The Edible Garden - BBC2 @ 20.00pm

[Jax]

I quite enjoyed last nights actually, I do find her abit irratating but cant have everything lol The arty bits get quite annoying but amongst that I think there were good bits of info

[Bren In Pots]

Although when she started talking about making her own feed I did expect her to be feeding her toms with comfrey rather than nettles.

I've just bought her 'The Thrifty gardener book' for £4.9 from the Works and there's 3 pages on making Comfrey tea complete with pictures, then Nettle tea only gets a couple of lines tagged on at the end.

[TonyF]

Although when she started talking about making her own feed I did expect her to be feeding her toms with comfrey rather than nettles.

Bizarre fact, since 2006 making nettle tea for feeding plants has been illegal in France as have other home made pesticides and fungicides - long story, French bureaucracy etc etc - but guess what, nobody has every been busted for doing it and it's still rife in rural areas like round here - may even be thinking about making some myself

A couple of local large towns are now refusing to use chemicals and are only using bio/home made stuff on their municipal sites and are basically calling the Government's bluff in this silly law.

[smallfrog]

I thought it was better last night.
I learnt that i could grow cucumbers outside which i didn't think was possiable. So will be giving that ago. Is there still time to get some seeds in or would you buy a couple of plugs.

Wayne your not mixing with the right poeple. Find a upvc window fitter or any local odd job type builder and windows will fall from the heavens. I have a double glazed one which i'm none to sure what to do with from me mates shed. In fact his whole shed is double glazed. Failing that the plaster told me he'd just pulled a piece or window from a skip and he's sure its mackintosh. Paid £10.

There was some old stained glass like the type Alys used last night at our local salvage yard. Near Lutterworth leicestershire. Didn't ask a price as he'd already had my last penny on a new old fire place.

[elsie-scot]

I thought last night's show was much better, think it should have been the first one in the series, of course they would have needed to add the chicken's arrival bit.

[Florence Fennel]

I have watched the 2nd one tonight. Still think it's twee, but not quite as bad as last time. I'm glad she's got a lot of friends though, or it would have been a bit of a bore. I'm with Dolly on bringing back the Big Dig.

[miffy]

I find her like a breath of fresh air and have used her book the thrifty gardener that chick mentioned with my class and following her excellent advice we grew seedlings from shop bought fruit, including a mango, kiwi, lemon and orange baby trees!
She is gentle, and obviously really cares for the environment and I enjoy watching and listening to her as she has a real love for growing plants and veg.

[Alison]

I'm still OK with the programe but wish she'd explain a bit more why she's doing certain things. She mentioned problems with blight a lot but then didn't tell people not to compost the contaminated remains - at least I don't think she did but I was eating my tea so could have missed it! The arty shots don't bother me but I would quite like a "little" garden like hers, most people I know have to make do with something smaller than that.

[taff]

it's gettng better, but you do tend to find that with series, if the first one is pants, stick around for three or four...

[jackyspratty]

[QUOTE=Flummery
I have gardened in a mini skirt in my time - I've been at it for a long time remember. I stopped when a frog with a VERY cold nose hopped up me fundament and scared the bejazuz out of me! ( I think the frog was badly traumatised too!)

./QUOTE]
Oh my! I think we may have found our new no nonsense, experienced, charismatic gardening show presenter! I think we should petition the bbc not only to save radio 6 (plug) but to snap up the fantastic flum and share her with the world!

It could be called Fundermentaly Flum!

[northepaul]

Didnt watch this weeks...partly cos I didnt like the last one but mainly cos it was "turn off TV" week in our house and the only thing I watched was Ashes to Ashes last night

[ecoprincess]

I think this is an excellent programme for getting young people who aren't into growing their own yet interested. It got me excited for planting stuff anyway! And I think the second episode was better than the first, I haven't grown lettuce yet but Alys has really made me want to do it this year.

I have to admit though, I do find her mildly irritating - as someone put it, her "smooching" with the camera. But it's one of those things where I can't bear to watch - but can't look away! I've got it on series link now too

[lainey lou]

Well, I'm enjoying the show very much, I think Alys is lovely!
For me it certainly makes a change from all the depressing soaps and reality guff that seem to be on these days.

[geoff]

Don't watch Gardener's World, it's drivel
Don't watch Alys Fowler either. It's also drivel, but irritating as well. That style of presentation was tedious and patronising in the 1970s; it still is, but now it's old - fashioned as well
The beeb should produce a decent gardening programme or just show repeats of Geoff Hamilton

[pjh75]

The beeb should produce a decent gardening programme or just show repeats of Geoff Hamilton

Good Food has just started the ornamental kitchen garden, it's on now... only caught it by accident as it has replaced Carol Klein's Grow Your Own after James Martin Digs Deep.