With the seed of caring for nature sown within me, I took root at my family farm at a young age. It was a process to be expected—my roots here go deep, to my great-grandfather Anthony Sadlowski, who bought this 42-acre farm in 1942 with his wife, Julia.
Under my great-grandparents’ care, the Sadlowski Farm raised livestock and vegetables, as well as tobacco for a cash crop. Two generations later, my father, Jeff, still grows tobacco and asparagus through the multigenerational efforts of the whole Sadlowski family. But along with the barns, corncrib and greenhouses that stick out among the tall, broad tobacco leaves and vertical asparagus spears, rows and rows of colorful ranunculus and lilac blooms clamor for attention at this time of year, while zinnias and sunflowers get…
