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Rhubarb and The big allotment challenge
I think every rhubarb I've seen had had at least one flower spike on.
The very mild winter may be to blame? the new show: The big allotment challenge had them all making rhubarb curd, or rhubarb and custard curd this week! What do you think about the concept of the show? Will it boost waiting lists of people expecting a weed free newly dug plot? -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk |
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On 17/04/2014 11:49, mogga wrote:
I think every rhubarb I've seen had had at least one flower spike on. The very mild winter may be to blame? the new show: The big allotment challenge had them all making rhubarb curd, or rhubarb and custard curd this week! What do you think about the concept of the show? Will it boost waiting lists of people expecting a weed free newly dug plot? My rhubarb is flower-free thus far, but I'll keep a close eye on it now you've said that. Thanks. I watched the show with very mixed feelings. It's not like any allotment I know, that's for sure. It seemed to drag a bit early on, then it jumped to mature plots all too soon, but it was interesting to see the produce, however briefly. There were some nice bits to watch: I enjoyed the sweetpea trial and the flower arrangement, but less enthralled about the cookery session. I suppose there's more point to it when you've produced the raw ingredients, but I got bored with cookery shows years ago. I might watch it again to see how it develops, but it didn't grip me the way the Sewing Bee did for instance. To answer your final point, I can't see many people rushing into allotment tending (newly dug or otherwise) on the basis of this show so far. -- Spider. On high ground in SE London gardening on heavy clay |
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On 2014-04-17 11:22:22 +0000, Martin said:
On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 11:49:37 +0100, mogga wrote: I think every rhubarb I've seen had had at least one flower spike on. The very mild winter may be to blame? the new show: The big allotment challenge had them all making rhubarb curd, or rhubarb and custard curd this week! What do you think about the concept of the show? Will it boost waiting lists of people expecting a weed free newly dug plot? I suspect that after the first episode only bored non-gardeners will watch it. I'd think any wannaba allotmenteer will run screaming in the opposite direction if they think they have to make hand-tied posies and jams etc. to be called 'proper' allotment holders. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:24:50 +0100, Spider wrote:
My rhubarb is flower-free thus far, but I'll keep a close eye on it now you've said that. Thanks. I watched the show with very mixed feelings. It's not like any allotment I know, that's for sure. It seemed to drag a bit early on, then it jumped to mature plots all too soon, but it was interesting to see the produce, however briefly. There were some nice bits to watch: I enjoyed the sweetpea trial and the flower arrangement, but less enthralled about the cookery session. I suppose there's more point to it when you've produced the raw ingredients, but I got bored with cookery shows years ago. I might watch it again to see how it develops, but it didn't grip me the way the Sewing Bee did for instance. We only caught two bits of the sewing bees but enjoyed them very much! Will have to watch them all on iplayer if they're still there. This program isn't in the same league. To answer your final point, I can't see many people rushing into allotment tending (newly dug or otherwise) on the basis of this show so far. It is giving a fairly romantic view I thought - no hard work, picking flowers and making jam. I don't see the point in growing flowers for cutting in the house when they look so good outside. I only grow phacelia and poached egg plant as flowers on my plot. I do appear to have got a buddleah though but that will be moved shortly. -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk |
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On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:29:38 +0100, sacha wrote:
On 2014-04-17 11:22:22 +0000, Martin said: On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 11:49:37 +0100, mogga wrote: I think every rhubarb I've seen had had at least one flower spike on. The very mild winter may be to blame? the new show: The big allotment challenge had them all making rhubarb curd, or rhubarb and custard curd this week! What do you think about the concept of the show? Will it boost waiting lists of people expecting a weed free newly dug plot? I suspect that after the first episode only bored non-gardeners will watch it. I'd think any wannaba allotmenteer will run screaming in the opposite direction if they think they have to make hand-tied posies and jams etc. to be called 'proper' allotment holders. I am bewildered by the desire to have 3 matching radishes - showing veg isn't for me. We grow our own because it tastes better than the uniform looking stuff the supermarkets sell. It was interesting to see the variety of radishes but not enough for made of that. -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk |
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Rhubarb and The big allotment challenge
On 2014-04-17 11:41:54 +0000, mogga said:
