Preparing for the Fair

Carp Fair weekend is one of the highlights of autumn in our community.  We love going to see the farm animals, checking out the rides, eating cotton candy, and meeting up with many of our neighbours at the fair grounds.  We also often submit some of our farm's produce in the fair's vegetable competitions.  While most of our produce was put into our CSA baskets this year, we did keep one very special vegetable for submission to the fair - a gigantic hubbard squash.

Much to our dismay, the first hubbard to grow in our garden got partially eaten by a chipmunk.

We cannot really blame him - it was an exceptionally delicious squash!

Luckily, a second one grew and we were able to harvest it before the chipmunk had a chance to make it into a meal.  This hubbard is huge!  Prize worthy even.

Seamus wheeled our special squash all the way to the registration desk at the fair and waited patiently while Mama got all the paperwork in order.

Then, our next door neighbour, Mr. George (a Carp Fair veteran) helped Seamus place his prize squash in the exhibition hall.

Now all that is left to do is wait for Saturday to see if Seamus' squash is blue ribbon worthy.  Even if it does not win, we are very much looking forward to eating this very special squash!