Competiton - any ideas??

[Andy Hamilton]

It is about time we held a competition again I think. Of course one of the prizes would be a signed copy of some big book or other; I would also ask around for other prizes. But any ideas of what sort of competition would be good?

[Shirley]

Getting someone famous/in the public eye to pose for a photo with a copy of the selfsufficientish bible in their hands.

[tim&fatima]

Very good shirlz, nice one.

[glenniedragon]

How about a recipe using a certain no of ingredients (say carrot, egg and potato for example) you can add 3 other or 2 and a substition and the resulting recipes are submitted so we can try them and voted on. Could be the beginings of another book........

by having a core of the same ingredients we are all starting from the same point, doesn't matter where you live.

'Herbs' and 'spices' should count as a single choice.....so coriander, cumin and turmeric in one recipe would be one choice.

Just an idea

Kind thoughts
Deb

[MKG]

That's a nice idea and would prevent ishers from being jailed for harassment of famous people

[Shirley]

I like that idea Deb!!

[Amaranth]

How about some designs for the RHS 10x10 foot/3x3m style (mostly food)garden plots--either a 2 or 3/4 season plan depending on the area you are designing for. They have some with UK, mediterranean, and asian vegetable plans, but what about more of those or regional UK, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Peruvian, Indian, Latino, African, or other themed gardens?

[Amaranth]

I meant to include the links to the RHS 10x10 foot/3x3m plans. As creative as people are here, I'd love to see what people would come up with for regular or themed garden plans

Most are various British designs and one is Mediterranean and one has Asian vegetables.

http://www.rhs.org.uk/vegetables/veg3x3.asp

RHS Garden Harlow Carr
View the Harlow Carr spring planting plan (67KB)
View the Harlow Carr summer planting plan (67KB)
View the Harlow Carr autumn planting plan (35KB)

RHS Garden Hyde Hall
Hyde Hall has four veg plots, showing different types of vegetables and growing techniques.

View the Hyde Hall drought-tolerant Mediterranean vegetables plot (32KB)
View the Hyde Hall traditional full cultivation system plot (31KB)
View the Hyde Hall traditional no-dig system plot (31KB)
View the Hyde Hall International Year of the Potato plot (28KB)

RHS Garden Rosemoor
View the Rosemoor spring planting plan (24KB)
View the Rosemoor summer planting plan (26KB)

RHS Garden Wisley
Wisley has two veg plots - one with typical British vegetables and the other with Oriental vegetables.

View the Oriental planting plan (54KB)
View the British planting plan (58KB)

And here's a picture of the Dumpy Bag Diner version
http://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/blogs/alison ... diner.aspx