The bees quit working. . . . They couldn't pollinate the blooms. Down the other. He turns down a gravel road and stops by a peach tree. Gathering speed, the pickup bumps toward the main road.
Weeds crowd close to the truck's cab.
Or the weeds. One's still biting. I'm open seven days a week. The Lodi crop is down 75 percent from last year. They think I'm kidding.