We were invited out to supper last week and along with a soft drink I took a bunch of our flowers, some home-grown salad leaves and a selection of our culinary herbs The flowers were well received; the scent of the Sweet Williams was lovely. (The soft drink, unopened, came home with us).
I asked myself afterwards if our herbs would have won any prizes at the horticultural society where we used to exhibit. Here are my notes.
Golden Oregano - yes, probably second prize. A profuse herb grown in full sun. Not flowering yet. We offered a flowering herb one year and the Secretary took the flowers off (this is the rule).
Sage - No. Originally grown in full sun but now partially shaded by a large broom tree from my family. Suffered in the cold and snowfall of this winter but now recovering.
Rosemary - I did not offer this. A 'rescue plant' also growing in the shade of the broom tree.
Fennel - sown in the wrong place. When will I ever learn that to infill herbs in a bed of veg. such as Broad Beans just does not work?
Basil - grown from seed by my husband very successfully. I cut the tops off so would not have been able to exhibit it in this condition.
Parsley - another success for the seed mat method. Strong and green.
Variegated Mint - came up again. Another survivor of the heavy snow. Now growing happily in a circular bed with fertile soil.
So on balance, I think we would have scraped a third prize. However given my knowledge of the keen entrants of shows past; we might have barely achieved a 'commended'.
I'm glad I don't compete any more
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