The Canvey Island Magazine's January 2017 Edition

THE ISLAND January 2017 Edition • 15,000 Homes Monthly • 01268 330 271

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Hi there, Welcome to our January edition Where did 2016 go? I’m still struggling to believe it is 2017.

I’m hoping that this year slows down just a touch! Anyway!

Happy New Year everyone! I truly hope that 2017 is amazing for you all.

In the first edition of the year we have put together some really interesting and helpful articles to really kick your year off!

Our headscratcher of the month is none other than Einstein’s Riddle, apparently only 2% of the world (in the 20th Century) could solve it, so be sure to see if you have what it takes!

The local charity space that we donate every month has gone to Run for MS-UK. A half marathon in Colchester raising money and awareness for MS. If your new years resolution is to get running or fit, what better way to put the wheels in motion?

We have a slightly more boring article this month, BUT for those of you who are self employed it could really come in handy helping you save some much needed cash on your tax return which is due January 31st! Check out exactly what expenses you can claim!

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Movie Preview this month as well. The new film Sing looks like a great film for the family certain to make you laugh!

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Remember you’ve got to be in it to win it! Last month’s quiz winner was Kelly Hood from Canvey who won a Finding Dory DVD from Stay & Play.

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Headscratcher of the Month

Einstein’s Riddle The Situation There are 5 houses in five different colours.

In each house lives a person with a different nationality.

These five owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar and keep a certain pet.

No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar or drink the same beverage.

The question is: Who owns the fish?

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Sesame Butterflied Chicken 100 g fine rice noodles • groundnut oil • 4 spring onions 2 x 120 g skinless free-range chicken breasts ½ a Chinese cabbage • 200 g sugar snap peas 1 fresh red chilli • 2 limes • 1 tbsp low-salt soy sauce 1 tbsp peanut butter • 2 tbsps natural yoghurt 2cm piece of ginger • 2 teaspoons sesame seeds

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Trim the spring onions and rattle them through the finest slicer on your food processor, followed by the Chinese cabbage, sugar snap peas and chilli.

Dress with the juice of 1 lime and the soy sauce. In a small bowl, mix the peanut butter with the yoghurt and the juice of the remaining lime, peel and finely grate in the ginger, mix again, taste, and season to perfection.

Remove the chicken to a board and slice, lightly toasting the sesame seeds in the residual heat of the griddle pan and sprinkling them over the chicken before serving. Drain the noodles, divide between your plates with the chicken, slaw and peanut sauce, mix it all up and tuck on in.

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PREPARING THE GARDEN Four useful things to do to get your garden ready for the spring and a year full of gardening.

1. Sow seeds that need a longer season In January and February you can start to sow seeds of plants which require a longer growing season, such as Geraniums (Pelargoniums), Begonias, Antirrhinums, Peppers and Aubergines. They’ll need to be grown in a heated propagator or similar to ensure good growth.

2. Hunt down garden pests now Hunting down and removing hibernating pests now can save a lot of trouble come spring and summer. Take a closer look at the crowns of your perennial plants and you may find slugs, snails and aphid colonies sheltering for the winter. If you still haven’t cleared last year’s pots of summer bedding then do this now and be on the look-out for the white vine weevil larvae, which live in the compost and feed on plant roots. Destroy any you find and be prepared to treat for vine weevils this year, using parasitic nematodes or chemical drenches.

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