Tag Archives: phloxes

19.10.39

Raining almost continuously till late evening. Impossible to do much out of doors. Dug a very little more of the rhubarb bed, cleaned up the remaining bit of the path, which however cannot be re-gravelled till I have got some … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged apple tree, blackberries, broad beans, chrysanthemums, cinders, coal, dahlia, dead leaves, eggs, elm trees, fruit bushes, fruit trees, garden, grass, hen-run, kitchen garden, lime, michaelmas daisies, naphthalene, owls, path, peonies, phloxes, polyantha, raining, rambler, rhubarb, rock salt, roses, shallots, strawberry bed, turf, weather, weed-killer | 5 Comments

5.9.39

Posted on 5 September by orwelldiaries

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

14.7.39.

Posted on 14 July by orwelldiaries

Warm, but rainy. Took nets off strawberries & began weeding, which is almost impossible due to the growth of the bindweed. Phloxes (perennial) beginning to flower. 12 eggs.

Posted in Domestic | Tagged bindweed, phloxes, strawberries, weather | Leave a comment

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