Following discussion at the AGM, a pilot produce show will be run alongside the Summer BBQ. Entry is free and there will be prizes and glory up for grabs. It will be held at the Summer BBQ Saturday 15th/Sunday 16th July (weather dependent).
Please cast your eye over the list of classes when planning your planting, we hope there is a suitable class for everyone.
Details of sign up and precise class descriptions to follow….
Urgent note: seed potatoes for Class 1 are available on the table by the allotment gate with a sign up sheet. Please help yourself asap to get ahead with your planting, (sorry this is rather late). Please include your name and plot number on the sheet in the box, (multiple entries allowed per plot but only one per person)
- Potato weigh in/count (dig up on day) – see above
- A salad dish – three distinct salad vegetables in groups of three
- Three perfect vegetables or fruits on a plate eg peas, beans, beetroot etc
(multiple entries encouraged, this could evolve into several categories if popular) - A vase of a single flower variety containing between three and seven stems
- An arrangement of three to five different varieties of flowers or herbs
- A bowl of fruit, three perfect specimens of three different fruits
- Tallest/widest sunflower (measure in situ)
- Longest vegetable – (any variety, in situ or harvested)
- Cake with an allotment connection (preferably to be eaten at event)
10.Best allotment photograph - A vehicle made out of plant material
12.And finally due to popular demand a (wittily titled) comedy vegetable