Posts Tagged ‘celtuce’

20 September 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman TWO REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL, PRICKING OUT WINTER SALADS, APPLE DAY PREPARATIONS, PASSENGERS

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

  20 September 2009 TWO REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL: We’re in the midst of an Indian Summer. Today has been absolutely gorgeous, yesterday it was too hot for working in the midday sun. And, On The Plot is out there! I think it’ll be a few days until the warehouse has catalogued and got it [...]

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4 August 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman BUG IN THE LAPTOP, A MUCKY MORNING IN THE EAST

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

4 August 2009 BUG IN THE LAPTOP I was up the end last night stripping leaves from a stem lettuce, or celtuce, when Mrs Nails hollered me back to the house. “What is it, babe?” said I on entering through the door. “Come here, now, I’ve got to show you,” she replied. The laptop was [...]

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20 July 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman WHAT TO SOW IN JULY

Monday, July 20th, 2009

20 July 2009 WHAT TO SOW IN JULY The thing with growing your own food is that by mid-July it can feel like the sowing season is over and that, if you haven’t got crops in the ground by now, then you’ve missed the boat. The good news is that aint necessarily so! There is [...]

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