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The Beacon
Ashwick, Oakhill & Binegar News
FEBRUARY 2022
Cover photo: © Denise Bailey
Church Services – February 2022
Sunday, 30th January 4pm Candlemas St. James, Ashwick
Celebration & Feast
Sunday, 6th February 10am Communion St. James, Ashwick
Sunday, 13th February 10am Communion All Saints, Oakhill
Sunday, 20th February 10am Communion St. James, Ashwick
Sunday, 27th February 10am Communion Holy Trinity, Binegar
4pm 4th@4 Ashwick Curch Rooms
Who was St Valentine?
The day gets its name from a famous saint, but there
are several stories of who he was.
The popular belief about St Valentine is that he was a
priest from Rome in the third century AD. Emperor
Claudius II had banned marriage because he thought
married men were bad soldiers. Valentine felt this was
unfair, so he broke the rules and arranged marriages in
secret. When Claudius found out, Valentine was
thrown in jail and sentenced to death.
There, he fell in love with the jailer's daughter and when
he was taken to be killed on 14 February he sent her a
love letter signed "from your Valentine".
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View
from the Hill
If you are reading this
before 30th January then
please note a change to the
services. On Sunday, 30th January we are celebrating Candlemas. This church festival is
the end of the Christmas season when we remember Jesus being brought to the temple.
Traditionally it is a time to bring candles to church to be blessed for use in the coming
year. Of course, we do not rely on candles today in the way our ancestors did, but we still
have candles to remind us of Jesus the light of the world. Even in pre-Christian times
candles were important as signs of light driving back the darkness and the advent
of spring.
In churches people went home with a blessed candle which was kept in the house and lit
at times when we needed reminding of God’s presence, perhaps someone who is ill or in
particular need.
Pancakes are a traditional food of Candlemas particularly in some European countries. I
love pancakes so any excuse is good. The round pancake, golden in colour reminds us of
the sun and the coming spring.
So, on 30th January at 4pm we will have a Candlemas Celebration in St. James Ashwick,
with a blessing of candles and a procession of light. Everyone will go home with a candle
for their home, to keep and light through the year. If you miss it then you can have
pancakes anytime but especially on Shrove Tuesday, 1st March!
I love times of celebration and actions that remind us of things. 2022 will see many
celebrations, from Easter in the church to Harvest Festival, the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
in June, Oakhill Village Festival in July (16th) and several others that we will think up
because celebrating is good for the soul!
Sadly, one event that was planned for 5th March is now cancelled. We hope to have the
Shepton Mallet Big Band at a different event later in the year.
Look out for adverts in The Beacon and posters around the villages for news of everything
that is planned.
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Community corner
Christmas Gifts for the YMCA Your local clubs & groups
In the November issue of The Beacon, Molly Oakhill and Ashwick Local History Group:
and Grenville Reakes appealed for The next History Group Meeting is on
Christmas gifts for the YMCA to give to 16th February 2022 in the Oakhill Village
young and old needy people in the Mendip Hall, starting 7.30. We will have a talk from
area. In response, they received the Philip Hoyland on Friendly Societies, called
following letter from Carol Plenty, Benefits, Brass and the Gertest, Grandest
Prevention Services Manager: Day. To be followed by refreshments and
“Lovely to see you both and hard to believe a chat. For more info contact 01749 840200.
year has passed since I visited. East Mendip Gardening Club
As always, a huge thank you to your For their second meeting of the year
congregation; the kindness shown to the East Mendip Gardening Club will meet on
young people and adults at YMCA is so well Tuesday 22nd February at 7.30p.m in the
received and we are very grateful for the Ashwick & Oakhill Village Hall, when Coral
gifts. The bags are being prepared as we Gardiner will give a flower demonstration
speak and it is so wonderful to see them fill entitled ‘Nature’s winter palette. Further
up and be ready to take out. details from our Chair Mark Manley -
I am always more than happy to come along markamanley81@googlemail.com
to one of your services to talk about YMCA Oakhill Short Mat Bowls:
Mendip, please do not hesitate to ask. We are a small, friendly club that meets in
I hope you have a peaceful and enjoyable Ashwick & Oakhill Village Hall on Tuesdays
Christmas and New Year. Once again, many from 2 – 4 pm. We are looking for new
thanks for your kindness, it really is members. If you would like to have a go,
appreciated.” come along any Tuesday or contact Kate
Baker 01749 343589 or Chris Sully 01749
840083 for more details.
