowerbed. How many new gardeners starting out would consider the soil/ aspect when making plans? I certainly didn't
Enjoying it but cotinus in a pot with crocosmia? How crowded is that going get very quickly?
Really looking forward to it, especially after all your comments. Will have to watch it on Catchup TV as live won't work in our Norfolk cottage, OH is fiddling with it as I type. Have a new aerial in the loft. I like Catchup though, can't get it when we are in France.
Loved seeing those huge new borders at Kew. I remember walking along that long broad walk years ago, me pushing Wonky in a pushchair and with a 5 year old holding Daddy's hand, wishing there was something other than trees and grass to talk to the children about - we're from a very rural area where they saw a lot of trees and grass.
Then a few weeks ago OH was in London and met up with a friend of a friend who said that his girlfriend was working on these fantastic new beds at Kew, and told OH lots about them. He came back and told me and I've been impatient to see them ... I think we need to organise a Forkers Visit to Kew next summer ... anyone else up for it?
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that, despite regularly driving past it, I have never been to Kew...
Yes Dove, I love Kew.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Steve, I remember when it was 1p to get in . Then Thatcher scrapped that little by law and let them charge what they liked.
I might even come down to London specially for a trip to Kew... used to go with my Grandpa, also remember it costing a penny (1d originally, I think, Hosta!).