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GW Friday 17-09-2010
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Message 1.Â
Posted by Stressed out (U11163734) on Friday, 17th September 2010
Toby Buckland gives his guide to collecting seeds from annual and perennial plants and shows how and where to store them.
Raymond Blanc's herb garden (nice)
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Message 2
Posted by darren p (U8518743) on Friday, 17th September 2010
now that was a waste of 27 minutes. i do detest sucking up to celebs on gw. cringe.
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Message 3
Posted by kandeakay (U9261848) on Friday, 17th September 2010
I really feel there is enough time dedicated to cookery programmes on the television without taking up a major chunk of our measly half-an-hour a week of something resembling a gardening broadcast - sport permitting of course.
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Message 4
Posted by Paul N (U6451125) on Friday, 17th September 2010
Oh Toby, Toby, Toby, place your seeds plus the husks in a fine sieve over a deep sided plate. Shake and admire all those seeds rather than collecting them off the floor. I like the idea of growing the culinary ginger though.
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Message 5
Posted by David K (U14115317) on Saturday, 18th September 2010
I do so agree, Paul.
Trillium recently mentioned that Toby had a ‘thoroughly nice personality that wasn’t coming through’. Myself, I think his nice personality *does* come through.
However, for me he falls flat on his face every time he comes up with these daft ideas such as last his night’s seed cleaning demonstration….anyone tempted to try it should understand that most of the seed would finish up on the floor.
I would say to Toby, just like the ’30 min fix’ & ‘what’s hot etc’, stop trying to show us these clever little tricks. -
Message 6
Posted by Logissimo (U14020652) on Saturday, 18th September 2010
OMG, must get on with dead-heading the Dahlias right away otherwise the first frost will do it for me.
I wonder what might have replaced the 5 minutes (well it seemed like 5 minutes) had we not had the feature on Toby winnowing seeds.
Fortunately Harlow Carr provided a feast for the eyes
I'd really like to see more of Carol garden one of these days. -
Message 7
Posted by Trillium (U2170869) on Saturday, 18th September 2010
Yes, the seed winnowing wasn't his finest hour. There are less messy, more effective methods which are just as simple.
I like and admire Raymond Blanc, but was twitching furiously through the TWO recipe sections. There are more than enough grow/cook progs on tv without stealing parts of GW. -
Message 8
Posted by RedCauli (U14159680) on Saturday, 18th September 2010
I've always cleared my seeds of chaff in the way that Toby did - a 'trick' Geoff Hamilton demonstrated many moons ago. Easy peasy - not fallen flat on my face doing it, yet.
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Message 9
Posted by drwalter (U1365507) on Saturday, 18th September 2010
Two weeks ago the show was watched by only 1.57 million viewers (including those who recorded it to watch it later...). This is the lowest number of viewers EVER, and after watching last night's (17th.) show I can see why. What a dreadful attempt at an informative and inspirational gardening programme from the British Broadcasting Corporation. Dreadful & dull. And why did the Porducers think that Blanc would bring anything, I mean, anything to the show; it's not a cooking show. I agree the "seed fiasco" was CÖ÷²¥´óÐã in its extreme.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO GARDENERS' WORLD?
Sorry, but the show needs to be "rested", re-imagineered and brought back in, say, 2012 with ALL new Presenters (what about poaching some RHS staff who know how to garden and have a personality, ditch the current Production team, buy a new plot (five acres of barren land) and start again.
Here's an idea for the Production Team: follow the "gardening/landscaping team" at the London 2012 Olympic park at their attempts to develop what is a vast building site, and revisit them every month. -
Message 10
Posted by Trillium (U2170869) on Saturday, 18th September 2010
I winnow seeds by blowing too, but not with a floppy piece of paper wafted around in the air. I sit down at a bench, use a stiff card or board and place a box at the end to catch the chaff. It catches the seeds too if I blow too hard of course.
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Message 11
Posted by garyhobson (U11055016) on Saturday, 18th September 2010
Of course, Raymond Blanc used to have his own series, The Restaurant.
It was 'terminated' earlier this year.
According to a post on Digital Spy ( ), the viewing figures for The Restaurant 1.76m.
Isn't that more than GW is getting?
Blanc's termination announcement ( ) says 'Blanc is currently in discussions with the Ö÷²¥´óÐã about other projects.' Maybe Blanc is being lined up as a new presenter for GW.
Perhaps there should some 10 minute gardening slots, perhaps presented by Toby, inserted into some of the Beeb's cookery programs. I'm sure some people, who only watch cookery programs, would like to be gently introduced to the novel idea of growing their own, and Toby would be just the lad. -
Message 12
Posted by David K (U14115317) on Saturday, 18th September 2010
a 'trick' Geoff Hamilton demonstrated many moons ago.Â
I'm pretty well informed about the great man, but can never remember him doing this, or could I imagine he would do so. -
Message 13
Posted by RedCauli (U14159680) on Saturday, 18th September 2010
I still have a video tape of Geoff showing this, RC. He sat at a table on his patio and did just as Toby did, but he had the paper flat on the table and gently blew the chaff away. If the chaff didn't blow completely off the paper he helped it along with his pen knife. I've always done it that way since. I don't understand what you find so wrong in that. The Barnsdale programmes are imprinted on my mind. I watched them over and over again because they helped me relax during a difficult few years caring for someone with dementia who couldn't be left.
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