Tag Archives: water-glass

21.3.40

It is drying, but very slowly. Again a few showers. Sorted out potatoes, of which at least a third have rotted owing to frost. However if the remaining ones don’t rot there are enough to last several months at present … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged eggs, potatoes, scillas, showers, water-glass | 4 Comments

14.3.40

Posted on 14 March by orwelldiaries

Heavy snow in the night & during a good deal of the day. Nasty slushy snow which will not lie long, but makes everything very nasty. Impossible to do anything out of doors. Began water-glassing some eggs, experimentally. It appears … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged eggs, snow, water-glass | 5 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

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