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Rhubarb and The big allotment challenge
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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