July 2021 No.490 50p to Non Residents Fun in the Sun Julie Satchell 1 Front - Rosie, Bill, Levi, Harry and Alfie enjoying the paddling pool. Jacob having a think and a rest mid-walk. And Bear and Clay shading from the heat. Above - Daisy and Delilah having a ride in the nice weather. Rosie and Isabella discovering new toys. And Jory and Bill having fun in our wonderful park. New Arrival Congratulations to Ross and Davinder for the arrival of their beautiful little boy. Oliver Singh Onions. Born at Treliske Hospital on the 15th May 2021. 2 Editorial CONTENTS PAGE As I write this, the rain is pouring Age Concern 5 down! But we have had a few nice Book Corner 21 days of hot weather here and there. Bude Food Bank 23 The date for the return of ‘normality’ Business Index 38 has been postponed, so hopefully Castle Quiz Answers 32 this time next month the return will Directory of Clubs 37 be closer! Gardening Tips 8 There are two meetings worth of Guides, Brownies, Rainbows 10 minutes from the Parish Council in Into the Wild 20 this edition and lots of shop news Jacobstow School 30 and updates, including an advert for Juliotter Garden Club 7 a ‘Community Jamboree’ on the Methodist Minister’s View 18 back page! New Arrival 2 I have also included some pictures Noah’s Ark 16, 26 of Cornish Castles for you to try and Notices 12, 14, 24 have a guess at where they are Parish Council 33, 34, 35 located, enjoy! Parish Diary 22 India Parish Walk 19 Produce Stall 40 Village Shop 28, 39 The Deadline for submissions to the next Gazette is end of day 17th of this month email: [email protected] Your Editors are: Helen Chamberlain 01840 230125 India Skinner 01840 230558 Heather Smith 01840 230976 For business enquiries please contact Jane Wardlaw 01840 230933 The St Gennys Gazette exists for the benefit of St Gennys Parish and its residents. 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If permission is sought and given, it is expected that all articles/images be accredited to either St Gennys Gazette or the author of said article/images. The Gazette is available on the Parish Council website - www.stgennys.co.uk 3 DEBBIE ROUTLY HYPNOTHERAPY (PDCH, MBSCH, Reg CNHC) Hypnotherapy can help you change the way you think, feel, and behave so you could live a happier, more fulfilling life. Hypnotherapy can help with: Stress and anxiety Lack of confidence and low self- esteem Insomnia Stopping smoking Phobias Pain management And much more... For more information, contact Debbie: 07774061411 [email protected] debbieroutlyhypnotherapy.com 4 Age Concern From what I hear the new arrangement for bus parking appears to be working well so thank you all for your help and understanding over this. Below are the planned trips for July. At present we are short of a driver on the 8th July for the trip to Bude. If we are able to run this trip then I will let Barbara know so she can pass the information on to the people who normally go on the Bude trip. Michael Parsons 5 6 Juliotter Garden Club Minutes Apologies were received from: Adam and Ruth, Barbara, Donata, and Denni. And there were 12 members at the meeting. Message from Hilary Workman: Some Jacobstow residents are planning a garden safari on Sunday 20th June from 2.00 until 6.00 in aid of their parish hall. Eight gardens will be open, including ours together with our country wildlife site. Tickets costing £5 will be available from the parish hall together with details of the gardens. The price includes a cream tea which will be served in the parish hall. If you have any queries please phone Hilary on 01566 781434. After a short time spent discussing the record-breaking weather this Spring, we discussed the little front border of the carpark which we planted up over a year ago. It is now in need of attention, weeding and replanting. Pat and Sally volunteered to start the job and it was agreed that we replant it at the next club meeting in June. If you promised to bring a plant(s), please remember. As a society we are required to hold Annual General Meetings so we will do that at the June meeting as well. We hope to be back to normal by June which means that we will run our Flower of the Month, Vegetable of the Month, and Houseplant of the Month competitions. Speaking of which I am pleased to announce the winners of each competition: Season 2019-2020 Vegetable of the Month: Chris Martin Flower of the Month: Chris Martin Houseplant of the Month: Greg Smith The member with the highest number of points was Anne Denton Season 2020-2021 Vegetable of the Month: Greg Smith Flower of the Month: Greg Smith Houseplant of the Month: Greg Smith In addition to the competition we also decided to start the raffle in June and the all-important refreshments. It was agreed that we would not advertise our website or Facebook pages until July when we hope to have a speaker to attract more members. We had a lively discussion about new activities for the club and it was suggested that we could have a mini farmer’s market with our excess produce - possibly to raise some funds for the club. I think I like photographs in the minutes; I’ve got so used to them now. Anyway, the world is full of blossom at the moment and my deciduous azaleas are in their Sunday best ... Pat Thorne 7 Gardening Tips for July After June’s mass of fresh flowering, the colour can fade in the garden during July. To brighten up dull areas add a few long flowering plants such as Cosmos, Marguerites, Japanese Anemonies, or our native Hydrangeas. Plant in the soil or just dot a few pots about. Continue to deadhead and pick flowers to encourage new blooms. Roses should then keep blooming until the first frosts. Leave plants that have ornamental seeds or fruits without deadheading; examples include alliums; love-in-a-mist (Nigella), stinking iris (Iris foetidissima) any rose cultivars that bear hips or other plants that bear berries in the autumn. Pinch off leaves or stems showing symptoms of black spot or disease and bin or burn them. Cut back delphiniums and (perennial) geraniums after the first flush of flowers to encourage a second flowering period; known as “the Chelsea chop”. Feed after cutting them back. Cutting back plants in baskets followed by feeding can also encourage new growth and help revive tired displays. Use a hoe to clear weeds off dry soil. Mulching borders will help retain moisture, and keep down the weeds and will save a lot of work. Prop up tall perennials such as lupins, delphiniums and gladioli. Set the lawnmower one setting higher, so that the lawn will not dry out if the weather is very hot. The grass will recover without the need for watering. Check the tips of young growing plants for clusters of greenflies, or for any distortion which might be aphids inside. An environmentally friendly way of dealing with greenfly is to either rub them off with your fingers or to spray them off with diluted washing up liquid. Prune early-flowering shrubs, such as wisteria and lilac, to keep them in check and give them a good shape. Propagation :- Take semi-ripe cuttings of shrubs such as Choisya, Hydrangea and Philadelphus. Root them in pots of gritty compost in a cold frame or even with a plastic bag tied over them. Clematis can be propagated by taking internodal cuttings (i.e. taking stem sections above and below a leaf, rather than cutting the stem immediately below a leaf joint). Cut lavender flowers this month, then hang them to dry. Collect seed from seed heads :- nigella; aquilegia; poppies; alliums; verbena; honesty and wild flowers. Turn over the soil around cornflowers and poppies for next year’s propagation. Harvest and eat beans, carrots, beetroots and strawberries. Gill Shipsides 8 9 Guides, Brownies and Rainbows After 15 long months of virtual meetings on Zoom, Jacobstow Rainbows, Brownies and Guides have returned to face to face meetings (lots of cheering). We did have fun virtually, carrying on the Guiding programme, working on badges and getting to know the families of the girls really well. There are lots of very talented Mums out there, with the odd Dad joining in too. Siblings came in handy when tasks needed an extra body. We have taken part in virtual sleepovers, the latest being for World Thinking Day, when we visited the Five World Centres and did lots of activities from each country. Lots of scavenger hunts have taken place, which sometimes tried our spelling and were always inventive.