MARTHA STEWART - 5 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT ME

THE LIFESTYLE GURU OPENS UP ABOUT HER EARLY YEARS, FINDING HER PASSION AND MORE!

I GREW UP POOR She’s a self-made billionaire, but Martha wasn’t raised in a wealthy household. As one of six children born to Polish-American parents in Nutley, N.J., she learned to garden at age 3 to help her family put food on the table. “My father instilled in me the importance of growing one’s own vegetables,” she says. “As soon as I had my own home, I started planting everything my family and I loved to eat.”