Bangors Organic News

July 2010

Baby Call Ducks		The Old Apple Tree

THE GARDENS
The weather has been fantastic. We can’t remember the last time we had such a dry and warm spring and early summer. This has meant that with mulching and weep pipe watering the plants have loved it and with such hot and dry conditions the slugs and snails have hated it. A great combination!

We are currently picking and eating cabbages, chard, curly kale, and black kale (for pasta!), mountains of strawberries, fabulous lettuces and salad leaves, peas, mangetout and broad beans, Neil has just lifted the early onions, the garlic and shallots, the globe artichokes are also good this year and some of the best beetroots ever.

The poultry were all going great until this week when a fox got over or through the electric fence and killed or injured almost half our entire flocks! We lost about 20 birds in all including, sadly, Chanty the cockerel.

Special Offers Late Availability
Any 2/3 nights B&B over the weekend of the 10th July in the Menhir rooms £75 per night or the Coach House suite £90 per night.

Stay for 2 or more nights from the the 16th July to the 22nd July from £78 to £94 per night.

Organic dinner available each evening at £25 per night for 4 courses.

SUMMER LATE AVAILABILITY
We still have some availability for July from the 16th and also from the 22nd and dates in August from the 7th onwards.
Note also that this will be the last summer that the Coach House and Stables will be available to let, as they will have a permanent resident from this Autumn. So if you haven’t stayed in these lovely rooms before 2010 will be your last chance!

NEW OPPORTUNITIES
All guests who might be interested in coming on a ‘50/50 working holiday’ we would be delighted to hear from you. You can stay for half the normal accommodation price (note that prices are reduced for this summer too!) and you get the opportunity to work with Neil in the gardens for half of your stay. For those who would like to know more about growing or are new to gardening or perhaps don’t have a garden, we do hope that you will like this idea.

GREEN TOURISM
We have applied to join the green tourism business scheme (http://www.green-business.co.uk) and will be assessed shortly, hopefully we will be going for gold!
Launched in October ‘Climate Friendly Food ‘ has a very interesting website (http://www.climatefriendlyfood.org.uk) and is a serious attempt to measure the carbon footprint of farmers and growers, Gill is currently inputting all our data so that we can measure our carbon emissions and then using their certification scheme show that we really are a sustainable and green enterprise.

CELEBRATIONS AND HOUSE PARTIES
If you are looking for the ultimate green celebration, then we would be delighted to offer the facilities at Bangors for your wedding celebration, party, special dinner or buffet. Accommodation for 8 with exclusive use of the house, marquee and gardens.

If you prefer you can be based at Bangors and hold the party, catered by us, at the beautiful ancient Poundstock Gildhouse (http://www.poundstockgildhouse.co.uk)
Call to discuss your thoughts and to reserve any dates for 2010

And don’t forget all the little extras that we can provide, much chat, walking and sightseeing advice, holistic treatments and massages, tours of the organic gardens, veg boxes, bread and other produce to take home, organic evening meals and a wholly organic wine list, and fully wheelchair accessible accommodation.

Wishing you all the very best,
We look forward to hearing from you
Gill and Neil

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Links to other sites of interest

Medialens
http://www.medialens.org

Soil Association home page
http://www.soilassociation.org

Climate Friendly Food
http://www.climatefriendlyfood.org.uk

X9 Bus timetable

Triodos Bank

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