Infuriated with Gardeners World

prettypennies

I too watched the show in total disbelief.
I have been on the waiting list in my area for four years waiting for an allotment and so far have not been offered so much as a grow bag!!

It looked like it was B&Q who gave the wood away. Although they are known for supporting local community projects, I hardly thinks this qualifies.

And those beds were just a joke. How on earth was he going to reach the middle of the bed to weed out all the marestail?

Absolute pap

roddydogs

i assume you v all complained to the BBC via their website.?,

Lots of daft advice on this prog-ie you must cover NZ fearns over the winter, i could go on

Trishh_2

I still haven't seen it but have read how unrealistic everyone thought it was. Can't get it to play on BBC iplayer ... is anyone else having probs with it on iplayer?

maria340

I agree with all the above. I used to look forward to watching but now I don't go out of my way to, although I will watch next week for the comedy value.
The plot looked great to me. Our local allotments have weed, rabbit,deer and drainage problems not to mention regular burglaries. Most of the plots aren't taken.

Farway

Simon_P wrote: »

I don't think it was unrealistic at all. They portrayed exactly what an untended and neglected allotment really looks like & the sort of weeds most likely to find on it etc.

Agree, but I think the unrealistic bits were how there seemed to be no waiting list, the council kindly cleared the site for free, gave free compost & wood chippings, and he blagged free timber from B & Q

But maybe he does live in some kindly London area Utopia whilst the rest of us live elsewhere?

Time will tell as the series progresses and he has couch & marestail coming up in his rasberries and how he deals with it, or maybe his council will send someone along to do it?

LizD_2

What suprised me was the plot was as bad as it was - if there are three year waiting lists in most areas, how come people end up with plots that haven't been worked in ages?

amcluesent

He must be paid a huge wedge from our license tax, judging by the London des. res. he had. I expected Sarah Beeny to appear and congratulate him on doing so well on the property ladder!

nanamags

Although info about starting an allotment is really useful what about the series about the allotments which the BBC pulled. This showed normal folk in London and Wales [including Terry Walton of Jeremy Vine fame] working on their allotments. It was shown early afternoons for about a week and was pulled because it did not reach the required viewing figures. How much license fee did they waste not showing this as I am sure it was already pre recorded.

A_Clock

LizD wrote: »

What suprised me was the plot was as bad as it was - if there are three year waiting lists in most areas, how come people end up with plots that haven't been worked in ages?

Most people take on the plot for a year, then realise its hard work and never go back! Then the following year the same thing happens etc etc. Saw it happen loads when me and my brother had one a few years back

ScoobieGirl

alanobrien wrote: »

... piles of (expensive) free wood for raised beds.
Then piles of free compost and bark chippings. This must be the Harry Potter allotment company.

Probably not up to the same standard, but our Freecycle often has free wood (pallets) and our local recycling centre gives away for free the compost made from the garden waste.

Now how do you find those pixies to do the weeding?

I can't watch it at all these days because of the quality of the presenters. Not quite as bad as panorama whose narrator seems to be doing an impersonation of Damion Day for those who remember Drop the Dead donkey.