TV programme tonight

[Alice]

BBC 2, 8.30 tonight, Grow Your Own.
Carol Klein attempts to prove anyone can grow organic vegetables at home.
We know we can - but it must be worth a watch.

[sewer rat]

From what I've read in the pre programme blurb, this could turn out to be a very enjoyable and informative show - we wait with baited thingys as Nick would say !

[Alison]

Saw a trailer last night - I think she's going to be talking mostly about spuds tonight but could be wrong. Looked very interesting so shall be boring OH by watching and taking notes as approriate.

[lyndap]

Def will be tuning in to this programe.Had a quick flick through book to accompany the programe,but not sure wether or not to buy yet.Think I'll watch a few programes first.

[Mrs Dobby]

Thoroughly enijoyed the prog, plus taped it for Mr D, but wasnt Carol so very enthusiastic!! Squealing with delight when she started to harvest her spuds, had me giggling she did!

[Fezinio]

Thoroughly enijoyed the prog, plus taped it for Mr D, but wasnt Carol so very enthusiastic!! Squealing with delight when she started to harvest her spuds, had me giggling she did!

Yeah she was very enthusiastic.

Was good to watch. Picked up a few tips along the way. Cant wait until next week

[sewer rat]

Not three bad as we say up here. A bit too much arty soft focus camera work between the articles but I agree that Carole's squeals when she harvested her first spuds had me smiling too - she has always been an enthusiastic gardener but there was no hiding her sheer delight.
Will deffo be watching in future

[Lesley Jay]

I missed it with being here. I can't work the bloody DVD recording!!!

[Benacre]

I would have laied the Potato trench with a general fertiliser and then added peat, then planted the spuds and covered with more peat an filled the soil on top. I do want one of those potato forks as I do get rather clumsy with my normal one when digging up Natures Gold nuggets (Potatos)

[sewer rat]

I agree Benacre, as that's what I would have done, although they weren't new beds having been used to raise nursery stock previously - even so, maybe she should have pointed out the fact that tatties are a hungry crop.

[Fezinio]

LJ,

I recorded on my sky box will record to DVD if you really want a copy

Benacre,

Agree that was some fork, it would certainly make life easier

[Snadger]

I missed it with being here. I can't work the bloody DVD recording!!!

You didn't miss much LJ!

[green ghirl]

really enjoyed the programme carol is so enthusiastic you cannot help smile, what i want now is jerusalem artichokes i luv sunflowers and to get a veg with them aswell is too cool . anyone know any good suppliers (or got any to swap for some seeds pm me)

many thanks

[ChrisB]

The jury is still out on this one.

I'm able to look at it from a VERY basic level. I know bits but have an awful lot to learn about vegetable gardening. Carol mentioned planting your potatoes and getting a crop before blight can get at it. Fine - and when is potato blight likely to affect the plants!! No mention of that

A bit airy fairy in beween the good bits, but as everybody else says, the delight she took when digging her potatoes was a joy to watch , it's like Christmas digging those spuds, you don't know what you're going to get till you go get out there with your fork.

[nick the grief]

I missed it as well but I'll check the website out.