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ABERLOUR PARISH CHURCH GUILD Thurs (monthly), 2pm, Aberlour Parish Church. Call Betty Hay on 01340 881706. AVIEMORE ART ASSOCIATION Thurs, 2pm - 4pm, St, Andrew's Church Hall, Grampian Road, Aviemore. Throughout the year (not during school holidays). AVIEMORE TINY TOTS Fri, 9.30am - 11.30am (except Christmas Holidays) at the Hub (above the Red Cross Shop) in Aviemore. For u3s & their Parents or Carers. Play, do crafts, music, outings, parties & snacks. Email at aviemoretinytots@hotmail.co.uk BIRD-WATCHING & WILDLIFE CLUB For anyone interested in wildlife All special events, suggested itineraries & programmes are subject to availability & liable to change

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without notice. BWWC Ltd, 25 The Square, Grantown-onSpey. Call 0800 043 8585 or booking@bwwc.co.uk CAIRNGORM PILATES Thurs,10am - 11am, Boat of Garten Community Hall. Try your first class for £5. Normally £28 for a four-week term, £8 drop-in.Before attending your first session, please call Lucy Boyes on 07783 427603 / 01479 821780 or email at lucy@cairngormpilates.com or info@boathall.org.uk

GRANTOWN YWCA COMMUNITY CENTRE Fri, 10am - 2pm, Community Café with homemade soup, bread & cakes. Pancake Brunch first Sat of month, 10.30am - 12.30pm. Call 01479 872262.

prior to Good Friday until end of the second week in Sept. Call 01479 873814 or email grantownenterprisesltd @live.co.uk STRATHSPEY PROBUS 1st Thurs of month, 10am, Grant Arms, Grantown-onSpey. For retired or semi-retired professional or business people - both men & women. Call William Steele on 01479 870154 or email at secretary@strathspey probus.org.uk or chair@strathspeyprobus.org.uk

CARRBRIDGE HEALTH WALK GROUP Thurs, 11am, by the Old Bridge. Call Margaret on 01479 841749

GRANTOWN'S THURSDAY CLUB FOR THE OVER 50'S Fortnightly in Grantown YMCA Community Centre (16th Feb, 2nd, 26th, 30th March, 6th, 20th April, 4th, 18th, 30th May & 15th & 29th June. 1.30pm to 3.30pm. Varied programme of events. £2 (incl refreshments). All welcome. Call Heather Fraser on 01479 872262 or grantowncommunitycentre @gmail.com

DUFFTOWN BOWLING CLUB Mon & Thurs evenings, the Memorial Hall. Call Mr A Wright on 01340 820071. See Facebook Page

KINGUSSIE HEALTH WALK GROUP Thurs,10.30 am, the Badenoch Centre. For info call Anne on 01540 661878

GRANTOWN & DISTRICT BILLIARDS & SNOOKER CLUB Mon, Wed, Fri & Sat, 7pm 10pm, Old Church Hall, Dulnain Bridge, near Grantown-on-Spey.

MORTLACH ART GROUP Thurs, 1pm - 5pm, the Memorial Hall, Albert Place, Dufftown. £2 per meeting. Tuition & some materials are available. Call 01340 820151.

GRANTOWN COSY PLAY Thurs, 2.30pm - 4pm, Grantown YMCA Community Centre. £1.50 per adult. Baby Group (up to 18 months) & a cuppa & a natter for the adults. Call Heather Fraser on 01479 872262 or email at grantowncommunitycentre@ gmail.com. GRANTOWN ON SPEY BOWLING CLUB Mon (Club night) or Thurs evenings;Tues & Thurs aftns. (May - Sept). Free equipment & coaching. All welcome. Call Judith Hamlett on 01479 872466. See Clubhouse poster

NETHY BRIDGE HEALTH WALK GROUP Tues, 1pm, the Community Centre. For info call Jane on 07519 569005 SPEYSIDE VOLLEYBALL Mon, 7pm - 10pm, in The Games Hall, Speyside Community Centre, Aberlour. Men, women, youths, juniors, seniors, all welcome. For info call Stewart on 01340 871730 STRATHSPEY DRAUGHTS ASSOCIATION Outdoor Draughts Board at The Square, Grantown-onSpey. All Strathspey residents are Members of the SDA. Games played from the day

