Tag Archives: plum

23.4.40

Still, overcast & warm. A very few drops of rain in the afternoon. Tulips, forgetmenots° & wallflowers coming out. Fruits forming on currants & gooseberries. Plum & pear blossom full out (very late – about 3 weeks later than ordinary … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged blossom, cauliflowers, currants, eggs, field beans, forget-me-nots, gooseberries, nests, pear, plum, rain, rooks, tulips, wallflowers, weather | 3 Comments

8.5.39.

Posted on 8 May by orwelldiaries

Visit to Wallington. Plum blossom over, apple full out (a great quantity). First peas 1/2”- 1” tall. First beans 3”. Second beans not showing. Rhubarb growing but not good (? Protection necessary here for good crop; Mr A. [1] has all … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged arabis, aubretia, beans, carrots, egg total, forget-me-nots, gooseberries, grass seed, narcissi, onions, pansies, peas, plum, potatoes, radishes, rhubarb, roses, strawberries, thrush, tulips, turnips, wallflowers, Wallington, yellow alyssum | 7 Comments

12.4.39.

Posted on 12 April by orwelldiaries

Wallington: Yesterday[1] exceedingly warm & fine, said to have been the warmest day for that date for 70 years. Today even more so. We now have 26 hens, the youngest about 11 months. Yesterday 7 eggs (the hens have only … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged anemones, aubretia, blackcurrants, bullace, celadine, chickens, cos lettuce, crocuses, daffodils, flowers, grape hyacinth, Marx, narcissi, oxalis, pears, peonies, pigeon, plum, polyanthus, primroses, rhubarb, roses, scilla, strawberries, tulips, Wallington, weather, weeds, wildflowers | 9 Comments

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