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Monthly Archives: April 2009
30.4.39.
14 eggs. Came to Greenwich. NOTE: Pictures taken by Orwell in Morocco, as well as some press cuttings and other items from his time there, have been added to the Image Gallery. Gordon Bowker has kindly contributed an … Continue reading
27.4.39.
Sharp frost during night & hens’ water frozen. Snow & sleet during most of the day. Short sunny intervals. Blossom seems undamaged. Perennial alyssum coming into flower. Scyllas° & grape hyacinths coming to an end. Starlings very busy obtaining straw … Continue reading
26.4.39.
Sharp frost in the night. Raining. Short fall of snow in the morning. The doubtful hen sat the eggs during the night but was finally found not to be broody. Shall still put the eggs under a hen if obtainable, … Continue reading
25.4.39.
Raining most of the day, & cold. 14 eggs. [From 25 April to 9 May Diary is written in Eileen’s hand.]
24.4.39.
Mostly fine, with rainy intervals, cold in the evening. Applied more sodium chlorate. Nettles treated previously have blackened. One hen refuses to sit. Took her home, as she may go broody again in familiar surroundings. The other sitting well on … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged broody hens, egg total, nettles, sodium chlorate, strawberries, turnips, weather
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23.4.39.
Raining, but not hard, almost all day. Lilacs almost out. Bindweed well up. Great difficulties with so-called broody hens. One, after much reluctance, began to sit, but only took 8 eggs. The other evidently not broody at all, escaped & … Continue reading
22.4.39.
Cold & windy, with some sunny intervals & a few spots of rain. Flag irises budding. Some apple blossom full out. Planted early potatoes (Eclipse, about 10lb.) Procured two broody hens, but not putting them on the eggs till tomorrow, … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged apple blossom, broody hens, eclipse potatoes, flag irises, nettles have their uses, newspaper cutting, water hens, weather
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21.4.39.
Fine & very warm all day. Very dry. Believe I saw the first shoot of bindweed today. Scythed down a patch of nettles to see the result. It is said one can eradicate them if they are scythed down 3 … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged bindweed, broccoli, cos lettuce, leeks, nettles, savoys, sodium chlorate, sprouts, weather
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