November 5

Posted by sydney on Nov 5th, 2008
  • 1792: November 5, 1792 – Gossamer abounds.  Vast dew lies on the grass all day, even in the sun.
  • 1789: November 5, 1789 – Bro. & Sister Benj. came to us from Newton.
  • 1788: November 5, 1788 – Swarms of sporting gnats come streaming out from the tops of the hedges, just as at Midsumr.  On this soft summer-like day some h. martins might have been expected along the hanger; but none appeared.
  • 1785: November 5, 1785 – Wild wood-pigeons appear in a large flock in the coppices above Coomwood pond.  Timothy Turner housed the remainder of the hay in Baker’s hill.  Dame Loe came.
  • 1784: November 5, 1784 – The deep, golden colour of the larches amidst the dark evergreens makes a lovely contrast.
  • 1783: November 5, 1783 – Wild-geese appear.  On the downs, & Salisbury plain they feed much on green wheat in the winter, & towards the spring damage it much, so that the farmers set up figures to scare them away.
  • 1776: November 5, 1776 – Farmer Cannings has fine weather for his barley harvest, Mr Cannings has now 48 acres of barley abroad either standing or in cock: it was not sown ’til the rains came in the beginning of June.  He is now ricking one field; the other is standing.  The grain is lank, & the cocks cold, & damp.
  • 1773: November 5, 1773 – Cornix cinerea.  Flying over Faringdon heath.  The first grey crow that I ever saw in the district of Selborne.  They are common on the downs about Andover: about Winton, & Bagshot.  Most of the earth to be removed in levelling the garden is taken away in some places to the depth of 18 inches.  The continued rains much interrupt the work, & make it a nasty jobb.  The best mould is laid on the quarters of the garden, the clayey soil is wheeled into the meadow.
  • 1771: November 5, 1771 – Phyteuma orbicularis in bloom on the downs S. of Lewes.
  • 1769: November 5, 1769 – Grass grows.  Ricks much torn at Faringdon.
  • 1768: November 5, 1768 – Glass rises violently.  Planted a plot of cabbages to stand the winter.  Wheat is sown.

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