Holy Trinity Church Flowers:
February 5th – 13th inclusive – Jenny Eyres
This month's cover...
February 19th – 27th inclusive – Julia Hill
This month’s cover photograph of
snowdrops was beautifully captured by
Gardener Wanted! Denise Bailey. Please send photos for the
Gardener needed for 8 hours per month cover (portrait orientation, in colour) to:
for planting, weeding and light pruning. magazine@beacontrinity.church
Contact Pauline West 01749 840293. Thank you.
SAVE THE DATE!
SATURDAY, 16TH JULY, 2022
OAKHILL VILLAGE FESTIVAL
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Our villages at Christmas...
Photo credits:
Barrow Run © Derek Webb
Christmas lights
© Peter Dennis
Christmas windows
© Paula Bromley
Left:
spotted outside the
Ship Inn, Weymouth
by Peter Dennis
Weather Report: December was
December 2021 a mild month with
temperatures above average.
From Roemead Farm. Highest reading was 13.7°C on the 29th.
Written by Lowest reading - 0.7°C on the 3rd.
Gerald Esain. Total rainfall 98.5mm, a little below average.
Total rainfall for 2021 - 1,011mm for this site.
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February Message
Rob Martin,
Hon Assistant Bishop, Bath & Wells
A signpost to God
2022 has begun, with all its potential for joy and for sorrow. What lies ahead I wonder?
Will Covid define us, as it continues to exert its baleful influence and disrupt our plans?
Or will the joy of faith-filled lives trump the gloom? Rejoice in the Lord always, begins our
key passage from Philippians. Amen!
New Year resolutions - have you made any? They are rooted in a godly desire to improve
our lives. They say 60 per cent of us make them, but only 8 per cent stick with them!
I’m part of the 92 per cent, who try, but usually give up. Sometimes something sticks.
Two years ago, following a diocesan initiative to encourage more prayer, I resolved to get
the Lectio 365 app. It has helped me ever since. I’m guided to sit, read, reflect and prepare
for my day’s activities. It’s a form of Lectio Divina, similar to Dwelling in the Word, used in
Bath and Wells, which encourages us to mull over God’s word, in our own personal time,
and in the company of others, allowing God to speak to us.
Lectio 365 ends in this prayer: Father help me to live this day to the full, being true to you
in every way. Jesus, help me to give myself away to others, being kind to all I meet.
Spirit, help me to love the lost, proclaiming Christ in all I do, and say.
Our pioneers reach out to those around them, building relationships and using ever more
creative ways, to point people to God. Cocktail bars, art work, pizza evenings, outdoor
activities, pilgrim walkways… the list is gloriously endless! The Lectio prayer reminds us
that everyone is a channel for God’s grace, a signpost to God. By encouraging others to
grow in spiritual awareness, we can all be pioneers in our own situation.
Bishop Rob
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School Report
@ Oakhill Church School
The last term in school leading
up to Christmas is always an
extremely busy time for us with
a range of events and activities taking place.
The School PTA arranged a Christmas Fair with a range
of stalls and even a visit from Father Christmas.
KS1 children took part in two performances in their
nativity ‘Whoops A Daisy Angel’ whilst KS2 children
held two performances of their Carol Concert in
the church.
All the children took part in the Christmas Tree Festival
which, was held at Shepton Mallet Baptist Church, with
each class creating leaves and tree decorations to add
to our tree which represented growth and the journey through the primary years from
‘tiny acorns to might oaks’.
Beacon Trinity Lent Lunches 2022
Lent lunches will be held on Wednesdays, all at 12 noon, on:
❁ 9th and 16th March in the Memorial Hall, Binegar
❁ 23rd March in Ashwick Church Rooms
❁ 30th March in the Stanton Room, Oakhill
❁ 6th April in Ashwick Church Rooms
Everyone is welcome, so come along
and enjoy some social time
amongst friends.
