BE FOR SOMEBODY WHO LIKES TO
PLANT THINGS, SEE THINGS GROW
AND MAYBE SEE SOMETHING A
LITTLE DIFFERENT GROWING, THIS
IS GROUND ZERO TO FIND ALL OF
THAT.
I AM IN BAKERSFIELD RIGHT
OUTSIDE OF MANSFIELD AND I'M IN
THE BAKER CREEK SEED STORE AND
I HAVE KATHY.
I HAVE DAVE WITH ME.
I'M GOING TO TURN TO THE LADIES
FIRST, OKAY DAVE?
I'M GOING TO TURN TO KATHY HERE
AND GET KIND OF THE ELEVATOR
SPEECH THAT SHORT SPEECH AND
TELL FOLKS WHAT BAKER CREEK IS
ALL ABOUT.
WE ARE REALLY ALL ABOUT
SELLING SEEDS BUT IT'S MORE
THAN THAT WHEN YOU COME TO
BAKERSFIELD WE HAVE A WIDE
RANGE OF HERITAGE FESTIVALS,
THE FIRST SUNDAY OF EVERY
MONTH.
WE HAVE AN ON-SITE BAKERY WHERE
WE HAVE AN ON-SITE RESTAURANT.
WE HAVE ON-SITE MUSIC, THERE'S
SO MUCH MORE HERE.
Tom: NOW I'VE GOT TO BACK UP
BECAUSE YOU USED THE WORD
HERITAGE.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHEN YOU SAY
HERITAGE SEED, HERITAGE AND
THINGS LIKE THAT WHAT YOU ARE
MEETING.
Guest: ALMOST EVERYBODY
KNOWS THAT HEIRLOOM BUT THEY
THINK IN TERMS OF FAMILY
HEIRLOOMS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED
DOWN AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT
HEIRLOOM SEEDS ARE, THEY BEEN
PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO
GENERATION.
HERITAGE BREED ANIMALS ARE THE
SAME WAY, THEY ARE THE OLD
NATIONAL STANDARD BREEDS THAT
HAVE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME.
Tom: YOU ARE FINDING KIND OF
THE ORIGINALS HERE.
Guest: RIGHT, THINK OF THEM
AS ANTIQUES.
ANTIQUE VARIETIES OF SEED AND
ANTIQUE VARIETIES OF ANIMALS,
THE SAME.
Tom: YOU CAN GROW ANTIQUES
RIGHT FROM HERE.
DAVE, GOING TO TURN TO A LITTLE
BIT.
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
FOLKS WHO WORK HERE BECAUSE YOU
HAVE EXPERTS HERE, BUT THEY
REALLY ARE JUST LIKE YOU AND
ME, JUST FOLKS.
Guest: REALLY PRACTICAL
PEOPLE THAT GARDEN AND WORK
WITH THEIR HANDS ALL THEIR
LIFE.
PRACTICAL TYPE PEOPLE, IT IS
PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO WOULD WANT
YOUR NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR.
Tom: RIGHT, YOU ARE TALKING
AND AS KATHY MENTIONED THE
HERITAGE SEED AND DIFFERENT
THINGS LIKE THIS.
THIS IS A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN
ALSO LEARN A LOT JUST BY KIND
OF HANGING AROUND AND
LISTENING.
Guest: ABSOLUTELY, YOU WANT
TO PICK PEOPLES MINDS AND ALSO
AT OUR GARDEN SHOW, WE DO HAVE
SOME SPEAKERS AND A REAL
LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
Tom: LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT
IS A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE AS DAVE
WAS SAYING YOU HAVE THESE
FESTIVALS AND DIFFERENT THINGS
LIKE THIS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
Guest: WE ARE, WE HAVE THE
FIRST SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH
MARCH THROUGH OCTOBER.
WE HAVE A FESTIVAL EVERY MONTH
COMING UP.
ALL OF THOSE JUNE THROUGH
OCTOBER, THERE'S NEVER A CHARGE
THE ONLY TIME WE CHARGE US FOR
THE BIG MAY FESTIVAL.
THE MONTHLY HERITAGE FESTIVAL
IS ALL FREE AND SCHOOL TOURS
ARE FREE, IT IS FREE TO COME TO
BAKERSFIELD THE ONLY THING YOU
PAY FOR IS WHAT YOU WANT TO
PURCHASE.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS FREE HERE.
Tom: THAT'S ONE THING YOU
MENTIONED ALSO, SCHOOL TOURS.
SCHOOL KIDS LOVE TO COME OUT
HERE.
Guest: WE DO, WE GIVE TOURS
TO THE SMALLER KIDS THAT ARE
REALLY INTERESTED IN THE
ANIMALS, YOU GET TO THE OLDER
KIDS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN
GARDENING OR INTERESTED IN THE
BUSINESS ASPECT AND WE CAN CURE
TOURS TO WHATEVER AGE.
Tom: I KNOW ALSO THERE IS
FOOD IN THESE PARTS AS A MATTER
OF FACT, TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT IF PEOPLE WANT TO
EXPERIENCE A DIFFERENT MEAL OR
SOMETHING THAT IF YOU GET ONE
OF THEM YOU CAN KIND OF FEED A
SMALLER FAMILY ON WHICH IS THE
CINNAMON ROLLS HERE.
Guest: REALLY GOOD CINNAMON
ROLLS HERE, ALSO DURING THE
WEEK WE HAVE OUR RESTAURANT
HERE THAT SERVES VEGAN FOOD BUT
A LOT OF THE VEGETABLES THAT WE
SERVE ARE REALLY TASTY FOODS.
Tom: YOU WANT TO TALK FARM
TO TABLE, THIS IS THE PLACE.
Guest: IT IS.
WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE
COMMUNITY COME IN MAYBE 75
100 MEALS THERE PER DAY.
Tom: IT IS GOOD FOOD, TRUST
ME ON THE CINNAMON ROLL STUFF,
THEY ARE AS BIG AS A DINNER
PLATE AND REALLY GOOD.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PLACE WHERE
PEOPLE OF ALL AGES REALLY CAN
HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FUN AND
LEARN SOME THINGS.
Guest: IT REALLY IS.
WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF THINGS,
THE KIDS LOVE TO LEARN ABOUT
THE ANIMALS AND THE FLOWERS AND
SO FORTH.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT KIDS OF
ALL AGES, LITTLE KIDS, BIGGER
KIDS.
KIDS LIKE ME.
Tom: TO START THE MATTER
REALLY IS JUST A GOOD IDEA.
IF PEOPLE ARE WANTING MORE
INFORMATION, ABOUT EVERYTHING
THAT GOES ON HERE, THE
FESTIVALS AND STUFF LIKE THAT,
HOW DID THEY GET IT?
Guest: THE BEST WAY IS TO GO
TO THE WEBSITE AND ALSO EMAIL
US AT REAR SEEDS.COM.
WE ARE ON INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK
BUT THE INFORMATION IS OUT
THERE EASILY OBTAINABLE.>>
Tom: IF YOU DON'T THINK IT'S A
BIG DEAL, SEEDS GO OUT TO ABOUT