The Canada shows work well for much of the northeast and some for the
northwest but the southern shows really are only useful for a small part of
the south. The Southwest is not shown at all and that is where you really
need a good show to point out how to grow plants in an arid climate. I
can't believe that places like Phenoix REQUIRE that you have grass in your
front yard. That may have changed but that was how it was at one time.

And I agree that the budgets for the make-over shows are unbelievable. It
is possible that I have spent that much my entirely life (55 years) but I
have a hard time believing it. Some of my favorite plants are those I
rescued from the street where people had dug them up and thrown them away.
My best trees are those that came up from seed and that I transplanted when
there were no more than a foot tall or just let them grow where they were.
My little white pine that I rescued from a neighbor when it was nothing more
than a candle now towers over the 5' white pines that I planted at the same
time. Our city now makes people cut up their yard waste before picking it up
so I have lost my source of rescue plants..... Such a waste and such a loss
of entertainment.

DKat

"animaux" wrote in message
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What I don't understand is how they think these generic shows will fit
anywhere
but California, Atlanta or Canada. I know those are highly populated
regions,
but there's a whole continent North America!

I'd love if they would have shows more specific for more selections of
zones and
regions.

I don't mind the make-over garden shows, but when you hear, "she only has
a
$20,000 dollar budget..." I want to puke. Shit, if I spent that much in
my
backyard I'd have the Taj Mahal! It always seems that what these people
get for
their money is sparse, at best.

I'm glad I'm a gardener and still young enough to do a lot of the work,
myself.

Victoria


On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 01:07:53 GMT, "D Kat" opined:

Gardener's Journal and Gardener's Diary were also my favorite shows.
Back
when HGTV first started it had a lot of garden shows but then they seemed
to
be entirely taken over by southern tacky decoration and crafts shows.
Now I
rarely find either showing when I can watch them. DKat
"RichardB" wrote in message
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In article , says...

[...]

So I stick to Gardening by the yard when I remember it's airing early.
Gardener's Diary which is my absolute favorite now, and keep hoping
they
bring back Gardener's Journal which was the Canadian show that was
awesome
too. That one kinda slipped away last year on HGTV.

Gardener's Diary is my favorite too, and has been for some time. I
missed
it
last weekend because I hadn't noticed the time change but got it
yesterday
(I
always tape it and watch it later). Gardener's Journal is now being
shown
at 7
AM Monday through Friday. They're all repeats I think, but it's nice to
have
the program available again.

Richard in Northern California