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Monthly Archives: November 2009
20.11.39
Fine, still, reasonably warm. Planted 6 lupins (paid 9d), said to be mixed colours. NB. that T[itley]. says that with lupins one should spread their roots out & not insert them too deep. Limed & began digging the final strip. … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged beech, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, chrysanthemums, eggs, lime, lupins, michaelmas daisies, oak leaves, phlox, roses, savoys, weather, weeds
2 Comments
19.11.39
Some rain last night. Today still, fairly fine. Winter[1] time (deferred 2 months owing to the war) starts today is have to give the hens their evening meal about 3pm. Dug one trench, transplanted the little rose (the one that … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged eggs, hens, lavender, peony, rose, trench, weather, winter time
6 Comments
18.11.39
Rather rainy. Went into Baldock but failed to get any rose bushes. Bought a peony root which perhaps I can plant at the corner instead of a rose. Clarke’s[1] say the shortage of grains, or the difficulty of sending them … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged Baldock, Clarke's, egg total, eggs, golden plover, grains, peony, redshank, rose, rose bushes, snipe, weather
2 Comments
17.11.39
Still, overcast but not more than a few spots of rain. Transplanted the remaining currant bushes except 2, which still have their leaves rather green. One of the bushes had layered itself. Cut the plant off & planted it experimentally. … Continue reading
16.11.39
Some rain last night & almost continuous light rain all today. Impossible to do much out of doors. Limed another strip (lime now running short), transplanted a couple of currant bushes. Most of the trees are now completely bare. A … Continue reading
15.11.39
Last night a little rain, today fine, still & mild. Dug 2 more trenches. Cut down some of the herbaceous plants. Some of the phloxes will have to be split up. Another double egg. By the look of them all … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged clutch, double egg, eggs, herbaceous plants, phlox, trenches, weather
8 Comments
14.11.39
Rather windy, looked like rain in the middle of the day but actually did not rain. Dug 2 more trenches in the new patch. Cannot get on faster than this owing to chalky stony streak in the middle which is … Continue reading
13.11.39
Beautiful still, sunny day. Last night not at all cold. Cannot make sure whether when shallots spring out of the ground it is of their own accord or partly done by the pigeons. Sometimes they are about 1’ from where … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged compost heap, dead leaves, eggs, hen, pigeons, shallots, weather
3 Comments
12.11.39
Windless, misty, sun just visible, rather chilly. Many fungi in the woods, including one which at a certain stage gets a sort of white fluffy mildew on it & smells rather like bad meat. Immense quantities of wood pigeons & … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged beech nut, buckwheat, eggs, fungi, mildew, partridges, rockery, rough moss, seed, starlings, tits, weather, weeds, wood pigeons, woods
6 Comments
11.11.39
Very fine weather, as yesterday. Birds all singing almost as though it were spring. Notice that horse dung of some mares & their foals out in the fields is extremely dark, almost black, presumably for being out at grass with … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged birds, egg total, eggs, foals, horse dung, leaves, mares, weather
4 Comments
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