April 23

Posted by sydney on Apr 23rd, 2009
  • 1793: April 23, 1793 – Mowed the terrace.  Cut the first cucumber.  Pulled the first radishes.  A swallow over my meadow.
  • 1792: April 23, 1792 – A nest of young blackbirds destroyed by a cat in my garden.
  • 1789: April 23, 1789 – Swallows & martins do not yet frequent houses.  Women hoe wheat.
  • 1788: April 23, 1788 – Gave away 24 eggs of my Bantham kind among my neighbours.
  • 1787: April 23, 1787 – Cuckow sings on the hill.  Nightingale sings in my outlet.
  • 1786: April 23, 1786 – Grass lamb.  Timothy, if you offer him some poppy leaves, will eat a little; but does not seek for food.
  • 1784: April 23, 1784 – Timothy the tortoise comes forth from his winter-retreat.
  • 1783: April 23, 1783 – No hirudines.
  • 1779: April 23, 1779 – The caterpillars of some phalaenae attack the foliage of the apricots again.
  • 1775: April 23, 1775 – Swallows abound; but no house-martin, or black-cap.  No swift.

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