The Garden in Every Sense and Season
Today’s “Bri Books” is a conversation with ABeautifulNestTV creator Sandria Kendrick, inspired by the book “The Garden in Every Sense and Season” by Tovah Martin. Sandria is the creator behind the “ABeautifulNestTV” platform on YouTube, and on social media. In this episode, Sandria shares her story of homesteading with her family in Georgia, and how her love for the soil runs through her veins. In this episode, we’re discussing our garden struggles, how you can inject green into your life this year.
Show Notes
3:30: Sandria's gardening story, and how she built a small homestead garden for her family + Brionna recommends “The Market Gardener” by Jean-Martin Fortier.
5:00: Sandria's gardening challenges and how she overcame them.
9:00 – How book is divided: Each of the four seasons are represented, with each individual season’s different sensational gifts–sights, sounds, touches, tastes, scents– woven into a story that explores the ever-evolving garden
12:15: How city folks can inject some gardening into their lives: "Bring the green inside!" Overwintering plants (repotting and growing indoors), growing lettuce, succulents and aloe, indoors are great ways to keep the green inside, even after it all falls away outside. Using blooming branches—flowers that grow on a branch-- or cuttings from evergreen or fir trees can invite nature indoors.
16:00: The story behind Sandria's Heirloom Acres Seed Store
19:00 – Fruit and veggie varieites to grow, according to Sandria
22:15 - Sandria's Bri Books recommendations: “The Flower Workshop” by Ariella Chezar, “Easy Green Living” by Renee Loux, “The Green Beauty Guide” by Julie Gabriel.
You can find Sandria on YouTube, on Heirloom Acres Seed Store, blog, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube.