Tuesday

Nice day, much warmer. Went to Conway, Mochdre and Llandudno, looking for shallots. Bought 2 lbs onion bulbs and 1 dozen lettuce plants, ½ doz blue violas from Mynetts. Planted lettuce, more radishes and summer squash. Working until dark. Had fire. Watered room plants and sweet peas. Met Mrs Pyle and Bessie Roberts in Llandudno.

 

Monday

Very cold and raining at first. Planted 12 aubretias and put up curtain to stop chaffinch flying at window. In afternoon dug up couch in block and planted some more of the raspberry canes and the Jerusalem artichokes – very tired. Had fire, but it was inclined to smoke.

Sunday

One shower, otherwise dry and cold. Planted Pyrus Japonica before going to church. To Osborne House in afternoon. Went for nice walk on mountain sheltered from cold westerly past some nice farms. Got some seed cuttings. Able to light fire. Planted [illegible]

Brought For.                                                       1.11.4

Spent on gardening

Mynett  Aubretias and lime                                       4.0

Jenkinson      Lawn seed ½ lb                                   1.2

       “                   7 lbs red skin potatoes                 2.4

        “                  Salsify Hubbard Squash                1.6

        “                  New Zealand Spinach                     .6

       “                   King of Denmark round spinach       .9

       ”                   Jerusalem artichokes                    1.6

                                                                           2.3.1

Saturday

Bright morning. Hail and rain in afternoon and evening. Very cold. Had fire and kids here half day. Aubretias looking lovely in various gardens.

Friday

Up early and dug two potato trenches also moved big stone. Then went to Colwyn Bay to see what I could get from Jenkinson. Sunny but very cold wind. Had fire. Bought Pyrus Japonica (2/1-).

Thursday

Had fire. Up early and dragged Peter’s sleigh down to block full of compost. Came back for second lot which filled first potato trench, took down wood ashes and potatoes and added Mynett’s sewage [illegible]. Then opened second trench before dinner. After took full bag leaves down. Came back for [illegible] and planted all but a dozen. Mr Colley and I got very big stone out. Tired.

Wednesday

Went to Pen to see if Anne could get my cheque from National Insurance cashed. On way back found Don doing some digging. Went to Mynett in afternoon and bought one dozen aubretia plants and some lime. He gave me two daffs – one a seedling from ‘King Alfred’ very nice and one called ‘eggs and bacon’ scented – must get it. Opened a trench for potatoes. Had fire.

Tuesday

Cold but no wind. Slight hail shower in morning, warmer after. Dug out couch and then dug half of brussel sprout bed. Went to Pen and saw Anne. Very tired after but sat by nice fire and listened to Shaw’s ‘Caesar and Cleopatra’ on wireless. Very cold late afternoon and night.

Find I have some purple anemones out in lower garden. They came among the plants from Barrett’s sale. May daffs out, daphne, primroses and polyanthus, wallflowers and flowering currant and Siberian bluebells – very stunted. Tulips budding, winter heather out and prettly little pink rosette near them.