ROAST 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 [...]
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23 January 2010 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman ROAST
Saturday, January 23rd, 201023 December 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman WEATHER CHECK
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009WEATHER CHECK They’ve had something like ten inch drifts of snow up Holmer Green in the Buckinghamshire Chilterns. My nephew counted sixty-eight abandoned vehicles along the A404 betwixt their place and Amersham. A mate of my brothers left Wycombe for Reading at 4pm and made his final destination at four in the morning. Brother himself [...]
Read More »21 December 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman THE IRON GRIP OF WINTER
Monday, December 21st, 2009THE IRON GRIP OF WINTER Ground is like iron out on the plot. We’ll not be lifting roots for a while yet, save pot-grown carrots which are in the greenhouse to keep off the worst of the frost. I walked down the allotment field to the tinker-chime of feeding goldfinches in charming flocks. They love [...]
Read More »17 December 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman PREPARING FOR SHALLOTS
Thursday, December 17th, 2009PREPARING FOR SHALLOTS 8.26am. I love how sunshine illuminates The Hangings behind St James Street an hour or so after this deep-winter day awakes. As the silver ball tentatively rises above our houses so wooded and scrubby slopes glow golden-brown. Mums and kids en route to school on top, gurgle of free-range chooks over the [...]
Read More »5 November 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman WHITE ROT IN STORE
Thursday, November 5th, 2009It’s a sorry sight in my veg store at this time all right. A carrier bag bulges full of onions and shallots which have failed to stay the course in the larder. I think it’s the white rot that’s done for them. I did loose a good quarter of the crop at harvest time [...]
Read More »20 June 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman LETTER TO A DEAD MATE
Sunday, June 21st, 200920 June 2009 LETTER TO A DEAD MATE I’m sitting amongst ripening red and black currants on the plot. You’d love it down here. Town Hall clock struck nine and it’s still warm, bright and cheery. I get confused. Is this the longest day or tomorrow? Either way, right here right now I miss you. [...]
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