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SWRI AVIEMORE 3rd Wed of month, 7.30pm, St. Andrew’s Church Hall, Aviemore. Find friendship, support, fun & laughter in this unique organisation. Call 0131 225 1724 THE OSPREY MUSIC SOCIETY (TOMS) A member group of Boat of Garten Community Company, a charity which acts as an umbrella organisation to support village activity groups, run events & manage village projects. TOMS hosts classical music performances in the Community Hall. Call Ann Napier on 01479 831213 or email ann.nap@btinternet.com YOGA FOR MUMS WITH BABIES Wed, 11am - 11.45am. Email at info@boathall.org.uk

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Crikey Moses! Some Welsh friends used that expression whenever they found themselves among people who were always complaining. In such situations they would sigh deeply, and proclaim Crikey Moses. The expression comes from Moses’ experience of leading the Israelites out of Egypt. Long before that, in the time of Joseph, Israelites had come to Egypt because of famine in their own land. They were productive on the land, and as the years passed they grew greatly in number. Then centuries later a new king, probably Ahmose, came to power who knew nothing of Joseph or of what he had done for Egypt. The new king was paranoid and feared the Israelites would conspire against him. He subjected them to slavery and made their lives very bitter indeed. You can read all about it in the Bible, in Exodus, Chapter 1. How often in history and in the present has one group of people subjected another group to oppression and to various forms of slavery and discrimination? Born at a time of dreadful child cruelty, when the Pharaoh ordered

that: “Every boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live,” (Exodus 1:22) Moses would come to be appointed by God to rescue His people. After several failed attempts at negotiation, he led them out of captivity. What a journey. Once, when the Israelites were camped by the sea and saw Pharaoh’s frightful army approaching they complained, Crikey Moses “it would have been better to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert.” (Exodus 14:12). Then travelling in the desert for three days when the only water was too bitter to drink, they cried Crikey Moses, “What are we to drink?” (Exodus 15:24.) On they went into the Desert of Sin, Crikey Moses “if only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt where we ate all the food we wanted, rather than starve in this desert.” (Exodus 16:3.) God sent them manna from heaven and on their way they went to Rephidim. They ran out of water again, Crikey Moses they grumbled, “Why did you bring us out of Egypt to make us and our children and our livestock die of thirst?” This time

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Moses was scunnered and cried out to God, “What am I to do with these people?” There is a place for justified constructive complaint, but beware, complaining can become a habit. It can cloud our outlook and wear down those about or to whom we complain. Many who are doing their very best under all sorts of pressures break under the strain of unceasing complaint. The Apostle Paul writing from prison to the Church at Philippi said “Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life…” (Philippians 2:14.) Can we shine like stars?

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St John Episcopal Church Sunday 10.30am: Eucharist. Followed by refreshments in the church hall. Email: blessings@stjohns-rothiemurchus.co.uk St Mary’s RC Church Fife Street, Dufftown, AB55 4AP Vigil Mass alternate Saturdays at 5pm. Tel 01340 810442 St Michael Episcopal Church St Michael's Episcopal Church, Conval Street, Dufftown. Family Eucharist every Sunday at 11 am. All welcome. Tel: 01466 793841. St Margaret of Scotland, Episcopal Church High Street, Aberlour, AB38 9QD. Sundays 10am: Eucharist. Website: www.stmargaretsaberlour.co.uk Tomintoul Church of Scotland Sunday morning service 11.15am All welcome. Listed from K - T & regularly rotated. If you are a member of a church not listed here or if there are any amendments to existing details, please email linda@winterburn.co.uk

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For a while, there were pledges about ‘no branches closing’– with both The Royal Bank and the Bank of Scotland saying they were ‘with you every day’ and ‘with you all the way’ respectively. These warm words have disappeared now as the relentless run down of local branches has picked up pace. Kingussie branch, in my constituency, is just one of the many closures this month in the Highlands. First, they cut hours and days of opening, increasing inconvenience and thus ensuring demand weakens - allowing them to accelerate the decline making branches “unviable”. Exercises carried out without any meaningful discussion with the people and businesses affected. Studies show that it costs six times more for a bank to attract a new customer as it does to retain a loyal one because people have often been reluctant to switch banks. However, the trend of ‘loyal customers’ is changing and it should serve as a warning to the banks.

