The St Leonards & St Ives Directory - March 2017

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March 2017

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Benita’s Garden Services Specialising in Soft Garden Restoration, Planning & Planting, Maintenance & Development

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For a truly personal and professional treatment, please call

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Welcome...

The St Leonards & St Ives Directory Edition 4

Published by:

Stephen & Debbie Corney at Dorset Publications

Telephone:

01202 894397

Email:

info@stleonardsdirectory.co.uk

Copy deadline for the April 2017 edition: 13th March 2017

Disclaimer: Whilst every care has been taken to ensure that data in this publication is accurate, the publisher cannot accept any liability to any party to loss or damage caused by errors or omissions resulting from negligence, accident or any other cause.

The S t Leonards & S t Ives Director y does not officially endorse any advertising material included within the publication. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval systems or transmitted in any form, without prior permission of the publisher.

Dear St Leonards, St Ives, Ashley Heath & Avon Castle, Spring is on its way! Lighter evenings, warmer weather, and the promise of an array of flowers to brighten up the day. Most of us love March and April, new beginnings, fresh air and spring cleaning of course. Time to clear out the old, make way for the new, renovate, build a loft conversion, fit a new carpet, revamp the kitchen, feed the lawn, plant those bulbs and generally make the environment around us a better place to live in. Maybe there is someone inside our little magazine who could help give you more time for yourself? Then you can go for a walk, read a good book or plan your summer holiday, leaving all the work to the experts. Sounds good to me. The local trades people here would love to hear from you so please give them a call.

Nellie is back on the road! She enthusiastically took us to “Monkey World” this month and excitedly adopted a 30 year old male orang-utan called Tuan. We had a monkey of a time, despite the very cold weather and were thoroughly entertained for several hours. If you have never visited then Nellie highly recommends it.

Your spirits are somehow lifted when you leave. It must be all that playful swinging!

The lucky winner of the wordsearch last month was S M Schad. Well done and we do hope you enjoy your meal.

Don’t forget that if you have a local club, society or group in the area and would love some free promotion, we are the people to call. If you have a business and would like to be more recognised locally, then we are definitely the people to call. We have excellent reviews and are more than happy to help you.

Wishing you a youthful month of March and may the flowers bloom!

All the Best,

Debbie & Stephen Corney

Useful Numbers Local Police Bournemouth Airport Village Hall Emergency Electric

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Royal B’mouth Hosp Parish Council Bournemouth Water Emergency Gas

01202 303626 01425 482727 01202 590059 0800 111 999

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Get a Wow from your Worktops!

A fabulous range of stunning works surfaces, all lovingly crafted under one roof.

At R&A Fabrications we create beautiful surfaces.

Choose from nature’s highly aesthetic stone or timber; or one of the myriad of man made quartz colours available, or from one of the amazingly versatile and contemporary acrylics.

Based in Ringwood, Hampshire, we are ideally located for discerning trade and private customers in Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire and the home counties, who appreciate the quality of high specification work surfaces.

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Tel: 01425 475525

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Unit 4/5, Millstream Trading Estate, Christchurch Road, Ringwood, BH24 3SA

Are your automated gates an open or shut case?

We can service, maintain and repair existing automated gates of virtually any make & design.

• CAME Safe approved installers • Automatic gate installations & repairs • Regular service schedules or one off We are also fully qualified electricians and can undertake all kinds of electrical installations, inspections and repairs.

Tel: 01425 477943 1 Stag Business Park, Christchurch Rd, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 3AS www.gle-uk.co.uk

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TREE, HEDGE & WOODLAND SPECIALISTS Tree,Covering Hedge & Woodland specialists all aspects of: • Tree Surgery • Tree Felling • Stump Removal • Hedge Cutting • Woodland Maintenance For a Free Consultation & Quotation

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Community News

St Leonards & St Ives Parish Council The Parish Council was formed in 1932. It is the first tier of Local Government and acts as an independent corporate body consisting of 13 elected Councillors who are unpaid volunteers. The role of the Parish Council is to represent the residents; look after the parish lands and assets. The Parish Council is also a statutory consultee on planning policy and planning applications. For this latter role it can only do so if Parishioners include them when they object or support applications so please copy them in.

The Parish has grown considerably from 50 in 1906, to our current number of around 7,200 according to the ONS. The area covers Avon Castle; Ashley; Ashley Heath; Matchams; St Leonards and St Ives. Within this Parish lies the Sheiling Community at Folly Farm and also the St Leonards Hospital.

