Monthly Archives: March 2010

31.3.40

Rather cold, & violent wind all day. A certain number of primroses out, also blue & white violets, & celandine. No other wild flowers. Saw a sheep with two newborn lambs, the first I have seen this year. Notice that … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged celandine, cold, eggs, lambs, primroses, sheep, spawn, tadpoles, violets, wild flowers, wind | 2 Comments

30.3.40

Posted on 30 March by orwelldiaries

Nice spring weather. Sowed 1 row carrots. Finished weeding strawberries, & applied a little manure. Place for broad beans now about fit to sow. One or two daffodils opening in garden. Except for Innes’ meadow beyond the Lodge, it is … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged Baldock, broad beans, carrots, daffodils, egg total, eggs, innes' meadow, lodge, manure, spring, strawberries, Wallington, weeding | 7 Comments

29.3.40

Posted on 29 March by orwelldiaries

Sowed onions (3 rows Jas. [Long] Keeping). 2 oz. seed suppose to do 200 feet but only did about 100, no doubt because I sowed too thick. Today cold, overcast & windy, with some rain in the afternoon. 17 eggs.

Posted in Domestic | Tagged cold, eggs, james longkeeping, onions, overcast, rain, seed, wind | 3 Comments

28.3.40

Posted on 28 March by orwelldiaries

Sharp frost in the night, which does not appear to have done any damage, however. Today fine but rather cold. Cleared out some more of the strawberry bed, prepared the onion bed, which may be fit to sow tomorrow. Some … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged briar, cold, daffodil, eggs, fine, frost, onion bed, strawberry bed, tadpoles | 5 Comments

27.3.40

Posted on 27 March by orwelldiaries

Finer. Still impossible to sow seeds. Dug a little more, applied wood-ash to bed for onions. Tadpoles now almost fully formed & beginning to wriggle their tails. 16 eggs. Sold 1 score @ 2/10.

Posted in Domestic | Tagged eggs, onions, seeds, tadpoles, wood ash | 6 Comments

26.3.40

Posted on 26 March by orwelldiaries

Raining almost without cease all day, & decidedly cold. Tadpoles I brought home are already more or less formed & working their way out of the spawn. 15 eggs.

Posted in Domestic | Tagged cold, eggs, rain, spawn, tadpoles | 3 Comments

25.3.40

Posted on 25 March by orwelldiaries

Most of the day nice weather, turning damper at night. Cleaned out a little of strawberry bed. 15 eggs (30 sold for 2/-).

Posted in Domestic | Tagged eggs, strawberry bed | 3 Comments

24.3.40

Posted on 24 March by orwelldiaries

Nice spring weather most of the day. Blackthorn just budding. Catkins & female flowers on the hawthorn. Found some frogs mating. In most places they have already spawned & some of the spawn is beginning to develop. Brought a few … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged anemones, blackthorn, catkins, eggs, frogs, hawthorn, Mrs Nicholls, polyanthi, primrose, spawn, spring, violets | 4 Comments

23.3.40

Posted on 23 March by orwelldiaries

About the first nice spring weather, except for a shower or two in the afternoon. Buds on bullace trees. 13 eggs. Total this week: 98.

Posted in Domestic | Tagged birds, bullace trees, egg total, eggs, shower, spring | 3 Comments

22.3.40

Posted on 22 March by orwelldiaries

Somewhat drier but a few drops of rain. Planted 3 blackberries (runners) & 2 roots of rhubarb. Began clearing out the strawberry bed. Blue & white crocuses now out. 13 eggs.

Posted in Domestic | Tagged blackberries, crocuses, eggs, rain, rhubarb, runners, strawberry bed | 1 Comment