Chelsea madness
Hi all. Been at Chelsea all week and am absolutely flat out! Very long days filming and now flagging a little, even though it's extremely exciting and its been great fun. A typical day has been getting up at 5.30, a taxi to Chelsea, quick bite to eat and a cup of coffee and start filming around 7.30. I've been making short films in the morning about the show gardens, trends in the planting or my Indiana Jones debut, which was a laugh. Lunch is wolfed down then I start doing some filming with the outside broadcast crew which means a director talking in your ear while I'm trying to talk to someone which is pretty off putting.
The evening consists of Alan and I linking the programme together and having a bit of fun, and then home to bed! It's great working alongside Alan - Mr Chelsea - as we get on so well. Of course there's Carol, Rachel, Andy Sturgeon and both the Chris's here too and we all keep each other going throughout the day. The standard of Chelsea is always extremely high and this year is no exception. The show gardens, as I'm sure you know by now, are dominated by soothing green and the Floral pavilion looks and smells amazing. One day someone will design the smelly vision so all those who don't get to the show can feel a little closer. Today is the general public day and everybody's been so friendly and most I meet wish me luck with the allotment. Anyway - got to dash-off to make a short film on the 3 small japanese gardens...manic.........catch up soon! Joe
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Hi Joe,
I've just been watching the Chelsea bit on slugs and had to come and share my method.
http://ethicstrading.blogsome.com/2008/04/30/slug-deterrent/
It seems to work well, is natural but does need re-applying after rain.
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Slugs can see in the dark. Either that or they have colour coded radar. I have two examples of how I know this to be true. First my old red front door NEVER had slugs on it. On the other hand when I repainted it green it was covered with slugs every night.
Second, my daughter had a ground floor bedsit at Uni in Cardiff and each night she had visits from slugs that managed to get in somehow. Where did they go, straight to a green box she kept CDs in. The slugs took off all the green face to the cardboard. Nothing else was touched.
Thus I know slugs can see in the dark!
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Joe, loved seeing the Chelsea flower show on TV saw, bits of it but loved the Marshalls garden for children, thought that looked clever and wouldnt minded peeking through the tunnels in that garden myself, big kid at heart! LOL!
Hope you and Alan enjoyed it, should have come down., Chelsea looks good when the flower show is on.
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Hi Joe,
Just seen your bit about Goji's on GW (well some of it, the other half tried to record it mid way with the BT vision thing and completely cocked it up :-). I know how you felt when binning them as I had started to grow mine on in pots in the greenhouse and they had already started to bud. I do think we're better safe than sorry though.
Anyway.... where's this organic weedkiller you were on about? I've been holding off with the glyphosate coz of you!!!! :-)
Oh... and I pronounce it comefrey, but who cares eh?
Keep up the good work.
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Loved Chelsea coverage - thanks to all concerned :)
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