Last month we went to the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, which is about an hour and 45 minutes away from where we live. It was worth the trip: Iowa really knows how to put on a state fair! It was a lot of fun and I plan on doing a few posts in the coming weeks about various things we saw and did there.
Did you know that there are contests at state fairs for things like the best vegetables and best flowers? I didn't. I'm rooting for them now though.
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| Prize-winning desiccated corn. Who knew? |
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| John checking out some of the gourd winners. |
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| My dad, the produce guru. He eats lots of fruits and vegetables and may have been thinking about taking one of these for a little snack. |
The flowers were my favorite...and most of them pretty much looked the same in quality to me. How on earth are these judged? Probably by very skilled florists and horticulturists.
And finally, one really big pumpkin...
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| This would make a lot of pumpkin pies. |
The competitive world of vegetable and flower-growing is a pretty exciting one, isn't it?
It was fun to see!
