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Healeyfield Parish News Spring 2017 Parish News Spring, 2017 Printed by Conway Printing Services www.parishes.durham.gov.uk/healeyfield [email protected] Winter Garden I hope you have enjoyed the warm weather that went on into the autumn months. It's been quite a dry few months so I hope you have watered the plants plenty. I would love to see any pictures of your garden flowers or vegetables that you have grown. You can email me at [email protected]. Your pictures could be in the next parish magazine. December Is the month for pruning and planting bushes and trees. Prune climbing roses now and cut away any damaged growth. Leave the faded heads on your hydrangeas until the spring as this provides protection for the new growth down the stems. Gather up fallen leaves around your plants as this reduces the chance of infection in the plants next year. Tie up climbers and new shoots. This will help them in the wind and stop them from being broken. Harvest holly with berries for making garlands and christmas wreaths. These can be kept in a bucket of water until you need them. In the vegetable garden lift the last of the leeks and parsnips. Lift and divide rhubarb. Sections taken from the outside of the plant are better than from the middle. Dig over empty borders and if you can spread manure on the top, the worms and the frosts will help break up the soil. If you are looking for something to grow this month there are a range of mushroom kits to try and these are quite easy to grow. January Try to avoid walking on your lawn when there is snow or frost and this damages the grass underneath. If the lawn is wet try spiking it to help drainage. Also it's a good time to get the mower serviced ready for next year. If your garden is looking a bit bare and would like some flowers try growing winter-flowering evergreen Clematis such as 'Winter Beauty'. Also remove and dead heads off the winter pansies. Keep your plants wrapped up from frosts, bubble wrap is good to use. Think about ordering your hanging basket plants, geraniums, fuchsias and lobelia. Prune the fruit trees apple and pears if you haven't already so. But leave the plum and cherry trees unpruned until the summer and this makes them susceptible to silver leaf infections. Try forcing rhubard by placing a bucket upside down over the crown. This will force the pink stems to grow and will be rerady in about 8 weeks time. February Now is the time to start ordering your seeds and also plan your vegetable garden. Start chitting potatoes, ordering your onion sets and fruit trees. if you fancy growing potatoes but struggle for space, try using potato grow bags. If space is limited try growing dwarf fruit trees to grow around the edge of your vegetable plots. Start clearing out plant pots and washing them ready to use. Clean out the greenhouse and wash the glass. This lets in more light for your plants. If you haven't already buy a water butt ready for the summer. It's suprising how much water you can collect for your garden. Also don't forget to feed the birds. Hang fat balls out and a feeder with nuts or seeds. This not only looks after the birds but also they are lovely watch. Keep a dish of water for them and make sure it doesn't freeze over. I hope you enjoy your garden again this year and try something new. Plant something different whether it's a flower or vegetable, I'm sure you will have fun growing it. Cllr Johanna Forster Land of Oak & Iron in Parish Woods The Land of Oak & Iron (LOI) Woodland Conservation Team which meets once a week, will be starting some management works in Parish Woods in February and everyone will be welcome to get involved. The work will involve thinning of young birch trees to make habitat piles for small woodland creatures and create areas where small saplings can be transplanted from other areas within the wood. Peter Downes, Woodland & Access Officer for LOI, will meet volunteers in the car park on Church Street, just up from the cemetery, at 10.30 am on Tuesday 21st and Monday 27th February. No experience is needed, all tools and training will be provided; wear warm clothes and stout footwear and bring a packed lunch – each day will finish at 2.30 pm. It’s a lovely sociable group of like-minded people with free tea and coffee provided to keep you refreshed throughout the day! There are many other exciting ways to get involved in the Land of Oak & Iron, including free training courses, a photo competition, other volunteering opportunities and much more. Good quality images of life, landscapes, wildlife and industrial heritage within the LOI are being sought, successful images will be used in a 2018 calendar, for Christmas cards and other promotional materials, as well as for the LOI Facebook and Twitter cover photos each month. Images should be emailed to [email protected]. An oral histories project has recently begun, aiming to capture people’s memories of life in LOI. The project is looking for volunteers to take part in free interview and recording training to help deliver this project over the next two years; all the information collected will be saved to an online archive for future generations. The Community Grants programme offers grants of between £500 and £2,000, to grass roots community groups and organisations for projects and initiatives that conserve, enhance and celebrate the heritage of the LOI area. Further information is available on our website; the next deadlines are 30th April and 30th September 2017. A programme of free ecology and geology training courses will begin again in March, the topics cover a wide range of birds, animals and habitats and focus on identification and survey skills. In the summer there will an archaeology programme, offering opportunities to get involved in surveying and excavation. The Land of Oak & Iron focuses on the Derwent Valley and the surrounding area, following the Derwent Valley from Derwent Reservoir to the River Tyne, involving Consett, Rowlands Gill, Prudhoe and Whickham. The LOI vision is to work with local communities and partners to conserve, enhance and celebrate the fantastic natural, industrial and cultural heritage of this area. The Partnership is hosted by Groundwork NE & Cumbria and has been supported by National Lottery Players through a £2.2 million HLF grant. For more information please visit www.landofoakandiron.org.uk, follow us on Twitter @LandofOakIron, like us on A Royal Thank you Back in June 2016, The Parish Council and The Village Hall Committee held a community party to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s 90th Birthday. I’m sure everyone who attended will agree that a good time was had by all. As part of the celebrations, every pupil from Castleside Primary School made a birthday card for Her Majesty and they were all put on display around the Village Hall. A card from every year group was sent to Queen Elizabeth along with a letter wishing her well and telling her all about Castleside’s celebrations. I am delighted to publish a copy of a letter and card sent to us all. Thanking us for our best wishes. Let’s hop we are able to have a similar celebration for her 100th Birthday. Friends of Castleside Village Hall It has been some time since this topic has appeared in these pages so the Committee thought it would be a good thing to remind everyone of our existence. I have included the accounts up until the end of March this year. You will see that the fund has quietly grown to be a sizeable nest egg. So it is reassuring to know that the Village Hall has a useful emergency back-up. At some point in the future we will have to consider releasing some amount to the Hall, a “surplus”, so that it can do some good. It is worth congratulating those responsible for the condition of the Hall and its facilities. Visitors to our annual Art Exhibition often comment on the appearance of the Hall and how pleasant it is to visit. I have been told that the same good comments are heard at other events. I have some experience of visiting Halls in the area and can confidently say that this is one of the best. It may be that there are people in the village who would like to contribute towards ensur- ing that the Hall remains an asset to the village. You can do this by contributing a small sum monthly or by an occasional lump sum. If you would like to help, please leave a note addressed to the “Friends of the Village Hall “at the Village Hall with your contact details and I will get in touch. There are details of our bank account on the Healeyfield Parish Council website. Friends of Castleside Village Hall Accounts for Year ended 31st March 2016 INCOME EXPENDITURE Balance 01.04.15 £7,800.35 Annual Donations £0.00 NIL Monthly Donations £1,258.00 Total £9,058.35 NOTES No expenditure Current monthly donations £105.50 L HOLBURN - TREASURER Introducing PCSO Rachael Farrimond-Wight I grew up in Consett and after living away from the area for many years, recently moved back taking up the role of Community Liaison Officer. I am based in Consett and cover Stanley too, my job is to meet with residents and listen to their concerns and, working with the wider policing teams, address any issues affecting our community.
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