Thursday, August 07, 2008

Award Winning Gardener’s Corner


Aaron & Riley went to the Orange County Fairgrounds 5 times this summer!! Why did they go so much? Well, in addition to 2 family outings, Aaron went a few more times to enter his amazing produce & flowers into contests at the fair.

Presenting our Award Winning (& Non-Award Winning) entries:

Largest Zucchini

(Honorable Mention)





Most Unusually Shaped Zucchini - 2 grew together
(Honorable Mention)




Largest Cherry Tomato
(Honorable Mention)



Tomato Category


(Meet Mr. Stripey - no really, that is what this kind of tomato is called; & yes, Aaron Mues is a.k.a. for Aaron Mills)



And…presenting the entry we are most proud of…in the Plumeria Flower category,

our prize winning Plumeria:




2ND PLACE!!!


I am so blessed to have a husband who loves to garden & does it so well! Heaven knows that I have a very brown thumb, so it is nice to be able to enjoy the fruits (& vegetables) of my husband’s hard work. :-)

1 comment:

Megan said...

Oh my goodness, we've been able to benefit from these amazing veggies all the way from up here- thank you so much for sending some up for the parents. And thanks for the sweet comment on the pics!