The Basildon Magazine August 2017 Edition

BASILDON MAGAZINE August 2017 Edition • 20,000 Homes Monthly • 01268 330 271

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Hi there, Welcome to our August edition I’m sure you won’t believe me but Summer is still going strong. Dare I say it but it looks like the weather men and women have finally got it right for once and England has actually had a Summer!

I hope you are all coping with the heat though and as always don’t forget about older neighbours, the heat can be just as testing as the cold.

We have another great little article from the Danny Green Fund this month. As always they are working as hard as they can and helping unfortunate Children more than you can imagine.

There is also a great little article from Jeffries Solicitors about a very modern and brilliant idea to plan ahead for those of you in serious relationships.

The recipe this month is a great one for the BBQ. Very simple to put together and sure to be a firm favourite amongst your guests.

As always we have our garden section appearing in our August edition full of great businesses ready to help you make the most of your garden

this summer and we also have a list of jobs for you to get on with this August.

In this months kids quiz we have a Power Rangers DVD up for grabs. Remember you’ve got to be in it to win it! Last month’s quiz winner were Lauraine Moorcraft, Corona Road who won the Akash voucher and Lisa Ogden, Somerset Road who won the DVD! If you would like to advertise with us, the last day to get your advert in is 18th August. We can design your ad for Free and a Month’s Advertising to 20,000 homes costs from as little as £60.

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Final one here, I hope you all still have some hair left on your heads. Don’t forget all the answers are at the back.

OUR HEAD SCRATCHERS OF THE MONTH We have a couple a bit different for you this month. There is only three but they are much longer than recent months.

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One morning an airline president is leaving on a business trip and finds he left some paperwork at his office. He runs into his office to get it and the night watchman stops him and says, “Sir, don’t get on the plane. I had a dream last night that the plane would crash and everyone would die!” The man takes his word and cancels his trip. Sure enough, the plane crashes and everyone dies. The next morning the man gives the watchman a $1,000 reward for saving his life and then fires him. Why did he fire the watchman that saved his life?

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GARDENING IN AUGUST A month to enjoy the garden but don’t forget to keep up with your garden chores before Autumn gets here.

There’s always something to be doing in the garden, whether it’s pruning, tidying or sowing, so we’ve put together our top gardening tasks for August.

IN THE FLOWER GARDEN • Keep your Camellias and Rhododendrons well watered at this time of year to ensure that next year’s buds develop well.

• Keep patio container plants well watered and feed with a liquid fertiliser every fortnight.

• Stake tall or top heavy Dahlias and Lilies to prevent wind and rain damage.

• Dead-head bedding plants and perennial plants to stop them self-seeding and to encourage further flowering into the autumn.

• Dead-head lilies for a better flower display next year.

• Trim your lavender plants after they?ve finished flowering to keep them compact.

• Cut back faded perennials to keep borders tidy.

• As your Penstemon flowers fade, cut them back to just above a leaf to encourage more flowers.

• Cut back herbs now to encourage a new flush of tasty leaves you can harvest before the frost.

• Prune summer flowering shrubs once they have finished blooming.

• Prune your Wisteria after flowering by removing all the whippy side-shoots from the main branch framework to about 20cm from their base (about five leaves from the main stem).

• Prune climbing roses and rambling roses once they’ve finished flowering (unless they are repeatflowerers in which case leave them).

• Take cuttings of your favourite tender perennials such as pelargoniums and fuchsia to propagate them for next year.

• Finish dividing clumps of Bearded Iris now so they have time to form roots and flowers buds for next year before the cold weather arrives.

• Now is a good time to spray ground elder (and other perennial weeds) with a glyphosate-based weedkiller as the plant has lots of leaf surface area with which to absorb it.

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5. Change something Maybe the lack of motivation derives from the fact you’re bored with your usual workout. The same places, the same people, the same exercise routine you’re performing on and on. But hey, no one says the way you exercise now is the only right way for you. You may work out and be equally active doing many things other than exercising at the gym.

If you don’t want to go to the gym, look for some other activities that will make you try something new, learn some new things, meet some new people. Look for some new, interesting stimuli that’ll make you feel excited about exercising. There are plenty options to choose from, starting with dancing classes, ending on martial arts.

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POST-HOLIDAY MOTIVATION Don’t let your holiday ruin all that hard work. The weight goes on a lot easier than it comes off!

You were working out real hard for this perfect body before the vacation – the beach outfits oblige. You had a clearly stated goal: make your body look great in the sand-water-and-sun scenery. Now your body does look great, so what a waste it would be to give up the workout now. But as the vacation is gone, it gets really hard to make yourself go to the gym.

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Allowing yourself for cutting a session by half, you have some uplifting perspectives. You’ll spent half the time and energy you usually need, plus you’ll stay in the routine of going to the gym.

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Cllr Kerry Smith, Basildon Council’s chairman of the housing and community committee, said: “Young people are spending more and more time on social media, the internet and socialising. Most of the time it’s normal harmless activity but sometimes it could hide a hidden risk.

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