Tag Archives: yellow alyssum

25.5.39.

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

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

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