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To be creeped out by Monty Don plunging his fingers

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FlutterShite · 29/04/2022 21:49

...into the soil? I know he's just planting plants, but the way he ploughs his big muddy forefinger and middle finger into the earth, over and over again, makes me cringe.

I just need to stop watching Gardeners' World, I suppose.

OP posts:
DressingGownofDoom · 29/04/2022 22:50

Monty is gorgeous and he has giant hands for plunging into the soil. He could fondle my tender sweet pea anytime.

EmmaH2022 · 29/04/2022 22:52

OP I think I interpreted creepy differently to the way you meant it 😂

I must be getting old. Years ago, I was told "but everyone fancies Monty Don" and I didn't see it. I do now though.

Grasscow · 29/04/2022 22:52

Try Carol Klein’s programme on channel 5 you might prefer her doing it?

Grasscow · 29/04/2022 22:54

(Not that there’s anything wrong with Monty he’s lovely as well)

whatisheupto · 29/04/2022 22:57

I'm sure the camera woman was filming it up close like that on purpose. The production team knew what they were doing!

ChurchlightJane · 29/04/2022 23:02

In my fantasy life I live in a cottage with Monty Don and Nigel Slater. When I come in from work all frazzled and stressed, Nigel sits us all down with something that's been puttering away on the stove top all day and then I take a turn around our Jewel Garden with Monty while he recites the names of the plants.

Then we sit by candlelight and have a nice chat in hushed tones before retiring to our beds in matching cotton striped nightshirts.

Thinkingblonde · 29/04/2022 23:09

Does he think he’s the thinking gardeners male Nigella Lawson.
He needs a dibber.

90sBritPop · 29/04/2022 23:15

ChurchlightJane · 29/04/2022 23:02

In my fantasy life I live in a cottage with Monty Don and Nigel Slater. When I come in from work all frazzled and stressed, Nigel sits us all down with something that's been puttering away on the stove top all day and then I take a turn around our Jewel Garden with Monty while he recites the names of the plants.

Then we sit by candlelight and have a nice chat in hushed tones before retiring to our beds in matching cotton striped nightshirts.

😀

That does sound tempting!

ZebraLyghts · 29/04/2022 23:21

ChurchlightJane · 29/04/2022 23:02

In my fantasy life I live in a cottage with Monty Don and Nigel Slater. When I come in from work all frazzled and stressed, Nigel sits us all down with something that's been puttering away on the stove top all day and then I take a turn around our Jewel Garden with Monty while he recites the names of the plants.

Then we sit by candlelight and have a nice chat in hushed tones before retiring to our beds in matching cotton striped nightshirts.

🤣🤣🤣 trying not to wake the baby up while laughing at this

CleanerFail · 29/04/2022 23:37

Monty and Nigella need to do an Xmas special where he provides the (vegetable) food and she helps him roast it..

😅

musicalfrog · 29/04/2022 23:48

Well OP I didn't see it but thanks to your description it's now alive and well in my mind (probably far more suggestively than it actually was!)

mdinbc · 29/04/2022 23:53

Are we talking the frizzy haired old man with rumply clothing? I don't get it.

FYI, I'm not from UK.

AlwaysLatte · 29/04/2022 23:56

Monty is gorgeous and he has giant hands for plunging into the soil. He could fondle my tender sweet pea anytime.

Argggghh!!!!

PriamFarrl · 29/04/2022 23:57

mdinbc · 29/04/2022 23:53

Are we talking the frizzy haired old man with rumply clothing? I don't get it.

FYI, I'm not from UK.

Wash your mouth out.

CounsellorTroi · 30/04/2022 00:12

I saw Monty in a lounge at Heathrow a few years back. He was with his wife on our flight, couple of days later we took a boat trip to an island at our destination, were sitting outside a cafe by the harbour and he and his wife walked past us again!

CorsicaDreaming · 30/04/2022 00:16

ChurchlightJane · 29/04/2022 23:02

In my fantasy life I live in a cottage with Monty Don and Nigel Slater. When I come in from work all frazzled and stressed, Nigel sits us all down with something that's been puttering away on the stove top all day and then I take a turn around our Jewel Garden with Monty while he recites the names of the plants.

Then we sit by candlelight and have a nice chat in hushed tones before retiring to our beds in matching cotton striped nightshirts.

Can I join you please? 😄

Hedgesfullofbirds · 30/04/2022 00:22

The way the binomial Latin name for the Butterfly Pea (Clitorea ternatea) trips off his tongue is..

Google it, by the way, and the reason it is so named is self evident!😂

Ticksallboxes · 30/04/2022 00:29

It sounds like he's cultivating his USP...

TheThreadisMildlyAmusing · 30/04/2022 00:33

ChurchlightJane · 29/04/2022 23:02

In my fantasy life I live in a cottage with Monty Don and Nigel Slater. When I come in from work all frazzled and stressed, Nigel sits us all down with something that's been puttering away on the stove top all day and then I take a turn around our Jewel Garden with Monty while he recites the names of the plants.

Then we sit by candlelight and have a nice chat in hushed tones before retiring to our beds in matching cotton striped nightshirts.

"in matching cotton striped nightshirts" 😂😂🤣

DressingGownofDoom · 30/04/2022 00:34

ChurchlightJane · 29/04/2022 23:02

In my fantasy life I live in a cottage with Monty Don and Nigel Slater. When I come in from work all frazzled and stressed, Nigel sits us all down with something that's been puttering away on the stove top all day and then I take a turn around our Jewel Garden with Monty while he recites the names of the plants.

Then we sit by candlelight and have a nice chat in hushed tones before retiring to our beds in matching cotton striped nightshirts.

I like how even in your fantasy life you retain a bit of realism by keeping the work stress in there

PeachesToday · 30/04/2022 00:38

Pure filth and I love it

musicalfrog · 30/04/2022 07:11

Hedgesfullofbirds · 30/04/2022 00:22

The way the binomial Latin name for the Butterfly Pea (Clitorea ternatea) trips off his tongue is..

Google it, by the way, and the reason it is so named is self evident!😂

Just googled. I now feel naughty. 🤭

trussedchicken · 30/04/2022 09:28

ChurchlightJane · 29/04/2022 23:02

In my fantasy life I live in a cottage with Monty Don and Nigel Slater. When I come in from work all frazzled and stressed, Nigel sits us all down with something that's been puttering away on the stove top all day and then I take a turn around our Jewel Garden with Monty while he recites the names of the plants.

Then we sit by candlelight and have a nice chat in hushed tones before retiring to our beds in matching cotton striped nightshirts.

Your fantasy life sounds amazing. But I'd swap Nige for Stanley Tucci. He'd make amazing Italian dishes and when Monty and I had returned from our evening turn around the jewel garden, he'd have cocktails waiting for us.

Heyisforhorses · 30/04/2022 09:32

I have never wanted to watch Gardners World until this thread 😆 the fantasy comments are gold

MichelleScarn · 30/04/2022 09:55

@Battybonkers you were right with your dogtooth violets, I was so mesmerised by the Don i didn't even notice the flowers!

To be creeped out by Monty Don plunging his fingers