I was at Pershore college of horticulture back in 1998, studying landscape technology was a little dull but come Easter my tutor David Edmonds ask " you're from Leominster ? " yep I said," there's a job going just for the easter holidays". Anyway I made the call and I spoke to a lovely lady named Sarah, Sarah asked me to come over for an interview the following Saturday. Brilliant!! I was skint!! Saturday arrived and left my mum and dads ( they live 6 miles from the interview location ) to see what this mysterious gardening job was all about?? Turned up at a beautiful somewhat rustic old Herefordshire courthouse, knocked on the door and waited nervously but with excitement. The big oak front door opened and it was Monty!! ( new trousers please) now I was shitting myself. I was welcomed in by Monty and Sarah they put me at ease straight away and got the kettle on. We all sat at the kitchen table, kids running in and out to see this strange new person in there house. There was no need for me to worry, Sarah was so lovely and kind and Monty was Monty. Well the interview went very well and they offered me the job to start straight away!! They said they were filming a new series and they wanted someone with some gardening/plant knowledge to set the areas for film among other jobs for filming, silly stuff like holding a light reflector and making tea for the crew. The series was fork to fork, it was a great time for three weeks! I was so lucky. It came to an end sadly so I was back to college but that summer at the Chelsea flower show ( we built a garden for college that year) Monty was presenting for channel 4 so we crossed paths, my peers could not believe I was talking to him like a friend and taking the piss out of each other. Monty invited me lunch that afternoon so I was there like a shot. We sat down, food came and we chatted for a while, he then asked if I enjoyed working with him, Sarah and family over Easter, " I bloody loved it " I replied. " well in that case we would love you to come back after you've finished college and work with us fulltime!!! I was so happy not to mention flattered!! Well I was there four years in total and only left due to my partner and i the time moved away. I only have good memories of my time and I can tell you that the whole family were great to me. Just really nice down to earth people. Great days!! Many thanks to you all 👊👊👊👊👊
@mbarnard34944 жыл бұрын
Lovely
@alisonforrester46124 жыл бұрын
Wow! That’s a brilliant story! Thanks for sharing. What a memory to keep....... I love his manner and passion on tv. I have an allotment and it keeps me sane.
@garethlorman11364 жыл бұрын
@@alisonforrester4612 thank you for the reply, yes I would agree it keeps you sane and the benefits for yourself and the environment are endless. Keep up the good work Alison.
@christinepops51004 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful story! I adore Monty Don! Lucky you! 😊
@garethlorman11364 жыл бұрын
@@christinepops5100 yes I was very lucky and only have great memories apart from the morning he told me off for not cleaning his spade from the day before, whoops 🤣🤣
@shnbwmn7 жыл бұрын
Everything this guy is in is wonderful to watch. He has such a personable, soft quality to his presenting. I particularly enjoyed his French and Italian Gardens series.
@SuperScorpio19565 жыл бұрын
Shane Bowman was
@marymary54945 жыл бұрын
Jean is
@constantbees20704 жыл бұрын
@@SuperScorpio1956 Definitely is. I saw him at Gardeners World Live in Birmingham this year and watched him on TV recently. Most definitely is.
@deckyBWFC914 жыл бұрын
I agree, though didn't like French gardens, not because of him, bit the content.... Ridiculously boring. Italian gardens much more to look at and actually wanted to visit them... Much prefer him in this context though, advice, experience knowledge shared etc.
@ElliotFlowers2 жыл бұрын
@@deckyBWFC91 what?
@traciegeeting7165 жыл бұрын
Monty is the Bob Ross of gardening fun stuff
@annettebowersox19764 жыл бұрын
I watch this every year in winter. I love seeing Monty’s young family. And it reminds me of the thrill I will be enjoying in a few months when it warms up and I am in my organic garden. :)
@linettelow4 жыл бұрын
I love these types of documentaries 😊 Thank you so much for sharing and enriching our lives. 🌷🕊☘️🌳🍓
@wanderer77554 жыл бұрын
The genesis of Longmeadow. This is a terrific series that now seems a little nostalgic as Monty is a national treasure. The fork to fork book is also excellent.
