Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Chatting => Chatting on the Plot => Competitions => Topic started by: Aunt Sally on April 13, 2016, 17:00
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"... A Host of Golden Daffodils"
Don't forget to put a description with your photo!
Prize –Apart from being the envy of your friends, the winner will get 2 of John & Val's books of their choice. We've also got a few other books if you prefer.
Spring flowers, blossom, birds, lambs, or anything else that just happens in Spring.
You may have up to 3 entries BUT only one picture per post, please.
This competition will run until 13th 27th May - with voting open to all members for one week after that.
The simple rules:
- You can enter one photograph per post into the competition which should be no more than 640 pixels wide.
- It can be anything you want to do with spring flowers, blossom, birds, lambs, or anything else that just happens in Spring. This year's pictures would be great but you can use ones from previous years as long as you took them yourself and they have not been used in any other competition.
- It should be accompanied by a short title and some description.
- The competition is open to all Members
- At the closing date we will add a poll for members to vote on and the most popular photo will be the winner.
- The winners will receive a prize as listed above and the winning photo may be placed in a permanent photo gallery along with the best runners up.
- Closing Date for Entries:
13th 27th May 2016 voting will then be allowed to all members for one week after which the results will be posted.
Full rules can be found Here (http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=15798.0)
Help Posting Photographs (http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=19476.0)
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Oh, alright then, here's the first...
(Are we allowed more than one go?)
(http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=123125.0;attach=70116;image)
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Oh, alright then, here's the first...
(Are we allowed more than one go?)
This is Growster's second entry.
(http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=123125.0;attach=70112;image)
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Oh, alright then, here's the first...
(Are we allowed more than one go?)
This is Growster's third entry.
(http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=123125.0;attach=70114;image)
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That's good :D I don't have any daffodils left, but these are just coming to bloom in one of my raised beds :)
(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m198/suec_02/Plot%20pictures/IMG_1798_zpsnzr0gpzd.jpg) (http://s104.photobucket.com/user/suec_02/media/Plot%20pictures/IMG_1798_zpsnzr0gpzd.jpg.html)
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I am glad about that too as my daffs have mainly gone over now.
Here is the apple blossom on our cooking apple tree on the new plot
(Early May --- I have swapped this photo from the one I entered previously)
(http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=123125.0;attach=70371;image)
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I have a 2nd entry :)
A friend turned up yesterday bearing these as a gift and I thought the buds were particularly full for dafffs. They have opened into stunning fragrant flowers that I am really rather taken with. I may have to track some bulbs down and buy some this autumn :D
(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m198/suec_02/Plot%20pictures/IMG_1807_zpsp6zuq4xn.jpg) (http://s104.photobucket.com/user/suec_02/media/Plot%20pictures/IMG_1807_zpsp6zuq4xn.jpg.html)
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And my second entry is now this:
A cowslip, growing in the garden. Dad grew the original plants from a packet of seed I gave him many years ago.
(http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=123125.0;attach=70375;image)
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I changed my mind yet again and took off my third entry, to replace it with this:
Tulips on our Plot. These have done us proud for weeks!
(http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=123125.0;attach=70330;image)
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Winston Churchill daff bloom plus ghost spider!
(http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=123125.0;attach=70263;image)
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A confused Mother Nature dusting my daffs with snow! :unsure:
(http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=123125.0;attach=70328;image)
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Some lovely primroses this year and we are about 3 weeks behind you here in Scotland - Here is my first entry
(http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=123125.0;attach=70348;image)
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This Tulip I thought look great looking into the pot from above - Entry 2
(http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=123125.0;attach=70353;image)
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Here is my 1st entry,
A tulip mixture from Holland
(http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=123125.0;attach=70355;image)
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2nd entry
Different tulips and some Crown Imperials
(http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=123125.0;attach=70357;image)
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Lily of the Valley
(http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu317/mumofstig/spring%20003_zpsnkndosbc.jpg)
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No 2
Byzantine Gladioli - I've cut these and brought them in because they won't like the cold that is forecast :(
(http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu317/mumofstig/spring%20002_zpsj62r258d.jpg)
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No 3 Spanish Bluebells winning against the weeds ;)
(http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu317/mumofstig/spring%20001_zps462og3fh.jpg)
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I hope I have managed to attach a picture of my lovely wisteria. She is not quite as full as in past years. Perhaps it's the good pruning she had earlier this year.
(http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=123125.0;attach=70367;image)
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Like you New Shoot, a friend turned up with these for me, he said they were 'rose' daffodils! Very pretty aren't they? :)
(http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=123125.0;attach=70369;image)
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Lovley :D I think I tracked them down and they are sold as Sweet Pomponette. They are are on my list for autumn bulb buying.
