Tag Archives: chrysanthemums

10.1.40

Posted on 10 January by orwelldiaries

Freezing very hard again. Water left outside has ice on it in only an hour or two. The pond by the church will bear my weight, but not that in the field called the Warren. The reservoir is not frozen … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged bonfire, buds, chrysanthemums, church, eggs, ice, jay, pond, pullets, rabbits, reservoir, shallots, squirrel, weather | 7 Comments

9.1.40

Posted on 9 January by orwelldiaries

Back home again after nearly a week in London. The frost has now broken but it is still cold, generally damp & misty, & there is still a good deal of ice left on the pools. W.C. has at last … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged chrysanthemums, cistern, egg total, eggs, frost, ice, London, W.C., weather | 2 Comments

20.11.39

Posted on 20 November by orwelldiaries

Fine, still, reasonably warm. Planted 6 lupins (paid 9d), said to be mixed colours. NB. that T[itley]. says that with lupins one should spread their roots out & not insert them too deep. Limed & began digging the final strip. … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged beech, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, chrysanthemums, eggs, lime, lupins, michaelmas daisies, oak leaves, phlox, roses, savoys, weather, weeds | 2 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

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

10.10.39

Posted on 10 October by orwelldiaries

Very still, warm & fairly sunny. A very few spots of rain in the evening. Ground greatly sodden, & a lot of chrysanthemums loosened by the wind. Dug trench for broad beans but cannot yet get the ground into sowing … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged blackberry jelly, broad beans, chrysanthemums, clay, eggs, henhouse, manure, onions, rain, runner beans, sand, walnuts, weather, wood ash | 15 Comments

28.9.39

Posted on 28 September by orwelldiaries

Have not been able to keep up the diary, as I have been away[1]. The eggs are, however, entered in the hen book, though I think a certain number were not recorded. Typical autumn weather, except that of late the … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged autumn, bees, broccoli, butcher, cabbages, chrysanthemums, egg total, eggs, Eileen, hay, hens, leghorn, loganberry, michaelmas daisies, potatoes, pumpkin, rabbits, rhode island red, superphosphate, weather | 9 Comments

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