A Photographic Montage from Somerset, 2006
Somerset, October 2006
Other News and Events
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Gillingham, October 2009
Spooky goings-on at Orchard Park! Celebrating “Punkie Night”, this year’s mangold-growing and hurling event was held on Halloween, reviving the Somerset tradition.
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Somerset, April 2009
Sowing Time at the Association’s Mangold Patch. These pictures show Mangold Hurling Association committee members sowing this year’s mangold seeds.
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Gillingham, October 2008
Despite adverse growing conditions this year, an encouraging number of entries were received for the mangold-growing contest.
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Hurling in Ohio
Transatlantic Mangold Hurling! News of a mangold hurling competition in Cleveland, Ohio. Mangold hurling has enjoyed an enormous resurgence of interest in recent years.
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Somerset, October 2007
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run.
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Somerset, June 2007
Raised in captivity, these young mangold plants are now ready to leave their pots to join their counterparts in the mangold patch. Everything you need for transplanting, thinning and weeding your mangolds can be accommodated in the boot of a conventional motor car.