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I suppose it is, ''Liverpudlians''.

I'm barricading my doors instantly.

glallotments wrote:Toby had an idea for storing root veg in sort of soil (could have been compost) filled dustbins set in large holes in the ground. I didn't fancy the idea but what amazed me was the fact he was going to store a mixture of root veg in the container including potatoes!! Why would potatoes need storing in this way I wonder?

I didn't watch the programme (which isn't any wonder — I don't watch it at all any more), but storing potatoes in this way seems a rum sort of caper. I can see them wanting to grow away as soon as they start to break dormancy. It's fine for other root vegetables, but not tatties. The way I see it, by storing them in sacks they are kept dry, which means that once they start to chit a bit in late winter / early spring, at least some of them will be usable. Instead, stored like this, they'll surely root and grow. Potatoes don't shrivel for being kept in a dry atmosphere like other root vegetables. I'll be sticking with brown paper sacks.

I've not tried storing veg like he suggested, but it might be quite a good idea. He did say you would always have some handy when the ground was frozen, and now the weather is getting colder it should be cool enough to keep them dormant. Potatoes that you overlook and leave in the ground always keep beautifully (if the slugs don't get them) and only start growing when the weather warms up in Spring, so it might be quite a good idea.

Keeping them in a bin will also keep out the vermin and slugs, unlike the traditional clamps they demonstrated. I should think your compost would have to be on the dry side to avoid them rotting.

On the whole I thought it was a more practical and useful programme without all the daft stuff.

Hi Lizzie. How about a "Rumble " of Grumpy Old Sods?
OR...a "Rant "



Cheers.

Good ones Elaine.

Or how about a gripe of grumpy old sods?

oldherbaceous wrote:I suppose it is, ''Liverpudlians''.

I'm barricading my doors instantly.

OI!!!!!!!!!! I'll get you for that Herby

I'll go put the kettle on again then Lizzie, make sure you bring your little helpmate.

It appears that the BBC is courting Alan Titchmarsh,hoping that he will return to presenting GW and save it from the disaster it has become.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... eturn.html

James Parry of the Daily Express wrote a good article in Mondays edition, entitled "Whatever happened to Gardeners World". Amongst other very valid points....most of which have been mentioned on this forum....he says the programme is a "bland shadow of its former self". and "where has the gardening gone?"

He is not impressed with the presenters, other than Carol Klein and Alys Fowler, nor the content of the programme, with its "tawdry little makeovers and banal gimmicks"

I wish I knew how to put on a link or whatever but I don't...apologies for my lack of computer know-how!
Someone will be able to do it, I'm sure, if anyone is interested in reading the article.
Cheers.

Elaine

Here it is

http://dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/13 ... r-s-World-

It's an interesting article. I have to say I wasn't a Monty Dom fan either. The team didn't seem to gel when he was presenting and I think that part of the appeal was that the main presenter owned the garden featured - their love of the place came through. It was like visiting a friend and looking round his garden whereas Berryfields although a real garden had an anonymous owner and the GW team were really in many ways just glorified staff.

Must admit too to having 'gone off' Alys. I don't know whether the higher profile has changed her or whether her manner just seems to have worn thin but something is different about her.

Be interesting to see what happens next!

I think I would rather watch repeats of CLACKS FARM even in black & white.

I think the article highlights many fears that I have about GW and I just thought it was me I have to admit that I refuse to watch it and have not watched at all this year I do not appear to have missed much going by the comments written here I really do believe that the BBC missed a great opportunity to move GW forward when it failed to make Carol Klein the main presenter


Regards

Kevin

Thank you Alan.....I knew I could rely on you!
Cheers.

I'm sad to say I agree with the article too. I haven't watched GW in the past 12 months and it used to be essential viewing for me on a Friday evening.