Tuesday 31 August 2010
Best in show?
My granfather on a regular basis would get "Best in Show" and he has plenty of medals to prove it.
Since we took over from him we have never won any, which just shows how bloody good some entries are at these shows. We have come close, last year with the garden news tray, and 2 years before that with parsnips.
Again tho we took "Best in show in the vegetable section" but its just not the same. I personally feel it is impossible for us or anyone else infact showing vegetables to win "best in show" at any show I enter. The flower classes are so well contested and there is pretty much no way a judge will choose a vegetable over flowers. I have had and seen pristine, superb, best I have seen veg that didn't even get a look in.
I still have not worked out how my sweet candle got best in show for the vegetable section as my parsnips I personally feel were much better, but who cares.
(Pictures here later of almighty great flowers that always beat me), mind you they do give me some flowers to take home so I will forgive them.
(Best in show far right, I can't remeber how many times he has won, probably a good 15 years on the trot.
Since we took over from him we have never won any, which just shows how bloody good some entries are at these shows. We have come close, last year with the garden news tray, and 2 years before that with parsnips.
Again tho we took "Best in show in the vegetable section" but its just not the same. I personally feel it is impossible for us or anyone else infact showing vegetables to win "best in show" at any show I enter. The flower classes are so well contested and there is pretty much no way a judge will choose a vegetable over flowers. I have had and seen pristine, superb, best I have seen veg that didn't even get a look in.
I still have not worked out how my sweet candle got best in show for the vegetable section as my parsnips I personally feel were much better, but who cares.
(Pictures here later of almighty great flowers that always beat me), mind you they do give me some flowers to take home so I will forgive them.
(Best in show far right, I can't remeber how many times he has won, probably a good 15 years on the trot.
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Liam....I won best in show at Hathern with my tomatoes at the weekend against some stunning crysanths.
Next day at Leicester Show the flower judge who judged at Hathern and who was competing at Leicester in dahlias said I had him to thank for giving me best in show. He'd persuaded the veg judge that my toms deserved it above the flowers.
So it does happen. Keep trying. Are you still reigning back next season?
Actually I think I may be wrong as 15 potatoes (3 sets of 5 distinct varieties) did win best in show 3-4 years ago, so I have re-newed faith.
Next year will all depend on my job, if all stays the same I won't be growing anything for showing.
I will be taking on a new allotment nearer to home to grow my veg for the table.
If I have a change in situation or can rent this land closer to me I may have more time, but I feel this will take at least a year to sort out.
What I really need is someone who knows what they doing to help me out, but I can only provide a polytunnel as accommodation.
Congrats on your show success aswell Simon, looks like you did very well there.