We’re off to Minnesota to visit a garden that, on Instagram, has the username “Beertayda,” which means “my garden” in Somali. Today’s contributor, like so many of us, says that her garden has helped her cope with the long COVID-19 restrictions and working from home.
In the short growing season in Minnesota, starting seedlings indoors under lights is key to getting a jump-start on a good harvest of vegetables.
And good harvests she gets, indeed, as shown by these carrots and greens fresh from the garden to share with family and friends.
Even more vegetables—an absolute abundance of beauty and nutrition!
Here’s a view of the whole garden area from last year, with new raised beds under construction. It isn’t a huge area, but the amount of delicious vegetables she’s able to produce is pretty impressive.
And it isn’t just vegetables. This is the David Austin rose ‘Princess Alexandra of Kent’. It smells so wonderful that she planted it next to the bench where he mother loves to sit and read.
Sometimes beauty and food exist in the same space. This bright planting of lettuce looks so great it would be hard to harvest and eat it!
Indoors, a potted lemon tree begins to develop fruit.
I think most of us gardeners can relate to this image and the sheer happiness of having lots of seeds!
The first snowfall in fall signals the end of the gardening season and the time to rest and look forward to the next year’s plantings.
How beautiful is this harvest of homegrown beans?
If you want to see more of this garden, check out her Instagram and her YouTube channel!
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Comments
Wow those are some healthy looking vegetables! Love your garden! Great job!
Does this industrious woman have a name?
Wonderful gardens! Spring is on the way. Soon we’ll all be out getting our hands dirty.
What a great layout you have constructed. Be sure to send pictures when everything is has zoomed out of all those raised beds.
Wonderful veg garden! Here's to your continued success!
...loved the gardening story in the photographs.
Love all you have done
Great job, difficult climate but very productive due to hard work and the obvious caring attention it gets.
Those are some pretty vegetables! The lettuce is too pretty to eat LOL! You sure have a green thumb!
What a joyous garden!
Her smile and her garden are both wonderful! I just started a bunch of seeds in little plantable pots yesterday evening and hope that my eventual crops will be as beautiful as hers!
I enjoyed your post very much ! Very impressive harvests✨😁. Loved the bean "heart" also. Sweet.
Beautiful vegetables and great use of your back yard space. Looking forward to seeing more photos as the season progresses. Thank you for sharing!
Great photos! Made me smile, especially the one of the gardener delighting in her seed packets, and the daffodils sneaking into the corner of the photo of all the raised beds! Thanks!
I'm not sure which is more beautiful, your harvest or your joyful face!!! I bet the eating is the most delicious!!!
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