THE LYMINGE NEWSLETTER For the communities of LYMINGE, ETCHINGHILL, RHODES MINNIS and POSTLING Produced by THE LYMINGE ASSOCIATION February 2021 www.lyminge.org.uk From The Lyminge Association
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Editor: [email protected] 1 Tel: 01303 863737 DIARY OF EVENTS
This page is printed to give readers and organisers the opportunity of planning events without clashing with existing ones, which are already in the ‘diary’. It is not intended as a means of advertising and we take no responsibility for errors or omissions. Acceptance is at the discretion of the editor. Please send your updates by email to [email protected] or via methods outlined on Page 3. Location and name codes follow: C&H: Coach & Horses; EVH: Etchinghill Village Hall; ERA: Etchinghill Residents’ Association; ELVH: Elham Village Hall, EVLT: Elham Valley Line Trust, JC Jubilee Centre; JF: Jubilee Field; KH: Korf House; LB: Laing Bennett; LBC: Bowls Club; LL: Library; LMC: Lyminge Methodist Church; LPC: Lyminge Parish Church; LPS: Lyminge Primary School; LVH: Lyminge Village Hall; LW: Lord Whisky; NP: Nailbourne Court; PC: Postling Church; PH: Lord Whisky, Park Hse; PVH: Postling Village Hall; RVH: Rhodes Minnis Village Hall; RMC: Rhodes Minnis Church; RMCS: Rhodes Minnis Cat Sanctuary; RR: Rigden Room; SMVH: Stelling Minnis Village Hall, SNL: See News Letter for info; SP: Sibton Park; SPCC: Sibton Park Cricket Club; TC: Tayne Centre; TF: Tayne Field; WF: Well Field One-Off Events
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Lyminge Festival - 7th to 20th June 2021
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1 In term time only 2 Except Jan and Feb 3 Except Jan, Feb, and trip in Aug 4 Except Aug and Dec 5 Not held in August Editor: [email protected] 2 Tel: 01303 863737 %/),012)034)%/)./567891:0 Lyminge Methodist Church !"#$%&'(&)#*&+',-.$/01 +:0"-6*"$3#$/5#$)-3$:#*/::&$/::-3#1$0-$"-:1$,#5E M$3-6:1$:(B#$0-$3(,"$/::$-65$9(::/*#$<5(#)1,$3#::$/0$ 9(.#,4$<-5$,/<#0&$5#/,-),$3#$"/9#$1#.(1#1$0"/04$ 0"(,$.-)0()6()*$1(Z(.6:0$0('#4$C60$6):#,,$.(5.6'E /0$75#,#)04$)-$,#59(.#,$3(::$C#$"#:1$()$0"#$."65."$ ,0/).#,$."/)*#4$3#$5#*5#0$0-$,/&$0"/0$C-0"$0"#$ C6(:1()*@$M0$3(::4$"-3#9#54$5#'/()$-7#)$<-5$75(9/0#$ ."65."$/)1$0"#$!/&)#$=#)05#$3(::$5#'/()$.:-,#1@$ 75/$165()*$1/&:(*"0$"-65,$_/'$`$a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yminge Newsletter Terms & Conditions: Copy deadline for next edition - 18 February 2021. 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Further details from Peter Barnes (editor) on 01303 863737 or [email protected] Editor: [email protected] 3 Tel: 01303 863737 Etchinghill Update - February 2021 ETCHINGHILL RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION Contact - the chairman, David McCombe [email protected] or call 07939 076617 Web - www.etchinghill.info Facebook - Etchinghill Residents CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS – our thanks go to Tim Millett and his colleague, Dave, for helping the committee remove the last of the lights from the large tree. Tim has kindly offered to tidy the tree and restrict its growth for the coming year. LITTER PICKS - There will be no spring litter pick due to the current pandemic. Many residents already pick up rubbish whilst they are out and about and we are encouraging locals to take a carrier bag with them whilst they are out walking. Please dispose of any litter in a public waste bin and remember to sanitise or wash your hands afterwards; thank you. COMMUNITY COMPASSION - Support is available from the Age UK community hub, but you too can support your neighbours by offering to help with maybe shopping or simply a chat. A slip, offering help, that can be put through a neighbour’s door with the relevant information, can be found on the Etchinghill Residents website or Facebook page - see above. A BIG THANK YOU! - our long standing friend and committee member, Christine Barnett, has resigned from the ERA due to her impending house move. Chris has been a valuable, hard working and innovative committee member for many years long and happy future in her new home. Sadly, we now have 2 vacancies on the committee - if you would like to support your community, by joining our friendly and proactive team, please contact the Chairman as above, for more information. Social activities are very limited at the moment of course, but if you have any information of future interest to Etchinghill residents that you’d like to be included in the next Newsletter, then please contact Jacqui Blandford: 07543 966830 or [email protected] Fifth Trust Update - During the January lock-down in order to protect students we have been offering on-line sessions only. Fortunately these are now well established. We reviewed end of January. To get up to date information on opening hours for our garden centre and café/farmshop please visit our website (see above). 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Local group Ethelburga Quilters is creating one of these: a quilted wall-hanging that will cover the The textile artwork will comprise ‘blocks’ of fabric been achievable in Ethelburga’s day. These blocks will depict designs inspired by the many Anglo-Saxon artefacts unearthed in Lyminge over the past 150 years. These demonstrate the skill and creativity of local craftsmen, and illustrate the pleasure that our Anglo-Saxon ancestors found in design that was always decorative and could sometimes be comical. While they will ultimately be sewn together and then wadded and quilted, the initial process to produce the blocks involves simply tracing a design, gluing (with bondaweb) the tracing onto a square, cutting the design out very carefully and then transferring the image on to another square by ironing it down. We would like this textile artwork to be a community production. Would you like to be involved? We are looking for volunteers to each produce up to made up packs of the material you will need and will provide instruction in written form – or by Zoom if you would prefer. All you need is a little time and patience, We are still looking for funding to help us complete this project. If you would like to donate, then please go to our PayPal giving page at: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_ id=MRXPPMCTDCYWC, or scan the QR code alongside. You can make a gift by card or through PayPal, and if you are a taxpayer, you can add 25% to your donation through Gift Aid. PayPal does not charge us for this, so all your donation will go towards the project. 