Jake and Helen Kester: Cultivating More Than Just Crops

Jake and Helen Kester (right-left) with a throng of carrots dug from their garden at their home in Santaquin.

“Cultivators of the earth are the most virtuous and independent citizens,” Thomas Jefferson said. Among local residents of whom this praise speaks well are Jake and Helen Kester. The Kesters have cultivated their spacious Santaquin lot since the 1970s, with a plentiful vegetable garden, remarkable flower patches, and fruit bearing bushes and trees growing throughout.