topic Re: Garden Shows in Q Talk

Garden Shows

Tatanoo46 — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 19:49:45 GMT

OK...I have tried watching garden shows with other hosts this last 2 weeks. Other than Sandra and her knowledge is no where near Carolyn's, I realized very quickly they knew nothing about gardening. How disappointing. No more garden shows for me.

Re: Garden Shows

skatting44 — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 20:11:07 GMT

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Re: Garden Shows

sann — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 20:40:32 GMT

Best Garden show is on HSN ....Guy's in the Garden...he does such a good job..Friday's at 9 AM...

Re: Garden Shows

Kachina624 — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 21:30:35 GMT

@Tatanoo46 wrote:
OK...I have tried watching garden shows with other hosts this last 2 weeks. Other than Sandra and her knowledge is no where near Carolyn's, I realized very quickly they knew nothing about gardening. How disappointing. No more garden shows for me.

@Tatanoo46 Sandra wants to do "DECORATING" instead of gardening. Her shows are awful, IMO.

Re: Garden Shows

Caaareful Shopper — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 21:34:32 GMT

@sann wrote:
Best Garden show is on HSN ....Guy's in the Garden...he does such a good job..Friday's at 9 AM...

@sann Totally agree!

Re: Garden Shows

Icegoddess — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 21:35:25 GMT

Guy on HSN is more my style. I really couldn't imagine Carolyn weilding a pole saw or trying to dig in my soil.

Re: Garden Shows

Kachina624 — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 22:06:27 GMT

I almost bought a wind spinner thing from Guy's show a few minutes ago but backed out when I saw the $5.95 shipping for a $17. Item.

Re: Garden Shows

Kachina624 — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 22:11:44 GMT

@Icegoddess wrote:
Guy on HSN is more my style. I really couldn't imagine Carolyn weilding a pole saw or trying to dig in my soil.

@Icegoddess I've seen her wield a pole saw and can easily imagine her on her knees digging in dirt. She's a person her picks up poop, empties litter boxes and cleans up barf. All necessary on a large scale when you have so many pets. She's not afraid of getting her hands dirty.

Re: Garden Shows

Icegoddess — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 23:29:09 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:

@Icegoddess wrote:
Guy on HSN is more my style. I really couldn't imagine Carolyn weilding a pole saw or trying to dig in my soil.
@Icegoddess I've seen her wield a pole saw and can easily imagine her on her knees digging in dirt. She's a person her picks up poop, empties litter boxes and cleans up barf. All necessary on a large scale when you have so many pets. She's not afraid of getting her hands dirty.

@Kachina624 I didn't say I couldn't see her digging in dirt; I said MY dirt. Not all dirt is the same. And cleaning litterboxes is child's play compared to my dirt. Even the sprinkler installation guys complained about my dirt which means it's even harder to dig in than the surrounding city. I just laugh at the digging demos in the gardening shows using basically potting soil. And there's a difference between wielding a pole saw on set with the branches placed in a solid vice at waist level vs over your head.

Re: Garden Shows

Kachina624 — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 00:46:47 GMT

@Icegoddess My yard is a combo of packed sand mixed with dirt. When I tried to stick a large carpentry nail in the ground, I had to get a hammer and beat it in. It's just like cement.

Re: Garden Shows

pupwhipped — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 00:57:00 GMT

Who doesn't love a good dirt debate.

Re: Garden Shows

Icegoddess — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 01:30:23 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
@Icegoddess My yard is a combo of packed sand mixed with dirt. When I tried to stick a large carpentry nail in the ground, I had to get a hammer and beat it in. It's just like cement.

@Kachina624 Mine is heavy clay, hard as a rock when it's dry and a sticky mess when it's wet. It's full of rocks and roots. My next door neighbor's back yard is nothing but boulders coming out of the ground.

One of my favorite tools is the spade-headed shovel I got from either HSN or QVC. My favoirite hand tool is a curved knife with serrated teeth. I personally think it's better at getting into the cracks than the hori hori knife that is so popular. I saw them demo'ing the hori hori on one of the channels to get weeds out of cracks, but it wasn't doing that great a job.

Re: Garden Shows

forsythia1 — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 08:35:56 GMT

I used to never miss the gardening shows, but now they are unwatchable for me.

Everytime I turn it on, it's Sandra. She is not my cup of tea.

I really don't miss Carolyn or Dan, but at least they were credible and seemed knowledgeable about gardening.

Thank goodness for Guy Yovan on HSN. He is a pleasure to watch

Re: Garden Shows

Desertdi — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 10:30:15 GMT

@Icegoddess @Kachina624

My "BEST" garden tool is a crowbar. I'm getting too old to use the sledge hammer.

Re: Garden Shows

Icegoddess — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 14:43:40 GMT

@Desertdi wrote:
@Icegoddess @Kachina624

My "BEST" garden tool is a crowbar. I'm getting too old to use the sledge hammer.

@Desertdi what do you do with that?

Re: Garden Shows

faeriemoon — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 14:45:38 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:

@Tatanoo46 wrote:
OK...I have tried watching garden shows with other hosts this last 2 weeks. Other than Sandra and her knowledge is no where near Carolyn's, I realized very quickly they knew nothing about gardening. How disappointing. No more garden shows for me.
@Tatanoo46 Sandra wants to do "DECORATING" instead of gardening. Her shows are awful, IMO.

Sandra is awful in general.

Re: Garden Shows

Desertdi — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 14:47:42 GMT

@Icegoddess wrote:
@Desertdi wrote:
@Icegoddess @Kachina624

My "BEST" garden tool is a crowbar. I'm getting too old to use the sledge hammer.
@Desertdi what do you do with that?

@Icegoddess I use the crowbar to pry the

rocks loose...

Re: Garden Shows

faeriemoon — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 14:48:08 GMT

I really don't watch the gardening shows, and I get that many people enjoy them. I just hate when I'm home (a no errand day) and want to flip on the Q to see what's going on, and it's a full day of gardening. I don't even like full day events of items I'm interested in.

Re: Garden Shows

the geeger — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 14:49:59 GMT

When I watch these shows, I want to know where to plant, how much water, dimensions of grown plant, not just comments about how pretty they are, etc. Technical information is more important to me when determining whether to buy. This information needs to be repeated a couple/three times. Yes, I miss Caroline, she was a professional.

Re: Garden Shows

Magicrat — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:32:30 GMT

I don't watch any garden shows, as well as no mattress shows, no computer shows, no make-up shows, no vacuum shows, no all-day cooking shows.........................