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you can find us along the river. We normally finish about 12.00. If you have some RECIPE OF THE MONTH
loppers or hand saws please bring them with you – if you don’t, no problem we’ll
have some spares along with other tools. Our efforts are helping to conserve the Thanks to our WI members for sharing their favourites
best of what is already present along the riverside walkway and is intended to
make the area even more wildlife friendly.
Sue's Sausage Rolls

Contact Us As our minds turn towards Christmas a few people have asked me to pop
If you would like to know more about the work of the Wildlife Group or to be Sue's recipe down. Many of you have tasted them at village celebrations
included on our mailing list, please contact: so you will know how delicious they are.
Tony Bates at tonybates19@gmail.com / 01929 471563 or
Ingredients
Mike Gee at mike.n.g@outlook.com / 0775 988 4942.
 1 pk jus roll puff pastry
 500g good quality sausage meat
GARDENING CLUB  Fresh sage leaves chopped finely
 A few mixed herbs
 2 small desert apples or one large
In November we had a terrible wet and windy chopped and cored or grated.
night. Our speaker Jenny Short came all the 1-2 tblsp medium sherry
way from Lyme Regis and had to contend with 
road diversions as well. Our numbers were  salt and pepper to season
down but for those who did brave the weather we enjoyed a brilliant talk  1 egg
illustrated with beautiful pictures. Jenny explained the importance of placing
each plant with a view to its colour height and texture to create interest Method
throughout the year. My mother loved herbaceous borders so it was a real trip
down memory lane for me. Peel and core the apple and chop into small chunks or grate
On 6 December we hope to have next year’s Garden seed Catalogues Then add the sausage meat, sage, dried herbs, sherry and seasoning and
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available. We also have a talk by Richard Warren a Sheep farmer from West mix well together.
Dorset who has developed an interest in wild flowers and growing flowers from Then roll out your pastry or cut ( depending on block or ready rolled) to
seed. He will tell us all about his method of ‘throwing and growing’. Hopefully he approx 10cm wide 60cm long you should be able to get two lots out of one
will have some of his catalogues from ‘Molesseed’ and tell us how to get the pkt of pastry.
most of planting and growing wild flower meadows. The flowers can be grown in
all spaces its just a case of getting the right seed, soil analysis, preparation to get place your sausage meat mixture in a line on your piece of pastry, allowing
best results for our insects bees and ourselves enough space to roll your pastry over and crimp the edge.
Please turn up at the Drax Hall at beat the egg and brush it along the edge of the pastry and press the two
7.30 p.m. We are still planning edges together using a fork.
next year’s programme but hope
to have some details for you at Using a large knife cut into individual sausage rolls and make a little slash
the next meeting. January will on the top of each.
start with a New year Meal at the Bake in the oven 180-190C for 20-25 mins until golden brown and enjoy!
Kings Arms Stoborough but will be
on 10 January 2023
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