February 27, 1792
Posted by sydney on Feb 27th, 1792
Mr Littleton Etty called. Long tailed titmouse. Crocus’s blowing very much. Winter aconites fade.
Mr Littleton Etty called. Long tailed titmouse. Crocus’s blowing very much. Winter aconites fade.
Rain in the night. Humble bee. Worms come out on grass plots: a great snail.
Snow about four inches deep. 3 Bantam hens lay.
Sowed the ashes of my own making in the great mead, where the grass is finest. Finished tacking the fruit wall-trees. Gossamer streams from the boughs of trees. Brimstone butterfly, Papilio rhamni.
The meadow measures 2 acres & 19 rods, besides the dug ground.
Tubbed, & pickled a fat porker: weight nine scores, & eleven pounds: price 8s & 4d, from farmer Hoar.