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Tag Archives: blackbird
12.4.40
Evidently a little rain in the night, but it had dried up by the afternoon. Gathered sticks for dwarf m. daisies. Prepared a place to sow canary creeper (about 10 days hence), burnt up a little rubbish, gave wallflowers liquid … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged blackbird, bluebells, canary creeper, celandines, eggs, liquid manure, michaelmas daisies, potato, primroses, rain, rubbish, violets, wallflowers, wood pigeon
7 Comments
11.4.40
Sharp frost last night. Today clear, still & sunny, but not particularly warm. Ground now decidedly dry. Cut grass as best I could. Weeded flower bed by the shed. Gave manure mulch to hollyhocks etc. Planted 3 dwarf michaelmas daisies … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged blackbird, broken, eggs, flower bed, frost, grass, ground, hollyhocks, magpie, manure, michaelmas daisies, mulch, nest, peter hollingworth, robin, rook, sunny, weeding
4 Comments
16.4.39.
Rather chilly with sunny intervals, not much wind. A very light shower in the morning. Cowslips in flower here & there. This I think is rather early. Bluebells also beginning, a few almost in full bloom. This undoubtedly is unusually … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged blackbird, bluebells, church pond, cowslips, duckweed, Muriel, sycamore, thrush, weather, wild cherries
8 Comments
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