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Originally posted by oh2fly:
Wanna help me? You can judge and enter, I don't care.

I can help. I have awful luck with tomatoes where I live now.
I can win for the least productive plants!!
The bricks soun like a good idea. You can always ask for everyones input before it starts.

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Originally posted by oh2fly:
Do you grow garlic?

Why do you keep asking people that??

It's an inside OG joke. If you look at most of the garlic posts here, I am usually involved in them along with MHG (MooreHaven Gardens). I also won our garlic contest here last year and am organizing the 2008 one. It's just for fun.It's also a nice distraction from winter chatting about it. There are lots of garlicheads here.I guess if you didn't know that, it would seem weird of me asking that.

I love the brick idea! Did the pony come up with that, or was that your idea? I want to give credit where credit is due!

I went out today and rooted around to make sure I had some unused ones. Yep, I do.

Do you grow Garlic?

Yep, that is the most important question here at OG. Sums us all up! How long is that list now? Gotta check!

lisaann, I think you are already drinking! Pony? He doesn't concern himself with much besides eating and kissing the neighbors' horses. Do you grow garlic? I actually thought of 2 bricks all by myself, so there

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I can help. I have awful luck with tomatoes where I live now.

wrennie, I would welcome another judge. Thank you! With this bunch we may need a referee

I haven't said anything yet....but I am planning on growing a tomato or 2, but I will only enter if I have something wonderful that I think might win

If all my tomatoes look awful I will pretend I didn't want to enter anyway.

David.....about the brick measurement standard. This seems like a good idea, If.....everyones bricks are the same. I just went outside and measured whats on the outside of my house, and this is a typical 3 hole brick, right?
Mine is 7 1/2 inches in length. This should be a standard of measurement, pending that all "basic, 3 hole bricks" are the same length, Nation wide....

If so, Im all for it. Im sure there are many bricks of different sizes, lets wait and see, if someone has a different brick in mind. A picture of your basic brick might be in order here, If needed, Ill post one this weekend. blane.

maybe I don't understand correctly....

but why would it matter what size the brick was? The only thing you are looking for is a perfect right angle.

All the measurements are on the paper, not the bricks.

yeah, what she said... heck 2 pieces of 2 by 4 would work. But, for simplicity's sake,and to have us all do the same thing, use your basic red bricks. I will post a pic of what I am talking about. No big mater for a model. I will surprise you.

I'll join in, was so busy with moving and organizing, really hadn't had a chance to read this whole thread!

New garden spot for me this year, we'll see how it produces. I have had some pretty hefty tomatoes in the past. Around here we don't get ripe ones til around August 1. This contest could have a 3-4 month duration due to the different growing seasons. Sounds like great fun!

ok, I goofed, I though we would do this with just bricks.....Now that you mentioned the paper.....duh! My bad.....

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Originally posted by oh2fly:
With this bunch we may need a referee

Don't people here behave?
get in shape people!
(did I sound authoritative?)

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ok, I goofed, I though we would do this with just bricks.....Now that you mentioned the paper.....duh! My bad.....

No worries! Last year, our garlic contest was done on hundred dollar bills! If you can cover the whole bill with a tomato, you have a good 'un

David,

I received my 2008 Territorial catalog in today's mail.
Lots of interesting choices RE: Giant tomatoes.
Also, a very decent write-up RE: my ambrosia's.