{"id":114936,"date":"2020-03-16T13:00:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T06:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/starlings-no-friend-to-the-gardener-country-diary-17-march-1920\/"},"modified":"2020-03-16T13:03:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T06:03:15","slug":"starlings-no-friend-to-the-gardener-country-diary-17-march-1920","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/starlings-no-friend-to-the-gardener-country-diary-17-march-1920\/","title":{"rendered":"Starlings no friend to the gardener: country diary, 17 March 1920"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n17 March 1920 These birds will set to work and peck a hole in one after another pear, till practically your crop is worthlessThe weather during the past week has been quite what we look for in March \u2013 stormy, uncertain, and with bitterly cold winds at times. We hear of damsons and a Victorian plum tree in bloom already in a Westmorland valley, but it is in a sheltered spot within a short distance of the coast; no doubt affected, like all that country is said to be, by the influence of the sea breezes passing over the \u201cGulf stream,\u201d which strikes that part of the coast. On the fells only a few miles away, however, the snow is lying, and wintry weather is checking the too rapid advance of nature. And it is well so, for many fruit trees were getting too forward for safety. Related: The sad decline of the swirling starling | Stephen Moss Continue reading…
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