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24 tuesday embroidery at 'in stitches' 1pm - 4pm, drop in, 'in stitches', 15, high street, elgin. free. fancy trying out embroidery on a professional machine? call vivien hendry on 07902 293166 or email at heidi@moraywellbeinghub.org.uk. www.moraywellbeinghub.org.uk/festival

24 tuesday - 26 thursday 6th highland wheelchair curling triples competition 2017 tues 10am - 4pm (opening ceremony) inverness ice centre. come along & watch wheelchair curlers from all over scotland & the north of england in action. call mo simpson on 07798 710 404 or email at wheels77uk@yahoo.co.uk

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28 saturday dulnain bridge church coffee morning 10am - 12pm in dulnain village hall. all welcome an evening of chamber music in aid of macmillan 7.30pm, speyside high school, mary avenue, aberlour. tickets at the door £10 (children £5). bookings by phone at 01340 871490. moray typhoons vs edinburgh capitals 7pm, moray leisure centre. a great night out for all the family. support your local ice hockey team. doors open 6.30pm, faceoff 7pm. www.moraytyphoons.co.uk ho-ro & trail west@ironworks, inverness 8pm www.ironworksvenue.com icehouse halloween party 6pm - 7.30pm-ish, scottish dolphin centre, spey bay. call lisa farley on 01343 820339 quiz night in aid of altziemers & dementia 7.30pm, edinvillie hall, aberlour. £2.50 per person (teams of 4 to 6 people). byob. raffle. great glen walking club: guisachan & plodda falls 9am (please arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. distance: 9 miles; grade: b himmerland@the drouthy cobbler 9pm. www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk

4 saturday coffee morning in aid of moray branch of alzheimer scotland 10am - 12pm, the williamson hall, duff avenue, elgin. £2.50. homebakes, jewellery, bric a brac, raffle etc. jericho hill@ironworks, inverness 7.30pm www.ironworksvenue.com moray society archaeology conference: forgotten, hidden, lost - unearthing moray's archaeology 9.30am - 5pm. adult £10, student £7.50. alexander graham bell centre, moray college, elgin. booking essential at www.elginmuseum.yapsody.com. www.elginmuseum.org.uk/forgotten-hidden-lostunearthing-morays-archaeology glenrinnes community centre firework display 7pm, glenrinnes. butchers hot dog sausages & various other goodies will be on sale. all welcome badenoch & strathspey ramblers: nethybridge amble 10am - c2.30pm, nethybridge community centre. distance 5 miles; grade c. a short walk around nethybridge, exact route to be decided call ann hadley on 01479 873806 lilura with support from josephine sillars@the drouthy cobbler 9pm. www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk

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elgin museum's archaeology conference 11am 4.30pm vist the museum to meet the speakers & view new artefacts. free insight into elgin cathedral 10am - 12pm. meet at the main entrance to elgin cathedral. an exclusive tour with guest speakers sharing insights, booking essential at www.elginmuseum.yapsody.com. call janet trythall on 01343 543675 or email at curator@elginmuseum.org.uk. www.elginmuseum.org.uk/forgotten-hidden-lostunearthing-morays-archaeology guided walking tour of elgin 1pm - 4pm. a tour of elgin with local historian, mary byatt, local historian & archaeologist, claire herbert. adults £6, £5 students. booking essential at www.elginmuseum.yapsody.com. for information call claire herbert on 01343 543675 or email at curator@elginmuseum.org.uk. www.elginmuseum.org.uk/forgotten-hidden-lostunearthing-morays-archaeology forres harriers brodie castle 10k 11am (start), brodie castle.formerly the dyke 10k in the grounds of brodie castle. medal or momento & soup for finishers. call rebecca harrison on 01309 641371 or email at raharrison@nts.org.uk.

