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Vicki Baumgartner tills her soul.

Green acres is the place to be, for Vicki anyway. 15 years ago, this modern-day Demeter waved goodbye to suburbia, and now gives farming a green thumbs up. “I can’t imagine not having a place to garden,” she admits.  Home is 22 acres, ripe with orchards and herb, vegetable, and flower gardens. “To walk by my gardens and pick what’s for dinner is unbelievably gratifying.”  Vicki is convinced everyone benefits from growing a garden—even in a windowsill. “It gives you an appreciation for where food comes from,” she says. “Especially when you can pick a pepper and know it’s pesticide-free.” One down side to rural living used to be no pizza delivery. “I canned marinara by the case.” Canned pickles, apple butter and jams have become other fruits of her labor. While others golf, Vicki mows. “It’s a spiritual connection with me. Plus, I drive a mean John Deere!”