August 3, 1786
Posted by sydney on Aug 3rd, 1786
The fallows of good husbandmen are in a fine crumbling state, & very clean. Sowed a crop of prickly-seeded spinage to stand the winter: the ground was very hard & cloddy, & would not rake; so we levelled it down as well as we could with a garden-roller, & sprinkled it over with fine, dustly mould to cover the seeds.