Chalfont St Peter Garden Club Newsletter - September 2009
Chairman : Grace Hunter
Secretary : Susan Mills
Garden Hut Manager : Tony Gelder
Assistant Hut Manager : Keith Gould
Treasurer : Robert Bastin
Editor : Diana Longshaw
Summer Show Report
What a wonderful day for the Club, the Summer show broke
all recent records, 650 entries from 86 exhibitors. The
Judges were highly delighted with the standard throughout
the show. For the first time one of the exhibitors, Mr R.
Jeffery, received a special certificate for his exhibit, 3
stems of Gladioli. The Judge said he had hardly ever awarded
one of these during his judging career.
We had a record number of visitors to the show as well. It
was hard work for us all and I would like to thank the
wonderful team effort from everyone involved, in particular
Jane Campbell, Assistant Show Secretary. Tony Darbyshire's
photos of the show may be viewed on www.flick.com. They are
a lovely record of the day.
Grace Hunter, Show Secretary and Chairman
We would all like to thank you Grace for the immense
effort you put into making the Show such a success. Without
you, it just would not happen.
September Speaker 16th September 2009
Chris Smith Award-Winning Nurseryman Heritage
Vegetables
8 p.m. in The Church Hall, Chalfont St Peter. Members Free,
Visitors £1.00. Refreshments available
We have received a request from the British Legion Poppy
Appeal who is in urgent need for Collectors this year. If
able to help, contact Anne Wainwright
01753 883935. Collect door to door or in the village for an
hour or so.
THE GARDEN HUT
Items stocked in the Garden Hut which you are likely to
need in September:
Lawn treatment items inc lawn seed, lawn dressing, lawn sand
Greenhouse Sulphur Candles fumigates and kills pests and
fungal spores on exposed greenhouse surfaces
Fruit Tree Grease tubs will trap female wingless adult moths
Vitax Yellow or Green Sulphur powder controls powdery
mildew on many fruit, flowers and vegetables
New stock includes:
210 litre water butts with water tap fitted
Collapsible Garden Tidy Bins
Watering Cans and Roses
Black Weed Control Fabric rolls 8m by 1.5m
Tubs of 6X Natural Fertiliser in easy spread pellets
organic feed for all year round soil condition on flowers,
vegetables, pot plants, baskets and lawns.
Extra stock of the popular Professional green gloves that
safeguard hands when working with thorns. 3 sizes at
£4.50/pair (local garden centres charge £5.99).
Starting to think of next season, we would like ideas on
new items you might wish the garden hut to stock - see staff
in the garden hut (Sunday mornings 10am to noon) or contact
any Committee member
REQUEST If you have any empty 1 litre plastic
milk containers, please bring these to the garden hut.
Janes September Garden Tips
As Autumn approaches its time to start clearing up the
garden by removing debris to prevent pests and diseases over
wintering, but try and leave a small corner untidy for
hibernating hedgehogs and beneficial insects. Pick off
diseased rose leaves of black spot or rust and dispose of
them, not forgetting any leaves that have fallen on the
ground, cut back faded rose flowers. Clear away annual
flowers keeping any seeds and then planting up with spring
bedding, primulas and wallflowers (pinch out the tips to
encourage bushier plants) which are perfect in borders and
containers or spring bulbs which will grow up through the
bedding. Give wisteria a final prune to encourage flowering
spurs, cut all side shoots back to 20cms and tie in any
leading shoots needed to extend the cover across wall or
fence. Now is the time to plant hyacinths for Christmas, use
bulb fibre which contains charcoal to stop the soil going
sour. For a good display place bulbs close together but not
touching each other or the sides, fill the container so the
tip are just showing, water and place in a cool dark place
for about 6-10 weeks. Rake over or scarify lawns to remove
excess moss and apply an autumn feed. As crops finish in the
greenhouse give it a good clean out (disconnect any
electrical equipment and cover sockets). Disinfect the
inside including paths brickwork, staging, pots and tools.
Rinse well. Check gutters and down pipes. Dig over the
vegetable patch and plant a green manure, such as field
beans, forage rye. Pick marrows and pumpkins and place in a
greenhouse to ripen before storage. Also lift undamaged root
vegetables for storage. At the end of the month lift main
crop potatoes, leave to dry before storage in paper sacks.
Plant garlic and plant out spring cabbage. Crops to sow now,
rocket, salad leaves, Winter spinach. During recent damp
summers, blight has devastated outdoor tomatoes and
potatoes, if you spot any browning or shrivelling leaves and
stems, or brown patches on fruits, get rid of every remnant,
dont compost. Burn or dustbin. Blight is airborne disease,
so it shouldnt carry over but still rotate crops.
KEITHS COACH OUTINGS
Our last do for this year is the double to Clandon Park
& Hatchlands, on Wednesday 30th Sept. These are National
Trust venues, so remember your valid Membership Card.
Clandon first : a 2 storey marble building holding a
collection of Chinese & Miessen porcelain. The grounds hold
a sunken Dutch garden, a Maori meeting house, and the Queens
Royal Surrey Regt. Museum. Lunch here is free flow, (approx.
1 till 2pm) then on to
Hatchlands to view an 18th century Mansion with a large
collection of English & Dutch paintings and the Worlds
greatest set of keyboard instruments.
Please make cheques out to Chalfont St Peter Garden Club and
send to : K.Gould handing your bookings in at the Hut on
Sundays. All postal bookings will be acknowledged by phone.
You can also Coach leaves Church Hall by 9.30 am. KEITH
Please book me ( ) seats for Clandon/Hatchlands N/T for 30th
Sept. @ £14 each member & ( ) seats @ £16 ea others. Entry
for non. N/T £10.50p.
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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
01753 537619
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