My name is Clayton Miller. I'm a 25 year old college student studying Phil biology, hence why I'm in this mess right now.

I've always been interested in plants and how they work ever since I was little, but what

really got me into it was my grandma.

She used to make her own jam from the various berries that grew around her property.

They were mostly raspberries, choke cherries and wild strawberries.

It was fascinating to learn the medicinal properties of plants, how to make ointments and how to identify each plant.

Enough about that. I'm getting off track.

Since I'm taking a class in field biology, most of our lessons are held outside and we're also required

to do our own research during our free time.

That's where my story begins.

June 5th wasn't a very busy day for me.

I only had two classes that day. Both happened to be in the morning,

so I had a lot of time to kill.

Bored out to my mind, I decided that it would be good to get a head start to my journal

assignment, which consists of going outside and identifying 20 plants.

And believe me when I say, there was a lot to write down.

I wasn't the only one who thought about getting started.

There were at least 10 other people outside on campus.

If I know one thing about college, accidental plagiarism is still plagiarism. So, I instead headed in the direction of the town's camping site.

Surely there will be people there,

but I'll be able to find a lot more interesting plants in the woods

than on the immaculate lawns of the college.

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