No more classes until 18th July due to holidays, then details as before. Hatha Yoga For Beginners classes are every Wednesday at Trinity Church Hall, Ventnor at 7:40pm, classes last about an hour and a quarter. You can still join in even if you did not go last week. Important to wear loose clothing, take [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Hatha Yoga For Beginners – no classes until 18th July
Posted in Lifestyle, Ventnor, tagged Hatha Yoga, Hatha Yoga For Beginners, Ventnor Yoga, yoga on June 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Feeding and Watering
Posted in Courgette, flowers, Fruit growing, Permaculture, Runner Beans, Vegetable growing, tagged courgette, feeding plants, foliar feed, plants not thriving, plum tomatoes, Potatoes, raspberries, Runner Beans, runner beans not growing, strawberries, watering plants, yellow leaves on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It seems to be turning into one of those ‘funny’ years for growing vegetables. A lot of people have reported that their runner beans are very slow and not doing as well as expected, almost as many have been amazed at the height their potatoes have reached, me included, mine are just over waist high [...]
Planting by the Moon 30th June – 6th July
Posted in flowers, Fruit growing, Planting by the Moon, Vegetable growing, tagged all cereals, All flowers, All root veg, artichoke, aubergine, basil, beetroot, broad bean, broccoli & cauliflower, brussels sprout, cabbage, cardoon, carrot, celeriac, celery, chervil, chinese cabbage, courgette, cress, cucumber, curly endive, dandelion, endive, fennel, fungicide, garlic, gherkin, gourd, Jerusalem artichoke, kohlrabi, lamb's lettuce, leek, lettuce, marrow, melon, onions, parsley, parsnip, pea, peppers, planting strawberry runners, potato, pumpkin, purslane, radish, rocket, runner bean, salsify, shallot, sorrel, spinach, sweetcorn, tomato, turnip on June 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
According to the book I am using ‘In Tune with the Moon’ this is what we are supposed to be doing this week. I will try and be organised and post every Sunday what the book suggests for the following week. My review of this book. If you are planting by the moon for the [...]
Review: Rookley Manor & Tollslye Nurseries
Posted in Events, Nurseries, tagged National Gardens Scheme, Rookley Manor, Shanklin Freak Show, Shorwell Midsummer Fayre, Tollslye Growers Plant Nursery, Tollslye Plantation, Ventnor Permaculture meeting on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A busy weekend (21st & 22nd June) that included visiting a new plant nursery (review below), a trip out to Shorwell Midsummer Fayre and our Ventnor Permaculture meeting produced two other highlights for me. The first was going to Rookley Manor garden which was open as part of the National Gardens Scheme, never been there [...]
Something for this Weekend 28th & 29th June
Posted in Events, Isle of Wight, tagged All Saints Church, Arreton Manor, Arreton Open Gardens, Bembridge, Blackwater, Brading, Brickfields, Calbourne, Car Boot Sale, Chale, Chale School ROSE FAYRE, Haseley Manor, Horringford house, Isle of Wight, Lushington, National Gardens Scheme, Newport, Nunwell House and Gardens, Ryde, Shalfleet, Shanklin, soapmaking, St George's Park Newport, St Helens, the Old Vicarage, Ventnor, Ventnor Permaculture on June 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Open Gardens, Fetes, Soapmaking, Fayres, Car boot Sales etc on this weekend Chale School ROSE FAYRE Saturday 28th of JUNE 2.00-5.00pm Church Place, Chale, Isle of Wight PO38 2HA Including: MUSIC ON THE LAWN, PLANT STALLS, HOMEMADE GOODS, ROLL A COIN, HOOK A DUCK, COCONUT SHY, ELECTRIC SNAPPER, GRAND AUCTION, SCHOOL RAFFLE, TARGET BOARD, MAKE [...]
rubbish
Posted in Environment, Events, Isle of Wight, Recycling, tagged composting, countryside walks, Isle of Wight, landfill, Lynbottom, Standen Heath, Wight Summer walks on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Posted June 26th 9.30pm On July 3rd there is a tour of Lynbottom and Standen Heath landfill sites, including two composting operations. This is being put on by the Isle of Wight council as part of the wightsummer countryside walks and events. Some difficult terrain. Stout shoes needed. Places are limited and the number to [...]
Elderflower Recipes
Posted in flowers, Recipes, tagged Elderflower 'Champagne', elderflower cordial, elderflower fritters, elderflower presse′, Elderflower recipes, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, River Cottage, Wendy’s Shanklin Page on June 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The elderflower season is in full swing, if you buy elderflower presse′ from the supermarket it will cost you £2.50 – £3.00 a bottle or you could make you own for a fraction of the cost. Pick your elderflowers on a nice dry, sunny day. It is a good idea to smell each flower before [...]
Sedums Wanted
Posted in flowers, Isle of Wight, Plants Wanted, tagged biting stonecrop, English stonecrop, sedum acre, sedum anglicum, sedums on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was contacted by someone today who is looking for some sedums: I am looking for a source of local native plants. What I am after at the moment is a very small number of biting stonecrop and English stonecrop (sedums acre and anglicum). If anyone knows of a source for native plants on the [...]
How to Deter Slugs and Reuse Plastic Bottles
Posted in flowers, Permaculture, Recycling, Vegetable growing, tagged deter slugs and snails, plant protectors, protect plants from slug damage, reuse plastic bottles on June 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Having come to the stage where I can no longer delay planting out my sunflowers and knowing how much slugs and snails love to eat them, I though I would show you what I do to try and combat the problem. It also will use use up some of those plastic bottles, if you don’t [...]
Ventnor Permaculture June Meeting Review
Posted in Events, Fruit growing, Isle of Wight, organic gardening, Permaculture, Pests & Diseases, Vegetable growing, Ventnor, tagged bush cricket, soapmaking, St Lawrence, Ventnor Permaculture on June 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We held our June meeting at Ken’s land in St Lawrence. He’s really been getting on with it, and has a range of vegetables coming along nicely. You can see how much work he has done when you compare the two pictures. Ken has worked hard to put in rabbit proof fencing, which gave the [...]
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