Direct Local South Gloucestershire January 2018

South Glos Edition Jan 2018

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Contents 6. Your garden in January 8. My last will 10. The top 3 movies for January 11. Competition time 14. De- clutter for 2018

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Your garden in January The garden in January needs to be prepared for all sorts of weathers, and if you’ve been following our advice over the last few months, your hard work is done for now. Most plants are dormant this month as they sleep through the cold weather, but there are still a few things to do in the garden.

Spring is just around the corner and work can be done to prepare for the warmth of the new season.

When its not too cold, beds and boarders can be dug over and lawn edges can be repaired and re-shaped. Don’t forget to keep feeding the birds, as food is scarce for them over the winter.

Plant of the Month Helleborus

The essential gardening jobs for January Protect plants January is known for cold frosts and bitter winds so plants will need protecting.

If you haven’t already done so, ensure protective fleeces are in place on tender plants over-wintering outdoors.

Lift containers up onto pot feet – if water isn’t draining away the soil can become waterlogged.Wet compost can rot roots and cause pots to crack in frost.

Remove snow from tree and shrub branches by knocking with a broom. Even a small amount of snow can add a lot of weight to branches, causing them to snap.

Dig over bare ground Run a fork through your vegetable patch or flower beds.

This will help to aerate – getting air into the soil is important because plant roots need oxygen. Choose a dry day when the soil isn’t too wet. Don’t break your back breaking down large lumps of soil. Keeping them large can help air circulate and any later frosts will break them up.

Feed the birds Natural food sources for birds are in short supply during the winter. Give them a helping hand by putting food out for them. Keep the food topped up but not full all the time – little and often is best.

Enjoy your garden!

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Why should you plant them?

Popular because they flower in cold winter and early spring, Hellebores herald the start of the New Year bringing a touch of colour to the garden.

Commonly know as ‘Christmas Roses’ they are easy to grow and very hardy. They produce attractive flowers and their leaves create a perfect evergreen backdrop to spring flowering bulbs.

How should you plant them?

Plant in shady herbaceous borders and the areas between deciduous shrubs to give an early splash of colour.

Happy in dappled shade they should be planted in rich, heavy soil that won’t dry out in the summer. ideal planting companies include Snowdrops, Primrose, Cornus and Mahonia.

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The top 3 movies For January The Christmas period might be over, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t still any gifts to be had when paying a visiting to your local cinema.

Whether it’s by checking out Aardman’s prehistoric animated offering in Early Man, taking a trip to the vibrant Mexican underworld in Pixar’s Coco, or witnessing the finale to Thomas’ dystopian adventure in The Death Cure – don’t miss out on these New Year niceties!

First up to the plate on January 19th is Pixar’s highly-anticipated next project: Coco. Centring around the colourful Day of the Dead Mexican holiday, the story charts young Miguel’s journey to the underworld and his mission to find his way back to the land of the living. Only by finding his great-great-grandfather does he stand a chance of doing so, with maybe the odd song or two thrown in along the way.

One week later, on January 26th, audiences can look forward to a bumper crop of unmissable cinema experiences in the form of Early Man and Maze Runner: The Death Cure. The first of which promises to be a fun-filled comedic romp, with caveman Dug and his tribe forced to go head to head with the brash brutes of the Bronze Age. The Death Cure, meanwhile, is set to bring James Dashner’s Maze Runner film adaptation trilogy full circle, as Thomas and friends face their hardest challenge yet.

You can nab two free tickets to see any of the films mentioned by completing the puzzle on the next page. But regardless, there’s plenty of reasons to be excited about visiting the cinema this January.

Aaron Potter is a professional writer for Cineworld Bristol and places these articles in Direct Local each month to give you the public a choice of great movies to veiw each month at your loal cinema.

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Want to win tickets to the movies!

Welcome to our Word search Competition Cineworld Yate are giving away 2 tickets any movie you like!

