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, 20096 October 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman FIELD BEANS FOR GREEN MANURE
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009Field beans are my green manure of choice once autumn comes and today I took a lunchtime break to get some in the ground. Field beans are the poor relations of our edible broads. Seeds are smaller, though still chunky, brown, and feel like magic in the hand. I concentrated my efforts on open soil [...]
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Saturday, March 7th, 20097 March 2009 DIRT CHEAP GREEN MANURES Mrs Nails and I took a trip to Cardiff today to visit my step-daughter. She’s in her final year at University there and doing really well – a fine young woman. After eating out at an amazing falafel bar not far from her place in Roath we popped [...]
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