Thoroughly enjoyed the guided tour round your garden, Malcolm, and your musings on education. Sometimes it's all a matter of perspective, eg my brother who is a PhD and university Fellow, can be easily triggered into defending his 'superior' intellectual position over my modest teaching and horticultural qualifications but friends in other walks of life think I'm some kind of gardening guru (they're wrong!!) because I did the NCH course (distinction!) at Houghall many years ago. Passing on to the young what we know about plants is probably the most valuable legacy we can give them. PS Can't beat Parthenocissus tricuspidata Veitchii for a showoff plant name lol!
Thank you for your reply on pruning my Holly's great help. I'm 71 when did that happen I am trying not to go up ladders so they are going to get the chop to a height that I can cope with. 👍😘
Great video as always Malcolm. Really interesting to hear you spent a year at St Crispins in Wokingham. I went to school there from 1997 to 2004 - no greenhouse and definitely no garden studies. Would have loved it!
@@cricketcrazy86 That’s some way after my 1967/8 😂…..It was always known as ‘dustbins’ in my time there. The features I remember were ‘the tower’ which I got caned for throwing an ink bottle out a top window…..and the moat…..which was what it sounds like, though really just a glorified ditch. I did attend Wescott Road school prior….kind of just around the corner. The gardening/sports teacher was George Fountain. Tough but fair and I could be a little sod. The headmaster was a a Mr Bancroft (Banger) ……he was a looming dark presence who scared the life out of everyone, he was genuinely terrifying. Best wishes…Malcolm
Fab vid Malcolm yet again. Fancied a break from my American election/Trump legal circus floorshow obsession and saw you’d posted. So which?…1 hour of Gardener’s World bubblegum vs 1 hour of MH bang-onalogue…no brainer!! You teach us all so much fella, it is greatly appreciated!! Btw, as commented on already, y’pond really does look outstanding…really glad you decided to revitalise it when you did! 🤪
Hi Malcolm , you can turn green wood within an inch of finished size then soak it PEG, polyethylene glycol. That will stabilize the wood for later turning. Cheers from British Columbia
@@jimkrahn7079 Thank you Jim…..I have done that without the PEG, then cooked it in 20-30 second bursts in the microwave, letting it cool down in between……But it is quite a faff on……so I only do it with small bits of laburnum which along with yew is my favourite wood from in the UK…..my least favourite I some 3 foot chunks of elm that have been dry stored for 50 years and are like turning concrete…..and I have the most of that. Which is annoying. Anyway, thank you for the suggestion and I’ll give it a go. Best wishes…Malcolm
Loved the Acer Griseum practical tutorial on variability. One, day you will inspire someone. One day, you will be (if not already) someone else "Bill Rodgers"
What a great story about your past Malcolm! I agree with everything you said. Wish we taught more practical disciplines in school. I learn so much from you each & every video, much more than GW. Maybe we need to show your videos to kids, just bleep out bits here & there...😂
Great episode! Yes, garden and dogs, keeps things moving along, but I do love planting trees the most, knowing they will go on and on. Saw a bit of a limp on one of your Terriers...thorn in paw?
@@patgentry7268 Not a thorn Pat…..a cruciate ligament damaged. She did the other back leg last year and took about 6 months to recover. I expect it to be the same this time. Operations on cruciate ligaments cost thousands and are rarely successful and the dog has to be caged for several weeks, small dogs I am told can recover quite well given time….a serious operation is not something she wants in her 14th year….we just lift her on the bed and stuff, but she gets around and up the stairs ok and isn’t in pain while it heals itself. best wishes…Malcolm
Don’t complain about the rain☔️💦 Malcolm as a gardener. Down south here in London I’ve been praying for it. My garden is like a desert due to water meter and being too old.👵🏻
Another brilliant video thanks Malcolm. Nice to see you at your potting bench at Eggleston again 😄 I have some grisseum seeds on the go at the moment, you gave a very interesting insight into the variation to expect.
