The Gardening Bug (May 6, 2009)
I watched a fantastic program last night on BBC 2 called 'How Britain Got The Gardening Bug' .

It was about how gardening has changed since the Second World War. I enjoy most history associated things, especially gardening ways and techniques .

Most children are not brought up with gardening now, probably because their parents live a hectic lifestyle. Years ago that was completely different, and many more people used gardening as a hobby and a way to unwind from a busy week at work. Of course, there are still parents that are interested and many more are taking on allotments to get their children to help grow healthy vegetables and a few cut flowers .

An interesting part of the program was where they filmed this street back in the 80's where everybody was out mowing their front lawns on a Saturday morning. It made me to see the different types of old style lawn mower, and the many adverts promoting them.

It is on iPlayer until the 12th May. Here is the link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod.../How_Britain_Got_the_Gardening_Bug/

Unfortunately I missed about half an hour of it, but hope to watch it before it is taken down.

Nigel

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Nigel's 'New' Allotment & Garden Chat (Aug 8, 2008)
Hello All ,

As I cannot find my last 'Allotment thread', I have decided to start a new one where we can chat about gardening and plants .

I will be continuing to put my allotment diary on here, as I enjoy sharing my experiences with everyone .

for not being around lately. I have had terrible internet connection problems, and have been suffering with my eyes . Now I have some new reading and distance glasses, and my internet problems have finally been sorted I can chat once again with my friends .

Watch This Space for my latest allotment diary, which is coming very soon!

All the best.

Nigel



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