HOW TO MAKE YOUR GARDEN INSECT FRIENDLY
From bees to beetles to butterflies, insects help keep our gardens healthy. But with bees and other pollinators in decline, it’s more important than ever to optimise our green spaces to support our local wildlife. Help make a difference with these four easy tips for turning your garden into an insect haven.. Let your garden […]
EVENTS HAPPENING IN JERSEY THIS JULY
There are plenty of ways to enjoy the sunshine next month with various open gardens, outdoor concerts and wildlife-themed workshops happening across the Island. Read on for some of the best events happening this July… Sunday 3 July – Open garden at Trinity Manor For the first time in many years, Trinity Manor gardens will be […]
SUMMER FLOWER AND CATTLE SHOW OF THE RJA&HS
The Summer Flower and Cattle Show of the Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society took place over the weekend of 11 and 12 June. It has been generally considered to be a very successful event, with nine dairy farmers showing their cattle, which were of high quality and has proved the value of importing genetics […]
EXCITING JOB OPPORTUNITY
AN exciting land-based job opportunity has arisen at The Grove property, St Lawrence. Are you aged between 18-25 years old or know someone aged between 18-25 years old who would be curious to learn more about this gardening apprenticeship opportunity? To apply or for queries, please email Roger Polard Head Gardener to the Grove Estate […]
JÈRRIAIS ADDED TO GLOBAL LANGUAGE-LEARNING PLATFORM
From the Association of Jersey Charities (L’Associâtion des Charités d’Jèrri): Islanders can now learn Jèrriais online via an award-winning app, following work by L’Office du Jèrriais and language-learning platform uTalk. Islanders can use one of five thousand free codes being offered to subscribe to the uTalk app and access beginner Jèrriais for free, rather than the usual […]
VOTING FOR NATURE: HOW ‘GREEN’ ARE YOUR ELECTION CANDIDATES?
From regenerative agriculture and food security to sustainable policy and achieving net zero, local campaigners are uncovering which candidates in this year’s election are committed to environmental issues. Conservation charity Durrell, sustainable cooperative SCOOP, and the Société Jersiaise Environment Section have all been quizzing candidates on their green credentials in the run up to election […]
IF THESE LINES SURVIVE
By Anne Penn (née Sandeman) I grew up knowing of the existence of my paternal grandmother’s Occupation diary, but it was in 2017 that I first saw the manuscript when my father, Brian Sandeman, gave it to me. Bundles of loose pages tied up by string, handwritten in ink and in an old paper carrier […]
PUFFINS HAVE A PUFFLING
By Cris Sellares, project officer for ‘Birds on the Edge’, National Trust for Jersey All Jersey Puffins are back in their nests – and some already have a puffling! The National Trust for Jersey and Birds On The Edge are delighted to confirm that all four pairs of Puffins have returned to their breeding sites […]
JERSEY’S FARMING FUTURE: A NEW STRATEGY FOR THE RURAL ECONOMY
Increased financial grants for farmers, new incentives for smallholders, and an apprenticeship scheme to encourage young people into agriculture are just some of the policies outlined in the Government’s new strategy for the rural economy. The 63-page ‘Rural Economic Framework’ sets out policies for managing Jersey’s countryside and ‘revitalising’ the Island’s current ‘fragile economic ecosystem’. […]
‘CHECK BEFORE YOU CHOP’ THIS BRANCHAGE SEASON
Local conservation campaigners are urging islanders to check for hedgehogs and other wildlife before they give their banques and hedges the chop this branchage season. Ahead of the Island’s first wave of Visites du Branchage, which begin at the end of June, the Branchage Group is encouraging landowners to ‘do the right thing’ by cutting […]