My third entry is the apple blossom on my apple arch. This just lifted my spirits every time I looked at it :D
(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m198/suec_02/Plot%20pictures/IMG_1847_zpsdr11bngf.jpg)
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My apple tree in bloome, and dog getting in on the act.
chrissie b
(http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=123125.0;attach=70557;image)
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When we bought our house in West Cork it was winter and I had no idea what most of the plantings were. When these azaleas flowered I was delighted by their sheer vibrant beauty...
(http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=123125.0;attach=70409;image)
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My only apple tree!
(http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=123125.0;attach=70415;image)
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Here's my second entry:
Jay and Woodpecker
I took this photo in my friend's garden in the Wye Valley last May.
(http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=123125.0;attach=70419;image)
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First entry....new kittens and their little girl....
(http://cdn.backyardchickens.com/8/86/900x900px-LL-868030de_100_4603.jpeg)
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New mother and chicks behind the wood pile....
(http://cdn.backyardchickens.com/8/83/900x900px-LL-83463ce3_100_4584.jpeg)
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Peach blossoms this year....
(http://cdn.backyardchickens.com/d/db/900x900px-LL-dbac936f_100_4501.jpeg)
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Close up of apple tree , and newly painted fence , must be spring .
chrissie b
was trying to get a bee just seen a sploge in the middle got it .
(http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=123125.0;attach=70433;image)
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Seedlings.
(http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=123125.0;attach=70454;image)
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In the Pink
Cherry blossom in the Kenrokuen garden in Kanazawa, Japan.
(http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=123125.0;attach=70466;image)
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Bee and Beans
A bee on my Wizard field beans. Taken today at the allotment. My second entry.
(http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=123125.0;attach=70468;image)
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1st entry bee caught visiting flower
(http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=123125.0;attach=70478;image)
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whoops how did that happen.. try two Bluebell Wood
(http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=123125.0;attach=70482;image)
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Here is my 3rd entry
the larger planters are cordylines and the smaller ones are 'Mums both under planted with cinneria and trailing lobelia
(http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=123125.0;attach=70490;image)
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Here's my third entry - taken in West Cork
Small Tortoiseshell with attitude
(http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=123125.0;attach=70504;image)
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Photo 1 - nice flowers at the front door :D
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll181/Yorkie1_photos/IMG_20160505_0822153601_zpsqxipyhi6.jpg) (http://s288.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie1_photos/media/IMG_20160505_0822153601_zpsqxipyhi6.jpg.html)
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Photo 2 - a host of golden daffodils with a really big church (guess which one, yes it is the biggest Gothic cathedral north of the Alps :) ) in the background if you look hard enough :D
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll181/Yorkie1_photos/IMG_20160426_093221325_HDR1_zpsje1v6rad.jpg) (http://s288.photobucket.com/user/Yorkie1_photos/media/IMG_20160426_093221325_HDR1_zpsje1v6rad.jpg.html)
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My 3rd entry lovely Bluebells
(http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=123125.0;attach=70553;image)
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The voting will now be open for 7 days.
There are some beautiful pictures to choose from and you can vote for the 3 pictures you like the best.
Select all 3 BEFORE submitting your vote.
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My 3rd entry lovely Bluebells
(http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=123125.0;attach=70553;image)
Aunt Sally, this one doesn't seem to be on the voting list!
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You are correct only 2 of mine (GM0ALS) are on the voting list
Thanks
Fred
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Sorry, I've added it to the bottom of the voting list.
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Thanks Aunt Sally no problem
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I've reset the poll slightly so that anyone who didn't use up all 3 of their votes can go back and resubmit the it 3 choices.
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I'm confused (a natural state for me these days :tongue2:) I only submitted 1 photo but I've got 3 voting options... am I having a blonde moment?
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Everyone has 3 votes, even if they didn't enter the competition :D
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Ah no.. my mistake. I'll fix that.
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Thank you Aunty x
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The competition voting is now closed and the results are:
The voting is now closed and the result is:
1st - Daveylamp picture #2 with 10 votes
2nd - AnneB picture #1 with 5 votes
3rd - gm0als picture #1 with 4 votes
Congratulations also to Beekissed, Fairyplotmother, Growster, Sunshineband and Vagabond who all had 3 votes.
The prize goes to Daveylamp. Please send your contact details to John.
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Congratulations to everyone who entered - I'm glad we use a vote because I'd hate to pick a winner from such great photos.
And well done Daveylamp - some beautiful photos
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Congratulations Davylamp ... loved the bluebell woods!
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Congrats, they were lovely piccies :D
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Congratulations Daveylamp & to everyone that entered, all lovely photos
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Yes, many congratulations daveylamp, and well done everyone. Some lovely photos there! :) :)
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Congratulations, Daveylamp - I'm pleased that one of the photos I voted for was the winner!
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Well done, Daveylamp! Excellent stuff there!
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I'm pleased that one of the photos I voted for was the winner!
Me too :)
It was a beautiful picture :D