OLD LOGS Old logs are like old friends at the bottom of the woodpile. I’ve a few girt solid lumps mingled with planks, cords and various rubbish low down in amongst the rot and sawdust. One piece of ash is a junction of pollard shoots which was once allowed to become branches. It’s a chainsaw [...]
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11 February 2010 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman OLD LOGS
Thursday, February 11th, 20109 January 2010 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman THE AWKWARD CUSTOMER
Saturday, January 9th, 2010THE AWKWARD CUSTOMER Jackdaws in the lime were particularly noisy at 9.20am when I stepped up into the garden to saw some logs. I caught the end of a skirmish with a buzzard. The big bird of prey opened its considerable wings and lifted with a retreating upwards sweep. The undersides of its body were [...]
Read More »22 December 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman HOLLY TREE ON BREECH COMMON
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009HOLLY TREE ON BREECH COMMON Pulled up on the frozen verge where Breech Lane turns into a tunnel before coming out on the top of Foyle Hill. Opposite a footpath sign there’s a tall holly tree which stands handsomely in dark and pale waxy green. This is where I get our festive decorations from, with the [...]
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