7 September 2009 FILDERKRAUT CABBAGE Most years I mainly grow cabbages to harvest in June/July: the Hispi F1 and Greyhound varieties. Seeds get sown successionally late winter/early spring (some mid-January this time around) and tight, flame shaped hearts are on the menu before cabbage white butterflies are on the wing. These insects are infuriating and [...]
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7 September 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman FILDERKRAUT CABBAGE
Monday, September 7th, 200930 August 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman SUNDAY MORNING AT THE END OF AUGUST, THREE LADS ON BIKES IN MISTY SHASTON, SOUNDS OUTSIDE THE BACK PASSAGE
Sunday, August 30th, 200930 August 2009 SUNDAY MORNING AT THE END OF AUGUST (Yesterday afternoon and) This morning the plots were full of allotment folk bending backs, hoeing, cutting, shifting piles of this and that. As a feather-soft drift of misty rain came in westerly before lunchtime, with quiet focus so we worked. Much to do, not a [...]
Read More »17 July 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman SUNFLOWER IN BUD
Friday, July 17th, 200917 July 2009 SUNFLOWER IN BUD My sunflowers are full of promise this year. I have eight in the garden, of the Giant Single variety, which I’ve nurtured from seeds sown on 29 March. The tallest of these is 276cm. This is something of a surprise as it’s closest of all to an incinerator and [...]
Read More »12 July 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman SIMPLE PLEASURE, SPUD LATEST, “JUST GOING DOWN THE BOTTOM”, P&D UPDATE
Sunday, July 12th, 200912 July 2009 SIMPLE PLEASURE Just had lunch. The radio is on, just pipped 2pm. Cup of tea is a promise after dishes have been done. We had a delicious, filling meal, Mrs Nails and I. “Call it Easy Onions, Cabbage and Potater with Salt & Pepper,” I say. My wife reaches out to take [...]
Read More »10 July 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman EBB & FLOW, CHOMPING THROUGH THE ONIONS
Friday, July 10th, 200910 July 2009 EBB & FLOW Gaps are opening on the plot. Where a month ago every spare inch was tightly packed with growing plants, now bare patches punctuate the productive garden. The Allium trio of shallots, garlic and onions have been taken up for storage. Recently turned clods and a resting fork thrust into [...]
Read More »4 July 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman FINDING A TOAD IN A PILE OF OLD BROCCOLI
Saturday, July 4th, 20094 July 2009 FINDING A TOAD IN A PILE OF OLD BROCCOLI The first big burn up of this season. Woody broccoli stems laid waste to ash. Doing other jobs but keep returning. Feeding, tending. Revive the smoking bit to crackling life. Discovered caterpillar tents and tenants in the nettle bed. Tipped the wink and [...]
Read More »7 June 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman A ROBIN ON STONEY PATH, PINCHING PEAS, ONIONS ARE IN
Sunday, June 7th, 20097 June 2009 A ROBIN ON STONEY PATH A robin escorted me part way down Stoney Path this morning. Amid dappled shade and music of blackbirds, the friendly little feathered fellow got up as if from nowhere almost underneath my feet. It flitted on to railings and only moved when I got close within a [...]
Read More »27 May 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman SOME RAIN AT LAST, SAY IT WITH ASPARAGUS
Wednesday, May 27th, 200927 May 2009 SOME RAIN AT LAST Some rain has fallen at last. To me, crucial; to my plants, essential; to wildlife in general, more than welcome. A barbeque summer of searing heat and wide open blue skies may please deck chair vendors, builders and folk who want to cultivate a tan, but for the [...]
Read More »19 May 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman GREAT TIT FLEDGLING CRASH LANDS IN THE POTATOES, PLANTING OUT SOYA BEANS, OLD BROW LATEST
Tuesday, May 19th, 200919 May 2009 GREAT TIT FLEDGLING CRASH LANDS IN THE POTATOES 07.54: Adult great tit still regularly coming and going with food. Appears from and disappears to direction of the lime tree. Has just popped up to the nest box hole with food and tried to entice visible youngster out with it. After a few [...]
Read More »12 May 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman DISTRACTED BY THE WATERING
Tuesday, May 12th, 200912 May 2009 DISTRACTED BY THE WATERING It’s been a busy morning. In between dealing with emails, writing my weekly article for the Western Gazette and updating the Orchard Park Demo Garden blog, I’ve had the hose unreeled and on in the garden. Both water butts had completely run out of water. One was dry, [...]
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