Tag Archives: manure

25.4.40

Beautiful spring weather. Heard the cuckoo (first time). Many midges about now. Bullace blossom pretty well out. Cut the grass, dug a trench for 3rd row of peas, gave the strawberries a little more manure. These are now free of … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged bindweed, blossom, broad beans, bullace, cuckoo, eggs, grass, manure, midges, milkman, peas, strawberries, trench, weather, weeds | 5 Comments

15.4.40

Posted on 15 April by orwelldiaries

Seems to have been a little rain last night. Today very variable weather. Most of day windy, some sunshine but not very warm, a few spots of rain. Then in the afternoon a few flakes of sleet & afterwards about … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged eggs, grass, hail, manure, marrow beds, rain, sleet, tulips, weather, wind | 3 Comments

11.4.40

Posted on 11 April by orwelldiaries

Sharp frost last night. Today clear, still & sunny, but not particularly warm. Ground now decidedly dry. Cut grass as best I could. Weeded flower bed by the shed. Gave manure mulch to hollyhocks etc. Planted 3 dwarf michaelmas daisies … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged blackbird, broken, eggs, flower bed, frost, grass, ground, hollyhocks, magpie, manure, michaelmas daisies, mulch, nest, peter hollingworth, robin, rook, sunny, weeding | 4 Comments

30.3.40

Posted on 30 March by orwelldiaries

Nice spring weather. Sowed 1 row carrots. Finished weeding strawberries, & applied a little manure. Place for broad beans now about fit to sow. One or two daffodils opening in garden. Except for Innes’ meadow beyond the Lodge, it is … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged Baldock, broad beans, carrots, daffodils, egg total, eggs, innes' meadow, lodge, manure, spring, strawberries, Wallington, weeding | 7 Comments

12.1.40

Posted on 12 January by orwelldiaries

Appeared to stop freezing for about an hour in the afternoon, otherwise no thaw. Still & sunny. Poultry manure frozen hard & easy to break up, so scattered a patch with this, which can be dug in[1] later. This patch … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged eggs, manure, onions, poultry, raspberries, weather | 4 Comments

25.11.39

Posted on 25 November by orwelldiaries

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 →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged adco, bonfire, compost heap, egg total, eggs, frost, hay, hens, ice, manure, weather | 3 Comments

16.10.39

Posted on 16 October by orwelldiaries

Sunny, very still, fairly warm. I believe there was a slight frost last night. Saw the white owl again yesterday evening. Limed part of the vacant patch, the part nearest the raspberries. That bit is not to be manured are … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged cockerels, compost heap, eggs, frost, garden path, lime, manure, raspberries, rhubarb, root-crops, runenr beans, sunny, warm, weather, white owl | 7 Comments

10.10.39

Posted on 10 October by orwelldiaries

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

4.10.39

Posted on 4 October by orwelldiaries

Rather cold, violent wind. Picked up the first ripe walnuts today. There are very few, however. Spread the manure. Hoed leeks. Spring cabbages have not taken root very well, owing to the drought. Uprooted the onions, which are very poor. … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged apple ginger, drought, eggs, leeks, manure, onions, spring cabbages, walnuts, weather | 3 Comments

3.10.39

Posted on 3 October by orwelldiaries

Fine and chilly. A very few drops of rain in the afternoon. Finished clearing out the garden & transplanted a few small plants which were in the way, so tomorrow the manure can be spread. 5 eggs. Got 6/6 for … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged coal bricquettes, cockerels, eggs, garden, manure, plants, rain, weather | 3 Comments