LETTER FROM SARK – THE SARK COMMUNITY DAIRY
By our Sark correspondent, Richard Axton A lot has happened over the past 12 months: two major lockdowns, restrictions on travel and disruptions of cargoes, mechanical breakdowns, and two of the wettest winter months on record. In the face of all this our team of local craftsmen have made remarkable progressin the construction of a […]
TAKING THINGS SLOWLY
The 2020 lull caused by Covid-19 has been called ‘the great pause’, something which has given everyone an unprecedented opportunity to slow down and really appreciate what’s meaningful. As a trained forest therapy guide, Amanda Bond knows just how important reconnecting to nature is to our health. By Caroline Spencer ‘There has never been a […]
GROW – AND THRIVE
An ambitious, inclusive community horticultural project is being planned for a field in Sion. By Caroline Spencer ‘GROW’ is the brainchild of Thrive Jersey, a charity that was set up to address social issues behind poor mental health. Field H1115 covers nearly 13 vergées of land adjacent to Surville Cemetery and GROW is working in […]
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 Jean Le Maistre. Ch’est tréjous eune tâche întérêssante à chèrchi un sujet à propos pouor chutte lettre. Eh bein, chutte […]
GLOVES – TO KEEP COVID AT BAY
In a pandemic, wearing a pair of gloves as the finishing touch to your outfit has never seemed more relevant. By Gill Maccabe When HM The Queen next dons a pair of gloves to attend a function, chances are they may have been created for her by Cornelia James, one of the hidden gems of […]
A NEW DAIRY FOR SARK
THE prospect of fresh daily milk again in Sark is looking up. Just before Christmas 2019, Chief Pleas agreed to finance a brand-new abattoir. The green light has encouraged Sark farmers about the long-term future of animal husbandry in the Island. An independent initiative by the Seigneur and others (Sark Community Dairy Charitable Trust) has […]
GIGOULANDE MILL
The story of Gigoulande Mill, St Mary, continues to develop. It has been in ruin since at least the Occupation days and over the decades since then it has almost been submerged in a green jungle of scrub and undergrowth. More recently it has attracted considerable attention: it is situated on Crown land and the […]
ROYAL PROGRESS
By William Church The pictures shown show the seasonal face of the Island’s countryside. At a brief glance, it looks as if snow is lying over the land; of course it is not … as any Islander will know, it is not snow but the plastic covering over recently planted Jersey Royal potatoes. Only 10% […]
ROYAL COMPETITORS UNDER STARTERS ORDERS
The annual Genuine Jersey, Jersey Royal Potato Growing Competition launches this month. The event, which is sponsored by the Channel Islands Co-operative Society, sees green fingered school children from all 33 Primary Schools, Constables, the local media and branches of The Women’s Institute compete to grow the heaviest crop of Jersey Royals and to achieve […]
CLIMATE GUIDES – ‘WESPEAKCLIMATE’
A new project has been launched in Jersey with the aim of training climate guides to spark meaningful conversations around the topic of climate change. ‘Climate Guides’ has been created by Linzi Hawkin of Protect Blue and Sheena Brockie of The Good Jersey Life in response to the feeling of being in an echo chamber, […]