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Contents...
Lady Chair’s Report .................................................................... 6 News from the Trustees.............................................................. 7 Kelvin’s Comments..................................................................... 8 Success with ‘Little Trees’ .......................................................... 9 From the Kitchen ...................................................................... 10 The schools mini wheelbarrow competitions............................. 11 The hunt for the lost apples of the Isle of Wight ........................ 12 New cultivars for 2021.............................................................. 17 My way with stump carrots....................................................... 21 Carrots! .................................................................................... 23 Grow your fruit in a healthy way ................................................ 24 The National Vegetable Society Virtual Show 2020 ................... 28 Looking for something new to grow in 2021? ........................... 31 Digging..................................................................................... 32 Fiona’s roundup........................................................................ 33 Membership system ................................................................. 34 What’s on 2021... ..................................................................... 35 Letters...................................................................................... 36 What’s New for 2021? .............................................................. 38 Comparing courgettes.............................................................. 39 New Grower ............................................................................. 40 Harvest time for (almost all!) of our July sowings ....................... 42 Recent Vegetable Research...................................................... 44 Seasonal Jobs.......................................................................... 46 Scottish Branch...................................................................... 50 Northern Branch ..................................................................... 53 Midland Branch ...................................................................... 59 Southern Branch .................................................................... 62 Welsh Branch ......................................................................... 64 Irish Section............................................................................ 65
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MEMBERS IMPORTANT NOTICE
The NVS is looking at ways of providing our members with quick information, for example, in between editions of your quarterly SV Magazine. One method, aside from our Website or social media accounts (Facebook & Twitter),
is by email. For your information, over half of our members (1,218) have an email account, however approximately only a quarter of our members (631) ticked the appropriate “email” box on the consent form to enable us to actually email you. If you want to change your permissions any time (or are not sure if you ticked the box or no), please just drop me an email and I can check and update your consent records as required. It’s also important going forward, if you have an email address, to let us know it, especially if you currently pay your membership via direct debit or wish to do so in the future. You now have the ability to make these changes yourself through via our new website.
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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.
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