redfrock Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Just watching the fabulous Monty Don in his wonderful new series Around the World in 80 Gardens (tonight is the Taj Mahal and other gardens in India) and he is wearing stone coloured ....Crocs!!!! You gotta love him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riane Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 You gotta love him! not a problem for me....loved him for years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Licken Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 just admiring Monty and his shoes - I wonder if he has chickens?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Much as i like him.... I haven't been watching........ no vegetables so, even if he is wearing Crocs....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 just admiring Monty and his shoes - I wonder if he has chickens?? I'm sure I read somewhere that he keeps chickens as he thinks that chicken poo is the best thing for his garden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Oh Dear Seems he really doesn't like chickens http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/food/story/0,,1613414,00.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Woo hoo, Lesley is off Monty .... more for me then. Have you seen the size of his hands? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 You have made that observation before! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Hang on.... I only said I wasn't watching this particular series..... I knew he had hens... but didn't realise he felt quite that way about them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Hmmmm.... I find that a bit disappointing. What he says about feeding them is a load of baloney and I'm not happy at all about what he says about the cockerel he had as a student. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedusA Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Having watched and admired Monty for years, I would suspect those comments in the article about hating chickens were tongue in cheek. Monty could do no wrong for me (if only he were a veggie, he would be perfect)! *sigh* Despite the size of his hands , I don't fancy him, just love his down to earth (no pun intended), honest approach to gardening. Loving the "Around the World" series, despite the carbon footprint. He is planting loads of fruit trees at Berryfields this year, so maybe it's to offset this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little chickadee Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Gosh - he does have strange views about chickens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Monty Don - I don't get it at all He always looks a bit skelatal about the face for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 He struggled/struggles with anorexia - and SAD as well I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 He struggled/struggles with anorexia - and SAD as well I believe. I heard that too, he's very 'deep and dark'. Poor chap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Sorry folks, give me Alan anyday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Sorry folks, give me Alan anyday Nooooooooooo, he's almost as irritating as Linda Barker Sorry Jules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Professional Yorkshireman. Doesn't do it for me either....plus he is a dead ringer for my neighbour. Noooooooo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazygal Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 I've read Monty Don's autobiography where he describes his depressions, he does suffer quite badly. I find him fascinating that he was in a completely different line of business (jewellery) in the 80s, was very successful then lost it all, then reinvented himself in the 90s with journalism then fell into tv. Didn't know about the anorexia though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
