How a Five Million Dollar Bet Led to an Unexpected Marriage in Queens

roots on this one are tight,” he said, gently squeezing the flexible plastic of the starter pot. “They need to be teased out before they go into the ground, or they will just grow in a circle.”

I took the small plant from his hand. The dirt was cool and damp under my fingernails, smelling of rotting leaves, wet clay, and fresh rain.

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