{"id":125782,"date":"2022-04-10T14:15:14","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T07:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-gardening-tv-should-be-more-like-food-telly\/"},"modified":"2022-04-10T14:38:34","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T07:38:34","slug":"why-gardening-tv-should-be-more-like-food-telly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-gardening-tv-should-be-more-like-food-telly\/","title":{"rendered":"Why gardening TV should be more like food telly"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nFood shows had a massive makeover, it\u2019s time the same happened for gardening programmesI have always found the conventions of how gardening is talked about on TV weirdly fascinating. Not only because it is all so different from how I and my friends think about gardening, but also because I wonder if the approach taken, born largely out of a desire to broaden its commercial appeal, paradoxically hampers our ability to reach people. Let\u2019s just imagine, for a minute, what would happen if the presenters of food TV shows talked like those of garden TV\u2026First you\u2019d have your obligatory \u201cjobs for the week\u201d, which would be a seasonal reminder of all the little chores you had to do around your kitchen, starting off with detailed advice on how to defrost your freezer. Showing the one \u201cproper\u201d way to do this, it would end with a reminder that it had to be repeated at least once every six months. There\u2019d be a lengthy segment on the best way to peel an onion next, followed by tips on how to reorganise your spice rack. Actually, wait, that\u2019s not quite right. They wouldn\u2019t be described as simple tips to make things easier, they would be called \u201crules\u201d, implying that if you, for whatever reason, didn\u2019t memorise and follow them to the letter, everything would fall apart. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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