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Tales of old
In 1647, George Hellier bought Whitchurch Prebend and became, in practise,
lord of the manor. George died in 1691 bequeathing the patronage of Holy Trinity
Church to his son, the last George Hellier to live in his “Mansion House of
Whitchurch”.
Last George’s first appointment was Rector Samuel Collins (1696-1723), son of a
local rector. He was educated at Sherborne School and Oxford University. Within
a year, he acquired Nevill’s tenement. By 1707, he had obtained Ellis’s and Parker’s
tenements from Humphrey Hellier. These 50 acres of farmland were his personal
possession and in addition to the rectory’s 44 acres of glebe land.
In quick succession came Samuel Moreton (1723-27) and James Creed (1727-33).
Creed resigned later to turn up as vicar of Northleach, Gloucestershire. Here, he
was also Master of the Grammar School. In 1750, scandal broke when the
townsfolk accused him of “immorality and other failings”. The School’s patron
censured him. ‘Immorality’ in 1750 had a broader meaning than now, including
favouring paying students and greed. No aspect of a master’s life was too trivial
for mud slinging. Attacks kept masters on their toes. There were accusations
against many schools, including Eton College. You might wonder, though, if Creed
had left Binegar under somewhat of a cloud.
In 1733, George presented Theophilus Collins whose father had been rector a
decade before. He was but four months a priest. George must have known him
well. Rev W Phelps records Theophilus’ achievement in his Parochial Survey of
Somerset, 1839. He describes Holy Trinity Church and quotes a tablet over the
door inscribed: “This chancel was rebuilt by the Revd Thos Collins, rector of this
parish, 1749.” Sadly, this memorial is lost, thought to be a victim of the Victorian
makeover.
The last Hellier rector was Henry Harris in 1751. Ellen Prater (George’s daughter)
inherited the privilege on the death of her husband Richard, who was one of the
Prater family of Nunney Castle.
We have a physical link with George and Ellen. Beside the church door is a
handsome monument recording that the body of George Hellier Esquire lies
nearby along with his daughter Ellen. Like the bright colours on their heraldic
shield, the Helliers then fade from our history.
Richard Higgins
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Grenville’s Ramblin’s...
I remember many years ago reading an article about various people who, down through
the centuries, believed that the original Old Testament of the Bible carried some form of
secret information; not of great interest to me at that time!
However, just before the millennium, my eye was attracted by the title of a newly published
book called the Bible Code. Written by Journalist Michael Drosnin, the book describes his
meeting with a Jewish mathematician Eli Rips and the subsequent use of a computer code
that Eli had produced, to try to unlock the secret information contained in the ancient
Hebrews’ Bible.
It’s all very complicated for the likes of me, but it seems that Eli had produced his
computer programme by eliminating the spaces between all the words in the original Bible,
turning it into a strand 304,805 letters long. Before searching by means of a skip code,
working along the lines of picking, say every fifth letter or so, which, strange as it may
seem, produced words and details predicting the possibility of future events, Eli, a devout
man, believed these predictions to have been encoded by God some three thousand years
ago. While Michael, who claimed not to believe in God, appeared to just accept what
they found.
Working together they began to find all sorts of things predicted that had actually
happened in the past. Eventually in 1994 they found something for the future, the name of
the one who was then Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin, together with the date Nov.
4th 1995 and the words assassin will assassinate. They apparently made several attempts to
warn the Prime Minister and those responsible for his safety to no avail, because he actually
was assassinated on the day and date predicted in the code.
While they found a lot of predictions that had come true; they also found constant
unspecified warnings of terrorist threats. However, one which sent shock waves around the
civilised world happened on September 11th 2001. Michael was awakened by an explosion
followed by the news on the radio that an aeroplane had crashed into one of the towers of
the World Trade Centre. On rushing up to the roof of his apartment to look across the city
at the twin towers, he was just in time to see another airliner crash into the second tower.
