fired up 2 retain title

Hurry up and get home Richard and lets us know how you went!!!

did we win???

'we' 'we' where his inspirations

that's right thee, he couldnt have done it without us

where's our winning ribbon?

If he gets a prize I'll shout him a 'pop fizz'

Oi Richard you have been on line long enough, do tell all sounds promising as you must be posting your winning pics

Its now gone 3.18pm you said this time tomorrow I am waiting and waiting..

..........and waiting..................

...the suspense is driving me nuts...however... .... despite the end results...........you are a winner, Richard.

I agree Fay, and if NOT it was rigged

Little Miss The Estate wrote:

I agree Fay, and if NOT it was rigged

..you silly goose...
Pssst...I agree...

I dont know what happened but i spent a long time writing out what hapened today and had thought i had sent it.Being a saturday the (very nice)townie weekend folks over the road all ways ask as over for drnkypos at 5.00pm(not pop fizz as whisky doesn't fizz)when we eventually came home i saw that my lastest post had not gone through,what the bl*$*!* hell happened there
i'm going to have to do it all again,........bugger ..and it was so long too.

Beer with me girls, opps sorry its folks now a howa ya goin Dan

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drnkypos at 5.00pm(not pop fizz as whisky doesn't fizz)

Drinkypoos he means 'folks' too much looney juice Richard

Righto this time

The day went well,entered 10 classes,came placed in 9.

First is the ribbon for the grand champion that i was hopping to retain,i came third


In the other classes, i took first in the Frankenstein section with (Jake the peg)



In the miscellaneous vegetable section i got a highly recommended for my leeks


Now for the Long Beetroot section,this one has pissed me off for yet another year with the smallest wins,why i dont know ?,i would think that when it comes to gardening, quality and quantity is the fundamental of all gardening and that it should be reflected in what are the requirements as a grower in presenting in such competition as these.


In the rest of the sections i came third in the rhubarb section,second in the purple potato section,first in the white onion section,second in red onion,second in the marrow section and first in the three potato variety section,the only one i missed out on was the pumpkin


Couldn't leave the show without getting a couple of flower pics

I was taken with this rose





This i throught was a dagg,you dont see this at any townie shows do ya

Richard I had a reply disappear this afternoon too so it may not have been you..
This townie thinks that you did very well, I think that is Bonza that you were placed nine out of ten a nice feather in you cap, I do hope you wear one..

I would have been taken with that rose too did ya gets its name .. Looks like a DA to me but I could be wrong I am no expert.. Well done

Well done Richard
To get placed in 9 out of 10 categories is not to be sneezed at, you did very well.
Congratulations.

I wonder if it is the David Austin rose.. The Pilgrim

Well Done Richard .I think your veg, were The Best in Show.
Also like the Rose.You deserve a good rest now and maybe some
liquid refreshments of the bubbly type.
Maybe a hot chocolate would be nice.

well Richard I am very proud of our wins, and I am most pleased the funny veggie got first place and all the others, I know how you feel I show roses (only in the novice section) and it IS SO stressful , but the best part is having a go, without all the entries shows just dont happen.

and tha maze what a crack up

good onya for winning the frankenveg, richard!


too bad about the beets.

next year...here's what you do.
you scrub and oil them, see...just like the winner did.
then you're sure to win!
are those your monsters behind them?
it's a kinda funny picture, actually.
they look all deflated and depressed.
i'm sure they were. it's very hard to deal with rejection sometimes.



anyway....we're all very proud of you.
and i have some great beet recipes for you to console yourself with.

a fantastic result R! and some great winning pics there
next year that grand champion ribbon is coming back where it belongs!

wow, that sounds like a neat little trick with oiling the vegies tessa

tessa,I did most of the veges with oil but didn't do the three beet section ones,dont know why but i just did get around to doing it,next year i will

I'm on the sub committee that runs the produce section so i think i'm gonna bring this beetroot matter,i think there needs to be two sections,one for table beetroots and another one for preserving beets because you do need to encourage gardening for maximum yields also

otamot, at the end of the day it all good fun with lots of friendly rivalry,the first prize went to a man called Bob (not my ram) who lost his wife about 6 months ago,so i felt good seeing it go to him,it really made his day

M A i have no idea what it was but it was a stunning rose

Cheryl your right in that without the entries there's no show and there was a lot of entries especially in the baking section,good to see people still do bake seems to be a dieing thing in cities nowadays.

Gwen yes i did have quite a few liquid refreshments after but not the bubbly type,they dont make a sparkling whisky, ohooo stop that my poor head

I like these smaller country shows... so much more fun and interesting than the city shows... more variety too though never seen a stock truck maze ... hope they cleaned it out first and sprayed some air freshener around

You should be pleased with yourself... you did well and deserve a gold medal for overall Us Aussies will have to have a chat with those judges though...

Morning Gail,great see to you are up early ,yep they gave the truck a good water blast,what a bloody good idea i thought.