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29 sunday just sing concert 7pm, eden court, inverness. performance £8 workshop £10. call 01463 234234

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8 wednesday the arts society speyside lecture: double dutch: the meaning behind symbolism in dutch paintings. 11 am - coffee & tea served from 10.15am, the williamson hall, duff avenue, elgin. new members welcome. visitors £7. call membership secretary on 07789 880481 blood donors 5.15pm - 7.30pm, the badenoch centre, kingussie. all welcome. please book an appointment. call 0345 301 72 70 or email at nss.snbtsenquiry@nhs.net virtual reality expo (inverness) 1pm - 4pm hghlands & islands enterprise, inverness. free. book through www.hellodigital

8 wednesday - 19 sunday colours of cluny 5pm - 9.30pm, cluny hill, forres sound & light show. email info@coloursofcluny.com www.coloursofcluny.com

9 thursday the arts society highland: double dutch - speaker, lynne gibson on symbols, emblems & 'double entendre" in dutch genre painting tbc, smithton cullloden free church. non members £8. new members welcome. email averillbrodie@ymail.com or davidmartin30@hotmail.com. www.hdfas.org.uk scottish wildlife in winter: speaker - nick, a wildlife photographer, cameraman & film-maker 8.30pm, grant arms hotel, grantown on spey

9 thursday - 10 friday adam holmes & the embers/rachel sermanni@the drouthy cobbler 8pm. www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk

10 friday iona fyffe band@hootananny, inverness 9.30pm this is home film tour: a journey to find what makes us skiers, from the icy streets of finland, chasing powder in montana, 7.30pm, mambos, aviemore zermatt & verbier

10 friday - 11 saturday north hop: beer & food festival - selection of craft beer, cider, gin, street food, sweet treats & live music tbc, macdonald aviemore resort. call 0844 879 9152

11 saturday cc smugglers@ bogbain farm, inverness 8pm, call 01463 772800 cairngorm ski club snowsports equipment sale 9am - goods in; 3.30pm - sale. dalfaber golf & country club, aviemore. adults £1 to enter sale, children free. buy & sell second hand & new ski & snowboard equipment & clothing. email at sale@cairngormskiclub.co.uk admin@winterburnmedia.co.uk

moray typhoons vs north ayr wild 7pm, moray leisure centre. come along & support your local ice hockey team. doors open 6.30pm, faceoff 7pm www.moraytyphoons.co.uk grant saunders - hypnotist@the ironworks, inverness tbc. www.ironworksvenue.com

11 saturday - 12 sunday elgin modelfair by elgin model railway club 10am 5pm, elgin town hall. adults £5, 2 day ticket £7.50. rail layouts in various scales, boats, planes, meccano, digital scalextric, various hobbies etc refreshments. for info email enquiries@elginmodelrailwayclub.co.uk

11 saturday - 30 thursday the moray youth art prize: competition & exhibition tbc, mc3, above royal mail, high street, elgin. free artists (13 - 19yrs). deadline is 3rd nov. email to enter & attach photo of your art plus title, contact details. email at info@macthree.org

12 sunday aberlour orphanage & remembrance sunday: unveiling of story board 10am - 11am, st margaret's church, aberlour. marking 50th anniversary of closing of the orphanage in the presence of the lord lieutenant of banffshire. www.stmargaretsaberlour.co.uk moray typhoons vs dundee tigers 5pm, moray leisure centre. come along & support your local ice hockey team. doors open 4.30pm, faceoff 5pm. www.moraytyphoons.co.uk

13 monday light & life 7-9pm, costa coffee, 66 high st. elgin free spiritual readings, dream interpretation, spiritual art, personality styles, massage, healing, music. call alyson sim on 07733 127539 or email at malalysim@lightlife.org.uk. www.lightlife.org.uk the shakespeare schools festival 2017 7pm, eden court (one touch theatre. £10; reduced rate £8 filming adventures with waterbirds: speaker - nigel marven 8.30pm, grant arms hotel, grantown on spey

