Ban beater (and other garden stuff) on tv

Two interesting gardening programs that were on tonight, one with an eco-bit and one not really :o)

First on was Alan Titchmarsh’s ”How to be a gardener”.  Tonight he was explaining how to design a border, which was particularly useful for me as I’m hoping to plant out my front garden this weekend and maybe, if I’m feeling brave, borrow a strimmer and try to get a bit of a grip on the back, (currently complete with lions, tigers and bears).

This link has some info about the show and online courses on gardening basics (from series one) and garden design (from this series) - http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/tv_and_radio/htobg_index.shtml

The eco bit came in Gardener’s world which had a section with Monty Don all about using grey water in the garden - including what looked like a handy device for syphoning the water out of the bath.  A bit expensive for me at the moment but not out of the way for the future, although i do mostly shower - guess I could put the plug in and collect the water that way though…  Here’s a link that lets you watch Monty tell you about using grey water in the garden, and at the bottom are the details on the syphoning device.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/tv_and_radio/factsheets/pages/28.shtml

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