FEBRUARY WORK PARTY IN THE COMMUNITY ORCHARD A beautiful late morning down The Donkey Field. Jon, Kate, Tom and I cleared grass and weeds from the bases of all our trees, then hacked back vegetation from our line of Dorset varieties along the top path. Tom enjoyed rides in the wheelbarrow to and fro the compost [...]
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7 February 2010 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman FEBRUARY WORK PARTY IN THE COMMUNITY ORCHARD
Sunday, February 7th, 2010Tags: apple, bramble, catkin, community orchard, compost, donkey field community orchard, dorset, dunnock, february, great tit, hazel, hedge, wheelbarrow
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31 December 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman DAFFODIL SHOWS THE WAY
Thursday, December 31st, 2009DAFFODIL SHOWS THE WAY Weeding along a hedge down on the plot this afternoon. Lifting roots and wiry underground stems. Teasing away unwanted parts, slinging them into a barrow. For two hours at it, working slow but steady, bent double. Every so often straightening, rubbing cold caked hands free of loose dirt. Wheeling refuse round to [...]
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20 October 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman WOODING
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009A damp and dirty October day in Dorset. I knocked up Richard in the cottage next door and told him of some wind-fallen seasoned beech wood I’d clocked out on my travels a day or two before. We had a standing deal and set off shortly after midday. It was great to get out in [...]
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7 March 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman LOVE GARDENING
Sunday, March 8th, 20097 March 2009 LOVE GARDENING At ten o’clock this morning, after planting out pot-grown broad beans in the back garden and tending to the greenhouse, I was nipping to a meeting along Breach Lane to a field below Umbers Hill by the dog litter bin. The occasion was an site visit by a group of [...]
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