Tag Archives: adco

13.3.40

Re-opening this diary after a long absence due to ‘flu etc. The day we left, 30.1.40, the roads were so completely snowed up that of the 31/2 miles to Baldock we were only able to do about 1/2 mile on … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged adco, Baldock, birds, blackcurrants, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carnations, compost, crocuses, cuttings, daffodils, egg total, eggs, flu, frost, gooseberries, grass, hare, leeks, peonies, polyanthi, recurrants, rhubarb, roads, rose, snow, snowdrops, soil, tulips, wallflowers, water-glass | 10 Comments

25.11.39

Posted on 25 November by orwelldiaries

Hard frost last night, which started about 4pm. Thawed this morning about 10 am, cold & miserable all day. Lumps of ice turned out of hens’ basins were still frozen in the evening. Made bonfire, added some of the hay … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged adco, bonfire, compost heap, egg total, eggs, frost, hay, hens, ice, manure, weather | 3 Comments

8.10.39

Posted on 8 October by orwelldiaries

Picked about 21/2 lb. blackberries. Finished making the pit for rubbish & treated the first two layers with Adco. Weather misty, still & rather cold. 6 eggs.

Posted in Domestic | Tagged adco, blackberries, cold, eggs, weather | 6 Comments

7.10.39

Posted on 7 October by orwelldiaries

Misty & still. A very few drops of rain. Beech nuts now ripe. Skinned & took the pith out of a largish marrow (about 18” long), & note that after doing this there is only about 21/2 lb. of flesh. … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged adco, beech nuts, briquettes, calor gas, coal dust, compost, egg total, eggs, flesh, marrow, pith, rain, weather | 4 Comments

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