Posts Tagged ‘parsley’

6 August 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman A CLOSE ENCOUNTER IN THE SHED WITH FRED

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

6 August 2009 A CLOSE ENCOUNTER IN THE SHED WITH FRED I opened up the shed this morning to sort out bits for my day ahead. In the side room, formerly an aviary full of finches and other cage birds but gutted by me some years ago and converted into a vegetable store, a peacock [...]

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20 July 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman WHAT TO SOW IN JULY

Monday, July 20th, 2009

20 July 2009 WHAT TO SOW IN JULY The thing with growing your own food is that by mid-July it can feel like the sowing season is over and that, if you haven’t got crops in the ground by now, then you’ve missed the boat. The good news is that aint necessarily so! There is [...]

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24 March 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman MRS NAILS’ CORIANDER CONUNDRUM

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

24 March 2009 MRS NAILS’ CORIANDER CONUNDRUM I have some coriander of the Confetti variety (Thompson & Morgan) which I sowed in trays on September 10th last year and grew on in pots over winter. They provided a few pickings but it was pretty sparse to be honest, mostly a feathery sprig or two every [...]

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21 February 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman PLANTING OUT PEAS & BROADS

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

21 February 2009 PLANTING OUT PEAS & BROADS It's five to five in the early evening. I'm sitting on a bench amongst a small collection of fruit and nut trees which grow at the back of my plot. The setting sun is still visible infront as a blinding sphere of silver light when I look [...]

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