10 September 2009 POTATO HUSBANDRY ON A STUNNING AFTERNOON At first light it was chilly. I went for a constitutional and had to walk briskly until I got warm. By breakfast time the sun was out but in the shade it was still nippy. Now, at ten to three o’clock it’s a stunning afternoon. Breezy, [...]
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10 September 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman POTATO HUSBANDRY ON A STUNNING AFTERNOON
Thursday, September 10th, 200916 July 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman GREAT TIT ON HOGWEED
Thursday, July 16th, 200916 July 2009 GREAT TIT ON HOGWEED It’s when you take time to just watch the world around you that you see the most, experience the thrill of wild creatures coming towards you rather than hurrying away in fright. Like just now… I was quietly crouched on the bottom path, slowly working along the bottom [...]
Read More »23 June 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman TENDING LEEKS, GARDEN MOTHS COUNT
Tuesday, June 23rd, 200923 June 2009 TENDING LEEKS Someone had a fire this afternoon. I caught it in my nostrils, between the long grass and nettles, just inside the gate. They were three-strong, putting up bean poles and chatting when I went down the central path to tend my leeks. I puddled five rows I’d dibbed in on [...]
Read More »1 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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