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STANLEY PARK LITTER PICK Every first Sunday of the month is the Stanley Park litter pick. They
meet at 10am at the
Alverbank Hotel car park. More details about this and news of other events are inside. Inside we hear from the Gosport Runners on the benefits of running as part of a club. They do
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HELLO! Happy New Year! I’m hoping you enjoyed your Christmas time and are all set for 2024! We’ve recently had the winter solstice which means the days are lighter for longer. Some days by just a minute; those minutes add up quite nicely and before we know it we’ll be coming
perfumed Mahonia aquifolium which can be smelt in Crescent Garden this time of year. Of course the sudoku is inside too! You’ll also find lovely advertisers, events and more in this January edition.
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out of hibernation! In the meantime, daffs on my
I hope you enjoy this months edition. I also hope
desk are bringing me sunshine on a stick!
you have a lovely January! See you next month!
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stuff and not too sweet. The recipe is on page 6. If you can brave the cold there is still stuff to do in the garden. However, if you’re like me you’ll be sat with a cup of tea going over old magazines
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• 3 banana mashed • 1/4 cup coconut oil • 1/4 cup almond milk • 1/4 cup blueberries or raspberries • Seeds and coconut flakes to sprinkle Method Add the dates and water to a mini chopper and blitz to a paste Add all the dry ingredients to a bowl, then add the banana, date paste and almond milk. Heat the coconut oil in a saucepan on a low heat, when melted add to the bowl. Mix everything thoroughly. The mix should be slightly wet. Grease a baking tray with a little coconut oil and
BANANA, DATE AND BLUEBERRY FLAPJACKS This recipe is by the wonderful Rebel Recipes... Tasty banana, date and blueberry flapjacks are super easy to make, healthy, sweet and delicious. They make a brilliant breakfast or
then add the mix, pressing into the sides. Press a few blueberries into the top of the mixture and then sprinkle over some coconut flakes and seeds. Bake in a pre-heated oven (180°C), for 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for a little before dividing into squares.
nutritious snack.
I added a couple of tablespoons of dessicated
Prep: 5mins Cook: 30mins
coconut because we love coconut in our house! You could use whatever berries you have.
You’ll need:
Raspberries tend to be more flavoursome and
• 6 medjool dates
sweeter than the blueberries.
• 1/4 cup water • 2 cups oats • 1/4 sesame, pumpkin and sunflower seed mix
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are compound, each leaf being about 30cms (12 inches) long and divided into several leaflets. Each leaflet is leathery, shiny and spiny, looking remarkably like a holly leaf. The bright yellow flowers are borne in dense clusters 3-6 inches long and appear any time between January and March. They have a delicate perfume and are very rich in nectar, so they provide good foraging for pollinators for many weeks from winter into spring. The flowers are worked by honey bees and bumble bees on any days warm enough to bring them out of their hives (anything above 10*C). With the milder winters we have been experiencing there are more bees out in the winter, so these winter flowering plants are becoming more and more important for insects.
JANUARY IN CRESCENT GARDEN January can be a very chilly and drab month, but there are several winter flowering plants in Crescent Garden which not only bloom in winter, but have attractive perfumes. One such plant is Mahonia aquifolium. It is native to western North America from Southeast Alaska to Northern California, and is often found growing beneath pine trees. It was given this name in 1818 in memory of an Irish born nurseryman, Bernard McMahon, who settled in Philadelphia. As of 2023, however, Plants of the World Online (POWO) has classified it as Berberis aquifolium. Its common name, however, is Oregon grape; it grows wild there and was created the state plant of Oregon in 1899. The plant grows to 1-3 metres (3-10 feet) tall and can have a spread of 1.5 metres. The leaves
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The fruits which follow the flowers in spring and summer look like very small black grapes (hence the common name) and provide food for many birds. They can be eaten by humans, too, though rather tart, but can be made into a tasty jelly. The juice can also be fermented to make wine, provided a large amount of sugar is used. The stems and twigs have a thick, corky bark which can, together with the roots be used to make a yellow die. The berries contain a dye which can be purple, blue pink or green depending on the acidity of the water it is in. In other words it can be used as a pH indicator. The Oregon Grape plant is very popular in parks and gardens. It grows well in shady or woodland settings; it is resistant to summer drought and tolerates poor soil. It does, therefore, grow well under the shade along terrace walk in Crescent Garden and is an easy to care for plant in any shady garden. Why not try it in yours? Rita Rundle Crescent Garden, Crescent Road, Alverstoke
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Do you have important legal documents in place to protect your interests and make life easier for you and your family, whatever the future brings? If you have received a diagnosis of dementia, or are concerned about becoming ill and unable to cope with paying your bills, wouldn’t it be helpful for a family member to be able to step in and deal with your finances? If your family member needed to make decisions for you, instead of just acting on your instructions, they would need your formal written authority to do this. Formal authority can be given by creating a Lasting Power of Attorney. This document will allow your family member to take over managing your money, either temporarily or long term. You can also create a Lasting Power of Attorney which allows your family member to make decisions for you about medical treatment, if you are unable for any reason to make your own decisions. This is not the same as an Advance Decision, which is a document which sets out your decision to refuse medical treatment in the future, under specific conditions.
