Three Generations of Gardening Genes

When I was ten my family moved to a house on the side of a hill in the Yorkshire Pennines, which had a small kitchen garden, much like ours at Yewbarrow House. My father spent all his spare time there, growing fruit and vegetables and tending to the chickens, but none of his five children, especially me, showed the slightest interest in gardening, or in helping him.  It wasn’t until I had children of my own that the gardening gene finally kicked in.   My own children have been dragooned from a young age to collect soft fruit in our kitchen garden but until now that has been the extent of their involvement.  Until now….when, gloriously, my daughter Georgina has launched a project, together with her boyfriend Alex, for a YouTube channel devoted to the garden.  The project is called The Garden in Grange and will consist of a series of short videos, with lots of mini reels in between, chronicling their introduction to gardening.  The first video was released to the unsuspecting public a few days ago and the response has been spectacular.  They have already attracted more than a thousand subscribers to their channel and the video has had thousands of views.  A brilliant start. Result- one very proud Dad, who is eagerly awaiting the next instalments.