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Posted by Lowena (U14575314) on Friday, 15th April 2011
I woke up this morning absurdly excited about it being Friday, and thus, the day for Gardener's World!! Why?? Must be the triumph of hope over experience!!
However, I am, as usual looking forward to the programme and hoping to see some colour this week.Happy watching
I woke up this morning absurdly excited about it being Friday, and thus, the day for Gardener's World!! Why?? Must be the triumph of hope over experience!!
However, I am, as usual looking forward to the programme and hoping to see some colour this week.Happy watching听
When you woke up could you here that sound of knives being sharpened???
Lowena...you really must try to get out more!
How can anyone take these so called professionals seriously?
There he was at the end of March, sowing sweet pea seed and rubbishing autumn sowing of them and tonight, there he was sowing young healthy plants that had obviously been grown during the winter.
Oh...and remember, no need to dead head daffodils.
Another very good programme. All my gardening friends agree that Monty's well spoken, calm, grown up approach is a wonderful start to the weekend. The man is a 'wordsmith' especially obvious in his following programme on Italian gardens. Excellent and thankyou a lot 大象传媒.
>Oh...and remember, no need to dead head daffodils.
What rubbish - fine if you have a million acre garden where you no doubt have 1,000s of daffodils growing so can afford for your daffs to only produce good flowers every couple of years as it recovers from putting all its energy into generating seeds, which *if* they succeed will take another 5~7 years to flower. Deadheading daffs and all other flowering bulbs allows the bulb to enlarge and produce offshoots (or bulblets) that then only take 2/3 years to flower.
Perhaps he hasn't got time to dead-head his daffs because of all that box hedging he has to trim every year, although doesn't do that very well looking at the state of it.
And why does he spend so much time talking about how brilliant his garden is and not actually doing any gardening.
I reckon we only dead head daffs because there is something so displeasing to the eye about mustard yellow wisps of dead petals attached to bulging seed pods. Nobody bothers to deadhead snowdrops and bluebells which go over without any one noticing. Tulips are very tidy creatures as well and I never feel the urge to decapitate them once the petals have dropped off.
I thought RdeT's hair looked lovely, so lustrous and shiny in the sun.
>Oh...and remember, no need to dead head daffodils.
What rubbish - fine if you have a million acre garden where you no doubt have 1,000s of daffodils growing so can afford for your daffs to only produce good flowers every couple of years as it recovers from putting all its energy into generating seeds, which *if* they succeed will take another 5~7 years to flower. Deadheading daffs and all other flowering bulbs allows the bulb to enlarge and produce offshoots (or bulblets) that then only take 2/3 years to flower.
Perhaps he hasn't got time to dead-head his daffs because of all that box hedging he has to trim every year, although doesn't do that very well looking at the state of it.
And why does he spend so much time talking about how brilliant his garden is and not actually doing any gardening.
听
I didn't get the daffodil bit either-this goes against all the advice I have seen over the years - has Monty turned into some kind of Revolutionary?
On a more positive note -last nights programme was probably the best so far-except for some "poncy"camera work of door-knobs and tools being put in wheelbarrows, and other shots- accompanied by the usual annoying music-this is a gardening programme not a feature film Mr Producer- but at least we got to see some gardening done- but I have to say the lawn patch which is supposed to be a feature looked out of place- does anybody know what is he hoping to achieve?
"has Monty turned into some kind of Revolutionary?"
Maybe! He's already revolutionised box trimming by doing in October instead of the customary early summer...the evidence being plain to see.
Or of course he could be absolutely clueless.
I was sad to see the Donster was just plonking in shop-bought plants. Surely with his garden he should have a huge nursery bed to bring on cuttings taken over the years?
I think he was trying to achive a quick fix and it looks like it. just dead head if less than 1000 daffs
, in reply to message 11.
Posted by jauntycyclist (U14199772) on Saturday, 16th April 2011
yes the grass patch is eccentric.
mind you this is gardening for well funded toffs and snobs of the 'country huse' set so its going to be a bit weird. Their palace coup after stabbing the previous gang is taking GW into hard core middle class land.
alice has a much more interesting build a self watering tunnel project on twitter.
A thoroughly enjoyable series of programmes. I find them relaxing, informative and simply lovely.
The link below is for Carol (!).
Narcissus or Narkissos in Greek mythology
(Greek: 螡维蟻魏喂蟽蟽慰蟼),
possibly derived from 谓伪蟻魏畏 (narke) meaning "sleep, numbness," .......
