the stafford local june/july edition 2014

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To advertise please call Alan on 07899 757138

The Stafford LocalJune / July 2014Delivered free monthly

THE INDEPENDENT MAGAZINE SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF NORTH STAFFORD

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Please mention The Stafford Local when responding to adverts

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The Stone LocalIssue 29: June 2012

Welcome to your local magazine

Published byDonna Buxton

1 Vicars Close, OultonStone, ST15 8UQ

Telephone 01785 819737Donna 07912 481185

Pat 01785 817535 (Sales)

email:[email protected]

Copy deadline forJuly 2012 issue:10th June 2012

The legal bit:Whilst every care has been taken toensure that data in this publicationis accurate, neither the publishernor its editorial contributors can

accept any liability to any party forloss or damage caused by errors oromissions resulting from negli-

gence, accident or any other cause.The Stone Local magazine does notofficially endorse any advertisingmaterial included within this publi-cation. No part of this publicationmay be reproduced, stored in anyretrieval systems or transmitted inany form, without prior permission

of the publisher.Donna Buxton

© Phil Mitchell

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Just full of adverts? Yes!Our little monthly directory of local business is formed by me, a local businesswoman who couldn’t find the affordable advertising I wanted so decided tocreate it myself! Think of us as the value range of advertising—no frills if youwill but then add great customer care, loyal customers (we must be doingsomething right!) and a direct distribution area which targets your desiredaudience.

We do provide interesting reading but mostly about local business rather than‘newspaper stories’. I would have to charge advertisers double to afford ajournalist and photographer which defeats the aim of The Stafford Local,which is be a platform for small business to showcase themselves affordablyand for the residents of North Stafford to find affordable yet LOCAL services.

See opposite for our simple and straight forward pricing or callAlan now to discuss your advertising needs, budget and ideas.

Donna Buxton

WANTED: DISTRIBUTORS FOR NORTH

STAFFORD AND SURROUNDING VILLAGES

We are currently using our lovely Stone and Trentham teams todeliver The Stafford Local magazines through your door but

we are hoping to find local people in Stafford to take overand sustain the distribution.

You must be over 18, reliable, available between the 12th and the17th of each month, have transport to collect your boxes and most of

all have a desire to be part of your local community directory.

Please email Alan on [email protected] with your currentposition and relevant experience.

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Gardening GaloreOur resident gardening guru Alan will be sharing his adventures ingardening with us over the next few coming issues so prepare to learnsomething new (Unless of course you already know all about bio-dynamic tomatoes or home made organic feeds…..)

Fantastic Nettle Organic Feed The nastiest weed

on the Planet - the Nettle, has a surprising benefit toGardeners! We Bio-dynamic gardeners and growers have avery high regard for the common stinging nettle, using theleaves in sprays of several kinds. As well as using nettles as

an activator on the compost heap, the organic gardener can use them as a liquidmanure and as an aphicide. Nettle contains some amazing compounds andcomplex chemicals, high in Nitrogen and Potassium, Gardeners for generationshave extracted it's nutrients with the zeal of a Gold Miner.

1. Wear some thick gardening gloves over a long-sleeved shirt and with a strongpair of scissors, gather a bag of young nettles, cut into 4" lengths and soak in abucket of rainwater for a week. Strain and use undiluted asa control of aphids on roses and celery leaf miner. Add themushy nettles to the compost heap OR better still:-

2. Nettle Brew as a liquid manure feed, add more rainwaterto just cover the nettles (lay a brick on top to stop theleaves floating in too much water) and leave for about 4 weeks to allow a richBREW to develop. Strain this into 2 litre recycled plastic bottles and store, or just

leave the bucket outside in a secret place away fromdelicate noses! Put the used nettle mush onto thecompost heap. Dilute the brew using 1 part brew to 10parts rainwater and feed all your leafy vegetables atsoil level. Perfect for salads, spinach, rhubarb,courgettes and squashes. No harm will come to anyother vegetable or fast growing flower. Root vegetables

and tomatoes benefit more from highpotash feeds from Bonemeal or evenliquid feeds made from COMFREY, in thesame way as nettle brew.

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Guide Dogs thanked their Volunteers during National Volunteers Week.

To mark National Volunteers Week (1-7 June) Guide Dogs thanked ourcurrent volunteers and began appealing to local people to step forward

and join us in our life-changing work.Hundreds of local people contribute to the work of Guide Dogs everyweek by fostering our breeding dogs and their puppies, doing streetcollections and sponsored walks, by driving our clients and dogs to

appointments and by being sighted guides for people with visual impair-ments. The guide dog service is funded entirely by voluntary donations,and our volunteers are helping us to help more and more people with

visual impairments every year.Our existing volunteers enjoy their roles with us and we are constantly

amazed by the time and effort that they give to us. Sue, a localvolunteer, says: “The people that I’ve met have enriched my life

completely, including other volunteers, staff and guide dog owners. It ishumbling to have met people who have lost all or part of their vision who

are getting on with their lives. This is motivation enough to want tovolunteer and I really feel I am part of something special.”

Robert Rowley, a guide dog owner from Pattingham said: “Personally aguide dog has changed my life and it is a way of giving something back– it’s a really good thing to do. Guide Dogs are a great organization and

are good to work with.”Valerie Jobes, Volunteering Consultant from Guide Dogs said: “We value

and appreciate all of the work our volunteers do for us. There are somany ways to volunteer. We’re looking for volunteers to be puppy

walkers, drivers, sighted guides and fundraisers. Volunteering is fun andrewarding – you know you'll be making a real difference by helpingGuide Dogs enable blind and partially people to enjoy the same

freedom of movement as everyone else.”

Anyone interested in volunteering or fundraising for Guide Dogsshould contact Valerie Jobes on 01189 838756 or by emailing

[email protected]

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