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LIFE LESSON

“IT’S BASICALLY A whole lesson on life in one square block of dirt,” says chef Troy Rhoades-Brown of growing your own vegetables. “I’ve always built and had vegetable gardens at every house I’ve lived in. I feel I need it, not for the produce but for the feeling it brings me. It forces you to slow down, be patient, makes you accountable if you mistreat it, and rewards you when you love it.”

Troy, who owns Muse Restaurant and Muse

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