Monthly Archives: August 2008

August 31, 1938

Posted on 31 August by orwelldiaries

Morning very cold, warm & fine later.

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August 30, 1938

Posted on 30 August by orwelldiaries

Warmer. Leaves of the tulip tree beginning to turn yellow. Sunflowers & gladioli in full bloom. Godetias getting past their best. Mantbretias° coming into full bloom. Elderberries now ripe & bird-shit everywhere deep purple. Purple stains on logs etc. where … Continue reading →

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August 29, 1938

Posted on 29 August by orwelldiaries

Overcast & chilly. Heavy rain last night. Dahlias now in full bloom. [NEWSPAPER CUTTING] FRUIT BOTTLING Commenting on the old-time country method of “Fruit Bottling without sugar,” B. A. Crang, Instructress in Fruit and Vegetable Preservation at the University of … Continue reading →

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August 28, 1938

Posted on 28 August by orwelldiaries

Night before last an hour’s rain. Yesterday hot & overcast. Today ditto, with a few drops of rain in the afternoon. The hop-picking due to start in about a week.

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August 26, 1938

Posted on 26 August by orwelldiaries

Hot. Dense ground-mist early this morning. Many blackberries now ripe, very large & fairly sweet. Also fair number of dew-berries. Walnuts now nearly full sized. Plenty of English apples in the shops.

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August 25, 1938, Preston Hall

Posted on 25 August by orwelldiaries

Everything in Suffolk is much more dried-up than in Kent. Until the day we arrived there had been no rain for many weeks & various crops had failed. Near S’wold saw several fields of oats & barley being harvested which … Continue reading →

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August 22, 1938, Southwold*

Posted on 23 August by orwelldiaries

Cool this morning & raining most of the day. Most of the crops in & stacked. Blackberries in Suffolk much less forward than Kent, otherwise little difference in the vegetation. When clipping fowls’ wings, clip only one wing, preferably the … Continue reading →

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August 22, 1938

Posted on 22 August by orwelldiaries

Warmish day, with showers. Nights are getting colder & more like autumn. A few oaks beginning to yellow very slightly. After the rain enormous slugs crawling about, one measuring about 3” long. Large holes, presumably ear-holes, some distance behind head. … Continue reading →

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August 21

Posted on 21 August by orwelldiaries

Yesterday fine & fairly warm. Went in afternoon and saw Kit’s Coty,¹ a druidical altar or something of the kind. It consists of four stones arranged more or less thus: The whole about 8’ high & the stone on top … Continue reading →

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August 19

Posted on 19 August by orwelldiaries

Ref, the stacks in the cornfield. Actually the area under wheat & barley was about the same, & the crop makes 4 stacks, 2 of 30’ x 18’ x 24’ (high) & 2 of 18’ x 15’ x 20 (high.) … Continue reading →

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