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SELF SUSTAINING<br />
“It was something we<br />
always did and was always<br />
fun. It was the same with<br />
cooking; we were expected<br />
to cook as a family, but it<br />
never seemed like a chore.<br />
We always did it together<br />
and it was fun.”<br />
— SAVANNA BACHUS<br />
fine-tune her content and has learned<br />
talking to a camera isn’t as easy as it<br />
looks.<br />
However, she always can lean on her<br />
upbringing on a farm outside of Wheatland<br />
to help convey her fondness for and<br />
interest in gardening and cooking to her<br />
audience.<br />
Growing up growing things<br />
The person to whom Bachus attributes<br />
her knowledge of cooking and gardening<br />
is her mom, Jill.<br />
“We always cooked and gardened<br />
together,” Bachus shared. “From a young<br />
age, she would put me in the wagon while<br />
she was gardening. I learned to like the<br />
garden. I’m not all that great at it, but I<br />
enjoy it. It was something we always did<br />
and was always fun. It was the same with<br />
cooking; we were expected to cook as a<br />
family, but it never seemed like a chore.<br />
We always did it together and it was fun.”<br />
Bachus by no means considers herself<br />
an expert on the subject matter she discusses<br />
on Allens Grove Acres.<br />
EASTERN IOWA FARMER PHOTO / TREVIS MAYFIELD<br />
Bachus chops some green onions that will<br />
become part of a savory dish.<br />
One point she wants to get across to<br />
her viewers is no one else is expected to<br />
become an expert, either.<br />
“I’m very transparent that I don’t know<br />
what I’m doing all the time,” Bachus<br />
related. “I just think it’s so important to<br />
grow your own food. Maybe some people<br />
just need to see someone else show them<br />
how, and they’ll start doing it, too. You<br />
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