As part of the Council’s statutory duties we are required to hold an Annual Parish Assembly for the whole community. This will be held on 19th April 2017 at 7pm in the Village Hall. The Chairman will give a short annual report on the Council year and the annual accounts will be presented. Residents can ask questions directly of the Councillors and put forward ideas for the future. I do hope you will be able to attend we are currently trying to source a speaker as well.

Current Projects: The Parish Council is currently investigating whether a piece of land in the Parish is suitable for a burial ground site something which has been long awaited. The plan is for a woodland/meadow type of natural burial site. Preliminary testing has taken place and the results have been positive but there is still a long way to go to obtain the necessary planning approval and funding for the project.

In November following the withdrawal of the County Council Youth Service the Parish Council took on the role as Trustee to ensure the future of the Parish Youth Club.

USEFUL INFORMATION: The Parish Council meets on the last Wednesday of every month Further information is available on our website: www.stleonardspc.org.uk The public are welcome to attend the meetings and may put a question to the Council in the Public forum but they cannot participate in the meeting generally. The Council may only make decisions on items placed on the published agenda. Decisions of the Parish Council are corporate decisions and binding on all Members, Councillors may not act alone.

There is only one member of staff and the Parish Office opening hours are limited to keep costs down to the minimum. However the Clerk does access the computer at home and the best way to contact her outside of office hours is by email her contact details are:Mrs A Jacobs, Parish Clerk, Parish Office, Village Hall, Braeside Rd, St Leonards, Ringwood, BH24 2PJ Telephone: 01425 482727 Office hours Tuesday to Thursday 10.30am to 12.30pm Email: office@stleonardspc.org.uk

All residents are warmly invited to their

ANNUAL PARISH ASSEMBLY to be held on WEDNESDAY 19th April 2017 DOORS OPEN AT 6.45PM TO START PROMPTLY AT 7.00PM

IN THE MAIN HALL AT THE VILLAGE HALL, BRAESIDE ROAD, ST LEONARDS

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Horton Road | Ashley Heath | Dorset | BH24 2EE

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St Ives House is a newly-built care home set in an attractive sylvan location near Ringwood.

With well-appointed facilities and an abundance of light and space, the home offers a relaxed, safe and peaceful setting for those with nursing, residential and dementia care needs.

Our caring, expertly trained staff offer high quality nursing care for all levels of need – from short-term respite, to high dependency and palliative care, as well as dementia care.

Come and see for yourself For enquiries please call 01425 481220 or visit www.care-south.co.uk

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ADVERTORIAL

Cloudy2Clear Announce Trusted Trader Partnership Consumer champions Which? have now joined the thousands of customers who recognise that Cloudy2Clear Windows really are a business that you can TRUST. The company which specialises in repairing windows which are steamed up, broken or damaged by replacing the panes – not the frames has received the coveted ‘Which Trusted Trader’ status after going through a rigorous accreditation process entirely focussed on customer service.

Group Managing Director Marcus McGee believes that Which? have endorsed Cloudy2Clear’s long standing

company policy of delivering the highest standards possible at all times. ‘Our service is simple. If your double glazing has misted up we can replace the glass at a fraction of the cost of a new window, in any type of frame, and with a new 25 year guarantee. But it’s not just about saving people money, although that obviously helps. Whilst a number of tradespeople perhaps don’t focus on customer care as much as they should do, we make sure we turn up when we say we will, do the job the customer requires and leave their house as clean as a whistle.

Locally Cloudy2Clear service the 6W /HRQDUGV area

DQG manager Justin Friel agrees that this approach is a major factor in his success. ‘The truth is that it’s not just the personal satisfaction that I get from doing a good job but also it makes good business sense. I get a huge amount of business from friends and family of people I’ve done work for, which just goes to show how much a little bit of effort is appreciated as both my customers and, obviously a body as nationally important as Which? now recognise.’

So, if your windows are steamed up, broken or damaged give Justin a call for a free quotation on 0800 61 21 118 and he’ll be happy to help!

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Wildlife News

Talking about Wildlife...

Step into Spring What signals spring has arrived for you?

Seeing a snowdrop perhaps? Or hearing the birds singing during the lighter evenings?