On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:29:38 +0100, sacha wrote: On 2014-04-17 11:22:22 +0000, Martin said: On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 11:49:37 +0100, mogga wrote: I think every rhubarb I've seen had had at least one flower spike on. The very mild winter may be to blame? the new show: The big allotment challenge had them all making rhubarb curd, or rhubarb and custard curd this week! What do you think about the concept of the show? Will it boost waiting lists of people expecting a weed free newly dug plot? I suspect that after the first episode only bored non-gardeners will watch it. I'd think any wannaba allotmenteer will run screaming in the opposite direction if they think they have to make hand-tied posies and jams etc. to be called 'proper' allotment holders. I am bewildered by the desire to have 3 matching radishes - showing veg isn't for me. We grow our own because it tastes better than the uniform looking stuff the supermarkets sell. It was interesting to see the variety of radishes but not enough for made of that. It was freely admitted before the programmed aired, that it was a sort of gardening spin-off of the Great British Bake Off. The point at which it failed is that you just cannot cram a few hours tension into growing plants! A disaster in the kitchen in the space of e.g. 4 hours can be irrecoverable - but some of those competitors had sown radish seeds about 6 times and you can't actually watch radishes or anything else grow and ratchet up the suspense! If a cake falls on the floor at the point of adding the last smidge of icing, that's a bit dramatic. If a radish isn't identical to its brothers and sisters - not so much! So it just doesn't work in this format because gardening to produce food to eat simply is not dramatic! Now - if one starts creeping around at night poisoning the others' pumpkins, it may get a bit more interesting. Otherwise, it's a worthy competitor with Mogadon, ioo! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 17/04/2014 15:01, Sacha wrote:
On 2014-04-17 11:41:54 +0000, mogga said: On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:29:38 +0100, sacha wrote: On 2014-04-17 11:22:22 +0000, Martin said: On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 11:49:37 +0100, mogga wrote: I think every rhubarb I've seen had had at least one flower spike on. The very mild winter may be to blame? the new show: The big allotment challenge had them all making rhubarb curd, or rhubarb and custard curd this week! What do you think about the concept of the show? Will it boost waiting lists of people expecting a weed free newly dug plot? I suspect that after the first episode only bored non-gardeners will watch it. I'd think any wannaba allotmenteer will run screaming in the opposite direction if they think they have to make hand-tied posies and jams etc. to be called 'proper' allotment holders. I am bewildered by the desire to have 3 matching radishes - showing veg isn't for me. We grow our own because it tastes better than the uniform looking stuff the supermarkets sell. It was interesting to see the variety of radishes but not enough for made of that. It was freely admitted before the programmed aired, that it was a sort of gardening spin-off of the Great British Bake Off. The point at which it failed is that you just cannot cram a few hours tension into growing plants! A disaster in the kitchen in the space of e.g. 4 hours can be irrecoverable - but some of those competitors had sown radish seeds about 6 times and you can't actually watch radishes or anything else grow and ratchet up the suspense! If a cake falls on the floor at the point of adding the last smidge of icing, that's a bit dramatic. If a radish isn't identical to its brothers and sisters - not so much! So it just doesn't work in this format because gardening to produce food to eat simply is not dramatic! Now - if one starts creeping around at night poisoning the others' pumpkins, it may get a bit more interesting. Otherwise, it's a worthy competitor with Mogadon, ioo! Do you think the time might be right for a "Watching Paint Dry" series? -- Regards, Martin Brown |
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On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 15:01:01 +0100, Sacha
wrote: It was freely admitted before the programmed aired, that it was a sort of gardening spin-off of the Great British Bake Off. The point at which it failed is that you just cannot cram a few hours tension into growing plants! A disaster in the kitchen in the space of e.g. 4 hours can be irrecoverable - but some of those competitors had sown radish seeds about 6 times and you can't actually watch radishes or anything else grow and ratchet up the suspense! If a cake falls on the floor at the point of adding the last smidge of icing, that's a bit dramatic. If a radish isn't identical to its brothers and sisters - not so much! So it just doesn't work in this format because gardening to produce food to eat simply is not dramatic! Now - if one starts creeping around at night poisoning the others' pumpkins, it may get a bit more interesting. Otherwise, it's a worthy competitor with Mogadon, ioo! Indeed. It misses all the politics that goes with allotments. -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk |
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Rhubarb and The big allotment challenge
On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 16:45:16 +0100, Martin Brown
wrote: Do you think the time might be right for a "Watching Paint Dry" series? I have seen a DVD of a roaring fire. -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk |
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On 17/04/2014 16:51, mogga wrote:
On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 16:45:16 +0100, Martin Brown wrote: Do you think the time might be right for a "Watching Paint Dry" series? I have seen a DVD of a roaring fire. Now that people have their large flat screen TVs where the fireplace used to be I guess that sort of makes sense as a room focal point. It would look a bit alarming inside a big wooden box vacuum tube based in the corner of a room though. -- Regards, Martin Brown |
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Rhubarb and The big allotment challenge
"mogga" wrote
What do you think about the concept of the show? Will it boost waiting lists of people expecting a weed free newly dug plot? That is my concern, if the public think they will get a perfect weed free allotment with perfect soil, like potting compost, they will have a very rude awakening. As I said another bout of plots being snapped up and then left after two years max. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
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On 17/04/2014 16:45, Martin Brown wrote:
