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Old 23-04-2006, 03:07 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
 
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Default GW - In remembrance of Geoff Hamilton ?


JennyC wrote:
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Nice :~))

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Jenny
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Am I the only one who reads and occasionally contributes to this
newsgroup who didn't like Geoff Hamilton? I found him to be clumsy
and he frequently perpetuated myths. He often seemed to indicate that
creosote would kill al plant life from the vapour alone although he did
eventually do a trial comparing water based preservatives with creosote
and found that creosote was perfectly harmless if used properly.
I also found it irritating when he demonstrated how to sow a row of
seeds by sowing half a row, covering the seeds then moving on to
another feature. How refreshing when Bertie Doe in Channel 4's
Programmes from Wisley demonstrated the same thing by finishing off a
row that had already been started before the feature. Same information
better job. But then Bertie was a professional gardener.
Geoff Hamilton may have been a nice and decent bloke but as a gardener
and presenter I didn't rate him, in fact he was the reason that I
stopped watching Gardener's World.
Tony Bull www.caterpillarfountain.co.uk