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Issue 41: December 2018
Welcome to our occasional newsletter for a roundup of our activities, projects, events and volunteering opportunities
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Our extremely well attended open meeting was held on Wednesday 21st November and such is the level of interest from the Community, we are organising two site visits during the early part of December.
Once these have taken place we are setting up a small steering group in order to progress this exciting project. In the background all of the legalities, finance, training and administrative tasks are progressing nicely.
The plan is to start clearing the immense amount of rubbish and brambles once we are into the New Year. As we believe that there are some significant heritage varieties to be found there, we are approaching this task with great care and sensitivity to ensure that any ‘at risk’ trees are stabilised.
The published minutes of the meeting which includes a Q&A session together with our aims and a brief outline of the proposed phases of the project can be found on our website or by following this link.
We will be calling for volunteers once we get started. However if you would rather help with publicity and planning rather than getting your hands dirty please either contact us on the number below or by email.
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We held our second Repair Café towards the end of November and are delighted that our dedicated team of fixers were able to either fix the broken item or gave valuable advice as to where to get parts.
In a couple of instances the fixer even took the item home to either make the missing part or carry out a longer repair.
Between us over 70 kilos of repairs were carried out. Some of the items included:
A speaker, a CD/Stereo, a drill and charger, a coffee maker, a Kenwood mixer, a desk fan, a wall clock, a solar light, toy railway pieces, a sports bag, 2 baby changing mats, a fleece, a coat, and an electronic baby toy.
This is a free service to the village and we only asked for a small donation towards the cost of the hall hire. Our intention is to run the next Repair Café in the spring and we will publicise it nearer the date. Keep an eye out for information by subscribing to our occasional newsletter and in the meantime, rather than throwing out items that are broken or missing buttons, put them to one side and bring them along to the next Repair Cafe.
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After a successful first season these have been tidied up for winter ready for a fresh start in the spring.
You will see that the Community Garden has some ornamental cabbages newly planted to give some interest and colour. These are not intended to be edible. We are seeking out additional items for planting to ensure that they give pleasure all of the year round.
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Well we are starting to come up to the shortest day and providing the ground is not too wet get some digging done. This will ensure that the soil is nicely broken up once we get the first major frosts.
It is not too late to plant some winter varieties of lettuce leaves. The best place is a cold frame, greenhouse border or even under some protective fleece. Just make sure that you get some air flow and watch out for slugs.
Now is a very good time to prune back your border plants as a good cut back will reduce hiding places for bugs and pests and also minimise wind damage. Our gardens and allotments always look a bit of a mess this time of the year but please leave a few untidy corners to ensure that some of our insect friends have somewhere safe and snug to overwinter.
Finally now is the time to look through those garden seed catalogues and start to plan your successes for 2019.
Good Gardening
Sweet Pea
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We would like to wish all our volunteers and supporters a very Happy Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year.
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For more information on any of our events or items listed here please visit our website at www.greeningchinnor.blogspot.co.uk, or subscribe to our occasional newsletter
Linda Brawn
Greening Chinnor
email: greeningchinnor@gmail.com | website: www.greeningchinnor.blogspot.co.uk
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Greening Chinnor are proud to be part of :
The Oxfordshire Repair Cafe Network
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Oxfordshire and Community Action Groups network http://cagoxfordshire.org.uk
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