I swing on Berghill's side of the pendulum, finding Monty mostly irritating in his mannerisms and projects but not quite unbearable. There's enough good stuff elsewhere in the programme now but I do watch recordings so I can FF.
The fungae weren't actually in the compost but scattered on the roots at planting time.
There was an interesting item on the stuff growing naturally in woodland on Countryfile and, apparently, plantain weed roots are also full of it so the scientific chappy's advice was to dig some up with its roots and a good lump of soil which you then cut into chunks and mix into your compost where, with luck, it will grow in symbiosis with your plants. Especially good for strawberries apparently so i'll be digging some up to try it on my 30 new plants which have to go into troughs while waiting for a bed.
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I'm with Berghill and Obelixx. The very personification of pretentious affectation. ( and often gives his opinions , as if they are incontrivetible facts.)
I enjoy Monty. But I do think sometimes that what they need is a little garden in Yorkshire in the shadows of the slag heap and previously owned by a builder who liked to bury his rubbish rather than recycle.
I don't particularly want to dig up the past, but GW did have a phase of growing in window-boxes and buckets a few years ago and it caused an uncivil war here and elsewhere because a lot of people found it dreadfully boring and bitty.
There's an interesting article (at least I found it interesting) by Monty in the new GW magazine. I don't have any problem with him on GW but, to me he does come across as a bit pretentious on some of the other garden programmes he's done. I bit 'brown nose' too, in the way he heaps praise on some of the owners of large gardens.
I agree with Verdun. I find the programme, especially now it is 1 hour long, is varied and there are several presenters. I enjoy all of it, even the bits that don't concern my gardening style and tastes. Give the poor man a break everyone - he can't please all the people all the time! I think, on the whole, he does a good job.
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I swing on Berghill's side of the pendulum, finding Monty mostly irritating in his mannerisms and projects but not quite unbearable. There's enough good stuff elsewhere in the programme now but I do watch recordings so I can FF.
The fungae weren't actually in the compost but scattered on the roots at planting time.
There was an interesting item on the stuff growing naturally in woodland on Countryfile and, apparently, plantain weed roots are also full of it so the scientific chappy's advice was to dig some up with its roots and a good lump of soil which you then cut into chunks and mix into your compost where, with luck, it will grow in symbiosis with your plants. Especially good for strawberries apparently so i'll be digging some up to try it on my 30 new plants which have to go into troughs while waiting for a bed.
I'm with Berghill and Obelixx. The very personification of pretentious affectation. ( and often gives his opinions , as if they are incontrivetible facts.)
I enjoy Monty. But I do think sometimes that what they need is a little garden in Yorkshire in the shadows of the slag heap and previously owned by a builder who liked to bury his rubbish rather than recycle.
Hi Clarington,
I don't particularly want to dig up the past, but GW did have a phase of growing in window-boxes and buckets a few years ago and it caused an uncivil war here and elsewhere because a lot of people found it dreadfully boring and bitty.
There's an interesting article (at least I found it interesting) by Monty in the new GW magazine. I don't have any problem with him on GW but, to me he does come across as a bit pretentious on some of the other garden programmes he's done. I bit 'brown nose' too, in the way he heaps praise on some of the owners of large gardens.
I like the way he writes, just not so keen on his presenting style.
I agree with Verdun. I find the programme, especially now it is 1 hour long, is varied and there are several presenters. I enjoy all of it, even the bits that don't concern my gardening style and tastes. Give the poor man a break everyone - he can't please all the people all the time! I think, on the whole, he does a good job.
He really is a Marmite character isn't he?
I love Marmite.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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