http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/gardenersworld/joeswift/2009/03/raring_to_go.html en-gb 30 Sun 20 Dec 2009 12:02:18 GMT+1 A feed of user comments from the page found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/gardenersworld/joeswift/2009/03/raring_to_go.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/gardenersworld/joeswift/2009/03/raring_to_go.html?page=17#comment6 Dear JoeI wonder, are you still replying to blogs at the moment?As I am trying to find pictures of the lovely pergola you made down a curved path.Unfortunately I live in France and are unable to receive the i-playerI have the list of items needed,but would appreciate pictures of the top of the pergola, how it is attached to the posts and how the wire is fixed and attached.if possible, this would be great, thankslasseube-lou Mon 05 Oct 2009 13:03:49 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/gardenersworld/joeswift/2009/03/raring_to_go.html?page=14#comment5 Hi Joe,We saw you on the programme at Hampton Court recently, and you were sporting a great panama hat - and sporting it at a jaunty angle to boot!!So, as the song goes 'where did you get that hat...?'Can you tell me which stand at the show you got it from, and the style of hat that you chose?If it's good enough for JW, it's good enough for me...(Now, back to designing my new raised vegetable beds...!!)Thanks! Hope to hear from you!Tony B Fri 14 Aug 2009 11:47:27 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/gardenersworld/joeswift/2009/03/raring_to_go.html?page=11#comment4 Hi If you read this Joe, I see that the episode coming up has you doing the digin thing.I work in a school and have just arranged for the school to have an allotment on the allotment site at the back of the school. We are awaiting tools and a tool store and a greenhouse from the morrisons campaign. It just seems a shame that the digin and also the rhs campaign both exclude the one most important venue in the country for getting young people into growing veg 'schools', and the only reason they are excluding them is because to qualify for any seeds means you have to register as an individual person rather than as a school / establishment.As per a reply I got from Blue Peter each and every single student would have to register individually. Now this to me seems ludicrus when trying to get younger people growing as schools dont have the time to allow this to happen, instead of learning they would be all filling in online forms.Yours A slightly dissolusioned school employee and allotment holder.Chris RichmondHeysham High School Tue 14 Apr 2009 23:39:59 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/gardenersworld/joeswift/2009/03/raring_to_go.html?page=8#comment3 How many hours a week are you going to commit to your alloment? Fri 10 Apr 2009 20:20:37 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/gardenersworld/joeswift/2009/03/raring_to_go.html?page=5#comment2 I took delivery of your allotment book a couple of days ago (I think WHSmith is pioneering the use of time-travelling couriers, as it came 2 days before both the dispatch notification email AND publication!)I took on my allotment in the same week as GW coverage of yours began, so I almost feel like we learned together. I bought many books to advise me as I began (I do love a good gardening book!), many of which have been abandoned due to being too "beginner's guide" - yours, I'm sure, won't be with them: yes, it's for - and by - the beginner allotmenteer, but it has enough detail & breadth of information to remain useful to the more experienced. The photography is also excellent - and what a great idea to have good clear pictures of common weeds & plant problems, they make identifying trouble so much easier. Best of all, your personality comes through so clearly in the writing, it's a pleasure to read - chatty, informal and not at all bossy (unlike some gardening writers!)I look forward to seeing more of the 'lottie in the new series!Mel Thu 02 Apr 2009 17:23:14 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/gardenersworld/joeswift/2009/03/raring_to_go.html?page=2#comment1 Joe,A bit of a cheeky question as its not directly in response to your blog this week, but perhaps a timely one.Some time ago I remember either you or one of the others on the show planted sweetcorn, courgettes and squash together. It seemed like a cracking idea for those of us with limited space. Was it successful ? will you be doing the same on the allotment this year ?What sort of density should there be to the plants.Chris Fri 20 Mar 2009 13:31:22 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/gardenersworld/joeswift/2009/03/raring_to_go.html?page=0#comment0 which method will you be using to allow your beans to climb,poles,netting or a trellis Tue 17 Mar 2009 00:25:34 GMT+1