GARDENING FOR THE LESS WELL ABLE-BODIED www.thrive.org.uk We gardeners all know that our hobby is good for us. A quality half-hour here and stolen moments there, amongst growing plants and their associated wildlife, is just the ticket after a long day out at work or in the office. It calms us down, mellows us out, [...]
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DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman GARDENING FOR THE LESS WELL ABLE-BODIED
Sunday, May 2nd, 201012 February 2010 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman HURRYING SLOWLY, SCHOOL LANE GILLINGHAM, JUST THINKING, THE PRACTICE OF GARDENING
Friday, February 12th, 2010HURRYING SLOWLY Whilst nursing a cup of tea first thing, to wake up… …eight pigeons clapper-board in powerful flight, veering right to left. Blackbirds steer low and straight, either directly in line with my seat, head-on or, with an audible whoosh, coming in to sight from behind my head. A pair of blue tits check [...]
Read More »4 February 2010 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman MY SPECIAL SELECTION
Thursday, February 4th, 2010MY SPECIAL SELECTION Many thanks to DJ Robyn Bryan who invited me to be her guest on Odstock (Salisbury) Hospital Radio. We enjoyed was a fun hour talking about gardening and playing my choice of songs. Here, in no particular order, is My Special Selection, and why: I Can See Clearly Now – Jimmy Cliff; Just a wonderfully uplifting [...]
Read More »1 February 2010 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman PINCH PUNCH
Monday, February 1st, 2010PINCH PUNCH I didn’t have my bino’s with me but could still see a greenfinch, plumply sitting on a thin wisp of branch from a silver birch which stands elegantly above the conifers and shrubs in an ornamental allotment plot we have here in St James called ’Dorothy’s Garden’. Greenfinch provided a pleasant and appropriate musical accompliment to the [...]
Read More »30 January 2010 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman IN THE NICEST POSSIBLE WAY
Saturday, January 30th, 2010IN THE NICEST POSSIBLE WAY In the nicest possible way, Mrs Nails came down the bottom at just gone four to prize me away from the jobs in hand, and bring to a very satisfying end a good two hours on the plot. One of the finest afternoon’s, sunny weather, time and place-wise, in a many [...]
Read More »24 January 2010 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman SUPERMARKET SWEEP
Sunday, January 24th, 2010SUPERMARKET SWEEP When I saw a tin of organic tinned tomatoes in Somerfield priced at £1.49, but two of the same on sale in (dread word) Tesco for £1 I had a difficult decision to make. Having been a refuser since the store opened in 2004 (or was it 2005?), suddenly I became a customer. It [...]
Read More »23 January 2010 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman ROAST
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010ROAST What’s nice about tonights roast dinner with Sue and Tony is that all the veg remains home-grown. Despite concerns back in the harvest period about the long-term storage viabilty of certain crops, they’ve all lasted really well. Sure, much has been lost along the way, but I’ve been meticulous and consistent in my weekly examinations and this attention [...]
Read More »12 January 2010 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman TUESDAY MORNING: THOUGHTS OVER TOAST & TEA
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010TUESDAY MORNING: THOUGHTS OVER TOAST & TEA My hands are the cleanest they’ve been for years. Credit the abrasive action of tiny snow crystals, continual washing-up with soap and cleaning. Plus (aside from a brief flirtation with soft middle-of-a-molehill clay) there has been no mud to play with for weeks on account of it being [...]
Read More »1 January 2010 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman STARTING AS WE MEAN TO GO ON
Friday, January 1st, 2010STARTING AS WE MEAN TO GO ON Wow! The most amazing morning in terms of pure blue sky and not a breath of wind. An irresistable lure into the outdoors at nigh-on eleven o’clock. I dragged myself from the sack, filled kettle and flicked it on. “You want it up there or outside, Babe? ” I [...]
Read More »29 December 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman I’D RATHER NOT BE ON THE PLOT
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009I’D RATHER NOT BE ON THE PLOT The weather was so grotty, foul and bitter cold wet this morning as we set off at 10am to see my side of the family near Oxford that I turned to Mrs Nails and commented, “I don’t think I’d rather be on the plot today.” She chuckled . “That’s very [...]
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