[Rosiecrad]

I'm sat here on a Friday eve and there is nothing on TV! Roll on march when GW is back on!!

[Greenerlife]

My sky box hasn't been in use for about two months, and now it's back, I have two months of Gardeners World to watch!  (and tell me all the things I should have done by now, but haven't!)

[Rosiecrad]

Enjoy! That sounds like my Mother in law, I think she was backed up about 6 mths at one point, lol!

[Penninehillbilly]

I have to admit I'm bored with it now, I used to record it, watch it and take notes of interesting things/projects, Geoff Hamilton made it what it was, I think it's lost its way now. I know Monty gives good tips, but just not the same somehow. (I wonder if anyone things Percy Thrower was the best?)

[doganjo]

Wish I could afford Sky.  I had it for a year when I built my last house.  I used to watch all the house and garden programmes.

[zoe_emma]

I wish we didn't have sky, it's all American sh*te and kids programmes. Even the planner is filled with Hollyoaks and  teenage Disney channel rubbish from my 12 year old.

Everything I watch would be on freeview anyway so I see it as a waste of money. OH watches American dramas and such so he pays for it lol.

[Rosiecrad]

I have to admit that I think Sky is a waste of money. Its just useful for recording things and we are F1 fans and since the BBC lost the airing of F1, its now on a special channel on Sky ( which you have to pay extra for grrr)

I've only really started watching GW ( well the past few years) since we've had children and are in on a Friday night! I do enjoy it, although I know that lots of people think its lost its way.
Doganjo, ehat channel was the programmes on that you used to watch? I struggle to find much on Sky atm, I used to enjoy all the cooking programmes, but they are all American or repeats!

Rosie

[lachlanandmarcus]

We have a MUCH better version of GW in Scotland called the beech grove garden. Fantastic and much more down to earth. We'll worth trying to find on I player if you can get it on there. I watch it and gave up on GW!

[doganjo]

I like the Beechgrove garden too - especially as I used to see the original one every time I took the kids to school, and we used to go to their Open Days.  It can be a bit parochial and twee at times but local info is obviously far better.

Rosie I think it was the discovery channel these were on, but I'm not sure.  And now I watch channel 14 mostly - Grand Designs, Restoration Man, Small Spaces, etc etc

[Rosiecrad]

Beechgrove does get aired down here, but its finished for the season too, I did like it but I also loved seeing Montys garden, GW feels a bit more personal, to me, I spose.

[Rosiecrad]

Thanks Doganjo, I don't think we subscribe to those but will have a look.

[RUSTYME]

Haven't watched tv for a few years now , but used to watch GW when Geoff Hamilton was on .
 Alan T , Monty D and the others know their onions , but Geoff H was the best imo .
I don't miss GW now , as not seeing  it doesn't make me feel so inadequate in the veg plot lol .

[doganjo]

Hey, Russ - Happy New Year, matey xx 

[Fleecewife]

My main problem with gardening programmes is that they're on during those long summer evenings, when I'm out working in my garden, not sitting indoors watching someone else pretending to do the job when you just know they have a whole team of workers who actually do the hard stuff.  (OK - I watch them when it's raining  )
 
I did like Geoff Hamilton as he seemed hands on and had lots of make-it-yourself tips to share. I still use his blue water pipe cloches.  I feel some of the behind-the-scenes politics come through in GW, such as chemicals v organic when the big chemical firms are pushing.
 
There's Beechgrove up here and a Gaelic gardening programme - I don't understand more than every fourth word of that but it's great - real enthusiasm when the simplest of plants actually grow in someone's windswept, salt-smothered garden.  I do get depressed at southern programmes where they don't feel it's necessary to give advice about growing such 'easy' crops as runner beans - up here it's a total achievement to get a few handfuls of straight beans 

[RUSTYME]

Happy new year Annie xx , lets hope it is a goodun .