@peteskitchengarden17617 жыл бұрын
If I won the lottery, that is the kind of garden I would have. The full Monty :)
@growinglongisland7 жыл бұрын
Pete's Kitchen Garden me too!
@beautysunlilly6 жыл бұрын
Pete's Kitchen Garden Rn ninth Rya n
@horaceandspeedy7 жыл бұрын
Wow I didn't even realise this series existed! Thanks for putting it up! I just love the way Monty does things - if there are any other series out the please put them up too!
@jetsdude82 жыл бұрын
Passionate people who learned from doing are always ahead of their time. Hes gardening organically, using liquid seaweed, eating locally, etc. almost by instinct. All things we now know are invaluable. Love Monty.
@mrmoshe8157 Жыл бұрын
As a Chef and an organic garden lover, this show has a very rich and passionate Gardening i ever seen.
@benwarwick58062 жыл бұрын
It was my great pleasure to be the director of this show
@isabowie66507 жыл бұрын
Loved watching this watch gardeners world always wondered what the inside of house was like and your family loved seeing the garden and growing and cooking the vegetables and the dog's that you had then
@andreavincent46197 жыл бұрын
This video and `gardening part 7 The productive garden` video are my favorite videos ever!. I could watch them over and over again.
@kwhatten6 жыл бұрын
Have you seen the the River Cottage series?
@CharcoD5 жыл бұрын
Andrea Vincent hi
@sarahsnow31134 жыл бұрын
Very much so an inspiring delight for the gardener and the harvesters heart. Thank you!
@ocelot22344 жыл бұрын
This video series of fork to fork finally persuaded me to go organic and finally stop polluting the environment after all these years 😀👍🏻
@Voodoo_Robot7 жыл бұрын
this disapeared for couple of years from youtube. i was looking for it everywhere. thanks for posting.
@maryhowson59995 жыл бұрын
I ve never seen these fabulous programmes before x Really enjoyed seeing a very young Monty and family
@juliafeliciano53727 жыл бұрын
Thank you for so much information you are lovely people , love ❤️ your passion for gardening and love ❤️ all the dishes you prepared 😌
@michelemack5045 жыл бұрын
Loved everything in this film, thanks for sharing, have learned so much from you over the years.
@omfug71485 жыл бұрын
Fun to see Monty's children, of course they are all grown up now and one recently got married.
@jasiriuhuru53604 жыл бұрын
I love this series! I watch it for inspiration a few times a year. 😊
@acrazymarsupial2 жыл бұрын
I love his purity! watching him, and hearing his voice brings me a sense of calmness.
@kaymaier97805 жыл бұрын
Best show ever!
@imaw1nn3r986 жыл бұрын
I have watched a few episodes from this show more than once and these people are awesome.
@bones2286 жыл бұрын
Fork to Fork series. Loved it!
@Brandi.Nicole4 жыл бұрын
I love Monty Don 💕💕
@christinawarburton57735 жыл бұрын
Love him x such a calming presence
@giaalvarado20637 жыл бұрын
I'm so jealous of this garden.
@user-vr7ob4cz8c7 жыл бұрын
what an enviable family!
@dianejarvis2706 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed each of these videos and have subscribed. Thanks for posting.
@arela10304 жыл бұрын
What a lovely ,I loved to grow organic fresh fruits and vegetables too. I wish to have a huge farm .thank you so much for sharing your beautiful garden , I enjoyed watching 🌸🌸🦋🦋💕💕💕💫🦋🦋🦋
@ThatGardener3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video very informative and great to see your bEautiful garden.
@hayden12345678903 жыл бұрын
I love his insistency and urgency as Monty undertakes anything, there is always an underlaying passion in his description, I wonder if this man is ever upset?
