LEEK NEWS Leeks look terrible. Listless, pale, a lot of papery yellowing and silver streaks on tattered flags. I think there are three reasons for this. Firstly, leek moths. These small creatures have been in amongst 13 x 15 rows of plants. I can see dieback, right in the crown of some, plus a peppering [...]
Read More »How To Blog
Posts Tagged ‘rain’
2 October 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman LEEK NEWS
Friday, October 2nd, 20099 September 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman SWEETCORN IN THE AUTUMN
Wednesday, September 9th, 20099 September 2009 SWEETCORN IN THE AUTUMN Hundreds of crows passed over the A30 as a flock just west of Barford at 19.28. I was driving back to Shaftesbury in the van with my lights on as an orangey sun went down from a clear sky. Half an hour later it was dusk. There was [...]
Read More »30 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 »26 August 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman GARDENING TROUSERS
Wednesday, August 26th, 20091 August 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman ON PULLING A SLUG FROM A SPUD
Saturday, August 1st, 20091 August 2009 ON PULLING A SLUG FROM A SPUD After a day of incessant rain, in the mild dampness of early evening I pulled a small brown slug that was protruding from a potato being dug. It was head-first in a tight hole but still poking half out. I took a firm grip between [...]
Read More »31 July 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ LOG by Joe Hashman OBSERVING FLOWERS
Friday, July 31st, 200925 July DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman HOUSE MARTIN ON THE EDGE, AT EASE ON THE PLOT
Saturday, July 25th, 200925 July 2009 HOUSE MARTIN ON THE EDGE The nestling house martin above our front door is fairly well grown now. It has a white throat which puffs visibly with every trilling chirrup from the little entrance/exit hole at the mouth of its nest. This is an inquisitive youngster, emerging sometimes almost to the shoulder, [...]
Read More »24 July 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman SUNSHINE & SHOWERS IN TRINITY SHORTLY AFTER 5PM
Friday, July 24th, 200924 July 2009 SUNSHINE & SHOWERS IN TRINITY SHORTLY AFTER 5PM Rain comes down gently. Like shimmering silver mist which I can only see where it falls in front of a deep green yew or through the illuminating shafts of summer evening sun. Under my tree it remains dry. Briefly, it descends more heavily. A [...]
Read More »21 July 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman SOYA BEAN DEVELOPMENTS, LOVELY FARM SMELLS
Tuesday, July 21st, 200921 July 2009 SOYA BEAN DEVELOPMENTS I’ve never taken an umbrella out into the garden with my wake up cup of tea before, but I did this morning. More rain! There have been complaints about the recent weather from various quarters, including gardener friends, but not from I. Sure, I am harbouring concerns about a [...]
Read More »14 July 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman RAINING AT SEVEN FINE BY ELEVEN, THE LITTLE OLD GREY CAT
Tuesday, July 14th, 200914 July 2009 RAINING AT SEVEN FINE BY ELEVEN Some years ago, when I frequented the more obscure and inaccessible quarters of the New Forest outback, it was pointed out by a local chap that if conditions were poor due to rain at 7am then it’d be fine before 11am. Strangely enough, I noticed time [...]
Read More »