Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Chatting => Chatting on the Plot => Topic started by: rowlandwells on October 31, 2020, 13:35
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i see Gardeners world and Beach grove have all closed down for winter you know its always a mystery to me why they close down so early because as we all know there's always something to do for proper gardeners as we know to well from our members on this site
and if i remember there used to be garden programs on the tele in the winter months one program comes to mind from I think Kings Heath Birmingham with Cyril Fletcher and others that i can't remember also there was Geoff Smith who had a gardening program the programs where very informative especially Geoff smith's they used to talk about many things to do in the greenhouse sowing seeds and many more topics of interest for the next growing season that's sadly missing on todays gardening programs that's my opinion
and yes to an extent our gardens have closed down for the next few months the allotments look dormant with only a few pickings and although the ground has been ploughed up for winter the ground looks cold and
dismal as though its sleeping only ready to wake up and come to life when spring rears its head
we are finding plenty to do in these winter months both in the greenhouses and tool shed for both repairs cleaning repairing tools and generally tidying up getting everything ship shape for the next year we are only armchair gardeners if the weathers to cold snow or felling ill
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I’m quite happy to be an armchair gardener. 🤣 I’m not young enough or fit enough to garden in the wind and rain......or even in a heatwave for that matter.🙄
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I’m quite happy to be an armchair gardener. 🤣 I’m not young enough or fit enough to garden in the wind and rain......or even in a heatwave for that matter.🙄
I'll go along with that. I am not young or fit either. I can cope with the heatwaves, love it. I have just come back in and whilst very windy the sun is shining now. Didn't do anything though, just looked. :D Mrs Bouquet
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well i have to say I'm no spring chicken but i like pottering about in the greenhouse cleaning pots and trays or in the workshop doing something or other on a wet day just sorting things out passes the time away before lunch and wouldn't it be nice if we had a garden program devoted to practical gardening the we could all be armchair gardeners couldn't we?
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I suspect Monty will be glad of the break. I understand that the viewing figures have been up on previous years , apparently they received about 8000 videos from viewers .
I do wonder why Monty appears on other shows such as the One Show , I got the impression that he would rather be elsewhere when he was on recently , guessing he's fulfilling contractural obligations. He seems most at home in the garden.
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I think Monty is quite shy really, I know lots on here aren’t keen on him but I’ve always liked him, it doesn’t bother me that he has a huge garden or is ‘posh’
I quite enjoyed the home videos that they used this year & would like to see one or two each programme in future years. I particularly enjoyed the ones with the children getting stuck in. I wish they’d rerun some early gardeners world, after all they’re rerunning films from before 1960 & tv shows from the 70s :wacko:
Like many I do think they cut the gardening programmes off too soon & would like to see them year round as others have said, there’s gardening to be done all year round, maybe we would get new presenters coming through then too.
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Yes, they're all closed aren't they?
Cheers, Tony. :nowink:
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I think Monty is quite shy really, I know lots on here aren’t keen on him but I’ve always liked him, it doesn’t bother me that he has a huge garden or is ‘posh’
I quite enjoyed the home videos that they used this year & would like to see one or two each programme in future years. I particularly enjoyed the ones with the children getting stuck in. I wish they’d rerun some early gardeners world, after all they’re rerunning films from before 1960 & tv shows from the 70s :wacko:
Like many I do think they cut the gardening programmes off too soon & would like to see them year round as others have said, there’s gardening to be done all year round, maybe we would get new presenters coming through then too.
Suggest contacting the BBC , see what they say.
Not sure he's shy , I suspect he doesn't suffer fools . There is a lovely picture in the November GW issue of him and Nigel during the flooding and the front of the calendar was nice.
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well like many TV progs its worth a look when there's nothing ells better to do on a Friday night not many informative points but some good side shows but i think there's no one but no one to beat the late great Geoff Hamilton a real down to earth gardener and in some respects its rubbed of on Adam frost he don't mind getting his hands or knees Dirty
and of cause we having lost our favourite canine friend Nigel it never feels the same program without him but having said all that at least we can really on the most professional gardeners on this site to always give us good sound advise a site that never closes open 24/7 and its free :D :D
and I'm sure he can suffer any fools who pays his wages for around six months work :D:D
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I prefer GW when Adam Frost id presenting, not keen on Monty tbh ::)
Plenty of good old gardening programmes they could be showing, apart from old GWs eg I remember liking a series by Christine Walkden a few years ago ;)
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yes what happened to Christine Walkden haven't seen her on the TV for ages and your rite Mum they where well worth watching it would be nice to see those series re-run again better than some of the tosh that's dished up thank god for the channel changer
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Christine is still out there. I met her years ago when she came to do a talk somewhere where I was working. She is just like she is on tv. An absolute gem :)
http://www.christinewalkden.com
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She's still on Gardeners' Question Time on the radio.
Another Geoff Hamilton fan here. I agree that the series should run a bit longer - at least until, say, the end of November. There's so much to do that gets missed, which may be alright for experienced gardeners, but not for newbies - who may not realise that there's stuff they should be doing.
The Beechgrove's pretty good for that - but I'm sure it's shorter than it used to be. ISTR the programmes used to give advice about putting tools away etc. Or is that just me?
Also think they ought to do repeats of general gardening programmes. As well as GW, Geoff did several series about making gardens from scratch eg Ornamental Kitchen Garden (got the DVDs) and there was also a series on the Victorian Kitchen Garden, plus 2 others.
Some have been repeated, I know. Again, it may just be me, but it feels as if newer programmes have been dumbed down.
