Today we’re revisiting for the final time the farm diary of John Foss, who continued to write about farming life at Kingston Russell for the first three months of 1852. A few winter months 1852 starts with fine, frosty weather. The cows are beginning to calf, and John is kept busy with the cheese. John… Read more The Diary of John Foss: 1852 (epilogue)
We are sharing a monthly look at the farm diary of John Foss, written from his dairy farm in Kingston Russell in 1851. October 1851 A trip to London We last left John as he arrived in London to visit the Great Exhibition. He wakes up the next day “not very well very sick & Poorley” – a bad… Read more The Diary of John Foss: October 1851
We are sharing a monthly look at the farm diary of John Foss, written from his dairy farm in Kingston Russell in 1851. September 1851 “A very dry scorching day” best described September in 1851. Hardly any rain falls until the end of the month, causing the potato crops to wilt and the cow’s milk… Read more The Diary of John Foss: September 1851
We are sharing a monthly look at the farm diary of John Foss, written from his dairy farm in Kingston Russell in 1851. April 1851 The month begins with a standard day for John Foss. On Wednesday 2nd he: Ate breakfast Admired the weather Cut furze and brought some home Changed the cows in Buttermead… Read more The Diary of John Foss: April 1851
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