The Modern Victory Garden

For those that may not be familiar with Matron's website "Down on the Allotment" - you might want to check it out.    Her writing is fresh and funny and her garden skills and knowledge are quite impressive.   She has been inspired to host a cyber version of the local county fair / agricultural contest.   To enter you must take a photo of six uniform items (same size & color) arranged on a plate or lined up on a bench, and then submit your entry by email to Matron at Ahhmatron@aol.com.   She will be judging these on July 14th and her decision is final.                 

I know Dan from the Urban Veggie Garden Blog has submitted a particularly nice looking plate of garden peas.   Personally, I was holding out to do a plate of Modern Victory Garden strawberries but I have been unsatisfied with the uniformity of what has been ripening together at any one time.   I have been harvesting about a half pound of strawberries a day - but they vary so much in size and shape that I can never get six really uniform specimens in any given day!    So tonight, I decided to go to plan B and chose to exhibit young Mokum carrots instead.                        

You'll notice that I could not decide whether to show them lined up on a bench or displayed on a plate - so I did both!             

It really is a bit of a challenge to get six of anything to mature at the same time, and have them all be "uniform" in appearance.   I think this is a clever and fun event that Matron is hosting and would encourage you to participate with your own garden's produce.