My name is Sam Friedman. I was born in San Francisco California, but I moved to San Jose when I was two.

I have never had a full on garden before, but my family and I have always had huge amounts of flowering plants in our backyard that we all work on, even though my mom does most of the work.  My family also has a fig tree and an orange tree.  We get fruit from these every year.  We also grow many herbs that we like to cook with.  I like to help my mom cook and sometimes I do it by myself.  I like using my own food in cooking and I will continue to do so.