June 10, 1787
The gale rises, & falls with the sun. Levant weather. Some house-martins at Stockwell-chappel.
The gale rises, & falls with the sun. Levant weather. Some house-martins at Stockwell-chappel.
Ice thick as a crown piece. Potatoes much injured, & whole rows of kidney-beans killed: nasturtiums killed.
The tortoise took his usual ramble, & could not be confined within the limits of the garden. His pursuits, which seem to be of the amorous kind, transport him beyond the bounds of his usual gravity at this season. He was missing for some days, but found at last near the upper malt-house.
Bror. Ben cuts his hay. Pease are cryed about at 1s. 6d. per peck. Kidney-beans & potatoes are injured by the frost of saturday night.
Bror. Thomas cuts cauliflowers. The foliage on the Lombardy-poplars is very poor.
Some fly-catchers: but they do not yet begin to build. Carrots drawn.