Monday, 22 August 2011

Long time since last entry !!

Yesterday we had the allotment open day - what a scorching hot day for it.   Thought I was abroad. 

I got all my classes in that I wanted to put in:
  • arrangement of flowers in unususal container
  • Red potatoes- put 5 in - wasn't aware they were supposed to be all the same size - mine were baking size - no wins here.  
  • photographs - put in 2 digitially enhanced ones - both won 1st and 2nd place :-) my wildlife one didn't win (shock) but that cos I think they didn't want to give me all the photograph prizes ;-o
  • bunch of herbs - got more than I thought and again won 1st prize - put in some curry plant, parsley, mint (different varieties), chives and tied with piece of string
  •  marrow (big one!) - didn't come anywhere - i thought mine was a whopper but ......
  • 6 raspberries - again no prize here but they tasted nice !   The bush seems to have started producing them all of a sudden which is great
  • large one - not quite as large as the others !
  • basket of veg (me and Janice did this together).   We put in a squash (pumpkin) we're not sure what it is. onion, potatoes, chard.  We got third prize. 

Plenty of photos below and lots of wins too!!



flower arrangement in unusual container which was my recently broken kettle - 1st Prize

Giant Marrow


Birds of Prey (not an entry in the competition but just on show) - I stroked this one at the front

The winners table (mine all mine - well the top left one is shared as it's the scarecrow made of junk)


Proof !!


End of the Day with my winning stash !