HURRYING SLOWLY Whilst nursing a cup of tea first thing, to wake up… …eight pigeons clapper-board in powerful flight, veering right to left. Blackbirds steer low and straight, either directly in line with my seat, head-on or, with an audible whoosh, coming in to sight from behind my head. A pair of blue tits check [...]
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12 February 2010 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman HURRYING SLOWLY, SCHOOL LANE GILLINGHAM, JUST THINKING, THE PRACTICE OF GARDENING
Friday, February 12th, 201014 January 2010 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman THE WORLD OF…SURVIVAL
Thursday, January 14th, 2010THE WORLD OF…SURVIVAL An abiding childhood memory is of watching those Anglia TV-produced wildlife documentaries that started with dramatic music and then captivated their audience with the voice-over and title: “The World Of Survival.” I’ve got it in my head that the species featured usually lived in Canada or The States and these half-hour thrills [...]
Read More »15 November 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman AN APPLE TREE ON THE CORNER OF MARKET STREET BRACKNELL
Sunday, November 15th, 2009On a grassy verge at Market Street there stands an stands an old apple tree on the wonk. By a zebra crossing, beneath a red-bricked box-like factory with blinded windows and opposite, across the road, advertising billboards for computer games. The trunk must be at least nine inches across at the fork which forms a [...]
Read More »27June 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman WASPS IN THE BIRD BOX, WASPS IN ST JAMES
Saturday, June 27th, 200927 June 2009 WASPS IN THE BIRD BOX One of the bird boxes in my mum and dad’s garden, in the Vale of White Horse five miles south of Oxford, is home to a nest of wasps. I noticed it this afternoon on a visit while looking round the borders and beds. It’s on the [...]
Read More »24 May 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman ‘BUZZBY’ THE BLUE TIT, SWARM IN THE COMPOST, HOUSE MARTIN NEWS
Sunday, May 24th, 200924 May 2009 ‘BUZZBY’ THE BLUE TIT More amazing things have happened today… The blue tits that nested just over the wall in the apple tree fork amongst swings, ladders, buckets on strings and children’s dens, fledged. We had a tense and involved evening of fledgling watching yesterday. The still slightly fluffy youngster couldn’t yet [...]
Read More »10 May 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman BREEDING SEASON
Sunday, May 10th, 200910 May 2009 BREEDING SEASON Got up late. It’s been a hectic week and last night, out visiting, I was dropping off whilst trying to hold a conversation in company. Fortunately it was with my folks so when mum said, ”Just close your eyes and listen, boy,” with relief I did (and was quite disorientated [...]
Read More »28 April 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman MISTLETOE EXCITEMENT
Tuesday, April 28th, 200928 April 2009 MISTLETOE EXCITEMENT Amazing things are happening on two of my apples and a pear – mistletoe is germinating. I read somewhere that seeds are most viable when the berries ripen in November and are out for Solstice translucent white. So I held our festive sprig back in reserve and waited. Sometime in [...]
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