Jerry Baker Gardening

For Jerry Baker gardening was something he grew up with, taking it in stride as he helped his grandmother around the garden. For him, gardening was a way of life. Just something that needed to be done.

Grandmothers are amazing people. They influence our lives in soft, quiet ways that we may not even be aware of, often until many years after they’re gone.

It was his grandmother’s influence in the garden that made Jerry Baker one of the best known names in the world of gardening today. And his fans cover the world itself.

The knowledge that escaped young Baker gardening with his grandmother, however, is that she had a knack for it that produced outstanding results with little fancy or expensive equipment. She instead relied on earthy wisdom and items commonly found around the home anyway.

For the older Jerry gardening figured into his job as an undercover police officer in Detroit, Michigan. He often worked disguised as a tree trimmer, gardener, or the like in order to zero in on the bad guys.

It was when he became injured ,Jerry gardening took on a whole new significance in his life. Recovering from an injury sustained on the job, he turned to gardening with his grandmother’s influence in mind.

Now a gardening celebrity, the innate wisdom and philosophies passed along from his Grandmother Putnam, a Native American, or as Jerry Baker fans know her, Grandma Putt, are the basis for the many books, TV shows, and now an internet website he has produced. It seems his fans just can’t get enough of Jerry Baker gardening tricks, tips, and secrets. Quiet, common moments such as these can influence a child in more ways than we can imagine. And that’s only one of the things that makes grandmothers such amazing people.

And one Jerry Baker gardening secret he learned from his Grandma Putt that probably came second nature to her was talking to her plants. Just imagine how delightful it would be to pass the day, grandmother and grandson, side by side, in the garden, talking peacefully and contentedly to the flourishing garden and, especially, to each other.

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