Tag Archives: blackberries

14.4.40

Fine, dry, not particularly warm. Raked the bare patches of the lawn & sowed some grass seed. Put up the wires for the blackberries. Sowed clarkia (in seed bed). Did some weeding. 17 eggs. Sold 44 @ 2/6 score.

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22.3.40

Posted on 22 March by orwelldiaries

Somewhat drier but a few drops of rain. Planted 3 blackberries (runners) & 2 roots of rhubarb. Began clearing out the strawberry bed. Blue & white crocuses now out. 13 eggs.

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20.3.40

Posted on 20 March by orwelldiaries

Somewhat drier, but a few showers. Dug a little more & prepared place for blackberries. 9 eggs.

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8.11.39

Posted on 8 November by orwelldiaries

Dry, windy, sunny, not cold. Many goldfinches about. Took the remaining nettles, or most of them, out of the new patch. Put in 2 more stakes for blackberries. Limed another patch. Added 1 sack dead leaves. [Total on facing page: … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged blackberries, dead leaves, eggs, goldfinch, lime, nettles, weather | 9 Comments

21.10.39

Posted on 21 October by orwelldiaries

Very fine, clear, still autumn weather, with a touch of mist. Distinctly chilly morning & evening. E., Lydia[1] & self picked 41/2lb. blackberries. Nuts seem to be already ripened & fallen. Oak trees now mostly yellow, hawthorn & ash leaves … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged ash, blackberries, chilly, egg total, eggs, Eileen, hawthorn, lydia jackson, mist, nuts, oak trees, weather | 3 Comments

19.10.39

Posted on 19 October by orwelldiaries

Raining almost continuously till late evening. Impossible to do much out of doors. Dug a very little more of the rhubarb bed, cleaned up the remaining bit of the path, which however cannot be re-gravelled till I have got some … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged apple tree, blackberries, broad beans, chrysanthemums, cinders, coal, dahlia, dead leaves, eggs, elm trees, fruit bushes, fruit trees, garden, grass, hen-run, kitchen garden, lime, michaelmas daisies, naphthalene, owls, path, peonies, phloxes, polyantha, raining, rambler, rhubarb, rock salt, roses, shallots, strawberry bed, turf, weather, weed-killer | 5 Comments

18.10.39

Posted on 18 October by orwelldiaries

Rather cold, with some sharp showers. Could not do much out of doors. Cleaned up some of the path & put in some stakes for the blackberries. Two more stakes are needed. 7 eggs. Sold 20 @ 3/- score.

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17.10.39

Posted on 17 October by orwelldiaries

Still, fairly fine, not cold. Went into Baldock & bought mattock, 6/-. Also a little napthaline, said to be good weed-killer when mixed in equal quantities with lime. Cleared out place where the blackberries are to go. Elm trees are … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged Baldock, beech trees, blackberries, eggs, elm trees, lime, mattock, napthaline, weather, weed-killer | 7 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.

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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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