28 August 2009 PESTS & DISEASES Consistency of action is vital to gardening success, even at this late stage of the season. I’ve had distractions elsewhere for a day or two but this morning passed a caretaker’s eye over purple sprouting broccoli which I’ve been nurturing with the ‘hungry gap’ next March to early May [...]
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28 August 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman PESTS & DIEASES
Friday, August 28th, 200923 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 »22 June 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman GARDEN MOTHS COUNTDOWN
Monday, June 22nd, 200922 June 2009 GARDEN MOTHS COUNTDOWN Marion from Gillingham & Shaftesbury U3A came over this evening and set up a moth trap in the back garden. Don’t panic! It’s a harmless illuminated box which attracts night flying moths and retains them hidden amongst empty egg boxes. We then come along in the morning when most [...]
Read More »18 June 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman THUNDERWORM, THINNING PLUMS
Thursday, June 18th, 200918 June 2009 THUNDERWORMS There used to be an advert on the telly for an anti-aging product where one grey hair was highlighted on a woman’s head. While the rest of her bonnet sat beautifully, the one offending strand stuck out, waved about, and generally behaved unusually. I saw something similar first thing this morning [...]
Read More »9 June 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman OAK AT CHERRY ORCHARD, LOOKING UP AFTER FEEDING THE BADGERS
Tuesday, June 9th, 20099 June 2009 OAK AT CHERRY ORCHARD Down at Cherry Orchard, just off the triangle by the turning for Coles, stands an old oak. It is said, by whoever it is that says these things, that when left to its own devices an oak grows for 300 years, rests another 300, then after a further [...]
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