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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21 December 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman THE IRON GRIP OF WINTER
Monday, December 21st, 20091 June 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman USEFUL WEEDS
Monday, June 1st, 20091 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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