BATTLE COMMENCES Pigeons have made a start on my brassicas. On this steely morning, with the promice of snow in the air, they sit a-plump and ever watchful in the lime above the veg patch. They, I’m sure, are eye-balling me and my spring cabbages in a line below. The hearts have been almost pecked out [...]
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16 December 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman BATTLE COMMENCES
Wednesday, December 16th, 20094 September 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman SOYA BEAN NEWS, STUFFED MARROW
Friday, September 4th, 20094 September 2009 SOYA BEAN NEWS When I planted soya bean seeds as directed on the packet back on 7 April it commenced trials of an unusual crop I’d not grown before. What stuck in my mind then, and is happening now, was the information that beans should be left on the plant and will [...]
Read More »28 August 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman PESTS & DIEASES
Friday, August 28th, 200928 August 2009 PESTS & DISEASES Consistency of action is vital to gardening success, even at this late stage of the season. I’ve had distractions elsewhere for a day or two but this morning passed a caretaker’s eye over purple sprouting broccoli which I’ve been nurturing with the ‘hungry gap’ next March to early May [...]
Read More »21 July 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman SOYA BEAN DEVELOPMENTS, LOVELY FARM SMELLS
Tuesday, July 21st, 200921 July 2009 SOYA BEAN DEVELOPMENTS I’ve never taken an umbrella out into the garden with my wake up cup of tea before, but I did this morning. More rain! There have been complaints about the recent weather from various quarters, including gardener friends, but not from I. Sure, I am harbouring concerns about a [...]
Read More »4 July 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman FINDING A TOAD IN A PILE OF OLD BROCCOLI
Saturday, July 4th, 20094 July 2009 FINDING A TOAD IN A PILE OF OLD BROCCOLI The first big burn up of this season. Woody broccoli stems laid waste to ash. Doing other jobs but keep returning. Feeding, tending. Revive the smoking bit to crackling life. Discovered caterpillar tents and tenants in the nettle bed. Tipped the wink and [...]
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