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Category Archives: Domestic
29.4.40
I think a little rain in the night. All day overcast, with sometimes fine mist almost amounting to rain, but not exactly cold. Mended the fence, which cannot be done completely as there are not enough stakes. Planted out 1 … Continue reading
28.4.40
Some rain during last night. Today fine, warm & still. One or two nasturtiums up (self sown). Turnips sown 22.4.40 are just up. The fly is already at these & at the seedling of sprouts etc. A few parsnips (sown … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged artichokes, beans, clarkia, eggs, fly, lettuce, nasturtiums, parsnips, sack, sodium chlorate, sprouts, turnips, walnut tree, weather
3 Comments
27.4.40
Rain during last night, fine & fairly warm during the morning, some showers this evening. Wild plum tree has plenty of blossom on it. Saw large flock, about 100, of what appeared to be turtle doves, sitting on telephone wires. … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged antirrhinums, blossom, dandelions, dead nettle, eggs, rain, sodium chlorate, stocks, turtle doves, weather, wild plum
2 Comments
26.4.40
Beautiful day again. 1 pumpkin seed coming up (sown 6.4.40). Carrots sown 9.4.40 are up, but not parsnips. Took up all but one row of the leeks, which were not very good anyway, & dug trench for runner beans. Hoed … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged carrots, currants, eggs, gooseberries, leeks, parsnips, pumpkin, runner beans, strawberries, trench, weather
2 Comments
25.4.40
Beautiful spring weather. Heard the cuckoo (first time). Many midges about now. Bullace blossom pretty well out. Cut the grass, dug a trench for 3rd row of peas, gave the strawberries a little more manure. These are now free of … Continue reading
24.4.40
Almost continuous drizzling rain from dusk yesterday to this evening. Various seeds sown 10–15th are coming up. Clarkia sown only about a week ago coming up. 20 eggs (some presumably laid yesterday.)
23.4.40
Still, overcast & warm. A very few drops of rain in the afternoon. Tulips, forgetmenots° & wallflowers coming out. Fruits forming on currants & gooseberries. Plum & pear blossom full out (very late – about 3 weeks later than ordinary … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged blossom, cauliflowers, currants, eggs, field beans, forget-me-nots, gooseberries, nests, pear, plum, rain, rooks, tulips, wallflowers, weather
3 Comments
22.4.40
Sunny & quite warm, but very windy. On a day like this the opening of a tulip can be watched & a distinct difference noted every few hours. Sowed turnips (2 rows, white), peas (English wonder – a bit early … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged blackthorn, blossom, eggs, English wonder, king edward, peas, potatoes, tulip, turnips, weather, wild plum
3 Comments
21.4.40
Sunny & warm. The first real spring day. Cowslips starting. Periwinkles out. Blossom forming on forget-me-nots. Still no cuckoo. E. sowed godetias & cornflowers. One or two of the peas (sown on 10.4.40) are showing, but no broad beans. 18 … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged blossom, broad beans, cornflowers, cowslips, cuckoo, eggs, forget-me-nots, godetia, peas, periwinkles, spring, weather
4 Comments
20.4.40
Overcast but not particularly cold. Some people heard the cuckoo this morning, but I did not. Some rain about midday. Hedges are still decidedly bare. Winter wheat looks good in most places. Tulips are out in some gardens. Black currants … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged blackcurrants, carrots, cuckoo, egg total, eggs, explosion, hedges, lupin, munition works, onions, potatoes, tulips, weather, winter wheat
2 Comments
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