Tag Archives: carnations

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

11.10.39

Posted on 11 October by orwelldiaries

Still, sunny & fairly warm. Ground a good deal dryer. Planted out 10 Canterbury bells, about 20 sweet williams, 20 carnations, 25 wallflowers (flame). Continue tomorrow if not raining. Added some more to compost heap. Staked some of the crysanthemums° … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged apple jam, Canterbury bells, carnations, chrysanthemums, compost heap, eggs, hen-run, raining, spade, sweet williams, wallflowers, weather | 6 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

12.8.39.

Posted on 12 August by orwelldiaries

Warm & fine. Some carnations now well out. 10 eggs (2 small). Sold 25 @ 2/6 score & 10 (pullets) @ 2/2 score. Total this week: 73 (16 small).

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31.7.39.

Posted on 31 July by orwelldiaries

Most of day overcast, heavy showers & thunder about mid-day. Weeded onions. Pricked[1] out 35 carnations. The wallflowers planted on 11.7.39 about 3” to 4” high. One hollyhock which is coming into flower is white. There are therefore 4 colours … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged carnations, hollyhock, onions, thunder, wallflowers, weather | 3 Comments

23.6.39.

Posted on 23 June by orwelldiaries

Overcast & drizzle but somewhat less cold. Did nothing in garden. Wallflowers sown 19.6.39 (in frame) beginning to show & carnations sown a day earlier also germinating. Thanks to the rain, a few carrots beginning to sprout in what were … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged carnations, hay, mulleins, peonies, wallflowers, weather | 4 Comments

17.6.39.

Posted on 17 June by orwelldiaries

Fine, fairly warm. Sowed carnations (mixed perennial). Put roofing felt on henhouse. Paid for felt 9d a yard. Both goats’ milk badly down, no doubt owing to being unable to graze yesterday. Being indoors also seems to affect their appetite … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged carnations, egg total, henhouse, how to make concrete fence posts, milk-yield, newspaper cutting | 2 Comments

25.5.39.

Posted on 25 May by orwelldiaries

Yesterday & the day before very warm. Today overcast, chilly enough to have a fire, & a few drops of rain. Got back[1] yesterday after nearly 3 weeks’ absence. Soil is very dry, weeds terrible except in kitchen garden. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged apples, aubretia, bush roses, carnations, cheddar pinks, chicks, currants, double egg, egg total, flowers, forget-me-nots, gooseberries, hemlock, loganberries, mole, Muriel, nettles, pansies, peonies, saxifrage, sweet williams, tulips, vegetables, wallflowers, weather, weeds, yellow alyssum | 7 Comments

2.12.38

Posted on 2 December by orwelldiaries

The weather has been much cooler, some days clear & fine, much like English spring, sometimes heavy mist. The day before yesterday fairly heavy rain. On clear days the Atlas mountains look extremely close, so that you can distinguish every … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged carnations, catapult, clarkias, godetias, marigold, nasturtiums, pansies, phlox, pinks, poppies, seeds, sunflowers, sweet peas, violas, weather | 33 Comments

9.11.38

Posted on 9 November by orwelldiaries

Sowed sweet peas (only about 1/2 dozen of the others have come up) carnations & violas.

Posted in Domestic | Tagged carnations, sweet peas, violas | 8 Comments