On switching on his computer with the Bible code and now knowing what to look for, he
found the words twin towers, knocked down, twice, airplane.
Having read the books, The Bible Code and The Bible Code 2, I discovered that Michael
Drosnin had written another book Bible Code 3, which I recently purchased, and which,
much to my disappointment, doesn’t have any predictions on humanity’s current problems.
-- Michael Drosnin died June 9th 2020 and Eli Rips doesn’t appear to publish his findings.
While all this no way diminishes my interest in the written words of the Bible, I wait and
hope for someone to produce Bible Code 4!!!
Grenville Reakes
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Oakhill & Ashwick Local History Group
Oakhill Schools – Lin Thorley
At a recent meeting of the History Group we younger children, with a system of lesson
had a very interesting talk about British plans and learning by rote, plus reward and
Schools. There was a British School in Oakhill punishment (including corporal punishment,
until after WWII, when it closed due to falling seen as the norm in those days). Discipline was
numbers. This was a different school to the strict. This way one schoolmaster could teach
Oakhill Church School now in the village. up to 130 children at once, apparently with
very little misbehaviour!
Until the Education Acts of the 1870’s there was
no legal requirement for education in England The Oakhill British School building dates from
and no proper state system. Before that there 1857. Fortunately for Oakhill children methods
were a number of different ways children were a little less rigid by then, especially in
could receive a basic education, including small village schools like ours. Later, when the
Dame Schools and Sunday Schools (both were school needed to expand, the small cottage
active in Ashwick, but that would need next door (shown to the left of the picture
another article!). The British School system here) was demolished and new rooms added
was something of a revolution, allowing large in its place. The cottage on its other side was
numbers of children from what was then used for the caretaker and his wife, who
called the ‘lower orders’ to gain an education. worked as the cleaner. A Logbook, beginning
Started by Joseph Lancaster, a Quaker, his first in 1863, still exists. Mr Mitchell was then the
school began in London in 1798. The Society schoolmaster, assisted by Miss Plyer. The
based on his methods dates from 1808, later school was started by JP Spencer of the Oakhill
renamed the British and Foreign Schools Brewery, using his personal funds plus a grant
Society. From the start this was largely funded from the British and Foreign Schools Society.
and run by non-conformists. Lancaster used Members of the Spencer family, and later the
Monitors (slightly older pupils) to teach Hobhouses, were the Trustees and Managers
of the School, helping to
fund it and taking a very
close interest in its workings.
They visited regularly, as can
be seen from the Logbook.
Mrs Spencer and her
daughters came to see the
needlework, while the men
in the family observed the
boys working. On several
occasions the boys are
recorded as taken away for
a half day in order to play
cricket. No such luck for the
Oakhill British School early 1900’s (note the row of boys standing on the wall girls, who stayed in school to
past the caretaker’s house, and Brewery carts in the road beyond) do needlework.
Page 10Both boys and girls were often absent at Unfortunately, for some of this period relations
harvest time, or to help family at home. between them were not particularly good,
with certain teachers making the lives of
A page from 1865 shows that after the
others difficult. During WW2 most of the
Society’s Inspectors had visited, the grant
refugee children attended the British School,
given for attendance was £8 10s; and after the
where they were taught separately from the
children were examined a further grant
local children, by their own teachers. On some
totalled £17 3s 4d. I felt sympathy for the
afternoons the refugee boys were taken up to
children – and Mr Mitchell – when he recorded
Pondsmead to grow vegetables, but again the
the following:
girls seem to have stayed in school.
The Inspector gave me directions about the
After the British School closed the premises
discipline. He remarked that in order to get
were used by the C of E School for some
Excellent in discipline the children must be
classes and for school dinners. The building
able to sit perfectly still without doing any
was demolished in 1991. The new owner of the
work, for an hour or two if required while he is
site had apparently been refused planning
examining the separate standards. This will
permission to develop, but one dark night the
be no easy matter to get them to do. Children
building disappeared, to the dismay of many
are always quieter and happier when they
Oakhill residents. There are now two houses
are employed.
on the site.
