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[Don Bowen KI6DIU <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

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