Tag Archives: forget-me-nots

23.4.40

Still, overcast & warm. A very few drops of rain in the afternoon. Tulips, forgetmenots° & wallflowers coming out. Fruits forming on currants & gooseberries. Plum & pear blossom full out (very late – about 3 weeks later than ordinary … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged blossom, cauliflowers, currants, eggs, field beans, forget-me-nots, gooseberries, nests, pear, plum, rain, rooks, tulips, wallflowers, weather | 3 Comments

21.4.40

Posted on 21 April by orwelldiaries

Sunny & warm. The first real spring day. Cowslips starting. Periwinkles out. Blossom forming on forget-me-nots. Still no cuckoo. E. sowed godetias & cornflowers. One or two of the peas (sown on 10.4.40) are showing, but no broad beans. 18 … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged blossom, broad beans, cornflowers, cowslips, cuckoo, eggs, forget-me-nots, godetia, peas, periwinkles, spring, weather | 4 Comments

8.4.40

Posted on 8 April by orwelldiaries

Cold, overcast & a very little light drizzle. Ground has not dried up so cannot sow peas yet. Dug the limed patch, leaving it very rough. It can remain thus for about 2 months. No more digging now remains to … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged bindweed, cold, drizzle, eggs, forget-me-nots, ground, lime, overcast, peas, soil, weeds | 4 Comments

23.10.39

Posted on 23 October by orwelldiaries

Not cold & fairly fine, but a few drops of drizzling rain in the evening. Cleaned out the piece between the rockery & the trellis, made a bed of sorts, planted 20 forget-me-nots in it, made a bed ready for … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged apple jelly, bed, drizzle, eggs, flowers, forget-me-nots, grass, phlox, rambler, rockery, snail, trellis, weather, worm | 6 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

8.5.39.

Posted on 8 May by orwelldiaries

Visit to Wallington. Plum blossom over, apple full out (a great quantity). First peas 1/2”- 1” tall. First beans 3”. Second beans not showing. Rhubarb growing but not good (? Protection necessary here for good crop; Mr A. [1] has all … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged arabis, aubretia, beans, carrots, egg total, forget-me-nots, gooseberries, grass seed, narcissi, onions, pansies, peas, plum, potatoes, radishes, rhubarb, roses, strawberries, thrush, tulips, turnips, wallflowers, Wallington, yellow alyssum | 7 Comments

20.4.39.

Posted on 20 April by orwelldiaries

Fine & very warm all day. Bluebells everywhere. White starlike single flowers with many petals (Star of Bethlehem?) now in bloom. In the garden, forget-me-nots, tulips & one or two anemones in bloom. The thrush near the bullace tree has … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged anemone, apple blossom, bluebells, broody hens, bullace, forget-me-nots, star of Bethlehem, thrush, tulips, weather | 9 Comments

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