14 tuesday

lulu - all about the music tour 7.30pm, eden court (empire theatre), inverness. call 01463 234234

15 wednesday

november lights@ mad hatters, inverness 7.30pm badger watch times vary, boat of garten. £10. accompanied children u16 free. all welcome. dress up warmly. www.highlandbadgers.net it shouldn't happen to a wildlife presenter: speaker - nigel marven on his adventures making some of his wildlife programmes 8.30pm, grant arms hotel, grantown on spey

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16 thursday the selecter & the beat@the ironworks, inverness tbc. www.ironworksvenue.com

17 friday the elephant sessions@tooth & claw, inverness tbc www.skiddle.com showwaddywaddy 7.30pm, eden court (empire theatre), inverness. all welcome grantown society: grantown's square & east end 7.30pm, grant arms hotel, grantown on spey illustrated presentation by members

18 saturday newtonmore christmas market 10am - 3pm, newtonmore village hall. all proceeds go towards the upkeep of the village hall

20 monday shed seven@ ironworks, inverness tbc www.ironworksvenue.com alaska: the wildlife of the last frontier: speaker - paul rogers on the search for the scarce bristle-thighed curlew, musk oxen & moose. 8.30pm, grant arms hotel, grantown on spey

22 wednesday badger watch tbc, boat of garten adults £10, u16s free. all welcome. dress up warmly. www.highlandbadgers.net lizabett russo with graeme stephen (guitar) 8.30pm, the old bridge inn, aviemore. all welcome canyons & condors: the wildlife of the wild west: speaker - paul rogers will take a look at the success in saving the california condor from extinction. 8.30pm, grant arms hotel, grantown on spey

24 friday moray society lecture series:treasure trove in scotland; medieval & later finds from the moray firth area - speaker stuart campbell, head of the treasure trove unit 7.30pm, elgin museum hall. £3, £2 for moray society members. call janet trythall on 01343 543675 or curator@elginmuseum.org.uk www.elginmuseum.org.uk day of the dead comes to inverness!@ironworks, inverness 9.30pm. www.ironworksvenue.com where 2 today music afternoon tea dance/ceilidh 2pm - 4pm, grantown legion. £2.50. tea, music, dancing, singing & raffle. all welcome. call ros munro on 01479 810004 or email at ros@ct4u.co.uk www.ct4u.co.uk the little kicks + support@the drouthy cobbler 9pm. www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk

24 friday - 26 sunday christmas craft fair from exclusively highland at brodie castle 11am - 4pm. £4 adults (incl nonalcoholic mulled wine & mince pie), children free. food, clothing, jewellery, art, stoneware, etc. call page 16 - November 2017

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moray typhoons vs solway stingrays 7pm, moray leisure centre. come along & support your local ice hockey team. doors open 6.30pm, faceoff 7pm www.moraytyphoons.co.uk treasure trove drop-in finds day 11am - 3pm, elgin museum. free. bring your finds to be identified by experts form the treasure trove unit, edinburgh & learn more about the treasure trove process. call janet trythall on 01343 543675 or email at curator@elginmuseum.org.uk creative cairngorms christmas fair: winter exhibition by members of creative cairngorms with a seasonal theme. paintings, photography, ceramics, glass,etc 10.30am - 4.30pm, st johns church hall, rothiemurchus. free. call 07921 729249 or email at abridgen1@gmail.com dante with support from gordon james & the power & jamie bacon@the drouthy cobbler 9pm. www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk

26 sunday

moravian orienteering: scottish score championships - quarrelwood, elgin tbc. score orienteering is where you do the controls in any order. you have a time limit to find as many as you can. www.moravianorienteering.org

27 monday

it shouldn't happen to a wildlife presenter: speaker - nigel marven on his adventures making some of his wildlife programmes 8.30pm, grant arms hotel, grantown on spey

