Chalfont St Peter Garden Club Newsletter - August 2009
Chairman : Grace Hunter
Secretary : Susan Mills
Garden Hut Manager : Tony Gelder
Assistant Hut Manager : Keith Gould
Treasurer : Robert Bastin
Editor : Diana Longshaw
July Meeting Report
The meeting was very well attended by 55 members and
visitors.
They enjoyed an excellent talk that covered Don Everitts
early days as a gardener (when an estate would employ 200
gardeners) to the present day.
A slide show with information about what to plant, where to
plant it and aftercare followed. Don also some plants for
sale which were snapped up.
Hardy perennial borders hold no fear for our members now.
Summer Show 22nd August 2009
Entries to be received by 7.45 pm on Wednesday 19th
August
Exhibits as from 8.00 a.m. on the 22nd August. Show viewing
from 2 -4 p.m.
I am looking forward to receiving lots of entries for our
show on 22nd August! We would like to encourage members who
have not exhibited before to give it a go, as well as our
seasoned exhibitors. The Novice classes are an ideal place
to start. If you have any queries do get in touch. Any
raffle prizes would be most welcome and these can be left at
the hut on Sunday mornings.
Grace Hunter, Show Secretary
Free soot: Mr L R Sinclair our local chimney sweep
has bags of soot for our members to collect. Soot needs to
be stored for 1 year before use and then makes an excellent
fertiliser. Contact 01753 887589 / mobile 078851 82717
Free 15 Webb Electric Lawnmower. Put to sleep 10
years OK (when working) but under cover & unused since. Mrs
Smith on 01494 875249 will tell you more and supply
directions for collection.
I sincerely regret that the outing to Borde Hill for
16th July had to be cancelled owing to low numbers. I had
only 21 booked at the time and, although some were yet to
book, I was unlikely to reach my target figure, leaving me
no choice but to cancel. In future I will need to have 30
seats booked 10 days prior to venue date to avoid
cancellation. Cheques will be held back until then.
KEITH
Special Interest - Stoke Poges Memorial Garden
Fungus Foray. Wednesday 28th October: 2 4 pm. Bring
specimens for identification. Introduction to Fungi, how to
collect, tour, identify those collected. Bring a basket or
plastic ice cream box (not plastic bags) and small trowel.
Contact Graham Pattison 91753 537619
THE GARDEN HUT
One pallet load of Arthur Bowers multi-purpose compost 60
lt bags has just arrived, the club can offer 3 bags for £11
(while stocks last)
What can I say about the weather during the past few
weeks, except wet and warm. In my garden these conditions
have encouraged the weeds to grow so much that I am having
to treat the lawn again with a lawn feed & weed product.
Your Club hut has stocks of products that are recommended
until September: Evergreen Lawn Feed & Weed bags to cover
approx, 360m2 at a SPECIAL PRICE £17:50 (down from £19).
Vitex Green Up feed & weed in liquid form. Verdone Extra
liquid concentrate 500ml size. Verdone Ready to use spray
guns 1 lt size. For weeds that are growing on path & drive
ways, in the hut we have split boxes of 3 & 6 for members to
buy single sachets of: Pathclear @ £1:50 each (box of 3
£4:20). Weedol @ £1:50 each (box of 3 £4:20)
I also have brown patches starting to appear in the lawn, to
stop ants from building hills of soil I use Doff Ant Killer
powder. The Hut has 300g puffer type containers, and a
sachet of Provardo Lawn Grub Killer inc leatherjackets that
appear during August at £1:40 per sachet.
For Members that will be planting out spring cabbage
plants soon your hut stocks sachets of ClubRoot Dip £0:95
each. Those Tomato plants that may benefit from an extra
feed, your hut supplies Maxicrop Tomato feed and Tomato with
Iron liquid feed in various sizes of plastic containers.
Your garden hut also has stocks of: Provardo Ultimate Bug
Killer in ready to use 1 litre guns for contact and systemic
action to get ride of the pests for up to 6 weeks. Good
quality Melcourt Ornamental/Playbark and Composted Bark in
75 litre bags.
KEITHS COACH OUTINGS
Two National Trust venues for September the first is
Polesden Lacy near Dorking on Wed. 9th. King George V1and
the Queen Mother had their honeymoon at Polesden and was the
home of the poet R.B.Sheridan and later the legendary Mrs
Grenville. The opulent interior holds a large collection of
old masters, porcelain and silver. There is a garden and
woodland to walk, a tearoom in the stable block, a large
souvenir shop and a new farm shop.
The second is to Clandon Park & Hatchlands, Guildford on
Wed. 30th. We visit Clandon first with its two floor marble
Hall and collection of Chinese & Meissen porcelain. The
grounds hold a sunken Dutch garden, a Maori Meeting house
and the Queens Royal Surrey Regiment museum. Lunch at
Clandons will be free flow (1- 2.00pm). We then visit
Hatchlands to view the 18th century Mansion set in a
landscaped park holding a large collection of English &
Dutch paintings and the Worlds largest collection of
keyboard instruments. Dont forget your valid N/T membership
cards.
Make cheques out to the Chalfont St Peter Garden Club and
send to Mr.K.Gould,. (note: please use separate cheques
for each venue) 884012
Please book me ( ) seats for Polesden Lacey N/T for 9th
Sept. @ £14 each member & ( ) seats @ £16 ea. others. Entry
for non N/T visitors +.£9.00.
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Janes August Garden Tips
By now most vegetables should be cropping well. Pick
beans regularly to encourage flowers and extend cropping
period, leaving old beans on the plants will inhibit flower
production. Pick and compost, keep well watered. When
finished harvesting remember there is value in their roots,
which have nodules which produce beneficial bacteria. Cut
off plant at soil level and leave roots.
As lettuce plants run to seed remove to make way for new
plants or sow a selection of salad leaves; sowing made in
early August should crop this year. Once onions foliage
starts flagging the crop is ready to harvest; ease bulbs out
of the soil to break their roots leaving on surface to dry
out before storage: if wet, dry inside.
Check brassicas for signs of cabbage white butterfly egg
which, if allowed to turn into caterpillars, will completely
defoliate the plants (usually when you are on holiday).
Protect plant with fleece or fine netting or rub away the
eggs on the underneath of the leaves as you find them.
Watch for blight on potatoes and tomatoes treating as
necessary. As crops are cleared away plant a green manure.
Pot up strawberry runners. Cut back summer fruiting
raspberries and tie in strongest new canes.
Continue routine jobs of deadheading, to extend the
flowering season, weeding & watering. Cut lawns on a higher
setting if the weather is hot & sunny. Keep ponds topped up
with water during dry spells; playing water on the surface
will help keep it aerated, important if you have fish,
remove any blanket weed.
Now is the time to collect ripe seeds and to pop them into
paper bags for labelling and storage. As the flowers from
lavender bushes fade they can be trimmed back. Prune back
long wispy stems of wisteria to about 6 leaves from their
base. Give hedges a final cut back.
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
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