The viability of the seed is nearly always disappointing Simon….some trees never produce viable seed some about 5%…..a good tree with regular viable seed can earn you a great deal of cash. They are so frustrating. Thank you for the kind comment. Best wishes…Malcolm
@@judykatchen1834 I’m not sure which plants you mean Judy…..but there is a lot of heather….and the sort of shimmering grasses are a mixture of bents and fescues….there are also a lot of rush and sedges, along with bracken(ferns)…..the primary colour though is purple in August with the heather. They’re all specialist moorland plants, along with huge amounts of sphagnum moss in the wet areas, ditches and becks. The dogs love running through it….maybe not the old girl currently who has done a cruciate ligament again….but her brother adores running through heather and grass despite his 14th year. Best wishes…Malcolm
Couldn't agree more.. 30 yr teacher.. only in the early 2000's could I push the really intuitive practical learners got one girl into furniture college I remember . But S London not well off for gardens .. but then the Toffs got back in and back to academia we went ..twas ever thus swings and roundabouts.. the heather looks gorgeous... we could have done with your rain. The Tracklements book is good as well as R Cottage .. recommend making mustards super easy .. the pond looks stunning in early am light ... worth all that effort.
@@cew9837 I’ve never thought of making mustard….its one of my favourite accompaniments….well English mustard is…..I’m a bit unadventurous with food really, slightest sniff of being “foreign” and my face looks like a smacked arse…..I have absolutely no idea why and I’m quite ashamed of it really…..Will look into mustard and thanks for the tip cew. Best wishes…Malcolm
Hi Malcolm. I was wondering if the fact that the beautiful Grissom at Eggleston was sheltered by the building behind it had anything to do with all of its exfoliation? Perhaps the warmth provided by the wall encouraged the tree to shed it's bark more profusely??? Just an idea. Thanks for the videos!! Matt from Philadelphia.
beautiful as ever , thanks Malcolm. Trying to find Osteospurmum 'wisley pink' but cant find it anywhere. If anyone knows where I can get it id be grateful. :)
@@peterdaubney3100 ….If you’re in the UK Peter and you’ve not found it by May…..I’ll send you some cutting material. Or you can try Eggleston for a plant…..but the postage is quite expensive on finished plants.
@@plantsmanscorner128 ah wow, thanks for the reply Malcolm!..:). That is really kind of you, yes I live near Hastings. I have sent an email to Eggleston and will continue to look locally and online. I have the white perennial one but would love a pink one. Have to echo the comment below especially about your pond, just beautiful. thanks again for replying, means a lot🙂. All the best to you and yours
Hi Malcolm 😊 thanks for another lovely video. I couldn't agree more with you about the school system (same thing in france). It looks like that anything teaching practical or any essential skills set is purposely removed or not addressed by the education system, creating the perfect consumers. Thankfully some parents see trough this. What a beautiful field of heaters. Your trees have grown well. I really like the woodwork too, bravo! Always a joy to see your 3 best friends with you too. Ps: your pond looks beautiful. I just created one myself. I would be interested in your input ie, what's your thoughts on pond (you can see pics of mine on my channel if curious to see / much smaller than yours...)
@@VerdantSoul “Creating the perfect consumers…..” I had never thought of that Verdant, we certainly have a consumerist society,frighteningly so, and here the main focus of our governments of all shades is ‘growth’…..not sure how you increase growth without more rampant consumerism. National happiness is always measured by money, never contentment, happiness or personal fulfilment…..but then perhaps that’s how the majority of people think, and it’s easy for me to suggest considering such things when I’m relatively comfortably off and not living in a tent eating baked beans from the tin. The heathers extend for about 20 miles south and west from here….deep into the Yorkshire dales and they are very dramatic in august, beekeepers love them, the bees moreso, and heather honey attracts a premium price….for us consumers!……I must be careful with politics and religion or I’ll get another TH-cam warning! I will take a look at your pond. Very best wishes….Malcolm
I’m not sure what you mean by root shoot George…..if you mean a sucker arising from the ground then probably no. Most liquidambars are grafted, so even if you got the sucker to grow….which might be possible, it wouldn’t be the same as your tree but that of the rootstock which is likely a seedling Liquidambar styraciflua.
