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    Coffee with ......?

    If you could sit and have a coffee with a gardener who would you choose?
    past and present?

    Past - Harry Dodson (Wartime/Victorian kitchen garden)

    Present - Monty Don (he writes his garden diaries in the same way as me!)
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    Past: My Nan and Grandad - they grew lovely veg. and I just wasn't interested back then. (Apart from eating the Strawberries!)

    Present: Monty Don - he could read the telephone directory to me, I just love the sound of his voice.
    All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
    Freelance shrub butcher and weed removal operative.

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    • #3
      Ooooh Monty Don, the sound of his voice is gardening porn

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      • #4
        Past - my Dad, he was the best gardener I have known and his record-keeping was meticulous, superb handwriting

        Present - Chris Beardshaw
        aka
        Suzie

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        • #5
          I don't know enough about past gardeners I'm afraid, but another vote for Monty in the present here.

          He and Seastick Steve have the kind of voice I could listen to for hours.

          Oh, just thought of a past gardener - LadyWayne's Grandad. I never met him, but he was a prolific grower who I'd of got along with famously so I'm told.
          Last edited by HeyWayne; 18-02-2010, 12:49 PM.
          A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/

          BLOG UPDATED! http://haywayne.blogspot.com/2012/01...ar-demand.html 30/01/2012

          Practise makes us a little better, it doesn't make us perfect.

          What would Vedder do?

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          • #6
            in the past percy thrower or geoff hamilton

            in the present monty don but if he's busy with the other grapes i'll take joe swift on his allotment
            this will be a battle from the heart
            cymru am byth

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            • #7
              Originally posted by phil the shed View Post
              ... i'll take joe swift on his allotment
              erm, yes
              aka
              Suzie

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              • #8
                My dear late Uncle John, who called his allotment "the garden". I can still smell those greenhouse tomatoes and the rides in his wheelbarrow when I was little.

                I think I could enjoy a coffee with Carol Klein. Not for too long though, her enthusiasm might get a bit grating.
                Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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                • #9
                  My friend Paul Tanfield with whom I have a pint every Saturday, and/or my grandmother sadly no longer with us.
                  "I prefer rogues to imbeciles as they sometimes take a rest" (Alexander Dumas)
                  "It is neccessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live" (also Alexandre Dumas)
                  Oxfordshire

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                  • #10
                    Past: Geoff Hamilton
                    Present: Mr Tittie aka Alan Titchmarch
                    Last edited by Pumpkin Becki; 18-02-2010, 06:48 PM.

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                    • #11
                      Definitely past My Dad or Geoff Hamilton
                      not-sure-if-still-about Bob Flowerdew
                      Present ..... hmmmm difficult... I think it would be Titchmarsh, he's so unfailingly cheerful and if something goes wrong he sees the funny side of it!
                      Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.

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                      • #12
                        Past would have to be Geoff Hamilton... he died far too soon.
                        Present, well its got to be Monty Don, his voice can sent tingles down my spine any day.

                        And yes HB, Bob Flowerdew is still with us and came a very close second to Monty.

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                        • #13
                          Mine would be past Geoff Hamilton and present is Bob Flowerdew but if he's busy I'll have Alan Titchmarch.
                          Location....East Midlands.

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                          • #14
                            Past - my father. A very happy and enthusiatic gardener, and generous with his knowledge.

                            Now - Sarah Raven. I'd have a bit more common ground with her, I think, and I suspect she'd be good company.
                            I don't roll on Shabbos

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                            • #15
                              Easy. My Dad & Bob Flowerdew.
                              Last edited by davcoll; 18-02-2010, 08:07 PM.
                              Dave
                              France 79

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