Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Malvern 2009....Smithyveg enters at last!!! And gets a bloody nose!

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Here are some of my Malvern exhibits from the weekend. Quite how they judge the tomato class and come to a 1-2-3 is beyond me. I think 10 ...
Monday, September 28, 2009

Why do I have to work with such idiots?

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Someone I know VERY well works for an employer that is very ‘pc’ and sends her on all sorts of daft courses that are neither use nor ornamen...
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Saturday, September 26, 2009

Down but not out

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As expected I didn't move any mountains at Malvern. I got a 3rd place in the Malvern Championships side for my trug (out of 3!) and 3rd ...
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Here we go!

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It's just clicked past midnight, the car is loaded and I'm just about to set off for my first ever NVS show. Today isn't going t...
Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Smithy's in print again!

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Way haaaay! I've had a letter printed in Garden News. I was responding to some pillock of a show judge who reckoned each exhibitor shoul...
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Monday, September 21, 2009

Lucky horseshoe?

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Had a day off from showing yesterday and did the Snowdon Horseshoe......an 8 mile diarrhoea inducing scramble and walk across a 3000' sk...
Friday, September 18, 2009

Vento

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I was chuffed to win the class for '6 onions, to weigh no more than 3lbs total' class at Littleover.....basically 8oz onions. I'...
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Back by popular demand

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It seems my wife is getting more popular than me on this website, so here is her latest effort at arranging MY VEG in a winning trug at the ...
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Thursday, September 17, 2009

Parsnip canker

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Pinnacle is supposed to be one of the more canker resistant parsnip varieties but I’ve had it with a vengeance this season. Virtually every ...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Better shallots set for Malvern?

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I've been much happier with the size of my shallots this season.....not huge but big enough with nice flat bases and the classic flask s...
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Sunday, September 13, 2009

Courgette Blyton Yellow?

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You remember the Blyton Belle seeds that appeared to be giving me yellow marrows? Well they only got to grapefruit size and then grew no mor...
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A O Veg

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I've tried growing butternut squashes for the past couple of years with little success as the fruits have tended to rot and drop off whe...

Collection at Littleover

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I'd won this class for the past two years but despite staging 3 cracking sets of veg and good vase of flowers I had to be content with 3...
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Sileby 2009

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13 red cards here but still not enough for most points in show yet again, that honour going to my flower arranging pal Gary Price (with not ...
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Littleover 2009

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Every card won at this superb little show is well earned and for the first time ever here I managed to win best veg in show for a dish of 5 ...
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