'Please don't' Gardeners' World's Monty Don issues warning after being branded a 'luddite'

express.co.uk:

Monty Don, 66, has issued a warning after a Twitter user accused him of being a "luddite".The horticulture expert had been sharing his experiences with kitchen devices.Writer Amandajanemason asked: “Do you remember 1972?“Did you have a microwave oven then?“The internet is being irritatingly vague on when they became a regular thing and I have a sentence to write.”Monty replied, in view of his 251,000 followers: “Of course not.“No one did.“I never saw one till 2002 and never used one until 2022.”Twitter user DrPaulCookGP replied: “Just the merest hint of the Luddite in the second half of that tweet Monty” followed by a winking emoji.Meanwhile, Lolimac01interjected: “I'm a luddite, it's all electrickery to me...

to contradict myself I do have one but only use it to soften butter in winter or to sterilise compost.”Monty agreed with Lolimac01 in some respects.Despite having, “I am afraid that I do not answer gardening queries via Twitter!” in his Twitter bio, Monty shared some wise words about compost with his follower.The 66-year-old said: “It is, of course, essential to soften butter, but please don’t sterilise compost- the whole point of it is that it terms with life and is gloriously unsterile!”He added: “Teems- not terms (gardener’s fat fingers).” DON’T MISS:Last month, Monty hit back at what he called an “anti-woke attack”.This was aimed at those who defend the use of peat in gardening, which has been criticised for causing environmental damage.He wrote on Twitter: “Using peat is defended by some as an anti-woke attack on individual choice and liberty.“Got to get past this.