Tag Archives: goat

10.9.39

Warmish, but overcast. Dug the 2 rows of King Edward potatoes (actually most of them are not K.E. but another larger kind, perhaps Great Scott). Again very poor though better than the earlies. The best had 16 sizeable potatoes to … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged disease, eggs, goat, great scott, heat, king edward, marrow, Muriel, potatoes, pumpkin, weather | 4 Comments

8.9.39

Posted on 8 September by orwelldiaries

Hot. Blackberries not ripe yet. Have lifted the remained of the early potatoes, which are very poor, only about 5 potatoes to a root. 8 eggs. [NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS] Curing a Goat Skin. – The skin should be as free from … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged blackberries, cured, curing, eggs, fruit, goat, goat skin, newspaper cutting, out-of-reach fruit, potatoes | 5 Comments

20.8.39.

Posted on 20 August by orwelldiaries

Hot in the morning. Then thunder & heavy showers. Raining hard tonight. Goats greatly terrified by the thunder, & M. managed to break loose from her chain. Pinched out growing point of pumpkin. Gave onions their final thinning out. First … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged goat, Muriel, onions, peas, pumpkins, thunder, tomatoes, weather | 2 Comments

3.8.39.

Posted on 3 August by orwelldiaries

Unbroken rain from early this morning till about 8pm. One or two dahlias now in flower. Examining yesterday one of the large black slugs common at this time of year (about 4” long when extended) noticed that the curious holes … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged barley, black slugs, dahlias, goat, Muriel, oats, plums, toadflax, wheat | 4 Comments

21.7.39.

Posted on 21 July by orwelldiaries

Fine part of the day, but overcast & damp in the morning, & a thunderstorm in the afternoon. Wheat yellowing. Planted out leeks (38 make a row.) Weeds very bad everywhere. This morning a female flower of a marrow opened; … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged goat, gooseberries, leeks, marrow, milk-yield, thunderstorm, weather, weeds, wheat | Leave a comment

14.6.39.

Posted on 14 June by orwelldiaries

Bought 8 new R.I.R.[1] pullets, 3 to 3 1/2 months old, well forward 4/6 each. Finished putting up new house, which however is not creosoted or roof-felted yet, also the door needs adjustments. The old hen guarding the first lot … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged beans, broody hens, Eileen, goat, Kate, milk-yield, peas, pullets, Rhode island reds | 4 Comments

31.5.39.

Posted on 31 May by orwelldiaries

Fine & warm, but strikes very chilly as soon as the sun begins to go in. Tomatoes (protected from the sun with sacking) are O.K. A few French & runner beans showing. M’s mate no good. When bringing her back … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged french beans, goat, milk-yield, Muriel, runner beans, tomatoes, udders, weather, white owl | 4 Comments

29.5.39.

Posted on 29 May by orwelldiaries

Very fine & warm. Netted strawberries. Took M. to the billy but fear she is not on heat. Mr N.[1] says they usually only are on autumn-spring. M. greatly afraid of a cow. The cow, on the other hand, frightened … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged bird feed, goat, mash, Mr. N., Muriel on heat, newspaper cutting, weather | 8 Comments

13.11.38

Posted on 13 November by orwelldiaries

One egg. The striped goat now completely out of milk. On the whole very hot in the daytime lately. Fire at nights but not really necessary. Immense flocks of starlings, probably as many as 5000 in a flock, all the … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged broad beans, dead dog, goat, plough, starlings, terrapins, toad, tortoises | 21 Comments

14.10.38

Posted on 14 October by orwelldiaries

Stuffy, but not very hot. Today milked the small goat (which is probably not in kid) for the first time. For a long time could get no milk at all, though the udder was large & obviously contained milk. Finally … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged goat, milking, peppers, weather | 11 Comments