6 May 2009 TEACHING CHILDREN WELL I remember my mum in the garden. When I was a kid she’d sling me worms. Big fat juicy ones. I’d put them in a bucket and take them round all day until they dried up and died. Later I learnt about the relationship between worms, moisture and soil. [...]
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6 May 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman TEACHING CHILDREN WELL
Wednesday, May 6th, 20094 March 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman ENRICHING PEA TRENCHES
Wednesday, March 4th, 20094 March 2009 ENRICHING PEA TRENCHES Preparing trenches for peas is a useful exercise to complete around now. I got mine readied in the hours either side of mid-day. Yes, the soil was a wee bit on the moist side following the torrential downpours of last evening and night. And yes, mud did stick to [...]
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Saturday, February 21st, 200921 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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Friday, February 13th, 200912th February 2009 FIRST EARLY PEAS EMERGING In the greenhouse, Feltham First Early peas are making the earth move. I sowed a batch on 17th January in a plastic samosa tray full of multi-purpose compost. It's about 8×10 inches by 4 inches deep or thereabouts. Anyway, as a space saving exersize I thought sowing in [...]
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