From Nomad to Neighbor: How Garden Coach Carilyn Mae Planted Roots

I’m pleased to welcome my new friend Cari to today’s episode. Cari is a master gardener, a new homesteader, and a garden coach who helps beginning and aspiring gardeners find their footing. She describes her childhood as nomadic—moving across the U.S. with her father’s job—but found a sense of stability visiting her grandparents’ farm each year. Cari eventually settled in the Pacific Northwest with her husband. When infertility and miscarriage brought deep pain, her first instinct was to flee. Instead she chose to stay, put down roots, and find purpose through working the land. I’m grateful Cari joined the show to share her stories, her perfect scone and summer jam recipes, and her perspective. Thank you for listening.

Highlights of “A Nomad Puts Down Roots”

• Why do you garden?
• Growing up moving every 18 months
• Carrying bread in a red wagon from neighbor to neighbor after each move
• 130 dahlias!
• What is garden coaching?
• Capsule gardening — how to grow a cutting garden to produce a perfect bouquet
• “I’m a garden stylist”
• What is homesteading?
• Can you homestead in an urban setting?
• Infertility and five miscarriages
• “The name ‘Kitsap Roots’ came out of me needing a home”
• The difference between small-batch jam and canned jam
• Scone secrets
• Is real buttermilk better than homemade buttermilk?

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