My grandfather Ignazio Buffa purchased 2 35' x 130' lots in Monessen, PA in 1913. He and his brother built an apartment building on one lot and kept the other lot for the garden. They erected terrace walls, a large chicken coop and a storage shed.
In 1919 my grandmother Caterina Atria arrived, and they were married in Jan 1920. I think these were the happiest years of their lives. Two daughters were born. The garden flourished. Each year 100 chicken peeps were purchased. The chickens were raised on corn grown from the garden. And they were sold by the end of each year.
