PONDWATCH RETURNS FOR FIFTH YEAR RUNNING
Islanders interested in nature are encouraged to take part in assessing Jersey’s pond life and attend a free training event on Saturday 28 January. There are two different ways to get involved in Pondwatch depending on interest, availability, and experience: • Level 1 – spend 30 minutes observing wildlife in ponds and send results to […]
CHINON – RED WINE AND HISTORY
Hamish Marett-Crosby looks at wine regions and discovering there is much more to be found there than vineyards. Indeed, they are as much fun travelling to, as they are buying wine from. Having visited the ancient, fortified town of Chinon he came away convinced that only the most boring of us would go there and […]
CHAIRMAN OF JERSEY MILK MARKETING BOARD RETIRES AFTER 23 YEARS
Andrew Le Gallais MBE, Chairman of the Jersey Milk Marketing Board retired in December as chairman after 23 years of service and dedication to the Island’s dairy industry and its pedigree Jersey cow. For more than half his life, Andrew has been an influential and hugely respected member of the Jersey Milk Marketing Board. Andrew […]
WOODLANDS FARM – TRAGIC LOSS OF A DAIRY HERD
The devastating events at Woodlands Farm, Mont-à-l’Abbé, in which 112 dairy cows at a Jersey farm have fallen ill over this past week, are now only too well-known around the Island and the shocking incident has been reported upon by the news-gathering media. These notes are primarily for readers living overseas who may not have […]
SOCIÉTÉ JERSIAISE CELEBRATES 150 YEARS OF PRESERVING AND RESEARCHING THE ISLAND’S HERITAGE
In January 1873, a group of prominent Islanders put their heads together and discussed creating an organisation that would protect the Island’s heritage and preserve its history and historic sites. Later that month they ratified their agreement and the Société Jersiaise was born. It was the only institution of its kind that pledged to protect […]
SIGNS OF THE TIMES
Over the last couple of years, RURAL magazine’s e-mail newsletter, RURAL POST, has always begun with photos taken by Islanders of the changing year in farming and the countryside. At the moment, RURAL POST is ‘having a rest’, while we re-develop our website in time for the 10th anniversary of the magazine in March. However, […]
SWANS, HARES, AND DRAGONFLIES…
…. and quite a lot else! James Doran-Webb, who creates animal sculptures from driftwood and stainless steel, talked to Alasdair Crosby following his last exhibition at Trinity Manor in November 2022 The driftwood animal sculptures of James Doran-Webb underwent what might be called ‘user trials’ at his last exhibition in the gardens of Trinity Manor. […]
EUNE FROUQU’THÉE D’JÈRRIAIS – (A FORKFUL OF JÈRRIAIS)
We continue our series of article in Jèrriais – Jersey’s own traditional native language. The ‘frouque’ in question is a digging fork, rather than a table fork. An English translation follows. This contribution comes from Laurence Curtis Bouônjour et beinv’nue à ma deuxième frouqu’thée d’ Jèrriais. Quand j’tais janne, j’allais tchiquefais pêtchi au but d’ […]
‘THERE IS A MASSIVE OPPORTUNITY FOR FARMERS IN JERSEY’….
…according to Fran van Dijk, who grew up in Jersey. Why? And why did she cycle 259 miles from Swansea to London? By Caroline Spencer When Fran van Dijk left Cambridge University, she read a report that set her on her path to being a sustainability expert. Our Common Future, also known as the Brundtland […]
ISLANDERS ASKED TO AVOID BIRDS AT RISK OF BIRD FLU
Updated advice from Public Health, States Vets and Natural Environment has been issued to minimise the risk of Islanders coming into contact with Avian Influenza (bird flu). Islanders who come across a sick or dead wild bird on public land are asked to NOT touch the bird but to report it to Natural Environment via […]