Darling-Sweetie BBC2 Digging Deep
If ever there was a programme to kill my enthusiasm for gardening this is
it. "Andre Smith and Amanda Brook transform gardens with the aim of improving the owner's emotional well-being, by focusing on the hidden psychological reasons behind the neglected hedges and entangled borders" Yuk ab foul! |
Darling-Sweetie BBC2 Digging Deep
"Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote in message ... If ever there was a programme to kill my enthusiasm for gardening this is it. "Andre Smith and Amanda Brook transform gardens with the aim of improving the owner's emotional well-being, by focusing on the hidden psychological reasons behind the neglected hedges and entangled borders" Yuk ab foul! Bloomin eck it's got worse. Amanda has decided to plant herbs to help the healing process of the owner who has had a double mastectomy. Anyone know of a garden shredder which will macerate Amanda -sweetie |
Darling-Sweetie BBC2 Digging Deep
In message , "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)"
writes "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote in message ... If ever there was a programme to kill my enthusiasm for gardening this is it. "Andre Smith and Amanda Brook transform gardens with the aim of improving the owner's emotional well-being, by focusing on the hidden psychological reasons behind the neglected hedges and entangled borders" Yuk ab foul! Bloomin eck it's got worse. Amanda has decided to plant herbs to help the healing process of the owner who has had a double mastectomy. Anyone know of a garden shredder which will macerate Amanda -sweetie Could NOT believe it, my darling! -- Klara, Gatwick basin |
Darling-Sweetie BBC2 Digging Deep
"Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote in message
Bloomin eck it's got worse. Amanda has decided to plant herbs to help the healing process of the owner who has had a double mastectomy. Anyone know of a garden shredder which will macerate Amanda -sweetie There are big shredders driven by the PTO on a tractor. They work brilliantly for roadkill. Bung the body of a dead kangaroo down the feed chute and then follow it with a bale of straw or some old cardboard and Hey Presto! you have Blood and Bone. |
Darling-Sweetie BBC2 Digging Deep
"Klara" wrote In message , "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote If ever there was a programme to kill my enthusiasm for gardening this is it. I just felt like killing the commissioning editor. :-/ "Andre Smith and Amanda Brook transform gardens with the aim of improving the owner's emotional well-being, by focusing on the hidden psychological reasons behind the neglected hedges and entangled borders" Yuk ab foul! Bloomin eck it's got worse. Amanda has decided to plant herbs to help the healing process of the owner who has had a double mastectomy. Anyone know of a garden shredder which will macerate Amanda -sweetie Could NOT believe it, my darling! Ab but not exactly Fab. Just what we needed, another 'all done in a few hours' makeover programme. They should obviously have swapped the time slots and put Carol's programme on in the evening instead of these two.. sweeties. -- Sue |
Darling-Sweetie BBC2 Digging Deep
"Rupert (W.Yorkshire)"wrote ... If ever there was a programme to kill my enthusiasm for gardening this is it. "Andre Smith and Amanda Brook transform gardens with the aim of improving the owner's emotional well-being, by focusing on the hidden psychological reasons behind the neglected hedges and entangled borders" Yuk ab foul! I didn't bother to watch it after reading their gardening advice column in the Radio Times... I quote... Q. Having moved from Italy, I miss the Mediterranean vibe. Can you suggest ideas to bring a bit of that vibe here? (MF. London) A.There are Med plants that will thrive in the south of England, though they might need some more nurturing. Hit your garden with olive, lemon and orange trees, which will yield fantastic citrussy colours and scents. Figs are another good bet, and have the bonus of being sculptural. If there is room you could build a pergola through which you could train a vine. So we in the south can all grow olive, lemon and orange trees in our gardens...news to me, they won't survive in most of warmer London either, only in specific garden microclimates (like Dave Poole's). You need to drag them back inside to avoid the frosty weather. -- Regards Bob H 17mls W. of London.UK |
Darling-Sweetie BBC2 Digging Deep
So we in the south can all grow olive, lemon and orange trees in our gardens...news to me, they won't survive in most of warmer London either, only in specific garden microclimates (like Dave Poole's). You need to drag them back inside to avoid the frosty weather. -- Regards Bob H 17mls W. of London.UK I only watched 10 mins of this programme and then turned over, strange 'woman' that darling-sweetie wotever her name is. But, Bob I live in Felpham, Bognor Regis and lots of gardens have olive trees here, established, large and growing outside, don't know about the other trees you mentioned though. We haven't lived here long (18 months) coming from Thornton Heath near Croydon, and were amazed to see them in front gardens with fruit/olives growing in abundance on them. Plants do seem to grow easily here though, and the frost seems to be at a different time of year. |
Darling-Sweetie BBC2 Digging Deep
"doobydoobydo" wrote in message
But, Bob I live in Felpham, Bognor Regis and lots of gardens have olive trees here, established, large and growing outside, don't know about the other trees you mentioned though. We haven't lived here long (18 months) coming from Thornton Heath near Croydon, and were amazed to see them in front gardens with fruit/olives growing in abundance on them. Plants do seem to grow easily here though, and the frost seems to be at a different time of year. I grow olives and I get down to -10 degrees C. But then I also don't have wet soil in winter which may be a factor for being able to grow them |
