[AT] List member check in rom Gilroy, CA

[Dave Johnson]

That's a long way from home, Jason!

Ah, yep, we stink, a least for the few months in the
spring / summer that the garlic dehydrators are fired
up.... not too long ago we also had 3 tomato canneries
in town as well. In the summer mornings when the ocean
fog lay close to the ground, you'd think you'd stepped
into a pizzaria ( or in my case, died and gone to
heaven!!). 

Unfortunately, the canneries are gone, and if China
garlic continues to be dumped here, the garlic
dehydrator will be gone as well. This year, for the
first time ever ( so it seems) the last hometown
garlic grower, Christopher Ranch has planted no garlic
locally - only out in the San Joaquin (sp) Valley.
Even so, I doubt we'll ever give up the annual Garlic
Festival!

Hollister is becoming a pretty good place to prospect
for older tractors / crawlers - a number of farmers
are retiring or selling out to developers...I can't
wait 'till my kids are through w/ college - that would
free up some tractor bucks!

Best

Dave in Gilroy

Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:46:11 -0500
From: "Jason DeJoode" <jdejoode at highstream.net>
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I was in Gilroy a couple of years ago. It didn't take
me long to 
remember 
what made it famous. Went up over the hill as I had
business 
Watsonville 
way.

I wish I had more reasons to head out that way. Real
nice country.

Jason
Eagan, MN

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From: "Dave Johnson" <webguydave at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 11:13 PM
Subject: [AT] List member check in rom Gilroy, CA


> Still basically lurking on the digest in Gilroy,
> California ( Home of the Stinkin' Rose, otherwise
> known as the Garlic Capital of the World)...and only
> 12 miles from Grant in Hollister!
>
> Don't have a lot of time to do much over the last
> couple of years; too busy keeping a roof over me
head!
>
>
> But I still have a Deering T20 crawler sitting in a
> field nearby w/ a well stuck motor that I dream of
> re-powering....
>
> Dave in Gilroy
>
>


       
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