Monthly Archives: June 2009

30.6.39.

Posted on 30 June by orwelldiaries

Ducklings still under hen this morning but in the afternoon came out to eat (brown bread crumbled with milk & dried a little with a sprinkling of chickmeal). Thundery weather with heavy showers. 14 eggs.

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29.6.39.

Posted on 29 June by orwelldiaries

Hot & sunny most of the day. One duck had hatched this morning. Later moved the hen to a new coop & left the more backward eggs with another broody. By evening 7 ducks; the eigtth° shows no signs of … Continue reading →

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28.6.39.

Posted on 28 June by orwelldiaries

Much cooler & occasional showers. Mr H. finished cutting the hay & collected it today. Sowed turnips & planted out a row of mixed greens from the seed bed. Both broody hens with chickens laid today, & one (the youngest) … Continue reading →

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27.6.39.

Posted on 27 June by orwelldiaries

Very hot & sunny. Thinned carrots & hoed peas etc. Planted out 48 larkspurs, removing some poor sweet williams. Apparently sweet williams sometimes ‘shoot up’ for several years but cannot be made to do so. 15 eggs + 8 found … Continue reading →

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26.6.39.

Posted on 26 June by orwelldiaries

Warm sunny morning. Threats of thunderstorms in afternoon but no thunder & little rain. Potatoes earthed up. Gaps filled in French bean rows with extras sown in a box in the frame when the original rows were found to have … Continue reading →

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25.6.39.

Posted on 25 June by orwelldiaries

Fine all day & fairly warm until evening. Sweet williams, two red roses & one Albertine full out. A salvia & a marigold in bud. Some stonecrop in full flower. Stonecrop appears to flower erratically as one clump has been … Continue reading →

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24.6.39.

Posted on 24 June by orwelldiaries

[On 24 June Orwell went to Southwold to be with his father, who was very ill. Richard Blair died of cancer of the rectum on 28 June. Orwell was by his bedside. He returned to Wallington on 30 June. From … Continue reading →

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23.6.39.

Posted on 23 June by orwelldiaries

Overcast & drizzle but somewhat less cold. Did nothing in garden. Wallflowers sown 19.6.39 (in frame) beginning to show & carnations sown a day earlier also germinating. Thanks to the rain, a few carrots beginning to sprout in what were … Continue reading →

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22.6.39.

Posted on 22 June by orwelldiaries

Cold all day & very windy. Dense mist in the morning. Did nothing in garden. 14 eggs.

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21.6.39.

Posted on 21 June by orwelldiaries

Cold, windy & some drizzle. Fire in the house all day. Did nothing out of doors. Did not put the goats out, owing to cold. Perennial Canterbury Bell (very poor flower) is well out. 11 eggs. Sold 40 @ 2/2 … Continue reading →

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