The changing season from winter to spring is perhaps one of the most enjoyable of the year as it brings colour, and sounds and sights we all relish after the long dark, cold days of winter.

We are encouraging all of our supporters this year to get outside and experience wildlife first hand, and spring is a good place to start.

DWT has over 44 nature reserves in Dorset which are teeming with wildlife thanks to proper management of the habitat, so you have a very good chance of seeing a favourite species, or perhaps a new one!

Here’s a list of species we challenge you to spot this spring. You don’t need to go far to see many of them – you may see them in your garden, parks, on a road side or on one of our nature reserves.

1. Bluebells – Perhaps one of our most famous and unmistakable woodland flowers – look for long and narrow, drooping leaf fronds and bending flower stems heavy with the nodding blue bells that give this flower its name. Can be seen in woodland and hedgerows. Visible from April – May.

Male Orange Tip

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Bluebells

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2. Cuckoo – Arriving in April, the cuckoo can be seen in many different habitats from woodland to heathland and coastal areas.

Their familiar ‘cuck-oo’ call heralds the start of spring. Almost as soon as they have laid their eggs in June or July, they leave for Africa, so there’s a small window to see these birds.

3. Orange tip butterfly – Another sign that spring is arriving is seeing the orange tip butterfly emerges from April until July.

They are found in hedgerows, farmland, gardens and parks. The female does not have the orange colour but can be identified by a ‘mossy grey’ pattern on the underside of her hindwings.

4. Cowslips – A cousin of the primrose, the cowslip is also an early spring flower.

They’re a rarer sight across the UK due to habitat decline, but they can be found in traditional meadows, ancient woodlands and hedgerows in early spring in Dorset, coloured bright yellow with nodding heads!

DWT would love to hear about any of your sightings this spring. Contact us on @Dorsetwildlife or facebook/DorsetWildlife with your photos and stories!

Find out more about our nature reserves in Dorset at www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/ reserves.

Sally Welbourn Communications Officer

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Heritage News

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Local History: St Ives House Today we await the opening of a brand new “St. Ives House” Care Home and its associated “St. Ives Place” development, but the site has had a history of its own since the early 19th century.

For many years, after the “A31” turnpike was provided in the 1760s, the whole area “between the rivers” remained barren heathland. Areas to the north were parts of the Somerley estate, those to the south mostly linked with Hurn Court. Late 18th century this corner with Horton Road passed through various hands, both wealthy and poor, linked to Ringwood.

While negotiating for the Southampton and Dorchester Railway in the early 1840s, Charles Castleman rented “St. Ives Cottage”. Mid-1848 he purchased it,

together with 50 acres of land. Sadly, his first wife Martha died that Christmas. He began a massive extension of the cottage, a photograph of that thatched house appearing in my first article.

In 1852 he re-married. His only child, Emma Jane, was born the following year. However, his wife Louisa, aged just 27, died of TB soon after. In 1855, he dedicated the superb West window of the re-built Ringwood Parish Church to her memory.

In 1858 he married in that church for a third time to Isabelle, using his vast estates, including the house, as collateral to provide her with a £10,000 marriage endowment. About that time he also sold off an earlier acquisition, the 40

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acres of today’s St. Ives village. In 1860 he finally sold the house and its 50 acres and moved to “Glasshayes” in Lyndhurst, today a major hotel in that town.

In the period to 1897, the estate passed through several hands. [OS Map dated 1870] The thatched house burned down in 1874, but a brick and tile replacement was constructed above the old cellars.

A Dr. William Russell purchased this with its 50 acres plus 10 acres to the west that contained a “farmery” and “Pine Cottage”. Today the latter are occupied by “Strode Gardens” and the First School.

Dr. Russell began landscaping, improving the soil, and planting some 200 trees.

A detailed record of these works 1897c1950 survives. He died in 1909, and his son took over, became an important local benefactor, and married in 1925.

[Photograph c.1930] In the 1950s Thomas willed the estate to become a residential care and nursing home for locals, and, at his death in 1955, a Trust took over. The home was opened in 1962, with six flats added for individuals who remained selfsufficient.

At that time much surrounding land was sold off, today St. Ives Park and St. Ives Wood. Later Russell Gardens and Whitfield Park would appear. The house survived until early 2015, but could no longer meet the modern requirements for such a service.

A more detailed illustrated history forms part of my File H06B at Ringwood’s Meeting House.

