[Homestead] Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Don Bowen KI6DIU
don.bowen at earthlink.net
Sun Jan 27 23:53:13 EST 2008
At 1/24/2008, you wrote:
>Lucky us, Baker Creek is only an hour north of Heartwood. Chris and I
>went up there last year for the spring festival. It's a very real
>place. We parked in a big pasture and walked in to find an impressive
>number of vendors, presentations, good food and live music. Lots of
>people. We browsed through the seed barn bins and bought way too many
>seeds. A seed barn is like a bookstore, a place most dangerous to
>one's finances.
I went to the fall show a couple of years ago. Even as hot as it was there
was a good turn out but I felt the religious aspect was a bit much. He is
Seventh Day Adventist and that was pushed heavily during the fall festival
by flyers.
>Gettle is quite the promoter and for 2008 he is doing monthly
>festivals. If you get the chance, it's worth your time.
I spent the last three weeks helping out on an organic vegetable farm in
Hollister, CA. The subject came up because they buy several OP varieties
from Baker Creek Commerical growers.
What was I doing there, well the first day I repaired the glow plugs and
fixed a broken wire on a Ford Diesel pickup, the next day I replaced the
steering switches and heater core on a delivery truck and the thermostat on
another. Over the next three weeks I wired a couple of coolers for lights,
replaced the cam shaft in another Diesel delivery truck, replaced the
bearings and ring gear on a tractor and reinstalled both then prepared the
tractor for splitting, pulled one truck out of the mud so I could replace
the vacuum pump, drove to Salinas for parts and to Watsonville for row
covers, went to Galt to buy a shredder, fixed a water leak, and several
other things I have forgotten. It was a busy three weeks and I have to go
back in a couple of weeks to finish the tractor and pull the head off a
Diesel truck. Check my journal sometime tomorrow after noon.
Don Bowen Awl Knotted Up KI6DIU
http://www.braingarage.com
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