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Posted by saima_host (U13967342) on Wednesday, 21st April 2010
Hi all
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I loved tonight's program and am loving the series. Something about this series is just so inspiring. I love the fact that she has a normal size garden and grows everything all mixed in together. My gardening style is very similar, although I have some lawns too, and I can just see myself growing everything she does.
My "dig in" seeds arrived in the post today and I can't wait to start sowing them tomorrow.
Morning all
I really felt Alys's disappointment when the hail took her seedlings - she looked really cut up - bless her.
Another good program. It showed the disapointment we all feel when the weather is against us. I like this program its good fun and real gardening as we know it not set up for the camera. Even the terrier is enjoying it. It shows no matter how small a space you have you can grow good food. If it does not inspire non gardeners with small spaces i do not know what will. Even those with just a balcony could take ideas from it and grow some food.
Really enjoyed it again last night. Lovely to see the hens again too. This is the best thing on tv all week!!
I thought Jack Russell's tended to become yappy dogs and often needed a second Jack Russell to keep them company but Aly's little hound seems lovely. Pleasant, easy on the eyes entertainment.
Vegetables can look very attractive, that red swiss chard was lovely, last year I grow an Aubergines in a pot, the leaves and the flowers where stunning, I got three perfect aubergines, they were so pretty I didn’t want to eat them. I did and they tasted good too
Miss Polly - hope you took some piccy's first.....
garrigillgal - No I didn't take any pics - I know I should've just to prove i'm a gardener and can product edible stuff.
you can tell Ayls is posh, she calls Tea - supper like on the Archers, i've educated myself to now refer to the evening meal as Dinner and my mid meal as lunch not dinner and Tea, like wot my mom and dad did (by the way I love Ayls - i'm a Ayls fan - not a knocker)
Am loving this programme.
Doesn't have to delve to much into the minute details of vegetable growing. Gets me inspired everytime.
Well done Alys!!
I was just wondering (as you can't always tell from names) do you think this programmes appeals more to the female gardener than the male?
What a lovely programme!
Gentle, relaxing and inspiring.
That's the second episode I've seen and it's the second time I've been itching to go out and plant some veg seeds in amongst the flowers.
Love the dog (Isobel?) and the hens too. Isobel in particular really adds to my enjoyment of the programme as she's such a sweetie.
Miss-polly, your're right it's more of a female programme.Nothing wrong with that, i watched the first program on the bbc iplayer, just could'nt help picking out all of her mistakes (far to many)
This programme of Aly's has the "Good Feel Factor" a very rare thing today.I love it!
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Morning Rob,
what good gardener would go out and buy vegetable plants anyway,(they don't) Â
I understand what you're saying here but I think that the point of the programme is to show what is achievable for novice gardeners with limited space in (probably) urban areas - a specific segment of the gardening community - if I were the target audience I would rather fill my limited space with veg/flowers than have compost heaps and propagating units - luckily I live in the country and garden in much the same way as your Mum (wherever she lives) - also in an earlier thread on the same programme I think the majority of posters (myself included) considered it to be more of a lifestyle programme that an in-depth gardening one - once I began to look at it in just that way I found I really enjoyed it.....
Not sure what a tan has to do with being a gardener. *puzzled*
Anyway, I saw this programme for the first time this week and really enjoyed it. I would love to have a 'small garden' that size - ours is positively titchy compared to Alys' - but there were lots of ideas from the programme which we could use in ours.
I think this is more of a feel-good programme, and there's nothing wrong with that. I enjoyed seeing the garden change, I loved seeing the chickens (wish we had space for some) and I loved watching that gorgeous little dog pottering about (and I speak as a confirmed 'cat person'). Great stuff - I feel the need to grow some chard now. :D
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Posted by the cycling gardener (U2350416) on Friday, 23rd April 2010
I enjoyed this programme again last night which I viewed just before Landscape Man. Two programmes at completely opposite ends of the gardening scale. What a brilliant evening!
Dirty Rob - she's a red head, so probably burns rather than tans. I'm sure she slaps on lots of factor 20 or something!
I LOVE this programme. Find it really inspiring and it makes me feel good and excited about gardening. I'm watching it for the second time!
I think I am pretty much the target audiance.
terrace house, dabbles a bit but wants to grow more. Mostly I want a garden I can sit and read in or have bbqs.
Rob I love the GREENHOUSE yes you are right totally over the top but I want an attractive Garden and I want to show off a bit.
I have raved to every one I know about this programme whether they are into gardening or not. Its up there with River cottage in my book.
I know i am in the minority, but thats the way i like it, but this is a veg growing programme, with the presenter putting too many of her personnel views and ideas across, and this leads me back to her greenhouse. this my point, no sensible veg gardener is going to waste (sorry spend) £160 on an outside cupboard for tomatoes, which she did'nt have at the end of it. she told the viewers it only cost 50p for the plants, no worries then, except she had forgotten to mention (again) about the £160. veg growing is about growing veg for virtualy free, and that ladies is the real skill. unfortunetly the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú would rather have this wishy washy aproach to veg gardening
I think Alys is great too. Really inspirational.
I don't mean to be disrespectful, but has anyone noticed how she's quite like the little girl Karen in Outnumbered? Not just the hair, but the way she talks too.
I hadn't noticed that! I'm sure she won't mind
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