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Just noticed that Gardeners' World starts again this evening on BBC2 and was pleased to see Monty Don is back at the helm. I wasn't too keen on the last chap, Toby although of course he is probably a very good gardener. i wish him well in his next venture.

i have enjoyed GW for many years, since the days of Percy Thrower and Arthur Billit. I remember seeing the soil at Arthur's Clacks Farm and thinking how good it was compared to my thick heavy, waterlogged clay.

Liked Geoffrey Smith, Peter Seabrook and Christine who also appeared on the programme.

Must go ... it has just started !!

Much better show, a real garden, real people, simple and real tasks. Dead jealous of Montys' big garden and outbuildings

Wow his garden makes Carol Klein's look tiddly - how on earth do they manage to look after so much land/garden. Yeah I know these gardeners employ gardeners! Loved the show and how nice it was to get back to more the 'old' format instead of the way it has gone over the last few years. Just gardening and less of the silly chatting stuff.

Didn't see it,has Alys got the boot then?

Yes but they have brought back Rachel de Thame. Mind you she was getting her hands dirty for the first time ever, must have stopped having babies now.

Millymollymandy wrote:Wow his garden makes Carol Klein's look tiddly - how on earth do they manage to look after so much land/garden. Yeah I know these gardeners employ gardeners!

Didn't you notice in his tool shed there was a line of about 8 secateurs hanging on the wall, together with several croppers.
I agree that the show is back where it should be, real life gardening and not namby pamby, aren't I clever, look at me I'm a celebrity tosh.

I missed it!

I love Monty Don - now the whole world knows

Odsox wrote:Didn't you notice in his tool shed there was a line of about 8 secateurs hanging on the wall, together with several croppers.

Oh yes, my immediate comment was why does he need so many secateurs but that was to the man who has a similar garage and workshop/barn with everything hanging neatly in a row like that......

Even my 12yo son noticed the tools ! then asked why our over crowded junk filled shed isnt like that.....

So glad that Monty is back, we'd stopped watching GW over the last couple of years as couldn't take to Toby.

Much better having it filmed in an actual garden and what a garden it is.

Sue

As well as the secateurs there was also a row of sieves, or are they riddles.

I have one and make do with it ... suppose each has a different gauge, for different levels of fineness.

Was very impressed by the garden, like many folk have already commented upon.

An other one here who has just tuned in for the first time in years! I couldn't stand Alys either

MW

Alys was very very sexy!

Hmmm, *runs into cold shower

Disagree, Alys was very very very sexy.......shant bother watching anymore....(and Monty's obviously got OCD as well as owning half of Herefordshire.)

Millymollymandy wrote:

Odsox wrote:Didn't you notice in his tool shed there was a line of about 8 secateurs hanging on the wall, together with several croppers.

Oh yes, my immediate comment was why does he need so many secateurs but that was to the man who has a similar garage and workshop/barn with everything hanging neatly in a row like that......

Good bit of product placement for FELCO though