The new C of E Church in Oakhill was built in
the early 1860’s, quickly followed by the Oakhill
Church School, then known as the National
School. This opened in 1866. So, for over 80
years we had two schools in Oakhill.
Oakhill & Ashwick Local History Group:
2022 Programme
February 16th Benefits, Brass and the Gertest, Grandest Day
Philip Hoyland
March 16th The Founding of the SAS
Lorna Almonds-Windmill
April 20th Treading the Wards – A Nurse’s Tale
Lottie Dale
May 18th Quiz & Social Evening – inc Wine & Nibbles
Incorporating the AGM
June 15th Guided Tour of Glastonbury Abbey (TBC)
Meet at the entrance to the Abbey
Unless otherwise stated, all meetings are held in the Village Hall, starting at 7.30pm.
Non-members welcome (@£2). For further details call David or Lin on 01749 840200.
Page 11Ashwick Parish Council Update
January 2022 – David Barlow & Kate Egan
(ashwickparish@hotmail.co.uk)
Councillor David Gilson has recently resigned his seat on the Council, having served the
community for a total of 42 years. His contributions to the work of the Council will be
greatly missed. In recent years he has been the lead in overseeing the refurbishment
of the Parish’s finger posts, which had been in need of sandblasting and repainting.
The County Council no longer takes responsibility for the posts, but we believe
they are part of the Parish’s heritage and our responsibility. David also oversaw the
much-needed maintenance on the War Memorial, and enjoyed contributing to our
planning decisions. He always took his responsibilities seriously, giving great thought
to planning decisions and often reminding Councillors about our Design Statement
and village heritage. His wealth of knowledge was greatly valued and will be missed.
Thank you David - a contribution well made and appreciated.
Notices have been posted advertising the vacancy.
The Local Plan Part 2 was signed on December 20th 2021 and now forms part of the
development plan for the Mendip District.
Planning Updates
2021/2363/HSE - Erection of a single storey side extension - Rose Cottage, Ash Lane,
Nettlebridge. The Council recommended approval as it would not look out of place and
there would be no impact on the neighbours.
2021/2503/Ful - Demolition of 2no. existing dwellings, a single storey garage and a
single storey stable building, and construction of a new single storey office building.
The Council recommended approval as it would result in an improvement and would
tidy up the area.
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022
A joint working group representing Binegar Parish, the Church and Ashwick Parish had
a preliminary meeting to begin to formulate ideas to celebrate the event. Events would
take place from June 2nd through to June 5th. A subsequent meeting took place on
January 20th at Binegar Memorial Hall.
Somerset County Council has announced elections for Unitary Councillors will take
place in May 2022. Parish Elections have also been brought forward a year and will take
place at the same time.
Your Councillors are: Roy Bailey, David Barlow, Phil Briscoe, Andy Clemence, Jessica
Elliott, Sarah Emery, David Hine, Lizzie Lewis, David Thorley and Bryan Wells.
Page 12News from the
Ashwick & Oakhill
Village Hall Committee
We have some exciting news to announce this month!
Thanks to the hard work of our Treasurer Caroline, and
the rest of the committee, we are pleased to confirm that
we have been awarded two significant grants for our
refurbishment fund: £20,000 from Mendip District
Council, and £10,000 from The Prince’s Countryside Fund
(a UK Wide Charity founded by HRH the Prince of Wales,
to improve service provision in rural areas).
This, alongside all the fundraising already done, means
we are now in a position to move to the next stage of the
plan and start Phase 1 of the building work! Conversion of
the garage into a larger, new and improved kitchen space,
and the storerooms into a cafe/seating area, will start this
spring – all being well you will start to see builders on site
in March/April. Since the garage and storeroom are at the
other side of the building, we should be able to remain
open for bookings during the building work, with minimal
disruption to the main hall area. It’s wonderful to see
things starting to happen, thanks to the hard work of the committee, and the
continued and generous support of everyone in the community – thank you!
