The Edible Gardener - New BBC2 Series with Alys Fowler, starts 7th April

Furny

valentina wrote: »

Furny

What, no Grow your own veg or James Martin digs deep? Check the Good Food Channel...set that series link!

Ohhhh, thanks. The only problem is now finding time to watch them all!:eek:

Rummer

vish wrote: »

Not sure what the pea shoots from the dried peas would taste like. As far as I know the pea shoots that are sold in supermarkets/chinese restaurants are snow pea shoots (mangetout) - they're a lot sweeter and looks a whole lot more delicate than the ones that she grew.

The only reason I know this is because my mum used to plant them to have on hand for stir fries if we ran out of food before grocery day Saturday. :P

Hmmm well they cost less than a pound for a huge bag of them so if this first lot don't taste the best then we will be having a lot of soup to use them up!

vish_2

Rummer wrote: »

Hmmm well they cost less than a pound for a huge bag of them so if this first lot don't taste the best then we will be having a lot of soup to use them up!

true true... they're selling for 37p at my local shop compared to the £1.99 for 50g that T&M charges for them - will plant them for soup, thanks!

Never had pea soup before... looked it up and some people have it cold? will be trying a few recipes and decide which one tastes best.

ALIBOBSY

I actually enjoyed it more this week, but agree about the tom in the GH. I also though she hadn't done much thinning out of the branches and leaves, which I have found works well to increase air circulation to help ward off diseases.
I remember seeing on here a tip about thinning out the leaves and sideshoots as they had seen comercial growers almost strip their toms to nothing once the fruits were set.

ali x

LJM

i watched it and also enjoyed it but then i also bought the book found it easier to follow and im a sucker for books that accompany the series

vish_2

i really liked today's episode, though i agree with the opinion that she's trying to be very Nigella-like, with the pouting and lying in the ground and licking her fingers... i like her more childlike eccentricities and the dancing onion man was a legend! can't wait for next week's episode!

Mankysteve

My gf may have love rival. She does do a bit too much pouting but I like her hippy ways.

Lotus-eater

She gets alot from her garden size, she does well. Knows less than nothing about chickens though.
Nice to see someone at last telling the truth about container growing potatoes. It's not worth it.

heynonnynonny

I wish the dancing onion man was my neighbour

heynonnynonny

Winged_one wrote: »

I missed this week (and not living in UK but Ireland, can't watch it on iPlayer). Is it repeated on ANY bbc channel (I have them all on freesat)?QUOTE]

What about iPlayer online, I think you can put it to full screen so it's not too bad to watch on a monitor.