March 30, 1770
Posted by sydney on Mar 30th, 1770
Papilio rhamni sucks the bloom of ye primrose. Polyanths coddled with ye frost.
March 29, 1770
Posted by sydney on Mar 29th, 1770
Dirt bears horse and man. Boys slide on the ice.
March 27, 1770
Posted by sydney on Mar 27th, 1770
Planted potatoes, five rows. Flights of snow. Red-wings congregate on trees & whistle inwardly. In their breeding-country they are good songsters: See Fauna Suecica.
March 26, 1769
Posted by sydney on Mar 26th, 1770
Sowed carrots, parsneps, onions, coss-lettuce, leeks, lark-spurs.
March 23, 1770
Posted by sydney on Mar 23rd, 1770
Thermometer abroad sunk to 29. Plows are frozen out. Great Northern aurora.
March 22, 1770
Posted by sydney on Mar 22nd, 1770
Ice very thick: ground growing dusty. Blossom-buds of the pear-trees seem to be injured by the frost.
March 20, 1770
Posted by sydney on Mar 20th, 1770
Swan-goose, anser cygeus guineensis, sits. The peacock, pavo, asserts his gallantry when the hens appear: “… whose gay train/Adorns him color’d with the florid hue/Of rainbows, & starry eyes. — Milton
March 18, 1770
Posted by sydney on Mar 18th, 1770
Milk frozen in the pantry. Vast rock-like clouds in the horizon.
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