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2018 Food & Drink Festival

The 2018 Elloughton-cum-Brough Food & Drink Festival promises a ton of tasty treats for local residents when it opens its doors for the second year running on Sunday 9th September. Samples of East Yorkshire’s finest produce will be on display at the Village Hall on Elloughton Road, Brough. Admission is free and from 10am to 3pm with local producers selling their fayre.

The event will include over a dozen stalls offering a diverse range of food and drink. There will be wine from a South Cave vineyard, locally distilled gin, the delights of Goan cuisine and freshly cooked stone-baked pizzas. Homemade jams will be on sale along along with a fabulous range of gourmet muffins.

The event is organised by the Petuaria Community Forum.

Confirmed attendees include…

More details will be announced as they are confirmed.

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Food Festival is declared a success

The first Food & Drink Festival organised by the Petuaria Community Forum was declared a success by members and stall holders following a busy day at Elloughton Village Hall. Doors opened at 10am and by midday a steady stream of visitors was perusing the diverse selection of locally-produced food and drink that was available to sample and purchase.

There were a dozen stalls at the event, ranging from freshly-made pizzas through to homemade cakes and jams, locally brewed beer, wine from grapes grown in nearby South Cave, festive hampers and savoury muffins.

Tony Galbraith, Chair of the Petuaria Community Forum was delighted with the turn out. “Our motto is ‘bringing people and Gourmet business together’ and that is just what happened,” he declared. “Four of the twelve exhibitor were from Elloughton- cum-Brough and most were based within five miles of the Village Hall.”

Stallholder Kevin Young of Marvellous Muffins said, “This was our most successful event so far!”

Marvellous Muffins at Petuaria Community Forum Food Festival
Andrea from Marvellous Muffins at the Elloughton-cum-Brough Food Festival.
Wines for Little Wold Vineyard, South Cave
Wine from locally-grown grapes from Little Wold Vineyard, South Cave.

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Local produce is on the menu at new food and drink festival

Local residents will have the opportunity to taste some of the East Yorkshire produce at the new Elloughton-cum-Brough Food & Drink Festival this Sunday 10th September at the Village Hall on Elloughton Road, Brough. Admission is free and from 10am to 3pm local producers will be selling their fayre.

The event will include over a dozen stalls offering a diverse range of food and drink. There will be craft-brewed cask ale on tap, wine from a South Cave vineyard, the delights of Goan cuisine and freshly cooked stone-baked pizzas. Fresh donuts will be on sale along with vegan and gluten-free bakery goods and a fabulous range of gourmet muffins. Award-winning pies, epicurean seafood and home-made jams will also be available and there will be a home-baking stall raising money for Parkinsons.

The event is the first of its kind in the town and is organised by the Petuaria Community Forum. Group Chairman Tony Galbraith said, “We hope to demonstrate that there is a wide range of locally sourced food and drink which is delicious, nutritious and competitively priced. It should be a great day!”

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There will also be a stall selling home-baked goods to raise money for a Parkinson’s charity. Elloughton-cum-Brough Scouts will be providing teas and coffees.

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Let’s trap the Chafers!

The Petuaria Community Forum held a public seminar in March to discuss the problem of chafer bug infestation that has been prevalent in the area over the last year or two. Many gardeners and groundskeepers have seen their lawns and grassed areas decimated by the grubs that hatch and burrow beneath the surface.

Forum Chairman, Tony Galbraith opened proceedings, reporting that his own garden had fallen victim. This was followed by a presentation from local experts David McDonald of Koppert Biological Systems and Richard Pull of East Riding Horticulture. The speakers advocate the use of nematodes as a natural, biological solution which kills the chafer grubs in the ground.

The pair also discussed using a specific type of insect trap to catch the adult chafer beetles prior to the egg-laying season. This can provide a good indication of the likely level of infestation based on the number of beetles caught in the trap. To some extent the traps can also provide a degree of prevention by removing a number of active adult bugs from circulation.

The traps should be deployed through April and May – so now is the ideal time for residents to place the traps in their garden. They are stocked locally at Ellerker Lodge Garden Centre.

Nematodes are also available for pre-order so that treatment can begin later in the year.

Information about the chafer traps and commercial nematode pest control can be downloaded here…

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How To Deal With Chafer Bugs

The Petuaria Community Forum presents a free and informal seminar on How To Deal With Chafer Bugs. The event is aimed at professional and amateur gardeners and grounds keepers with expert speakers from East Riding Horticulture and Koppert Biological Systems.

The event takes place on Wednesday 1st March 2017 from 4.00pm at Blackburn Leisure Club on Prescott Avenue, Skillings Lane, Brough.

Experts’ presentations will run from 4.00pm until 5.30pm followed by an hour of questions and discussion to 6.30pm.

Admission is free and refreshments will be available at the bar.

In the past year local gardeners have seen severe infestations of chafer bugs, resulting in the devastation of lawns, gardens and other grassed areas. This event will offer practical tips and advice on how to deal with these notoriously difficult to control pests.

Photograph © Fzurell at the German language Wikipedia