Helping to make a better place
The pre-AGM final edition of the updated Welcome Pack is now available.
Latest edition 2018
Let us know if you spot any errors, omissions or suggestions.
And I am not talking about the new iPhone X.
An abundance of apples
There are over 600 varieties of apple, pear, cherry and berries across the globe according to the AllAboutApples.com website and the directory pages on Orange Pippin
With more than 220 known varieties in Suffolk as recorded by the East of England Apple Orchard Project (EEAOP)
There are only five named apple varieties documented as having Suffolk origins according to applesandorchards.org.uk.
Some of these may still exist today:
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We have settled on three syndicate bulk buy oil order dates throughout the year for delivery shortly afterwards:
Framtrade are happy to continue and reward our customer loyalty, giving the best price and great service including payment upon invoice shortly after delivery.
To place an order – email mail@framtrade.co.uk or call 01728 723723 directly with your details:
After several years building our community resilience and promoting environmental causes (refer to all the previous blogs and projects) we feel it is time to re-focus and go back to our roots in the transition town principles…
To do so we will wind down our meetings to two or three times a year for a general discussion/ debate on environmental matters and how they may apply in our rural setting.
If you are interested to contribute, have an idea or just want to learn more then please join us at our AGM at 2pm on Sat 16 July or one of the future meetings as advertised in Village Voices and this website.
Andrew
BCG Chair
We will continue to run with the ordering process in collaboration with Framtrade (part of the FramFarmers group), three times a year – orders to be in before end November / March / July, for delivery early the following month. Refer to the Boyton Oil Syndicate page for specific dates.
Framtrade have consistently given us the best price over the past year and more. You will get the same service and discount, simplifying orders by dealing direct.
To place an order – email mail@framtrade.co.uk or call 01728 723723 with your details:
Bonfire crowd
6.30pm start for 7pm Fireworks
A new venue has been kindly offered again by Richard Pipe just beyond the farmyard: head up Mill Lane, round the bends, down the dirt track, go past Boyton Hall Farm, through the farmyard where limited space is available for cars to be parked if not walking. The bonfire is in the stubble field on your right as you exit the yard heading out towards Warren Hill. See map below for location.
A short précis of two recent events I attended: Suffolk Climate Change Partnership – Community Energy Workshop and; Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit – Communicating Around Climate Change webinar.
Cheers from the first pressing of vintage 2014
When I wer a lad, we naughtily scrumped apples from some of our neighbours – and occasionally got caught, literally red handed too, which quickly put me back on to the right path. This year we got permission to take them but I felt just as guilty, especially after removing a ‘barrow load full and they were just the unwanted windfalls. Read the rest of this entry »
Emergency life line; community asset; or ugly liability?
What do you think?
Blog at WordPress.com.Ben Eastaugh and Chris Sternal-Johnson.
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