wrote 2 days ago: No thaw. A few light spots of snow. 5 eggs. Total this week (see above): 39. Yesterday sold 5 @ 1/-. … more →
wrote 4 days ago: Back at Wallington. Very cold, but no wind. In London there were a few frosts &, round about Xma … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: Fine & rather cold. A little rain in the evening. 8 eggs. Total this week: 59. … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Fine, still, not very warm. 9 eggs. Sold 20 @ 4/4. Total this week: 56. … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Hard frost last night, which started about 4pm. Thawed this morning about 10 am, cold & miserabl … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Rather rainy. Went into Baldock but failed to get any rose bushes. Bought a peony root which perhaps … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Very fine weather, as yesterday. Birds all singing almost as though it were spring. Notice that hors … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Damp, but not raining to any great extent. Finished digging the ground for shallots (still very sodd … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Have been away since last Sunday (28th), only returning this evening. Everything is extremely sodden … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Frost again last night (not so hard as before). All today raining almost continuously. Impossible to … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Very fine, clear, still autumn weather, with a touch of mist. Distinctly chilly morning & evenin … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Extremely heavy rain all night & in the morning. Cleared up a little in the afternoon. Began dig … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Misty & still. A very few drops of rain. Beech nuts now ripe. Skinned & took the pith out of … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Fine, still & fairly warm. Continued clearing & got nearly to the trellis. Note that the whi … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Have not been able to keep up the diary, as I have been away[1]. The eggs are, however, entered in t … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Chilly & misty in the morning, sunny but not too warm in the day, a shower in the afternoon. Too … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Very hot. Dug up 3rd batch of peas & dug over that piece of ground. Red mite again very bad. Mos … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Raining almost continuously until about 6.30pm. Parts of the day rain extremely heavy. Baldock high … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Overcast & oppressive. A good deal of rain for about an hour in the evening. E. raised 3 roots o … more →