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Monthly Archives: September 2009
30.9.39
Fine, still & fairly warm. Continued clearing & got nearly to the trellis. Note that the white rambler rose has layered itself here & there. Gave all the broccoli nitrate of potash. Picked more apples. There is still 10-15 lb. … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged apples, broccoli, egg total, eggs, nitrate of potash, trellis, weather, white rambler rose
3 Comments
29.9.39
Cloudy but not cold. The nights & early mornings are reasonably warm at present. Finished cleaning out main flower bed & cleaned out the one in front of the kitchen. “Smallholder” advises sowing broad beans now & planting shallots, so … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged apple wine, apples, broad beans, eggs, flower bed, shallots, smallholder, weather
4 Comments
28.9.39
Have not been able to keep up the diary, as I have been away[1]. The eggs are, however, entered in the hen book, though I think a certain number were not recorded. Typical autumn weather, except that of late the … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged autumn, bees, broccoli, butcher, cabbages, chrysanthemums, egg total, eggs, Eileen, hay, hens, leghorn, loganberry, michaelmas daisies, potatoes, pumpkin, rabbits, rhode island red, superphosphate, weather
9 Comments
17.9.39
Windy. Sacked the potatoes, evidently about 300 lb. Gave the sprouting broccoli some wood ash. Arranged to dispose of the goats. Picked about 2 lb. blackberries. 6 eggs.
Posted in Domestic
Tagged blackberries, eggs, goats, potatoes, sprouting broccoli, weather, wood ash
20 Comments
16.9.39
Chilly & misty in the morning, sunny but not too warm in the day, a shower in the afternoon. Took up & burnt the final lot of peas, & dug over that patch. Arranged to sell off the 8 March … Continue reading
15.9.39
Rainy, with sunny & windy intervals. Lifted the remainder of the Red King. Very poor. As well as I can estimate, I should say 300lbs at most (10 row-200 plants). Scrapped the tomatoes. Cut down the nearer row of raspberries, … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged apples, blackberry jelly, eggs, grenadier, manure, raspberries, red king, tomatoes, weather
3 Comments
14.9.39
Overcast, a little drizzling rain, but fairly warm. Finished digging the patch next the tomatoes. Lifted the first row of Red King as the whole of that patch needs liming & it is simpler to lift the potatoes at once. … Continue reading
13.9.39
Overcast in the morning, a sunny patch in the afternoon, then some drizzle. Finished cleaning out potato patch, began digging the bit next to the tomatoes. One or two cockerels almost big enough for market. 7 eggs. Sold 30 @ … Continue reading
12.9.39
Chilly (enough to have a fire), overcast & windy. Some light rain in the evening. Began cleaning out the maincrop potatoes & cutting the haulm preparatory to digging. They may as well however stay in the ground another fortnight to … Continue reading
11.9.39
Somewhat less warm, overcast, a very few drops of rain about dark. Last night’s rain had made no difference to the soil. Weeded out the onions. These will be ready to pick in 2-3 weeks, but are not good. Applied … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged bullace, damsons, eggs, fowl, jam, onions, potatoes, sodium chlorate, sussex, swallows, walnut tree, weather
5 Comments
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