TELEVISION THIS COMING WEEK

Well that's something to look forward to isn't it TT? And a very Happy New Year to you! :o)

i will look forward to that too and thank you for reminders i/we appreciate.

Thanks Tracey and Jane ...
Encouraging to know that the TV reminders are helpful :o)

i never mention your photo , sorry :-( the front rockeries look so pretty.

Thank you ... springtime is my favourite season :o)

:-)

Thanks Terra......

I think we recorded the series,but will check to see if the re scheduled ones will be on too..I haven't got round to watching any yet..but thanks for the reminder :o)
We will definitely be watching Michael Portillo's railway programmes,as they are in our area..I think our town of Huddersfield may be on the first one..x

Thanks terra...you are so good with these reminders!

Hi Sue, Sandra, Karen ...
... the railways ... and then the gardens ...
should be good evening entertainment !

Thanks for the reminders,TT. I might not have noticed & missed them. If the BR ones really are new, I will watch. Have seen the old ones at least twice!

FF ... the BR shows are definitely new ..
Michael begins at Manchester, birthplace of George Bradshaw ... and on to Chesterfield, resting place of George Stephenson ...

Januarys looking up!
thanks Terra....and Bloomer x

Hi Pam ...
Yes ... good viewing for January. x

Many thanks for the reminder Terra ... definitely will be watching all these programmes ... :o)

Thanks for that TT what would we do without you.

Hello Shirley and Dotty ...
I'm pleased this is of help ...
I hope you enjoy the programmes ... :o)

Thanks for that Tt....I have the same telly likes as you.....hoping to get my dish fixed on Monday, so should have a few channels to choose from at long last!

Hi Janey ..
I hope you get that dish fixed soon !

Thanks Tt I will watch. The first lot were good.

Thanks for the reminder, TT. I will enjoy 'cosying' up indoors to watch those :)

Thanks so much for all this info Terratoonie much appreciated, I miss working in the garden and I am looking forward to seeing these programs

Thank you TT like Bloomer the series was recorded on my tv but not sure if they catch the rescheduled ones, so will check as I would hate to miss them, love the train journeys too always interesting, Your garden picture is fantastic......roll on Spring :o)

What would I do without you ??? My memory is hopeless.
I can't blame getting older, because it has always been hopeless !
So thanks for this blog ... and I will be watching the progs. They are very interesting :o)
The train programmes are interesting too. I enjoyed the last series so I'll be watching this one :o)

Your garden is pretty :o)

Glad this is of help, Gee and Anci.

Thanks Neena and Hywel for your lovely comments.
I try to make my front garden reasonably protected and enclosed.

I'm really looking forward to the programmes too.
I make note in a diary of 'things to do' and' things coming up' .. to help me remember ... otherwise I would forget too !

Thanks Tt.... love these programs mines set on my sky planner.... :))

I'll have to write things in my diary ...
and then I must remember to look in it every day !

... Holly .. Sky planner ? In your home that's some kind of budgie calendar .. Lol.

Hywel ... the key is to not lose the diary ;o)

Yes, I'll have to find it before I can write anything in it :D
Must get more organised !

New wall Calendar ,Hywel? I forget to look in my diary ,and have to walk past the one on my wall ,to get out of the kitchen.so I can't miss it really :o)

I've got one of those Sandra. I'll have to remember to put it on the wall !!

Lovely photo of your front garden Terra, and thank you for the programme reminders.

I despair of you Hywel :o) please don't use a marker pen on your wall instead..Beryl will not be pleased,..neither would I ! Lol.

LOL :o))

Thanks Terra, I keep forgetting its on ! x

Hi Rose ..
there has been quite a gap between the December programmes and those resuming this week. x

I spent a pleasant afternoon watching the ones we had recorded..thanks for the reminder Terra..TV set to record the rest now :o) x

Thanks for this Terra, I enjoyed the Michael Portillo programs too, what the heck is a stumpery?:-))

Long John Silver's garden,Ba ho ho ho ! :o) xx

pppppppp (raspberry) :-))

Thank you ! you say the nicest things.. Lol..couldn't resist,sorry..I have no idea either,Ba..:o)) x

A stumpery is a garden feature similar to a rockery but made from parts of dead trees. This can take the form of whole stumps, logs, pieces of bark or even worked timber such as railway sleepers or floorboards.

The pieces are arranged artistically and plants, typically ferns, mosses and lichens are encouraged to grow around or on them. They provide a feature for the garden and a habitat for several types of wildlife.

The first stumpery was built in 1856 at Biddulph Grange and they remained popular in Victorian Britain.

Lol Tt.... sky actually would use it if he could.... he knows when Emmerdale is going to come on and gets excited.. and sings a bit of the theme tune I taught him.... he loves loud programs... the noisier the better... :)))

Lol Holly ..
Crocus budgie has his favourite TV programmes too ...
He is especially keen on the antiques shows ...

He gets very excited seeing those expensive antique René Lalique Budgie Peruches vases ;o)

Thanks for putting us two "B"s in the picture ,Terra,something else to add to our repertoire of knowledge:o) xx

Hi Sandra ...
rock gardens and herb gardens this evening :o) xxx

On my sky planner for yet another dreary afternoon,Terra..:o) x

i have been loving this Terra...has me looking forward to the spring. loved the rock gardens last night. :-)

Hi Sandra ...
Yes .. I'm also enjoying the shows ...
Sometimes the 'background' music is a bit intrusive ..

Yesterday evening I felt that Carol Klein was having to compete with a loud orchestra and an over enthusiastic pianist ! ;o)

i usually have the subtitles on...loved the trip to the Botanic garden of Wales tonight..i haven't been there for a few years..it takes an hour and a half to get there....
tonights program has been great....every one plant shrubs....:-)

Reading your comment Sandra reminded me that in the Garden Cut Flowers prog with Rachel, the subtitles say 'Flocks' ... methinks they mean Phlox... :o)

lol...we knew what they meant Shirley....:-)

Lovely flowers, no matter how they spell it ... :o)

.. 'a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet' :o)

I was fascinated by last night's "stumperies".

Thanks for TT's explanation above, I won't be stumped by stumps and all that any more lol

I'm looking forward to tonight's programme and seeing my friend Will Giles at The Exotic Garden :-)

Hi Tommy ...
I'll look out for your friend. :o)

Yes .. the shows are interesting. Already, a couple of GoY members have featured in the programmes.

Grenville on last night's show used to be a member of GoY. He has a super stumpery garden in Bristol. There was a time when it could be visited by appointment. I don't know if that's still the arrangement.
Maybe if you're ever planning a trip to that part of England, you could phone and request to see it.

Hi TT ...
BBC have just uploaded a clip "A tropical paradise in chilly Norwich" today. You can see Will Giles and one of his friendly cats there :o)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03pr191

Thanks for the info about the stumpery garden in Bristol :-)

I was fascinated by the stumpery programme never having seen this style of gardening before. I have read about it once or twice but never before had I seen one.

Very interesting to know that Prince Charles has had one at Highgrove for many years! :-))

Hi Balcony ...
Some years ago when Grenville (Kensington) was a GoY member, he showed quite a lot of photos of his stumpery, which was featured in that programme. But those pictures are sadly not on GoY now.