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My thoughts......
The James Wong talks were fab fun,
Loved the goats, Mr HF and I even got to milk one, and that oh so cutie baby goat.....I could almost have put him in my handbag!!!!!!
But for me there were areas where they could do better.....
No where to sit and eat at lunchtime again......a few more seats than last year but we still ended up sitting on the floor - not great as you were in the way of others.
Sad there were not more seed sellers, had 3 or 4 very main stream suppliers there, but just the type of seeds that the average garden center would sell - nothing much special.
I did see 3 small 'Hurst' pea plants for sale in small pot £1.50
Got stung on the fudge...nom nom, but at about £1 for a little more than a 1" square that was under 1/2 think that's crazy pricing. (3 flavors - 2 of each "that's £6 please") to embarrassed to say no thanks - I think they rely on that! wont get caught next time!! I will make my own.
The overall thought was one of 'only slightly better than last year'.
No preserving, jam making, wine making, suppliers there, there was a sausage kit supplier but I think that was it!
Nothing really on fruit production- nothing on grapes or nuts - big gaps in these areas.
Nothing much different from a large garden center in my mind - but guest talks were great fun, oh and the goats - of course!
I will go next year but with less of the - "oh what really interesting things will we see".
ps - food hall bit could end up taking over the show.......NOooooooo! it about growing food!!!!!
The James Wong talks were fab fun,
Loved the goats, Mr HF and I even got to milk one, and that oh so cutie baby goat.....I could almost have put him in my handbag!!!!!!
But for me there were areas where they could do better.....
No where to sit and eat at lunchtime again......a few more seats than last year but we still ended up sitting on the floor - not great as you were in the way of others.
Sad there were not more seed sellers, had 3 or 4 very main stream suppliers there, but just the type of seeds that the average garden center would sell - nothing much special.
I did see 3 small 'Hurst' pea plants for sale in small pot £1.50
Got stung on the fudge...nom nom, but at about £1 for a little more than a 1" square that was under 1/2 think that's crazy pricing. (3 flavors - 2 of each "that's £6 please") to embarrassed to say no thanks - I think they rely on that! wont get caught next time!! I will make my own.
The overall thought was one of 'only slightly better than last year'.
No preserving, jam making, wine making, suppliers there, there was a sausage kit supplier but I think that was it!
Nothing really on fruit production- nothing on grapes or nuts - big gaps in these areas.
Nothing much different from a large garden center in my mind - but guest talks were great fun, oh and the goats - of course!
I will go next year but with less of the - "oh what really interesting things will we see".
ps - food hall bit could end up taking over the show.......NOooooooo! it about growing food!!!!!
If only we had woods and a field that were ours...sigh! Then we walked the large hall, number 1. It took a good 2-2.5 hours to do it justice. Various stalls with common or garden herbs and fruits. This was my only disappointment - if you're looking for a mulberry, a salmonberry or a cloudberry, forget it! Not even a Rosecurrant or Glen Coe black raspberry. If you wanted a rhubarb, there was a great stand by the entrance selling both good old varieties and extremely reasonable terracotta rhubarb forcers. £9.99 small. £19.99 large. That's cheap!!
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