It鈥檚 not your typical lemonade stand that nine-year-old Lochlan Delmaestro sets up at the end of his Aldergrove driveway on hot summer afternoons.
Noticeable by a wooden sign that reads 鈥淟och鈥檚 Herbs and Veggies,鈥� the young entrepreneur has instead been selling vegetables to save up for a desktop computer.
With it, Lochlan plans to create YouTube videos and livestream games including Fortnite and Minecraft.
鈥淚 want to be a YouTuber,鈥� the soon-to-be Grade 4 student about his hopes to entertain folks all around the world.
The veggie stand has proved a successful hustle now that his mother Charlene 鈥� a 91原创 Township firefighter 鈥� has lent him a hand with sales.
She鈥檚 used the North Otter Community Page Facebook group to inform her colleagues and neighbours of her son鈥檚 latest crops.
鈥淲e post what he has and my colleagues prearrange what they鈥檒l buy and I bring it to work,鈥� she explained.
Though Lochlan doesn鈥檛 do the majority of gardening, he helps his dad, Robert, with watering the plants.
To date, the 9-year-old鈥檚 biggest seller has been broccoli, his father said.
鈥淓veryone wanted your broccoli,鈥� Mom agreed. Second to broccoli has been kale and zucchini, she said.
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What the Belmont Elementary student sells that day depends wholly on what is ripe.
鈥淟ettuce and broccoli are done for the season but zucchini and squash are starting to come in,鈥� Robert told the boy.
鈥淧eppers too?鈥� Lochlan queried.
鈥淵es they鈥檙e growing now,鈥� Dad responded.
The nine-year-old sells overabundance from the Delmaestros鈥� garden, which has fed the North Otter family of five for years now.
鈥淲e eat out of it every single day,鈥� Charlene elaborated.
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In two weeks, Lochlan raised more than $45 from his veggie stand 鈥� with sales of vegetables and herbs (including basil, rosemary, and mint) by the Robertson Crescent roadside.
He keeps profits in the form of crinkled five-dollar bills and coins in a jar in his bedroom, and counts it periodically.
The eager young entrepreneur estimates his dream computer costs around $900 鈥� with all the fixings.
鈥淭he computer is a long-term goal,鈥� his dad explained. 鈥淪omething he can work towards.鈥�
His mother said she thinks it鈥檚 a realistic goal considering her son鈥檚 positive attitude.
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鈥淗e sees himself with no limits,鈥� Charlene said. 鈥淎nd that鈥檚 how things happen. It鈥檚 all mental strength.鈥�
鈥淭hat鈥檚 how I became a firefighter,鈥� Mom added. 鈥淚鈥檝e been dreaming of being one since age five.鈥�
The first responder said she needed to muster up a lot of 鈥渕ental strength鈥� when returning to the workforce after giving birth to her three children.
鈥淚鈥檓 like Lochlan that way,鈥� she said.
