Chalfont St Peter Garden Club Newsletter - Feb 2007
Chairman: Charles Flawn
Secretary: Linda Hills-Harrop
Garden Hut Manager: Cliff Thayer
Treasurer : Robert Bastin Dear Member, We are still in need of
more Committee members, do come along to a Committee Meeting
and see how the committee works and what enjoyment you can
derive from being ‘one of the team’. We meet on the first
Tuesday evening of every month; give your Chairman a ring
for all the details.
Reminder Have you paid your subscription for 2007?
It is £5 and is excellent value. You MUST pay by end
February or you will cease being a Member. You can pay your
subscription at the HUT or at the meetings in the Church
Hall
Meetings; This month’s meeting will be at 8pm on
Wednesday 20th in the Church Hall. When we have a return
visit of Jolyon Lea to tell us about ‘Finding wild orchids
in the Chilterns’. This follows on from the excellent talk
last month on butterflies, I’m certain this will be another
enjoyable evening.
Jane’s Garden Tips
Keep winter/spring pansies, primulas and bedding plants
looking good by pinching off faded blooms; these plants tend
to flower in phases depending on temperature. There is still
time to move shrubs or plants that have outgrown their site,
divide perennials replanting healthy outer portions in fresh
sites, tidy up borders removing weeds before they take hold,
give plants a feed with a general fertiliser where
appropriate, and mulch to conserve the moisture we have had
recently. Cut down woody stems of summer flowering clematis
to a pair of fattening buds low down on each stem, feed and
mulch as they require colder roots, prune back side shoots
of wisteria to 2-3 buds, avoid cutting flowering buds. Prune
back after flowering winter shrubs, also evergreen hedges,
prune back hard buddleia and other shrubs that flower on
this year’s shoots. Plant anemone tubers3” deep in rich soil
and lily of the valley crowns so buds are just below the
soil. Finish planting roses, to help prevent black spot,
clear up and dispose of infected leaves and prunings, finish
pruning before buds open, feed and water plants regularly to
prevent stress, mulch and spray with fungicide in the
spring. Give the greenhouse a thorough clean, washing the
glass and staging; I use a weak solution of Armillatox,
(from the hut). Prepare seed beds covering with fleece or
polythene. Plan your crop rotation to ensure same crops are
not planted in the same place, this helps prevent build up
of diseases. If the soil has been covered or it is dry
enough begin to sow lettuce, radish, peas, broad beans and
beetroot. Also plant shallots they are best covered with
fleece to prevent birds pulling them out. As soon as
potatoes arrive, lay them “eyes up” in trays to sprout. Sow
greenhouse tomatoes and cucumber in a propagator or in a
heated place. . Prepare trenches for runner beans to allow
plenty of time to incorporate as much organic matter and
even torn up newspaper as possible.
RHS promotes Vegetables in 2007
www.rhs.org.uk/vegetables/BBC.asp
Grow Your Own VEG is being broadcast on BBC2 at 8.30pm on
Friday nights, it started on 5 January. Over six episodes,
Carol Klein takes novice veg growers through a gardening
year to learn how to get the best out of their space from
the RHS experts at Rosemoor and Harlow Carr. Carol
rediscovers the joys of growing organic veg for the first
time in 20 years. She also helps a first-time gardener and
her family see just how easy it is to grow their own, and
shows that whatever size your patch - from a balcony to a
suburban back garden - anyone can grow veg. Salads, roots,
brassicas and legumes are all explored with a sumptuous
harvest in every programme.
If you have missed the first programmes you can catch up
with the book Grow your own VEG is by Carol Klein and
the Royal Horticultural Society. published by Mitchell
Beazley, Price: £16.99. ISBN: 978 1 84533 293 8. It is a
lavishly illustrated, easy-to-follow, practical and
inspiring handbook on everything anyone ever needs to know
to grow vegetables, salads, and herbs all year round.
The Garden Hut will be open every Sunday from
10.00 am to 12 noon. Very important, you must show your RED
Membership card
The Hut is well stocked with all the usual branded products.
14” X 10” hanging baskets are available; I hope we can make
more use of them this year. During February and March a 10%
discount will be offered on all purchases over £20; see the
list on page 4 of all the major items we stock.
E-Mailing Newsletters
To help reduce costs, we would like to try an experiment by
sending some newsletters by E-mail, to as many members who
receive there newsletters by post. To this end would members
willing to receive newsletters by e-mail contact Richard
Fenton by e-mail on
Info@gardenclub.org.uk .
Please mark the e-mail, subject “NEWSLETTER”. The Club’s Web
Site has been hit with a large number of spam’s and I have
to filter all incoming email. This is only an experiment,
newsletters will continue to be sent out in the normal way.
