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Tag Archives: henhouse
5.11.39
Some wind in the morning, then nice sunny weather. Ground has dried up somewhat. In the evening violent wind & a few drops of rain. The wind actually blew the roof off the small henhouse. Enormous flocks of starlings, some … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged eggs, elder, elms, gooseberry, henhouse, leaves, lime, sand, soil, starlings, turf-mould, weather
3 Comments
10.10.39
Very still, warm & fairly sunny. A very few spots of rain in the evening. Ground greatly sodden, & a lot of chrysanthemums loosened by the wind. Dug trench for broad beans but cannot yet get the ground into sowing … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged blackberry jelly, broad beans, chrysanthemums, clay, eggs, henhouse, manure, onions, rain, runner beans, sand, walnuts, weather, wood ash
15 Comments
23.8.39.
Hot. Dug some more of the patch for leeks, transferred the cockerels (5) to the small pen, deloused the hen-houses. Great trouble getting rid of the red mite, which multiplies very fast in this weather. They have to be burned … Continue reading
18.8.39.
Hot. Refitted door to henhouse. 10 eggs (3 small).
27.7.39.
Hot. A very few drops of rain in the evening. Red mite is bad in the henhouses, partly no doubt owing to one or two hot days. Dealt with them with boiling water & sulphur afterwards, hoping this will be … Continue reading
5.7.39.
Hot. A short shower in the evening. Bergamot in bud. The white chick looks bad, & the pullet which is limping no better. A few loganberries ripe enough to pick. Started creosoting henhouse. Sowed radishes, cos lettuce, parsley. E. sowed … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged bergamot, chickens, cos lettuce, Eileen, french beans, henhouse, limping pullet, loganberries, parsley, radishes, weather
1 Comment
17.6.39.
Fine, fairly warm. Sowed carnations (mixed perennial). Put roofing felt on henhouse. Paid for felt 9d a yard. Both goats’ milk badly down, no doubt owing to being unable to graze yesterday. Being indoors also seems to affect their appetite … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged carnations, egg total, henhouse, how to make concrete fence posts, milk-yield, newspaper cutting
2 Comments
15.6.39.
Windy, coldish & occasional drizzle. Put up stakes & wires upon which to stretch strings for runner beans. Fixed door of henhouse & supported it off the ground. K.’s milk yield increasing slightly. 15 eggs. (NB began new bottle of … Continue reading
