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Monthly Archives: May 2009
31.5.39.
Fine & warm, but strikes very chilly as soon as the sun begins to go in. Tomatoes (protected from the sun with sacking) are O.K. A few French & runner beans showing. M’s mate no good. When bringing her back … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged french beans, goat, milk-yield, Muriel, runner beans, tomatoes, udders, weather, white owl
4 Comments
30.5.39.
Very fine & warm. Planted potatoes (12), putting sacking over to protect them from the sun. One cheddar pink is out. A fine drizzle for a little while in the morning. Note that netting strawberries does not seem to inhibit … Continue reading
29.5.39.
Very fine & warm. Netted strawberries. Took M. to the billy but fear she is not on heat. Mr N.[1] says they usually only are on autumn-spring. M. greatly afraid of a cow. The cow, on the other hand, frightened … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged bird feed, goat, mash, Mr. N., Muriel on heat, newspaper cutting, weather
8 Comments
28.5.39. (Whit Sunday)
Very chilly in early morning, the rest of the day fine & sunny. Some salvias were planted last night. Daily Mail rose now almost ready to open, buds on Dorothy Perkins & Albertine. Delphinium buds forming, peonies not far from … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged Albertine rose, Daily Mail rose, delphiniums, Dorothey Perkins rose, peonies, salvias, weather
7 Comments
27.5.39
Overcast in the morning, fine & warm in the afternoon. Blue speedwell & bugle out everywhere. Buttercups about at their tallest. Dandelions seeding. Large toadstools in the fields. Strawed strawberries. Applied sodium chlorate to the remaining patch under the walnut … Continue reading
26.5.39.
Warm. Ground is very dry. Fly is in the turnips. Many apples forming. Strawberries should be netted about a fortnight from now. Titly° has potatoes already earthed up. He says Catriona do not keep well for seed but store all … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged antirrhinums, blue flax, chicks, egg total, fly, storing potatoes, strawberries, turnips, weather
2 Comments
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
