{"id":10983,"date":"2022-02-07T10:14:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T09:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=10983"},"modified":"2022-03-07T10:41:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T09:41:57","slug":"a-belated-happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=10983","title":{"rendered":"A Belated Happy New Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WENVOE FORUM<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Considering Today and Tomorrow<\/b><\/p>\n

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A belated Happy New Year! <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Our apologies. We hadn\u2019t realised that the New Year WO copy date was early and we missed the deadline for the January issue. However, our article on Making 2022 happier can still be read currently on the home page of our blog site. Happy reading https:\/\/wenvoeforum.wordpress.com\/<\/p>\n

For February let\u2019s have a quick look at what the Forum has been up to recently.<\/p>\n

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Welcome Pack <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The \u2018Welcome to Wenvoe\u2019 pack that has brought together information provided by many of our community organisations and services, is ready for distribution. If at any time you have new neighbours who have moved into Wenvoe from elsewhere please let us know and we\u2019ll deliver you a printed Welcome Pack to take to them. (gwenfo.forum@gmail.com). The pack will also be available on the blog site (see above) to download. If we have missed anything out or you want to update the information, please get in touch.<\/p>\n

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From Happiness to Hoppiness <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

A couple of Wenvoe residents have been involved in the Cardiff Community Hop Growing Group. Members grow one or two hop plants in their gardens and then in mid-September the hops are picked and the harvest pooled to create the Taff Temptress <\/em><\/strong>beer brewed by Pipes Brewery in Llandaff. Contributors are entitled to some free or reduced price beer. We were thinking that it would be nice if a few more Wenvoe residents grew some hops and we were able to harvest enough for a \u2018Wenvoe\u2019 brew.<\/p>\n

\"\"Hop rhizomes can be planted in the next couple of months and should produce a small harvest even in their first year. They are very easy to grow, and like to climb, (up to 20ft!) but need not take up a lot of ground space. Dwarf versions are also happy climbing along a fence as long as you give them a bit of encouragement to follow the route you want them to take. Current growers can provide growing advice, though all are beginners.<\/p>\n

If you think this is a fun idea please join in. Steve and Sian Jones (gwenfo.forum@gmail.com) are willing to coordinate the link to the Cardiff community while we recruit enough growers for a Wenvoe Beer in the future – suggestions for good name anyone?<\/p>\n

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Community Energy Scheme <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Forum members have met with some Vale of Glamorgan Council officers who are working on reducing carbon footprints to discuss potential community energy generation and other energy efficiency schemes. Ideas are beginning to develop and we hope to hold a meeting with wider community representation soon.<\/p>\n

If you want to be part of the discussion and help to shape any future scheme please get in touch. (gwenfo.forum@gmail.com)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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