RJA&HS SUMMER FLOWER & PRODUCE SHOW AUGUST 2024
TROPHIES & AWARDS AWARD FOR WINNER H.G. SHEPARD MEMORIAL TROPHY Most Meritorious Exhibit at the Summer Show Stephen Le Feuvre Group of Cacti RESERVE OVERALL WINNER Second Best Exhibit at the Summer Show David Pope Bunch of White Grapes DAHLIA CUP Best Dahlia Exhibit (classes 105 – 129) Tom & Rachelle Robinson Group of Dahlias […]
THE JERSEY HORSE ASSOCIATION
This is a new association, which held an inaugural meeting last week, attended by some 80 Islanders interested in riding and all equine-related matters. Its formation was broadly welcomed by an overwhelming show of hands at the end of the evening. The creation of the Jersey Horse Association (JHA) is inspired by the understanding that […]
A VISIT TO LA HOUGE BIE
By Alasdair Crosby Imagine this: you are in an aeroplane, probably a small one, doing a short journey from one regional airport to another, flying quite low over countryside that still retains to some degree, its typical and traditional local, rural physical features. Plymouth to Bristol might be one route, or maybe Lancaster to Carlisle. […]
NEW RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP TO MAP WILDLIFE IN CHANNEL ISLAND WATERS
A study of how seabirds and other wildlife use Channel Island waters is taking place for the first time this year. Proposed by French researchers, the project involves a partnership between the French government and Channel Island organisations with the data produced being of great benefit to the communities and conservation organisations of all islands. […]
WATER YOUNG TREES IN HOT WEATHER
Hot weather can cause up to 30 per cent of young trees to die within the first years of planting, says a recent large-scale UK study. And with UN scientists claiming that 2023 was the hottest year ever recorded globally, more than 1,000 tree species have been flagged as at risk due to climate change, […]
BE AT THE CENTRE OF THE CONVERSATION AT REGEN GATHERING
Thirty farmers and entrepreneurs from the UK, USA, France and the Channel Islands will be promoting healthy relationships with food and farming at this year’s Regen Gathering on 13th and 14th September at Le Tacheron Farm. Anyone who is interested in the food they eat and how it affects the environment, their health and society is invited […]
NEW SOLAR PANELS AT LA MARE WINE ESTATE HERALD THE ARRIVAL OF A GROUND-BREAKING ENERGY SOURCE IN JERSEY’S FIELDS?
Jersey Electricity and La Mare Wine Estate have joined forces to start testing which crops fare best growing around ground-mounted solar panels thus demonstrating to farmers how these can work alongside agriculture. And it is hoped that three other areas in St Clement, at Sorel in St John and La Rue d’Olive in St Mary […]
HISTORIC LA RONDE PORTE FARMHOUSE VANDALISED
La Ronde Porte, an historic farmhouse in the Parish of St Saviour has been vandalized, with every glass window smashed, pantiles broken, paint thrown around and doors kicked in. The main house was also broken into, and the existing glass house largely destroyed. La Ronde Porte was bequeathed by the late Philip (Bunny) Le […]
RELAXED SUMMER ENTERTAINING: ANYONE FOR A PICKY TEA?
A Picky Tea is, apparently, the latest fashion for relaxed summer entertaining. How you feel about this might show your age! By our guest contributor Suzanne Wynn According to a recent survey carried out by Sainsburys a generation divide is opening around our preferred format when we invite others to dine. Whilst 60% of over […]
JERSEY SOCIETY OF ARTISTS GRAND AUCTION, SALE AND RAFFLE
