May 3, 1784

Posted by sydney on May 3rd, 1784

Earthed the annual beds.  Set up a copper-vane (arrow) on the brew-house.  Goody Hampton came to work in the garden for the summer.  Timothy the tortoise weighs 6ae 13 oun.; he weighed at first coming out last year only 6ae 11 1/4 oun.  He ate this morning the heart of a lettuce.

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