@JusteDoute6 жыл бұрын
Is it just me or are these literally the yummiest recipes you have ever seen in your life. Those crackling sounds and the way the camera shoots the herbs and that old stove. I am so hungry now give me butter sauce
@sr-el3gt3 жыл бұрын
I’ve just stumbled across the greatest gardening guru🙏🏼
@alisonhoyte76086 жыл бұрын
I love the orchars and cooking.
@chongseitmooi25934 жыл бұрын
Like this gardening family video better than just gardening ✨✨✨
@jeanneamato55255 жыл бұрын
This whole video is the best on gardening ever!!!!!!
@wyntersteele1a4 жыл бұрын
I loved the garden shows that he was in on Netflix, especially the ones were he helped the homeowner grow their garden.
@fernandodagnilli80364 жыл бұрын
Monty is such a good man, an English gentleman, a great gardner,,,,,,
@reglindiseckhardt97776 жыл бұрын
I feel like I have been given a glimpse of the life I want for me and my kin.
@Cityheart2213 жыл бұрын
I wish all his gardening shows were available on bluray or for purchase on Apple TV or Amazon Prime.
@aestivalgirl7 жыл бұрын
awesome Chilly, thanks for posting! can you get the rest ? one about tomatoes? and 2 or 3 others in this series? please??
@delightfulkb3 жыл бұрын
I woke up to this playing on my phone the whole time, what.
@haveanicedayhaveaniceday8305 жыл бұрын
I love it
@monetsweets17 жыл бұрын
Wonderful Monty Don
@moniquewilson94694 жыл бұрын
I love Monty Don he is necessary for mental health-one day please come to swaziland /eswatini
@kimwarinee75405 жыл бұрын
I love it and Thank you.
@antoinkiely79724 жыл бұрын
Fantastic stuff, ... Life as its meant to be lived.
@ljd85207 жыл бұрын
Monty for Prime Minister !
@Jefferdaughter5 жыл бұрын
Monty - Don't put those carrot thinnings on the compost heap! The entire little carrot plant is edible, and tasty.
@1gr8lpta6 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful channel
@joolsner4 жыл бұрын
I wish I was Monty's wife. Would love to garden and cook with him and live in that kitchen.
@sniffinggluewontkeepfamili33875 жыл бұрын
Good ol' Mighty Dong
@Jefferdaughter5 жыл бұрын
No bare soil. The soil surface should be covered with either living plants or mulch at all times. Monty Don mulches with compost he has laborously turned over and over. (See previous comment.) Instead, wood chips - which allow air to reach the soil surface - or a layer of coarser stems from grasses, grains (aka 'straw', still grasses), or other coarse vegetation cut and put on the soil surface in a layer thick enough to suppress weeds, reduce moisture lost from the soil surface, and keep the soil temperature more even. This benefits the life that makes up the Soil Food Web - which makes nutrients available to plants. Living mulches are a great alternative. On farms these are called 'cover crops'. They are not just for the fallow times between cash crops, but ideally are also used with crops that would otherwise have bare ground between plants or rows. In a garden, low growing plants that do not compete with the vegetables are ideal - white clover, purslane, and wood sorrel come to mind. These three are all edible, too! Any living root in the soil is better than none - so long as the plant is not out-competing the plants you are trying to grow. This is really a variation on the concept of 'companion planting'. If growing in raised beds in compost or compost-enriched soil, the garden plants can be planted more closely together, and weeds are less of a problem, but we should rethink the whole idea of 'weeds' and recognize that this is an artificial category that we create. Part of the fun of gardening is experimenting!! It is well worth trying different approaches to working with nature, instead of making gardening more of a chore, or being tempted to use toxic man-made chemicals.
@andreamoscoso40653 жыл бұрын
So enjoyable and lovely to watch.
@happyfamily86244 жыл бұрын
very nice video my friend I like it.
