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Tag Archives: horticulture
23.11.38
Weather fine & warm, not particularly hot. Fires some evenings. When it is reasonably clear the snow peaks on the Atlas now seem so close that one would think them only a few miles away (actually 50-100 miles I suppose.) … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged Atlas mountains, horticulture, marigolds, nasturtiums, price of wheat, sweet peas, weather
16 Comments
27.10.38
On Tuesday afternoon (25th) tremendous rain, much as in the tropics except that it was very cold rain. Everything has flooded feet deep, the earth not yet dry. The Oued Tensift is now quite a considerable stream & low ground … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged animal feed, beetles, black lice, horticulture, Marrakech, mosquitoes, Oued Tensift, sparrows, tomatoes, weather, weeds, wild ducks
12 Comments
September 15, 1938
Caught a water-tortoise, about 8” long, outside the small zoological gardens here (evidently it had not escaped from within, though of the same kind as those kept inside.) It was in an irrigation ditch, swimming against the current & only … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged ants, birds, horticulture, michaelmas daisies, mosquitoes, olives, runner beans, terrapin
13 Comments
September 10, 1938, Tangier
Temperature here said never to rise above about 85°. Sea is fairly warm, water extremely clear, objects 20 & 30 feet below being visible when there is no wind. There is a tide rise of about a foot. Sea & … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged bougainvillea, brinjals, cannas, donkey, fig, fish, fishing, geraniums, grapes, horticulture, melon, Pollock, prickly pear, sardines, Tangier
22 Comments
August 26, 1938
Hot. Dense ground-mist early this morning. Many blackberries now ripe, very large & fairly sweet. Also fair number of dew-berries. Walnuts now nearly full sized. Plenty of English apples in the shops.
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