Would love to be able to get some bayer strike rooting powder you use , can only get the clonex iba gel stuff and most rooting powders are just fake cinnamon/seaweed powder
@@davidrevitt7470 It’s his sister Finn David……She’s damaged her cruciate ligament….second time she’s done it, and it takes about two or three month to get over. There are operations but at 14 she’s too old as it requires 8 weeks in a cage, which would be almost impossible for her. But she’s recovered before. Very best wishes….Malcolm
Lovely video Malcolm can you help me I have two beautiful Holly's but they are to big can I cut them back really cut them back I don't want to lose them.? 😘
@@gilliansmyth7167 Yes you can Gillian…..I would probably do it late winter or into spring. There is a method known as hatracking that can be used on hollies (and other plants). It is quite drastic and occasionally the plant doesn’t recover. I’ve taken a 30ft holly down to 8ft in height and from 12ft wide to 5ft wide….but it also takes a couple of years to thicken back up. When it does the result can be astounding, however there is always some risk. If your plants are too big then sometimes our head has to rule our heart, particularly if they are blocking light or access, and just reduce them. I think the timing is most important and if it were me I’d give them a whack in late March. I don’t know if this will work but here’s an interesting video….not quite how I’d do it but you might get the principle ….. th-cam.com/video/KEP2SaQOxH8/w-d-xo.html Hope that helps….best wishes…Malcolm
You complain of the rain, whereas we can't buy any rain...it's extremely dry here in the SE US...I predict someday the southeast US will be like the desert southwest US ....I hope I'm wrong........
The pond looks beautiful.😊
Thanks Malcolm for the garden tour. You have a real eye for plants and it’s lovely that I get to borrow this garden with you 👍🏻
Interesting information and a good chuckle. Thanks Malcolm!
Another great video malcolm. Thanks for posting
Welcome back!🥰
Thoroughly enjoyed the guided tour round your garden, Malcolm, and your musings on education. Sometimes it's all a matter of perspective, eg my brother who is a PhD and university Fellow, can be easily triggered into defending his 'superior' intellectual position over my modest teaching and horticultural qualifications but friends in other walks of life think I'm some kind of gardening guru (they're wrong!!) because I did the NCH course (distinction!) at Houghall many years ago. Passing on to the young what we know about plants is probably the most valuable legacy we can give them.
PS Can't beat Parthenocissus tricuspidata Veitchii for a showoff plant name lol!
Thank you for your reply on pruning my Holly's great help. I'm 71 when did that happen I am trying not to go up ladders so they are going to get the chop to a height that I can cope with. 👍😘
The Pond is a masterpiece 🧡 not to mention the beautiful pot pourrie bowl 🧡
Great video as always Malcolm. Really interesting to hear you spent a year at St Crispins in Wokingham. I went to school there from 1997 to 2004 - no greenhouse and definitely no garden studies. Would have loved it!
@@cricketcrazy86 That’s some way after my 1967/8 😂…..It was always known as ‘dustbins’ in my time there. The features I remember were ‘the tower’ which I got caned for throwing an ink bottle out a top window…..and the moat…..which was what it sounds like, though really just a glorified ditch. I did attend Wescott Road school prior….kind of just around the corner. The gardening/sports teacher was George Fountain. Tough but fair and I could be a little sod. The headmaster was a a Mr Bancroft (Banger) ……he was a looming dark presence who scared the life out of everyone, he was genuinely terrifying. Best wishes…Malcolm
Fab vid Malcolm yet again. Fancied a break from my American election/Trump legal circus floorshow obsession and saw you’d posted. So which?…1 hour of Gardener’s World bubblegum vs 1 hour of MH bang-onalogue…no brainer!! You teach us all so much fella, it is greatly appreciated!! Btw, as commented on already, y’pond really does look outstanding…really glad you decided to revitalise it when you did! 🤪
Hi Malcolm , you can turn green wood within an inch of finished size then soak it PEG, polyethylene glycol. That will stabilize the wood for later turning. Cheers from British Columbia
@@jimkrahn7079 Thank you Jim…..I have done that without the PEG, then cooked it in 20-30 second bursts in the microwave, letting it cool down in between……But it is quite a faff on……so I only do it with small bits of laburnum which along with yew is my favourite wood from in the UK…..my least favourite I some 3 foot chunks of elm that have been dry stored for 50 years and are like turning concrete…..and I have the most of that. Which is annoying. Anyway, thank you for the suggestion and I’ll give it a go. Best wishes…Malcolm
Loved the Acer Griseum practical tutorial on variability. One, day you will inspire someone. One day, you will be (if not already) someone else "Bill Rodgers"
What a great story about your past Malcolm! I agree with everything you said. Wish we taught more practical disciplines in school. I learn so much from you each & every video, much more than GW. Maybe we need to show your videos to kids, just bleep out bits here & there...😂
You have some beautiful specimen trees and shrubs….how big is your garden. Love your videos every time. Regards, Malcolm (great name yeh ).