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If you are caring for an elderly relative, or are likely to be doing so in the future, a Lasting Power of Attorney will mean that you can provide the support your relative needs and access services on their behalf, without the difficulties, stress and resistance you would otherwise encounter. Having a Will gives you peace of mind that your money, property and personal possessions will be going to the people you have chosen to benefit. An out of date Will can cause problems within the family or mean that a chosen beneficiary receives nothing. If you have any unanswered questions about Wills or Lasting Powers of Attorney, Christine will be pleased to help, so do please get in touch for a free, no obligation, chat.
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GREENHOUSE • Put any compost you have bought in the greenhouse now to warm up for sowing with next month • Tidy up! • Sow leeks, onions, broad beans, hardy peas, spinach and carrots under cover • Sow greenhouse tomatoes for early crop • Sow Swiss chard under cover
VEG PLOT • Prepare your soil • Chit early seed potatoes • Cover rhubarb with forcing jars for early harvest
IN THE GARDEN • Prune grape vines • Take down your bird boxes, remove old bedding and clean out • Deadhead winter bedding (violas, pansies,
• Harvest your winter veg; sprouts, leeks, parsnips, swede, turnips, celeriac, cabbage, cauli, kale • Seek out the slippery little slugs! Check under lower leaves of crops for slugs and snails. • Keep your cauliflowers protected
polyanthus) to prolong flowering • Water plants and bulbs in containers if sheltered from the rain by their position • Protect plants that are vulnerable to wind and cold • Give panels, trellis and decking a fresh coat of preservative or stain • Clean up fallen leaves • Plant bare-rooted trees • Spread a layer of compost around shrubs and along the base of hedges • Take hardwood cuttings from deciduous shrubs, such as forsythia, willow & viburnum • Check your stored dahlias periodically for signs of disease or rot
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The Friends of Stanley Park hold a monthly litter
Bring along any old car/leisure batteries,
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WHAT’S ON CROFTON AMATEUR DRAMATICS SOCIETY Wind in the Willows the Panto 18th-21st January at Crofton Community Centre, Stubbington. Thursday/Friday performances are 7:30pm, and Saturday/Sunday matinee are at 2:30pm. Tickets are £5 children and £10 adults. Tickets available from 01329 661143, or book online using TicketSource, or buy them at the Community Centre, or buy them at the door at each show. Come along to see Toad, Ratty, Mole, Badger, Weasels, Stoats and many more.
INTERNATIONAL FOLK / CIRCLE DANCING January 9th, 16th, 30th 10am-12noon RC Church Hall, Bells Lane, Stubbington £6.50 Dances to beautiful music from around the World. No Partner or experience is required & all dances are taught. New members welcome. Contact Bob & Mary 01329 609589 Mobile: 07748009838 neal.bob61@gmail.com
CROFTON PROBUS CLUB Lunch Meeting last Wednesday of the month. The retired and Semi-retired professional/businessmen members meet socially for lunch at Lee-on-the-Solent Golf Club. Followed by a talk from a guest speaker with a presentation of interest. In November the members “other halves” and widows were invited to lunch and, throughout the year; “days-out” may be organised across our region. If you miss the camaraderie of the workplace the Club may be the outlet for you. New members welcome. Why not come along to a trial meeting before joining? For info contact the club secretary 023 9235 9365 or email timaus29@gmail.com
FRIENDS OF STANLEY PARK Monthly litter pick first Sunday of the month 10-11am Meet in The Alverbank Hotel car park. We provide pickers, bags, gloves and smiles!
