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Maggie's Blog

Happy New Year 2018 with South Downs Film Night and Jam Workshop

January 1, 2018 Posted By: Anna Potter Maggie's Blog No comments yet

A very Happy New Year to you all! Hoping you all have had a good Christmas break and enjoyed time with your families. Despite the weather always being quite bleak in January, it is a time for planning the season ahead so feelings of hope and excitement of the crops...

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Christmas Market Prep, Mammoth Wreaths and Horticulture Therapy Polytunnel Nearly Ready

December 3, 2017 Posted By: Anna Potter Maggie's Blog No comments yet

It’s been a hive of activity for making Christmas produce and other seasonal items this week. I will be providing a list in the next week of what delights we will have available at the Christmas Market on Sunday 10th December. Sue is putting the finishing touches to the Market...

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Getting ready for Christmas and Park Community High School

November 21, 2017 Posted By: Anna Potter Maggie's Blog Christmas No comments yet

Last Friday was a hub of productivity with lots of our lovely volunteers coming in to assist with making items for the Christmas Market. We made the first of our willow wreath rings in preparation for decoration later. The ‘fedge’ provides us with an all year round source of willow...

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Welcome to Sue, Social Horticulture Therapy, and Christmas prepping

November 13, 2017 Posted By: Anna Potter Maggie's Blog No comments yet

It was lovely to have a Centre Manager again, having been without one for a little while now.  Hopefully some of you got to meet Sue in the shop Thursday when she was shadowing Christine in her role as Shop Manager. It has been interesting listening to her and learning...

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Emma’s Farewell, Environment Award Nominee, Artist Kerry Vaughan

November 5, 2017 Posted By: Anna Potter Maggie's Blog No comments yet

We are having quite a late ‘Indian Summer’ from the temperatures we have had this week. This has meant that we can still have our lunch outdoors and enjoy the autumnal sunshine. This Thursday, we had a farewell event for Emma twinned with celebrating the arrival of Antonio’s twin great...

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Children on the Edge, Howgate Wonder, and Community Outreach

October 29, 2017 Posted By: Anna Potter Maggie's Blog No comments yet

We had a wonderful evening on Friday when Tuppenny Barn was used as a fund raiser for the Charity Children On the Edge and 70 + people sat down to an Eastern Feast entertained by some Syrian Musicians. There was some impromptu dancing by the waiting staff and much fun...

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Olive Harvest in Civitella Casanova, Abruzzo

October 22, 2017 Posted By: Anna Potter Maggie's Blog No comments yet

I have just returned from my week in Civitella Casanova in Abruzzo, a beautiful scenic village where the olives grow in abundance. I spent 6 days helping to get the olive harvest in and subsequently pressed to produce olive oil. There were many local producers doing the same within the...

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October heatwave, hedgerow management and olive harvest

October 16, 2017 Posted By: Anna Potter Maggie's Blog No comments yet

It looks like we are getting somewhat of a little heat wave for this time of year, over the next few days which can only be good for the last plants that have been put into the ground. We are now at the very end of our main planting for...

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Getting ready for the Festive Season, Ground Community Awards Nominee, and Olive Harvesting

October 8, 2017 Posted By: Anna Potter Maggie's Blog No comments yet

With Emsworth British Food Fortnight now come to an end, we look to our last couple of months of 2017. We have a couple of workshops to run, the first being run by the talented ceramicist Carla Allen on Fri 24th Nov in the evening. She will be showing you...

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Emsworth British Food Fortnight, Attention Chocolate Lovers!, and Macmillans Coffee Morning

September 25, 2017 Posted By: Anna Potter Maggie's Blog No comments yet

The sun has shone all weekend and has helped with the propagation of the winter seedlings. We are nearly there with removing all the summer crops from the polytunnel, only cucumbers and a lone truss of tomatoes to go. More perennial spinach was planted this week in place of the...

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