Gardening Tips from the Other Side
© Colleen Rae, 2011
I’ve always loved plants, but I had never had a vegetable garden. I wanted one though, and I had the perfect spot. Still fear kept me from doing much more than preparing the soil.
My partner’s brother changed all that. He wanted heirloom tomatoes. I had told him in the winter I would grow them for him.
I’m a woman of my word. But how? I felt like a baby learning to walk without any hands to hold onto.
Ah, but I had hands. I was out there in the garden putting in the tomatoes and all of a sudden I realized BOTH my grandmothers were there. Now that surprised me. I wouldn’t have been surprised by my father’s mother being there. I adored going with her into her massive vegetable garden on their farm near the start of Mississippi River. But I never knew my mother’s mother gardened. But there she was too–a city woman and a country woman both boosting my confidence with their presence, both urging me to draw on my love of indoor “gardening” and the flower gardens I’d planted outdoors with great success.
So I planted the plants Maurice brought over and then added some seeds and all things flourished.
But I noticed the other day that two of the tomato plants were faring much better than the other two. I thought I should transplant them to another part of the garden or even into containers. But both grandmothers made their presence felt. “No!” they said. “Don’t do it.”
I was talking to my friend Kate and told her the tale of the grandmothers helping me to get started with vegetable gardening. I mentioned what had just transpired with their telling me to leave the tomato plants where they were. I said, “I’m a bit of a kamikaze when it comes to flowers. I just dig up plants and move them from one location to another all the time. They always seem to do well, so I don’t understand this.”
“But your grandmothers are right,” said Kate, who’d grown up with a gardening mom. “They’re fruiting.” She explained how if I moved the plants now, I’d not get any tomatoes.
I’ve been communicating with those from the Other Side all my life, but this one tickled me more than most. Gardening tips from the Other Side–indeed!
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