Top Tips On Traditional Gardening Techniques (DVD)

Advantages: Taste, quality
Disadvantages: none

...I LOVE TEA!!! Yes I do, and as I type this, sitting at my desk in my pyjamas I have a cup of tea with me, it?s the first thing I do after I wake up every morning!!! And to prove it, I?ve added a photo of me, with my favourite mug of tea!! (apologies I look mank, I haven?t been awake long!!!!). So, the particular tea product that is in my lovely pink mug (Tesco, 57p, got to love it!!!), is PG Tips, one of the most favourite brands of tea in this country. It?s very well known partly through the clever advertising, that includes the monkeys!!! I remember them from my childhood? So, yes, PG Tips, also famous because of the innovative pyramid bag. The purpose of the pyramid bag is to allow the loose tea leaves to move around freely, and to create a fuller and much more enjoyable flavour, and therefore heighten your tea drinking... Read review

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Advantages: A visual treat and Audrey hepburn
Disadvantages: none

...narrations ,tips and comments of his own Even if you are not a fan of Audrey Hepburn , video is worth watching , as this a well made DVD and it is a chance to see all those wonderful gardens at one go. Audrey Hepburn quoting gardener Anne Leighton "A garden, to be a garden, must represent a different world, however small, from the real world....Gardening offers man a chance to regulate at least one aspect of his life--to control his environment and show himself as he wishes to be." Product Details Side 1 - Roses & Rose Gardens, Formal Gardens, Flower Gardens, Japanese Gardens, Audrey Hepburn on Location in England,.. Side 2 - Tulips & Spring Bulbs, Tropical Gardens, Country Gardens, Public Gardens & Trees, Audrey Hepburn visiting Tulip Gardens in Holland, Penelope Hobhouse, etc: Actors: Audrey Hepburn, Michael York, Gustavo... Read review

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Advantages: A great gift for gardeners
Disadvantages: There's not enough episodes!

...This makes a great gift for keen kitchen gardeners. The gardener in the series was a gardener in a real Victorian kitchen garden and shows exactly how they did it - you can pick up some really good hints and tips. You see the garden throughout the year, too, and it's easy on the eyes! Throughout the series you see the transformation as the neglected walled kitchen garden at Chiltern Foliat (in Berkshire) is restored to its former glory as a working kitchen garden. Step back in time and learn how the Victorians grew pineapples in their greenhouses, and how they supplied freshly grown produce to the 'big house' every day of the year. Find out about Victorian seeds, and which heritage varieties are still worth growing today. The DVD special features are a bit light: an interview with presenter Peter Thoday and a History File.... Read review

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