Great episode! Yes, garden and dogs, keeps things moving along, but I do love planting trees the most, knowing they will go on and on. Saw a bit of a limp on one of your Terriers...thorn in paw?
@@patgentry7268 Not a thorn Pat…..a cruciate ligament damaged. She did the other back leg last year and took about 6 months to recover. I expect it to be the same this time. Operations on cruciate ligaments cost thousands and are rarely successful and the dog has to be caged for several weeks, small dogs I am told can recover quite well given time….a serious operation is not something she wants in her 14th year….we just lift her on the bed and stuff, but she gets around and up the stairs ok and isn’t in pain while it heals itself. best wishes…Malcolm
Don’t complain about the rain☔️💦 Malcolm as a gardener. Down south here in London I’ve been praying for it. My garden is like a desert due to water meter and being too old.👵🏻
Another brilliant video thanks Malcolm. Nice to see you at your potting bench at Eggleston again 😄
I have some grisseum seeds on the go at the moment, you gave a very interesting insight into the variation to expect.
The viability of the seed is nearly always disappointing Simon….some trees never produce viable seed some about 5%…..a good tree with regular viable seed can earn you a great deal of cash. They are so frustrating. Thank you for the kind comment. Best wishes…Malcolm
So good to see you again. Love the dogs walking. What are the plants out in the field?
Enjoyed all plants and trees.
@@judykatchen1834 I’m not sure which plants you mean Judy…..but there is a lot of heather….and the sort of shimmering grasses are a mixture of bents and fescues….there are also a lot of rush and sedges, along with bracken(ferns)…..the primary colour though is purple in August with the heather. They’re all specialist moorland plants, along with huge amounts of sphagnum moss in the wet areas, ditches and becks. The dogs love running through it….maybe not the old girl currently who has done a cruciate ligament again….but her brother adores running through heather and grass despite his 14th year. Best wishes…Malcolm
Couldn't agree more.. 30 yr teacher.. only in the early 2000's could I push the really intuitive practical learners got one girl into furniture college I remember . But S London not well off for gardens .. but then the Toffs got back in and back to academia we went ..twas ever thus swings and roundabouts.. the heather looks gorgeous... we could have done with your rain. The Tracklements book is good as well as R Cottage .. recommend making mustards super easy .. the pond looks stunning in early am light ... worth all that effort.
@@cew9837 I’ve never thought of making mustard….its one of my favourite accompaniments….well English mustard is…..I’m a bit unadventurous with food really, slightest sniff of being “foreign” and my face looks like a smacked arse…..I have absolutely no idea why and I’m quite ashamed of it really…..Will look into mustard and thanks for the tip cew. Best wishes…Malcolm
Hello good to see you.
Hi Malcolm. I was wondering if the fact that the beautiful Grissom at Eggleston was sheltered by the building behind it had anything to do with all of its exfoliation? Perhaps the warmth provided by the wall encouraged the tree to shed it's bark more profusely??? Just an idea.
Thanks for the videos!!
Matt from Philadelphia.
beautiful as ever , thanks Malcolm. Trying to find Osteospurmum 'wisley pink' but cant find it anywhere. If anyone knows where I can get it id be grateful. :)
@@peterdaubney3100 ….If you’re in the UK Peter and you’ve not found it by May…..I’ll send you some cutting material. Or you can try Eggleston for a plant…..but the postage is quite expensive on finished plants.
