2nd May 2009.
Dear All,
Esther and Mary-Ann are here overnight to celebrate their mother’s birthday tomorrow; we have booked into an Italian restaurant for lunch. Last night we attended the Essex Musical Association’s performance of “The Dream of Gerontius” at Thaxted Parish church as Esther was singing and starred in the “semi-chorus”. It was very good but sadly their last concert as after 103 years there is neither the organisation nor finance to carry on.
Thaxted
Dear All,
Esther and Mary-Ann are here overnight to celebrate their mother’s birthday tomorrow; we have booked into an Italian restaurant for lunch. Last night we attended the Essex Musical Association’s performance of “The Dream of Gerontius” at Thaxted Parish church as Esther was singing and starred in the “semi-chorus”. It was very good but sadly their last concert as after 103 years there is neither the organisation nor finance to carry on.
Thaxted
Thaxted church
I have been to work a couple of days this week (what a strain I hear you say!) as we have a new contract to experiment with zeolite – an micromesh compound from volcanic sites used in water filters and to reclaim heavy metal contaminated soils. The company are now wishing to launch it in agriculture as a soil conditioner and slow nutrient release medium. We applied it to three carrot sites in east Suffolk (by hand) and need to monitor emergence, yield, quality and disease suppression.
I have been to work a couple of days this week (what a strain I hear you say!) as we have a new contract to experiment with zeolite – an micromesh compound from volcanic sites used in water filters and to reclaim heavy metal contaminated soils. The company are now wishing to launch it in agriculture as a soil conditioner and slow nutrient release medium. We applied it to three carrot sites in east Suffolk (by hand) and need to monitor emergence, yield, quality and disease suppression.
Zeolite incorporation, Iken near Snape
Lots of gardening and cricket pitch work this week. With potatoes up 12” there is an anxious glance at the frost warnings each evening.
The walk this week started at Little Eversden and preceded via Great Eversden, Kingston and Toft – another good 10 miles but much more manageable when the ground is dry.
Little Eversden
David, Rebecca and family (our pastor and family) left for a month in South Africa yesterday so life is a little busier for a few weeks. We did not get off to a great start this morning as the visiting speaker got stuck in a traffic jam coming from St Neots and did not appear until 11.10 am.
One of our old neighbours, Lynne Medlock (of rabbit fame) has called in so I will stop now.
Love
Mike & Kate
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