The big Dig

[Andy Hamilton]

I don't know about you but I thought this was very dissapointing.

[shiney]

Sorry Andy, I didn't see it, what's it all about?

[Andy Hamilton]

Sorry Andy, I didn't see it, what's it all about?

allotments, sounds like it should be good but badly edited and just dull.

[Cheezy]

I do watch it, for those who don't know it's on BBC2 Sunday's at 10am til 11am.

It's is a bit mixed as Andy say's, and they keep "trailing" things that are going to appear in the same episode repeatidly through out the programme, so by the time they show Mr Smiths gigantic cabbage, you already know all about it!.

I would say there is 90% disappointment , but I have picked up some great tips, and it is seasonal , so one tip from this Sunday was about squashes, which I didn't know about I employed this very morning!:

The female flowers need pollinating from the male via insects, but insects can be put off by the size of the flowers and the fact they can be hidden under a mass of leaves. So garderner finds a flowering male once the females come out , cuts it off leaving a stalk, take off the pettles exposing stamen and pollen, and use this "poking stick" to fertilise the female!.
I've then put this into water to see if it keeps it fresh ready for the next female.

Its not too intense programme, which is about right for me on a Sunday morning. Main complaint from allotment people is that its on exactly when they are down the allotment.....DOH!.

[kevin m.]

I agree with you Cheezy about the constant 'trailing' thing-but isn't this the way with most programmes these days?
Same as when they 'trail' films at the cinema-you've already seen the best bits when you go!
T.V and Film producers must think that we all have attention deficiency syndrome,but then again,I think that modern media is a prime reason for the rise in that particular problem (together with sh*te processed foods!).