THOUGHTS & OBSERVATIONS – A man eyeing up cakes in the supermarket. Thinking of getting one to have as a treat on the way home. Sharing hello’s and a chuckle. ”No one will know unless you fall over and leave one half sticking out your gob!” – Buying pearl barley for the first time in Donkey’s [...]
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8 January 2010 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman THOUGHTS & OBSERVATIONS, SNOWBALLS
Friday, January 8th, 201026 November 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman COLD HANDS
Thursday, November 26th, 2009COLD HANDS The bucket is full of roots. Of radish, celeriac, turnip, parsnip, swede, beetfruit*. All lifted within the last half-hour. Leaves twisted off ’cept the celeraic, which we save as flavoursome additions to soups and stews. Rubbed clean by hand in icy water, their array of colours revealed from beneath the dirt. All aromatic [...]
Read More »15 October 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman THURSDAY EVENING 5.56
Thursday, October 15th, 2009It’s pleasant to get on the plot for an hour after a long day at work. The exersize of turning soil stretches and stimulates the body, encourages internal heat and blood to flow. It’s not been cold cold today but by lunchtime I was struggling to warm up. I’d been delivering, had a meeting, popped [...]
Read More »24 June 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman NEARLY 1PM ON A HOT DAY, AN HOUR HARVESTING, NO MEAT & SIX VEG
Wednesday, June 24th, 200924 June 2009 NEARLY 1PM ON A HOT DAY Coming back from town I met an old boy who lives not far away. “Aye, aye!” I hollered, “You alright then?” “Think so,” he replied, “Why? Don’t I look it?” We chatted at the entrance to our back passage in the full heat of the half-past [...]
Read More »23 May 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman A BARBEQUE SUMMER, FIRST THINNING OF SWEDES, BEE SWARM
Saturday, May 23rd, 200923 May 2009 A BARBEQUE SUMMER Jim over the yard reckons it’s going to be “a barbeque summer.” No chance of rain, he says, until maybe Monday. Jim loves turnips but I’ve none on the go yet. These members of the cabbage tribe thrive with plenty of moisture. But with water rationed both naturally in [...]
Read More »1 May 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman COMBINED RELIEF, SWEDES ARE IN
Friday, May 1st, 20091 May 2009 COMBINED RELIEF There has been an explosion of growth since a saving grace arrival of the rains. Where blossoms were fading and hedgerows illuminating tentatively voluptuous and curvaceous green from naked, skeletal dark browns, now country bosoms heave with the dripping cascade of shiny new foliage, as if in homage to the [...]
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