16 June 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman MOISTURE RETAINING GEL: MAGIC...
16 June 2009 MOISTURE RETAINING GEL: MAGIC OR NOT? Down at Orchard Park, in the Gillingham clay, I didn’t manage to prepare any bare earth in time for getting runner beans in the ground. I wasn’t too...
View Article18 June 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman THUNDERWORM, THINNING PLUMS
18 June 2009 THUNDERWORMS There used to be an advert on the telly for an anti-aging product where one grey hair was highlighted on a woman’s head. While the rest of her bonnet sat beautifully, the one...
View Article19 June 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman HOW TO UPSET YOUR WIFE Part 2
19 June 2009 HOW TO UPSET YOUR WIFE Part 2 Mrs Nails has got the hump. The reason for this is I have taken the ten fine young potted specimens of Red Delicious Brussels sprouts (sown 2 April in trays,...
View Article25 June 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman HORSEFLY, ON DIGGING POTATOES
25 June 2009 HORSEFLY If you’d seen me at Orchard Park this early afternoon you’d be forgiven for wondering why I was wearing shirt buttoned up and long sleeves rolled down. But there is method in my...
View Article26 June 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman KOHL RABI, SWEET PEAS
26 June 2009 KOHL RABI Friday is harvest day at Orchard Park. There’s never a massive amount of produce because the demo areas are only small, but enough useful bits and bobs come through to make...
View Article9 July 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman REALITY PAR
9 July 2009 REALITY PAR The thing about pests, diseases and disorders is that they are all great levellers. The King of Christendom could have blighted potatoes but the materially worst off of his...
View Article11 July 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman SATURDAY GO SLOW, ONWARDS…
11 July 2009 SATURDAY
View Article15 July 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman MISTAKEN IDENTITY
15 July 2009 MISTAKEN IDENTITY I sowed a line of so-called Yellow Cylindrical beetroot down the allotment on April 8th. 300 seeds came from Suttons and the packaging says ’New…unique long yellow...
View Article10 August 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman CHANGE A-COMING
10 August 2009 CHANGE A-COMING More change a-coming. Out the back of Orchard Park over pasture grassland swallows and house martins mix in tumbling flocks. I counted fourteen of the former perched on...
View Article12 September 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman HARD TIMES GIN
12 September 2009 HARD TIMES GIN There’s a damson tree at the top of Jubilee Steps which yields a fantastic crop every year. There was a time, back along when I was the Town Council groundsman, when...
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