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#1: Weedy Welcome

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How a walk in our very small backyard took me on a tour of American history

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Boaz Frankel
Jan 09, 2022
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We moved into our house in Pittsburgh in March of 2020. It was the first house I’d lived in since moving out of my parents’ house and the first time I was responsible for a yard. Another thing happened in March of 2020: this pandemic. So we spent A LOT of time in this house and its small fenced backyard. I had big plans for a garden though I didn’t know…

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