Tag Archives: tulips

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

20.4.40

Posted on 20 April by orwelldiaries

Overcast but not particularly cold. Some people heard the cuckoo this morning, but I did not. Some rain about midday. Hedges are still decidedly bare. Winter wheat looks good in most places. Tulips are out in some gardens. Black currants … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged blackcurrants, carrots, cuckoo, egg total, eggs, explosion, hedges, lupin, munition works, onions, potatoes, tulips, weather, winter wheat | 2 Comments

15.4.40

Posted on 15 April by orwelldiaries

Seems to have been a little rain last night. Today very variable weather. Most of day windy, some sunshine but not very warm, a few spots of rain. Then in the afternoon a few flakes of sleet & afterwards about … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged eggs, grass, hail, manure, marrow beds, rain, sleet, tulips, weather, wind | 3 Comments

1.4.40[1]

Posted on 1 April by orwelldiaries

Strong wind, which has dried the soil greatly, but beautiful spring weather in the morning. In the evening overcast, but no rain. Violets out in great numbers everywhere. Larks singing, the first I have heard this year, though most years … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged arabis, broad beans, carrots, eggs, frost, larks, overcast, parsnips, partridges, pea, rooks, seagulls, spring, tulips, violets, wind | 2 Comments

13.3.40

Posted on 13 March by orwelldiaries

Re-opening this diary after a long absence due to ‘flu etc. The day we left, 30.1.40, the roads were so completely snowed up that of the 31/2 miles to Baldock we were only able to do about 1/2 mile on … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged adco, Baldock, birds, blackcurrants, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carnations, compost, crocuses, cuttings, daffodils, egg total, eggs, flu, frost, gooseberries, grass, hare, leeks, peonies, polyanthi, recurrants, rhubarb, roads, rose, snow, snowdrops, soil, tulips, wallflowers, water-glass | 10 Comments

12.10.39

Posted on 12 October by orwelldiaries

Fine autumn weather, as yesterday. Planted out about 25 more wallflowers, a few hollyhock seedlings, 20 bought tulip bulbs (2 black) & about 15 of our own, & about 30 daffodils, some bought, some of our own. Cut leaves off … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged bulbs, daffodisl, eggs, hollyhock, marrow, seedlings, tulips, wallflowers, weather | 3 Comments

13.6.39.

Posted on 13 June by orwelldiaries

Overcast, sunny intervals, some rain. Took up tulips & planted out to finish their growth, also narcissi. Began putting up new hen-house (a shop-solid one, price 17/6 which arrived uncreosoted & without roofing felt. Would accomodate° 10-12 full-grown hens.) Old … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged broody hens, hen-house, jackdaw, lettuces, narcissi, potatoes, tulips, weather | 11 Comments

25.5.39.

Posted on 25 May by orwelldiaries

Yesterday & the day before very warm. Today overcast, chilly enough to have a fire, & a few drops of rain. Got back[1] yesterday after nearly 3 weeks’ absence. Soil is very dry, weeds terrible except in kitchen garden. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged apples, aubretia, bush roses, carnations, cheddar pinks, chicks, currants, double egg, egg total, flowers, forget-me-nots, gooseberries, hemlock, loganberries, mole, Muriel, nettles, pansies, peonies, saxifrage, sweet williams, tulips, vegetables, wallflowers, weather, weeds, yellow alyssum | 7 Comments

16.5.39.

Posted on 16 May by orwelldiaries

[from 16 May the Diary is again in Orwell’s hand] London: Weather for the most part showery, with fine intervals. In Greenwich Park, chestnuts, pink chestnuts (but not Spanish ones) in flower, also lilac, hawthorn. Some of the wild ducks … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged chestnuts, ducklings, Greenwich Park, hawthorn, lilac, newspaper cutting, recipes, tulips, uses for sour milk, wallflowers | 25 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