As you may be aware, I have decided not to run an Autumn Tree Smackdown this year. I was feeling a little bad about it. However, a Fellow ...

I don't know why, but I get extreme satisfaction from seeing pictures of my contest prizes on other people's blogs. First it was Ha...

Hey, remember the First Annual Rantwick Autumn Tree Smackdown? Remember how 3 lucky entrants won the awesome prize of a tiny bottle of the v...

The winners of the First Annual Rantwick Autumn Tree Smackdown are: Rat Trap Press' "Charlie Brown" tree, with 117 (read back...

After what seems like a lifetime, time is almost up for voting on your favourite FARATS tree. Thanks very much to all who participated; I w...

My mystery visitor left an anonymous comment confirming that they had loaded the votes for RTP's Charlie Brown tree. For those of you w...

You know what? When I look at my recent stats, somebody from London Ontario was visiting the hell out of my site over the past few days in a...

First off, if you have no idea what FARATS is, click here . Then, if you want to read every single stupid post written about it, click here ...

It is finally FARATS voting day but I'm not ready yet. I'm hoping to scrape together a little time at lunch to get it ready. Worst c...

As the deadline for FARATS (First Annual Rantwick Autumn Tree Smackdown) entries approached, I figured I had received all the entries I was ...

You know, the way we all get busy and time flies at this time of year, the deadline for the First Annual Rantwick Autumn Tree Smackdown ent...

Those of us in the know have begun using the FARATS acronym to save time, which is, as far as I know, the point of acronyms. What it stands ...

Here's an entry from Rat Trap Press that few will not be tempted to vote for; RTP has called it his "scrappy little Charlie Brown...

I am pleased to have 2 new FARATS entries to share with you. The first comes from Big Oak of Big Oak Bikes in Indiana. Here's what he ...

It would seem that Tracy's tree from yesterday's post is scaring people away from my contest because they no longer feel that they c...