@Maz19897 жыл бұрын
40:40 "Hoes come really cheap" .....Sorry :D
@ej30167 жыл бұрын
maz 90 keep it clean 🙄😅
@jeanneamato55255 жыл бұрын
Bay leaf syrup is brilliant over pears
@chongseitmooi25934 жыл бұрын
🍎🍏🍏it's ideal also to baked the bread separately n then topup with the wonderful apple sauce...yummmm🍞🍞🌭🌭🌮
@mrde0mrsai3 жыл бұрын
Watching all Monty Don on KZfaq in UK third lockdown...
@jeanneamato55255 жыл бұрын
2 different mints planted closely will cross pollinate. Careful
@jeanneamato82785 жыл бұрын
I adore this whole video but unfortunately the part with squashes and vining veg is totally blank although I can hear him
@tellingthetruth37266 жыл бұрын
Montague looks about 10 yrs old......
@emmaferlin28707 жыл бұрын
1h37minuts après plus d'images merci
@Hannahcode14 жыл бұрын
You CAN MAKE natural sprays..
@channelclosingastrollshave94473 жыл бұрын
What can epic spade.... wow what epic forks and wow aren't they all nice n neat 🤔🤣🤣🤣
@hayden12345678903 жыл бұрын
Things you'd think you'd never hear Monty say @ 40:41
@AAHomeGardening3 жыл бұрын
Orchard is a future investment indeed
@aliciasuarez4 жыл бұрын
HELLO, I ALICIA FROM BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA, I LIKE VIDEOS WITH TRASLETE, WITH SUBTITLES. MY ENGLISH IS POOR AND I LIKE TO LERN MORE OF YOUR WORK IN THE GARDENS.
@barbararussell8975 жыл бұрын
Please, i want more.. thanks
@Jefferdaughter5 жыл бұрын
Monty Don is always enjoyable to watch, and the camera work in these shows is excellent. One wonders about the human inclination toward segregation. As Mark Shepard of New Forest Farm in Wisc, USA and author of 'Restoration Agriculture, says, 'All the problems come from our concept of an orchard'. In he natural world, trees don't grow in isolation. One does not find groves of fruit trees growing with no other plants around, or even just grass. Mark Talks about his approach: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ociPp5Cku7zedmQ.html In nature, there are meadows in woodland, and trees dotting many grasslands. In intact ecosystems, there are animals everywhere - including large herbivores. Isn't organic gardening and farming about mimicing nature?
@leatricegulbransen88137 жыл бұрын
Exactly what I've been looking for ! Thanks to whoever put it here. Happy girl ! Curious why from 1:36:38 to 2:01:01 there's no picture ? Still gratefully appreciate finding it.
@ChillyKlaws7 жыл бұрын
Not sure what happened but yo can watch it at this link ~ www.dailymotion.com/video/x1268wm_fork-to-fork-squashes_lifestyle
@leatricegulbransen88137 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much !
@averylee28056 жыл бұрын
I really like Monty Don, at least the older, more current version of him. Watching these idyllic buttery, soft-filtered episodes leaves me feeling like I used to when I watched Martha Stewart...inadequate. I don't like this portrayal of the "simple" life. Can you imagine processing that much basil into pesto with elementary-aged children? Ten minutes of that and I'd be done. Much less the time and energy to plant and maintain all of that. And everything is perfectly ordered and neat. I'm glad Monty is now more authentic with crazy hair and worn out clothes.
@sonyacarrall37094 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing.
@louismac14 жыл бұрын
i wana know what the orchid looks like now.
@bowler85 жыл бұрын
oh boy, what happened to the end? I'm surprised he buys seed, when he could harvest it from the crops, I do that all the time, havent purchased seed in forever
@lemonielala30804 жыл бұрын
Well for instance if you grow multiple kinds of curcubitae-family veg like winter squash, summer squash, cucumbers, melons or pumpkins you can't really count on the seeds you harvest being what you expect them to be because they are very promiscuous and will cross in all sorts of ways. So with those it's just easier to buy the seeds. And sometimes it's fun to try new varieties of different veg and then you have to buy them at least the first time. 👍
@FigaroHey4 жыл бұрын
Surely the voice-over reader around 1'10" isn't Monty Don, even though the narration clearly is supposed to be him talking. The voice is quite different.
