Out the back, only elder and the lowest whiskers of lime hold on to any semblance of foliage. The rest, blown inside-out by recent winds, are skeletal-naked. Hilltop trees Mexican Wave their outer branches in an elastic ripple. A stones’ throw from my back-against-a-wall vantage in the veg garden, I can see whole elephantine lime limbs [...]
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19 November 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman WINDY DAYBREAK
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Friday, July 31st, 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 [...]
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Friday, May 8th, 20097 May 2009 EDUCATING MY NEPHEW I spent three hours on the plot this morning with my soon-to-be eleven year old nephew. We did some of the important jobs of the day. When he arrived at 8am, in need of supervision because his mum had an appointment out of town, I immediately sent him up [...]
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