Tag Archives: roses

18.4.40

Violent wind & horribly cold most of day. In the afternoon about an hour’s heavy rain, after which it is warmer & more still. Narcissi are out. Wild thyme out. Daffs beginning to go off a little. Sowed sweet peas, … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged Canterbury bells, clarkia, daffodils, eggs, narcissi, phlox, rain, roses, sunflowers, sweet peas, weather, wild thyme, wind | 3 Comments

17.3.40

Posted on 17 March by orwelldiaries

Raining much of the day. Everything now very sodden. Roses are budding well. Alfred H. says it is not too late to plant blackberry runners, though they will do no good this year. 16 eggs.

Posted in Domestic | Tagged alfred h, blackberry, eggs, rain, roses, runners, sodden | 7 Comments

20.11.39

Posted on 20 November by orwelldiaries

Fine, still, reasonably warm. Planted 6 lupins (paid 9d), said to be mixed colours. NB. that T[itley]. says that with lupins one should spread their roots out & not insert them too deep. Limed & began digging the final strip. … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged beech, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, chrysanthemums, eggs, lime, lupins, michaelmas daisies, oak leaves, phlox, roses, savoys, weather, weeds | 2 Comments

19.10.39

Posted on 19 October by orwelldiaries

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

15.8.39.

Posted on 15 August by orwelldiaries

Hot. Had some damsons stewed (rather sour.) Ground dries up very rapidly. A few larkspurs coming into flower, roses coming into second bloom (most of them not good owing to the species of blight they have this year). The pumpkin’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged broody hen, damsons, dead shrew, ducklings, larkspurs, pumpkins, roses, snail, wasps | 5 Comments

6.7.39.

Posted on 6 July by orwelldiaries

Very windy & raining lightly most of the day. Too wet to do anything outside. Nasturtiums in flower. Roses now extremely good. Another 2lb. Strawberries. (3 1/2 lb. to date – am noting amounts in order to see what weight … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged nasturtiums, roses, strawberries, weather | 3 Comments

25.6.39.

Posted on 25 June by orwelldiaries

Fine all day & fairly warm until evening. Sweet williams, two red roses & one Albertine full out. A salvia & a marigold in bud. Some stonecrop in full flower. Stonecrop appears to flower erratically as one clump has been … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged Albertine rose, marigold, roses, salvia, stonecrop, sweet williams | 11 Comments

21.5.39.

Posted on 21 May by orwelldiaries

Today & yesterday fine, but it is still not any too warm. Roses here are in full bud & almost out. Greenfly very bad. Lupins almost out. London Pride (kind of large saxifrage) is out. The gardener here[1] says that … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged elephant, greenfly, hawthorn, London Pride, lupins, manatee, marmoset, monkeys, mouflon, roses, saxifrage, tigon | 10 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