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Tag Archives: hens
25.11.39
Hard frost last night, which started about 4pm. Thawed this morning about 10 am, cold & miserable all day. Lumps of ice turned out of hens’ basins were still frozen in the evening. Made bonfire, added some of the hay … Continue reading
19.11.39
Some rain last night. Today still, fairly fine. Winter[1] time (deferred 2 months owing to the war) starts today is have to give the hens their evening meal about 3pm. Dug one trench, transplanted the little rose (the one that … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged eggs, hens, lavender, peony, rose, trench, weather, winter time
6 Comments
3.11.39
Have been away since last Sunday (28th), only returning this evening. Everything is extremely sodden. Planted a few more crocus bulbs & took up dahlia roots, which may be worth keeping. In this time the hens have apparently laid only … Continue reading
28.9.39
Have not been able to keep up the diary, as I have been away[1]. The eggs are, however, entered in the hen book, though I think a certain number were not recorded. Typical autumn weather, except that of late the … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged autumn, bees, broccoli, butcher, cabbages, chrysanthemums, egg total, eggs, Eileen, hay, hens, leghorn, loganberry, michaelmas daisies, potatoes, pumpkin, rabbits, rhode island red, superphosphate, weather
9 Comments
5.9.39
Have not been able to keep up the diary owing to travelling to & fro, dislocation caused by the war etc. The weather has been mainly hot & still. On the night of 2.9.39 a tremendous thunderstorm which went on … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged apples, bergamot, bullaces, carnations, carrots, dahlias, damsons, eggs, flowers, goats, grass, hens, hollyhocks, larkspurs, lettuces, marigolds, marrows, michaelmas daisies, milk, onions, peas, phloxes, potatoes, pumpkin, roes, runner beans, sweet williams, thunderstorm, turnips, wallflowers, Wallington, war, weather, weeds, winter vegetables
5 Comments
12.10.38
A lot cooler. No snow now visible on the Atlas, but perhaps obscured by clouds. Have installed the hens & goats. Hens about the size of the Indian fowl, but of all colours, some with a species of topknot, white … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged chicken feed, chickens, goats, hens, lucerne, M. Simont, pomegranate, sheep
12 Comments
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