PBS's Victory Garden

[Cheryl Isaak]

You should check out his books.

Snicker - I know a few folks like that - gorgeous kitchens and order take out if they are not eating cereal.

C

[Ann]

"JoeSpareBedroom" expounded:

Dreaming, Joe, it's about dreaming. We need to dream in the winter...

[Ann]

Cheryl Isaak expounded:

I've read his books, read his articles in People, Places and Plants, watched him on the same named show, and walked through the Boston flower show with him not once, but twice! He's a wonderful guy, his wife is lovely, and I feel very priviledged to have spent time really talking gardening with him on several occasions.

[Ann]

William Wagner expounded:

Before Crockett? He was the first. Bob Thompson took over for him when he got sick - he died at 65 :o( Jim was a big chemical advocate at first, but he learned and changed in his latter years. Bob he died of Alzheimer's, which cut his career short. More info here

[Cheryl Isaak]

Agreed. This is going to be the second "summer I didn't garden". I'm going to be doing a lot of dreaming this winter.

C

[Cheryl Isaak]

I've wanted to meet him, never get to be at the garden shows when he is.

I did meet Peter Seabrooks once - what a delight he was.

Now - if I'm really dreaming about a gardener I want to meet other than a few of this gang, it's Alan Titchmarsh.

C

[Bill R]

Gardening By The Yard is a show that I record every week (just the new episodes). For those of you that don't know GBTY is on HGTV and the new programs are on Saturday at noon (EDT) and they show some of the older episodes on Sunday.

[enigma]

Cheryl Isaak wrote in news:C3264077.6EE44% [e-mail]:

try the Hillsborough County Fair. he & his wife also hang out there & are very happy to talk gardening/farming. Tom was compairing beards with Roger... lee

[Jangchub]

I stopped watching it 10 years ago. The whole show has been sucking since then. This Old House is also not on the timer any more, particularly since they changed hosts.

[ctlady]

Bill. . . .your garden pictures are absolutely splendid, splendid!!! But, the snakes!

Oh my gosh, I'm a Master Gardener here in CT and I know how beneficial snakes are in the garden but I still cannot get used to seeing them there, or anywhere near me for that matter. I'm not afraid of them, they just give me the willies.

[Bill R]

Thank you. The snakes sure do keep things lively in the garden. They don't bother me at all except when pulling weeds or picking up leaves and getting a handful of snake. The neighborhood kids love them but most of the parents are like you; they don't want them anywhere near them.

[Seahag]

I died laughing at that...it was perfect for my mood that night:)

Seahag

[Dan]

Bill R wrote in news:46ffbb58$0$15928$ [e-mail]:

I used to be a staunch viewer of The Victory Garden. However, it got so far from it's original intent that I quit watching most of the episodes. It was good, even for the most part with Roger Swain hosting it, but during his rein, the show went from having useful gardening information to showing the "great gardens" of the world with Peter what's his name and Adrian Bloom. What in the wide, wide, world of sports did any of that have to do with how to raise a garden and benefit from eating what you grew?

Then there was 'Chef Marion'. Her food must have been the blandest food in the world. I wonder if she even knew what seasonings were used for. I wouldn't want her cooking for me, that is for sure. Then she had to go to Europe to watch the chefs over there. Again, I wondered what that had to do with gardening.

When Mikey took over, I thought that maybe he would bring VG back to some of it's former glory, but he proved me wrong. Maybe what PBS should do is to just put The Victory garden out of it's misery and get on with some other type of program.

That is just my opinion, and as usual, your mileage may vary.

Good growing,

Dan Harriman Orange, Texas

[Cheryl Isaak]

I generally like Paul James (really liked his cooking show too). He's down to earth and you feel like he must do most of his own work.

C

[Cheryl Isaak]

I can try!

Cheryl PS - next Tuesday to meet?

[Cheryl Isaak]

You're most welcome! The BBC does some great TV and some truly horrid stuff. For some reason the worse it is, the more the "cognesti" lap it up!

C

[Cheryl Isaak]

I think I agree, just end it, put it and us out of our misery.

Marion cooked in a very traditional New England style - bland!

I didn't mind the travel sections as long as they were short (about 5-6 minutes) or it was the dead of winter. I'd have loved to see a show on plant collecting.

Cheryl

[enigma]

Cheryl Isaak wrote in news:C327D93B.6EEF2% [e-mail]:

i think so... :) lee

[Cheryl Isaak]

We'll talk off line about where.

I have some trees for you and a daylily or three! Cheryl

[enigma]

Cheryl Isaak wrote in news:C327F1D4.6EF2B% [e-mail]:

not orange daylilies?! i have some ditch lilies if you want some... funny story: a friend of ours is having his farm landscaped by some big fancy company. he was showing me the plan to see what i thought. i told him 2 things, no, you do NOT want to plant a blue spruce right at the corner of the house (seriously, it was 3 feet from the foundation in the plan), and you don't have to *buy* the great swathes of ditch lilies (est price on the plan was $350 for regular orange ditch lilies) because i'll *give* you all the stupid damn lilies you want. FREE! :)

i have a lot of perennial phlox (the tall kind that blooms all summer) in my shade garden. would it be happier somewhere sunnier or should i just leave it alone? and if i have to cut back hard a lilac, is that best done right after bloom? this thing is 15' tall with 5-6" diameter trunks. i want it a bit shorter... like no more than 8'. lee