April 21

Posted by sydney on Apr 21st, 2009
  • 1792: April 21, 1791 – Planted 4 rows of my own potatoes in the garden.  Mowed the terrace walk.
  • 1788: April 21, 1788 – Timothy begins to eat: he crops the daisies, & walks down to the fruit-wall to browse on the lettuces.  Mr Ventris observed a little whirl-wind, which originated in the road before his house, taking up the dust & straws that came in it’s way.  After mounting up thro’ one of the elms before the Yard, & carrying away two of the rooks nests in which were young squabs; it then went off, leaving the court-yard strewed with dust & straws, & scraps of twigs, & the little naked rooks sprawling on the ground.  A pair of rooks belonging to one of these nests built again & had a late brood.
  • 1787: April 21, 1787 – Mowed the grass-walks in part: they were crisp with hoar frost.  Cut some grass in the orchard for the horses.  Swallow on the chimney.
  • 1786: April 21, 1786 – The voice of the cuckow is heard in the hanger.
  • 1785: April 21, 1785 – My brother Tho: planted his potatoes.  He sowed purple broccoli.  My brother cut four cucumbers.  His plants, & Benjamin’s, are strong, & in good order.
  • 1781: April 21, 1781 – White-throat on the road.
  • 1780: April 21, 1780 – The tortoise heaves up the eart, & puts out its head.
  • 1779: April 21, 1779 – Lathraea squammaria, in the Church-litten coppice near the bridge among the hasel-stems, is out of bloom.
  • 1778: April 21, 1778 – Frost, snow-storm.
  • 1774: April 21, 1774 – Asparagus begins to sprout.
  • 1773: April 21, 1773 – Field-crickets have opened their holes: they are full-grown, but have only the rudiments of wings, & are probably in their larva state; yet they certainly eat, as appears by their dung.  It seems likely that they die every winter, leaving eggs behind them.  About Septemr all the mouths of their holes are obliterated.  They do not cry ’til about the middle of May.  Their noise is shrill & loud.  This is by no means a common insect.  They probably cast another coat before their wings are perfect, & they capable of shrilling.
  • 1772: April 21, 1772 – The turtle-dove returns.  Swallows again.
  • 1770: April 21, 1770 – Vast storm that did much damage.  * In my absence the ring-ouzels made their regular spring visit en passant, but the seemed to be few that passed this way.
  • 1769: April 21, 1769 – Hirundo apus!!!  Blackcap has a most sweet and mellow note.  The redstarts frequent orchards & gardens: the white throats are scattered all over the fields far from neighbourhoods.  Their notes are mean & much a like; short & without much variety.  The whitethroat is a most common bird.  Young thrushes.  The large species of bats appears.  Nightingales abound.

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