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Tag Archives: rose
28.11.39
Still, not too warm, Some frost in the night. Finished the new latch. This will take 5 or 6 rows of potatoes. Showed the briar stocks to T[itley]., who explained that one must cut the side shoots off & bud … Continue reading
27.11.39
Heavy rain in the night & all this morning. Finer & windless this afternoon. Everything very sodden. Dug another trench. Have now almost finished the amount I intend doing of the new bit. Stuck in 2 more briar roots. Shall … Continue reading
26.11.39
Cold & windy, rain some of the day. Stuck a root of a wild briar in, experimentally, but not certain whether it will take as it had not much root. Shall plant some more as I want to try budding … Continue reading
19.11.39
Some rain last night. Today still, fairly fine. Winter[1] time (deferred 2 months owing to the war) starts today is have to give the hens their evening meal about 3pm. Dug one trench, transplanted the little rose (the one that … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged eggs, hens, lavender, peony, rose, trench, weather, winter time
6 Comments
18.11.39
Rather rainy. Went into Baldock but failed to get any rose bushes. Bought a peony root which perhaps I can plant at the corner instead of a rose. Clarke’s[1] say the shortage of grains, or the difficulty of sending them … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged Baldock, Clarke's, egg total, eggs, golden plover, grains, peony, redshank, rose, rose bushes, snipe, weather
2 Comments
10.11.39
Very fine, sunny, still weather. Dug the first trench of the new patch, planted shallots (not quite enough to make up the first 2 rows), transplanted 3 rambler rose cuttings, 1 albertine, 1 of the yellowy-white kind, the other I … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged albertine, apples, Blenheims, dahlia bulbs, eggs, rambler rose, rose, shallots, trellis, weather
3 Comments
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