Dates for your dairy 2010
23 February
Leigh Sinton Training Day
25 February
Inglewood Training Day
11
May Green Team, Insch, Aberdeenshire and
AGM
5
June Tony Johnstone, Comber, Co Down,
Northern Ireland
10 June
Half Day- Dartmoor Christmas Trees
8
July Mrs Dinesen, Winchester,Hampshire
early August
Half day; to be confirmed
11-14 August
NCTA Convention, Winston-Salem,North Carolina
19
August Langeso, Denmark
7-8 September
Four Oaks Show, Macclesfield
20-22 September GLEE –
NEC Birmingham
21 October
Ian Rix, Saxmundham, Suffolk. Open Day and Competition
Open
Days
There is
an Open day at 10.30 am on Saturday 5 June 2010 at the farm of
Tony Johnstone in Northern Ireland.
Grid ref
approx 155527. Address: 5, Peartree Hill, Comber Rd, Dundonald,
BT16 1XA 02890 410268/ 07768 975017.
Directions:
Half a mile from Dundonald as you
head along the
A22
Comber Rd. Effectively the first farm on the right as you head
out of Belfast. Sat Nav very confusing as it takes people to the
other end of Peartree Hill. The two ends of this road do not
join and we must be approached directly from the main Dundonald
to Comber road. Will have a Christmas trees for sale sign out on
main road.
Stuart and Jennie Kirkup
are hosts to a half day meeting at their Dartmoor site
starting at 1.30pm on 10 June 2010. Post Code
TQ13
7TX
At the farm we
grow around 80,000 trees. Frazer has the highest percentage
followed by Nord, Noble and Norway. Recently we have been
changing from mainly a wholesaler to mainly a retailer and
this has meant changing the number of each species that are
planted. Obviously growing mainly Frazer has many problems as
everyone knows and this is something that we are continually
working on. We do not retail from the farm.
From the A38 you
will need to come off at the Peartree Junction (at Ashburton)
signposted for River Dart Country Park, Landscove, Two Bridges
and Ashburton. At the end of the slip road you will come to a
T-Junction, turn right (signposted River Dart Country Park,
Two Bridges). Carry on this road passing River Dart Country
Park on your left then driving over 2 bridges and finally
entering Poundsgate. Coming out of Poundsgate you will start
climbing a hill where you will pass a Methodist church on your
left then a thatched house on a right hand bend. At the next
corner (Butts signpost) you need to turn right towards Corndon.
After 0.6 miles you will come to a crossroads where you need
to go straight over. After a further 1.6 miles (2nd
right that you come to) turn right where you will see a copse
to the right. The third gate on your right is a galvanised one
and you are at the farm. Please close the gate!!
2009
Competition
The 2009 competition was hosted by
Jadecliff Ltd at their Newbury Christmas Tree site on 6th
October 2009.
The results were
|
Category |
Winner |
|
Champion Grower for 2009 |
Little Down Christmas Tree Farm
Jon Baker
Main Road, Westfield
Hastings
East Sussex
TN34 4SL |
|
Best Pine – Runner up |
Alisdair Sim,
Scruschloch Farmhouse
Kilry
Perthshire
PH11 8HZ |
|
Best Pine |
Hans Alexandersen,
HA TRIM
Meadow Way, St Nicolas Ave
Cranleigh
Surrey
GU6 7AQ |
|
Best Spruce – Runner up |
Colin Griffith,
Dinmore Hill Christmas Trees
Festive Farm
Wellington
Hereford
HR4 8AF |
|
Best Spruce |
Neil Rogers
Goose Hill Farm,
Ringshall
Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
HP4 1ND |
|
Best Fir – Runner up |
Garrochar Trees
Garrochar Farm,
Creetown
Newton Stewart
Dumfries and Galloway
DG8 7EU |
|
Best Fir |
Little Down Christmas Tree Farm ( Jon
Bake)
Main Road, Westfield
Hastings
East Sussex
TN34 4SL |
|
Best Undecorated Wreath |
Mindrin & Co Ltd
Garrochar Farm,
Creetown
Newton Stewart
Dumfries and Galloway
DG8 7EU |
|
Best Decorated Wreath |
Mindrin & Co Ltd
Garrochar Farm,
Creetown
Newton Stewart
Dumfries and Galloway
DG8 7EU |
|
Container Grown Tree |
Glaisters Farms Ltd
Congeith
Kirkgunzean
Dumfries
DG2 8JT
|
|
Champion Wreath |
Mindrin & Co Ltd
Garrochar Farm,
Creetown
Newton Stewart
Dumfries and Galloway
DG8 7EU |
