Get Premium
Dark mode theme is available exclusively for premium users. Learn more about the benefits of subscribing.
No fees, cancel anytime.
Dark Mode 
No fees, cancel anytime 
then open in external browser
and click "Open in External Browser" 
Believe it or not, there is still a safe place on the Internet. A place where people aren't at each other's throats all the time, trying to prove they're the reason the world is going to hell. I know it sounds unreal, bear with me. I got proof.
His name is Gerald Stratford and he's from Oxfordshire, England. The 71-year-old gardener is tweeting photos of his produce under lockdown and was even dubbed the Vegetable King. Stratford first gained praise online after showing his potatoes and has accumulated over 150,000 since. It's mostly pictures of him smiling while holding the vegetables he's grown but that's what's great about his account. No sensitive content, no toxic comments. Just positivity.
More info: Twitter
This post may include affiliate links.
#1
Steve Barnett 5 years ago
Hi Raine. Exactly. And, at the end of the day, they'll be part of a lovely meal anyway, regardless of what shape or form.
Load More Replies...
"Basically I'm a fanatical vegetable grower, I love growing veg," Stratford told the PA news agency.
The Vegetable King lives in the tiny village of Milton-under-Wychwood and started a Twitter account back in February 2019 in order to discuss gardening with some friends.
But he went viral for his early rocket potatoes and is now getting used to life as an online celebrity.
RELATED:
#2
When it happened, Gerald's phone was going berserk and he wasn't even sure what was going on, so he phoned up his son-in-law and got the explanation. It's gradually got bigger and bigger and bigger, people seem to like what I’m doing!"
Stratford told said he now spends around an hour per day answering people's gardening questions on Twitter.
However, he continues to share photos of his vegetables, which range from potatoes and cauliflowers to carrots and courgettes.
#3
"I think a lot of it is the younger people, especially the American younger people, seem to like the old English man who's happy and growing veg," Stratford said, adding that he's aware of his nickname.
"I'm happy, I don’t do sadness. We live in a sad world at the moment, and if I can make people happy by this Twitter thing then I will."
#4
Teresa Groth 5 years ago
You are truly blessed with the crop God has given you I pray that your blessings will be filled with lasting and growing for years to come!
#5
Amber Phillips 5 years ago
yummy i love snacking on carrots and snacking on the as long as i can 🥕🥕🥕
Jacqui Dunn 5 years ago
Just looking at the length of those root vegetables - and imagining how deep the viable soil he grows them in! Good, old-fashioned gardening evident.
#6
Steve Barnett 5 years ago
Hey there Amy! Marmite is brill! (But it is a love it/hate it kinda thing) Also, it's a by-product of the brewing industry: Waste not, want not. Yours, s.
Load More Replies...
#7
PhantomBuni 5 years ago
I always read the cheers as him saying something like: Gerald: Grew another cute plant! Crowd: *cheers*
Lucas 5 years ago
In the UK it's quite a common way of expressing good wishes on parting or ending a conversation.
Load More Replies... #8
#9
Jacqui Dunn 5 years ago
Oh heavens! A man who likes greens - and especially those dark, bitter ones that are so good for one's health! How wonderful.
#10
Lisa Chambers 5 years ago
Yeah they get that big in Washington state too! Some are bigger due to the quality volcanic soil.
#11
#12
Kirsten Kerkhof 5 years ago
I love the smell of carrots fresh from the ground. And the taste, too (especially with a slight trace of the soil still clinging on). Too bad I can't eat more than one or two raw carrots (I'm slightly intolerant)
Vaida Kuodytė 5 years ago
So sad that supermarket carrots taste NOTHING like the fresh deal :(
Load More Replies... #13
Jaded Queen 5 years ago
I like his big ears and toothless grin.My grandpa had those. He was also a avid gardner. Always distributing veggies and fruits and flowers to kids and Neighbours. He had a awesome collection of rare breeds of flowers, veggies
#14
Out of chocolate 5 years ago
I lost my grandfathers a few years ago. Can I be adopted? I will help make the jam and can the tomatoes!
#15
Valerie G. 5 years ago
Nothing beats fresh potatoes right from the soil. God only knows how long the ones in the store have been around before you bring them home.
elfin 5 years ago
And they have a great deal more flavor just harvested than in the stores. I don't know why, but it is really obvious.
Load More Replies...
#17
#18
PangolinPal 5 years ago
Oh my, those green and purple beans! They are just beautiful, and nothing tastes better than fresh pole beans, steamed lightly with a little butter, salt and maybe mint. . .
#19
Two silly pups 5 years ago
I bet it's just the love and fun he puts into gardening. I envy him so much!
Load More Replies...
#21
Anne 5 years ago
It's a net to keep flies out (tiny flies - buggers can ruin your whole carrot harvest!)
Load More Replies... #22
Anne 5 years ago
He said allotment- you can get those here too (it's basically a patch of veg gardens or flower gardens people can get allotted too if they want one.)
Load More Replies... Dorothy Cloud 5 years ago
Allotment garden. Does that mean that it's not in his yard but a communal garden?
Jacqui Dunn 5 years ago
That's quite an area on its own....and two more to go? Wow. No wonder he can grow so much.
#23
#25
#26
#27
#28
Maggie Smith 5 years ago
That press is so small. It would take 3 times as long to juice vegies which look soooo good.
#29
#32
#35
#43
#44
#45
Jungkook Hbdhgs 5 years ago
My grandfather had with large garden. Every time he hard working with garden and feed animals in garden.
Add New Image
What do you think ?
TaranW 5 years ago
I can only dream of having a garden so lovely [and having the time to tend it!] nice post!
Jaded Queen 5 years ago
I have to say, he has got the whole adorable old grandpa routine down. He looks so cute.
TaranW 5 years ago
I can only dream of having a garden so lovely [and having the time to tend it!] nice post!
Jaded Queen 5 years ago
I have to say, he has got the whole adorable old grandpa routine down. He looks so cute.
Related on Bored Panda
