Hello gpoders!
In the garden photos of this day, there are a variety of gardens, but we often want to see more edible gardens. Please don’t get me wrong. I want to see all of the plants you are growing. And while the things that are shared with my blog each week blow me away, the beauty of my home garden is not understated. One of the gardeners who prove my point is Kimberly Moor Dudley of Greensboro, North Carolina. Kimberly grows a variety of gorgeous vegetables and contains plenty of flowers to promote pollinators. Her rich garden proves that gardening is as delicious as it is beautiful.
Hello! I’m Kimberly and live in Greensboro, North Carolina. I have 1,000 square feet of vegetables and flower garden. I have always dreamed of eating a home garden full of southern varieties where I grew up. I am currently a Master Gardener Volunteer Intern in the NC State University Master Gardener Volunteer Program, which I am currently working towards my accreditation in November. My family always has a garden. I share our traditions with my daughter, who graduated from university last year. Gardening has always been a part of my life and it brings me so much joy.
You can find me on Facebook and Instagram under Kimberly’s Golden Garden.
Kimberly has plenty of room to grow. I know many small space gardeners are salivating at the sound of a 1,000 square feet of open gardening space, but even a decent sized plot fills up quickly. Aside from the rooms needed to maintain the plants and access the harvest, Kimberly utilizes all the inches available.
And her hard work pays off in these diverse and delicious harvest forms! The produce department of a grocery store is a rainbow of fruits and vegetables, but growing your own crops will allow you to look at the incredible variety of varieties and flavors that are available in practice. The gorgeous purple hull in the center is a great example. They are kind of cowpeas, nitrogen-fixing plants, beautiful, tasty and beneficial!
The best friend of the vegetable gardener is a bright flower that lets the pollinator know it’s turn to do some work. Vegetable flowers tend to be smaller and bees can easily overlook them in search of nectar and pollen. Planting some large flowers attracts bees. Learn more about this technique here: Grow more flowers and harvest more food. Kimberly’s impressive harvest is absolutely due to some of her abundant flowers.
Another colorful and delicious harvest: When you are producing such colors, you know that your garden (and meals) is successful.
Aside from colorful harvests and beautiful flowers, vegetable garden plants can have some ornaments. Your average tomato plant is nothing to write about in the house, but the colorful leaves of the sweet peppers of Kimberly’s “confetti” deserve a garden bed.
Among all these stunning vegetables and flowers, Kimberly still finds space to grow incredible fruits. This watermelon is not ready for harvest, but is about to become a beautiful and delicious summer snack.
Thank you for sharing your incredible garden with us, Kimberly! The wide array of gorgeous crops you grow is full of inspiration, and your mission to share gardening traditions with your daughter is truly heartwarming.
I know more Gpoders have a patch of vegetables, but I choose to share the “cleaner” part of their garden. I’ll try to share both! My favorite part of the garden photo that day is celebrating every aspect of gardening, from decorative beds to native shelters, edible gardens and collections of indoor plants. No matter what you grow, we love to see it and learn more about it! Follow the instructions below to send a photo by email or DM via Instagram: @girlherdogandtheroad.
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