TV GARDENERS' WORLD RETURNS

Thanks so much Terra. I might know that woodland, and I would love to see Hillier's, so will definitely be recording this.
Hope your back gets better soon. :))

Thank you, TT. Hadn't noticed that!
Love the crocus. Hope your back gets better soon.

Thanks Sheila and Oji ...
Yes the show looks promising.

On a pain scale of 1 to 10 my back is currently about 39 ... Lol.
but I'm working on it :o)

Wondered when it was coming back TT. Thanks very much. Poor you. Back problems are so horrid. Hope you get better soon.......x :)

Hi Karen and Julia ..
... thanks ...
I'm hoping Ibuprofen cream is a magical cure ...

Yes ... days are getting longer ...
It really is gardening time again ... :o)))

Hi TT. beat me to it, was going to tell all that Monty is back!!! I love him and will definitely be recording this series. Hope you Ok. TT sorry to hear you have a bad back, have you tried an osteopath?

Hi Grandmage ...
Yes, I usually record Gardeners' World in case I want to pay closer attention to any specific plant or advice.

I've only had the injury a day or so. I think it is mostly bad bruising/torn muscles... that type of thing...

Conker is doing a lot of fetching and carrying for me :o)

Hope your back's soon better TT - it's annoying when you've so much you want to do!

Hi Sheila ...
Thanks ... At the moment, I'm planting everything in my imagination ... can't wait to do it for real !

Bless him TT. sending a special woof to him :~)

Thanks Grandmage ..
Truffle wants to know if randomly leaping all over the place is also a very big help ;o)

Ouch Terra that sounds horrible. I hope your back gets better soon. Bless Conker such a good dog isn't he.

Ohh yay Gardeners World is comming back, that must mean its spring:) Will definately be watching this (on iplayer that is lol). Thanks for the reminder Terra.

Oh! sorry about your back TT. Great to hear gardener's World is coming back. It means that we should be busy once more in the garden!!!! :o)

Tell him definitely, sorry Truffles didnt mean to leave you out!! :~)

Gardeners World clashes with Crufts Day 2 on More 4.... one will have to be recorded ! ;o)

Truffle says thanks.. and he wants to watch Crufts ..Lol.

Sorry to hear about your back,Terra...hope you feel better soon..hot water bottle does wonders,or a wheat bag ?
Thanks for the reminders..I will be recording too...:o) xx

Phew, thank you so much for the announcement Terratoonie I was beginning to feel terribly lost as I have been searching all channels looking for gardening programmes... I found none..not even repeats. This is very good news indeed! Hope your back gets better very soon. Thank you!

Thanks Bloomer and Michaella ...
I keep moving around just gently, hoping my back pain will go away...
Yes, good news to have Gardeners' World back on our screens :o)

Hooray for GW! Must be spring! Thanks, TT. Your back sounds very painful - what WERE you doing? Maybe a stiff whiskey would help?

Lol. Gattina .. I'll bounce back soon :o)))

will be on hols so have put it on to record..hope you feel better soon....:o)

I was hoping it would have been on last night, Terra ... quite disappointed to have to wait another week! ... At least I have the GW magazine to read through ... I'm in favour of a hot water bottle on your lower back ... always seems to help me ... take it easy ... :o)

Thanks Shirley..
Hot water bottle seems to be the main vote :o)

Have you tried chinese balm TT? its very good & you can get a large plaster with it on to place where you need it, very soothing.
I love you snowdrops, one seems to be looking up at the camara, Smile!
I am going to Crufts Thursday to catch up with a few friends. I have a spare ticket if Truffle would like to come. Hope he has lots of pocket money saved up because theres lots to buy, toys, treats, coats, brushes, new collar!

