Tag Archives: sprouts

28.4.40

Some rain during last night. Today fine, warm & still. One or two nasturtiums up (self sown). Turnips sown 22.4.40 are just up. The fly is already at these & at the seedling of sprouts etc. A few parsnips (sown … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged artichokes, beans, clarkia, eggs, fly, lettuce, nasturtiums, parsnips, sack, sodium chlorate, sprouts, turnips, walnut tree, weather | 3 Comments

13.4.40

Posted on 13 April by orwelldiaries

Still, not warm, overcast but no rain. Sowed kale, savoys, sprouts, lettuce (cos), radishes. (Not broccoli, as the seed I have is of a late kind, to be sowed about May-June). Also leeks, 10-week stocks, foxgloves. Planted out 1 score … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged awning, broccoli, broken, cos, egg total, eggs, fertiliser, foxgloves, frost, ground, kale, leeks, lettuce, overcast, radishes, rose cuttings, sacking, savoys, sprouts, stocks, woolworths | 2 Comments

13.10.39

Posted on 13 October by orwelldiaries

Misty but not cold. Some swallows still about, flying very high. Mowed the lawn. Could not make much impression on it, as it has got long again, but this will probably have to be its last cut this year. Nothing … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged broccoli, coal dust, eggs, flower garden, hen-manure, misty, paths, rhubarb, savoys, snowdrop, spade, sprouts, sugar cartons, superphosphate, swallows, tealeaves, trellis, weather | 1 Comment

21.4.39.

Posted on 21 April by orwelldiaries

Fine & very warm all day. Very dry. Believe I saw the first shoot of bindweed today. Scythed down a patch of nettles to see the result. It is said one can eradicate them if they are scythed down 3 … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged bindweed, broccoli, cos lettuce, leeks, nettles, savoys, sodium chlorate, sprouts, weather | 10 Comments

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