WEBVTT CHIEF METEOROLOGIST JOHN MCLAUGHLIN AND IOWA'S SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR ANDY GARMAN. KEVIN: IT'S PLANTING SEASON IN IOWA WHEN GREEN THUMB GARDENERS AND FARMERS ALIKE, GET EXCITED. STACEY: BUT THIS MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND, SOMETHING ELSE IS GROWING IN A MARION COUNTY GREENHOUSE. IT'S A GREAT STORY OF A PARENT'S LOVE IN ERIC HANSON'S THIS IS IOWA. ERIC: IN GREENHOUSE ACROSS IOWA, YOU WILL FIND POTENTIAL IN EVERY POT. COLORFUL BLOSSOMS, READY TO GROW. JUST LIKE THE 20-YEAR-OLD WHO ACTS LIKE SHE RUNS THE PLACE. WE HAVE ASPARAGUS AND RHUBARB. ERIC: BECAUSE SHE DOES. HER ONLY TWO EMPLOYEES ARE HER PARENTS, PLAYED -- WHO PLANTED THE SEEDS FOR THIS YEARS AGO. SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO FIGURE OUT WITH SOMEBODY LIKE MARISSA WHAT IS THE BEST. ERIC: BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL THEY FOUND OUT SHE LIKE TO THINGS, GETTING HER FINGERS DIRTY AND MAKING PEOPLE SMILE. SO HER DAD TIRED EARLY AND HER MOTHER DID THE HOMEWORK AND THEY INVESTED THOUSANDS IN A DREAM FOR THEIR DAUGHTER. YOU TRY AND DO THE BEST FOR ALL OF YOUR KIDS. ERIC: NOW, AT 20, MARISSA IS IN HER SECOND SPRING RUNNING THE FARM. THEY WERE WORKING ON COUNTING TO 100 AND SHE HAD TROUBLE WITH 15. ERIC: TODAY -- CUSTOMERS ARE KEEPING HER SPECIALLY DESIGNED IPAD CASH REGISTER HUMMING AND THEY ARE PICKING UP MORE THAN JUST PETUNIAS'S. THEY ARE ALSO GETTING A LESSON IN ABILITIES. THE MORE THEY ARE EXPOSED TO THIS THE MORE THEY GET IT. THE MORE SHE IS EXPOSED TO IT, THE MORE SHE GETS IT. ERIC: NOW THAT SHE IS THE BOSS, SHE COULD HAVE BOUGHT HER MOM A FANCY PURSE OR VACUUM CLEANER FOR MOTHER'S DAY. INSTEAD SHE GAVE HER MOM ALSO REALLY WANTED, FLOWERS AND A GENUINE SMILE, LETTING HER KNOW THAT HER GIRL IS TRULY HAPPY. STRAW HATS FARMS IS OPEN TO THE MONTH OF MAY IN PLEASANTVILLE