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As my seeds for the season’s gardens cover the entire kitchen table, I think of my neighbor who started it all for me.
The summer when she was 10, Amanda Russell tended her neighbor’s vegetable stand and picked raspberries, earning a percentage of the sales – and coming away with some things less tangible as well.
Photo courtesy of Amanda Russell
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Amanda Russell grew up in Round Pond and lives in Edgecomb now.
I grew up in Round Pond, and Big Willie was my neighbor. He was a farmer. When I was 10 years old, he hired me to help him with his vegetable stand, which sat on his front lawn.