We can’t stop now though, and we move straight on to fundraising for the
next stage of the work which will include the kitchen fittings, painting &
decorating, work on outside areas and pathways, and furniture for the café area – so
please do continue to support us and make 2022 our best year yet! Our overall goal is
£80k and we have just passed the £50k mark!
One easy way to support us is to donate your old clothes, shoes and bags to our textiles
bank, located in the Village Hall car park. In 2021 your donations earned us £913.50 so
it really does make a difference. If you are having a post-Christmas clear out or spring-
cleaning your wardrobe, please do consider us!
In other news, we continue to look forward to an exciting year – especially the Platinum
Jubilee Celebrations, for which we are working alongside the Church, School, Binegar &
Gurney Slade Memorial Hall and Parish Councils to plan a number of events over the
Bank Holiday weekend of 2nd – 5th June. Plus, of course, the return of the fantastic
Village Festival on Saturday, 16th July. Further details will follow in due course! We
would also love to see more community groups and clubs hiring the hall – so if you have
an idea for a club that you would like to run, please check out our booking calendar
online or contact us on aandovillagehall@gmail.com – perhaps you have an idea for a
youth group, board games or music club…. The possibilities are endless! The interior of
our main hall is lovely, clean, and smart, we have new comfortable chairs, and cosy-
warm central heating - and of course hiring your village hall would not only provide a
great place for you to get together with like-minded people but will support us too.
Kim Hare, Vice Chair
Page 13February
February Calendar
February 1 marks the Lunar New Year, also known as
Chinese New Year. This year is the Year of the Tiger!
February 2 is Groundhog Day—the day we find out whether
winter will last six more weeks or call it quits early. How did
this quirky tradition get started? Find out the meaning of
Groundhog Day.
February 12 is Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday. The 16th president of the United States
was born in a one-room, 16x18-foot, log cabin with a dirt floor.
February 14 is always Valentine’s Day. Heads up, lovebirds! Today, the holiday is
celebrated with love, flowers, and chocolate, but how did this holiday get its start?
Learn all about Valentine’s Day.
February 15 is Susan B. Anthony’s Birthday. How much do you know about this
women’s right leader?
February 15 is National Flag of Canada Day!
February 21 brings Presidents’ Day, a federal holiday also known as Washington’s
Birthday that is celebrated on the third Monday in February. (George Washington’s
actual birthday is February 22!)
Folklore for the Season
Married in February’s sleety weather,
Life you’ll tread in tune together.
If February give much snow,
A fine summer it doth foreshow.
Fogs in February mean frosts in May.
If Candlemas Day [February 2] be mild and gay
Go saddle your horses, and buy them hay
But if Candlemas Day be stormy and black,
It carries the winter away on its back.
It is better to see a troop of wolves than a fine February.
The February birthstone is the Amethyst (symbolising courage and inner
strength) and the birth flowers are the Violet, Iris and Primrose.
Page 14Binegar and Gurney Slade
Parish Council News
Mendip District Council – Communities Fund Grant
Mendip District Council have confirmed that they were able to fund a
significant number of projects and successful applicants should receive
notification by mid-January. We hope to report positive news in the March
Parish news.
Christmas Events
The two grant-funded Christmas events were a huge success and well
attended. Many enjoyed dancing the night away to the fabulous Harlem
Rhythm Cats and the Children’s Christmas Party saw 40 children enjoy a
fun afternoon of entertainment and delicious tea. Many thanks to the
Village Hall Committee who transformed the Hall and ensured all plans
were in place to create two successful and fun events.
Gingerbread Trail Anagram Answer – Can’t Catch Me!
Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations
A working group consisting of Binegar and Ashwick Parish Councils, the
Church and Village Halls has been set up to co-ordinate plans for
celebrations across the villages over the extended Bank Holiday weekend
– Thursday 2nd to Sunday 5th June. If you have any ideas or would like
to help with the celebrations, please let us know.
Grant Giving
The Parish Council is pleased to say that members agreed at the
December meeting to donate £250.00 to Somerset Air Ambulance.
Textile Bank
The Textile Bank has been in place for nine
months and in that time has raised over £300.00.
