Tag Archives: bindweed

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

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8.4.40

Cold, overcast & a very little light drizzle. Ground has not dried up so cannot sow peas yet. Dug the limed patch, leaving it very rough. It can remain thus for about 2 months. No more digging now remains to … Continue reading

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14.7.39.

Warm, but rainy. Took nets off strawberries & began weeding, which is almost impossible due to the growth of the bindweed. Phloxes (perennial) beginning to flower. 12 eggs.

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23.4.39.

Raining, but not hard, almost all day. Lilacs almost out. Bindweed well up. Great difficulties with so-called broody hens. One, after much reluctance, began to sit, but only took 8 eggs. The other evidently not broody at all, escaped & … Continue reading

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21.4.39.

Fine & very warm all day. Very dry. Believe I saw the first shoot of bindweed today. Scythed down a patch of nettles to see the result. It is said one can eradicate them if they are scythed down 3 … Continue reading

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