Posts Tagged ‘comfrey’

4 July 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman FINDING A TOAD IN A PILE OF OLD BROCCOLI

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

4 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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22 May 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman POND DIPPING, “PSB LAST”

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

22 May 2009 POND DIPPING I spent a couple of hours this morning back at Stalbridge Primary School. Initially I had a meeting with the chairperson of the PTA who was responsible for co-ordinating the outdoor classroom / nature study area at the bottom of their school field which we opened on Monday. I’m planning [...]

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14 May 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman HOUSE MARTINS ARE BACK!, WALKING OUT ON PARK WALK

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

14 May 2009 HOUSE MARTINS ARE BACK! I witnessed quite a duel above the allotments this morning. Being down there for an hour getting seasonal tasks done, I glanced up from cutting comfrey at a commotion in the sky. A buzzard, thick-set and rounded like an overblown moth, flapped and spiralled in tandem with an [...]

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