If you are planning a New Year clear out, please
bag up and drop in any unwanted clothing, paired
shoes, bags, belts, bedding, towels, curtains and
soft toys. Please ensure they are in a good and
re-useable condition. Items that cannot be
accepted are as follows – Wet, damaged, stained
or washed out, pillows and duvets, cushions, books, bric-a-brac and
electrical items.
Meetings
The next meeting of the Parish Council will take place in the Village Hall on
Tuesday 25th January at 7:00pm.
Diane Abbott Parish Clerk: binegarpc@hotmail.co.uk
www.binegar-pc.org.uk
Your councillors - Jon Abbott, Philip Blatchford, John Bridges,
Cath Law, Phill Roberts, John Scadding and David Stone
Page 15Life through a lens
images by the Beacon Photography Group
JD TH
BV
DW
RS
DB RWJ
Page 16JL
AG
JM
FH
Initials on images
denote copyright:
AG (© Andy Gilbert);
AL (© Andy Ladhams);
BV (© Barbara Voules);
DB (© Denise Bailey);
DW (© Derek Webb);
FH (© Fiona
Humphreys);
ID (© Ian Donnelly);
JD (© Jon Durrant);
JL (© John Law);
JM (© Julie McDonald);
RS (© Robin Slater);
RWJ (© Richard
Wynn-Jones);
TH (© Tom Husband)
ID AL
The Beacon Photography Group meets online, every Wednesday
evening at 7.30pm. We welcome new members – contact
Jon Durrant on 01761 232520 to find out more.
Page 17The February Garden
EAST MENDIP GARDENING CLUB – JANE EVANS
February feels like a turning point in the Prune summer-flowering clematis towards
garden. It’s still cold outside, but there are the end of the month, before active growth
signs of spring’s imminent arrival. Bulbs begins.
are slowly emerging from the ground, and
the days are getting longer at last. Cut back the old foliage from ornamental
grasses before growth begins. Clip them to
Use February to get yourself properly
within a few centimetres of the ground.
prepared for springtime. Plan your
vegetable plot for to ensure good crop Prune overwintered fuchsias back to one or
rotation and prevent pests and diseases two buds on each shoot.
building up in the soil. The following jobs
will set you up for your best growing Prune winter-flowering jasmine (Jasminum
season yet: nudiflorum) after flowering, to encourage
new growth for next year’s blooms. Cut
Prepare your seed beds. As long as the back the previous year’s growth to 5cm
ground isn’t frozen, you can cultivate beds from old wood.
and start to warm up the soil, with fleece,
polythene or cloches, in preparation for Trim winter-flowering heathers as the
sowing in the coming months. flowers disappear, to prevent plants
becoming leggy.
Organise this year’s seeds by sowing
date. Get a box with dividers, and file seed Prune winter-flowering shrubs such as
packets by the month they need to be mahonia and viburnum x bodnatense once
sown. You’ll be glad of this effort in the their colourful display has finished.
weeks to come.
Lift and divide snowdrops 'in the green',
Check your tools are sound and garden if you want to move them or create more
machinery is working. Give your tools and plants.
equipment the once over and apply a little
TLC to anything that needs it. While you're Move any deciduous trees or shrubs that
at it, tidy your shed ahead of the imm need repositioning now, provided the soil is
season - you'll thank yourself for this later! not frozen or waterlogged.
Blitz perennial weeds in your beds and Look out for hellebore leaf spot (rounded
kitchen garden. Dig them up, roots and brown spots on the leaves) and remove any
all, to get a head start before the weather leaves that are affected
warms up.
Start chitting early potatoes — stand on
In the flower garden: end in a module tray or egg box and place
Take notice of your climbers, as some may in a bright, cool, frost-free place.
need pruning before the end of the month
Mulch perennial vegetables such as
(such as group 2 clematis.)
asparagus and artichokes with well-rotted
Cut back shrubs, such as cornus and salix manure or garden compost.
cultivars (grown for their colourful winter
stems), down to their bases.
