Gardening was something that I never thought I would be interested in as well looking forward to doing it as much as I do today. It started in my last year of high school in the biotech class I was taking. The task that we had to do was to clone African Violet Plants. This project took most of the school year to finish and after we were done I had a new love for gardening. Cloning these plants and making sure I watered them everyday taught me a new form of responsibility. Once the school year was over we had to take our plants home and take care of them ourselves without the help of our teacher, making sure that they got enough sunlight and water. During the summer watering and taking care of my plants was something that I enjoyed and helped me relax when things in life would become too stressful. Once summer was over and I started college I had to leave the well being of my plants to my mom and dad who took care of them very well, however I missed gardening myself. That is when I decided I would help my aunt that I am living with in her garden. My aunt, like me, has a passion for gardening and has enjoyed it since she was a kid as well. She taught the same techniques that her father taught her and has showed me the many different ways you could help grow healthier plants. Gardening has not only helped me relax but it has made me closer to my aunt and now we share anything in common. I have also felt a sense of reward with gardening when eating the fresh vegetables that have taken months and a lot of hard work to grow.
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