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Tag Archives: gooseberries
26.4.40
Beautiful day again. 1 pumpkin seed coming up (sown 6.4.40). Carrots sown 9.4.40 are up, but not parsnips. Took up all but one row of the leeks, which were not very good anyway, & dug trench for runner beans. Hoed … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged carrots, currants, eggs, gooseberries, leeks, parsnips, pumpkin, runner beans, strawberries, trench, weather
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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
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6.10.39
Some more rain in the night & a little this morning. Some sunny periods, & not cold. Finished the flower garden. Planted two rows cabbage (36 plants). Cleared the place where the gooseberries are to go (it is too early … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged briquettes, cabbage, dust, eggs, flower garden, glowworm, gooseberries, millipede, phosphorescence, phosphorescent, sunny, weather, worm
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24.7.39.
Fine in morning, cold & miserable in afternoon. Wildflowers now in bloom: agrimony, perforated St. John’s Wort, red dead nettle, wild mignonette, self-heal, woody nightshade, stitchwort. Found nest of wild bees in grass in churchyard. Nest of moss rather like … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged agrimony, dahlias, gooseberries, lettuces, peas, perforated St. John's Wort, red dead nettle, self-heal, stitchwort, weather, wild bees, wild mignonette, wildflowers, woody nightshade
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21.7.39.
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
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25.5.39.
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
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