Crufts ..Thursday... Toy and Utility ..
enjoy the Affenpinschers :o)

Sorry to hear you've back problems, TT, and hope it clears up quickly. I had spotted that Monty Don is coming back soon and will definitely be watching :)

Hi Gee ... Thanks ..
I have some unopened liqueur chocs. from Christmas ... methinks they might deaden the pain ;o)

It will be interesting to see what Monty does to improve his overgrown honeysuckle.

so sorry to hear about your back, TT - I've heard that one can wrap a hot water bottle in a towel and lie down for a while, but it does mean you have to lie quite still so it doesn't slip off. A wheat bag has the same effect, but being in a cloth bag, it conforms to your contours and hugs you. They have to be heated in the oven. Or a gel pack, can be microwaved in seconds for the required head.
The main prob with back pain is that you often can't reach to apply medication where it's most needed.

Just did a check, apparently wheat bags can be microwaved too: Amazon has pages of 'em, scented and unscented - I'd put the url in but it's about ten lines long! but if Amazon do them, others should.

*s* just remembered the object of your blog! GW sounds good, there's a BBC website, I'll have to check that out in lieu of actually watching - and they may do catchup

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mw1h

Sorry to hear about the back pain - I'd definitely go for the liqueur chocolates - purely medicinal of course. Don't forget iplayer!

Thanks for the memo about GW Terra! I'd been wondering when it would come back on.... + I'm sorry to hear about your back :( I hope you're feeling better soon! (+ glad your dogs are taking good care of you!)... the chocolates definitely sound like a good idea! ;)

Thanks everyone for advice ...
limited to what I can use as remedies, with two lively dogs very interested in my every move .. Lol.

I've promised myself liqueur chocs. later ..
on orders of Jenny and Penny ... :o)))

so long as the dogs don't expect a share!

No. Definitely no chocolate for dogs ...

thanks for the heads up Terra, lovely photo's too :-)

Hi Surreylad .. Thanks ...
Pleased to help :o)

Oh dear Terra, what have you been doing to yourself, backache and toothache are so debilitating, you are in the wars lately, I think the boys are going to have to look after you for a while, especially the picking up tasks.
Thanks for the info and take care, lovely pics...

Hi Sue ... Thanks. I'll perk up soon ...
I've just enjoyed a whisky liqueur chocalate ... purely for medicinal purposes ... ;o)

Thanks Terra for the reminder, Ill be watching!! sorry to hear about your back, hope it soon clears up, keep taking the medicine lol

TT, when I have aches and pains I use the 'deep heat' type spray when I go to bed and find that helps. I hate the smell though so am glad to wash it off in the mornings :) Glad the choc. is helping.

I tried Deep Heat once, it proved a bit too intense for me, maybe I used too much. Tiger Balm is a lot kinder, and the "red" variety smells lovely and is a bit wamer as it soaks in than the "white" - the only prob is self-applying it to one's own back! I don't know if the old White Horse Linament is still available, or how good it is, had no personal experience of it

Thanks folks for the good wishes...
I'm still on the Ibuprofen gel and liqueurs ...

Cheers Terra will have to get a new hard drive to record things, i miss so much though can watch on iplayer i guess.
sorry about your back wish i lived closer so i could help you, poor you, take it easy im sure the lads are helping you as much as poss. hope your soon back in the garden planting Terra, thinking of you dear friend :o) xxx

Thank you Sandra ..
My lower back feels like someone has kicked me several times ... I hope I'll be gardening again soon ..
Looking forward to Gardeners World ... :o) xxx

Baz suffers with his back so i know how it can dissable you,keep taking the chocs im sure they help. yes i love seeing the garden programs start again, seeing everything come to life and lots of chat about plants.
take care Terra xx

I've only just logged on so missed G.W. this week but will look out for it next time. Thanks Terra.

Hi Rose..
Gardeners' World starts next Friday, so, no problem ...
you haven't missed the first episode... :o)

hope u get better soon Terra. we have all been tucked up all winter, then as soon as we start going again we do too much...take it easy..x x

Hi Sandra .. Thanks.
I dug two big holes in the border, and planted two shrubs ... no problem.

Then I leaned forward gently, to just trim a small plant and ... oooer, something pulled in my lower back... :o((( xxx

after a lovely day in my tunnel today my legs and feet are complaining...
when my back hurts i put vapour rub on it..makes it nice and warm...

