Kitchen Garden Forum

And it seems there is a bit of a veg emphasis for at least part of the program.

"Monty gives us a tour of Berryfields and updates us on the progress of the nation's favourite garden. He's busy with the vegetable garden, and has big plans for sowing and planting new crops. It's also time to get the viewers' trial - chillies from seed - up and running, and a look at the progress of Tulipwatch."

Jerry

hoooooooooooraaaaaaaaaay,but i didnt know mr don had taken up embroidary

That's sowing not sewing you daft mare. Oh Grock, what shall we do with you...

I will keep a dignified silence with reference to what we shall do to Grock.

I am glad its back, lets just hope that they catch onto the huge jump in popularity in growing veg and spend more than 60 seconds on it each week.

I am watching it now and there is a little more on veg gardening and it looks like they have got a bigger veg plot, it seems like just about every veg gardener is of a different opinion aobout planting spuds, but I never knew anyone to NOT get a crop.

Spooky again - there was a link to embroidery, if only the use of the said thread on your hellebores.

A definite raised (pun intended) interest in veg but where was the Ryton Potato Day film??? I was all set to record Piglet and Mrs P and Chantal for posterity (and blackmail). Maybe when the planted spuds start growing.............

I thought it was good, but then my fave - Sarah Raven - was on so I would.

The clock's wrong again.....it's an hour behind.

S.R fan.......send the fan mail to moi

Grock - Sarah Raven and Mr T - are you sure you don't like James Martin and Robbie Coltrane - my other heroes?

It was so enthralling that I enjoyed a good sleep during much of it. I don't see all that much happening on the veggies, and what happened to veggies during the winter when good ones are scarce and pricey, where are the sprouts, leeks, psb,japanese onions, rhubarb, pak choi etc. MD, call yourself a vegetable gardener, it isn't all the fault of the BBC nor the distraction of working with SR. My season starts in the autumn when I turn over a new leaf as well as all the old ones.
Allan

I'm grateful they had more veg on than usually and when they were ranting on about magnolias etc I could go to the loo, make a cup of tea etc (an hour is long time to go without either at my age). I did like the bit on chillies as I'm growing lots this year and I am VERY pleased that Ryton wasn't mentioned. If Piglet hadn't opened his snout on here at the time, no one would know that I was filmed as I've not told anyone and am dreading it being shown.

Tigger, the clock's been wrong for a week now dear...

allan , if u slept through most of it , how can u comment on the content?

The veg plot was looking a little bare, but at least they mentioned it - I guess they have not bothered as they have been off air for so long, but it would have been nice to see more growing for the hungry gap as Allan says. Not sure about their potato chitting trial either - does anyone ever chit main crop anyway???? I thought that was a known fact it made no real difference

Did anyone catch why they had ripped most of the fruit trees out of their small town fruit garden? I wandered off to the loo and came back in just as MD was saying they were laying it down to herbs. In such a big garden it seems a shame to take out productive trees when a herb garden could easily be made elsewhere.

Grock - sorry but if you are SR, why garden in a skirt and tights. I felt for you kneeling on that cold soil dividing the perennials in the long border. Must be awful drafty as well

Sue

Don't worry Sue

The hair on Grocks knees keeps her warm. I won't go into detail about the draft though. I'm sure Piglet could come up with something

I thought Grock had epilated herself from stem to stern? or was that just an excuse to lock herself in her shed for a sprout wine or 3