Growing space: Othello teen uses free time to create garden boxes
Flowers bloom in a garden box built by recent Othello High School graduate Jaxon Rocha over the summer.
Casey McCarthy
A blossoming garden of flowers spread out inside one of the planter boxes built by Othello's Jaxon Rocha over the summer.
A pair of planter boxes begin to come together for recent Othello High School graduate Jaxon Rocha as part of a project he picked up this summer to raise a little extra money before heading off to college this fall.
Jaxon Rocha used extra time while stuck at home without baseball this spring and early summer to begin a woodworking project, building planter boxes for some friends and family to raise money before he heads off to college this fall.
The design of the planter boxes built by Jaxon Rocha over the summer became more intricate as he got more comfortable and familiar with the process.
OTHELLO — Picking up new hobbies this summer was not an uncommon thing with people spending more time indoors, and around the house, due to restrictions from COVID-19.
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