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Cheaper compost bins, and “bokashi” bins which will deal with your other non-compostable food waste.
The Council has produced this leaflet which promotes the use of home composters and Bokashi bins to manage garden and food waste at home. Have a look if you’re interested in getting involved at home.
The prices for each bin have been subsidised, the details of which are on the leaflet.
If you’re looking to get rid of any household hazardous waste for free, then here are the dates and locations that you can do it for free.
Unfortunately for us it doesn’t include the Bergh Apton centre, but there are locations around Norwich.
Autumn is upon us and with it a slightly slower pace of gardening compared to the activity of Spring and Summer, this means if we are lucky enough to have a late spell of warm sunny weather then we may actually have time to enjoy it!
If you wish to, collect seeds from your summer-flowering plants, storing them in labelled paper envelopes or small paper bags.
If you have a water feature or pond, cover it with netting to prevent Autumnal leaves collecting and clogging the water.
Mow when the grass is dry enough and apply a general lawn feed which will green up your grass if needed. If you have dead patches or thatch in your lawn this can be scarified or raked out and you can spike the lawn with a garden fork to let more air to the roots of the grass. Regular mowing will also help collect the early Autumnal leaf fall.
Continue to enjoy the rewards of your hard work, pick your vegetables and late-fruiting raspberries and blackberries. Dig up any remaining potatoes, otherwise they will be destroyed by slugs.
While the soil is damp and warm, now is the time to start planting up your spring bulbs (except tulips, which should be planted later – in November).
Continue to dead-head as flowers fade and tie in new shoots on climbers.
Fallen leaves are an important organic resource, so try not to put them all in your brown bin.
You can put them in black bin bags or create a separate pile next to the compost heap to make leaf mould which will be perfect for conditioning your soil October.
An invitation from the Parish Council to apply for the Community Benefit Fund:
Since 2015 we have received an annual payment from the Avenue Solar Farm. This year this amounted to £10,041. This money is put into the Community Benefit Fund and each year local groups and individuals are invited to apply for a grant towards projects or activities in Alpington and Yelverton that benefit the community as a whole or a group of residents.
As in previous years, we would like to invite applications from groups or individuals who seek funding to make a positive impact within our community.
The application form is below, and also a file with some basic rules for CBF in the file below.
Bergh Apton Road, Alpington, will be closed all day on 21st September, for manhole repair works.
Looks like it’s near the school crossroads so probably the Back Road junction will still be open.
From the official notice:
…prohibiting the use by vehicles of the C374 Bergh Apton Road from 60m east of its junction with C374 Church Road for 60m eastwards…
If you’ve been past the church you may wonder why scaffolding is up on the north side of the church over the windows.
This is for the restoration of the north clerestory windows, which was one of the projects suggested at last year’s “Friends of St Mary’s Church” A.G.M.
Amazingly, an extremely generous member of the Friends has donated the full amount for this work, which is expected to last for about ten weeks.
The other suggested project was the restoration of the bell-frame so that the bells could be rung properly. You may have heard the bells rung briefly a few weeks ago when we had a preliminary visit by the restorers.
We have put in progress a full assessment and estimate, which will become the next Friends’ fund-raising project, so you may well hear more bell-ringing at some point in the next few weeks.
All welcome. Monday 6 September 2021, 7.30pm, Alpington Village Hall. 7.15pm for refreshments!
Come and hear about your Parish Council’s activities for the past year and the future, and learn about the clubs, groups and societies in our community.
Apologies for the previous post having the wrong venue, it’s now to be held at the village hall, due to the pub being closed.
original post with detailsThe Friends of St. Mary’s Church are holding a coffee morning on Saturday 21st August, with other things also for sale, and a raffle. Entry is free.
Click the image or button below to download the flyer:
This weekend there is an opportunity to chat to our local police safer Neighbourhood team, as they are out and about on Sunday 15th Aug.
The closest one for us would be the 11am outside Poringland Budgens, before they move on to Trowse for 1pm.
If you see them you can stop and have a chat and let them know of any local concerns or issues.
Please see details on the attached poster and please feel free to share and distribute it.
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