Darling-Sweetie BBC2 Digging Deep
The message
from "Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\)" contains these words: If ever there was a programme to kill my enthusiasm for gardening this is it. "Andre Smith and Amanda Brook transform gardens with the aim of improving the owner's emotional well-being, by focusing on the hidden psychological reasons behind the neglected hedges and entangled borders" Damn, I was just about to do something similar on urg. (But without pictures, obviously; you just have to visualise). Janet. |
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Bob Hobden wrote:
So we in the south can all grow olive, lemon and orange trees in our gardens...news to me, they won't survive in most of warmer London either, only in specific garden microclimates (like Dave Poole's). You need to drag them back inside to avoid the frosty weather. There are a few folks growing lemons, mandarins and even avocados within the London conurbation Bob, but most of the oranges need more heat. Outside of the 'heat-sink' area, the frequency and intensity of winter frosts is too great. Of course gardening luvvies like these don't worry about such trivia. They are only concerned with the immediate effect and never stop to consider what happens over the ensuing months and years. Oranges will grow here and produce fruit, but the sweet flesh does not develop at low temperatures so they are only useful for ornament or for using the rind/zest in cooking. I've been experimenting with Limequats recently. This is a hybrid between the Florida Key lime and Nagami Kumquat. Limes need a lot of heat to grow well and are the least cold resistant of the citrus family. However, the kumquat is remarkably cool tolerant and the fruit develops quickly. These qualities are passed down to the hybrid although the fruits are quite small. Mine flowered in June this year and I picked several fruits this weekend. The flavour was excellent. Pick them green if you want a lime, wait a couple of months and pick them yellow if you want a semi-sweet lemon. Back to this programme, 'Digging Deep' quickly reached the expected nadir of pseudo-horticulture and managed to keep me awake for less than 10 minutes. What I saw was pretentiously plebby and about as gripping as a blancmange handshake. However, on the bright side, I got a good couple of hours unexpected zzzz so for me it was therapeutic. |
Darling-Sweetie BBC2 Digging Deep
"Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote in message ... If ever there was a programme to kill my enthusiasm for gardening this is it. "Andre Smith and Amanda Brook transform gardens with the aim of improving the owner's emotional well-being, by focusing on the hidden psychological reasons behind the neglected hedges and entangled borders" Yuk ab foul! Totally agree 'dahrling'...........' !!!!!!!!!!! yuk indeed jenny |
Darling-Sweetie BBC2 Digging Deep
"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... The message from "Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\)" contains these words: If ever there was a programme to kill my enthusiasm for gardening this is it. "Andre Smith and Amanda Brook transform gardens with the aim of improving the owner's emotional well-being, by focusing on the hidden psychological reasons behind the neglected hedges and entangled borders" Damn, I was just about to do something similar on urg. (But without pictures, obviously; you just have to visualise). Janet. Ommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Jenny "~) |
Darling-Sweetie BBC2 Digging Deep
On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 22:23:03 +0100, Klara
wrote: In message , "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" writes "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote in message ... If ever there was a programme to kill my enthusiasm for gardening this is it. "Andre Smith and Amanda Brook transform gardens with the aim of improving the owner's emotional well-being, by focusing on the hidden psychological reasons behind the neglected hedges and entangled borders" Yuk ab foul! Bloomin eck it's got worse. Amanda has decided to plant herbs to help the healing process of the owner who has had a double mastectomy. Anyone know of a garden shredder which will macerate Amanda -sweetie Could NOT believe it, my darling! It was very disappointing. I go right off garden "Experts" who cannot get the names of plants right and when Andre got "jasminoides" quite wrong, I went off him. Were the oleanders in pots or in the ground? They cut back a "maple" but from the fleeting close-up of the leaves, my bad eyes had me thinking it was liquidambar , not maple. I didn't record it, so can't re-watch. Thumbs down to the BBC for this one. Pam in Bristol |
Darling-Sweetie BBC2 Digging Deep
In message , Pam Moore
writes It was very disappointing. I go right off garden "Experts" who cannot get the names of plants right and when Andre got "jasminoides" quite wrong, I went off him. Were the oleanders in pots or in the ground? They cut back a "maple" but from the fleeting close-up of the leaves, my bad eyes had me thinking it was liquidambar , not maple. I didn't record it, so can't re-watch. Thumbs down to the BBC for this one. Pam in Bristol From the gardening point of view it was total rubbish, from an entertainment point of view too, probably, but what about the principle? I would have thought that what is healing about gardening is thinking about it and then doing it yourself (unless you really can't): the creative, nurturing aspect. Otherwise you might as well go to a park... -- Klara, Gatwick basin |
