Where Wild Things Grow Roots

10/17/2026

I have some fun custom items for the gear heads as well as fun seasonal items! Michael and crew are always gracious hosts and you won't find a better sandwhuch in town! Come see us!

🛑🛑 Happening this morning 9am to 2pm 🛑🛑

Come check out all the cars and vendors.

Come in and get free coffee and $2.99 italian sausage gravy and biscuits.

09/30/2026

The last couple days we have been working to introduce the crazy little gals into the big group. I forget how good it is for my soul to sit in the coop. Observations are that Joyice is a B, Sheryl Crow loves the babies, Cowboy Wooster is cool letting the girls figure out the pecking order, baby Kelly is going to give Dolly a run for her money when it comes to catching the bugs! Day one J came to supervise and day 2 Dean helped clean and gave some extra loves to Cowboy.

09/18/2026

I can buy myself pumpkins... Or whatever Miley said.
My dreams of a pumpkin patch produced one pumpkin. Isn't it the cutest little pumpkin! But I can buy myself pumpkins!

09/14/2026

I am open for advise on how to get my booth to stand out from the others around me. What attracts you to a table at a local market?

09/11/2026

I am excited to try and get a spot here tomorrow! I will he stocked up on tea towels and have plenty of car freshies!

Don't forget we r having our huge parking lot sale this Saturday...come set up and sell with us. It will also b Excelsior Springs' city wide garage sales. So...if u like to shop...get out and enjoy the fun. We also have over 200 vendors, inside, and they have been filling their booths with all kinds of great things.

Sophie will b back signing her books inside. Come in and support her.

We will have 2 food trucks. Finders Keepers will be having a parking lot sale and 2 food trucks, as well.

Furry Tails will b doing nail trims, nail grinding, and treat giveaways so stop by and see her.

We r super excited so come see us this Saturday, 9/12/26

Our hours are Tue-Sat 10-6 & Sunday 12-6. Mondays we r closed. We do final sales at 5:45 pm.

1218 N Jesse James Rd.
Excelsior Springs, MO 64024

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09/05/2026

In one night this one little guy whipped out my tomatoe plants! When I looked out the window and saw the damage I was sure it was plague level infestation of grass hoppers but on closer investigation it was one hornedworm caterpillar. So much distruction for such a small creature! Instead of being sad about all the work I had put in on the tomatoes I am going to be inspired by his energy and secretly glad that the wasp larvae ended him. Moral of the story keep your head down and work hard but watch out who jumps on your back as you work because they could be sucking the life out of you.

09/01/2026

We had an uninvited guest last week.
It was about dusk and I was watering my plants out front and tucking the chickens in for the night when I heard Quincy, the city pound rescue turned homestead protector, let out a terrible cry. I spun around to see a snake coiled up and a confused Quincy trying to make the at the time I thought might be a life altering decision if he should play with this uninvited guest, run for cover or defend the homestead from such a rude intruder! Between my limted experience with such reptiles and poor eye sight to me coiled, striking serpent means death! So I started yelling for Travis to bring a pew pew! This man has the gull to meet me at the front door with a curious "hunh?" As if the shrieking for a weapon to kill a snake needed more explanation. He heads back inside and I try to convince the oversized K-9 that the correct corse of action would be to retreat! Then from the top of the stairs I hear T inquire of the location of weapon of choice that he keeps in a nightstand incase of an emergency in the middle of the night. The palm of the hand to the forehead moments are coming more often now as I dash across the front room to the tool we keep by the back door for daytime intruders followed by my 4 legged protector. At that time the old bird hound lays eyes on the tool of choice and smelled powered and found puppy gear. He is bouncing and ready to "hunt 'em up". I run back to the front porch with my pack in tow as I try and get the necessary cartridge in the correct position to end the attacking reptile! T finally finds his way back down with the hand held tool of distruction and looks at me and comends my tool of choice. T has taken the position of knight in grungy hey dudes and strides off the porch to do the deed. As he fearlessly approaches our asslaint, I wonder what happened to the man I married 30 years ago who lived by the moto that the only good snake is a dead snake. As he inspects this creature of havoc he beings delivering some kind of national geographic lecture about what a helpful part of the ecosystem this creature is and he uses the end of the tool of dustruction to move the rude reptile along his way. Satan's Serpant heads for the babies pool and chickens and I not so calmly remind him that the creature bit my dog and I didn't want him around my babies, Grand or feathered!! So he agreed to use the garden hose to redirect the attack snake. He passes the long arm to me and with a flick of a confident wrist begins the hydro attack on the serpant of doom! What happened next is a whirlwind of grown man, confused hound and one very angry and aggressive snake all moving in different directions. All five foot of this "harmless" black snake launches at Travis and his geriatric bird dog. Travis (who's back had been giving him fits all week and could barley make it out of the pickup into the chiropractors office two days before) moves away from the attack with the ease and speed of an Olympic athlete. The whole time he was now in a horror film scream laced in obscenities calling for my long armed tool of distruction! In a move that would have made Clint Eastwood proud I toss the heat to T and he draws a beat on this slithering terriost, which is now considered a nuisance to all as he slithers against the house. I remind T that if he takes that shot the snake will be the least of his problems. He then attempts to attack this creature with a nearby piece of lumber but the snake is gone. Quincy wasn't the only one who learned a lesson that evening. After several days of watching anxiously I think the snake has figured that the soft grass isn't worth the head ache he got from the crazy people's reaction. After a couple days in the dog house T learned if I am screaming like a wild banchie then he should probably mirror his reaction. Quincy learned to keep his nose away from all which slithers. And I learned that my once firm beliefs in live and let live can be challenged in an instant.

08/27/2026

Cowboy Wooster has heard that the PSL is here and noticed mama smiles a little more when she sips her coffee! He wonders if there are meal worms in a PSL? Where are all our fall fans at? Give me everything pumpkin and Carmel Apple! f
Fall is my favorite time of year and I am ready for it! What about you?

08/19/2026

The good, the bad and the ugly... The tomatoes and green beans are still trying. Apparently cucumbers are very easy to go or my hidden talent is growing cucumbers?!? The beets are 🤷🏻‍♀️. Guess what is not producing... The pumpkins. All I wanted was a pumpkin patch and they are the one plant that has nothing! I thought we had one on and now it's gone.

08/12/2026

95-95- Nittty- Nitty- Five! Back to School Night at Wood Heights Community Market we came dressed as we would in high school. Just more proof that this group of people from all walks of life can come together and do great things! We packed a book bag full of supplies that went to one lucky winner! This might have been our last night for the farmer's market but it is not the last time this group will be gathering! Thanks for being Beau's guys and Dean's favorite people to throw rocks at and welcoming us all into your peanut gang or island of misfits.