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The summer holidays can fill parents with joy but also dread. What to do with the children to keep them entertained?
Getting children outside and into the garden can be tricky when there are computer games to be played and things to watch on screens. But we can and should encourage them out; spending time outside gives them learning opportunities that cannot be simulated and is great for physical and mental wellbeing.
Perhaps your garden has a neglected corner
BANBURY PEST CONTROL
Give
With some wbamboo sticks and pool GARDENING
that can be given over to the children to build a den from old wood recycled at home or foraged on a walk. Imaginations can then run wild; is it a little house in the woods, a soldier’s bunker or a fort?
If it isn’t too shady, the area could be turned into an area to have them grow something. You could pick up some half price bedding plants from your local nursery, cut themback, a bit of food and water and ‘watch the flowers grow’.
Alternatively, sow some biennials for next spring, to get the full wonderment at seeing a whole plant grow from a tiny seed. Planting butterfly attracting flowers like Monarda (bergamot) Verbena bonariensis and Sedum spectabile will bring all the colourful butterflies and moths in. See how many different ones they can spot, and do a count of all the species. If you have a pond, do dips and see how the mix of creepy crawlies changes over the summer.
One of my favourite garden projects as a child was growing on a Silver birch sapling; it grew quickly and was so rewarding to see it go from a few inches to feet to metres tall.
Pond Cleaning, General Maintenance
Filtration Installs & Upgrades
Ponds Re-Lined & Repaired
Call for any pond related enquiry Contact: Jim 07704 576839 / 01280 705067 www.gardenpondservices.co.uk
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noodles you can make mazes or obstacle courses. Set up a route and time them; they will want to get quicker and it will keep them occupied for hours. If the weather heats up, water stations and paddling pools can be used to water pots, veggies and establishing plants in the garden.
Put up a tent in the garden and use that as a den by day and sleep over by night. Perhaps the grownups could join in too, and toast a few marshmallows as the sun goes down.
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Washing Machines, Dish Washers, Tumble Dryers, Electric Cookers, Microwaves & Vacuum Cleaners Also parts for D.I.Y. SERVICE & REPAIRS
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FREE PINTS!
DURING SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER
when you join our Carlsberg/ Kronenbourg 1664 promotion. Loyalty card - Buy 8 and get the 9th one free
THURSDAY, 11 SEPTEMBER
CHEESE TASTING NIGHT
£5.00 entry includes cheese & Bisuits
WEDNESDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER
VILLAGE NIGHT from 6:00pm – £10.00 set main course meal (vegetarian option will be available)
FRIDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER
LIVE MUSIC with Leigh Chambers from 7:00pm
KATHERINE HOUSE 100 CLUB
Winner takes all. Draw takes place at 7:30pm - You need to be at the draw to win!
We have planned events and daily specials –please follow us on Instagram and Facebook
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WEDNESDAY, 15 OCTOBER
VILLAGE NIGHT from 6:00pm – £10.00 set main course meal (vegetarian option will be available)
TUESDAY, 21 OCTOBER
LIVE MUSIC & HALLOWEEN
FANCY DRESS
£12.00 per ticket – Includes 2 x entries into the lucky number draw and snacks
FRIDAY, 31 OCTOBER
KATHERINE HOUSE 100 CLUB
Live music & Halloween fancy dress
£12.00 Per ticket – includes 2x entries into the Katherine House lucky number draw & snacks
Remember we also host private functions such as birthdays, wakes, weddings etc. Off-site catering also available
