Should you catch a craving for pecans whilst exploring the Armour Stockyards Ruins….

At Robertson’s Farm Supply on Route 3 in East St. Louis, you can buy lots of useful things. It’s hard to beat farm supply stores for sheer “Wow, I didn’t know that existed but now I need one!” gluttony.

Among the goodies:

They sell pecans by the pound. And they sell grass seed by the pound.

I bought two bags of pecans and one of grass seed. The clerk silently labeled the grass seed bag for me, ever so helpfully:

 

Didn’t even break his poker face while he wrote it. Fantastic.