HALDIMAND—The Haldimand Horticultual Society August general meeting welcomed Rob and Chris Croley from Sentimental Farms in Grimsby.
Members attending heard about their homestead – a 30-year journey of organic growing and animal husbandry. They produce 75% of the food they eat and the products they use. Rob and Chris shared some knowledge of how they live as self-sufficient as possible – a journey towards clean, trusted food, free from chemicals.
August Competition Results
1. Horticultural Division
a) Dahlia – any type: 1st Carol Jones; 2nd Carol Jones; 3rd Sharon Slack; 4th Barbara Jean Garvie; 5th Margaret Meyer-Smith
b) Vegetable – largest/longest: 1st Barb Wilson; 2nd Amanda Wagner; 3rd Barb Matten; 4th Barb Wilson
c) Vegetable – tomato (one variety): 1st Barb Matten; 2nd Barb Wilson; 3rd Barb Wilson; 4th Amanda Wagner; 5th Sharon Slack
d) Collection of Annuals: 1st Amanda Wagner; 2nd Carol Jones; 3rd Anna Morz; 4th Barbara Jean Garvie
e) Collection of Perennials: 1st Amanda Wagner; 2nd Carol Jones; 3rd Margaret Meyer-Smith
2. Design Division
a) Modern Mass (summer): 1st Margaret Meyer-Smith; 2nd Sharon Slack
b) Design of Choice (at the beach): 1st Margaret Meyer-Smith
c) Design using primarily Hosta (dependable): 1st Barbara Jean Garvie
d) Miniature Design – fresh or dried materials (mini marvel): 1st Margaret Meyer-Smith
3. Photography Division – First of Many: 1st Barbara Wilson; 2nd Amanda Wagner
Thank you to those members who entered the competition this evening. Thank you to members Sharon Slack, Roseann McCulley, and Chickie Potter for providing our refreshments this month. Thank you as well to Judge Catherine McGill for all your work on this competition.
Upcoming events
Design workshops will be on September 9, 16, 23, and 30. Please see more information on our website.
Our next general meeting will be September 18 – the third Thursday, so as not to interfere with the Caledonia Fair’s opening night the next week – at 7 p.m. Guests will be Gordon and Socorro Chinnick from Dancing Pig Farms in Walsingham.
“Gardeners are the only people who willingly go outside to get dirty, sweaty, bitten and sunburned, and call it relaxing.”
