This is fair week in Hudsonville. I'm surprised by how much I enjoy the fair here--I tell people I never knew I was a redneck until I moved to Hudsonville apparently. My friends school has a short order restaurant style establishment every year at the fair for a fundraiser so you can eat at the fair and not have only typical fair food. I also like to go to the off road races at the grandstand and then on Saturday night is the big demolition derby. Unfortunately this year the weather isn't cooperating with a few days of off and on again rain and unseasonably cold temperatures.
This was the first year Renae and I entered some of our garden items and a few antiques into the open (adult) division. We were pretty successful for our first year. You can go here to see the items that won prizes for us.
Edit: Mom just told me that the quilt was made by Aunt Mary Graham and Grandma K. gave it to her and dad for a wedding present.
And if the chickens interest you, you can go here to read about our chicken emergency last night.
Impressive pictures of your entries! You are true gardeners. I've been curious, however, about the manure-covered rhubarb? Did you grow any and how did it fare?
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We still haven't done well with the rhubarb. We may start over in a new area as I'm thinking the soil may not be sandy enough. We are going to manure it more this fall and hopefully that will be better next spring.
ReplyDeleteI would probably be more motivated to get our rhubarb going if there was a good source to buy it locally at a reasonable price.