Allotment TV Programme

[snakeshack]

absolutely my family tree has loads of nuts

[darcyvuqua]

I would love a programme for guidence as to what to add to certain beds.

lime
blood and bone
pot ash

etc etc

I would also love said programme to be presented by an unknown and not a celeb then we have that person as a fresh face not someone we can refur to as he was good on GW or she was bad at edible garden.

well that makes sense to me hahaha

[Newton]

Nigellas allotment......wouldn't mind seeing her getting a bit dirty!

[lesleygl]

Great suggestions, I love it, when you think of the number of allotment holders or people waiting for plots , there has to be a market. It could also tackle the problem of councils ripping people off with highly inflated fees for plots. Thanks for your comments. I will put something together over the next few days unless someone else wants to do it?!

[alldigging]

I think it's a lovely idea -

Would you want a whole year recording in weekly bits and then indexing really well so you knew which episode to watch about liming? Or just a month by month approach to what's being done?

There is a massive amount of good growing videos on youtube.

[SarzWix]

The Allotment DVD Series - Advice, Demonstrations and Top Tips for the Allotmenteer

There actually has been a programme dedicated to allotmenting. It's down-to-earth, shows new plot holders and experienced ones, money saving ideas and all sorts. You can buy the DVDs as a 3-DVD set. I have it and it's great

[veggiechicken]

I think it should be filmed each week for that week - virtually live broadcasting. How to cope when the weather is awful - or your ground is full of weeds. None of this "This is one I prepared earlier" that they have on GW. Film it as it really is, warts, slugs and all.

[SarzWix]

See link above ^ ^ . That's pretty much what they did - filmed from February to November

[Two_Sheds]

I would really appreciate a tv programme entirely devoted to how to start and grow an allotment

TV is over. For specialist programmes, you need to look elsewhere.

The Allotment DVD - LOVEFiLM

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Allotmen...2388046&sr=8-5

Any good?


Don't forget You Tube, it's a great source of info, not just funnies: allotment gardening uk - YouTube

This one's very popular: Mike Feingold's Permaculture Allotment - YouTube (mad hair)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ0sEWSS4zg

This one is the Best Plot In Liverpool! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ0sEWSS4zg

[alldigging]

Don't forget You Tube, it's a great source of info, not just funnies: allotment gardening uk - YouTube

This one's very popular: Mike Feingold's Permaculture Allotment - YouTube

Love watching Mike


Allotment diary
Allotment Vegetable Growing - YouTube

and this one
The Horticultural Channel.tv 2013 - YouTube

[darcyvuqua]

The Allotment DVD Series - Advice, Demonstrations and Top Tips for the Allotmenteer

There also has been a programme dedicated to allotmenting. It's down-to-earth, shows new plot holders and experienced ones, money saving ideas and all sorts. You can buy the DVDs as a 3-DVD set. I have it and it's great

Mmmmmmmmm thanks sarz!







Its on its way

[ancee]

Look at every shop you go into in or out of town..... They ALL have gardening sections!! They didn't used to! Or, if they did, they were small, at the back or inbetween stuff. Nowadays the gardening sections in shops are huge! What does this say? Gardening is back in fashion! People want to garden. Shops and manufacturers have all realised this and they've also realised gardeners come from all walks of life and they are trying to accomodate for them all! Look at wellies... cupcakes, cherries, camoflage. Gardening gloves in every hue - a pair to suit everyone. The veg seeds sections have a veg for everyone from the mundane to the exotic. They wouldn't have it if it wasn't selling. It seems everyone I talk to has a couple of pots of something growing. Or a balcony or a veg patch where the lawn used to be! We started off with peas and beans in pots, and are now taking over the entire garden. So, my long winded opinion is that if people are all buying gardening stuff they must like gardening = there is MASSIVE interest SO make a programme and help people! Entertain along the way, be interesting, use stuff they'll have hanging around, don't show us expensive stuff (hanging garden seat pods for £700!) who can afford that? (If you have one I'm Jealous!) Just show people what to do and what they can achieve. It's easy making a programme like that I'm sure

[~kirsty~]

seans allotment garden is every week, and he is filming this season.

The Horticultural Channel | Gardening news and advice for the amateur gardener

[hawthorns]

charles dowding wud do a great job. www.charlesdowding.co.uk | No dig gardening

[Alison]

TV is over. For specialist programmes, you need to look elsewhere.

The Allotment DVD - LOVEFiLM

The Allotment (organic gardening): Amazon.co.uk: Books

Any good?


Don't forget You Tube, it's a great source of info, not just funnies: allotment gardening uk - YouTube

This one's very popular: Mike Feingold's Permaculture Allotment - YouTube (mad hair)

Raised Bed Allotment July 2009 - YouTube

This one is the Best Plot In Liverpool! Raised Bed Allotment July 2009 - YouTube

With all the channels on cable these days there is no reason at all why we couldn't have a decent gardening programme on one of them and whilst some people are perfectly happy watching things on the 'puter loads of people I know don't really like that media or only use it as they have no other choice. I'm quite confident that if a decent programme were produced and marketed properly it would get good viewing figures. TV might not be the only way but it's certainly not dead.