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Tag Archives: turnips
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
22.4.40
Sunny & quite warm, but very windy. On a day like this the opening of a tulip can be watched & a distinct difference noted every few hours. Sowed turnips (2 rows, white), peas (English wonder – a bit early … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged blackthorn, blossom, eggs, English wonder, king edward, peas, potatoes, tulip, turnips, weather, wild plum
3 Comments
16.4.40
Frost again last night. Most of the day sunny but not too warm. Some falls of snow or sleet in the afternoon. Grape hyacinths, what there are of them, now well out. Some of the shallotts° branching. Planted 28 lb … Continue reading
5.9.39
Have not been able to keep up the diary owing to travelling to & fro, dislocation caused by the war etc. The weather has been mainly hot & still. On the night of 2.9.39 a tremendous thunderstorm which went on … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged apples, bergamot, bullaces, carnations, carrots, dahlias, damsons, eggs, flowers, goats, grass, hens, hollyhocks, larkspurs, lettuces, marigolds, marrows, michaelmas daisies, milk, onions, peas, phloxes, potatoes, pumpkin, roes, runner beans, sweet williams, thunderstorm, turnips, wallflowers, Wallington, war, weather, weeds, winter vegetables
5 Comments
16.8.39.
Hot. Ground again very dried up. Hoed onions & flowers in nursery beds, watered pumpkin & tomatoes, cut down broad beans, which have now got too big & are not worth leaving to ripen. Some turnips almost fit to pull. … Continue reading
26.7.39.
Fine & warm. Finished thatching hay, as well as it can be done, which is not very well. However this is practice for another occasion when there is more hay. Stack is about 8’ x 6’ by 5’ at highest … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged cabbages, hay, Scientific Poultry Breeders' Association, turnips
6 Comments
17.7.39.
Warmish in the morning, thunderstorms & heavy rain most of afternoon. Picked first peas, about 1lb. Thinned out turnips, which are very good & look untouched by the fly. Began digging patch for greens, but too wet to do much. … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged chickens, newt tadpoles, peas, thunderstorm, turnips, water-snail, weather
3 Comments
3.7.39.
Warmer, sunny most of day. Planted pumpkin (somewhat too late, & in a too shady position). Earthed up north[1] side of the maincrop potatoes. No gaps, but some very immature. Lifted tulip bulbs. One early potato withered up – trust … Continue reading
28.6.39.
Much cooler & occasional showers. Mr H. finished cutting the hay & collected it today. Sowed turnips & planted out a row of mixed greens from the seed bed. Both broody hens with chickens laid today, & one (the youngest) … Continue reading
9.6.39.
Very dry, less hot. No signs of rain. Planted two more marrows & removed the covers from the others. Did more weeding. The turnips have completely disappeared & very few onions are left, & some of those wilting. Shall re-sow … Continue reading
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