PARSNIPS Having waited for some decent, warmer, growing weather, it seems counter intuitive to be already thinking of next winter. But growing your own food year-round is only realistic if you plan some months in advance. This week I’ve been doing just that, specifically with my parsnips. These cream-coloured, taper-rooted cold season essentials reach their peak after [...]
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DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman PARSNIPS
Sunday, May 2nd, 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 »8 January 2010 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman THOUGHTS & OBSERVATIONS, SNOWBALLS
Friday, January 8th, 2010THOUGHTS & OBSERVATIONS – A man eyeing up cakes in the supermarket. Thinking of getting one to have as a treat on the way home. Sharing hello’s and a chuckle. ”No one will know unless you fall over and leave one half sticking out your gob!” – Buying pearl barley for the first time in Donkey’s [...]
Read More »6 January 2010 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman QUALITY TIME
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010QUALITY TIME At last! The coldest winter since 1981 brings meaninful snow to Shaftesbury. It came overnight, a thick blanket of icy-white crystals which fell silently as we slept. For a brief period, until the filth of everyday living pollutes the pristine landscape, it will be glorious to take a stroll out there, scrunching to [...]
Read More »26 November 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman COLD HANDS
Thursday, November 26th, 2009COLD HANDS The bucket is full of roots. Of radish, celeriac, turnip, parsnip, swede, beetfruit*. All lifted within the last half-hour. Leaves twisted off ’cept the celeraic, which we save as flavoursome additions to soups and stews. Rubbed clean by hand in icy water, their array of colours revealed from beneath the dirt. All aromatic [...]
Read More »4 April 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman AVOIDING PARSNIP CANKER
Saturday, April 4th, 20094 April 2009 AVOIDING PARSNIP CANKER Fellow allotmenteers Heather and Julian have both told me an interesting tip for avoiding parsnip canker. She says sow seeds in May, he says do it in April. Personally, I’ve always got my parsnips in the ground earlier than that. But as a fair proportion suffer from unattractive brown [...]
Read More »17 March 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman REIGNING IN THE RASPBERRIES
Tuesday, March 17th, 200917 March 2009 REIGNING IN THE RASPBERRIES A brisk wind combined with bright sunshine made for classic spring weather down on the plot early this morning. I was in amongst my raspberries again. During a few sessions since before the weekend the five feet of soil between each row has been deeply forked, invasive raspberry [...]
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