Former footballer David Beckham has entered his gardening era, and he isn’t here to play around.
In an Instagram reel, he gave the world a sneak peek at the Beckham vegie patch and hit the nail on the head when he called it “impressive”. It’s what English cottage garden dreams are made of.
The classic-style garden is bordered by a white picket fence with perfectly even rows of fruits and vegies inside. And while it’s no secret that the Beckhams have loads of land, they’ve kept the size quite manageable with select favoured ingredients.
Beckham’s garden tour began in his chicken pen, where he was greeted by his clucking chickens and hens. “They’re all eating… Did he just say good morning? Very hungry this morning.”
He’s living out our fresh egg, trad-wife dreams but hey, at least he’s doing it right. Beckham then proceeded to show us the first part of his vegie patch: spring onions in a clean, bordered garden bed.
“Pretty impressive, look at this – our spring onions. The spring onions are going well,” he says.
Not only are spring onions a great addition to our meals, but Beckham previously shared a clip of harvesting spring onions for the first time. Then, out of nowhere, one of his chickens hilariously walked into the frame and started nipping at the garden bed as he harvested. We must admit, it was quite funny to see, especially when another one walked into shot and proceeded to eat his fresh harvest.
Watch the chicken takeover
Next on his garden tour, we saw Beckham’s plum trees, which have just gone out of season in America.
“We’ve got all these amazing wild flowers that I’ve planted. More plum trees, more flowers that we [also] have in the house… a nice little cobweb,” he says.
In the caption of his garden tour reel, he added, “@victoriabeckham you’re welcome [to] the flowers for the house.”
David Beckham planting wildflowers in the vegie patch for his wife – Victoria is literal couple goals.
Continuing with the garden tour, he proceeds to show off his impressively tall kale plants. “Tell you what I’m doing really well over here? Kale, look at that. Kale is doing very well. A bit of red cabbage. Red cabbage is doing great, not ready, but doing great and we have more cabbage. So, not bad.”
Kale has been growing in popularity over the years, and one of our top easy and healthy recipes is kale chips. But speaking of chips, Beckham’s seemingly favourite part of the garden (and ours) is the next section.
So. Many. Potatoes!
“We have a lot of potatoes and today I am going to make some crisps because I’m a savoury person, not sweet. So here we have potatoes… potatoes… potatoes… and more room for potatoes. So I think we have a few potatoes,” he laughs.
Like Beckham, Aussies love carb-y delicious potatoes. Hot chips, normal chips (crisps), baked, mashed, roasted, on a pie, and always with tomato sauce (controversial). They’re versatile, always yummy and we’re craving potato recipes just thinking about it. So we understand why he’s got an entire section of his vegie patch dedicated to growing potatoes.
But despite the former footballer admitting he doesn’t have much of a sweet tooth, there’s still a generous section filled with berry plants.
“This is something that we’re working on. This is the berry area, and as you can see sage and olive over there are trying to get in. Trying to get into my chicken and hen,” he laughed, pointing at an olive and sage tree still waiting to be potted.
That brought his epic garden tour to an end, but our keen eyes noticed a gorgeous glass greenhouse beside the fence. To our disappointment, he hasn’t reveal what’s inside… yet. There’s still hope.
“I can hear my East End mates going, ‘He has changed’… My content used to be motorbikes and camping, now it’s kale, honey and flowers for the house. Might have to get back on the road soon,” he wrote in his caption.
Beckham has had several passions, from football to outdoor adventures and now gardening.
While his garden is grand and likely expensive, it doesn’t need to cost a lot of money to create a beautiful vegie patch in your own backyard.
From creating a vegie patch in 15 minutes to building the ultimate vegie garden, we have all the information to help.
