Rodney and his wife Janie Parker from Lowndes County have been coming to the festival for three years.

Parker had a variety of odd and ends for sale, including numerous cast-iron skillets he has picked up over the years.

“I’ve sold several of those today,” he said.

Parker said he and his wife look forward to coming to the Alapahoochee.

“It just has a relaxing atmosphere,” he said.

Across the field, past a sea of antique tractors of various shapes and sizes, people sat in the grandstands to watch the tractor pull.

Teresa Fletcher from Macclenny, Fla., sat on her 1953 Oliver 88 awaiting her turn at the pull.

A tractor pull involves a tractor hitching up to a iron sled with weights on it. As the tractor pulls the sled the weights move, increasing the amount of weight the tractor has to pull.

Fletcher, a member of the North Florida Antique Power Association, said she found out about the event from members who had attended previously.

Though neither Fletcher nor her husband farm, antique tractors and tractor pulls have become a way of life.

“My husband is from up north and he grew up on a farm, so he did this all his life,” Fletcher said. “We bought a tractor and started going to shows and we haven’t been able to stop.”

Fletcher’s four sons have also caught the tractor bug, she said.

Though the family only has her Oliver 88 right now, their are plans to purchase another one in the near future, she said.

“We love restoring tractors and we like to plow,” she said. “It helps let kids know where their food comes from. It’s addictive.”

The Macclenny-based organization she belongs to will have its own show, Back to the Farm, from May 1-2 at the Glen St. Mary’s Nursery, she said.