Ga Produce

Hurricane Michael just about destroyed Georgia’s pecan crop for this year and some years to come.   The destroyed trees will be replaced and then they will have to grow.

It reminded me of a postal carrier assigned to the Federal Annex  Postal Facility in Atlanta.  After work hours he would go home about 50 miles south of Atlanta and work his and his sister’s farm.  He had plenty of pecan trees.  Many times, we saw him on Spring Street behind the Federal with sacks of pecans with a large basket full of more sacked pecans.  Other times he would be hawking fresh tomatoes or other produce.

I remember he always had on his carrier uniform with a pith helmet except when he retired.

It seemed like he lost a limb,  probably a leg.   But it didn’t hold him down from selling his produce.  Then he would be holding his product up has people left the Federal Annex with him hobbling around keeping balance and squawking out what he had for a good price , freshly picked for that day.