Posts Tagged ‘blackfly’

5 July 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman MANAGING POPPIES IN THE VEG

Sunday, July 5th, 2009

5 July 2009 MANAGING POPPIES IN THE VEG On the plot I manage the field poppies which self seed freely and try to grow in amongst my veg. Many fall victim to the hoe, of coarse, but here and there I spare them and where that happens they prosper. We all benefit in the long [...]

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DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman 29 June 2009 WRITING AN INDEX FOR ‘ON THE PLOT’

Monday, June 29th, 2009

29 June 2009 WRITING AN INDEX FOR ‘ON THE PLOT’ The ‘proofs’ for On The Plot arrived on Friday and I got a proper look at them today. What happens is that these papers are the book laid out as it will be when colour printed and bound for sale in the shops, except they’re [...]

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1 June 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman USEFUL WEEDS

Monday, June 1st, 2009

1 June 2009 USEFUL WEEDS A weed is just a plant growing in the wrong place. Thus, the volunteer potatoes which punctuate my onion bed and irritate the view are weeds this year when last they were a crop. They have to go. Pulling is as good a method as any, so as not to [...]

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