September 11
Posted by sydney on Sep 11th, 2008
- 1791: September 11, 1791 – Grey crow returns, & is seen near Andover. Some nightly thief stole a dozen of my finest nectarines.
- 1789: September 11, 1789 – Ophrys spiralis, ladies traces, in bloom the long Lythe, & on top of the short Lythe. Wasps seize on butter-flies, &, shearing off their wings, carry their bodies home as food for their young: they prey much on flies.
- 1788: September 11, 1788 – Nep. Ben & Wife, & nurse & baby left us, & went to Newton.
- 1787: September 11, 1787 – Cow-grass housed. Gathered heaps of Cucumbers.
- 1783: September 11, 1783 – Sam White, & Ben Woods returned to Fyfield. Fly-catcher. Harvest moon. Selborne hopping lasts only two days in Farmer Spencer’s, & Master Hale’s gardens; many gardens afford no pickings at all. Mr Hale will have only about 200 weight. The great garden at Hartley, late Sr. Sim. Stuart’s, consisting of 20 acres, produced only about 2 tons.
- 1782: September 11, 1782 – Goody Hammond returned to weed in the garden. Got-in two loads of wheat at last in good order. The perfoliated yellow centaury in seed on the bank above Tull’s cottage. Chlora perfoliata. On this day Lord Howe sailed from Spithead with 34 ships of the line, as is supposed for the relief of Gibraltar.
- 1781: September 11, 1781 – Bean-harvest & vetch harvest.
- 1779: September 11, 1779 – The rain that fell in my absence was 73.
- 1778: September 11, 1778 – Martins congregate in vast flocks, & frequent trees, & seem to roost in them. The second brood of Martins near the stair-case window, which were hatched Aug. 8, came-out September 5th. So that the building a nest, & rearing two broods take up much about four months, May, June, July, & August; during September they congregate, & retire in October.
- 1777: September 11, 1777 – Mrs Snooke’s tortoise devours kidney-beans & cucumbers in a most voracious manner: swallows it’s food almost whole. * Timothy the tortoise weighed six pounds 3 quarters, 2 oz. & a half: so he is not at all encreased in weight since this time last year. The scales were not very exact.
- 1775: September 11, 1775 – Much barley abroad, most of it standing: what is cut lies in a sad way. Hop-picking becomes interrupted: hops become brown.
- 1774: September 11, 1774 – Martins do not seem to engage much this year in second broods. Are they discouraged by the cold, wet, season?
- 1773: September 11, 1773 – Wasps encrease, & injure peaches & nect: & begin on the grapes. Young martins come out.
- 1772: September 11, 1772 – Ring-ouzel appears on it’s autumnal visit: several seen. Stoparolas seem to be gone for three days past.
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