@@plantsmanscorner128 ah wow, thanks for the reply Malcolm!..:). That is really kind of you, yes I live near Hastings. I have sent an email to Eggleston and will continue to look locally and online. I have the white perennial one but would love a pink one. Have to echo the comment below especially about your pond, just beautiful. thanks again for replying, means a lot🙂. All the best to you and yours
Hi Malcolm 😊 thanks for another lovely video. I couldn't agree more with you about the school system (same thing in france). It looks like that anything teaching practical or any essential skills set is purposely removed or not addressed by the education system, creating the perfect consumers. Thankfully some parents see trough this. What a beautiful field of heaters. Your trees have grown well. I really like the woodwork too, bravo! Always a joy to see your 3 best friends with you too. Ps: your pond looks beautiful. I just created one myself. I would be interested in your input ie, what's your thoughts on pond (you can see pics of mine on my channel if curious to see / much smaller than yours...)
@@VerdantSoul “Creating the perfect consumers…..” I had never thought of that Verdant, we certainly have a consumerist society,frighteningly so, and here the main focus of our governments of all shades is ‘growth’…..not sure how you increase growth without more rampant consumerism. National happiness is always measured by money, never contentment, happiness or personal fulfilment…..but then perhaps that’s how the majority of people think, and it’s easy for me to suggest considering such things when I’m relatively comfortably off and not living in a tent eating baked beans from the tin. The heathers extend for about 20 miles south and west from here….deep into the Yorkshire dales and they are very dramatic in august, beekeepers love them, the bees moreso, and heather honey attracts a premium price….for us consumers!……I must be careful with politics and religion or I’ll get another TH-cam warning! I will take a look at your pond. Very best wishes….Malcolm
Have tried two years to get griseum to sprout but no luck. I guess I’ll keep trying.
Can’t believe how your garden has grown….looks great. P S can I propagate al iquidambar from a root shoot?
I’m not sure what you mean by root shoot George…..if you mean a sucker arising from the ground then probably no. Most liquidambars are grafted, so even if you got the sucker to grow….which might be possible, it wouldn’t be the same as your tree but that of the rootstock which is likely a seedling Liquidambar styraciflua.
Thanks for that Malcolm..yes it would be a sucker so not worth persuing.
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Would love to be able to get some bayer strike rooting powder you use , can only get the clonex iba gel stuff and most rooting powders are just fake cinnamon/seaweed powder
Great video as always malcolm, has tucker hurt his leg , well iam pretty sure it's tucker,thanks
@@davidrevitt7470 It’s his sister Finn David……She’s damaged her cruciate ligament….second time she’s done it, and it takes about two or three month to get over. There are operations but at 14 she’s too old as it requires 8 weeks in a cage, which would be almost impossible for her. But she’s recovered before. Very best wishes….Malcolm
Lovely video Malcolm can you help me I have two beautiful Holly's but they are to big can I cut them back really cut them back I don't want to lose them.? 😘
@@gilliansmyth7167 Yes you can Gillian…..I would probably do it late winter or into spring. There is a method known as hatracking that can be used on hollies (and other plants). It is quite drastic and occasionally the plant doesn’t recover. I’ve taken a 30ft holly down to 8ft in height and from 12ft wide to 5ft wide….but it also takes a couple of years to thicken back up. When it does the result can be astounding, however there is always some risk. If your plants are too big then sometimes our head has to rule our heart, particularly if they are blocking light or access, and just reduce them. I think the timing is most important and if it were me I’d give them a whack in late March. I don’t know if this will work but here’s an interesting video….not quite how I’d do it but you might get the principle ….. th-cam.com/video/KEP2SaQOxH8/w-d-xo.html Hope that helps….best wishes…Malcolm
Extreme exfoliation on an Acer griseum: "Marvelous!"
Extreme exfoliation on my scalp: "Eeww disgusting! Get that treated, will ya?"
You complain of the rain, whereas we can't buy any rain...it's extremely dry here in the SE US...I predict someday the southeast US will be like the desert southwest US ....I hope I'm wrong........
Definitely not a fan of senecio angel wings. Love all the rest 👍
Another great video malcolm. Thanks for posting