John Hawkins

[Erratum: in the January issue, the Christopher Saxton map should have been dated 1575]

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Community News

1st St Leonards & St Ives Beaver Colony 2016 was a special year for all beavers worldwide as we celebrated our 30th anniversary. In January, we started with a 12th birthday party for the length that I have been running our colony.

At Easter, we joined with our friends from Longham colony and had a run day at Avon Heath Country Park, followed by a sleepover at our Scout Headquarters. Also in April, we had a blessing service at All Saints Church in St Leonards.

June saw our royal tea party to mark and celebrate our Queen’s 90th birthday. We also joined with the beavers in the Ferndown colony for a fun day at Moors Valley Country Park.

All beavers in Dorset got together at Buddens Scout Centre near Wareham in July to celebrate the beaver birthday year at a county level. We also held our group family barbecue where we enjoyed a special birthday cake for both the beavers’ 30th anniversary and the cubs’ 100th anniversary!

After the summer break, in September, we joined with other beavers in the district for a fun day, followed by a sleepover for those aged 7yrs and over, at Butchers Coppice Scout Centre.

In October, we joined again with the Longham colony for a great day out at the Heavy Horse Centre near Verwood. Both colonies adopted a horse, with ours being ‘Viscount’.

December found us enjoying a fun Christmas outing to Adventure Wonderland together with other district and North Dorset district colonies. We ended the term and year with our own colony Christmas Party, the Ugly Bug Ball!

With far too many slices of birthday cake eaten through last year, we are looking forward to more fun in 2017.

Sue Loose, Beaver Scout Leader

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Introducing the Jubilee Wine Circle The Jubilee Wine Circle is a great place for a bit of fun centered around wine. We try lots of different wines especially new ones to see what we like and don’t like. We also encourage wine making. We have two qualified judges in the circle as well as a host of members who have been making wine for years so if you fancy making wine there are lots of people who can help. Recently we have had tremendous successes at the South West Federation Show and the Wales & West Federation Show, the latter being a large national show where we won two prizes. But it’s not all about competing in shows!

Last year we had an evening of Chinese wine and cookery to celebrate Chinese New Year. We also had a great Christmas Dinner complete with port to finish.

We also had a banjo band and a whole host of different talks, quizzes and generally fun evenings. We meet at the Stapehill Village Hall on the first Friday of every month at 8pm.

So if you like the idea of a sociable evening with a general focus on wine then please contact the Chairman using the details below and you’ll be made very welcome.

Chairman: Neil Barton Tel: 01202 861077 Email: neillbarton@gmail.com

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Braeside Community Cafe News During January the Community Café in St. Leonards presented £2000 cheques to Sailability and the special unit at The Bishop of Winchester Academy for their work with students with Aspergers and Autism.

The community café meets each Wednesday for coffee and a chat. At these meetings stalls selling homemade food and cakes, books, CDs and bric-a-brac help raise the funds for local charities. Since starting nearly 3 years ago we have raised over £8,000. The local community of St. Leonards and St. Ives kindly give generously items for our stalls which help us with our fundraising efforts.

If anyone wishes to join us on Wednesdays we are open from 10-12 noon every week.

A warm welcome is given to all.

For those who wish to donate any items for our stalls to help our fundraising efforts these would be most gratefully received.

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The Adventures of Nellie

The Dorset Publications Camper Van Nellie is back! Having had quite a rest for a couple of months and a new ‘ticker’ (alias alternator) fitted, Nellie was raring to go. In fact she was chattering at the bit and came screeching to a halt when she suddenly had the idea to take us to “Monkey World” near Wool in the Purbecks. We were there many years ago when Hayden was just a baby in the pram. Oh boy that seems a long time ago.

Saturday morning. There were flurries of snow! Really, was Nellie going to take us out in that? Yes, is the short answer.

When Nellie decides on something wild horses would not stop her, certainly not a teeny-weeny drop of snow. She even has a snow mode for emergencies! Ever known anyone like that?

Hayden was none too impressed, but boys of 13 are not always easy to please as we know. Nellie was very persuasive and since I was driving Hayden came along, a ‘little’ reluctantly.

It was freezing! I can’t blame many of the monkeys for hiding in their shelters, but there were some out and about for us to see. The whole complex has expanded so much. I couldn’t believe it. What a

The playful lemurs run around at your feet

Nellie arrives at Monkey World great place to visit, whether young or old.

