Seaford Scene August 2019
Community Magazine, Business Directory and What's On Guide
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SEAFORD and DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY www.seafordhorti.com<br />
A view from the<br />
Potting Shed<br />
Members’ Notice board<br />
The big event for <strong>August</strong> is of course the 117th<br />
<strong>Seaford</strong> and District Horticultural Show due to be<br />
held on Saturday 3rd <strong>August</strong> at <strong>Seaford</strong> Head School,<br />
Arundel Road. All members are encouraged to take<br />
part even if you have just one item. Last year some<br />
classes only had one exhibit displayed which does not<br />
make for good competition giving the judges an easy<br />
but also difficult job to make choices and allocate the<br />
prizes. There are 101 different classes so plenty to<br />
choose from – flowers and plants, fruit and veg, cakes<br />
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JOBS TO DO IN <strong>August</strong><br />
3Finish harvesting what’s left of any ‘early’<br />
potatoes and start to dig up the first of your<br />
‘main’ crop.<br />
3Onions are ready for harvesting when the<br />
foliage collapses and the neck is not soft<br />
and sappy. Lift the bulbs with a fork. Leave<br />
on the surface to dry. Take under cover if<br />
the weather is wet.<br />
3Slip a tile or something flat under<br />
courgettes, marrows and squashes to keep<br />
off the soil.Try training courgettes up a pole,<br />
tie plant carefully to avoid damaging it.<br />
3Start deadheading Fuchsias and remove<br />
all seedpods. If left on these pods will sap<br />
the energy of the plant and it will stop<br />
flowering.<br />
3Remove the growing tips of tomatoes after<br />
four or five trusses. At the end of the month<br />
cease feeding and start to reduce watering<br />
which will stop fruit from splitting.<br />
3Daffodils commence root growth in late<br />
summer so start planting or at least<br />
planning next years Daffs.<br />
topic of the month<br />
THE GARDEN TRUG<br />
The trug is a<br />
useful item to<br />
have in the<br />
garden when<br />
harvesting crops,<br />
picking flowers<br />
or pulling up<br />
and collecting weeds. In Anglo-Saxon times the<br />
trug (known then as a trog) meant a boat-shaped<br />
vessel and was used to measure and carry a<br />
numerous variety of items. Later known as trug it<br />
has the same use today. The trug was traditionally<br />
hollowed out of a solid piece of wood, nowadays<br />
lighter wood is used with overlapping willow<br />
boards within a chestnut frame.<br />
The first trug store was opened in 1829 in Sussex<br />
by Thomas Smith. They became popular from the<br />
start and their use is now recognised around the<br />
world. The Cuckmere Trug Company is still selling<br />
trugs in Herstmonceux today at Thomas Smith’s<br />
Trug Shop.<br />
and jams, sewing and knitting, photography and painting<br />
to name a few. There are also five classes for children<br />
– decorate a flower pot, build a bug house or take a<br />
garden photograph. Check out the Society Member’s<br />
Show Brochure on how to enter, the entry form is on<br />
page 13 and needs to be with Penny Smoker, the Show<br />
Secretary by 5pm on Wednesday 31st July.<br />
The Show is open to the public from 2-4pm so all<br />
members and visitors are welcome to come along,<br />
view the exhibits and find out what the <strong>Seaford</strong><br />
Horticultural Society has to offer. Membership<br />
renewals will be available for existing members<br />
and anyone who wishes to join the society will be<br />
welcome too. Sylvia Reeve<br />
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