UPDATE ON THE HEDGE FUND
But arboreal, not financial – Donna Le Marrec of the National Trust for Jersey explains why they are ‘tying a yellow ribbon round that old oak tree’ FOLLOWING the planting of 20,000 hedging whips late last year, the National Trust for Jersey is working hard to ensure their survival through active management as well as […]
NEW PATHS, NEW INSPIRATION, NEW LIFE
SALLY ROBERTS works in the herb garden at Samarès Manor. In the first of a series of articles, she writes about the garden and about the herbs that provide her with both her work and her specialist interest THE herbs at Samarès happily share the walled garden with the beautiful collection of roses and […]
Les Trois Moutons
THIS springtime might be called a ‘silent spring’ – with apologies to the late Rachel Carson – in Jersey, as elsewhere, as at the time of writing we take the very first tentative and uncertain steps towards coming out of ‘lockdown’. But spring is happening nonetheless and so we show a springtime painting of sheep […]
RAISING THE GAME
RURAL magazine’s gardening correspondent, Gill Maccabe, ‘gardens for victory’ during lockdown AS others have sewn scrubs and face masks for victory, our household has gone into full time salad production. Forget the moniker Gill Maccabe keen amateur gardener, I’m feeling pretty professional now. As soon as it became obvious that my almost daily trip to […]
IN THE KITCHEN
Our cookery writer, Zoë Garner , suggests a summertime menu What’s in season? STRAWBERRIES are a typical summer treat and when in season the taste is really hard to beat. They do not ripen after picking and so the imported strawberries are often hard with an undeveloped flavour. Look for berries that are bright red […]
WILD ORCHID FIELDS OPEN DURING LOCK-DOWN
During the spring and summer months Jersey is transformed by the vibrant colours of its native wildflowers. Among the most spectacular are the Wild Orchids found in The National Trust for Jersey’s ‘Orchid Fields’ at Le Noir Pré in St Ouen’s Bay and La Blinerie in Grouville. The Trust are inviting islanders to spend some […]
THE VALUE OF OUR PARKS AND GARDENS
By David Warr, RURAL magazine’s ‘Last Word’ Columnist WHAT a change has overcome us! The last article I wrote for RURAL magazine had seen me just back from the coffee farms of Honduras. Air travel, shaking people’s hands, using public transport….. yes we used to do all that stuff and thought it normal. I don’t […]
A HANDFUL OF MEMORIES
The St John Liberation Anniversary Project To mark the 75th anniversary of Liberation, the Parish of St John have created a website and filmed the parishioners recounting their memories of Liberation Day. Leading the project is St John parishioner Gary Grimshaw and his wife, Kieranne. Gary has also produced a hardback book, titled ‘A Handful […]
Dog walking and horse riding on beaches allowed for an extended period
Islanders will be able to continue to walk their dogs off the lead and ride horses on the beaches, at any time of the day, until the States debate a proposition on 12 May. The Assistant Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture, Senator Steve Pallett, will, in agreement with the Council of Ministers, […]
APPEARANCE AND REALITY
By RURAL’s editor, Alasdair Crosby IN this lock-down period, I have been amusing myself by re-reading the highly entertaining short stories of W Somerset Maugham. The title of one of these, ‘Appearance and Reality’ is derived from that of a notable philosophical / metaphysical work, very densely written (coded language for ‘pretty boring’) by a […]