The Outdoorsman
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I know a couple old timers like that. They trust you to begin with but when I'm half drunk and bored I'll start pulling weeds and trimming trees. Now I'm part of the family. "You need to borrow a rifle? You need to borrow my tiller? Yeah I'll sell that to you for x amount of dollars."yea these guys are no joke, they harvest around the clock. Hard keeping up with them. I was only helping an old friend. He fixed my diesel generator which I thought was blown, and so did a mechanic that I had take a look at it. told him he could have it if wanted it for parts. came home the other day and it was sitting in front of my shop, fixed. he wouldn't take my money, but would accept some work from me. I grew up helping him on his farm, as he was the only neighbor for miles. he is in his late 70's and can still out work most guys I know.
There's this one cool dude that sets up a veggie stand in the middle of nowhere on his farm stead. I stopped by all the time because it was cheaper and better than the grocery store. Also it's a honor system, take what you need leave the money in the red wooden box. Once he got to know you he'd let you pick what you wanted from his garden. I'm rambling but I should go visit that guy and get a couple pounds of raspberries, if still in season. Dude must be in his 80's. I asked what variety of apples he had, he paused, looked at the tree and said "small ones" haha