Ancestral
Anecdotes
Many of our contemporary gardening best practices can trace their origins to the customs and wisdom of our ancestors.
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Below are my thoughts on how I incorporated my family's history into effective techniques for outdoor raised bed gardens, patio container gardens and even windowsill herb, micro green, and sprout gardens.
Incorporating ancestral gardening practices in my garden brings me incredible joy and connects me to family members who have passed on. My garden is my ode to our ancestors in Africa and America. As a garden coach and consultant, I look forward to helping you incorporate those elements of joy into your garden space as we "grow together."
When I started gardening (later in life, to be sure) I always knew in the back of my mind that the gardening tips I was reading – I had heard about before. When I read about rotating crops – it came to me that I read about that when I was a child, and the practice was first advocated by none other than George Washington Carver!
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I knew that greens were more tender when harvested early because my Aunt Bess would bring home bunches and bunches from her garden.
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And who hasn’t heard about the practice of applying honey to recently cut or pruned plants for propagation purposes?
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I discovered every gardener worth his or her salt had to have at least one high-protein vegetable growing. I learned that from my grandmother.
I am constantly inspired by how our people cultivated land and spread knowledge about growing food effectively. The practices, the choice of vegetables, and recipes - all of it paved the way for modern agriculture to be what it is today.
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