I do hope that your gardens and allotments have fared better than mine this year, the tomatoes’ that I put in pots have been great, but the ones in the veg plot were a disaster, however courgettes in pots produced tiny fruits and mildew, but the ones in the plot, fabulous! Ho hum!! The pigeons ate all the cherries before I could get to them, but I did pick all the red and blackcurrants in time!
Well done to all the entrants and winners in our annual show, surprisingly good turnout for both entries and visitors, lots of new exhibitors made the competition very close with only a few points between us all! Despite the dire weather earlier in the year, and winds and rain the week before which decimated my roses, I still managed to salvage enough, but with only 1 point between 1st and second! 11 lemon drizzle cakes made the judges work very hard!!!
On Saturday 11th October, our annual plant bring and buy stall will be held at Abners, Church Road, at 2.30pm, plants and cakes and chutney will abound, please bring any plants that are surplus to your needs, and also a cake or jam etc to help us raise funds for next years shows etc. I have made more marrow and chilli chutney after we sold out for the last 2 years!!! If we are lucky, Mo will make Apple Pies! Yummy!!
Also in October, the committee have organised a guided tour of Harcourt Arboretum, Saturday 24th October, thinks its in the afternoon, but if you would like to join us, please email me on karencbrooks@googlemail.com or leave a message on the answer phone 850219, stating whether you can offer to drive or just want a lift, we will organise a car rota nearer the time, we will ask for donations for the petrol, and there will be a nominal fee for the tour itself.
PS; we found the garden roller, think it had gone on holiday, but was found trying to disguise itself as a gazebo pole!!
Happy gardening Karen Brooks