tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17260180.post115851553688795119..comments2023-11-02T14:38:49.035+00:00Comments on Spring Fair - 2011 at the NEC.: Brownies bunchesJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576982065729973318noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17260180.post-1158673905735900802006-09-19T13:51:00.000+00:002006-09-19T13:51:00.000+00:00Tonight is the Grand Brownie Produce Show - where ...Tonight is the Grand Brownie Produce Show - where Brownies compete with "Flowers in a Mug" and Animals made from vegetables. Many many Brownie mothers will have spent last night carving carrots into giraffes.<BR/>Most wild looking flowers are actually great in the vase - if it has a soft or hollow stem it is worth carefully searing the ends in just boiled water. <BR/>One of the prettiest flowers in a vase, though not one I grow in my field yet,is bindweed. I keep meaning to pick a vase of bindweed and white willowherb to confound people who dismiss wild flowers as weeds.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14576982065729973318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17260180.post-1158669564003471882006-09-19T12:39:00.000+00:002006-09-19T12:39:00.000+00:00Next year I am determined to look more thoughfully...Next year I am determined to look more thoughfully at what I plant because I like the idea of making up natural bunches for the house - I have always refrained from it because like a lot of people I think, I believed the flowers wouldn't last. <BR/><BR/>These look very pretty - and what a great hobby to introduce to little girls<BR/><BR/>HeatherHeather https://www.blogger.com/profile/15486383793238153240noreply@blogger.com