Feb. 2022 - Alaska Leaf

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garden spotlight

Quintessence Farms owner Nicholas Gelinas.

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TWENTY YEARS AGO, AN INTREPID KID FROM PENNSYLVANIA HOPPED ON A MOTORCYCLE AND MADE HIS WAY TO ALASKA. He didn't know anything about the Last Frontier except what he'd seen in the movies. Expecting to set up camp in an igloo and be greeted by polar bears, Nicholas Gelinas says he was surprised to encounter more Walmarts than wildlife. "I fully expected to be eaten by a moose," says Gelinas with a laugh.

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