Somerfield trying & Ventnor needs your spare Fabric

Somerfield are at last trying to reduce the amount of thin free plastic bags that they are giving away. Instead of being put at the end of the till for people to help themselves they are by the cashier and you have to ask for bags.

This is a directive from Head Office to all stores, probably to try and get people to use their own bags before the tax on plastic bags comes in next year, so they don’t have to bump up the food prices even more to cover the cost of your ‘free plastic bags’.

It is supposed to be implemented in all Somerfield stores but as of Monday 11th August the message had not got through to the Shanklin branch who still had bags for the taking at the end of every checkout.

To find out what the fabric bit is about

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Something for this Weekend – 12th & 13th July

IW Permaculture
Monthly Meeting –
Saturday 12th July
10:30 -12:30ish
Do come along – its free and friendly.
We will be at Wendy’s allotment in Shanklin, we will helping her create a bog garden. If wet she said something about a cider press at her house.
You can come along offer encouragement and chat, the work is not compulsory!
If you need directions please contact:

Wendy: 07980601940
Email: ventnorpermaculture(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk
Phone: 01983 854968

Photo: Frances Bell

For more events, car boot sales etc

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Something for this Weekend 5th & 6th July

See Sheila making Morsbags like these at Brook Fete



Brook Village & Church Fete – Saturday 5th July
Brook Green and Seely Hall
2pm – 4:30pm
See Sheila making Morsbags there, as well as the normal fete type activities. There are often plants for sale at these events.

For other weekend events, car boot sales etc

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Something for this Weekend 28th & 29th June

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 AND DO’S.

Auction items include: Black Gang family Pass, Butterfly paragliding tandem flight, Chessell pottery – gift voucher, Chicago rock – meal vouchers/ drink vouchers, Cine World – 4 tickets, Dinosaur Isle – family Pass, 2 x return tickets on hover travel, LA bowl, Merlins Dinning voucher, Godhill Organics voucher,
Pizza Express voucher.

For more details

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Something for this Weekend 21st & 22nd June

Ventnor Permaculture Monthly Meeting – Sunday 22nd June
10:30 – 12:30
We will be at Ken’s new plot of land that he is renting in St. Lawrence.
We meet once a month at one of our gardens and do a bit of work for each other, then the kettle goes on and we sit and have a chat about gardening/permaculture, swop seeds, plants etc Ken has planted lots of veggies but there is still loads to do.
Everyone welcome, it is free, no membership required, you don’t have to be a Ventnor resident to come along. Bring a spade or fork if you want to help or just yourself – work is not compulsory. I will be taking a few spare plants along to give away. For more details/directions contact:
Email: ventnorpermaculture(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk
Phone: 01983 854968 Mobile: 07766077336

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For other events, open gardens, car boots sales and details of a new plant nursery:

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Something for this Weekend 14th & 15th June

Charity Bicycle Auction – Saturday 14th June
The Roundabout Church, Newport
Viewing starts at 11.00 am
The auction starts at noon

Come and have a great day out at our charity bicycle auction! We have 50+ good second hand bikes for sale and even a brand new one donated especially to raise money for the families in rural India – all up for grabs! Don’t forget it’s the ‘Island Cycle Week’the following week! So come and bid for a bargain bike and have some fun! Teas, Coffees + soup will be served. Tel – Tony or Sue on 01983 882398 for any further details. Photo – Andrew Dressel

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Something for this Weekend 7th & 8th June

IW Permaculture

Monthly Meeting

Saturday 7th June
10:30 -12:30ish

Do come along – its free and friendly.

Isle of Wight Permaculture has had monthly meetings in Porchfield, Shorwell, Noke Common & Shanklin in recent months, this Saturday we will be helping Rowan in Ventnor with her weed-filled back garden. It should cheer everybody up to see how bad it is! But there are also lots of good edible and/or useful plants to see, mostly trees and shrubs, so it’s not all grass and bindweed. It is a ‘bring loppers and secateurs’ day, as she wants to clear out some very overgrown Lonicera nitida hedging and get clearing for her veg patch.

You can come along offer encouragement and chat, the work is not compulsory!

If you need the address or directions please contact:

Email: ventnorpermaculture(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk
Phone: 01983 854968
Mobile: 07766077336

Photo: Jean-Paul Gaillard

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Something for this Weekend 31st May & 1st June

If you are not going to Yarmouth to see the Old Gaffers this weekend there are a couple of garden related things on:

Wight Salads Open Day
The Main Road, Arreton. Tel: 01983 867022
Sunday 1st June
10.30am – 4pm
£2 for adults, children and pensioners £1 – proceeds to charity.
Guess who is going to officially open it at 11am – clue see picture below.

Wight Salads are one of the UK’s major organic tomato producers, take a tour one of their big greenhouses and see some of the environmentally friendly ways the tomatoes (you can taste and buy them) are grown.

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