I so love Gardeners World – when it’s not on I long for it, and when it is I eschew any social activity going to settle myself down in front of it on a Friday evening. It has an odd effect – something between an adrenaline rush and a mug of hot chocolate – but gives me such a warm feel-good factor that gets my weekend in the garden off to a fantastic start. So I was thrilled to see that, last night, I got a whole hour of the exquisite pleasure.
I really enjoyed Joe’s allotment piece – being an avid veggie gardener it was fascinating viewing. It did make me glad though that I have my very own kitchen garden paradise at home and don’t have to set off somewhere else for the weekend. It was very funny to watch the reactions of the allotment stalwarts to Joe’s ‘Chelsea Flower Show’ raised bed arrangement – you know, Joe, they do have a point – Geoff Hamilton of blessed memory didn’t make them rectangular and 4 feet wide for nothing!
At 8.30, I thought, great, now I have 30 minutes of Monty and Alys at Berryfields with a bit of magazine style cutting to various short clips of interest. But alas – what is going on, BBC???! Granted, we get an interesting and engaging, but largely repeated 25 minutes of Carol Kline on propagation and green gardening. Don’t get me wrong, I think that CAT at Machynlleth is fab, and always welcome the ‘green’ view – but we only got a cursory glance at what is going on at Berryfields, and that is my favourite bit!!
Monty promises to be back next week, but BBC – you had better hold him to it!!
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