It has been about 20 years since I first tried my hand at growing. I was 22 at the time, and had moved on from college and living at home with my parents. I began at an Americorps community garden in Poughkeepsie, NY, helping to grow food for a local soup kitchen. The gentleman who was running the CSA farm next door took a liking to me, and I went on to work with him for 5 or 6 years. At the same time, I was living with a girlfriend and surrounded by friends and a community t