On a lighter note….Gardeners World returns tonight.

I found it poignant too winterwhite
I’m wearing my Ukrainian pin brooch with pride and solidarity.

I only caught the end of the program last night so will have to catch up but who was the hunky gardener with a bran in a field?

Do you mean that chap with flowers all round his house? Don't know but not my idea of hunky!

If it’s the one with the denim dungarees on, he wasn’t my idea of a hunk either … but we are all attracted to different folk.

It was a lovely episode last night, I thought. So calming.
Yes, I noticed the touches of yellow and blue (even though there’s an abundance of these colours in spring, I still felt a sense of support was there).

So happy Monty is back.

Gardening has been a joy for me over the years. Years of free therapy and joy watching, especially at this time of year, the garden come back to life. Unfortunately I no longer have the energy to do all I want to do but sitting comfortably watching Monty get on with it and listening to his soothing voice is such a pleasure.

Thanks for letting us know he is back Merlot. A treat for me later on this afternoon as I missed last night’s viewing.

I’ve planted my Coum and hederafolia cyclamen together. I’ll have to dig them up again. ?

I’ve sown my rudbeckia this morning as Monty said. I also wasn’t aware that coffee grounds make your hydrangeas go purple, it does make sense but I hadn’t made the connection, so I’ve set aside a plant pot for the grounds too. I learn something every week.

My problem is that as I get more and more ancient, I have to balance time with enjoyment.

So I now tend to buy mature perennials rather than wait for them to reach their full potential when I might have shuffled off.

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Anyone else notice the subtle Ukrainian flag? Sowing seeds of perennials, one box delphiniums one box rudbeckia, picture of a border of delphiniums with one of rudbeckia directly beneath. Left on screen for a second or two, no words spoken.
Very moving, well I thought so anyway.

Yes, Monty mentioned Ukraine on his Instagram recently

There tend to be a lot of yellow and blue flowers at this time of year. I don't read anything into that. The bulbs were planted last autumn.

When our first son was born nearly 40 years ago, DH remarked how hard it was for the florist to come up with a blue floral arrangement for a (September) boy! Now you see blue everywhere.

We planted winter pansies and they're all blue or yellow. or white. never red or orange - they seem to come later.

Love GW - I hadn’t realised it was back on. So relaxing - it feels like a soak in a warm, bubble bath to me! Such a wonderful, therapeutic programme to watch whilst the world around us seems to be falling apart. Thank you, Monty Don and team.

That's the best thing about gardening (apart from Monty).
In spite of the awful problems this world throws at us, Nature keeps on repeating her cycle of recreation.
Unless we interfere with that too.

I am pleased that GW is now an hour. The videos from viewers are brilliant and I think reflect the increase of interest in gardening particularly during the first lockdown. Hurrah for something everyone can take part in, even if it’s only a window box, plants on a balcony, or house plants.

Germanshepherdsmum

There tend to be a lot of yellow and blue flowers at this time of year. I don't read anything into that. The bulbs were planted last autumn.

No you are wrong about that.

Monty tweeted his support for Ukraine with those flowers.

The seeds he sowed reflected the colours as well.

There are a lot of yellow and blue flowers at this time of year, growing from bulbs planted last autumn or previous autumns. Monty always has a display of miniature daffodils and blue irises on his table on GW, every year. I’m talking about GW, I don’t follow Twitter.

Love this programme. So calming, interesting and informative. Have to say I thought the twee and cute wee dog was totally out of kilter with MD image. Tin hat firmly on!

I was a bit surprised when Patti came along as I’d always seen Monty as a ‘bigger dog’ person. I haven’t really taken to her, still miss Nigel.

Sheer bliss !

Although I've watched ~GW through the years (remember Geoff Hamilton?) I must admit I prefer Adam Frost's delivery to MD, but then that's just my personal opinion. Can't say I'm too keen on the viewers' gardens either and would appreciate maybe half an hour of good, solid gardening talk followed by the viewers' contributions so I could be selective. And oh, if only we could all have a 'Jewel Garden', a 'Spring Garden' and a 'Damp Garden' ...

Yes, if only. I wonder what the spring garden is like the rest of the year?

winterwhite

Anyone else notice the subtle Ukrainian flag? Sowing seeds of perennials, one box delphiniums one box rudbeckia, picture of a border of delphiniums with one of rudbeckia directly beneath. Left on screen for a second or two, no words spoken.
Very moving, well I thought so anyway.

He also laid his seed packets out with the pictures in the format of the Ukrainian flag.

I loved the section on Camellias but some of the other bits were a bit bland. I could have done with a bit more of the cheerful things for Spring and I never even noticed the connection to Ukraine because I am not a lover of rudbeckia, whereas if he had done daffodils, hyacinth or muscari in a lovely container then I would have got it Even if there had been a reflective moment of a woodland garden with daffs/hyacinth/scillas that would have been great. I used to be glued to the programme, next week I want to see what he does about creating a bog garden as I am trying to create on in the new garden.