Comments on: NVS Show at Harrogate http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/288/nvs-show-at-harrogate/ Vegetable Fruit & Herb Growing on my Allotment Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:05:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: John http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/288/nvs-show-at-harrogate/#comment-4618 John Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:03:58 +0000 http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/288/nvs-show-at-harrogate/#comment-4618 CJ - I don't think she wanted to ban showing, it just doesn't appeal to her. As I said, I don't grow for show, so no bias. I do think they are fun at village level but at the National's it's like the Olympics versus school egg and spoon races. CJ – I don’t think she wanted to ban showing, it just doesn’t appeal to her. As I said, I don’t grow for show, so no bias. I do think they are fun at village level but at the National’s it’s like the Olympics versus school egg and spoon races.

]]> By: CJ http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/288/nvs-show-at-harrogate/#comment-4611 CJ Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:55:28 +0000 http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/288/nvs-show-at-harrogate/#comment-4611 I think Jacqueline's comments very churlish. Why deprive people the pleasures of growing, showing and competing if that is what they want to do. It's not harming anyone is it? I think Jacqueline’s comments very churlish. Why deprive people the pleasures of growing, showing and competing if that is what they want to do. It’s not harming anyone is it?

]]> By: John http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/288/nvs-show-at-harrogate/#comment-4598 John Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:10:42 +0000 http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/288/nvs-show-at-harrogate/#comment-4598 Thanks for the kind comment, Phil. Much appreciated. Jaqueline - I don't grow for show but the show growers contribute knowledge. We have talks at our NVS and I always learn something. I don't want huge onions, I want decent cauliflowers and the help I've had has got me there. Allotments are many things to many people, they certainly help me retain some sanity. Thanks for the kind comment, Phil. Much appreciated.

Jaqueline – I don’t grow for show but the show growers contribute knowledge. We have talks at our NVS and I always learn something. I don’t want huge onions, I want decent cauliflowers and the help I’ve had has got me there.

Allotments are many things to many people, they certainly help me retain some sanity.

]]> By: jacqueline and alan http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/288/nvs-show-at-harrogate/#comment-4597 jacqueline and alan Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:40:15 +0000 http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/288/nvs-show-at-harrogate/#comment-4597 Beautiful veg no longer impress me, now that I know how they are achieved. I think shows like Harrogate have had their day - just like the Miss World competition. Natural beauty and natural looks or taste are for the 21st century, surely. I never enter our Stockport Allotments Competition. Going down to the allotment, for me, is to grow good enough veg and flowers, not perfection. Allotments are for escaping pressure and competition. Jacqueline Beautiful veg no longer impress me, now that I know how they are achieved. I think shows like Harrogate have had their day – just like the Miss World competition.
Natural beauty and natural looks or taste are for the 21st century, surely.
I never enter our Stockport Allotments Competition.
Going down to the allotment, for me, is to grow good enough veg and flowers, not perfection. Allotments are for escaping pressure and competition.
Jacqueline

]]> By: Phil Moores http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/288/nvs-show-at-harrogate/#comment-4596 Phil Moores Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:17:38 +0000 http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/288/nvs-show-at-harrogate/#comment-4596 We had a stand at the flower show (Oakwood Aromatics with the Made in Yorkshire section in the arts and crafts tent). Wandering round I got a pair of thornproof gloves (I only wear them for thistles, nettles and bramble, of which he have the national collection). And, following hte advice in your book, I bought a box of dolomite lime and enough green manure to follow the potatoes on the allotment over the winter. Thanks for the book, it's been extremely useful so far and I'm sure will get more so. We had a stand at the flower show (Oakwood Aromatics with the Made in Yorkshire section in the arts and crafts tent). Wandering round I got a pair of thornproof gloves (I only wear them for thistles, nettles and bramble, of which he have the national collection). And, following hte advice in your book, I bought a box of dolomite lime and enough green manure to follow the potatoes on the allotment over the winter. Thanks for the book, it’s been extremely useful so far and I’m sure will get more so.

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