Sandra ... I've never forgotten that photo of you when you dug that HUGE trench !!!
http://www.growsonyou.com/gardening/slideshow/flood-damage/122022

and do you know we havent had the basement flood since...:-)

That's why it is my top photo on GoYpedia Flood Damage ;o)

oh my...i didnt realise....:-)

:o)))

There you are, you see, Sandra - fame at last!

Aw thanks for the reminder about GW TT keep taking the chocs and you'll soon be out there planting!! I'm glad to hear Conker is looking after you, Truffle's bounces are sure to make you feel better......smiles always help to ease the pain :o)

Nice one Terra,I was wondering when the new series starts.

Thanks TT! Recorder at the ready! Hope the back mends soon! Nasty things - backs! I always say we should never have got up off all fours. ;o)

Hi Neena ...
the whisky liqueur choc. worked well, so I'll might have another today. Lol.

Hi Kev ...
Glad to have helped with the GW dates.

Morning Nariz ...
You are so right ! Lol.
Our spines take a lot of strain !

Thanks for telling us about this TT. I wonder if we'll have it in Wales, or will we have to endure more hours of men rolling in the mud with a ball ? :o((((((((
I shall have to check if we get it at a different time - usually ten past four on a saturday afternoon, or some such daft time :o(((
I think I'll see it on the iplayer :o)
Thanks for the reminder.

Hello Hywel ..
I hope you get to see GW in Wales too :o)

Thanks Terra, must have misunderstood you.

Lol. Rose.
At least you haven't missed any of the new season's shows :o)

How are you getting on now,TT? I've suffered with my back for more years than I can remember now! I hardly ever know what it's like to be without pain! The best moment in the last 30 years was the day after my operation for a slipped disc in my lower back (nearly 12 years ago) - pure bliss - to be without any pain for a day!

I was going to ask you how you hurt yourself but someone above beat me to it - by a couple of days! Hope you are on the mend now. The garden & the dogs are beckoning!

Thanks so much for telling us abut GW this coming Friday! :-)) My brother, who is staying with us for a time, is as interested as I am in seeing it!

Just as I thought .... They're going to show us more men rolling in the mud with a ball
:o((
I will see it on the iplayer !

Well it was on tonight at 7.30 ... so we watched it :o)

My brother, who is staying with us for a while, watched it on Friday night. We thought it would be an hour long so we were both disappointed it was only 30mins! Nevertheless we both enjoyed it! :-)) Looking forward to next week's now!

Glad you were able to watch the show, even though only 30 minutes.

My back/hip pain easier now thanks Balcony...

oooooooooooooo noooooooooooooooooooo looks like i,ve missed it twice , have to watch on here lol ............. o(((

Hi Cristina ..
I hope you're catching up with Gardeners' World :o)))

haha lol ............. gona miss it again on fri , going to a concert !! ughhh

Hope you are feeling better TT. Much to do at this time of the year, and not able for it....very frustrating.

Hi Dorjac ...
Yes, thanks. I'm feeling fit again now. Working far too hard on my gardens ... but it's fun.

I hope you feel better soon ... must be so irritating when there are garden tasks waiting to be done.

I'm getting there slowly TT and I'm glad you are now able to work in your garden. I do a bit at time. Done a bit more just now, but its a bit too warm at the moment, so just reading The Garden mag that came today.

My brother & I watched the last two episodes Saturday evening & Monty just whets our appetite for more!

Dorjac ... glad you are feeling a bit better ... and have the garden mag. to read as well :o)

Balcony and brother ... GW this coming Friday ...
Carol Klein visits the Republic of Ireland to meet a man cultivating primroses ...

I reminded by brother that GW would be on tomorrow & he said "Oh, good!"

Lol. Balcony ...
He's getting almost as enthusiastic a gardener as you are ... he'll be getting his own allotment next ;o)

at last have watched them !!! lol

I saw last weeks episode on the same evening it was broadcast - for once - sorry, the 2nd time this season! I saw the very first programme this year "live" but the others we saw a few days later recorded.

Looking forward to seeing this week's episode as well. Thanks for the "Programme Guide", TT! :-))

Hi Balcony... pleased to help.
Glad you caught up with the programmes :o)