Sold Out

We had sold mums at the school yesterday, so we went to the patch in the Mule and dug a few to replace those that we needed for delivery. We transferred the mums into the bed of the truck and headed to the school. We found that we had six small mums left so we loaded those in the truck and drove around to the front to pick up the large mums we had set in front of the school. A girl came out and bought 4 of the small mums. We loaded the large mums and headed to our delivery at the finance and loan office. We unloaded the 6 large mums there and a woman came out from the jewelry store and bought the two small mums we had left. So we had no mums to take back to the house. On the way home, Linda said the woman wanted 4 more large mums, so we took the Mule to the patch and dug those, then took them back to her. We ate at Grumpy's while we were in town. Back at the farm, I used the old tractor to bush hog the open area back in the 'holler' and then took the old bush hog off the tractor. I used the blue Ford tractor and scooped some gravel out of the ditch between the hay fields and dumped it in a hole that water had washed out in the gully near the hay shed. While I was working on the ditch, Linda and Stacey went to town, so after I finished I took a ride in the Mule to see what else needed bush hogging. I stopped and took a picture of the empty mum patch.

I'm considering the patch as 'sold out'. Below is a picture of the last two mums that are good enough for digging.
   
Linda and Stacey came home and around 5 PM a truck pulled in the driveway. I went out and it was Bruce Beck and his son, Jesse. They were on their way to Star Point and were having trouble with their S-10 pickup. Bruce tried charging the battery, but that didn't help. He made a phone call to Gary Brown, who was also on his way to Star Point. Brenda and Gary came by our house and picked up Bruce and Jesse. Bruce took the battery with them to have it checked and was planning on returning on Saturday to try to replace either the alternator or the battery, then continue with the truck to Star Point. They all stayed and talked till dark, then left.