Nellie would have loved to try the fantastic climbing frames and hang off the ropes that were intended for the children, but we did manage to stop her. Ladies of a ‘certain age’… there is certainly no holding them back at times! Must be seeing those playful monkeys and baby Orang-utans that did it. They are so cute!

One larger chimpanzee got suddenly fed up with something, angrily showed her teeth, picked up some earth and ran off, throwing the soil furiously in the air while screaming loudly. It was very dramatic, a bit like Nellie when she gets overheated (told you about women of a ‘certain age’…) and starts steaming at the bonnet. It was probably a female chimp, or am I being unfair? Men, don’t answer, it is best not to as it could be taken against you. As if we would ever do that!

Monkey World is an ape rescue centre, and does a terrific job in saving and protecting over 250 primates of more than 20 different species. It is in fact the largest rescue centre in the world set in a 65 acre park! And it is right here in the South.

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In the local ‘Hull Daily Mail’ one was advertised, so Gran enthusiastically parted with a lot of money. Needless to say is was a hoax and she never saw the monkey. (Even in those days you had to be careful.) I remember as a child being disappointed that she never had one.

Monkey World salvages such pets which have been neglected, kept in unnatural conditions and generally mistreated.

All of the primates have had difficult circumstances to endure and are now in a safe haven. How wonderful.

Nellie was very taken with this and decided to adopt a monkey herself! That didn’t mean take one home of course (though we did buy a great toy look-a like that now sits proudly on Nellie’s back seat), but it does mean that the money we gave helps with all that is needed to rescue and rehabilitate the primates. We received our photo of “Tuan The orang-utan” this morning in the post! Nellie was so excited. Tuan is a rather large 30 year old orang-utan and has a love story that rather appealed to Nellie. Tuan was found roaming the streets in Taichung City. He had obviously been brought up with humans and once settled

Tuan, Nellie’s adopted Orangutan

Nellie with her toy “Tuan” lookalike a year and a half later (after all his medical tests were complete) in Monkey World, he was introduced to Amy who was never interested in him. Ahhh I hear you say… but wait… RoRo however had been watching Tuan through the mesh and once the doors were opened, she literally fell into Tuan’s arms and he wouldn’t let go!

‘Somehow’ they now have a wonderful son called Gordon who loved to swing on the ropes and slap his dad on the head when he was young, but these days being older, lives in his own enclosure. RoRo still lives with Tuan, but Tuan in fact has another special lady in his life, Lucky, who totally won his heart. They are inseparable.

Tuan himself is a bit of a character and loves to make people laugh by blowing raspberries and clapping his hands. You can see the appeal.

Nellie highly recommends a visit to Monkey World. Hayden really enjoyed it too! Now Nellie has adopted Tuan, she can visit as often as she likes for a whole year. For £35 we think that is great value for money AND she helped the monkeys! Please visit the website www.monkeyworld.org or call free phone 0800 456600 with any enquiries, and do mention Nellie! Where will she takes us next?

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Former Lymington & Highcliffe Postmaster all set to clean up in the New Forest Rob Coates is launching his own Oven Cleaning Business as part of the Oven Wizards Franchise. Rob lives and has worked locally for the last 25 years, and knowing the area really well, he believes there will be a strong demand for his services.

Rob says “When I had to leave the post office, I was looking for a business idea which would involve something I could enjoy doing and that would provide a great service to local people. I came across the idea of an oven cleaning business and then started to research the market. I soon realised that becoming an Oven Wizard offered me a great opportunity, particularly with the support of a successful National Franchise Brand.

John Graham, owner of the Oven Wizards business said “From the first time we met Rob we knew he would make a great success of running an Oven Wizards Franchise, particularly because of his great passion for friendly customer service.”

John went on to explain “There is a growing demand from people who want to have their ovens professionally cleaned because it is probably the hardest and most hated job in most households.“ Oven Wizards have provided Rob with comprehensive training which will enable him to professionally clean all sorts of makes and models of ovens.

As well as Christchurch and New Milton, Rob also covers Bournemouth, Lymington, Hythe, Ringwood, Lyndhurst and surrounding areas.

A recent Survey carried out indicates that oven cleaning is one of the most hated chores in the home. Taking into account the fact that there are over 26 million households in the UK and that nearly each one has at least one oven and a hob, the growing domestic cleaning market therefore provides unlimited opportunities to delight our customers.

