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Bloody heck can you imagine the great gardener being filmed and as the camera pulls back a great big stack of books at his feet.

I hope who ever does this has a dig at the commercial growers for half inching heritage tomatoes to create hybrids

  Shouldn't they just be talking to the DigIn bods also at BBC2 ?

Quotea ripe `heritage` tomato doesn`t really need a `chef`-it`s flavour speaks for itself

Well said!

As for varieties, I've whittled my list down to 7 that suit my needs.

Beef.
Aurora.
Cream Sorbet.
Santa Cruz Cada.
A Bulgarian plum of my own strain
2 heirlooms with lost names, a round and a plum.

They all fill different niches in the kitchen if they make it that far.

Back to the BBC, I doubt that they are looking for good growers so much as good looking but cheap scenery.

As we are considering an "heritage" tomato plant sale next May any publicity would be great..

Quoteall the other gardening bods have a gimmick Saddad.

Mine is sitting on the pew with a good beer... does that count?
;D

They could probably do most of the series from your site saddad apart from what they have to kill ;D. Come on go for it.

Go on you know you want to. ;D

Not quite there yet... some pics to drool over...


Now I'm going to stop looking back through photobucket and go and do some work on the lotties as it is "judgement day"...

All this talk of tomatoes....the last two years we lost them all to blight :( :( :(
and the weather doesn't look too promising again :(

When Jamie Oliver did those programmes on kitchen garden cookery, wasn't his garden stuffed full of heritage toms? Why can't they use him?

What!? you mean they were planted there 5 minutes before they started filming, and hoiked out after he'd gone?!  :D

I think our Jamie does not come cheap like some old boy off an allotment, ;)

Quoteour Jamie does not come cheap like some old boy off an allotment,

I don't come cheap either. Not only am I too expensive for the BBC's cheap TV, I very much doubt that they could handle the controversy.

Quote from: Eristic on July 01, 2009, 11:06:42

Quoteour Jamie does not come cheap like some old boy off an allotment,

I don't come cheap either. Not only am I too expensive for the BBC's cheap TV, I very much doubt that they could handle the controversy.

  Sorry to hear that you are not going to be a telly star, I would of loved it for some of my hard earned money that I pay for a TV licence go into your back pocket, ;) 

isn't Trixiebelle supposed to be on the telly at some point?

Quote from: Eristic on July 01, 2009, 11:06:42

Quoteour Jamie does not come cheap like some old boy off an allotment,

I very much doubt that they could handle the controversy.

Eristic, I personally would LOVE to see you as a guest presenter on Gardeners World...can just see you in the end section where they have their cup of tea and have their matey discussions. Suspect your inclusion would be shortlived but memorable?

Would you wear a cravat?

Saddad will get my vote.A true gardener' and grower :)

Angling for a selection box later in the season Betula?  ;D

Well the thought may have crossed my mind............... ::)

never  :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

QuoteWould you wear a cravat?

No!

I could sit there with my mug of tea upsetting everyone while adding a bit to my bee skep, and not even miss a stich.  8)

Quote from: ceres on June 30, 2009, 21:50:19
We should put them in touch with that great gardener  ;)

Good idea but where is he or she. haven't heard from them for some time. ;D