Many thanks to Patrick and Steph for organising the 2008 Food and Growers blog meet at Oxford's Botanic Garden last Saturday.
The weather was glorious and the company excellent. The food was good (thanks Cat for the apple pie)and the presentations from Ben of Real Seeds, Patrick and Simon were entertaining and informative.
There was talk about future projects (growing garlic and potatoes from true seed has me interested) and lots of laughs made for a great day. And there was a busy seed swap where I bagged some Magnum Bonum pea ('sublime flavour') and Wintergreen beet which promises to be a good keeper.
Mark your diaries for next year.
Lovely to meet you, John. I hope you get on well with the Magnum Bonum ... I think it's even better than Ne Plus Ultra and I'll be interested to find out whether you agree!
It was a Nikon D40 I was using. One of the cheapest digital SLRs, but I've been very impressed with it. Jessops do a very good price on them.
Posted by: Rebsie Fairholm | September 22, 2008 at 03:26 PM
I was so sorry that a mild crisis here kept me away ... it looked like fun, and I was very sorry indeed to miss the talks
Next year ...
Joanna
Posted by: Joanna | September 22, 2008 at 06:48 PM
I really enjoy reading blogs from around the world. I certainly enjoyed yours..
Posted by: John Spagnoli | September 23, 2008 at 12:51 AM
Hi John,
It was great to finally meet you, thanks for coming. Good luck with your remodelling. Maybe we'll see each other again next year.
Posted by: Patrick | September 23, 2008 at 08:01 AM
Hi John, it was good to meet you, I'm sorry we didn't have a chance for a good chat, I'd have liked that. Anywho, I've found your blog now.
Cheers, Simon
Posted by: Simon Kirby | September 24, 2008 at 10:14 PM
Great to meet you, John. See you again next year?
Posted by: Soilman | September 28, 2008 at 09:30 AM