Winner 2014

The Mercer annual flower or produce show has been won this year by Laura shown here with her winning tallest sunflower.

Her prize is to select the species for next years competition and after only a small bit of encouragement I am pleased to announce the 2015 target of the biggest pumpkin.

This will be based on the traditional Jack o'Lantern variety with seeds again from my favorite supplier Seedaholic . ( see their web site here )

Judging will be by weight of the selected pumpkin.

This year 's competition has been plagued by accusations of cheating - which is both disappointing but also not unusual for this type of competition.

Some say the distributed seeds were irradiated ( cooked ) in a microwave to prevent germination so this year there will be an FA cup style draw to match seed packs to competitors.

This years competition was limited to close family members, but The Committee ( me that is !! ) is open to other potential competitors applying for wildcard entry for next year