, in reply to message 11.
Posted by anothergardener (U14387447) on Saturday, 16th April 2011
I didn't get the daffodil bit either-this goes against all the advice I have seen over the years 听
Aren't there any daffodils growing on the grass verges or roundabouts near you?
I've never seen anyone dead-heading the ones round here and they seem to flower well enough, year after year.
I didn't get the daffodil bit either-this goes against all the advice I have seen over the years 听
Aren't there any daffodils growing on the grass verges or roundabouts near you?
I've never seen anyone dead-heading the ones round here and they seem to flower well enough, year after year.听
Good point but possibly if you look closer there will probably be lots of blind plants-anyway if you live where I do the council sends people out around Mother's Day to deadhead the plants - well I think that's what they are doing.
yes the grass patch is eccentric.
mind you this is gardening for well funded toffs and snobs of the 'country huse' set so its going to be a bit weird. Their palace coup after stabbing the previous gang is taking GW into hard core middle class land.
alice has a much more interesting build a self watering tunnel project on twitter.听
Jealous? I thought all the little class warriors had wandered off the pastures new鈥 sadly not.
>Oh...and remember, no need to dead head daffodils.
What rubbish - fine if you have a million acre garden where you no doubt have 1,000s of daffodils growing so can afford for your daffs to only produce good flowers every couple of years as it recovers from putting all its energy into generating seeds, which *if* they succeed will take another 5~7 years to flower. Deadheading daffs and all other flowering bulbs allows the bulb to enlarge and produce offshoots (or bulblets) that then only take 2/3 years to flower.
Perhaps he hasn't got time to dead-head his daffs because of all that box hedging he has to trim every year, although doesn't do that very well looking at the state of it.
And why does he spend so much time talking about how brilliant his garden is and not actually doing any gardening.
听
I'm with you Tim. From being a "must see" on Fridays with Toby & Alice, it's now like watching the beginning of the end of the world. It looks a pretty sad garden to me, lacking colour, imagination & just helping MD go on a ego trip by telling us how wonderful he is.
, in reply to message 21.
Posted by the cycling gardener (U2350416) on Monday, 18th April 2011
Genuine criticism about gardening technique is one thing but the snide comments about so called middle and upper class references on GW are tasteless and desperate and say a lot about the posters who come out with this twaddle. Please just get over yourselves.
Yes - give it a rest.
It's so obvious that nothing will please some people
I fail to see what is upper class about patching grass and sowing veg seeds. etc.
I think an unfortunate few with no vision expect a programme tailored to excactly their wishes
So easy to complain -
, in reply to message 23.
Posted by martingodliman (U13761957) on Monday, 18th April 2011
I don't remember him from his previous stint but I rather got into gardening since then and really only veg gardening at that anyway and he hasn't done much of that in this new series yet, may be he wont.
I feel his garden is very gloomy/closed/boxed in and rigidly formal looking at least at the moment perhaps it will look lighter/brighter in the summer I hope so.
I haven't been a big fan of his but I don't actively dislike him he's OK and seems to know what he's talking about, more then I would that's for sure, I envy his soil.
I know it's meaningless and it's trivial of me but he always wears bluuuuuuue
LOL
What colour would you like him to wear?
I'm sure he reads these boards so maybe you can suggest another colour
A Makeover for Monty!
I think like all gardeners he will be attached to his own boots though...
"don't actively dislike him he's OK and seems to know what he's talking about"
Gawd!!! How did you reach that conclusion??
Well, what he says works - as long as you have the wit to translate it to your own soil and geographical position.
Brace yourself David - I'm sowing my sweet peas this afternoon......
, in reply to message 26.
Posted by martingodliman (U13761957) on Monday, 18th April 2011
What that....
a) I don't actively dislike him.
or
b) he seems to know what he's talking.
Answers.
a) Mere personal ilogical whim the same way I get an impression of anyone who appears before me on the box.
b) he knows more than me..many do ....I think said that.
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Posted by martingodliman (U13761957) on Monday, 18th April 2011
I know nooj I shouldn't really pass comment on how what colour he wears some how it stuck in my eye.
I remember David Attenborough explained he pretty much wore the same always so his appearance was a constant and the viewer was never distracted by what he had on.....so I guess Monty is similar
I thought RdeT's hair looked lovely, so lustrous and shiny in the sun.听
I bet her hands are all soft as well, she never seems to do much gardening. I think that she's a waste of space and not a patch on Alyss.
