WILD ORCHID FIELDS OPEN DURING LOCK-DOWN
During the spring and summer months Jersey is transformed by the vibrant colours of its native wildflowers. Among the most spectacular are the Wild Orchids found in The National Trust for Jersey’s ‘Orchid Fields’ at Le Noir Pré in St Ouen’s Bay and La Blinerie in Grouville. The Trust are inviting islanders to spend some […]
THE VALUE OF OUR PARKS AND GARDENS
By David Warr, RURAL magazine’s ‘Last Word’ Columnist WHAT a change has overcome us! The last article I wrote for RURAL magazine had seen me just back from the coffee farms of Honduras. Air travel, shaking people’s hands, using public transport….. yes we used to do all that stuff and thought it normal. I don’t […]
A HANDFUL OF MEMORIES
The St John Liberation Anniversary Project To mark the 75th anniversary of Liberation, the Parish of St John have created a website and filmed the parishioners recounting their memories of Liberation Day. Leading the project is St John parishioner Gary Grimshaw and his wife, Kieranne. Gary has also produced a hardback book, titled ‘A Handful […]
Dog walking and horse riding on beaches allowed for an extended period
Islanders will be able to continue to walk their dogs off the lead and ride horses on the beaches, at any time of the day, until the States debate a proposition on 12 May. The Assistant Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture, Senator Steve Pallett, will, in agreement with the Council of Ministers, […]
APPEARANCE AND REALITY
By RURAL’s editor, Alasdair Crosby IN this lock-down period, I have been amusing myself by re-reading the highly entertaining short stories of W Somerset Maugham. The title of one of these, ‘Appearance and Reality’ is derived from that of a notable philosophical / metaphysical work, very densely written (coded language for ‘pretty boring’) by a […]
From the archives
A TASTE OF HONEY… .. and a silver spoon. Bob Tompkins writes on bees and the buzz in Jersey, in RURAL’s Summer issue of 2014 A SILVER SPOON A swarm of bees in May Is worth a load of hay A swarm of bees in June Is worth a silver spoon A swarm of bees […]
THE FISHING INDUSTRY AMID THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
By Don Thompson, president of the Jersey Fishermen’s Association JERSEY’S fishing industry, already suffering the effects of prolonged winter gales, along with diminishing stock levels for some of the primary species, was the first sector in Jersey to feel the impact of the Covid-19 crisis. The Island’s shellfish export market, accounting for around 80% of […]
Farming In The Midst Of The Coronavirus Outbreak
By the president of the Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society, Robert Perchard AGRICULTURE was quite rightly deemed as ‘essential’ in the Government of Jersey’s strategy to tackle coronavirus, playing a vital role in supplying the Island with much of its fresh food and dairy produce. Furthermore, the growing of crops and tending of livestock […]
Cancelled Garden And Postponed Opera
THE coronavirus lock-down continues to cut a swathe through Island life by affecting a range of events of all types. The weigh-in for the Jersey potato growing completion is due to take place on 14 May – will it do so? The organisers are looking at ‘Zoom’ possibilities. Could the Island cattle shows be virtual? […]
From The Archives
SINCE late 2015 each successive issue of RURAL is available to read in ‘virtual’ form, by clicking on the ‘Past issues’ section of this website. However, the earlier issues in the first three years of the magazine’s existence cannot now be accessed. We intend to put some of these ‘missing’ articles on the website so […]