Darling-Sweetie BBC2 Digging Deep
Bloomin eck it's got worse. Amanda has decided to plant herbs to help the healing process of the owner who has had a double mastectomy. Anyone know of a garden shredder which will macerate Amanda -sweetie Could NOT believe it, my darling! -- Klara, Gatwick basin Some suggest that I'm deprived of information because I don't have a telly :-) I can live with such deprivation. Mary with breast cancer |
Darling-Sweetie BBC2 Digging Deep
"DavePoole Torquay" wrote in reply to.. Bob Hobden's comment: So we in the south can all grow olive, lemon and orange trees in our gardens...news to me, they won't survive in most of warmer London either, only in specific garden microclimates (like Dave Poole's). You need to drag them back inside to avoid the frosty weather. There are a few folks growing lemons, mandarins and even avocados within the London conurbation Bob, but most of the oranges need more heat. Outside of the 'heat-sink' area, the frequency and intensity of winter frosts is too great. Of course gardening luvvies like these don't worry about such trivia. They are only concerned with the immediate effect and never stop to consider what happens over the ensuing months and years. Oranges will grow here and produce fruit, but the sweet flesh does not develop at low temperatures so they are only useful for ornament or for using the rind/zest in cooking. Whilst Olive trees are quite common around London and seem to be OK outside all year I don't think they would survive in the "whole of the South" and citrus trees certainly only in microclimates like yours, even within London. We have noticed that whilst our Lemon trees and Tahiti Lime produce excellent fruit, indeed, superb flavour/smell, the oranges don't. They seem rather dry and don't have a sweet taste, looks good though, probably the best looking of them all. They all spend the late spring/summer/early autumn against our S facing house front wall and the winter jammed in our tiny greenhouse. I've been experimenting with Limequats recently. This is a hybrid between the Florida Key lime and Nagami Kumquat. Limes need a lot of heat to grow well and are the least cold resistant of the citrus family. However, the kumquat is remarkably cool tolerant and the fruit develops quickly. These qualities are passed down to the hybrid although the fruits are quite small. Mine flowered in June this year and I picked several fruits this weekend. The flavour was excellent. Pick them green if you want a lime, wait a couple of months and pick them yellow if you want a semi-sweet lemon. I won't let Sue see that or there will be another tree to cart around. :-) Although, as I say, the Tahiti lime fruits well for us and tastes every bit a lime. Back to this programme, 'Digging Deep' quickly reached the expected nadir of pseudo-horticulture and managed to keep me awake for less than 10 minutes. What I saw was pretentiously plebby and about as gripping as a blancmange handshake. However, on the bright side, I got a good couple of hours unexpected zzzz so for me it was therapeutic. Gardening for the non-gardener again perhaps? -- Regards Bob H 17mls W. of London.UK |
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DavePoole Torquay writes
Back to this programme, 'Digging Deep' quickly reached the expected nadir of pseudo-horticulture and managed to keep me awake for less than 10 minutes. What I saw was pretentiously plebby and about as gripping as a blancmange handshake. However, on the bright side, I got a good couple of hours unexpected zzzz so for me it was therapeutic. My goodness, you must have found it soporific! The programme only lasted 30 minutes! -- Klara, Gatwick basin |
Darling-Sweetie BBC2 Digging Deep
I have just watched my recording of the programme and I'm still
cringeing. Its constant references to the illness being endured by the lady owner of the garden and the ham-fisted exploitation of it in the name of education or entertainment were embarrassing and well below the standard I would expect from the BBC. Then I saw that it was a Thames Talkback production for the BBC and that explained its scripting and direction weaknesses - but not the BBC's inexplicable decision not only to air it but to give it a prime time slot. I found the presenters, especially the woman, extremely annoying too but would accept that I might be in the minority. In any event they were not the fundamental reason for the programme's failure. I have written a letter of complaint to the BBC and trust that they will see the error of their ways. |
Darling-Sweetie BBC2 Digging Deep
In article , Stan The Man
writes I found the presenters, especially the woman, extremely annoying too but would accept that I might be in the minority. I never dreamed I would witness a gardener (I use the term loosley)wandering around with bolts of cloth throwing them over the plants (and how come they knew the colours before they saw the garden?) saying things such as "I'm getting blue, purple pink." I'm think floaty, pale blue, cream" "I'm thinking air and light and calm" good grief ............................ AND they took the sheds away rather than reposition them and use them in a positive manner! -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
Darling-Sweetie BBC2 Digging Deep
Janet Tweedy writes "I'm getting blue, purple pink." I'm think floaty, pale blue, cream" "I'm thinking air and light and calm" good grief ............................ AND they took the sheds away rather than reposition them and use them in a positive manner! I hate to say this, but ... I'm waiting with horrified fascination to see what they'll get up to next week! -- Klara, Gatwick basin |
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