Kitchen Garden Forum

Interesting article following the death of Richard Briers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21517375

I have many fond memories of that series and always try to catch any repeats that come around.
Around the 70's and later was a good time for growing and gardening on the tv and radio. Just thinking about all those others that have gone to the great allotment above - Geoff Hamilton, Peter Seabrook, Arthur Billett, Geoffrey Smith, Clay Jones, Alan Gemmell and others. Sadly today the experts have gone we mainly have 'presenters' clowning around on our screens.

John

John. Totally agree with you.

I have fond memories watching Geoff Hamilton on GW

John, yes, those names evoke the past! I once had an argument with Geoffrey Smith at a local nursery (we happened to be customers there at the same time) when he insisted that one could easily fit an 8 ft tree into a short base Landrover. I knew that one could not do so without leaving the back open or damaging the tree, so I left him to his own opinion!

Don't forget Muck and Magic which really got things going.
Self sufficiency is fine until you want to buy the first gallon of petrol for the rotavator. Not so easy as some imagine. Bloody hard work and true it is very rewarding but none become truly self sufficient without another form of income.
JB.

I think Peter Seabrook is still an earthly gardener.
I was thinking of Geoff Hamilton this morning as I put 6 Onion seeds in each of over 200 pots - a method cribbed from his block growing technique.
One of the things I added to my polytunnel was what I call a Percy Thrower coat hook - if you remember how he started all his sessions from his (unglazed) greenhouse.
Yes we are "blessed" with presenters over technicians all over the place. I follow track cycling and listened to the Radio 5 commentary this week with a presenter who started by saying "aren't the bankings steep" - seems he hadn't been to a velodrome before!
Back to the original subject, mustn't mention what I thought of Mrs Good.