Sacha wrote in :

On 2010-12-08 17:20:00 +0000, Jeff Layman
said:

On 08/12/2010 09:03, Derek wrote:
Monty Don is returning to the helm of Gardeners' World, almost three
years after a stroke forced him to leave the show.

The 55-year-old will replace Toby Buckland, who was informed by BBC
bosses yesterday that his contract will not be renewed. Buckland was
said to be "devastated" by the decision.

Alys Fowler, another Gardeners' World regular, is also leaving the
programme, the BBC announced. Carol Klein and Joe Swift will return
for the new series alongside Rachel de Thame.

I guess Toby Buckland wasn't "politically correct" enough. On rare
occasions he actually mentioned use of chemicals! Probably made the
organic-biased BBC producers apoplectic....

None of that with Monty Don. The C-word will be banished!

I hope not. Everything has its place and not everyone either can, or
wants to, garden in a one-size fits all fashion.

This is one of the many things I cant understand about gardening. Veg in
particular.

To get rid of black/green/whitefly for example it is common to use liquid
soap which is rife with chemicals, good or bad I dont know, but if that
does not work what are we to do? Abandon the infected plants, or use
something which works but makes you feel uneasy about its use?

I suppose it is down to what a person sees fit and is prepared to do to
make a successful "natural" or as "organic as possible" veg plot.?

Next growing season(spring 2011) I for one will use some chemicals if it
means that we can eat veg. without pests and diseases in our plants.

Baz