July 31, 1789

Posted by sydney on Jul 31st, 1789

Louring, vast rain, blowing.  This rain was very great at Malpas, in Chesire.

July 30, 1789

Posted by sydney on Jul 30th, 1789

John Hale brings home a waggon-load of woollen-rags, which are to be strewed on this hop-grounds in the spring, & dug in as manure.  These rags weighed at ton weight & cost brought home near six pounds.  They came from Gosport.

July 29, 1789

Posted by sydney on Jul 29th, 1789

Marrow-fat pease come in.

July 28, 1789

Posted by sydney on Jul 28th, 1789

Lapwings leave the bogs, & moors in large flocks, & frequent the uplands.

July 27, 1789

Posted by sydney on Jul 27th, 1789

Farmer Spence & Farmer Knight are beginning to lime their respective farms at Grange & Norton.

July 26, 1789

Posted by sydney on Jul 26th, 1789

By observing two glow-worms, which were brought from the field to the bank in the garden, it appeared to us, that those little creatures put-out their lamps between eleven & twelve, & shine no more for the rest of the night.

July 25, 1789

Posted by sydney on Jul 25th, 1789

No garden-beans gathered yet.  Threw the hay in the meadows into large cocks.  The lime-trees with their golden tassels make a most beautiful show.  Hops throw out their side branches, which are to bear the fruit.  Cran-berries at bin pond not ripe.  Hog pease are hacking at Oakhanger.

July 23, 1789

Posted by sydney on Jul 23rd, 1789

Farmer Knight sold two loads of wheat for 36 ae!  Brisk gale.  Hay makes well.

July 21, 1789

Posted by sydney on Jul 21st, 1789

Anthericum ossifragum, Lancashire asphodel, a beautiful plant, found by Mr Barker in bloom among the bogs of Womer forest.  Monotropa Hypobithys blossoms on the hanger.  Thistles begin to blow.  The naked part of the hanger is now covered with thistles; but mostly with the carduus lanceolatus.  There are also the carduus nutans, the musk thistle; carduus crispus, the thistle on the thistle; carduus palustris, the marsh-thistle, The seeds of these thistles may have lain probably under the thick shade of the beeched for many Years; but could not vegetate till the sun & air were admitted.

July 20, 1789

Posted by sydney on Jul 20th, 1789

Began to cut my hay, a vast burden, but over-ripe.

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