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Lifting autumn leaves
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Message 1.Â
Posted by Hosta (U15023295) on Tuesday, 1st November 2011
Thank you to Monty for the tips on lifting leaves. Using two boards makes it a doddle by hand and using the mower to lift the leaves on paths and tarmac is a very good way to chop them up for speedy leaf mould. Bliss to have Monty back on the programme!
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Message 2
Posted by David K (U14115317) on Tuesday, 1st November 2011
Yes it was a really, really clever idea.....well worth the licence fee alone!
Do you ncome here often? -
Message 3
Posted by poshHebeJeebie (U9319867) on Tuesday, 1st November 2011
Oh, David!
Your cynical, I mean insightful comment made me laugh out loud!
But - for a newbie, using a couple of boards to lift leaves would be a tip worth knowing. Me? I have used a couple of large, plastic, toothed "hands" that were as cheap as chips at the GC. They pick up loads of leaves at a time, and are easy to use (and store).
No mention by MD about vac/blowers. Mine also picks up leaves - especially useful between plants in the borders - and partially shreds them, making composting them easier. (It's easy to collect leaves on a path - much harder between perennials, where a lawn mower is ummmmm - not a good idea)
Oh, well - another opportunity missed!
PHJ -
Message 4
Posted by nooj (U13729031) on Tuesday, 1st November 2011
Well, if that was a new poster David, your response will have really upset them, won't it?
This is not a private club you know.
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Message 5
Posted by jo4eyes (U13654107) on Tuesday, 1st November 2011
David cynical? I appear to have chucked away my 2 bits of fence panel that I normally use
so found a hand shovel in one hand & the leaf rake in the other work just as well for me. The leaf 'hoover' is staying put again- only light enough to use if the leaves totally dry, otherwise just too much for my shoulder! J. -
Message 6
Posted by Stressed out (U11163734) on Tuesday, 1st November 2011
Sad to say its not rocket science..............................
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Message 7
Posted by Obelixx (U2157162) on Wednesday, 2nd November 2011
Lots of basic stuff is not rocket science but it's helpful to exchange practical, simple tips and ideas that make life easier whether it's gardening, cooking, housework or one's job.
The whole joy of gardening is that while some plants may be particularly fussy about how they like to grow, there is no one perfect way to do any number of jobs but there may be an easier one that hasn't occurred to you as well as one that works best for you in your conditions.
Far too many people think of gardening as a menial, boring chore so anything that helps it seem less so is to be welcomed. Away with all you superior, snobby, elitist critics. If you know everything, why watch? -
Message 8
Posted by Hosta (U15023295) on Wednesday, 2nd November 2011
I agree, but it has to be accepted that some people are obviously just too clever to be involved in gardening basics!
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Message 9
Posted by David K (U14115317) on Wednesday, 2nd November 2011
Far be it for me to post anything controversial, but I think it should be known that lawnmowers can also be used for cutting grass.
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Message 10
Posted by cufcskim (U14483815) on Thursday, 3rd November 2011
You twined about his lawn too!
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Message 11
Posted by the cycling gardener (U2350416) on Thursday, 3rd November 2011
I agree, but it has to be accepted that some people are obviously just too clever to be involved in gardening basics! Â This takes me back to school days. I always struggled with maths. One or two class members, for whom the subject was a simple exercise in logic and who subsequently went to Oxford University, habitually made fun in class of those of us who asked some pretty basic questions in an effort to get our heads round it - the result being that no-one dare ask the questions for fear of appearing stupid. I was always relieved when someone else plucked up the courage to ask something trivial that had also stumped me. I wouldn't be at all surprised if there a a few other people Hosta who also appreciated the leaf advice. Sadly they won't be saying so on here now for fear of ridicule by posters who are so far up the gardening food chain they've forgotten what its like to be a novice.
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Message 12
Posted by nooj (U13729031) on Thursday, 3rd November 2011
I wasn't thinking exactly of that expression - so far up the food chain, but it was a similar one.
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Message 13
Posted by David K (U14115317) on Thursday, 3rd November 2011
Cycling-gardener - Speaking for myself, I don't see much evidence of 'ridicule' here.
As for the matter in hand, surely it's more a matter of common sense to sandwich a pile of leaves between a couple of boards, rather than being a gardening issue.
Speaking as someone who has been around these boards for a very long time, helping & sharing my gardening knowledge freely with less experienced gardeners, I would hate to think I had ridiculed anyone.
Yes, I have a pop at TV presenters, but that's a different matter and by & large due to their own inadequacies. -
Message 14
Posted by thedogcody (U14659366) on Thursday, 3rd November 2011
If I may come to David's defence -not that he probably needs it-every so often a post appears from someone who has no posting history and only posts the once to say how superbly wonderful GW/Monty is-they always a bit gushing as if planted(?)-not saying OP is but will they post again? -watch this space
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Message 15
Posted by David K (U14115317) on Thursday, 3rd November 2011
every so often a post appears from someone who has no posting history and only posts the once to say how superbly wonderful GW/Monty is-they always a bit gushing as if planted(?)-not saying OP is but will they post again? -watch this spaceÂ
Thank you, thedogcody.
I have to say, this was my thoughts when I posted my message No 2 and added ' do you come here often?' -
Message 16
Posted by thedogcody (U14659366) on Thursday, 3rd November 2011
I am not mounting a campaign-just making a point- but spent a few moments trawling back through postings-two on the 7th June titled "Monty Don"on the same day at the same time by single posters-proves the point that David and I am making-dont really see the point of who ever originates such postings-not that I am the suspicous type...................
and I like the programme and the presenters -
Message 17
Posted by Caradonna (U14447374) on Thursday, 3rd November 2011
I love a good conspiracy theory myself but if Hosta was a plant (geddit?) then I'm sure they would have found something more substantial to praise MD for.
As it is, if we give Hosta the benefit of the doubt then as a new poster they got shot down by sarcasm after their first post.
I would like to see more new posters on the TV boards myself as we definitely need some variety and relief from the tedium of the same few saying the same things week after week.
(Have deliberately avoided the use of "old")
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Message 18
Posted by thedogcody (U14659366) on Thursday, 3rd November 2011
It is just if Hosta is such a fan they would have seen the mower thing featured at Berryfields a few years back-but I do agree with you for some different views-I have no idea what some people do when GW is off air-probably sit in their chairs throught the winter sharpening the knives for when the programme returns?
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Message 19
Posted by David K (U14115317) on Thursday, 3rd November 2011
I love a good conspiracy theory myself but if Hosta was a plant (geddit?) then I'm sure they would have found something more substantial to praise MD for.Â
Difficult to find anything more substantial, I imagine! -
Message 20
Posted by poshHebeJeebie (U9319867) on Thursday, 3rd November 2011
I read often and post rarely these days - but David's reply to a new poster was amusing, and, although somewhat pointed, nevertheless was put in what I took to be an amusing (not patronising) way.
Over the years, we have had many (far too many imo) one-off posters, fullsome in their praise never to be seen again. It does make one suspicious - and apologies to newbies if such suspicion causes offence. But . . . we were all new once, and our first foray on to the MB was much more circumspect while we worked our way around the board. Those whose first posts are, shall we say, significantly more direct, do not have the hallmark of the tentative "first-poster".
That said, the tips from MD, while simple and obvious to gardeners of long standing, are nevertheless useful for those of limited experience.
If we close our minds to learning, we will learn nothing.
For the record, I took on board the support framework for tomatoes that MD showed us early in the summer. I can't think why it had never occurred to me before - but jolly useful it was, and I will use it again (with better square lashings than his btw)
PHJ
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