27 sunday - 3 december

book week scoltand 2017 tbc, week-long celebration of books & reading. various events in libraries, bookshops, etc

29 sunday

blood donors 5pm - 7pm, aviemore leisure centre all welcome. please book an appointment. call 0345 301 7270 or email at nss.snbtsenquiry@nhs.net the drouthy cobbler comedy club@the drouthy cobbler 8pm. www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk

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Christmas Cake Christmas just isn’t Christmas without a Christmas cake. The process of making it over a number of weeks, the aromas when cooking and then the joy of the deep, rich flavours when we come to eat it. In my house we always eat it with a good cup of tea in the early afternoon when there is just a “wee space to fill” even when there probably isn’t a “wee space to fill”!!

Ingredients: 525g currants 225g sultanas 225g raisins 110g candied peel 165g glacé cherries 300g plain flour pinch of salt ½ tsp mixed spice ½ tsp ground cinnamon

½ tsp ground nutmeg 300g soft butter 300g soft brown sugar Zest of one lemon 6 large egges, lightly beaten 3 tbsp brandy, extra to feed

Method: 150 °C, 23cm tin – line with 2 layers of baking parchment 1. In a large bowl, mix the fruit, flour, salt and spices 2. In another bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add lemon zest.. beat in the egg, little at a time (if you rush adding the egg the mixture will curdle). 3. Add Half the fruit mix to the creamed butter, fold to incorporate. Add the second half and then the brandy 4. Tip mixture into the cake tin making a slight dip in the centre so as the cake cooks it will level out leaving a flat top to decorate 5. Bake for about 4 ½ hours 6. Leave to cool in the tin for at least an hour, then remove from tin and cool completely. 7. Once cool, prick with skewer and slowly drizzle 3-4 tbsp brandy over. This is feeding! The cake should then be “fed” every 2 weeks until being iced with marzipan and icing before Christmas.

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TOM ALSO BLOGS AS ‘THE MOUNTAIN GARDENER’. We’re in the thick of autumn now, and despite the occasionally inclement weather I have to say that this is my favourite time of the year for working in the garden. I think childhood memories of bonfires and chilly days linger in my mind, and I still derive great satisfaction from a good afternoon’s work in the garden, followed by a hot bath and hearty winter stew for dinner. My dog, Solly, enjoys the piles of gathered leaves too, and doing his level best to un-do my hard work when he can! A bit of work done in the garden at this time of year can ensure that you have a tidy garden to look out on over the winter months, but it also benefits the garden immensely if it is not sitting under a blanket of fallen leaves. So here are a few DO’s & DON’Ts for this month.

DO clear leaves whenever you can – if you have space in the garden you can create a pile for leaf-mould. DO spike boggy patches in your lawn and rake in sharp sand. DO re-define lawn edges with an edging tool (also called a ‘half moon’). DO plant Tulip bulbs, November is the ideal time for this. DO plant out winter bedding plants to add some colour to your garden. DO feed your birds regularly and reliably, regular visitors come to rely on this over the winter. DO leave a messy corner for wildlife if you can. DO cut down any dead growth on plants that is not going to provide interest over the winter.

It is all too easy to forget about the garden over the winter months and abandon it to the elements, but with a bit of planning it can become one of the magical times of the gardening year. I am in the process of planting up new beds in my garden and I am deliberately choosing plants that look magical with a heavy coating of frost on them. Ornamental grasses such as Miscanthus sinensis can look great in the winter, and reliable summer flowers such as Astilbes can provide wonderful shapes too (if they have faded gracefully!) I am also going to be underplanting a new birch tree with Cornus sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’ to provide some vivid orange winter stems in future winters. There is more about winter planting ideas on my blog, The Mountain Gardener. TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT I’M UP TO IN MY OWN GARDEN AT THE MOMENT YOU CAN CHECK OUT MY BLOG (‘THE MOUNTAIN GARDENER’) WHICH YOU CAN FIND ON MY WEBSITE AT WWW.ANGELHORT.COM

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