Posts Tagged ‘dahlia’

21 December 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman THE IRON GRIP OF WINTER

Monday, December 21st, 2009

THE IRON GRIP OF WINTER Ground is like iron out on the plot. We’ll not be lifting roots for a while yet, save pot-grown carrots which are in the greenhouse to keep off the worst of the frost. I walked down the allotment field to the tinker-chime of feeding goldfinches in charming flocks. They love [...]

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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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