And more whining

TV gardening shows blamed for loss of greenery, reports The Telegraph, in a report not on line.

Television garden programmes are to blame for a sharp decline in lawns and vegetation, a report claims.

The report was compiled for the London Wildlife Trust. Hm. The author, Chloe Smith, seems to have told her paymasters what they wanted to hear. She appears to have cited Ground Force in particular - the paper notes that Ground Force was last broadcast in 2005.

You see, people blindly follow the lead of celebrity gardeners. It's not that the programmes open viewers' minds to new possibilities which they decide to go for - they just can't think for themselves, dumb brutes that they are.

What tosh. If people want to cover grass with decking, that's their choice.