Ken.
b) he knows more than me..many do ....I think said that.
Very modest of you, but perhaps my expectations are higher than yours.
" Brace yourself David - I'm sowing my sweet peas this afternoon......"
Now, Nooj...if he have had the good sense to mention ME in his programme, I would probably have been sowing mine too.
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I'm sowing some sweet peas tomorrow. I'll let you know if it works or not.
Rachel has gardening qualifications and has long been a presenter on GW since AT times. She has some good ideas about design - though not with grasses as evidenced in her own garden on one occasion - and knows about fixing messes.
I believe it is possible to have nice hands and garden but I can't be bothered with all the manicures, massages, creams and so on so my hands recover over winter, look presentable again by spring and then get ruined in just a week of gardening, with and without gloves depending on what I'm up to.
Same with hair. I grow it long fro spring and summer so i can tie it back out of teh way but usually cut it for winter and dancing when i'm going backwards or spinning half the time and don't need to see what I'm doing.
Monty used to wear very practical blue overalls on GW at Berryfields. Good for continuity as well as having pockets for seeds, secateurs, gloves and string. As long as he doesn't wear a skirt like Sarah Raven, who cares what he wears?
"I'm sowing some sweet peas tomorrow. I'll let you know if it works or not."
Good luck! Don't suppose you noticed Mr D was planting out young garden centre plants, last week.
Invisible.
Talking of hands, rumour has it - almost certainly unfounded, that Monty talked about having 'horny hands'. No doubt someone will check the video. Urban myth, I think.
Anyway, a close look at mine would suggest that they qualify for the moniker. I'm torn between proud and horrified. They actually look slightly worse today as I pulled up dandelions yesterday and now all the rough bits are stained dark brown. These 'tools' of mine are marvellously suited to gardening - I'm less sure about the black tie event I'm invited to in May, for which an evening dress is required..
Hi Trillium. I'm told that rubbing your hands thoroughly and regularly with a mixture of granulated sugar and olive oil does wonders for muck, grime and rough bits and leaves the skin feeling soft. Worth a try anyway.
DK - do please give it a rest. There is no way I can keep sweet peas through a winter here and in most years the ground here has been frozen like tundra till the beginning of April and air temps barely above 8 or 9 by now. This year is exceptionally warm and dry and I have buds forming on roses at least 6 weeks ahead of normal schedules.
My sweet peas will start late but grow fast, should be in flower by mid July at the latest and will crop till quite late. Fine by me. The insects they will attract can pollinate the squashes and pumpkins.
Trillium - yes he did - there is a saying isn't there
a horny handed son of the soil?
I can't garden with gloves, sometimes wear rubber gloves if doing something really pongy etc, and just make sure the tetanus vaccination is up to date!.
If going out somewhere - dark nail varnish hides the worst of the nails.....
And the hands just have to be accepted or not.
I can't hide the scratches anyway
O, I've done my sweet peas according to packet instructions, which I trust - or they wouldn't be selling many sweet pea seeds would they?
So they went in yesterday
Good luck with them I have buds on my autumn sown sweet peas
Good luck with them I have buds on my autumn sown sweet peas 听
I cut cut my first bunch today!
, in reply to message 41.
Posted by hypercharleyfarley (U7444019) on Tuesday, 19th April 2011
Hello DK - can't compete with that, but.............my wisteria is going to be fantastic this year ! Cheers! Ma.
Awww, Ma...would I lie to you? It was a big fib.
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Posted by hypercharleyfarley (U7444019) on Tuesday, 19th April 2011
OK DK, it''s the Norty Step for you then!
Now - for how long? ...... what did that TV nanny say?...... one minute for each year of your age?
Cheers! Ma.
p.s. I 'm very patient, so will wait for your re-appearance!
I really DO have a couple of buds on my autumn sown sweet peas.
I'd take a cushion to the NortyStep if I were you David
I do believe you, Lowena, though you are just a tad ahead of me (this could be down to location) but I'll probably be cutting my first flowers in mid-May.
Re. Dead heading
When I lived in Holland, helping the flower growers pack their bulbs for export, I watched them year after year chopping all of the heads off two weeks after they started flowering at the latest! They then leave the bulbs in the ground for another 2 or 3 weeks before lifting them, storing them in boxes of sand and dry compost until autumn, when the dry outside skin would be removed before returning them to the ground for next years flowering. Without dead heading them, the growers would never get the kind of harvests they do. (... And in that region they grow trillions ! ! ! ).
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