While farming in Flagstaff is challenging, she perseveres with her son Cooper Montgomery, who has been getting more involved with Tree A’Lolly over the past several years.
Peggy Pollak has been growing food for 34 years at Tree A'Lolly Farms and still finds joy in it.
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While farming in Flagstaff is challenging, she perseveres with her son Cooper Montgomery, who has been getting more involved with Tree A’Lolly over the past several years.
Peggy Pollak finds joy in plants. Whether it’s unexpectedly finding apples growing on her trees in a year during which she didn’t think any would fruit, the tactile enjoyment of running her hands through a bowl full of dried beans as she shells them or the anticipation of finding out whether the ginger or turmeric she planted in her greenhouse will survive outside its normal climate range, Pollak’s life is enriched by little moments with her plants. All the beans she grows have back stories that she will excitedly recount to interested visitors. She even crafts and sells silver jewelry with designs based on the parts of specific plants that she finds interesting or beautiful.
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