My Garden Diary. – Reminders for November 1914
The Vegetable seeds to be sown this month are few, and although success depends on the character of the season, it is advisable to risk, on dry soil, a small …
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My Garden Diary – Reminders for October 1914
Please find below October’s gardening advice from 1914. Many of the tasks still apply today with October being a busy month for us gardeners. Winter …
Flowers in War Time
For something that is often very small a flower has the ability to provoke intensely strong emotions. Flowers bring joy and also give comfort to those who are …
Morning Prayers – August 1914
During WW1, recreation for soldiers still at home was an essential part of keeping up moral, Suttons provided Abby Hall to help the troops. Read more on the …
Suttons at War
In the early stages of the war there was no shortage of men enlisting and by December 1914 Suttons had 75 men in the Forces. In early 1915 a staff notice …
My Garden Diary – Reminders for August 1914
This garden diary would have been written and printed in 1913. Little did they know that war was just around the corner. Read on for the August advice given to …
My Garden Diary, – Reminders for July 1914
While war was just around the corner, the tasks for July 1914 continued in the garden…. One pressing duty of the month is the planting out at …
Northlew WW1 Memorial Evening
Many of you will know from previous blogs that the Dartmoor village of Northlew lost proportionally more enlisted men during WW1 than any other town or village …
My Garden Diary – Reminders for June 1914
Please find below the June entry from our 1914 My Garden Diary. The information may be old and worded more formally than we are used to today but it remains …
My Garden Diary – Reminders for May 1914
As promised here is the second excerpt from the 1914 My Garden Diary (See here for April 1914). If you do everything then it looks like being a very busy …