We entered a few of the vegetables and some of our herbs in the county fair this week. We'll be bringing a few ribbons home tomorrow.
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| The herbs we entered, rosemary, oregano, and thyme, did very well. |
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| More ribbons. |
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| We were excited about our leeks and fennel, and so were the judges. We were awarded first and third with a judges choice ribbon to boot. |
We entered photos and canned goods as well as breads and a cake. We love the fair. Even our oldest put together a lego hero to enter.
Meanwhile...
In the garden, we planted some seeds in the last few days. Tomatoes, Luffa vines, winter squash, some summer squash to hopefully produce some male flowers, more mesclun mix, the next batch of carrots and beets, melons and watermelons.
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| All the lovely female flowers, nary a male in sight. |
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| Layering the potatoes. |
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Spinach and Black Seeded Simpson. We're trying to protect the eggplant seeds
against the pill bugs with the cups, but they keep the soil dry and slow the germination. |
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| Red strawberries rarely last in our yard. |
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| Sunflowers by the wall. |
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| Early Girl tomatoes. |
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| What are you looking at? |
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| Can I eat that? |
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| Baby bunny, not so "baby" anymore. |
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| Which way did he go? |
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| Starting the melons in the pots. |
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| Peas. |
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| Award winning Oregano. |
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| Beans in the new planter. |
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| The grapes have begun! |
