Happy New Year; Blwyddyn Newydd Dda!
It's almost too cold to venture into the garden at the moment, but I think many of us are trying, because at least it's dry and the puddles and lakes from the continuous downpours are draining away...for a while at least.
So while you're warming your toes by the fire and have your laptop handy, why not send in some pictures of your garden from last year for our Page 'Member's Gardens' – send to me at ninahare00@googlemail.com. Or upload them to our Facebook page and let me know I can also use them on this blog.
It's also time to order your seeds. Don't forget that our Suttons Seed Club is still up and running, which brings down the price of Sutton Seed packets by 40% Just email Nina or Jim.
But also have a look at The Welsh Seed Hub. A very small co-operative of local growers and seed collectors who put very good quality products up on this community site. Heritage varieties abound and the seeds seem to always come good. They are currently selling over 40 varieties of Welsh grown seed on the Open
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Food Network. Here's the link; https://openfoodnetwork.org.uk/hwb-hadau-cymru-wales-seed-hub/shop
I do hope you can all make it to the AGM. The club always starts the new year with the Annual General Meeting which is being held at 7.30pm on Tuesday 30th January 2024.If anyone would like to see the agenda ahead of time, just let me know. I can send a copy by email.
The AGM gives you the opportunity to rejoin the club, by paying your subscriptions, which remain at £10 per person for the year; an absolute bargain!
The new 2024 Programme, which will last you through to November, will be available to take home and you can pick up a copy of the Spring Show Schedule. Check through it now, so that you'll have the opportunity to indulge in some of the art and craft categories through the rest of the winter.
If you are growing narcissi for the PAM HUFFERDINE TROPHY, now might be the time to check them, to see if the shoots are peeking though the soil. Don't forget you want them to be in perfect bloom at the end of March.
This year, at the AGM, as a trial run, we're going to be offering the refreshments (tea, coffee and biscuits), as soon as you arrive at 7.30, allowing you to gossip with friends old and new before the meeting begins. We are looking for feedback here, let us know afterwards if you liked having your cuppa first, or prefer the traditional method, which is to chat and sip after the event is over.
As always, there will be a raffle, and this time we're selling one ticket for £1 rather than selling in strips. We're offering some great raffle prizes to start this brand new year. But we are indebted to you, the members for bringing us raffle prizes, which really help keep the club solvent. Now is the time of year to rifle through the gifts you had only weeks ago, but know you'll never use; other people may love them!
We will also be sending the financial reports for 2023 by email attachment; this saves paper (and so trees) and allows everyone to look at them at their leisure, rather than trying to read while the meeting proceeds. It will give you time to examine the accounts and get back to treasurer Jim Milton with any queries you may have.
At the AGM, we will be asking for new ideas for meetings and talks, so if anyone would like to suggest a subject, or have something they would like to offer, or know of a good speaker we can engage, do bring the details with you, or let me know ahead of time so that we can add it to the agenda.
Looking forward to seeing you all on the 30th.
LOOKING AFTER THE TREES IN YOUR GARDEN.
One month later, on the Tuesday 27th February we have our first speaker of the year.
