"michael" wrote in message
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I cant avoid watching Gardeners World,since it seems part of our
Friday evening ritual.However,last night the programme was
awful.Making raised beds using a curved design,and requiring
individual timber pieces was just ridiculous.Also the silly 30 min
tasks got sillier this week with trying to make roof gardens over
sheds and guinea pig hutchs.In the spice bed plants were thrown in at
random,with few described.The only interesting thing was the sowing of
green seed for the propagating of primroses,but since primroses seed
themselves naturally,even this was hardly worth it.
The content now is awful,and I am afraid to say that I think the
series should be pulled.
Michael

As a newbie gardener, I've stopped watching it. It does nothing for me. It's
got basic errors in it that even I can spot. It's got errors & omissions
that have been pointed out by more experienced gardeners than I - which mean
that as a newbie, I was being given duff information on Auntie's supposed
flagship gardening programme.

Then there is the delightful Beechgrove Garden on BBC Scotland. It is what
GW should be like. It is full of valuable information and is fun without
being patronising. Not being in Scotland I can get it via BBC iPlayer after
it is broadcast (an option not avaiable to those in forn parts) or I can
watch when it is broadcast on the relevant Sky channel.

http://www.beechgrove.co.uk/