BALMORAL AMAZED
4/22/2012 It would appear that the Balmoral Show is going to up sticks from the Kings Hall in Belfast and move to a new 65 acre site at the site of the old Maze prison near Lisburn.
GLUT RUT
4/22/2012 According to industry sources there has been a glut of mushrooms of late, a lot earlier in the year than would be expected normally.
POST & PACKING
4/22/2012 Due to the increase in both postal and packaging costs, The Mushroom People is in the process of re-honing its mailing list.
NORTH / SOUTH DIVIDE?
4/22/2012 Stalker was chatting to a grower from the deep south, so to speak, at the start of the month.
EXPANSION
4/22/2012 One of Stalker’s foreign operatives has hinted at some expansionist plans on the continent.
TRAD POLE FAIR
4/22/2012 The traditional Polish Mushroom Festival in Wielichowo is set to take place on the 26th-27th of May this year
APRIL SHOWERS
4/22/2012 The April showers of weather lore certainly did materialise this April.
MALTESER MALAISE
4/22/2012 Stalker’s eye was caught by the item about locals in Malta being up in arms about the odours emanating from the compost yard there.
SYRIA SHROOMS
4/22/2012 Amid the turmoil in Syria Stalker was interested by a request received at The Mushroom People seeking information on mushroom shelving and mushroom harvesting machines.
PLACE NAMES
4/22/2012 Stalker is always keen to see the new ways that mushrooms are entering the foodie world.
MEDICAL & SCIENTIFIC
4/22/2012 Stalker notes that the 7th International Medicinal Mushroom Conference set for 7-10 July 2013 in Nantong, China, have issued their first circular.
NEW CHINA PLATE
4/22/2012
There was a high level visitor from China over in Northern Ireland during April, Madame Liu Yandong
OLD CHINA PLATE
4/22/2012
Southern politicians, including An Taoiseach, were over in the People's Republic of China during the month of April also.
PETROL PRICES
4/22/2012 Stalker was chatting to a veteran of the industry recently who was bemoaning the price of filling the old motor.
SUN DONE GONE
4/22/2012 Temperatures rose to above 20 degrees in some parts of the country at the end of March, mainly in the north-west.
