July 28, 1783
Posted by sydney on Jul 28th, 1783
Wasps swarm so that we were obliged to gather-in all the cherries under the net.
July 27, 1783
Posted by sydney on Jul 27th, 1783
My china-holly-hocks, after standing a year or two, lose all their fine variegated appearance, & turn to good common sorts, being double, & deeply coloured.
July 26, 1783
Posted by sydney on Jul 26th, 1783
Some wheat reaped at Faringdon. Boys bring two more wasps nests.
July 25, 1783
Posted by sydney on Jul 25th, 1783
Trenched two more rows of celeri in the upper end of the plot by W. Dewey’s: the ground mellow. We plant out the cabbage-kind some few at a time. The boys bring me a large wasp’s nest full of maggots.
July 19, 1783
Posted by sydney on Jul 19th, 1783
Men talk that some fields of wheat are blighted: in general the crop looks well. Barley looks finely, & oats & pease are very well: Hops grow worse, & worse.
July 17, 1783
Posted by sydney on Jul 17th, 1783
The jasmine, now covered with bloom, is very beautiful. The jasmine was so sweet that I am obliged to quit my chamber.
July 15, 1783
Posted by sydney on Jul 15th, 1783
No rain since June 20th at this place; tho’ vast showers have fallen round us, & near us.
July 14, 1783
Posted by sydney on Jul 14th, 1783
When the owl comes-out of an evening, the swifts pursue her, but not with any vehemence.
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