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Tag Archives: lettuces
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
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
3 Comments
13.6.39.
Overcast, sunny intervals, some rain. Took up tulips & planted out to finish their growth, also narcissi. Began putting up new hen-house (a shop-solid one, price 17/6 which arrived uncreosoted & without roofing felt. Would accomodate° 10-12 full-grown hens.) Old … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged broody hens, hen-house, jackdaw, lettuces, narcissi, potatoes, tulips, weather
11 Comments
10.6.39
Extremely dry & pretty hot. Began hoeing maincrop potatoes, which are mostly through. Lettuces & marrows seem O.K. Many flowers in the garden drooping. The rainwater tank is now almost empty (the first time this has happened, but E. was … Continue reading
9.6.39.
Very dry, less hot. No signs of rain. Planted two more marrows & removed the covers from the others. Did more weeding. The turnips have completely disappeared & very few onions are left, & some of those wilting. Shall re-sow … Continue reading
4.6.39.
Extremely hot & dry. Made larger runs for chicks, putting sacking over as shade. Had to take the sacking from the lettuces, which had not wilted owing to being covered. A few sweet williams coming out. The other very small … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged cheddar pinks, chicken run, dianthus, greenfly, lettuces, sweet williams, weather, white owl
3 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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