WINTERY ONCE AGAIN A well-seasoned knuckle of ash yielded and split, eventually, to the force of a broken axe-head wedge sledge-hammered through it against the grain. Beneath a dark sky of blanket cloud and day-long fall of tumbling, wind-blown flakes which have at times threatened something but delivered nothing much. With frozen feet and finger-numbing [...]
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8 February 2010 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman WINTERY ONCE AGAIN
Monday, February 8th, 201023 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 »22 January 2010 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman BEDFORDSHIRE CHAMPION
Friday, January 22nd, 2010BEDFORDSHIRE CHAMPION A filthy morning weather-wise. Heavy rain and wet wet wet. I was at the computer for most of it. However, managed to get into the greenhouse just before lunchtime to try something a bit new and different – sowing onions from seed. Fellow gardeners I’ve talked to reckon that done this way makes [...]
Read More »14 January 2010 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman THE WORLD OF…SURVIVAL
Thursday, January 14th, 2010THE WORLD OF…SURVIVAL An abiding childhood memory is of watching those Anglia TV-produced wildlife documentaries that started with dramatic music and then captivated their audience with the voice-over and title: “The World Of Survival.” I’ve got it in my head that the species featured usually lived in Canada or The States and these half-hour thrills [...]
Read More »12 December 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN BERKHAMSTED
Saturday, December 12th, 2009SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN BERKHAMSTED “Apples and pears! Nectar-eens!” This is the cry I remember from the street market at Berkhamsted in the mid 1990′s, heard whilst doing fund-raising stalls for the anti-hunting campaign. It was cold then in winter, too. We’d shuffle from one foot to another and stand on flattened cardboard boxes to keep our feet [...]
Read More »5 November 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman WHITE ROT IN STORE
Thursday, November 5th, 2009It’s a sorry sight in my veg store at this time all right. A carrier bag bulges full of onions and shallots which have failed to stay the course in the larder. I think it’s the white rot that’s done for them. I did loose a good quarter of the crop at harvest time [...]
Read More »26 October 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman NOT QUITE HOT ENOUGH
Monday, October 26th, 2009It was incredibly warm today in Shaftesbury. Tee-shirt weather at the end of October. I had to open extra vents in the greenhouse. Gave a drink of water to revive wilting salads in pots. Also took the hoe to a smattering of weeds that peppered bare soil between Brussels sprouts and recently planted winter onions [...]
Read More »8 October 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman SPINNING
Friday, October 9th, 2009Feels like I’m going stir-crazy even though I’ve been out and about, chasing my tail and racing around like a mad-man. At last! Step out the back door, turn the key in the lock and walk up into the garden. I hear long-tailed tits in a flock before I see them. The sun is out. [...]
Read More »4 October 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman MRS NAILS’ LENTIL CARROT & CORIANDER LOAF
Sunday, October 4th, 2009I thought it’d be nice to have a recipe for a change. We tried this invented dish yesterday as the ‘meat’ in our meat-free meal and were amazed how bloomin’ lovely it was. It’s very easy too, so why not rustle up a portion and see how it tickles your fancy? Ingredients 2 onions 2 [...]
Read More »20 September 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman TWO REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL, PRICKING OUT WINTER SALADS, APPLE DAY PREPARATIONS, PASSENGERS
Sunday, September 20th, 200920 September 2009 TWO REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL: We’re in the midst of an Indian Summer. Today has been absolutely gorgeous, yesterday it was too hot for working in the midday sun. And, On The Plot is out there! I think it’ll be a few days until the warehouse has catalogued and got it [...]
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