OPEN MIC NIGHT Every second and fourth Thursday of the month. Members Bar Thorngate Hall, Bury
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THORNGATE MEMBERS BAR QUIZ every 1st & 3rd Saturdays of month.
£1 to sign in £1 to play. Teams up to 6 followed by card bingo. See website for entertainment. www.gosportcommunityassociation.com Thorngate Halls, Bury Road, Gosport PO12 3PX
ALVERSTOKE FLORAL DECORATION SOCIETY 2nd Tuesday of each month 1.45pm (not August) St Mary’s Parish Centre, Green Road, Alverstoke, PO12 2ET Come along, relax and enjoy watching inspiring demonstrations. Refreshments served after demonstration. First visit is free. Contact - Sue 07841 873871 cravenfortescue@gmail.com or Elaine 023 9258 6961 erobere54@gmail.com
LE CERCLE FRANÇAIS DE GOSPORT Our next meeting on Thursday 11th January is our Annual General Meeting - followed by cheese & wine. The Mayor of Gosport, Councillor Martin Pepper and his wife have been invited to attend. Meetings take place at 7:30pm in Bay House School. New members welcome - telephone Martin Lazell on 01329 314750 for more details.
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In our September’s newsletter the Chairman of Gosport Road Runners reflected on the benefits of being a member of our club which are: • A Club venue with changing and bar facilities • Structured Club nights – Led by Leaders in Running Fitness • Club sponsored events, namely: • An annual Club relay and a Club handicap • Monthly Time Trials 5k, 10k, 5 miles • Social Events – Annual Awards, Summer Out of Town Runs • Cross Country events • Ad Hoc training runs outside Club Nights • Access to a club coach and training plans Happy finishers of the Gosport Half Marathon
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benefits and opportunity to obtain a place in the London Marathon via a club raffle. “Every single run I’ve done over the course of my life has made me feel better at the end than
It’s the beginning of a New Year when many of
I did at the start. I can’t think of anything else
us look ahead to the changes we would like to
that has that consistency of outcome. Whatever
make in our lives. Should some of those changes
I’m thinking about or however I feel, it’s always
be to meet other people, make friends, become
worthwhile going out for a run”. Dan Jarvis
fitter and to improve your mental wellbeing then joining a running club or taking part in your local Parkrun is a good way to start. There is no pressure on you to achieve quick targets and you will have the support of likeminded runners who have also chosen to lead a healthier lifestyle. A happy finisher at the Gosport
The start of the children’s
Half Marathon
Fun Run
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of defence would be to make an onion syrup. I mean let’s face it we all normally have an onion or two hanging around the bottom of the fridge! Take a clean jar, peel and thinly slice some onions. Place a layer of onions in the bottom of the jar, then sprinkle a layer of sugar, add another layer of onion and so on until you have reached the top or have run out of onion! Finish with a layer of sugar and place the lid on
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can be used immediately. Keep in the fridge
We’ve been chatting to local Apprentice
after a few days. Take 1 teaspoon 3 times daily
Medical Herbalist Louise Courtney about plant
for adults, and for younger children over 12
medicine! Here she shares the benefit of the
months, ½ teaspoon 3 times daily. Honey can
humble onion...
be used instead, but I have found the sugar
to see the juice releasing from the onions which and decant into a separate bottle if desired
works faster to release the juice!
AN ODE TO ALLIUM CEPA Well, the title is not quite as catchy as the poem
Louise Courtney
by Pablo Neruda, but the onion-loving
(Apprentice Medical Herbalist)
sentiment is the same. The humble onion has
For many years Louise worked as a lecturer in
numerous health benefits particularly for
Applied Linguistics, but her long-held interest
respiratory
coughs,
in herbal medicine and natural health prompted
bronchitis, and asthma, to name a few. Onions
a career change. Subsequently, over the last 4
contain a wide range of constituents such as
years she has been studying for a Diploma in
phenolic acids, flavonoids, and vitamin C, and
Herbal Medicine, accredited by the National
these together can have a relaxing effect on the
Institute of Medical Herbalists, and will be
muscle of the throat and bronchioles, help to
begin her locally-based clinical practice next
thin mucous, regulate the immune system, are
spring.
conditions
including
anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-allergic and antiinflammatory. Sadly, coughs, colds and viral infections are common this time of year and a good first line
Follow Louise on instagram @wildsidehealth for photos, tips, research information and all things plant medicine!
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