All you need to do is complete the word search above and either scan, take a photo on your smart phone and email it to us at : info@directlocalonline.com or send it in the post to via snail mail to the address below.

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The Draw will take place on the 25th January The lucky winner will be pulled randomly from a hat and contacted by a member of staff at Cineworld.

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De-clutter for 2018

So you have survived Christmas and are now thinking: ‘ Where am I going to put all this stuff?” it happens every year (and throughout). We find ourselves submerged in gifts, and whilst it is lovely to receive them, there is only so much space in the house! You have two choices I guess, buy a bigger house or maybe it’s time to de-clutter! Mike at Direct Local explains.

I find it hard to work when there is a lot of clutter around me. I resort to having a good clear up before I can channel my mind and get things achieved. At the same time, it is not always as easy as it sounds as we all get attached to our belongings. With this in mind, I thought I would try to help those of you who would like it. Once you have cleared the clutter, what you have remaining are the essential elements, which tend to be more beautiful and more elegant.

1.Make a list As with many tasks, it is usually easier to start with a plan. Write down all the rooms that you would like to work on and then start one area at a time.

2.What doesn’t have a function?

This does take a certain amount of honesty, and is sometimes easier to do with someone else’s possessions, but, if you are doing this on your own, a little ruthlessness is called for. We all have sentimentality towards certain items, and hold onto others ‘just in case’.

3.De-clutter your wardrobe Anything that attains a hole is binned immediately. Effectively, as we get older our size and style changes as our skin and hair colour and some things just don’t work anymore. Whites don’t always stay as white as they once were, and neither does black. Whilst it is lovely to have summer beach clothes – how many do we need? Likewise, a pair of shoes that have never been worn because we don’t have the rest of the outfit to go

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with them possibly could find a better home. A great way to do this is to turn all your hangers the wrong way, have a look in six months time which items haven’t been worn – the likelihood is that they will still be unworn six months later.

4.Dvds, Cds, Vhs, Cassettes In this digital age, so many of the above are now just not used and they can take up vast amounts of space – how often do you use them? I have found that I now upload all of my Cds to my Mac and play them through my TV, on my phone, in the car, on my ipad etc. as such, I bundled up all of my Dvds as Christmas gifts. The same unfortunately goes books.

5.Take a photo Sometimes, all we need is a reminder of something that we no longer need and, as such, a photograph of that chipped vase with some lovely flowers is all we require to allow ourselves to part with something we can no longer house.

6.The kitchen Now there is a special room, which always seem to harbour every gadget, dish and mug that we would possibly house. If you have a dishwasher, I would imagine that even you are surprised by the number of mugs you now have. I shall tell you, that if you have less mugs, it is amazing how much quicker it is to empty the dishwasher. Have you held onto the roasting tins that come with the last cooker you owned?

7.Retain, Recycle, Remove As you start to approach this mammoth task, you could try to separate into three criteria.

Items you want to retain: items you could sell on eBay or donate to charity: and items that need disposing of in the bin. You may be surprised how much money you could raise by selling a few items that you really don’t want.

This goes for clothing, as well as Cds, Dvds, furniture and even jewellery. You may even be able to have a holiday if you have really good clear out! And you can even get someone to do the hard work for you. For a fee.

8.Five Item Rule If the above seems daunting, how about looking at it in a far gentler way. Say, every time you clean or tidy the house, you select just five items that you no longer need and set them aside in a box or bag, or the boot of your car ready for you to drop off when your next passing a charity shop? Over a period of time, you would be surprised by the space that you reclaim. It may seem daunting; but having a clear-out can benefit not just your home, but also your mind. Psychologists have found that women with cluttered homes have higher levels of cortisol – the stress hormone associated with chronic fatigue, post traumatic stress disorder, and higher risk of mortality. A recent study also showed that physical clutter affects people’s ability to focus, process information, and be productive – so jilting the junk could be just the energy boost you need. What are you waiting for?

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