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THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY CHARITIES BOOSTED BY
Members gathered to hear one of our own give a REBOOTED
humorous talk entitled “Growing Innovations, we The Booton family’s Rebooted group would like to
haven’t starved yet.” thank everyone who joined them for the Bootbash
Kit Smith gave a brief history of his career at the Parish Hall on New Year’s Eve.
growing crops and produce. Most of his life was A grand total of £1500 was raised for Stand Up
spent in Kent where he went to the Wyre College To Cancer and the First Responders. Many thanks
and studied agriculture management. He spent also to everyone who donated such generous
ten years managing an arable farm producing raffle prizes. Di Edwards
wheat, barley, peas, sprouts and potatoes, always
developing ways of obtaining the best crops. He NOT SO SMART
then moved on to supplying Sainsburys’ with When I was buying my electricity from E.D.F.
packet vegetables for a further twenty years; quite they put in a smart meter. This was fine and
challenging keeping up with demands of the firm worked well. Last July I changed to E-ON and
and the purchasers. after a while noticed erratic billing. When
Next came setting up a garden centre. Hard eventually I was able to contact them I discovered
work, but he and his wife found contact with my smart meter was no good, as all the electricity
customers more rewarding. He also found time to suppliers read smart meters on a different wave
become involved with local politics. band, a thing I wasn’t told when I changed. So
In food production you are always looking to now the house device is no good to me. What a
improve your crops. Searching for the best waste. I now have to read the meter at the input
varieties, reducing pests and the best fertilizer. meter just as I did before the smart meter
This is where innovation comes in, seed producers installation. So it is all a big waste of time and a
look to cross differing strains to provide us with waste of money. How crazy is this world?
greater harvests. You consider when to plant, Reg Chapman
single or double rows, you aim for the plants to be JOHN MORGAN
at their best when we have the best sunlight for Jain and family would like to thank all for their
photosynthesis, hence a bigger crop. This is just messages of sympathy and for their attendance at
one example; very thought provoking. If we are to the church service.
continue being able to feed our growing On leaving school, John worked at Onions’
population, seed and food producers have to Bakehouse until his call-up to the RAF, where he
continually develop better ways of producing served for eight years.
greater amounts of food. On leaving the RAF, John went to work at
Our next meeting at the Methodist Hall is on Whittles’s Coaches, where he stayed for 25 years
February 12th, when we will find out how to until forced to retire through ill health.
create a year round garden. All visitors welcome.
He was also a past chairman of the Rock and
Liz Smurthwaite District Royal British Legion. Grateful thanks go to
Sovereign Care and Cleobury Medical Centre.
Jain Morgan
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