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Gardening Tips

On Your Plot Getting the upper hand Spring should really be on its way by the end of this month and there’ll be plenty of jobs to keep you busy on your plot.

There’s nothing quite like sowing seeds and the thrill of watching those first tiny seedlings appearing just a week or two later. Weather permitting the soil should be warm enough to be sowing outdoors in March. Your new seedlings will need all the help that you can give them if they are to flourish so don’t forget the weeding and pest control too!

Jobs for March :-

• Prepare beds for sowing by raking level when the soil is dry enough.

• Get a supply of containers and fill with compost ready for sowing (supermarket plastic trays containers are handy to reuse for this!)

• Make sure you have all the seeds you need and sort them into the order that you’ll sow them in.

• Plant first early potatoes later in the month.

• Keep on top of the weeding and pest control.

• Sow carrots, peas, parsnips, lettuce and radishes

There’s no doubt that the weather during the first part of the year lived up to our expectations of a month of extremes - with mild temperatures and homes and gardens hammered by incredible rainfall. Hopefully March should see the weather settling down and Spring truly starting to emerge.

Most seed packets give you some guidelines as to which month/or months are best to sow in but personally I think that it’d be a lot more helpful if they gave a little information about the temperature required, not to mention just how long germination is likely to take. Soil temperatures of at least 6°C are needed for most seeds - if you don’t want to guess at this you can get a soil thermometer to check. Don’t forget that by using products such as fleece, or cloches, over your beds you can raise the temperature. Some seeds, such as parsnips, are notoriously slow to germinate taking up to 3 weeks for seedlings to appear - a good idea with slow starters like these is to sow quick growing crops such as radishes on either side of the row. This will

help mark the rows out until your parsnips appear and the radishes will quickly be grown and ready to harvest.

Take note also of the depth that the different seeds should be sown at - too shallow and they’ll either blow away or be eaten by the birds, too deep and you may bury them alive! Try to space seeds evenly, though if you sow too many you can thin out the weaker seedlings after they appear. Do remember that with many crops it is better to sow just a few and then sow again in a few weeks time to avoid having too many ready to harvest all at once. Salad crops such as lettuce will bolt if left too long, and other vegetables which may have a short harvesting period can be enjoyed for much longer if you save the seed and sow a few in succession every few weeks.

As the soil warms up for your new crops so it also warms up nicely for the weeds about now! For many people part of the attraction of growing your own is eating chemical free produce and organic methods of pest control will therefore be preferred.

Little and often is best - take a quick walk around the veg patch each morning and hand pick any emerging weeds. Hoeing also works well and if you are careful not to let weeds set seed you’ll avoid a long-term problem. Of course the situation isn’t helped by the fact that your patch is likely to have large amounts of bare soil on it between widely spaced rows at this time of year. Some crops, such as potatoes will obligingly grow to ultimately block out the light and deter weeds, but if you’re really having problems then think about putting down a thick, organic, mulch to cover the bare soil.

Slugs will also emerge to attack your young seedlings - there’s no end of organic ways to do battle from hand picking at night and beer traps to watering in nematodes. Strike early and gain the upper hand!

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Charity auction night for local animal rescue organisation With monthly vet bills alone of around ÂŁ6,000 and no government funding, Waggy Tails Rescue rely on the success of their local shops, collections and fundraising events in order to continue their work. Since the charity started in 1994, we have successfully rehomed on average 200 dogs a year and we would really like to continue this excellent work to provide our fantastic rescues with forever homes.

We have organised a Charity Auction Night for Friday 19th May 2017. We have been very generously supported

by Christchurch Harbour Hotel & Spa who have agreed to host the event for us. The evening will be free to attend and will see a number of wonderful items auctioned off for all the family.

Items up for grabs include family days out to local attractions, meals at local pubs and restaurants, signed sporting memorabilia, hampers and much more.

I have been amazed by the response of those who have donated including The Royal Collection Trust at Buckingham Palace. We will also be holding a Grand Raffle on the night which will also include fantastic prizes. Bidding starts at 7.30pm.

We would love to see as many people in attendance as possible. As well as raising much needed funds, we really want people to find out more about what we do, and how they can help in a variety of ways. If anyone would like more information, they can contact me on 07432 488666 or by email at fundraising@waggytails.org.uk or follow us on Facebook for regular updates.

If any local businesses would like to contribute to the event, I would be more than happy to hear from them.

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