We submitted our entries to the county fair today after church. What is missing is the Ruby Queen Corn (Deb's special crop this year). We picked it just before we left for church.
We ate some yesterday and were a little disappointed that it wasn't more red. We're going to leave some on the stalks to ripen fully and see if it turns more red. It definitely doesn't look like the picture in the seed catalog.
Here we are at the judging station. We did something different this year and entered the children in the youth catagory. Last year, we missed out on a deadline and everything was entered under my name in the open adult catagory.
They give a ribbon to every child's entry. We got Class A on all of the vegetables except the tomatoes. I didn't pick 5 that were consistently the same size. The judge asked the children what type of vegetable they were showing and how they liked to eat it. The older children got additional questions on how they grew the vegetable.
The children by their exhibits. They are all on the striped rug in front by the chain.
Interestingly, I asked the children on the way home which way they liked the judging - everyone getting either a Class A or B or C ribbon in the youth contest or getting a 1st, 2nd, 3rd or nothing in the adult open catagory. They all said that they liked the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd judging. I guess when you give a ribbon to everyone, it doesn't mean as much and the children certainly seemed to sense this.
We ate some yesterday and were a little disappointed that it wasn't more red. We're going to leave some on the stalks to ripen fully and see if it turns more red. It definitely doesn't look like the picture in the seed catalog.
Here we are at the judging station. We did something different this year and entered the children in the youth catagory. Last year, we missed out on a deadline and everything was entered under my name in the open adult catagory.
They give a ribbon to every child's entry. We got Class A on all of the vegetables except the tomatoes. I didn't pick 5 that were consistently the same size. The judge asked the children what type of vegetable they were showing and how they liked to eat it. The older children got additional questions on how they grew the vegetable. 
The children by their exhibits. They are all on the striped rug in front by the chain.
Interestingly, I asked the children on the way home which way they liked the judging - everyone getting either a Class A or B or C ribbon in the youth contest or getting a 1st, 2nd, 3rd or nothing in the adult open catagory. They all said that they liked the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd judging. I guess when you give a ribbon to everyone, it doesn't mean as much and the children certainly seemed to sense this.
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