Kristen is a gardener. She has a beautiful cut flower garden and she also grows vegetables. She helps new gardeners learn to grow vegetables and beautify their yard. She shares recipes that you can make from the vegetables that you grow in your backyard.
Kristen lives with her family in Canada with her husband and 3 kids. In this episode, she shares all about starting both a vegetable and flower garden in your backyard, her favorite vegetables to grow to feed her family, her son’s autism diagnosis and advice for other parents walking through that, and more!
What we talked about:
3:45- Introduction to Whitney and her family
9:10- Having a c-section while being a professional musician
12:30- Receiving an autism diagnosis for her son
16:05- Working on her marriage when her and her husband felt like they had become distanced
17:15- Starting her gardening work
19:40- Flowers to avoid planting
21:40- Where to start to create a cut flower garden
24:45- Benefits of using a raised bed garden
25:50- Her business and passion of making bouquets for weddings
28:55- Moving with her family
30:45- What zones mean with gardening
34:40- Favorite vegetables to grow to feed the family
35:45- Why to plant marigolds by certain vegetables
37:10- Favorite gardeners on social media to follow
38:20- End of podcast questions
Show notes:
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