Thoughts from the T-Shirt Lady

We opened our vegetable stand last Thursday, selling beets, carrots and squash. The number of customers have started to increase. We have a sign at the end of our driveway, and another down the block.

We plan on putting more signs out - creating fliers to hand out, and putting a message on an answering machine to announce what’s for sale each day.

We will have cucumbers, green beans and corn in about 10-14 days, and everyone asks us about our corn.

My DH’s green thumb is always showing, since he has the most beautiful vegetables growing.

We will have blueberries later - though we lost the first blossoms on the bushes when we had a late hard frost back in the beginning of May. So we won’t have as many berries as we have had in past years.

My DH goes out each morning and picks the vegetables we will sell that day. Any left over at the end of the day gets donated to a charity.

My job is to sit outside all day (with frequent trips inside the house) and wait on customers. I’m getting a lot of reading done…. But that’s ok - things will really pick up once our corn is in. And it’s nice to talk to all the local people that come by.

If you are in the neighborhood - we live in Suffolk VA - do drop in - we’d love to have you stop by.

Sandi