Would we surprise you if we told you that Jon Snow is astellar gardener?Okay, maybe not Jon Snow exactly, butthe actor that plays himonGame of Thrones, Kit Harington, turns out to be quite a man of the land. On Tuesday, he revealed on an episode ofLive with Kelly and Ryanthat he lives off of the produce he grows in his garden in England—and is planning on using the help of a Jon Snow scarecrow to keep it that way.Harington, 32, was born in London and rose to fameas a star of the hit HBO series, whoseeighth and final seasonwill premiere on Sunday, April 14. Despite the fame, Harington now lives in the countryside, and he uses all the open space to his advantage.Harington toldKelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrestin the interview that he has gotten “really into growing vegetables,” commenting on a photo of his impressive collection of homegrown fruits and veggies that they brought up on screen.“Where do you live, do you live in Eden?!” Ripa joked when she looked at the copious crop. Laughing, Harington replied, “I do sometimes feel like that, I feel very lucky…we wanted to get to a place where we could literally live off what we were growing, and now we can do that.”So, what does he grow in his personal Garden of Eden? He’s got squash, carrots, tomatoes, red onion, beans, four different types of potatoes and even a crop of asparagus in the works.RELATED VIDEO: Kit Harington Says He Totally Lost It Over ‘Game of Thrones’ Ending: ‘I Blubbed My Eyes Out’Game of Thronesfans surely cracked up when they heard Harington’s comment about putting a Jon Snow statue that he kept from set in the garden as a makeshift scarecrow. “It looks just like me,” he joked.Getty; HBO“That’s going to go in the vegetable patch and it’s just going to sayGame of Throneslines,” he laughed. “I’m going to attach a little speaker to it….’Winter is coming!’”Game of Thrones‘eighth and final season premieres Sunday at 9 p.m. EST on HBO.
Would we surprise you if we told you that Jon Snow is astellar gardener?
Okay, maybe not Jon Snow exactly, butthe actor that plays himonGame of Thrones, Kit Harington, turns out to be quite a man of the land. On Tuesday, he revealed on an episode ofLive with Kelly and Ryanthat he lives off of the produce he grows in his garden in England—and is planning on using the help of a Jon Snow scarecrow to keep it that way.
Harington, 32, was born in London and rose to fameas a star of the hit HBO series, whoseeighth and final seasonwill premiere on Sunday, April 14. Despite the fame, Harington now lives in the countryside, and he uses all the open space to his advantage.
Harington toldKelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrestin the interview that he has gotten “really into growing vegetables,” commenting on a photo of his impressive collection of homegrown fruits and veggies that they brought up on screen.
“Where do you live, do you live in Eden?!” Ripa joked when she looked at the copious crop. Laughing, Harington replied, “I do sometimes feel like that, I feel very lucky…we wanted to get to a place where we could literally live off what we were growing, and now we can do that.”
So, what does he grow in his personal Garden of Eden? He’s got squash, carrots, tomatoes, red onion, beans, four different types of potatoes and even a crop of asparagus in the works.
RELATED VIDEO: Kit Harington Says He Totally Lost It Over ‘Game of Thrones’ Ending: ‘I Blubbed My Eyes Out’
Game of Thronesfans surely cracked up when they heard Harington’s comment about putting a Jon Snow statue that he kept from set in the garden as a makeshift scarecrow. “It looks just like me,” he joked.
Getty; HBO
“That’s going to go in the vegetable patch and it’s just going to sayGame of Throneslines,” he laughed. “I’m going to attach a little speaker to it….’Winter is coming!’”
Game of Thrones‘eighth and final season premieres Sunday at 9 p.m. EST on HBO.
source: people.com
