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After the recent welcome rain, our gardens are leaping into Summer growth. We can now start to enjoy our gardens while keeping up with any weeding, watering and feeding.

Lawns

Continue to mow as needed, cutting the grass a little higher in hot dry weather.

Mulching

If your borders are in full sun and dry out quickly, consider applying a mulch of compost or bark on top of the soil between the plants to reduce water evaporation.

Feeding

Feed container plants, bedding plants and veggies. Liquid-feed tubs and baskets every fortnight if you haven’t already applied some controlled-release fertiliser.

Bulbs

Lift Spring bulbs when their leaves have turned yellow. Put them indoors in a shallow box to dry then remove the dried leaves and store them in a cool dry shed for Autumn planting.

Greenhouses

Water the greenhouse to dampen it down in hot weather and ensure you have sufficient shading on the glass to prevent your plants from becoming scorched. Spray cucumbers with water to maintain the humid atmosphere which they prefer.  Feed tomatoes, peppers & other greenhouse crops with a high-potash feed such as Tomorite as per the instructions on the bottle.

Harvesting

June is also the time for harvesting early crops – Strawberries, salads, spring onions and radishes you sowed or planted earlier in the year. You may also have the first onions – they are ready when the leaves turn yellow. 

Bring indoor plants outside for the Summer

Move any Summer-flowering house plants into the garden. They will brighten any patio area and benefit from the extra light.  

Relaxing and celebrating

On warm summer days,  try to take some time to relax in your garden and enjoy the garden you have worked so hard to create. 

Hopefully the weather will be kind for our Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations and we will all be able to enjoy and share our outdoor spaces over the Jubilee weekend. (Editor’s note, as I’m posting this late: it could have been kinder, right? But could have been worse!!)

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We had some fantastic cakes entering our Victoria Sponge Baking Competition at the Village Fete held on Saturday 4th June, as you can see from the picture below!

After a rigorous judging process the results were as follows:

Adult competition:- 1st place  Sophie Hardesty; 2nd place  Bernard Pitt; 3rd place  Trisha Howlett

Junior competition:-  1st place  Amy Goodyear; 2nd place and an exceptional bake  Rosie Freeman 

Congratulations to the winners and well done to all who entered.

Just a reminder that the Flower Festival at St. Mary’s Church, Yelverton, is now on until the 11th June. 10am – 3pm.

We’ve previously posted about this here, but that post really did not do it justice! It’s not just flowers! The church is absolutely packed with displays. Check out the photos.

We popped along at the weekend and it was really busy, loads of people inside, chatting on the pews and walking around. There were refreshments available to eat and drink. A very welcoming atmosphere. And the displays were really interesting.

There’s old games and things from various decades that you’ll recognise, and it was good fun looking at the old books and photos. I personally remember in particular a sheet of facts about what was going on in the 70s which puts today’s situation into context! Hope you can make it for a bit at some point before all this hard work needs to be packed away.

GARRICK FIELD ACTIVITIES CANCELLED 10-12 tomorrow (5th June). But big picnic 12-2 is still going ahead, in the village hall.

The weather is not going to be kind so begrudgingly we feel it will be best to cancel the activities at the Garrick tomorrow morning (5th June) 😔

Hoping to re-schedule around the time of the Commonwealth Games 🙂

The big picnic activities will still be going ahead, at 12, inside the village hall.

Jun/Jul 2022 edition of Eleven Says, the Newspaper of the Bramerton Group of Churches covering 11 Parishes.

As part of the Village Festival over the Platinum Jubilee weekend there’s a Village Trail where you can look out for interesting and quirky things in our Village.

Village Trail maps will be available at the Village Hall, the Wheel of Fortune pub and the Church over the weekend. 

Please take care when walking parts of the Trail where there aren’t any footpaths.

Answers to the questions on the map will be posted on the Community website after the Jubilee weekend!

To complete our Village celebrations of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee we will be holding a Bring-Your-Own Big Picnic on the Village Hall Field between 12 and 2pm on Sunday 5th June. 

You will also need to bring your own folding tables and chairs or picnic blanket as well as your picnic.

You can drop off your picnic things at the Village Hall but if you are coming by car parking is at the School.

To entertain us local Ukulele Group, Jelly and the Biscuits, will play a set.  They are performing for free but would appreciate any donations to the Hallswood Animal Sanctuary.

A giant celebration cake baked by Leo Smith will be cut by our local Deputy Lieutenant of Norfolk, Bryony Falkus, and shared out amongst attendees.  If you fancy an ice cream for dessert there will be an ice cream van there.

To make it a special occasion why not dress up 50s style, the decade the Queen ascended to the throne, or patriotically in red, white and blue?  It would also be fun to dress up your table for the occasion and maybe bring a flag to wave!

So come and join together to celebrate the Jubilee

see our other jubilee events

As part of our Village celebrations of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee we are holding a traditional Fete at the Village Hall Field between 12 and 4pm on Saturday 4th June.

As well as traditional games, craft and Tombola stalls there will be performances from our Village Primary School choir and local Guides Group choir, a Punch and Judy Show, Victoria Sponge Baking Competition and display of crafts by Cottontails Playgroup in the Hall.

If you are hungry or thirsty you can visit the TWIG Refreshments Tent for tea/coffee and cake, get a drink from the bar in the Hall or visit the Hippy Chippy Fish ‘n Chips van and the ice cream van outside the Hall.

Don’t forget to bring some cash as there’s unlikely to be card payment available!

There will not be any car parking at the Village Hall for visitors to the Fete but parking is available at the School and the Pub

As part of our Village celebrations we are holding a special Jubilee Quiz at the Wheel of Fortune pub, Alpington at 7.30pm on Thursday 2nd June.

Entry is free and there’s also a raffle.  Why not join us for a light hearted quiz that will also exercise your little grey cells a bit.