ROADKILL Randy dog foxes are on the move. The lust inside males of this species seems to be as strong as that which grips two-legged mammals. In these long dark months before the spring he’s out and about, hot-footing it through the landscape in search of a mate. I saw three stark signs of sex in [...]
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27January 2010 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman ROADKILL
Wednesday, January 27th, 201026 December 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman NOT BEING DISTURBED
Saturday, December 26th, 2009NOT BEING DISTURBED Temperature dropped at 2.15pm. It happened at the moment a brief but squally shower arrived. I cut a few more logs, then left Mrs Nails tidying up the flower garden to walk round Breech and fetch my van. An extended family was waiting with good humour for ‘dad’ (who apparently is always late) [...]
Read More »9 September 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman SWEETCORN IN THE AUTUMN
Wednesday, September 9th, 20099 September 2009 SWEETCORN IN THE AUTUMN Hundreds of crows passed over the A30 as a flock just west of Barford at 19.28. I was driving back to Shaftesbury in the van with my lights on as an orangey sun went down from a clear sky. Half an hour later it was dusk. There was [...]
Read More »19 August 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman ON FEEDING THE BADGERS AT 9.20PM
Wednesday, August 19th, 200919 August 2009 ON FEEDING THE BADGERS AT 9.20PM The lime is like a huge, billowing freeze-frame of heavy smoke. Linear clouds are at forty-five degrees either side, like thin and wispy angels wings. Stars are coming out one-by-one in a mostly clear sky.
Read More »18 July 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman CHECKING UP ON PROGRESS
Saturday, July 18th, 200918 July 2009 CHECKING UP ON PROGRESS The diggers lie silent but foundations are in. Saturday, early evening, spinning out to get a paper. Thinking, “Why not go to Four Square and take a look on the way? This is my landscape too. I want to see how it’s changing.” Fencing escorts me away where [...]
Read More »9 June 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman OAK AT CHERRY ORCHARD, LOOKING UP AFTER FEEDING THE BADGERS
Tuesday, June 9th, 20099 June 2009 OAK AT CHERRY ORCHARD Down at Cherry Orchard, just off the triangle by the turning for Coles, stands an old oak. It is said, by whoever it is that says these things, that when left to its own devices an oak grows for 300 years, rests another 300, then after a further [...]
Read More »7 June 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman A ROBIN ON STONEY PATH, PINCHING PEAS, ONIONS ARE IN
Sunday, June 7th, 20097 June 2009 A ROBIN ON STONEY PATH A robin escorted me part way down Stoney Path this morning. Amid dappled shade and music of blackbirds, the friendly little feathered fellow got up as if from nowhere almost underneath my feet. It flitted on to railings and only moved when I got close within a [...]
Read More »6 June 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman DEALING WITH FORAGING BADGERS
Saturday, June 6th, 20096 June 2009 DEALING WITH FORAGING BADGERS A lot of people are reporting trouble with badgers in their gardens right now. Some are losing spuds for the first time to Billy, others are having their lawns trashed. I was walking back up White Hart between the allotments and home this afternoon when a stranger asked [...]
Read More »11 May 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman ON SEEING A HOBBY BY THE FLYOVER
Monday, May 11th, 200911 May 2009 ON SEEING A HOBBY BY THE FLYOVER I wrote the following almost to the day in 2005, whilst still working as a Groundsman for Shaftesbury Town Council. It’s worth noting that since my Unfair Dismissal the grass is no longer cut so cleanly or regularly. Even this last weekend I had someone [...]
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