Tag Archives: strawberries

26.4.40

Beautiful day again. 1 pumpkin seed coming up (sown 6.4.40). Carrots sown 9.4.40 are up, but not parsnips. Took up all but one row of the leeks, which were not very good anyway, & dug trench for runner beans. Hoed … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged carrots, currants, eggs, gooseberries, leeks, parsnips, pumpkin, runner beans, strawberries, trench, weather | 2 Comments

25.4.40

Posted on 25 April by orwelldiaries

Beautiful spring weather. Heard the cuckoo (first time). Many midges about now. Bullace blossom pretty well out. Cut the grass, dug a trench for 3rd row of peas, gave the strawberries a little more manure. These are now free of … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged bindweed, blossom, broad beans, bullace, cuckoo, eggs, grass, manure, midges, milkman, peas, strawberries, trench, weather, weeds | 5 Comments

6.4.40

Posted on 6 April by orwelldiaries

Sharp frost last night. Beautiful still sunny day, turning rather cold again this evening. Dug some more. Frost has improved the soil considerably. Weeded the patch between the currants & the strawberries, & applied lime. (Paid Titley 6d for about … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged cold, currants, double egg, egg total, eggs, frost, lime, marrows, pumpkins, soil, strawberries, sunny, Titley, weeding, winter greens | 3 Comments

5.4.40

Posted on 5 April by orwelldiaries

Overcast but not actually raining. Dug some more, hoed strawberries, planted some more roots of sunflowers. 15 eggs.

Posted in Domestic | Tagged eggs, overcast, strawberries, sunflowers | 1 Comment

30.3.40

Posted on 30 March by orwelldiaries

Nice spring weather. Sowed 1 row carrots. Finished weeding strawberries, & applied a little manure. Place for broad beans now about fit to sow. One or two daffodils opening in garden. Except for Innes’ meadow beyond the Lodge, it is … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged Baldock, broad beans, carrots, daffodils, egg total, eggs, innes' meadow, lodge, manure, spring, strawberries, Wallington, weeding | 7 Comments

15.7.39.

Posted on 15 July by orwelldiaries

Warm. A very short light shower in the evening. Weeded out the strawberries, as well as could be done, & picked off such as were ripe. More berries forming, but doubt if we shall get any now the nets are … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged egg total, strawberries, thrush, weather | 4 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.

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10.7.39.

Posted on 10 July by orwelldiaries

Overcast, warm & still. Some hollyhocks flowering. Madonna lilies & bergamot almost out. Did nothing in garden except weeding. K.’s appetite somewhat improved but bad drop in her milk today (only about 11/4 pt.) E. picked about 11/2lb. strawberries yesterday. … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged bergamot, hollyhocks, Madonna lillies, strawberries, weather | 1 Comment

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

2.7.39.

Posted on 2 July by orwelldiaries

Overcast most of day, a heavy shower in the afternoon, & cold enough to have a fire. Both the hens guarding chicks have begun laying eggs & the younger one showed a tendency to stray away. E. therefore put her … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged apples, broad beans, chickens, clarkia, Eileen, Full-o-Pep, gas, loganberries, strawberries, weather | 4 Comments