Coldstream Flower Show Quiz
Thanks to everyone who bought a copy of my quiz and sorry that I did not put the number of letters for each answer, will do so in future and also missed a "B" from No 17. No one got it all correct but three people had 27 correct and a draw took place with the winner being Mrs Mather, Berwickshire. Here are the answers.
1 Type of enclosure found on the cricket pitch - Wicket (Gate)
2 You could find this on a fishing ship - Net / Netting
3 To swindle someone - Fleece
4 Sounds like frost and water generate these - Leeks
5 Helps to keep the weeds down - Mulch
6 AEEILPRS (1) - Espalier
7 To safeguard - Hedge
8 Not a cold bath - Hot tub
9 Small stones left by the tomb - Gravel
10 A gardener’s refuge Shed
11 Spur with direction and a sign Barbecue
12 A black suit - Spade
13 Would this keep Eden moist - Garden Hose
14 Ancient burial ground follows a hoop - Wheelbarrow
15 Heated container for germinating seeds - Propagator
16 There is one in Plymouth - Hoe
17 AABBCEEEFGHILRTTTUWY (3) - Cabbage White Butterfly
18 This can go before tennis -Lawn
19 Dock minus the 8 letter - Arbour
20 Otherwise this ends with a beet - Orchard
21 This berry bush hides another - Shrubbery
22 To cross this you may need a passport - Border
23 Don Juan was one - Rake
24 Inflate your relative - Pumpkin
25 Sounds like it could be self raising containers - Flower Pots
26 Colourful abode - Greenhouse
27 To supply food for this post - Caterpillar
28 This vagrant follows a fine one after the 15th - Trampoline
29 Could be a stringed instrument - Viola
30 Sounds like Abel’s brother - Cane