On 17/04/2014 15:01, Sacha wrote: On 2014-04-17 11:41:54 +0000, mogga said: On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:29:38 +0100, sacha wrote: On 2014-04-17 11:22:22 +0000, Martin said: On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 11:49:37 +0100, mogga wrote: I think every rhubarb I've seen had had at least one flower spike on. The very mild winter may be to blame? the new show: The big allotment challenge had them all making rhubarb curd, or rhubarb and custard curd this week! What do you think about the concept of the show? Will it boost waiting lists of people expecting a weed free newly dug plot? I suspect that after the first episode only bored non-gardeners will watch it. I'd think any wannaba allotmenteer will run screaming in the opposite direction if they think they have to make hand-tied posies and jams etc. to be called 'proper' allotment holders. I am bewildered by the desire to have 3 matching radishes - showing veg isn't for me. We grow our own because it tastes better than the uniform looking stuff the supermarkets sell. It was interesting to see the variety of radishes but not enough for made of that. It was freely admitted before the programmed aired, that it was a sort of gardening spin-off of the Great British Bake Off. The point at which it failed is that you just cannot cram a few hours tension into growing plants! A disaster in the kitchen in the space of e.g. 4 hours can be irrecoverable - but some of those competitors had sown radish seeds about 6 times and you can't actually watch radishes or anything else grow and ratchet up the suspense! If a cake falls on the floor at the point of adding the last smidge of icing, that's a bit dramatic. If a radish isn't identical to its brothers and sisters - not so much! So it just doesn't work in this format because gardening to produce food to eat simply is not dramatic! Now - if one starts creeping around at night poisoning the others' pumpkins, it may get a bit more interesting. Otherwise, it's a worthy competitor with Mogadon, ioo! Do you think the time might be right for a "Watching Paint Dry" series? LOL! Quite possibly. -- Spider. On high ground in SE London gardening on heavy clay |
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Rhubarb and The big allotment challenge
On 2014-04-17 15:59:45 +0000, Martin Brown said:
On 17/04/2014 16:51, mogga wrote: On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 16:45:16 +0100, Martin Brown wrote: Do you think the time might be right for a "Watching Paint Dry" series? I have seen a DVD of a roaring fire. Now that people have their large flat screen TVs where the fireplace used to be I guess that sort of makes sense as a room focal point. It would look a bit alarming inside a big wooden box vacuum tube based in the corner of a room though. Any more scary than the artificial sun being shown on screens to Chinese people who no longer see it, thanks to the appalling air polution? -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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On 2014-04-17 15:45:16 +0000, Martin Brown said:
On 17/04/2014 15:01, Sacha wrote: On 2014-04-17 11:41:54 +0000, mogga said: On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:29:38 +0100, sacha wrote: On 2014-04-17 11:22:22 +0000, Martin said: On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 11:49:37 +0100, mogga wrote: I think every rhubarb I've seen had had at least one flower spike on. The very mild winter may be to blame? the new show: The big allotment challenge had them all making rhubarb curd, or rhubarb and custard curd this week! What do you think about the concept of the show? Will it boost waiting lists of people expecting a weed free newly dug plot? I suspect that after the first episode only bored non-gardeners will watch it. I'd think any wannaba allotmenteer will run screaming in the opposite direction if they think they have to make hand-tied posies and jams etc. to be called 'proper' allotment holders. I am bewildered by the desire to have 3 matching radishes - showing veg isn't for me. We grow our own because it tastes better than the uniform looking stuff the supermarkets sell. It was interesting to see the variety of radishes but not enough for made of that. It was freely admitted before the programmed aired, that it was a sort of gardening spin-off of the Great British Bake Off. The point at which it failed is that you just cannot cram a few hours tension into growing plants! A disaster in the kitchen in the space of e.g. 4 hours can be irrecoverable - but some of those competitors had sown radish seeds about 6 times and you can't actually watch radishes or anything else grow and ratchet up the suspense! If a cake falls on the floor at the point of adding the last smidge of icing, that's a bit dramatic. If a radish isn't identical to its brothers and sisters - not so much! So it just doesn't work in this format because gardening to produce food to eat simply is not dramatic! Now - if one starts creeping around at night poisoning the others' pumpkins, it may get a bit more interesting. Otherwise, it's a worthy competitor with Mogadon, ioo! Do you think the time might be right for a "Watching Paint Dry" series? I think we're heading rapidly in that direction. Whether that's intentional or not, heaven knows. I heard recently of a director filming one of the foremost plant experts in this country in a gardening programme, who talked about making 'pretty tv'. When you get that attitude on what is a factual and instructive programme, you might as well take the plug off the tv! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On Fri, 18 Apr 2014 12:46:43 +0200, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 16:59:45 +0100, Martin Brown wrote: On 17/04/2014 16:51, mogga wrote: On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 16:45:16 +0100, Martin Brown wrote: Do you think the time might be right for a "Watching Paint Dry" series? I have seen a DVD of a roaring fire. Now that people have their large flat screen TVs where the fireplace used to be I guess that sort of makes sense as a room focal point. At the beginning of the 1980s we had a TV in our fireplace until people laughed at us. I suspect you put the fire out first. Steve -- Neural Network Software http://www.npsnn.com EasyNN-plus More than just a neural network http://www.easynn.com SwingNN Prediction software http://www.swingnn.com JustNN Just a neural network http://www.justnn.com |
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