Posts Tagged ‘squirrel’

23 October 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman SQUIRRELS IN GLEBE GARDENS BASINGSTOKE

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

In each direction I see squirrels busily stashing the autumn haul. Shiny chestnuts in their jaws, they bound and flicker across the lawns in a stop-start manner which is so endearing and typical of the species. Take this little grey fellow to my right. It moves across the dewy, close-mown sward with clockwork pounces, each [...]

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11 June 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman CABBAGES & CAULIFLOWERS, THE TROUBLE WITH HUMANS

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

11 June 2009 CABBAGES & CAULIFLOWERS Great excitement at Orchard Park today: the first round of harvesting occurred. The demo garden donated four of the best Hispi F1 cabbages I’ve grown – ever! – plus two beautiful and blemish free Andes cauliflowers as big as my splayed hand. Shona in the kitchen was very pleased [...]

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17 May 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman POSSIBLE BEES NEST BEHIND THE BACK WALL, GREAT LANE AT 17.05

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

17 May 2009 POSSIBLE BEES NEST BEHIND THE BACK WALL Just beyond the back garden wall I think I’ve discovered a bumblebees nest. It was pure happenchance. I’d climbed up to cut down an elder branch which was knocking the greenhouse roof. Job done, I laid the brash where it fell and popped back over. [...]

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