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If you would like to attend please email: [email protected] or Lyminge [email protected] to reserve your place Historical Society Far from a degree of optimism that things might get back to Motorcycles wanted a degree of normality by March, it is now apparent that, due to the continuing Covid-19 situation, and the new variants, there is a marked reluctance to reconvene meetings until the second Covid vaccine has been administered. This could take us up to June or beyond. Some of you may well have ever, Government guidelines will determine the way forward. Watch the Notice Boards and the Lyminge Newsletter for further updates. Stay safe and well. ______Lyminge Historical Society Committee –------ Lyminge a history can be purchased individually through the Premier Food Store Plus: purchase Parts 1-5 as a bundle for £22 or Parts 1-10 for £50* To take advantage of the offer please call Daphne Andrews on 01303 862865. This bundle offer is not available from the shop. 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Our aims are to support people to produce more of their own food, and to shop locally, sourcing seasonal produce. We also run a community allotment in Lyminge and welcome new members. Contact: [email protected] or on Facebook and Instagram @thoughtfulfoodgroup like to attend. NEWSFLASH *Vegetable Growing Workshops now on Zoom* If you would like to attend the free-of-charge workshops for new gardeners, these will now be held on Zoom. Please email [email protected] to reserve your place. • ‘Get Ready to Grow’- Sunday 21st February 2021 14:30-16:30 • ‘Seeds and Sowing’ – Sunday 14th March 2021 14:30-16:30 • ‘Potting and Planting’ – Sunday 18th April 2021 14:30-16:30 What to do now...February Thoughtful Food member, and Lyminge Gardeners’ Society Chair, Anne Gould, has kindly set out her thoughts on what to do in We can’t help ‘champing at the bit’ with getting going with sowing! However, it is still usually quite cold and the days do not provide much light. February 14th is a good time to start thinking about seed sowing inside or undercover. From now light levels increase fast. Sowing undercover with no extra warmth might mean in a sheltered greenhouse or in an unheated room on a windowsill where there is a lot of light. Sowing undercover with extra warmth means inside a heated greenhouse on an indoor windowsill / table or conservatory with a lot of light. You can add to the protection by covering the seed trays which maintains moisture and the warmth. Once the seeds have germinated remove the cover, otherwise the baby seedlings may rot off and die. Still keep them in the light and warm place. If they start to go leggy or bend towards the light, it is too warm and there is not enough light. Move them to a cooler, lighter location. Undercover sowings with no extra warmth: Broad beans, spinach and chard, winter lettuce varieties, peas for shoots, onions, shallots, early brassicas such as calabrese, here in Kent so you may have some from last year still), coriander, dill. Undercover with a little extra warmth: Aubergine, peppers, chillies. Sow these by EARLY MARCH because they need a long growing season to produce a harvest. Outside: broad beans and garlic if not done already. (Acknowledgments to Charles Dowding for sowing recommendations. www.charlesdowding.co.uk) Potatoes: You can buy seed potatoes – especially raised for planting out – either online or from the garden centres. Farthing Common Nursery always have a good range of choices. As soon as you have bought them, you can either ‘chit’ them (put in open egg box in a light cool place and allow the ‘eyes’ to grow) or save them in a cool dark place before direct planting them. There’s not much in it really. First earlies are a good one to buy - any variety. These are traditionally planted at Easter and give a lovely tasty early crop in June - but more of that next time. Let us know how you are getting on or what you need support with in your vegetable garden/orchard. 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If so can you please Out & About.. forward them along with a few words to [email protected] 5+2&.?(>7--7?(7?(C.%'(D%"#.@$=(#2(E11(@2%(#+.( I(%.3.-#(@%2?#'(62%-7-D(7-(J#3+7-D+7==K(( -.F(%2"&(?G..&(?7D-?(F+73+(%.3.-#("GG."%.&H 32$%#.?'(2@(,"3L$7(M="-3+@2%& please send them to [email protected] together with a few words about them. With our winters being a touch less cold than in the past, some of our plants seem to have got a bit mixed up over when spring is arriving! This Broom bush [probably Cytisus scoparius] has started to open its yellow pea-like buds already. The broom is part of a very large genus of trees and shrubs including laburnum and gorse under the name Genista. This is apparently where the name Plantagenet comes from as it said that Geoffrey, Count of Anjou, the father of Henry II had a habit of wearing a sprig of planta genista in his helmet. Another sign of spring - these newly emerged Snowdrops [Galanthus nivalis] were seen in Lyminge hedgerows. Last month’s Mystery Flower seems to have stumped most people - with only one suggestion coming in. So here it is again in closer detail. Is it just an escaped Lobelia ? Any other suggestions to: [email protected] With nearly all the leaves gone we can see some of the seeds. Can you identify both these trees showing last year’s seeds ready to drop off the parent tree? The left hand one also has this year’s catkins visible too. Editor: [email protected] 24 Tel: 01303 863737