“I got the last one,” said The Farmer one recent day, after making a quick run through our rural neighborhood.
The “last one” was a plump watermelon from a neighbor’s small, self-serve roadside produce stand. Their melons, and a variety of other produce, are grown within sight of the tiny stand on this small farm owned by a young family.
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