August 29

Posted by sydney on Aug 29th, 2008
  • 1791: August 29, 1791 – Hop-picking begins in Hartley gardens.  Cut 96 cucumbers.
  • 1786: August 29, 1786 – Tyed-up the unmoved endives.
  • 1785: August 29, 1785 – John Hale, & Farmer Spencer begin to pick hops.
  • 1784: August 29, 1784 – A Faringdon man shot a young fern-owl in his orchard.
  • 1782: August 29, 1782 – The store-sheep on the down are in good case.  Some men began to house wheat before the shower.  Were forced to light a fire in the parlor.  On this day the Royal George, a 100 gun ship, was unfortunately over-set at Spithead, as she was heaving down.  Admiral Kempenfelt, & about 900 people, men, women, & children, were lost.  The lower port-holes being open the ship filled, & sunk in about 5 minutes.
  • 1780: August 29, 1780 – On this day the people at Selborne were to begin picking of hops: the crop of hops is prodigious.
  • 1779: August 29, 1779 – House-crickets are heard in all the gardens, & court-yards.  One came to my kitchen-hearth.
  • 1776: August 29, 1776 – Full moon.  The rams begin to play court to the ewes.
  • 1775: August 29, 1775 – Showers and sun.
  • 1774: August 29, 1774 – Gathered the first plate of peaches: ripe but not high-flavoured.  First bleached endive.
  • 1773: August 29, 1773 – A little black curculio damages the peaches by boring holes in them before they are quite ripe.  I do not remember this insect on my wall-fruit before.  They damage the leaves also.
  • 1772: August 29, 1772 – Hop-picking begins.  Sultry.  Wheat housed in cold condition.  Orleans-plums become ripe.
  • 1771: August 29, 1771 – Fog, sun, brisk wind.  Sweet day. Wheat begins to be housed.

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