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| Bugs |
New series of Gardeners World starts tonightGardeners' WorldFri 25 Feb, 8:30 pm - 9:00 pm 30mins To kick off the new series Monty is joined in the garden by Rachel de Thame and two new presenters Joe Swift and Carol Klein. Monty reveals his ambitious plans for the coming year including two new plant trials. Work starts on the first new garden area for 2005: a contemporary shrubbery, and Rachel and Carol will look at some of earliest flowering plants in the Spring Garden. The team also get to grips with lots of gardening tasks to get started on this weekend; from sowing the first crops under cloches to finishing off Winter pruning. ******************* I believe one of the trials is dahlias  They make your garden look like an old lady lives there and you can't eat them. Or can you?
(PS we grew some dahlias from seed last year, pretty, filled up gaps in the flower bed, but really, what is there to trial? Pick one that isn't Barbara Cartland pink and you're away). |
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| Mrs Fiddlesticks |
Tisn't Friday without any gardening progs is it? ( and what was with all the athletics last Friday  )
Dalhias aren't edible but as someone who is putting in a cutting garden up the plot to save me buying air freighted african roses I shall be very interested -although I've already bought my plants!
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| Gervase |
Aargh, that means that SWMBO will spend the evening in a swoon over Monty Don and ranting about Rachel de Thame. Shame the nearest pub's so far away...! | ||
| Mary-Jane |
Okay dear Husband - what's SWMBO (or whatever it is?) Explain, then get back to bloody work - and have you started the dinner yet? Tsk! Men!
Mind you - he's right about Rachel de-if-I-get-my-hand-in-this-mucky-soil-I-might-get-my-nail-extensions-dirty-Thame. Not that I'm jealous of her beauty or anything...I'll just pour myself a glass of red wine and gaze at Monty.. |
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| tahir |
What is it with girls and Monty? He looks like he should be a geography teacher to me | ||
| Mary-Jane |
Aaah - just realised - SWMBO = She Who Must Be Obeyed. Doh!
You can tell it's Friday afternoon and I'm bloody knackered at work. Never mind - Monty to look forward to. Geography - Schmography. My geography teacher never looked like Monty - I might have paid more attention to me ox-bow-lakes if he had... *sigh* |
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| tahir |
My geography treacher was a sadist Brummy with long blonde hair, nothing like Monty really, he just seems to have a certain "air of fuddy teacherness" about him. | ||
| Mary-Jane |
Mine was a typical early 1970's teacher (oops, giving clues as to age) with a corduroy jacket (yup, leather patches on the elbows), tank-top underneath, long shaggy beard and APPALLING bad breath. He may as well have starred in 'Please Sir'...but I guess most of you lot are too young to remember that. | ||
| tahir |
Please Sir? I remember that. They made a film too didn't they? They went on a coach trip and a "muslim" boy kept making them stop so he could do his prayers.
Do you remember HR Puff'n'Stuff? Never ever got repeated did it? |
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| Bugs |
Monty Don does nothing for me. He looks like he hasn't been fed for eight weeks. What's attractive about a man when you can see every contour of his skull?
Get off my TV set, you cadavre. (Mind you I agree exactly with MJ about Rachel de Thame  )
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| Mary-Jane |
Oh thanks Bugs - I mean, if that woman Rachel gets her hands in the soil, I'm Vita Sackville-West.
And another thing - does she do NOTHING but walk around quoting latin names of plants? I mean - there's a bit more to growing than that! And I do hope any new 'contemporary gardens' won't involve steel balls, glass pebbles or ruddy water features. If there's one expression that makes me want to throw something at the telly on a supposed gardening programme, it's 'water feature'. I blame Charlie and her Dimmocks for that...and the decking frenzy. Grrr.... |
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| Mary-Jane |
And it's not surprising is it? It was terrible! I still can't get over the fact a new film has been brought out of the Magic Roundabout - what a travesty! They should have just left them alone in their drug-crazed world... |
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| tahir |
What was wrong with HR Puff'n'Stuff? I used to look forward to that... | ||
| tahir |
Come on sean you're old enough to remember it what did you think? | ||
| sean |
I think it must have been on ITV. We didn't have a set that picked up commercial television, seriously. Or at least my parents were too clueless/cunning to retune it. | ||
| tahir |
It was on ITV, so that's it no support from anyone
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| Gervase |
Oh blimey, I've set 'er off on one! Can't help but agree about the Magic Roundabout though; what a travesty. Eric Thompson's voice always seemed like a favourite uncle's, though not as lovely as Oliver Postgate's (Aah, those halcyon days of Ivor the Engine and Noggin the Nog!).
But what about this scary classic for showing one's age?! |
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| tahir |
It rings a bell but can't remember it. One that used to scare me was Hectors House for some reason 
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| Gervase |
Hector's House used to irritate the cr*p out of me - almost as much as the hideous Crystal Tips and Alistair. Aargh! Now I need to lie down in a darkened room...I'm a great big intolerant old Hector | ||
| wellington womble |
Hmmm. I might actually remember to watch it, although himslef complains. Tough, I never watch anything else! Have set a reminder in outlook (how sad!)
can take or leave monty, don't mind rachel (although she is a bit 'touch-me-not') Can't stand sarah raven (highly annoying, although her book about cut flowers is good) and Sarah Don (Monty's wife) is seriously annoying (she writes in some of his books sometimes,) at least he hasn't imported her. I've got some dahlias. they seem to thrive on neglect, and I'd agree that a little goes a long way - mine are really dark red, and may not have survived the winter - rip city, I think. One is enough, if more have survived I might be looking for homes for them - Julie? |
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| Gervase |
Sorry - forgot that this thread was supposed to be about Gardeners' World.
I really must stop rambling otherwise my child bride will pull out the plug and flog my kidneys on ebay. |
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| Mary-Jane |
Have you started dinner yet? I'm just on my way home NOW!!! Please have cold beer waiting... (He loves me being tough on him you know) Right, off to see my boys, listen to the Archers, swoon at Monty and rant at Rachel. Should be a good evening. |
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| Mrs Fiddlesticks |
the mystery tune is an old black and white version of Robinson Crusoe we think here.
You'll all be singing Champion the Wonder Horse next!!( or OH has just suggested the Banana Splits theme!) |
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| Gervase |
Well, done - you get the Crackerjack pencil! Robinson Crusoe it was. | ||
| callas |
Gosh that theme bought back memories - another of my favorites was White Horses. I don't know if anyone remembers that one with Uncle Hugo! | ||
| Mrs Fiddlesticks |
My sister had it on a single unfortunately it was warped and use to sound dreadful!
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