This place is just amazing!!!
If you are not familiar with the Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company, you probably should be. In the "war on food" these guys are frontline in providing non-mutant, healthy seeds, and I love to visit when I get the opportunity. Today, it was for their 18th Annual Spring Planting Festival, and boy did the people turn out!!!
HERE WE COME!!!
Man, when you run into a "traffic jam" in the middle of nowhere when there has been no accident, it may mean something good! It took us a long time to come in this way, and we saw vehicles and people from Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Arkansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, and even Nevada. Many more were probably present, but those are the ones that I caught without really looking. It encouraged me to see so many people excited about gardening with real seeds! Also, normally I "sneak in" the back way through some dirt roads, but this time I joined the crowd. Might have to sneak in tomorrow and save some time.
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This was the first steemian that walked up and asked if I was the 
Then came the Ninja of STEEM, 
These steemians were also in the area, running a booth for demonstrations and one for homesteading merchandise. It was great to see 
While I was hanging out near that booth another steemian approached to ask if I was indeed 
Whether they were steemians or not, a lot of interesting gardeners and homesteaders were in attendance today. There are so many great reasons to garden that I am glad to see so many people excited about it. I think last year over 10,000 came over to the festival, so who knows how many will be there this time.
Speaking of interesting gardeners, does anyone recognize John Kohler from the "Learn Organic Gardening at GrowingYourGreens" YouTube channel? I certainly did. He came all the way over from Las Vegas for the event, and I hope that I get to spend a little more time with him when we return tomorrow. This guy loves sharing gardening knowledge and inspiring others, and with over 500,000 YouTube subscribers people obviously like what he's up to.
Many crafts and plants were for sale by a large variety of vendors, not to mention all of the amazing seeds that Baker Creek sells. I tried to cut back on purchases this time since I've got so many plants already to get into the ground, but