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Basketcase, I think you'll find all TV has been dumbed down. Would love to watch the Victorian kitchen garden again. I also enjoyed one based on WW2 with some land army girls.
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Geoff did several series about making gardens from scratch eg Ornamental Kitchen Garden (got the DVDs) and there was also a series on the Victorian Kitchen Garden, plus 2 others.
I managed to record the Victorian Kitchen Garden the last time it was shown, and re-watched a few over the weekend :blush:
I have a few of the Geoff Hamilton series on dvd as well, for when the mood takes me ;)
As for modern GW I do record it, but seem to FF through most of it nowadays ::)
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Victorian Kitchen Garden is around to view. You can watch it here without creating an account. If you do create an account, note your dob is American format mm/dd/yyyy
https://www.dailymotion.com/search/victorian%20kitchen%20garden/videos
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Just found some the Wartime Kitchen Garden on YouTube as well :)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtcyBfrwYu_udYcC_Hc2KYjhISVc9WyfB
Same YouTuber also has the Victorian Flower Garden. Well that has got you sorted for a fews hours of viewing :lol:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtcyBfrwYu_t_T0Od4WKIsHE3SBMhMRD9
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Just watched this....much better than some of the c*** that is being re-run. Surely in these trying times we need cheering up and it is now acknowledged that gardening is one of the activities that is good for both mental and physical health. Just 'channel' hopping last night we could have watched Evil killers of the world; Britains most evil killers and other various doom laden murderous programmes.
Think I will get out my copy of the book to go with this wonderful gardening series and hibernate under the duvet 'til spring.. :) :)
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Newshoot, thank you. Kettle on, biscuit tin at the ready!
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i tend to agree with you Graciesgran and mum because there are many of the good old garden programs that the BBC could run and i think most of our members take the same view you see you have to have some tosh programs to make the other programs look good :lol:
and as for good old Monty well he's got another six months to get a good rest and if he wants a hand I'm sure we could get John H to help him out :D
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I am not sure about Monty being shy. He had some issues with his health a few years back. Perhaps he is trying to prevent any re-occurance. I must admit he is not my favourite, but I do think we could see some re-runs of GW etc going back quite a few years. What a lovely thing to watch on a dark winters night. Mrs Bouquet
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absolutely rite Mrs B couldn't agree more with your reply what a lovely thought dream on comes to mind :lol:
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Geoff did several series about making gardens from scratch eg Ornamental Kitchen Garden (got the DVDs) and there was also a series on the Victorian Kitchen Garden, plus 2 others.
I managed to record the Victorian Kitchen Garden the last time it was shown, and re-watched a few over the weekend :blush:
I have a few of the Geoff Hamilton series on dvd as well, for when the mood takes me ;)
As for modern GW I do record it, but seem to FF through most of it nowadays ::)
Maybe for the WordWeDareNotMention List? BTW - when may we mention it?
Went on a DVD splurge a while back, so I've got the 3 Geoff Hamilton series and the Victorian Kitchen Garden/Kitchen and Flower Garden for when I really want to binge. I enjoyed the Dig for Victory thing as well - I like everything that team does. I wish they'd do a few more like that - maybe a Georgian and/or Mediaeval Garden - both rich and poor. A year growing no-dig would be good too.
But it'd have to be with people who really know what they're doing and can explain things in an understandable but intelligent way. Maybe Ruth and team would be up for it? The Beechgrove team would be good for that too. Being in Scotland, it's more use to me than GW and I prefer it anyway.
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Just watched this....much better than some of the c*** that is being re-run. Surely in these trying times we need cheering up and it is now acknowledged that gardening is one of the activities that is good for both mental and physical health. Just 'channel' hopping last night we could have watched Evil killers of the world; Britains most evil killers and other various doom laden murderous programmes.
Think I will get out my copy of the book to go with this wonderful gardening series and hibernate under the duvet 'til spring.. :) :)
I agree. As if we're not depressed enough!
I've been enjoying the Joan Hickson Miss Marple re-runs. (Apparently she was Agatha Christie's ideal Miss M)
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yes Beachgrove very good program well worth watching and very informative all very good presenters still watching the back series
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Maybe for the WordWeDareNotMention List? BTW - when may we mention it?
1 December :D
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Maybe for the WordWeDareNotMention List? BTW - when may we mention it?
1 December :D
Ah, thanks.
No point in risking being stripped of your (plant) labels and drummed off the plot in a wheelbarrow... :wacko:
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No point in risking being stripped of your (plant) labels and drummed off the plot in a wheelbarrow... :wacko:
:lol:
Actually it is worse than even that :ohmy: Aunt Sally puts you on the norty step and if you persist in riling her, she starts rattling the dungeon keys :ohmy: :ohmy: :ohmy:
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Just watched this....much better than some of the c*** that is being re-run. Surely in these trying times we need cheering up and it is now acknowledged that gardening is one of the activities that is good for both mental and physical health. Just 'channel' hopping last night we could have watched Evil killers of the world; Britains most evil killers and other various doom laden murderous programmes.
Think I will get out my copy of the book to go with this wonderful gardening series and hibernate under the duvet 'til spring.. :) :)
Sounds like TV to die for!!
Monty seems to have the 'Marmite ' effect , I find him quite easy to watch , he has a soothing voice .
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yes a good reply Tenhens Marmite you either love it or hate it and yes Marmite is easy to spread but for some the taste ???not easy to swallow :D :D :D
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Just 'channel' hopping last night we could have watched Evil killers of the world; Britains most evil killers and other various doom laden murderous programmes.
I wish I'd watched that, it would have given me some inspiration for the next time I am back at the physical bridge club.