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Well done Bambi - the first to post is always the bravest !!

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Hi Richard, I think this could be great fun. Could we run it until fall when some of the produce will be amazing? Maybe a prize for the most comic or unusual photo and title?

Most gorgeous gourd, twisted turnip, cute courgette, pompous pumpkin, grapevine wreaths and other items, or veggies used in decorative or useful ways, like loofah gourds, recyclable soup bowls or table arrangements....something along those lines? Interested to see what others suggest. I see you have begun below...
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I was in Vermont once during the Fall (twas a peeper!!).

I digress. Sounds fine to extend it a bit - do any others have thoughts?

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Harvest festivals are traditionally held on or near the Sunday of the Harvest Moon. This is the full Moon that occurs closest to the autumn equinox (about Sept. 23).

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My potatoes were free because I didn't plant any seed potatoes in this bed. They just appeared. :-D
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That's well done Ilona. I've had rogue Potatoes growing in the chicken run, the chickens don't touch them! Thought about doing them this year, but time and space didn't allow.

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Deadline at Autumn Equinox- lovely choice!

May we have a decorative thread- sunflowers, grapevine creations, bowls and other things made of veggies...that kind of thing?
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Wow Jannie - that is a HUGE cabbage (unless it is a doll's house wheelbarrow!).

FAB!!

Its in any other veg category by the way!
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p.penn wrote:Wow Jannie - that is a HUGE cabbage (unless it is a doll's house wheelbarrow!).

FAB!!

Its in any other veg category by the way!


Yes Helen ...it's a HUGE cabbage {rofwl} in a full size wheel barrow..... It was one of 4 from my new raised bed which was half filled with the straw from the chicken run...I've got enough cabbage in the freezer to last the winter.. )grin2(
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Must be a HUGE freezer...... {rofwl}
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jannie that is unusual, is it parsnip? :-D
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perchy wrote:jannie that is unusual, is it parsnip? :-D



Yes..well 2 actually..thought I'd pull a couple for dinner....but looks like these 2 had already pulled... :oops: ..{rofwl}
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jannie wrote:
perchy wrote:jannie that is unusual, is it parsnip? :-D



Yes..well 2 actually..thought I'd pull a couple for dinner....but looks like these 2 had already pulled... :oops: ..{rofwl}



They certainly are close )t'
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Good grief Sunny, what has your OH been feeding his onions with yike*
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Parsnips getting fruity
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