I always say- When I was seventeen I started my second business (my first involved jewelry). I made little simple molded chocolates and carried them around school to sell for loose change.

 

That holiday season I decided to get a bit more creative; I made beautiful chocolate covered pretzels, chocolate covered sandwich cookies, etc, and sold them by the basket. A few years later I was making truffles, turtles, cherry cordials, loaves of pumpkin bread- all to order.

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I've always grown a few tomato plants in the summer (growing up in a condo means there isn't room for much more), but found myself fighting an urge of increasing strength to grow quality, clean food. Last year I finally moved into a house with a yard, and a garden, I grew a few cucumbers and some basil but knew I needed a better plan. So, I educated myself on what organic really means, and began searching for such ingredients.

 

This spring I found of organic seeds: tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, pumpkins, strawberry, rhubarb, peppers, lettuce, beans, carrots, and herbs. I've never been happier with my garden but every year means improvement so before the frost I will be building new beds to ready for next year's crops!

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-Alexis
Spring of 2016