In article , Mich
writes
When you reach about 35 gardening starts to become more interesting ,
together with other more homely pursuits. By the time you retire you are in
passion stage for gardening. Most of those who uphold our local gardening
club in my area are oldsters.
That applies to most clubs!! The potholing fraternity is getting worried
about the lack of youngsters coming into the sport.
Those entering the shows are pensioners.
They too try to attract the young , even down to having a special category
( which folded due to lack of support)
Therefore putting "young" role models on TV is unlikely to have much effect
on the young generation.
However, I would suggest it can and does irritate and alianate people like
me.
Good point.
I dont want to see the pretty young things ( I can watch that on pop idol!).
I want to see experience.
I dont want trendy. I want good advice.
BY the way, anyone else getting fed up with all gardening programmes being
led by small garden faddy ideas?
Irritated by faddy ideas, and the concept of fashion in gardening - that
you shouldn't be growing grasses because it's 'so last season'.
Not worried about the small garden side - most gardeners are gardening
in small gardens, and we've had so many years where all the books and
information have related to spaces far out of our reach.
When I was very young I had a small garden - and never did anything to it.
As I got older I got a bigger home and a bigger garden. I realised I had to
at least mow the lawn. After a while I dug bits of it up.
In those days all gardening was about large gardens. I coveted one of these
gardens as my passion and age grewg
Now, I have sold up and brought me a BIG garden , but all gardening
programmes are for small gardens!
You're very lucky! Not all of us will have that opportunity. I'm not
implying you haven't worked damned hard for it, but even so, many of us
work very hard without ever being able to move into a big garden.
--
Kay Easton
Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm