Spring Planting Festival

A Spring Planting Festival will be held on the grounds of the Historic Ballenger House, located at the corner of East South Third and Depot Streets in Seneca, on March 17 from 3-5pm.  Sponsored by the Seneca Woman’s Club, the festival is free and open to the public.  There will be activities to appeal to all ages.  Members of the Seneca High School Future Farmers of America have organized fun games and activities for youngsters: Seed bingo, pin the part on the plant, proper planting techniques, and many more. The goal is for kids to have fun learning where their food comes from and perhaps become interested in gardening or even farming.  Adults may ask the experts for tips on how to grow abundant and beautiful vegetable, herb, and flower gardens from: Bob Polomski, Ph.D. Extension Consumer Horticulturist at Clemson University and author of “Month-by-Month Gardening in the Carolinas;” Bill Smith, Ph.D. Clemson University Professor Emeritus of Soils; and, Morris Warner, Clemson University Cooperative Agricultural Extension Agent for Oconee County.  The Harbin Family will provide demonstrations in the use of antique farm machinery, including a seed cleaner, corn sheller, corn mill and cotton gin. Their Oconee County farm is operated, as it would have been in earlier days, fascinating to history buffs and interesting for all.