lemonis: alex runs honeydew, along with his wife, miranda.a far cry from the years he spent working in the shadows. did you wonder if you were gonna potentially go to jail on certain days? absolutely. -you did? -absolutely. and what did you tell people you did for a living? well, i mean, i did do construction back then during the day, but then maybe early in the morning or late in the evening i had a few plants in the woods. and the thing i think i would be worried about is, okay, the state of california said it was legal. yeah. and then humboldt county gave me a license. but what if the federal government's like, "nope, we don't agree"? if the federal government is going to start somewhere, i would hope they would start with the big black-market producers crossing state lines. i want to see more. how can we do that? hop in my truck and go for a tour. lemonis: born in philadelphia, he came to humboldt in 1991, when he was just 19. this is our house, but we're going to run up to the top of that side of the ranch. alex never even told his mom w