Too-tall Weeds
Personal memory by Jeannette Bergquist
2018 • Waterville, Kansas, USA
Our hillside was once covered with wild blue flowers and smaller ground plants until the neighbor at the top of the hill cut down his trees to make it bare for his pasture fencing. The trees had provided shade; now the plants have changed. Because there is more sunlight, more weeds grow and they grow taller. I miss the old plants and flowers.
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