Today I ran a full system scan on my main computer, in Safe Mode, and then uninstalled and re-installed Norton Anti-Virus 2009, which so far seems to have resolved the problem I was having. That took several hours, during which I couldn’t get computer work done. I also went over to Kimball’s Fruit Farm and stocked up on some fruit and vegetables for the winter. I picked two large tote bags brim-full of apples. I walked down to the pumpkin field (quite a ways) and found a large pumpkin just standing there waiting for me, and carried it back on my shoulder. I also bought some butternut squash, one sugar pumpkin (for eating), three gourds (for decoration) and a couple of heirloom tomatoes. Kimball’s specializes in heirloom varieties of tomatoes, and I’m saving the seeds of several kinds to try planting on my own. I’m very supportive of preserving heirloom breeds and varieties of livestock and food crops.
These are the apple trees I picked from. They were laden so heavily with apples, they looked like grapes–solid packed fruit all along the branches. These apples are huge, too.
My loot, just before I loaded it into the car. Isn’t that an amazing pumpkin?