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Contents...
Lady Chair’s Report .................................................................... 6 News from the Trustees ............................................................. 7 Kelvin’s Comments..................................................................... 8 From the Kitchen... .................................................................. 10 Final preparation for exhibiting your runner beans ..................... 12 Book Review ............................................................................ 12 Latin for Vegetable Growers...................................................... 14 The benefits of no-dig gardening ............................................. 16 Annual General Meeting – Agenda............................................ 17 Fiona’s roundup........................................................................ 17 Free seed for all NVS members ................................................ 18 NVS membership system ......................................................... 19 What’s on... .............................................................................. 20 What’s in the pipeline?.............................................................. 21 Annual Report and Accounts.................................................... 22 Cherries.................................................................................... 25 Fruit and Vegetable Storage...................................................... 28 Storage of crops....................................................................... 31 Cutting the grass ...................................................................... 32 Carrot Competition ................................................................... 35 Jersey Update .......................................................................... 36 Lemons .................................................................................... 37 A “virtual” tour of a Japanese vegetable garden ........................ 38 Project Greenhouse.................................................................. 40 Summer Sowing....................................................................... 41 Vertical Growing ....................................................................... 44 Seasonal Jobs.......................................................................... 47 Scottish Branch...................................................................... 53 Northern Branch..................................................................... 54 Midland Branch ...................................................................... 60 Southern Branch .................................................................... 61 Welsh Branch ......................................................................... 65 Irish Section............................................................................ 66
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MEMBERS IMPORTANT NOTICE
As our new website & Membership system is used more and more, we are seeing a good increase in members changing their membership payment methods to either Direct Debit or card payment. We would like to thank all who have done this so far as it will help lessen the workload for our Membership Secretaries and treasurers going forward.
Another area we are seeing a positive change in is the updating of the system to reflect our members up to date/ current email addresses. Having an up-to-date email address means that we can potentially email you with news, reminders and updates and it also means that the new on line events (e.g. Talks using Zoom) that we offer can link
in correctly with a booking that you might make for an event. Please be careful when entering your email address to ensure it is correct.
If you do wish to receive emails and invites, as described above we do require you to tick the check box for “news and updates” within your profile to enable us to do so. If you are not sure how to do this, please just let me know and we can assist you.
The NVS does have an annual certificate of cover from the ICO (Information Commission Office), which can protect
its members from unauthorised contact by individuals and organisations acting without NVS permission. Action can and will be taken against such activities on behalf of the member if required. The Trustees are always seeking ways of reducing running costs of the Society and improving the services and information provided to its members.
One such way is attracting on-line advertising from carefully screened, reputable and relevant companies in the horticultural sector with paid for advertising in NVS media and also support of other activities through sponsorship and partners.
Where such companies request reciprocal membership data for the purpose of direct mailing, the NVS will no longer forward your details unless your consent has been given to do so.
A reminder for all members; please ensure that you help us maintain your correct data. If you change address, telephone number, mobile or email address, please don’t forget let your membership secretary or myself know Thank you.
You now also have the ability to make these changes yourself online via our new website www.nvsuk.org.uk Fiona Shenfield FNVS, General Secretary
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