We will be asking participants to fill in a questionnaire in
a couple of months to see how the experiment is working.
Photographic Competition
Once again during the spring show we are having a
photographic competition, similar to last year’s event. This
year we are having 3 classes (slightly different from last
year) Photos may be in colour or black and white. Each class
you enter should be mounted separately on paper or card no
bigger than A4. Mark the class on the back. You will be
asked to judge the entries.
Class 1 - A Garden
Class 2 - Spring Flowers
Class 3 - A Landscape
Spring Show Schedule for April 18th
Class 1 Polyanthus bowl of 6 cut stems own Foliage
Class 2 Daffodils vase of 3 blooms own Foliage
Class 3 Tulips vase of 3 blooms own foliage
Class 4 Pot Plant in Flower pot not to exceed 6” in diameter
Class 5 Pot Plant Foliage pot not to exceed 6” in diameter
Class 6 5 stems of different Evergreen Foliage in a vase
Class 7 A Floral Arrangement not to exceed 9” overall
Class 8 Any Other Flower, one kind only, 3 or more blooms
Class 9 3 Sticks of Rhubarb may be forced
Class 10 Any Other Vegetable
Keith’s Coach Outings
June 2nd 2008 -
THE EDEN PROJECT in CORNWALL. I CAN NOW TELL YOU THAT IT IS
A FIVE DAY BREAK COMMENCING 2nd JUNE 2008 MONDAY TO FRIDAY,
AND THAT THE COST IS £200* THIS WILL INCLUDE A DAY VISIT TO
THE “EDEN PROJECT”- A DAY AT “THE LOST GARDEN’S OF HELIGAN”
AND A FREE DAY
THE ROOM COST FOR THE “GLENDEVEOR HOTEL” IS BASED ON MY
GETTING AT LEAST 40 PEOPLE BOOKED BY THE END OF APRIL 2007,
SO its FINGERS CROSSED!!. * subject to confirmation in
December 2007
THE £200* TOTAL WILL INCLUDE THE CANCELATION INSURANCE, SO I
THINK THAT I CAN SAFELY SAY THAT THIS IS A REAL BARGAIN !.
I’M AFRAID THERE IS ONE PROBLEM. I HAVE ONLY A FEW SINGLE
ROOMS , SO ANYONE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET ONE WILL OF COURSE
HAVE TO PAY A SUPPLYMENT of £40 SO IT’S COUPLES MAINLY. THEY
CAN TAKE SOME THREE’S THOUGH...AND ......FINALLY, I WILL
REQUIRE A £20.00 DEPOSIT FOR EACH PERSON BOOKED! MANY
THANKS-KEITH.
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I WISH TO BOOK…………...Single/ double/treble (ROOMS) for the
EDEN PROJECT
5 day Holiday comm. on 2ND.JUNE 2008
FULL Name & ADDRESS ………………………………………………………………………….
………………………………………………………………Tel/No…………………
…………………………………………………….DEPOSIT- £20.00pp £………….
Balance due in January 2008 Please let me know earlier if
you intend to go but I must have your booking and deposit by
end April 2007!
Please make cheque out to ‘Chalfont.St.Peter Garden Club’
and send to ………MR.K.GOULD, 10, LEACHCROFT, CHALFONT ST.PETER,
BUCKS. SL9 9LG
Suggested List of the most popular Items in the Hut
AB SEED & POTTING COMPOST 35 ltr.
AB SEED & POTTING 75 Ltr
ERIN MULTI PURPOSE 75 Ltr
AB ERICACEOUS 35Ltr
AB ERICACEOUS 75Ltr
SHL (Arthur Bowers trade name) 80 Ltr
JOHN INNES (All grades) 25 Ltr
PEAT MOSS 100 Ltr
200Ltr
LAWN SAND
LAWN DRESSING.
BARK PINE DECORATIVE 80 Ltr
MUSHROOM COMPOST (Contains some Chalk)
GROWORGANIC 20Kg.
FERTILIZERS 7 LB 14 LB 25KG
AMMONIA.
FISH B& B.
GROWMORE.
POTASH
ROSE. …
SUPERPHOSPHATE.
LAWN: SPRING/SUMMER FEED 400 MTR.SQ. ONLY.
WEED, FEED& MOSSKILLER 400 MTR.SQ. ONLY.
WEED & FEED 400 MTR. SQ. ONLY.
Additional items may be added when you are at the Hut.
10% off all orders over a value of £20
Buyer Beware. Through the medium of this Newsletter
the club is bringing to your attention, opportunities that
may interest you, however, you must satisfy yourself that
they meet your requirements as Chalfont St. Peter Garden
Club will accept no legal, moral or financial
responsibility. |
