MY SPECIAL SELECTION Many thanks to DJ Robyn Bryan who invited me to be her guest on Odstock (Salisbury) Hospital Radio. We enjoyed was a fun hour talking about gardening and playing my choice of songs. Here, in no particular order, is My Special Selection, and why: I Can See Clearly Now – Jimmy Cliff; Just a wonderfully uplifting [...]
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4 February 2010 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman MY SPECIAL SELECTION
Thursday, February 4th, 201018 December 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman DORSET TO SUSSEX BY TRAIN
Friday, December 18th, 2009DORSET TO SUSSEX BY TRAIN Less than half a dozen hardy souls braved arctic weather on the platform at Gillingham Station to catch the 05.37 to London Waterloo. With blanket coverage on last nights media about heavy expected snowfall in the South and East, I wonder how many took this opportunity for family time at [...]
Read More »7 November 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman LOOKING AT THE RIVER, HARVESTING RADISHES AT 5PM
Saturday, November 7th, 2009LOOKING AT THE RIVER It’s a bright and chilly November morning. I’m back in Salisbury, on the footbridge which crosses the river fifty yards downstream of The King’s Head Inn. The island where I watched coots on eggs in early summer is a decaying mess of brown leaves and two pink plastic bags. I can [...]
Read More »12 August 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman THE STAG OF THE STUBBLE
Wednesday, August 12th, 200912 August 2009 THE STAG OF THE STUBBLE Harvests are coming in from the fields. The shape and texture of our landscape is changing again. I travelled back from the other side of Salisbury last night at dusk. In the expansive flats east of Fovant combines were working under the gaze of their own bright [...]
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 »15 June 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman ABOUT 9.30AM IN SALISBURY
Monday, June 15th, 200915 June 2009 ABOUT 9.30AM IN SALISBURY Just below a footbridge off Fisherton Street in Salisbury a coot has made a nest in the middle of the river. On a temporary island of mostly
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