SUMMER FLOWER & PRODUCE VIRTUAL SHOW A RESOUNDING SUCCESS!
By Jessica McGovern, Head of Education and Develoment at the Royal Jersey Agricultural & Horticultural Society DUE to the Government Covid-19 precautions, it has been impossible for RJA&HS to hold its normal programme of Shows this year. By their very nature these shows involve large numbers of people; many hands are needed in staging such […]
LA MOYE PRISONERS’ SUCCESS AT VIRTUAL SHOW
Green-fingered prisoners from HM Prison La Moye have had their efforts recognised at the RJA&HS’s Summer Flower and Produce Show. Prisoners won 11 categories in the show for growing a variety of produce from courgettes to long beetroots. The show was held virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Awards were given to States of Jersey […]
LÉ MÈR
We continue our celebration of the Jèrriais language on the run up to European Day of Languages with Marianne Coutanche’s poem, Lé Mèr. My grandparents were potato growers and farmed a cotîl above their house in L’Etacq. Dad told me when he was very young he would go vraicking down at L’Etacquerel with their neighbour. […]
BUY LOCAL AND MAKE YOUR POUND GO AROUND AND AROUND
Genuine Jersey is encouraging every Islander to think carefully before deciding where to spend their £100 e-card voucher, reminding them that investing in local produce could potentially double its value within the Jersey economy. The ‘local multiplier effect’ estimates that every £1 spent on produce grown and sold within Jersey could be worth anywhere between […]
OCTOBER “BIGGEST” BOOK SALE CANCELLED
THE local branch of The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association regrets to announce that the BIGGEST Book Sale planned for October will not take place. The Branch has explored several possible scenarios to hold the sale but with the current restrictions it is not possible to safely hold the sale. The book store is […]
BLACK BUTTER – LÉ NIÈR BEURRE
Black Butter Making with the National Trust for Jersey Thursday 17, Friday 18 and Saturday 19 September The National Trust for Jersey will once again be making ‘Black Butter’ at The Elms, La Chève Rue, St. Mary with apples from its orchards and others from around the Island this week, a month earlier than usual […]
PUT THAT LIGHT OUT! … PUT THAT MASK ON!
Don’t you know there’s a pandemic on? TIMES change, manners and customs do as well. But some things remain surprisingly constant. It is, for example, curious to see how some of the war-time slogans and reactions on the home front to the last war, have had fresh life breathed into them, with minimum adaption, in […]
NATURAL REGENERATION KEY TO DOUBLING WOODLANDS AND SAVING BRITAIN’S CRIPPLED FORESTS
From: the ‘Re-wilding Britain’ organisation It says the Government’s draft England Tree Strategy is woefully inadequate for tackling the climate and nature crises. More ambitious targets and a fresh approach are needed. Allowing trees to establish themselves naturally over huge areas could massively expand Britain’s woodlands more effectively and at a fraction of the cost […]
A LETTER FROM LOMBARDY
A personal view by Philippa Evans Bevan, a regular contributor to RURAL magazine, who writes from her often used and much beloved home on the side of Lake Como in northern Italy IN the spring edition of RURAL, I was due to write an article focusing on all things lovely from Lombardy. Little did I […]
ROSEMARY BETT R.I.P
Rosemary Bett, who died on 28 August, was instrumental in the preservation and recording of Jersey’s cider and apple history. The following tribute to her has been paid by Julia Coutanche of Jersey Heritage and a member of the Jersey Cider Apple Trust: ‘I am very sorry indeed to hear that Rosemary Bett passed away. […]