This programme is back tonight and there should be a glimpse of some lotties - unless of course in ends up on the cutting floor!!!!!
Loved the 1st series, been a huge Dick Strawbridge fan since seeing him and his brothers on Scrapheap Challenge years ago - the guy is an engineering genius! and his son, (although a little young!) is gorgeous as well - roll on series 2- I'm ready ;D
Not seen it before, this ones seems to be about home building and there from the Wirral, wonder if BB knows them. ;D ;D ;D
oooooo. Will have to check it out. Shame the old man is out tonite, which means I am in charge of the remote!! ;D
thanks for the reminder - would have missed it
Have just watched it !
Wonderful if you have £750,000 to spend on an eco house. ??? ??? ???
Good luck to the people with the little garden and a lottie, far more the norm, me thinks.
AND a very expensive PLASTIC looking wormery, gets my goat! a bit too designer for me, sorry had 2 glasses of wine!
I know the feeling ! 2 brandies and lemonade(medicinal purposes only,you understand) AND a large glass of wine with dinner ::)
Early night for me .
I watched the first 10 mins, and once they started talking about the fortune they had to spend on an eco friendly house, I turned over. Not my kind of telly.
Shame, the first series was so good, won't be watching the rest of them.
QuoteShame, the first series was so good, won't be watching the rest of them.
Agree with you all, they've spoiled the idea of being green, and turned Dick into a presenter - he's an engineer! :( !
Still, the 2nd family with the small garden was interesting - esp. the filtering downpipe - need to check that out
Kathi
Glad they have been honest about how much they are spending, nothing worse than being conned by telly, like 2 day garden/house/life makeovers for a few hundred pounds when they forget to add in the labour cost or mention the effort & willpower to carry it all on.
Would like to see more ordinary people doing green on a sensible scale
Having reminded everyone about the programme, I obviously watched it, and agree with a lot of the comments. It has lost the edge that the previous programme had. I will however continue to watch it as it is my allotment site that was featured!! It was one of the topics of conversation at teabreak this morning - as well as the football, compost and the arrival of the two skips in readiness for tommorrows communal site tidy up.
There must be a demand for something along those lines but not as ambitious. Something that 'ordinary' people could take up. Every little helps as they say. Would be fun to try a few 'simple' Echo jobbies.
Come on Beeb, what about the other 90% of the population who don't have that sort of money to spend?
Yes I watch the first series and thought it was brill. What I was impressed with was the relationship of all the family. They have a great outlook on life.
And no I do not know of the family but have seen the site and it an amazing size.
When we did our selfbuild although a timber frame nothing on the scale of theirs.
Love his mostache !!
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Hmmm, that tache worries me! He could probably eat for a week on what gets left in it!
I watched most of the first series and was very interested, but irritated by the relentless enthusiasm! Also, it seemed to me that anyone could do it if you have an endless supply of free labour via your children's mates!
Hope that couple get on ok with their new lottie, what a lovely thing to do for them.
Will watch with half an eye..
;)
For me the highlight of the first series was the water wheel - nothing since then has come close, especially as they seem to be using increasingly expensive kit
Quote from: Biscombe on March 22, 2007, 21:20:04
AND a very expensive PLASTIC looking wormery, gets my goat! a bit too designer for me, sorry had 2 glasses of wine!
It came from http://www.bubblehouseworms.com/ was made from recycled plastic & the worms were sourced from the UK rather than shipped in from Australia like the worms from http://www.wigglywigglers.co.uk/ are.
This makes it more environmentally friendly but it still seems an unnescassary expense when you can make a wormery out of just about anything.
Why anyone buys worms amazes me!. If you leave manure/woodchip/leaves direct on the ground you are gauranteed that brandling worms will be attracted & colonise
Buy worms for a wormery? Has the world gone mad? ::)
If he checked his moustache I am sure he would find sufficient worm for the compost bin ;D
eurgh! ;D
I thought a giant caterpillar had crawled on his boat race. ;D ;D ;D
its horrible that thing on his face. Started watching it the other night and fell asleep (must of been good) hahah
Quote from: okra on March 25, 2007, 17:10:09
If he checked his moustache I am sure he would find sufficient worm for the compost bin ;D
Hehehehhe ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
This programme really annoys me
Only gave it 5 mins of viewing time that was enough!
Disappointed with this series as the first one had much more interesting green information
shame really
:(
Why do you have to have a budget of over half a million to go green? They all seem so incredibly over-privileged and distant, I find the programme really frustrating.
One of the first families involved is on our site and apparently they have been disappointed by the lack of support - four days filming and that was it. They were hoping for some serious advice and help, but feel a bit let down.
another green millionaire :o