Chapter 402019—mid March
Rusty had assured Eric that finding enough labor to handle a large melon harvest wouldn’t be a problem, so roughly eighty acres of the farm were being planted with watermelons, and an additional eighty acres were to be planted in cantaloupes.
Eric and Carlton were in Carlton’s truck, watching several men at work doing the planting.
“From what I’ve read about these two crops, you’re going to make a killing,” Eric said.
“Provided Mother Nature cooperates,” Carlton said, “and long-range weather forecasts say that she will. Ready to go back to the house?”
“Sure,” Eric said. “We don’t have any jobs lined up today, so I’m going to get back to work on the book.”
“You haven’t said much about the book lately, how’s it coming?”
“Mostly by hand.”
“Ha, ha.”
“Sorry,” E
