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BLACKBERRY FAIR Everyone is welcome to make fantastical lanterns ready for the parade. LANTERN WORKSHOP ..

... BLACKBERRY FAIR Everyone is welcome to make fantastical lanterns ready for the parade. LANTERN WORKSHOP Thursday 25 October 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm LANTERN WORKSHOP Saturday 27 October from 10.30 am Parade at 6.30 pm All are welcome to join the procession with ...

Published: Thursday 25 October 2001
Newspaper: Alnwick Mercury
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 78 | Page: 18 | Tags: none

gooseberry hybrid. But the boysen

... the boysen berry is a strange one. It has the shape of a loganberry, looks like a dark raspberry but tastes more like a blackberry. No wonder, all three had a hand in its parentage! ...

Published: Thursday 11 July 2002
Newspaper: Alnwick Mercury
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 38 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

.«gq 74 kcurrants after fruiting produce large crops on a compact bush. Others are recognised for their disease ..

... their disease resistance. Yet more are a novelty, productive and fun to grow. Reference the loganberry, a cross between the blackberry and raspberry, which I grew up with. There is also the Jostaberry, a blackcurrant x = - NN -5 r I‘E 2 . Im 2 13 - ...

Published: Thursday 11 July 2002
Newspaper: Alnwick Mercury
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 64 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

By AO FARMER

... By AO FARMER How many can recall the horrors or delights of the autumn term holiday known as Potato or Blackberry week, when hordes of children helped the national effort by hand-picking potatoes. Delightful maybe, if the weather was fine and dry - horrible ...

Published: Thursday 18 May 2000
Newspaper: Alnwick Mercury
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 164 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

Qeas Deasy,

... Qeas Deasy, Today I went picking blackberrieg far far Qway in a fielq | found q Cup with noth. ing inside so | Put my blackberries inside and now jt's full to the top. If I eat tog many blackberrieg 1 feel sick. Two days later a ghost came into the barn ...

Published: Thursday 13 July 2000
Newspaper: Alnwick Mercury
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 135 | Page: 26 | Tags: none

fruit

... now to avoid it. Raspberry beetle is the culprit and despite the name it also causes damage on other cane fruits such as blackberry and lo%znberry. An old gardening friend with a scientific %em ...

Published: Thursday 08 June 2000
Newspaper: Alnwick Mercury
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 197 | Page: 30 | Tags: none

PLAN AHEAD: Prune blackcurrants after fruiting

... their disease resistance. Yet more are a novelty, productive and fun to grow. Reference the loganberry, a cross between the blackberry and raspberry, which I grew up with. There is also the Jostaberry, a blackcurrant x gooseberry hybrid. But the boysen- i ...

Published: Thursday 11 July 2002
Newspaper: Alnwick Mercury
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 184 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

—Gazette Leisure

... gardens are bristling with fruits as we head towards October. A typical bridleway nearby has hips, haws, elderberries, blackberries and sloes aplenty, all awaiting the attention of birds and other wildlife. In the garden, plums have once again excelled ...

Published: Thursday 27 September 2001
Newspaper: Alnwick Mercury
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 879 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

FREE QUOTATIONS » FREE DELIVERY ® FREE PROFESSIONAL ADVICE » OPEN TRADE & PUBLIC NEW Dont be too hasty, even il ..

... FREE PROFESSIONAL ADVICE » OPEN TRADE & PUBLIC NEW Dont be too hasty, even il it is a jungle out there DOUBLE DELIGHT: The blackberry not only has juicy berries but some ornamental varieties are a valuable addition to the shrub border. Good enough to eat ...

Published: Thursday 22 August 2002
Newspaper: Alnwick Mercury
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 989 | Page: 36 | Tags: none

Keeping cool when the temperature soars

... the end of the 19th century, fra- grant recipes were back in fashion. a mixture based on iris powder, bergamot bark, dried blackberry flower and cloves was recommended for women’s underarms. Finally, in 1895 the first deodorant soap appeared on the market ...

Published: Thursday 25 July 2002
Newspaper: Alnwick Mercury
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 432 | Page: 26 | Tags: none

More news from the district

... and treat the parts. Another fascinating method is layering. Here Mr Lang explained how to deal with different plants. Blackberries, for example, root from the tips of the arched branches, but rhododendrons need to be buried about two feet from the tip ...

Published: Thursday 22 February 2001
Newspaper: Alnwick Mercury
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 598 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

News from around the district

... Roman occupation to mark boundaries. They harbour insects which predate on garden pests. They can be a source of wine, sloe, blackberry and elderberry. Every type of hedgerow shrub has been used, eg. rosehips for syrup, willows for salysilic acid (aspirin) ...

Published: Thursday 25 May 2000
Newspaper: Alnwick Mercury
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 599 | Page: 8 | Tags: none