Tag Archives: apples

10.11.39

Very fine, sunny, still weather. Dug the first trench of the new patch, planted shallots (not quite enough to make up the first 2 rows), transplanted 3 rambler rose cuttings, 1 albertine, 1 of the yellowy-white kind, the other I … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged albertine, apples, Blenheims, dahlia bulbs, eggs, rambler rose, rose, shallots, trellis, weather | 3 Comments

1.10.39

Posted on 1 October by orwelldiaries

Fine but rather chilly. Made another 2 lb. apple jelly. Picked a few blackberries but had not time to go to the good places. Picked some more apples. There are not many large ones left now. Have put about 10-15 … Continue reading →

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30.9.39

Posted on 30 September by orwelldiaries

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

Posted on 29 September by orwelldiaries

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

15.9.39

Posted on 15 September by orwelldiaries

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

7.9.39

Posted on 7 September by orwelldiaries

Very hot. Weeded out first lot of broccoli & dug between. Cut down nettles under the apple tree & applied 1 lb. sodium chlorate. A lot of apples but they are not very good or big, & many windfalls. Made … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged apple jelly, apple tree, apples, broccoli, eggs, goldfinches, nettles, Ringwood, sodium chlorate | 2 Comments

5.9.39

Posted on 5 September by orwelldiaries

Have not been able to keep up the diary owing to travelling to & fro, dislocation caused by the war etc. The weather has been mainly hot & still. On the night of 2.9.39 a tremendous thunderstorm which went on … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged apples, bergamot, bullaces, carnations, carrots, dahlias, damsons, eggs, flowers, goats, grass, hens, hollyhocks, larkspurs, lettuces, marigolds, marrows, michaelmas daisies, milk, onions, peas, phloxes, potatoes, pumpkin, roes, runner beans, sweet williams, thunderstorm, turnips, wallflowers, Wallington, war, weather, weeds, winter vegetables | 5 Comments

5.8.39.

Posted on 5 August by orwelldiaries

Raining almost continuously until about 6.30pm. Parts of the day rain extremely heavy. Baldock high street said to have been flooded. Marrows swelling very rapidly. French & runner beans 3” or 4” long. Apples growing very fast. Cylinder of calor … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged apples, Baldock, egg total, french beans, gas, marrows, runner beans, weather | 3 Comments

2.7.39.

Posted on 2 July by orwelldiaries

Overcast most of day, a heavy shower in the afternoon, & cold enough to have a fire. Both the hens guarding chicks have begun laying eggs & the younger one showed a tendency to stray away. E. therefore put her … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged apples, broad beans, chickens, clarkia, Eileen, Full-o-Pep, gas, loganberries, strawberries, weather | 4 Comments

8.6.39.

Posted on 8 June by orwelldiaries

Very dry, not quite so hot. Prepared another marrow-bed, this time digging it less deeply & putting on 4-inch layer of lawn-clippings. Shall compare results of this style of bed with the other. Weeded & hoed the French & runner … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged apples, Daily Mail rose, delphiniums, french beans, marrow-bed, Muriel, runner beans, weather | 4 Comments