Wish he was still around and could replace the gushing fools we have on TV these days. A real gardener's gardener'.

Dense gardening information, with no lifestyle nonsense or ego. Quality material from a natural gardener and a great presenter.

@wales123100

4 жыл бұрын

It's great isn't it - - Ive watched this hundreds of times I think! These new style presenters could learn. Alot from geoff

@UPGardenr

3 ай бұрын

@@wales123100 Same here

I remember watching Geoffrey Smith when he was often a guest presenter on Gardener's World. He was someone who knew his subject and was able to convey this to the viewer with great enthusiasm. One of the real gardeners who used to appear on television, now sadly missed.

I learned how to garden from my dad and this fellow :). The memories of this series have stuck with me through the decades. EDIT: And I just reached the point where he speaks of the book :). I bought that for my dad with my money from my milk round!

Brilliant video what a wonderful presenter geoffrey was, he's so much better than the modern day presenters, loved watching this reminds me of my dad watching it when I was a kid the world was a nicer placer in those days. Thanks for posting

Geoffrey Smith was a superb presenter who encouraged me to start vegetable gardening in my early twenties. An easy, informative style with lots of practical 'down to earth' advice. Really miss him.

@kennethcarter5720

3 жыл бұрын

Real gardener. Tired of watching the monty / titmarsh brigade.

My all time favourite gardener. Really miss him. Thank you for showing his videos.

I watched this series as a teenager and I had forgotten how good he was at getting information across. Really enjoyed watching Geoffrey Smith again, brought a lot of good memories back.

"a pound and a half onion is just about a meal for one man". Brilliant.

In our first year of marriage in the 1970's we got hooked on veggie gardening all because of Geoffrey Smith. Our whole garden was full of veg. We moved and now have a bigger garden, but we're much older now and can't manage the digging anymore. I still have some veg growing though. Miss Geoffrey Smith very much.!

@FrankEdavidson

3 жыл бұрын

No need for digging. It's counterproductive, wasted hard work and disrupts the soil biology. Mulch heavily and poke plugs in. My garden is much less work than going to the shops.

@2learn4ever

3 жыл бұрын

@@FrankEdavidson I love picking my lettuce, peas and parsley, instead of visiting the supermarket! Unfortunately we have a lot of brambles coming through nowadays and its a pain to get rid of.

@sandy-rr1by

3 жыл бұрын

@@FrankEdavidson agreed, and thankful that we are benefitting from many years of changing methods! i garden in buckets and raised beds now because of arthritis. i never saw this guy's videos, so it is enjoyabe to be reminded how my grandparents gardened. they raised us 4 grands, so we had to help with the gardening and preserving.

Thanks to whoever put these on, I keep coming back to them - so much better than the programmes today

It's nice to watch a video without it being full of ad's these days. Thanks for the upload, it brought back some great memories.

As a child, I had zero interest in gardening, that was mum's love, but I couldn't help enjoying Geoffrey Smith's enthusiasm and delivery every Sunday lunchtime. I used to watch whilst eating my roast dinner! He was the best.

I had forgotten how relaxing and comforting his voice and presenting manner was.

Think I’ve learned more in that video than any other!!

Brilliant, so nice to hear the unmistakable voice of Geoffrey Smith. I have such fond memories of watching him as a child. Thanks for uploading this gem.

Makes me smile- “People will judge the work you do…. you’ll be judged on how straight your rows are…” Nowadays judging is not trendy, more people become unconcerned 😢😊

Look at the lovely allotments in the background not a bloody raised bed insight🥕😀

Been searching (for what feels like forever) for any footage of Geoffrey Smith, I have so many happy memories of watching Mr. Smith with my Grandad.

@laurenb6451

3 жыл бұрын

Look for a conversation with Malcolm Hockham and Gordon Long of Mr.Smith’s reminiscences. Really NICE! I think it was on Plantsman’s Corner.

My Mother and Father greatest influence on me followed by this gentleman. Great memories.

This was gardening before the middle-classes poked their noses in.

@mrmoshe8157

Жыл бұрын

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Nice bit of soil that. A great teacher.

Exactly how I remember his voice sounding from my childhood!

What a great show, packed with practical info, no charm nonsense and no constant musical accompaniment, thank goodness. A little music here and there is OK but too often it is continuous and just dumb background sounds. Amazing to see Mr. Smith gardening while wearing a button down shirt and a tie! Thank you for posting this.

Mr Smith is having a cup of tea in the shed with Percy. Peter and Geoff.

Just chanced upon this, I would have been too young for his shows to have meant anything to me, but it's great to watch it now. I think I've learnt more in this video alone, than dozens of recent vegetable gardening KZread videos combined, and I haven't even got to part 2 yet.

I have the exact accompanying book published in 1976 shown on this episode and always wanted to watch the series. I have used the book information for my allotment. A shame he is no longer with us and I really like his enthusiasm and practical advice.

I used to watch this with my dad when i was little. My dad always used to laugh when mr smith would plunge his spade until they soil and lift out a full shovel full of stoneless soil.

