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Tag Archives: frost
29.4.40
I think a little rain in the night. All day overcast, with sometimes fine mist almost amounting to rain, but not exactly cold. Mended the fence, which cannot be done completely as there are not enough stakes. Planted out 1 … Continue reading
17.4.40
Frost again last night. Today still, sunny & fairly warm. Cut the grass, took out some of the worst of the dandelions etc., sowed a few seeds of canary creeper, got places ready to sow clarkia etc. Notice that tobacco … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged canary creeper, clarkia, dandelions, eggs, frost, grass, sparrows, thrush, tobacco powder, weather
10 Comments
16.4.40
Frost again last night. Most of the day sunny but not too warm. Some falls of snow or sleet in the afternoon. Grape hyacinths, what there are of them, now well out. Some of the shallotts° branching. Planted 28 lb … Continue reading
13.4.40
Still, not warm, overcast but no rain. Sowed kale, savoys, sprouts, lettuce (cos), radishes. (Not broccoli, as the seed I have is of a late kind, to be sowed about May-June). Also leeks, 10-week stocks, foxgloves. Planted out 1 score … Continue reading
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
6.4.40
Sharp frost last night. Beautiful still sunny day, turning rather cold again this evening. Dug some more. Frost has improved the soil considerably. Weeded the patch between the currants & the strawberries, & applied lime. (Paid Titley 6d for about … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged cold, currants, double egg, egg total, eggs, frost, lime, marrows, pumpkins, soil, strawberries, sunny, Titley, weeding, winter greens
3 Comments
1.4.40[1]
Strong wind, which has dried the soil greatly, but beautiful spring weather in the morning. In the evening overcast, but no rain. Violets out in great numbers everywhere. Larks singing, the first I have heard this year, though most years … Continue reading
28.3.40
Sharp frost in the night, which does not appear to have done any damage, however. Today fine but rather cold. Cleared out some more of the strawberry bed, prepared the onion bed, which may be fit to sow tomorrow. Some … Continue reading
18.3.40
Somewhat drier. A few drops of rain. Forked over the ground for the onion bed & applied superphosphate. A few wallflowers just beginning to bud. But there are very few that are really undamaged by the frost. 15 eggs.
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