Category Archives: On The Show

Everything’s coming up roses…

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outdoor_plants_wide1The Girls Around Town will be taking a look at all things garden-related on this Saturday’s show, in the company of their guests Paul Taylor and Anna Joyce.

First up from just after 11am, Paul from Reg Taylor’s Garden Centre in Southwell will be sharing his hints and tips for getting the best out of your garden in the summer months ahead.

Find out what to plant when and how to keep your displays looking their beautiful best – which in June‘s case probably means staying on top of the weeding!

flower pod bouquetThen Anna will be joining the girls from 12 noon, to talk about progress over at The Flower Pod which is also in Southwell.

Part of the charity Reach, that supports over 150 adults with learning disabilities in Nottinghamshire, they’re celebrating a major award won recently in a national competition run by The English Garden Magazine. Anna will be talking about the exciting new project the award will be helping to fund and explaining how listeners can help support the charity by buying some of their home-grown blooms.

Tune in to 107.8FM or listen online from 10am to 1pm on Saturday as June, Tina and Sue get the low-down on all things floral…

 

The winner bakes it all

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big newark bake offThis week’s Girls Around Town comes live from the Nottinghamshire County Show, where Radio Newark will be spending Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 May in its motorhome studio on Newark Showground.

June, Tina and Sue will be joined from 11am by Cassandra Jameson (aka The Flour Fairy) to talk about one of their very favourite subjects – cakes!!

With fond memories of judging the Chocolate Cake category of The Big Newark Bake Off in 2014, they’re already licking their lips at the prospect of finding out what’s in store for this year’s competition, which takes place in The Buttermarket on Saturday 20 June.

totally locally newarkAnd because the girls love shopping, especially in and around Newark, who better to join them for the third hour of the show than Rebecca White from Totally Locally Newark?

She’ll be popping across to the motorhome to talk about how the group is encouraging shoppers to support Newark’s independent retailers, both in the town and on its stand at the County Show.

Rumour has it there’ll be some fantastic goodies on offer in a prize draw on the stand, so you can be sure the girls will be heading over there as soon as they’re off air!

Tune in to 107.8FM from 10am to 1pm, listen online or why not drop by the motorhome (stand number H2, not far from the Lady Eastwood Pavilion) while you’re at the show and say ‘hi’ to the Girls Around Town?

How to make your own beautiful beeswax balm

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beeswax balmEarlier today, Alison Knox arrived at the Radio Newark studio bearing goodies for the Girls Around Town to sample – tiny pots of her own lovely honey and even tinier pots of her equally lovely beeswax balm.

She promised to share the recipe for the balm so, for those of you who’d like to impress your nearest and dearest with your skills by making a delicious, chocolatey-tasting beeswax product that has many skincare uses, here it is…

Due to the strict legislation around the selling of natural skincare products, she’s sharing this in the spirit of gift making or for your own personal use!

Use only pure beeswax that you can be sure contains no nasties – if you have your own bees, their wax is ideal of course or you can buy from a reputable source.

And use only pure, preferably organic, edible quality oils and the best quality cacao butter you can find.

Beeswax Balm or Salve

  • Servings: 10 x 15ml pots
  • Difficulty: easy
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Equipment you will need

  • A small Pyrex measuring jug
  • A traditional plastic ice cube tray
  • A bain marie or pan of hot water into which you can place the jug
  • A metal stirrer such as a skewer
  • Weighing scales
  • Suitable clean pots to put your balm in (try these)
  • A clean surface to work on

Ingredients

  • 25g of beeswax
  • 25g of hard cacao butter
  • 25g of hard oil, such as coconut
  • 2 x 25mls of any edible oils, such as olive, apricot kernel, avocado, almond, rapeseed, macadamia or coconut

Directions

  1. When you render your wax down to make salves, it may be helpful to pour it directly into a lightly oiled ice cube tray. This will give you neat individual blocks of approxinately 12.5g and save you hacking lumps off a big piece which can be very difficult and dangerous.
  2. Boil some water in a small pan or bain marie. It will need to cover about ¼ of the way up your jug and not splash water into your mix.
  3. Weigh 25g of beeswax and put it into the jug immersed in boiling water. Stir until melted.
  4. Add 25g of hard cacao butter and allow to melt completely into the wax.
  5. Add 25g of hard oil such as coconut and melt completely into the wax.
  6. Add 2 x 25mls of any edible oils of your choice and mix well (these may go cloudy when you add them to the hot oil but just keep stirring until clear). You can experiment with whatever oils you prefer to use but using at least one hard oil gives a better set to the mix.
  7. The final level on your Pyrex jug should read 150mls.
  8. Pour immediately and carefully into the pots, taking care not to splash yourself with the hot oils. Leave to cool and set and then pop the lids on. You don’t want condensation in your pots.

The salves/balms can be used for lips, nails, cracked heels, rough elbows… anything that is chafed and needs a little TLC.