A Plague of Locust

John walked into our local wholesale distributor for orchard supplies a few days ago and plainly asked, “Do you have anything that will kill grasshoppers?”. The man behind the desk leaned back in his chair and laughed.

Farmers around here have been dealing with pests all their lives - including the ones who buy land and move here from the coast. People like that - like us, frankly - are labelled “Coasties” and are not usually welcome. Understandably, locals fear their slice of paradise will be swallowed up by people who don’t share their values - and they’re right to fear that. It happens all the time.

Many of these urban transplants move here and want to change everything. Basically, they want to transform this area until it’s just like the area they ran away from: a desolate wasteland of abomination.

Kind of like locusts do.

But that’s not us. We hope, over the years, that time and experience will prove this fact. We mind our own business and, for the most part, keep to ourselves.

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