@donnayardley39874 жыл бұрын
what of course its him
@Alecmcq3 жыл бұрын
It’s clearly not him.... very odd.
@lewamidgechip7 жыл бұрын
so awe sum, thak you
@chantallachance49053 жыл бұрын
Keep the green of the oignon chop in small piece and freeze it deliciousl in soup during winter time
@FigaroHey4 жыл бұрын
I like these shows that are 100% Monty Don. Gardener's World is OK, but I think of it as just Monty Don, interrupted by other people I don't care about much. Give them their own shows and then let Monty Don have his own show.
@blueskyeranch64956 жыл бұрын
Loved this but the visuals quit at 1:36
@lethanhthuy17995 жыл бұрын
Can you tell me how your stove work? I really love it.
@jeanneamato82785 жыл бұрын
Le Thanh Thuy I love AGAs. They’re on continuously. If you want cookies in the middle of the night you just throw them in. Wood, gas, coal, what ever you want.
@NanasCookingcraftcorner6 жыл бұрын
Wow what a nice garden. Love your channel would love if we could support each other. Thanks so much.
@xoejy55 жыл бұрын
at 44.10, he said compost must be loose and i use this, filled with "...." thats really good for the cuttings . "..." sounded like sharp sand to me and doesnt make any sense. What exactly is that black thing he added to the compost?
@fainitesbarley22455 жыл бұрын
Could it be leaf mould? He’s a great fan of leaf mould.
@constantbees20704 жыл бұрын
He says "builders sharp sand". It's dark in the shed, so that may be why it looks black.
@ambersykora3523 жыл бұрын
I wish this man could adopt me
@Helvira16 жыл бұрын
Like how he randomly add hoes are really cheap hehe
@squeezyjohn15 жыл бұрын
lol ... GLY - SO - PHATE .... so green! so fresh faced! So young!
@SonOfFurzehatt5 жыл бұрын
My PhD supervisor calls it glysophate and he's an agronomy lecturer. I cringe every time.
@maupinmaupin14723 жыл бұрын
glyphosate is the key component of RoundUp.
@user-xv7hm2gy1t2 жыл бұрын
👍
@ValeriaVincentSancisi4 жыл бұрын
dont need to repeatedly till. just mulch with compost and plant!
@gillenzfluff83805 жыл бұрын
I use watered down urine on my fruit tree's to get 3 year's growth in 1 year.
@fainitesbarley22455 жыл бұрын
Too much information.
@FigaroHey5 жыл бұрын
3:49 'Add five ounces of brown sugar.' Does that sugar look decidedly white on anyone else's screen? (Lots of wasted apple here from using a knife to peel. Use a proper vegetable peeler and you'll lose the peel, not the apple.)
Plants have a minute to talk.... Restaurant is the info......
@ZukiGrL15 жыл бұрын
~ What happened to the video between 1:36:50 to 2:00:42?????
@kelliholman4754 жыл бұрын
I would love to see the pumpkins....video stopped but I could hear. We grow pumpkins so I would love to see. So glad I found Monty I love all the videos...totally inspiring:)
@debrawhited30354 жыл бұрын
About the 7-minute mark, Monty calmly mentions using glyphosate (aka "Roundup") to kill grass at the base of his fruit trees and says it is harmless. I understand this was filmed years ago (how many?), before the devastating effects of glyphosate were known, obviously, but it is shocking, especially coming after the cooking segment, where she mentions the apples she is using are "organic." Perhaps why this video 'disappeared' for a while?
@constantbees20704 жыл бұрын
The Fork to Fork book came out in 1999 - had to look that up on Wikipedia - so I assume this video is roughly contemporaneous. I live in the UK and Monty looks considerably older on Gardeners World these days (don't we all?). He was the head of the Soil Association in Britain from 2008 to 2016. If you're not familiar with them, they certify organic food here, so I suspect Monty has more up-to-date views on glyphosate these days. The video probably disappeared because of copyright issues.