Tag Archives: compost

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

7.10.39

Posted on 7 October by orwelldiaries

Misty & still. A very few drops of rain. Beech nuts now ripe. Skinned & took the pith out of a largish marrow (about 18” long), & note that after doing this there is only about 21/2 lb. of flesh. … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged adco, beech nuts, briquettes, calor gas, coal dust, compost, egg total, eggs, flesh, marrow, pith, rain, weather | 4 Comments

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