Village Show

[Flummery]

Just sharing the news that my neice's quilt that I made for her wedding won the first prize in the village show handicrafts section. For the first time this year I entered 3 lots of stuff in the veg section too. I got a first for my broad beans, second for my peas and thrid for my 'any other veg' (kohl rabi). Spurred on now! I'm going to put in more next year and put a toe in the water of the fruit section too!

Highlight was meeting up with Littleweed, our allotmenteer from Hull who has had the flooding and thefts from their lotties. Lovely lady, hope we'll meet up again.

[shirlthegirl43]

Well done Flummery!! Now, can I please have some tips on growing kohl rabi?

[Flummery]

I put them in modules shirl, then planted out in the garden and netted and slug pelleted them. Leave them to it after that - they're fantastic.

[shirlthegirl43]

Thanks Flummery, will try them that way. The ones I sowed direct have been patchy in germination.

[Hazel at the Hill]

Well done, Flum! I need to find out more about our annual allotment show - I'd love to win a prize! Oh, besides Prize Pumpkin, which I have set my heart on - plant growing well, pumpkin size of a grapefruit. Keep saying 'you are a winner' whenever I go past.

[pigletwillie]

Flum, well done chuck, the giant vegetable show next then eh.

[Flummery]

I'm never convinved that giant veg can taste as nice and be as tender as the small stuff PW. I'd be prepared to be proved wrong though, but by someone else's big veg. I'd hate to spend a year of my life tending some monster to find it tasted rubbish!

[pigletwillie]

I tend to agree flum, although we do grow a big pumpkin every year to be sold by a local childrens charity called "Rainbows" but they do look nasty eating.

[heebiejeebie]

Well done Flummery!

I've only been to a show once and the "best arrangement of three peas on a plate" scared me off.

[sweetcorn]

Well done!

Did you watch this evening's Village Show on telly??

[littleweed]

Karen banned me from the computer last night but here I am again like a bad penny. Thankyou for the lovely comment, had a lovely time and your peas are the best I've tasted in yonks you deserved to win. I went to the stables today and drooled over the "muck heap" oh, for a trailer or a friend with a car and no sense of smell! Karen has just seen this and said you can tell them that I just absolutely refuse to put ---- in my car! I don't know some people have no sense of adventure! Hope to see you again soon.J

[moggssue]

Well done Flum!! Great to hear of successes, you must have been well pleased. Love the totem as well btw - is this a new addition??

[Headfry]

Congrats Flummery!!! well done
I have promised to enter some bits in our village show.....help, I'm really nervous.

[seasprout]

Well done Flummery, your show was an early one.

[Hazel at the Hill]

Veg Show

We have an allotment show mid Aug and there are categories are things like '3 potatoes on a plate' and 'bunch of radish, 9'

I've no idea about showing veg - and yet I would love to enter something (if I have anything good enough!) so how do I know how it's done? There must be some standard ways of doing things?

The easiest way is to go along and look this year (note to self - take camera!) and maybe I'd be a bit shy to put anything in, but......

What do you think I should do?