Setting Up to Sell

So, in the garden the peas are barely up, the squash is trying hard, and we've got volunteer sunflowers from last year's seed.

Obviously I don't have anything to sell yet, but it's never too early to start planning.

Yes, my friends, I will be one of those people who sit in a lawn chair under an awning and sell watermelons from the back of the truck.  Well, kinda.  Actually not exactly.  We're shooting for something a little more classy than that.

Here's the '69 Dodge Sweptline farm truck, named "Champ" (by me) and "Rat F-ck the Wonder Truck" by Jeff, who has to work on it when it breaks down. It's the only one we have that's big enough to do what we want (and to haul all of the produce without a trailer):

Notice the rusty cattle racks.  They have to be painted white.  With a brush.  Urgh.  At least the truck is already green, a suitable color for a "farm stand".  The paint is faded and ugly but it works.  Of course I need to put "That Little Farm Stand" and "A Division of Sweetgum Farm" and "No Ripley Tomatoes" and our address/phone number on both doors, and on the tailgate.  With a brush.  Urgh.

Jeff and I think we're so very clever.  We're going to hang large, tilted shelves from both sides of the truck (via the cattle rack) to hold the flats of produce.  We're also going to put tarps out from each side to shade the produce and the customers.  (Of which there will be many, we have no doubt.)

The shelf idea will be great - until the melons come in.  Then I'm just going to have to sell 'em out of the bed of the truck.  Like all the other country folk do.  I love living in the South!