Hi Barbie – I thought you might like to see how well Linda’s veggie garden is doing. I know every time you visit, Linda loves to rush you outside to show you the progress she’s made. I was so envious today when I went to look at her garden – her veggies look fantastic – compared to mine that have all been pulled out and composted. I’m waiting to start again next month, but my attempts were not half as successful as hers.
A bit of background for anyone who is interested and doesn’t know Linda: Linda is a lovely lady that has been working for me and my business for the past 16 years. She started out as a “domestic maid” and over the years has become an integral part of our family and business – she works for us full time and runs our household and the office like a sergeant major. Truth be told, without Linda my business would not function as well as it does. Over the years Linda and I have become very close and I am extremely privileged to be able to call Linda one of my closest friends.
Linda lives in an area which has very poor soil and nothing much other than the hardiest of hardy plants will grow in her suburb. When I started my veggie garden (in the veggie planter I blogged about here) she made some comments that made me realise she desperately wanted her own garden to plant veggies and a few pretty flowers. So I cleared a bed for her in my garden and “gave” it to her to cultivate as she saw fit. The bed is 2.5 x 5 metres large and I assisted initially by buying her some seedlings, seeds, compost etc. and then left her to do her own thing. She is immensely proud of her veggie garden and lovingly tends to it every day.
The results speak for themselves …
[one_half]Carrots
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[one_half_last]Beetroot
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[one_half]Cabbage
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[one_half_last]Cauliflower
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None of my veggies turned out this well!
She planted lots of marigolds in between all her veggies – the marigolds don’t look great, but wow her vegetables do! Hardly an insect to be seen! She also has potatoes, celery, peppers and Thai basil growing beautifully! She kindly let me plant some things in a small corner (1x1m²) and to be very honest, my “corner” spoils the whole patch with a few very sad looking things trying to grow there. I think I have to get Linda to help me when I start my veggies again next month. She obviously has a greener thumb than I have 🙂
Happy Gardening
xxx
5 replies on “Linda’s Veggie Garden”
Fantastic! It must be really fun to have a friend to garden with right in your own garden space! Although I can see where there would be a little “garden envy” with those amazing looking vegetables! 🙂 No worries though…you get to try veggies again and with LInda so close by you can either spy on her to see what she does for such success or just ask her point blank! 🙂
Oh wow! This is such a pleasure to see. I really believe when the love gets planted together with the veggies – they thrive! 🙂 I see the love that Linda puts into her garden and she will reap the benefits! I can’t wait to get mine going! Well done, Linda! You definitely have the green thumbs! xx
How great that you are spreading the love of gardening. And I agree – those veggies look great! I’m certain she will be so proud and happy to eat her vegetables, and thankful to you for allowing her to have a spot in the garden.
The veggies look wonderful and healthy. I was wondering though. The marigolds that I have planted ain some of my garden beds have grown very bushy and big and I think it would kinda grow into the space the vegetables would need to grow? I dunno? It’s worth giving a try obviously her vegetables look untouched by bugs. mine are all torn up. 🙁 Her Beet roots look cool with the darker veins in the leaves.
Fine looking produce, Linda should be tickled pink. That was nice of you to share a plot for her. Bet you helped a bit too!