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![Let nature be your teacher](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611af32c6871a517575a7522/1668395391841-JOBW5G75HQG52GTYDFQS/Field+Naturalists+photo+%5BSupplied%5D+crop.jpg)
![Patsy Crawford scribbling away](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611af32c6871a517575a7522/1629337471718-MK64LOVPLD4JJW4Y2ILS/MVG+Patsy+Crawford.jpg)
![All’s fair in love and baking](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611af32c6871a517575a7522/1668395412744-CEF9Q1LJ9957K9ULF1FX/Recipe+Photo.jpg)
![Beautiful, yet fleeting](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611af32c6871a517575a7522/1668395396501-0M7DP7DH7SDBNJ3L6ZFH/Gardening+Cherry+2.jpg)
![Patsy Crawford scribbling away](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611af32c6871a517575a7522/1629337471718-MK64LOVPLD4JJW4Y2ILS/MVG+Patsy+Crawford.jpg)
Patsy Crawford scribbling away
You’ve got to hand it to the Brits, they know how to turn on a good show. If you needed proof of that look no further than the journey south and laying to rest of a monarch who sat – at times gingerly - on the throne.
![Weetbix Date Loaf](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611af32c6871a517575a7522/1665385485795-YX228JQV876D45AQCWIW/Recipe%2BPhoto.jpg)
Weetbix Date Loaf
As I flip through my old recipe books and folders, I come across many recipes identified by the name of the person who shared them.
![MVFM goes global](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611af32c6871a517575a7522/1665385319735-YPB7VTP9UYGPX7UDSL4X/MVFM%2BKenzey%2Bphoto%2B%2528Crop%2529.jpg)
MVFM goes global
John Kensey (a.k.a. Little John or L.J.) certainly gets about. Last year he spent time in New Zealand and Poland.
![Beyond daffodils - celebrating the lesser-known Spring bulbs](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611af32c6871a517575a7522/1665378806810-65Y8BDC59Y7JAXQOVKMX/Gardening-tulip+px.jpg)
Beyond daffodils - celebrating the lesser-known Spring bulbs
The daffodils this spring have been spectacular with sheets of gold regaling us at every turn.
![New quilt makers group](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611af32c6871a517575a7522/1662444289379-81G2AWKM01WQJBNLSDH9/Quilting.jpg)
New quilt makers group
There is a new social quilting group in Deloraine who meet at Deloraine House on a fortnightly basis.
![Dry shade plants](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611af32c6871a517575a7522/1662444280890-GDX5KIPZQ6BT1EFCB609/Gardening+Brunnera+macrophylla.jpg)
Dry shade plants
We’ve had such a wet August and it seems rather pointless to be considering the dry shade areas in your garden, but now is the time to be planting these spaces with plants that will add interest.
![Understanding chook breeds](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611af32c6871a517575a7522/1629768102653-TLO6YU8Q4SP1QIYNER0C/MVG+Chook+Chat.jpg)
Understanding chook breeds
For the next few editions, we will be highlighting the best dual purpose breeds for our area.
![Hansen’s hand in local radio](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611af32c6871a517575a7522/1662444288255-1M134WXT1HWJ1G7AUPJP/MVFM+Noelene+Hanson+Image.jpg)
Hansen’s hand in local radio
While she doesn’t present her own program, Noelene Hansen’s is one of the best known voices of Meander Valley Community Radio.
![Patsy Crawford scribbling away](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611af32c6871a517575a7522/1629337471718-MK64LOVPLD4JJW4Y2ILS/MVG+Patsy+Crawford.jpg)
Patsy Crawford scribbling away
When and if Covid in its many mutations is finally over and done with will we go back to the days when track pants were considered so far beyond the fashion pale hardly anyone ever wore them in public.
![Spring lunches sorted](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611af32c6871a517575a7522/58899f53-b9c5-481a-9082-cad3ee50193b/Quiche+Recipe+Image.jpg)
Spring lunches sorted
Wouldn’t you know it? Just as I write this month’s recipe I hear on the radio that there is a shortage of eggs and their price is set to rise.
![Banana breakfast treat](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611af32c6871a517575a7522/1659599710281-QQRLLOSX3I0WERZ0XCFV/Recipe_Banana+Bread+Photo.jpg)
Banana breakfast treat
With the price of fruits and vegetables sky rocketing, many of us are committed to using every skerrick of fresh produce that we buy.
![Nurse Harvey’s Hospital, Cordwainer House, West Barrack St.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611af32c6871a517575a7522/1659599700819-65OKGS944SA878O0GU2A/Harvey+Hospital+1940s.jpg)
Nurse Harvey’s Hospital, Cordwainer House, West Barrack St.
Graeme Davis’ local history book “In Pioneer’s Footsteps” indicates that the Harvey Sisters operated a maternity hospital in Cordwainer House, 33 West Barrack St, Deloraine.
![A musikophile on the loose in the Valley](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611af32c6871a517575a7522/1659599705036-2SH41BQ5GYBVDMG2IN1E/MVFM+Profile+Photo.jpg)
A musikophile on the loose in the Valley
So, how does a budding musikophile get started? Well, in the case of MVFM’s Paul Conn it was when his mother gave him the Beatles “Help” album in 1965.
![Lawn looking lunar this Winter?](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611af32c6871a517575a7522/1659599772416-TGXZYNQ9DHFC64PKU0FM/Gardening_Redheaded+cockchafer+grub.jpg)
Lawn looking lunar this Winter?
There are two main lawn pests in Tasmania. The first is the infamous corbie grub.
![No knead for fuss with wholesome bread recipe](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611af32c6871a517575a7522/1658301117055-T9M8AIHAOUI7HAV29PVU/Seeded+bread.jpg)
No knead for fuss with wholesome bread recipe
Many people are a little afraid of any recipe that uses yeast, but as long as you follow the recipe for this month’s No-Knead Overnight Bread there is really nothing to worry about.
![Radio committee hard at work](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611af32c6871a517575a7522/1658301104992-RT7EO7OSUPI4H0E9AGWN/MVFM+96.jpg)
Radio committee hard at work
Contrary to what might be assumed by a reader looking at the accompanying photograph, it is not mandatory for members of the Committee of Management of Meander Valley Community Radio to be bald, grey-bearded and male.