Page 18Build raised beds before the growing Cover outdoor strawberries with cloches to
season gets underway. Raised beds allow encourage an earlier crop.
you to make an early start in the garden;
the soil warms up faster and raised beds Top dress fruit bushes with a slow-release,
drain quickly too, so they’re a great way to potassium-rich fertiliser to feed plants for
deal with clay soils. the forthcoming season.
Prepare vegetable seed beds by removing Other jobs to do around the garden this
all weeds and forking in plenty of compost. February:
Cover prepared soil with sheets of black Trim deciduous hedges before the birds
plastic to keep it drier and warmer in start nesting.
preparation for spring planting.
Cut back vines such as ivy, Virginia creeper
Rake lime into acid soils. and Boston ivy. Doing this now helps keep
windows, gutters and roof tiles clear.
Remove yellowing leaves from brassicas,
including Brussels sprouts, to prevent Shred or chop any woody prunings before
brassica downy mildew and grey mould you add them to compost bins, as this will
from spreading. help speed up decomposition.
Get into the fruit garden to protect and Wash empty pots by scrubbing them with
prune plants. hot water and a mild detergent. Rinse them
well afterwards.
Prune raspberry canes. It’s your last chance
to cut autumn-fruiting raspberry canes to Keep feeding the birds. The weather is still
the ground to stimulate new canes to fruit cold this month so hang fat balls and keep
in the autumn. Cut the tips of summer- bird feeders topped up.
fruiting raspberry canes that have grown
beyond the top of their supports; cut just Install water butts now ready for the
above a bud. Prune blackcurrant bushes, summer. Rainwater is particularly useful for
gooseberries and redcurrants to maintain a watering acid-loving, ericaceous plants (tap
productive framework. water is often slightly alkaline).
Mulch fruit trees with well-rotted manure or Find out what type of soil you have. Invest
garden compost, taking care not to mound in a soil testing kit to help you choose the
mulch up around the trunk. right plants for your garden.
Winter prune apple trees and pear trees There are plenty of flowers, fruits and
while they're still dormant. This is your last vegetables to sow and grow this month in
chance to do so. the greenhouse/indoors
Leave plum trees, cherry trees and apricots Sow lobelia in a heated propagator.
until the summer as pruning these fruit
trees now will make them susceptible to Plant begonia tubers (hollow side up) in
Silver Leaf disease. pots of moist compost and cover with a
little more compost. Keep them in a bright,
Protect blossoms on apricots, nectarines frost-free position.
and peaches from frost, but make sure
pollinating insects can still reach the Sow antirrhinums (snapdragons) and
flowers. laurentia now to ensure early flowering.
Force rhubarb plants for an early crop. Continued on next page...
Page 19Continued...
Start dahlia tubers into growth by planting Grow your own basil on the windowsill to
them in pots of compost, maintaining flavour your favourite Italian dishes and
a minimum temperature of 10 degrees fill your kitchen with heady Mediterranean
celsius. aromas.
Grow your own chrysanthemum plants Start early sowings of brassicas under
from seed — start them off now in the cover. Try Brussels sprouts, summer
greenhouse for the earliest blooms. cabbage, cauliflower 'All the Year Round',
and calabrese ‘Aquiles'.
Sow geraniums (pelargoniums) indoors now
for earlier flowers. Start slow-growing celeriac seeds now
under cover.
Start sowing cucumber and tomato seeds
for the greenhouse, in warm conditions. Sow leeks under cover — they need a long
growing season.
Sow peas — try sowing in upcycled
guttering with drainage holes drilled in the Sow sweet peppers for growing on in a
bottom. heated greenhouse. Always provide
plenty of warmth.
Sow aubergine seeds now for indoor crops
this summer.
Taken from Thompson & Morgan’s “What to do in the Garden this month”
www.thompson-morgan.com/in-the-garden-this-month
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St. James, Ashwick
Holy Trinity, Binegar
All Saints, Oakhill
beacon of
A beacon of welcome,
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andhope
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Ministers:
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Priest in charge - Rev’d
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Safeguarding Officer:
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Snowflakes illustrations (p2, 3, 4, 9, 18, 20, 40) created by by Sapann-Design - www.freepik.com; St.Valentine image (p2)
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