What a lovely bloke. I came here looking for old school gardening tips similar to those my grandad would’ve given me for his back garden, and I needn’t look any further 👌

wonderful advice and such infectious enthusiasm , proper down to earth.

At last a real gardener much loved and missed I just bought the book of the series.

Along with the likes of Clay Jones,Arthur Billit,Geoff Amos, Cyril Fletcher and Bob Price These true men of the soil helped shape my gardening life. I once wrote to Mr Smith praising his vegetable garden program he wrote back saying his job was as easy as catching fish out of a barrel. It’s not of course but that’s how modest a man he was. Tending gardens in heaven RIP

@zaftra

Жыл бұрын

Arthur Billit, - incidentally!

Nice to see his knowledge is still alive on KZread 🙏

I loved seeing, hearing and reading Geoff back in the good old days when life was sweet. I bought his vegetable growing book over 50 years ago which has inspired me since. Would not be a BBC presenter these days, using that term "ni**ardly", now politically incorrect, but innocently used without any malice intended.

Used to love Geoffrey... he introduced me to gardening......

Goodness his voice takes me back to my youth.

Thank you so much for uploading this bit of archive footage, I think I have this laserdisc amongst my wonderful, late father's possessions, but don't have the technical know-how to do anything with it

How nice to see a proper Gardner Who is not afraid to get his hands dirty With some digging unlike the fools on KZread today like Charles the smarmy git with all this no dig nonsense! People are going out spending a fortune on bags of compost just to put over the top of perfectly good allotment soil!!, When all they really need to do is dig in some well rotted manure every couple of years job done. And What’s with all this raised beds Nonsense! Raised beds Were introduced To help people with disabilities? Or if the soil was to Stony or contaminated Such a shame to see all these raised beds on allotments up and down the country. You can fit so much more on a traditional Laid out allotment. And they look so much more tidy. I bet if Jeffrey Smith was alive today he would have a good old chuckle to himself😀 We need a modern day Jeffrey Smith to show all these KZreadrs how to garden🌱👀 Rant over😜

Perfectionist

smells like nostalgia in here, thanks for uploading

I often wonder what he would think about the non dig, raised bed method. Hopefully he would be pleased about the less intensive work, along with the same excellent taste of local own grown veg.

Mr Smith the master.

Wonderful examples of the basics. People are afraid to dig these days. And to identify and crush bugs,lol.

Someone who knows what they are talking about👍

Wanted to see this for years, thanks for posting

I've wanted to see this for a very long time, really appreciate the upload.

What a Grand character was Geoffrey Smith, we all miss his advice so much. There is a memorial to him at Harlow Carr RHS near Harrogate.

superb..that's how to garden, none of this no-dig nonsense..

@lisag9493

3 жыл бұрын

Why are you saying it’s nonsense? Have you not watched Charles Dowding ? I use no dig methods and get excellent results with very few weeds,, this double digging is outdated and unnecessary,, I expect you posted what you did to get a reaction

Thanks for sharing

That is some nice looking garden soil...

Love it!!!!

Fantastic find, always thought Geoffrey was the best.

Does anyone know where these allotments were?

Makes todays TV garden presenters look like armatures.

Parsnips, sow them on the 1st of may and they germinate in 10 days, and they soon catch up with early sown seeds

@wales123100

4 жыл бұрын

I agree sow in May don't think I've ever had them germinate in 10 days though

Watching this I keep thinking I can't wait to see what his allotment looks like in full bloom. Loads of unnecessary work potentially but he is straight to the point with it. I may eat my own words when I move on a few parts.

@carlconway7188

5 жыл бұрын

He knew what he was talking about and his gardens always looked great :0) The more you put into gardens the more they give and the greater the rewards - only wish I could put more time into my own.

I miss read the title and thought it said Mr Vegetable Garden LOL

very labor intensive, but enjoyable to watch! glad we have easier methods for gardening now. i am about to start some seeds using a method called winter sowing to have seedlings ready when the time comes. right now i have salad leaves growing under small hoop houses, nice not buying greens!

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Wonder what allotment site this was?

@wales123100

3 жыл бұрын

It was sharston in wythenshaw Manchester, but the plots have long since been relocated somewhere else sadly

Reapeat these on gardeners world because that is rubbish now

bet it would be hard to light though

Just goes to show you don't need pointless background music.

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Interesting how concerned he is with what other people will think of your gardening skills, your rows, the neatness of your garden, etc. Who cares what they think?

@carlconway7188

4 жыл бұрын

I think it's Yorkshire pride

Poor chap someone should have told him about deep beds.

Ace

Brilliant long sequences. Gardeners World and Beech grove have clips which are too short. Then they run out of material to FILL their episodes. So they dig a hole and drop in bought plants. Yawn, yawn.

Monthy Don copy him

@peterfawcett9969

Жыл бұрын

Who's he

Some difference in this and the woke rubbish that Gardener’s World has become.

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No dig.

@lisag9493

3 жыл бұрын

I’m no dig too ,, I have great results