Love Apple Farms: Another Great Student Testimonial

Tamara O'Kelly attended a Love Apple Farm class last year, and I wanted to share her inspiring photos of how she was able to transform her back yard into a showpiece kitchen garden. All of these photos are of Tamara's garden, located in Boulder Creek, CA. I'm so proud of her! Hi Cynthia!

I took your "Grow Better Veggies" class and thought I'd send you some before and after shots of my garden so you could see how well I paid attention in class! So, here is my story.

In the beginning...there was an asphalt driveway...and the hungry gardener said, "Let there be veggies!" and she and a friend separated the asphalt from the soil. And it was so.
The compost truck arrived, the raised beds were built and the deer fencing erected. It took her MONTHS, not seven days. Even though the seedlings were planted late, the sun shone on them and they grew and were fruitful. So fruitful, that now the hungry gardener is no longer hungry and neither is anybody else in the neighborhood, including the resident chickens and goats!

Walking through my garden and "grazing" is no less than a biblical experience for me (pardon the pun)...I am in heaven eating all of the yummy, organic heirloom veggies that I started in your class. I have devoted most of my spare time to learning about Biodynamic gardening and learn something new everyday and share as much of that with others as I can. I'm now focusing on learning how to schedule my seed sowing and crop rotation so that I can be as productive as possible all year long. The learning curve is always tougher in the beginning!

Thank you for such an inspiring class and for getting me off on the right foot! I've never had such success before!

Sincerely,

Tamara O'Kelly
The Historic Hartmann House Inn