Essex Business & Leisure Magazine Havering Edition March 2012 by Essex Business & Leisure Ltd

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Welcome to our March edition. The nights are a little bit Brighter now and I’m pleased the snow has all gone. Don’t forget that the clocks go forward on the 25th March. If you are a keen Gardener, our Monthly Gardening editorial is on page 2. It’s Mother’s Day on the 18th March, and if you would like to send your Mum some lovely Flowers, pop into The Rainham Rose and they can send your mum a special delivery of Flowers that she will appreciate very much. Easter also falls very early in April and I hope you all have a lovely Easter. I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who came along to the Maharaja Charity evening to support Chiane’s fight for Cancer. Also a big Thank you to Gary Oliver, Salsa Singer and everyone who donated raffle prizes. We raised a staggering £1713, so well done to everyone. We will organise another one in the near future as everyone had such a good evening, so watch this space!!!.

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Time to get to work by Sharon Longshaw

If your beds and borders lacked flower power last year, then put that right by planting new herbaceous perennials now. The sooner you get it done the better, so they’re established before they come into full growth. Perennials are difficult to beat for their colour, form and interest and there are so many to choose from you can guarantee colour all year round. Divide clumps of herbaceous perennials that you want to propagate, those that have become too large for their allotted space, and those that are flowering poorly or have lost their shape. Deadhead daffodils and other bulbs as the flowers start to fade. It may also be tempting to remove the foliage or tie it into neat knots, but don’t. The bulbs need the leaves to feed them so they produce another wonderful display next year. Instead of removing the foliage, give the plants a feed. Liquid fertilisers are the best choice as they act quickly. You can sow sweet peas if you didn’t do it in the autumn. For best results, sow the seeds singly in sweet pea tubes to allow maximum root development then place in a cold frame, cold greenhouse or on the garage or shed windowsill to germinate

Buy your bedding and patio plug plants and seedlings now for growing on – and produce your biggest and best summer bedding displays ever. By starting now, and potting them up into suitable-sized pots of good compost, you’ll have well established plants ready to plant out at the end of spring/early summer, that will burst into colour. Most bedding annuals can be sown this month. But resist sowing too early if you can’t provide the warmth to grow the plants on properly. Sowing too soon in the wrong conditions can lead to straggly, unhealthy plants that never perform well in the garden. Leaving sowing until the conditions are better usually results in far better plants and these soon catch up and out-perform those sown too early. Slugs and snails are our number one garden pest, munching away on seedlings, young plants and the fresh young growth of a wide range of plants. Luckily, there are lots of ways of stopping them in their tracks and now’s the time to use your favourite control methods to protect susceptible plants from attack. Provided by Flower Power Garden Services www.southendgardener.co.uk 01702 305554

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HELP ME FIGHT CANCER Appeal for Chiane

On Wednesday 15th February, Sarah & Kevin from Essex Business & Leisure Ld held a Charity Meal for Chiane and what a success it was!

Just under 130 people attended and contributed their support to a truly fantastic night, all in support for brave little Chiane. For any of you who don’t know Chiane, she is 6 years old and quite possibly the bravest and most inspirational person I have met. Chiane’s has cancer that is located in her “CNS” (central nervous system). Every cell her body produces, whether it is red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, liver, kidney, heart, gut comes from the CNS, in Chiane’s case, every new cell that her body produce is cancerous. Effecting every aspect and part of her body to become cancer’s. As I’m writing this she is very close to recovering from her first treatment of Thiotepa (The strongest chemotherapy available) and will soon be getting ready to fight against her second dose. We held the meal at the Maharaja to contribute to her fund to get her to Texas, US so she can receive the most promising treatment available at the time that isn’t available in the UK. Thanks to the Maharaja’s reduced meal prices, Gary Oliver’s live performance and all the 130 people who attended we managed to raise £1715 for Chiane’s fight.

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