Re: Flower show time
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  • Subject: Re: Flower show time
  • From: J* B* <j*@gmail.com>
  • Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:55:42 -0500
Very cool.


On 9/26/10, BONNIE_HOLMES <bonnie_holmes@comcast.net> wrote:
> did you take photos of your winners?
>
> B
> ETN Zone 7
> Remember the River Raisin, the Alamo, the Maine, Pearl Harbor, 911.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 7:17:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Flower show time
>
> Auralie I just LOVE it. Congrats - good on ya girl!
>
> On 9/26/10, Aplfgcnys@aol.com <Aplfgcnys@aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > Today it looks as if virtue was really its own reward. Since the weather
> > has been so wretched here this summer with both extreme heat and
> > extreme drought, the young chairman of the District Flower Show was
> > really distressed that there might not be enough horticulture to make
> > a good showing. So, being a good scout, I combed my miserable
> > garden for everything I thought would make an entry. Today when the
> > show closed and I picked up my awards... out of 19 entries I had
> > eleven firsts, six seconds, one third, and one that didn't get anything.
> > Three of the six seconds were in classes where I was competing
> > with myself and had already taken the blue, and two of those were
> > marked 90+ which indicates that they were blue ribbon quality.
> > But here's the real kicker. Perilla frutescens is a weed in my
> > garden, but I think it's handsome and let it grow if I don't need the
> > space for something else. In my effort to fill classes, I picked a fine
> > specimen of Perilla, and guess what! They gave it a big orange
> > Award of Merit ribbon! I guess those judges weed their gardens better
> > than I do.
> > Forgive me for boasting, but I thought you guys would enjoy that last.
> > Auralie
> >
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> Pam Evans
> Kemp TX
> zone 8A
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