Yesterday was a banner day for MOH. About 10:00 a.m. yesterday morning, Linda Lehmusvirta and a film crew from Central Texas Gardener showed up to film my little potager. This was very exciting for me and I enjoyed it thoroughly. The only downside is it will take a while before my little garden makes its television debut. Turns out television programs take an awful lot of prep and it will take a bit of work to get the final product edited and ready to view.
Linda and I doing the interview
Over the past three months I have worked tirelessly growing the plants and improving the potager so that it will look awesome on TV. Because of this, things have never looked better at my house. There really is nothing like a big dead line to motivate you to get all of those honey do’s finished that have been put off for too long.
My wife and I with Linda Lehmusvirta from Central Texas Gardener
The focus of the interview was growing the Texas fall garden. I was asked to describe what I most commonly grew and how I grew it. Since I grow organically in raised beds we spent quite a bit of time talking about soil and bed prep. We also discussed the benefits of the paved walk paths. I am not sure how long the interview lasted but I think I babbled on for about 30 minutes. The interview will mostly likely be edited to about 3 or 4 minutes of dialog so it will be interesting to see what I actually said!
A pic of the lettuce, shallots and cauliflower that is growing in the triangular beds of the potager.
I would like to say a special thanks to Linda Lehmusvirta of CTG for taking time to do this. She was great and the film crew was awesome! The whole experience was so much fun and Sally and I greatly enjoyed making new friends.
Thank you Jay! It was so wonderful to meet you and Sally and tour your incredibly beautiful and productive potager. Believe me, this will be longer than 3-4 minutes. Your guidance to all vegetable gardeners is going to be very welcome! Thanks for the tips and design and inspiration. Linda
You are so welcome but it is I that feel like Thanks are in order. Thanks again for coming. It was so nice getting to meet you!
How exciting! Congratulations to you!
Thanks for the in-depth response you sent me concerning my question on vine borers. They are definitely the thorn in my gardening side.
Always enjoy your blog!
Christi
Linda and crew came to film in my garden last April. I, too, enjoyed the process and the resulting edited program was very much to my liking. My cat Lily liked them so much she tried to go home with them in their van!
I saw that segment! Your garden is AWESOME! My wife and I passed through Smithville after the segment aired. We rode around until we found it. Knocked but you must have been out. Would love to see it in person sometime.
Congratulations on your filming. Look forward to seeing the program when it airs. Isn’t Linda a treasure. We garden bloggers love her to pieces. She makes the whole interview process so easy.
I think treasure is a great word to describe her. She had a way that instantly set me at ease and allowed me to just sit back and enjoy the entire experience. Thanks so much for the comment. BTW, our blog is so lovely. I get serious blog envy each time I visit!