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Wednesday, 4 October 2023

Homefare And Produce

In the corner of the Gransden Showground stands the Homefare And Produce Marquee. It's how the show involves the whole community with such diverse categories as Best Jar of Marmalade, Sample of Soft Handicraft, Vase Of Mixed Garden Flowers, Heaviest Vegetable Marrow and even Four Cheese Straws made by competitor aged 6 and under. When we arrived the judging had just finished and everyone was cramming in to see who'd won.






















Apart from deciding which was the heaviest marrow (summer squash, zucchini, call it what you will), which anyone can see by glancing at my 11th photo, the judges must have had a difficult task to choose the winners from the 80 or so categories.


Take care.


28 comments:

  1. This is one of my favourite parts of any show. The dedication, the work and the skill blow me away.

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  2. I really enjoy these farm produce on the table. They look so genuine and fresh.

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  3. I used to love the dahlias and chrysanthemums at our village show, growing up - so different, vibrant and blousy in every colour imaginable; very different to the more workaday things my parents grew. An annual treat.

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  4. I've been a steward for the cookery classes at the show I enter and the judges have a really difficult job - although they always start by dismissing the entries that haven't followed the schedule exactly.
    Did those eggs win a prize? Always thought they had to be all exactly the same size and colour - at least they did where we used to live.

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    1. Yes, I think they did; in the category "Six Eggs Attractively Displayed". There were other categories too which maybe had different rules.

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  5. I always enjoyed looking round the produce and handicraft sections of shows. Unfortunately, most of my time at shows was spent working on the National Trust stand. A quick flip round in my lunch hour was it. So I do enjoy seeing photographs like the ones you were sharing. Locally, we have an Eisteddfod. No produce and flowers, but lots and lots of handicrafts and baking in addition to poetry and song.

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  6. Great produce on display. The onions look exceptionally fine. Theses shows - fall fairs we call them here - are throwbacks to a simpler time, perhaps a reminder we all need.

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  7. My granddaughters enjoy entering items to be judged. The 9 year old got prize ribbons and money for her blueberry pie, eggs, flower arrangement, potholders and quilt. My 6 year old granddaughter who lives in Buffalo was here for the fair and entered a flower arrangement using my flowers. She got first prize with cash award too.

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  8. The produce looks top notch. Better than my garden produces. The flowers are stunning!

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  9. I wouldn't know where to start on judging the produce as it all looks good:)

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  10. Lovely photos. I wouldn't be able to decide!

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  11. I must admit, I prefer the flowers to the veggies.

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  12. Everything looks beautiful and well displayed. They all win!

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  13. Isn't that first bouquet lifted to new heights by those few yellow touches?

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  14. I'm looking at your photos of exhibits and wondering why we don't have them anymore.

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  15. What a beautiful presentation of the produce, it looks fabulous. The flowers are absolutely gorgeous.

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  16. So nicely displayed, all of it. I think my produce could have stood a chance, lol!

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  17. If I were judging, I would probably just have to give everything a number and choose a number. There sure are some beautiful flowers there.

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  18. That would be such fun to see all the entries and decide if you agree with the judges.

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  19. They clearly needed a lot of fruit cake before they could make their minds up on that category!

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  20. Muy bueno lo que hay expuestos. lo que mayormente me gusta, son las flores.
    Un abrazo

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  21. Lovely displays of produce, flowers and cakes. The judges must find it all difficult apart from the marrow! :)

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  22. We have attended many similar fairs in years past, but unfortunately there are none we've gone to as essentially city dwellers. It must have been difficult for the judges to decide from the selections shown in this post.

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  23. The flowers are amazing! The judges must have had a difficult job.

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  24. I had a wonderful time at my 'Kyogle Show' but Gransden Show is by far the more impressive. I love that floral entry.

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