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Tag Archives: goldfinches
26.10.39
A very sharp white frost last night, the first severe frost of the year. The day overcast with a short sunny interval, & rather cold. Water in the hen’s basin frozen solid this morning. Turned it, & this evening there … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged broad beans, broody hen, cold, compost heap, dahlias, eggs, flower garden, goldfinches, grass, haulm, ice, lime, loam, marrows, overcast, shallots, smallholder, sodium chlorate, turves, weather, white frost, wood ash
4 Comments
7.9.39
Very hot. Weeded out first lot of broccoli & dug between. Cut down nettles under the apple tree & applied 1 lb. sodium chlorate. A lot of apples but they are not very good or big, & many windfalls. Made … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged apple jelly, apple tree, apples, broccoli, eggs, goldfinches, nettles, Ringwood, sodium chlorate
2 Comments
17.8.39.
Hot. Some blackberries reddening. Found a few mushrooms. Most of the corn now cut, & everyone working fast to get in the remainder while the good weather lasts. Conveys of partridges are mostly large (8-12 birds) but the young birds … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged blackberries, corn, goldfinches, greenfinches, Marx, mushrooms, partridges, pheasant, waterhen, weather
4 Comments
6.8.39.
No rain, fairly warm. The big crab tree in the lane has failed to produce any apples, but found others with fruit. Blackberries still only in flower. Hazel nuts still solid inside. Inne’s cows due to calve shortly. Waterhens still … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged black slugs, blackberries, chickens, crab apple, dead cat, goldfinches, greenfinches, hawfinch, hazel nuts, rabbits, waterhens, weather
2 Comments
September 19, 1938
For sale along with the bright orange half-ripe dates are others equally bright purple, about the colour of brinjals. Pomegranates for same in large piles everywhere. Some oranges beginning to yellow. Immense vegetable marrows for sale, probably weighing 20-30lbs. each. … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged brinjals, dates, goldfinches, lettuces, pomegranates, storks, weather
23 Comments
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