Squash galore! At the National Heirloom Expo in California, fall vegetables are in the spotlight

On A sunny mid-September Morning In THE suburb of The bone Angeles, THE great And GOOD of THE world of squash descended on THE Ventura County Fairgrounds, ready For THE National Legacy Exposure has to start. Marking THE First of all time THE fair had has been detained out of It is usual place In Sonoma County, visitors were greeted by A imposing pyramid of cucurbits of all shapes, colors, And sizes - one kaleidoscope of yellow And oranges announcing THE arrival of autumn In all It is glory.

But of course, THE eclectic audience gathered has to exchange Remarks on THE weird And wonderful secrets of THE vegetable Kingdom were not there just has admire, but Also has learn.

First of all, they flocked has THE legacy Poultry festival, highlighting America the rarest And most fabulous birds: judge took place on day A, while THE complete line up stayed available For visualization all along THE entire event, naturally. Following, THE undisputed emphasize among participants was THE seed to exchange, pioneer by THE author And herbalist Bevin Cohen of Little Home Farm In Michigan And her marry Heather, And detained each day between 3 p.m. has 6 p.m. Or a few arrived early And calmly arranged their prepackaged And thoroughly labeled packages through THE painting, he doesn't take long For he has become A delicious kind of chaos, with a lot interference has to input as a lot of THE varieties - some which had has been cultivated In THE participants' families For generations - like possible. THE only without seed In THE mix? A bucket complete of pineapple wise cuts has propagate, which arrived has to have has been brought by A local.

Somewhere else, exhibitors double THE rooms of THE convention center provide knowledge In THE last developments In All Since organic gardening has sustainable agriculture has community development, while sellers Free All Since vegan skin care has legacy Pasta has local Honey. And For those feeling A little more curious, talks all along THE week stepped over All Since family heirlooms of THE African diaspora, has holistic gardening, has discover new paths has well-being via gardening For nutrition.

But THE the biggest crowds gathered For John Kohler of Growth Your Greens: something of A the lebrity of the seeds, he turned out, THANKS has her savagely popular organic gardening series on Youtube. Another talk came courtesy of Helene Juarez, A teacher has THE University of Guadalajara, WHO spoke of her work with prison detainees And youth In medicine rehabilitation programs, And how she is witnessed first hand THE power of gardening And to feed plants When he come has improvement mental health. In the meantime, Joseph Lofthouse—a Mormon WHO took A wish of poverty has become A farmer—presentation on THE benefits of local breed gardening, A form of factory reproduction And cross pollination that any of them amateur gardener can to try their hand to.

As THE weekend drew has A close, However, only A question remained: What would be become of that majestic pumpkin pyramid? In THE final hours of THE exposure, he was revealed that participants could purchase them - whatever squash Or melons, squash Or watermelons - for at the lowest prices, leading has A blur of wheelbarrows And crates And A little splashed victims along THE path. More power has THE pumpkins.