On 18 Apr, 16:26, Martin wrote:
On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:45:00 +0100, Gordon H





wrote:
In message , 'Mike'
writes
My wife is an avid Gardener and has been a fan of Gardener's World back to
Percy Thrower. This week she lost interest half way through and did other
things. The Gnome's Sanctuary finally drove her out!!!

What are other people's views as to who BBC are aiming the programme at? Not
the 'Grown up' gardener for sure.

Mike

I lost interest as I watched the demonstration of drilling, plugging and
screwing 'ooks into a wall.
Nice people, not exactly sure what they are supposed to be doing?

I switched to an old repeat of Top Gear in desperation.

If you think GW is bad, you should see the RTBF Belgian equivalent. The man used
a spade as a trowel and then used the trowel when he should have used the spade.
He was very good at sawing up bits of wood to perfect size without making any
measurements and then using a power to tool to screw the bits of wood together.
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I can remember when they used to set up a "Garden" on the roof of
Broadcasting House to do the Prog.
The memorable prog was when Percy Thrower was showing how to use a
hollow tine fork on your lawn, he pushed it in then as he tried to
pull it out the turf stuck to it so he had to put his foot at the
side of the fork to hold the turf down as he pulled the fork out.
The Greenhouse which was something like 10 x 6ft was just a frame so
they could film what was happening inside.
Ah! Those were the days.