Notes for Sunday 5 May 2024

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Dear friends,

Our travels have taken us across Austria and we are now in the Czech republic.

On our way we visited the heroes organ in Kufstein. Every day at 12 noon there is a 15 minute recital for the fallen of all wars world-wide. The way this organ is built, ensures it can be heard for miles around. Kufstein is on the northern border of Tirol. On the southern border, in Italy, the largest bell in the world is rung every day for world peace. The inscription of this bell is in the second picture and translates as: ‘Nothing can be lost through peace. Everything can be lost through war.’
I leave you with these wise words from pope Pius XII.

God bless,

Dineke van den Bogerd

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Issue 83 May 2024

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The May 2024 issue marks Ascension day and Pentecost.  Also details and more information on the following, all happening in May:-

Christian Aid Week – 12th – 18th May
Prayer for Schools Fortnight – 6th to 20th May
13th-20th May – Mental Health Awareness week

A few words from the Pentecost Poetic prayer for Pentecost by Alan Millichip featured in this issue.

“Out they went to every corner,
Fearless as they spread the word;
Bringing light to those in darkness,
Giving hope to all that heard.”

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May 2024 Garden Tips

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Garden Notes for May 2024.
There is so much preparation to be done in May that it is easy to get carried away and be tempted to plant out too early.  Garden Centres love this, as you will almost always have to go back and buy replacements for the plants that have died from the unpredictable ground and air frosts that can strike at any time during May.
One plant that can be put out, provided it is in a reasonably sheltered spot, is the outdoor flowering chrysanthemum.  Possibly in this day of minimalism, stripped wood floors and stark furniture, the chrysanthemum may be regarded as being too gaudy.  I love them.  With care they reward you with so many beautiful flowers when everyone else is just going over.  So plant these beauties now, make sure to plant them firmly and to make certain that the ball of soil rests at the bottom of the hole you have dug to put it in.  Put a stake with each plant.
Early Brussels sprouts can be planted out, and it is these that usually produce the best sprouts.  Make sure to give them space, just under a metre (3’ in the old days), this way you will get a better crop.  The space need not be wasted as you can inter-crop with early hearting cabbage, or early cauliflowers that will be harvested before the sprouts take up all the room.  Remember to continue to earth up potatoes to protect them from frost and to encourage more tubers.  It is also the way to stop the tubers from going green.  If they become exposed to sunlight, that’s exactly what they will do.
Start hardening off all those bedding plants you have bought from the Plant Sale (11th May, 10 am in the Village Hall), by keeping them under a cold frame, or putting them out during the day and putting them back under shelter at night.  Keep an eye out for watering, it is easy for them to become dried out in patches, especially if there is a wind blowing.  Equally, do not over water, which can be just as bad, if not worse!
May is the time to sow hardy biennials – such as Sweet William, Canterbury bells, and Wallflowers.  Sowing runner beans and French beans at the start of the month under glass gives them a good start and helps protect the young plant from the ravishes of slugs and snails.  Don’t forget to sow the marrows and zuccini at the start of the month.
As alpine plants in the rock garden finish flowering, trim back the growth to keep the plants neat and compact.  By doing this you will encourage them to make good growth for flowering next spring.  In the same way flowering shrubs like philadelphus, deutzias and escallonias can be pruned as soon as their flowers fade to encourage new growth.

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Notes for Sunday 28 April 2024

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Dear friends,

Greetings from lovely Sicily.

The picture today is from a DOM church we visited Thursday evening. We learned that the dome was added during a 200-year period when it was used as a mosque. We also learned that 25 April is a yearly celebration of liberation from fascism in Italy.

God bless,

Dineke van den Bogerd

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Welcome to Our New Caretaker

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Earlier this year, we welcomed Peter Baker as the new Caretaker for Capel Village Memorial Hall.

Peter is a local resident and we are delighted to have him on board. He has been busy getting on with a number of important jobs to help maintain the Hall facilities, so some of our regular hirers may have already met him….or have seen evidence of his handy work!