Well done to everyone who entered the Summer show, our largest ever! 55 competitors put together 385 exhibits between them, just phenomenal! As usual the standard was pretty high, particularly in the cookery, floral art, handicraft & photography sections, with just one or two points between the winner of the cup and second place! Fruit, flowers & vegetables were not so good this year, but hardly to be expected given the weather conditions this year! The children’s’ section was brilliant, 14 kids entered this year, which gave the judges a bit of a headache, well done!
As usual, my roses where not up to scratch on show day, but 3 days later they were looking fabulous, typical! I had no runner beans ready, only 2 courgettes not 4, my teabread decided to burn itself then sink, but at least it got a 1st in the committee reject class, such fame!
Our next talk is on Wednesday 1st September, at 7.30pm, in the Vale room, Blewbury, when we have a Bee Demonstration, sadly they are not doing Morris dancing, but the beekeepers are going to tell us all about bees and how to keep them happy, and I think there was a mention of real honey being available to buy!
Happy Gardening
Karen Brooks