July 26, 1771
Turneps fail in many places, & are sown over again.
Turneps fail in many places, & are sown over again.
Considerable rain in the night. Frogs continue to migrate from the ponds.
Tabanus bovinus. Trenched out celeri. Wind tears the hedges & flowers.
Sun sultry, seet even. Good dew. Stopp’d the vines. White cucumbers begin to bear: the green are still barren. Clouds threaten.
Sultry, sunny day. Good dew. Gardens suffer from want of moisture. Dark clouds round the horizon.
Lovely weather for the blowing of wheat.
Young martins & swallows begin to congregate. Young swifts are fledged.
Vine begins to blow. Very late again! it blowed last year on July 17: usually blows the last week in June.
Ricked the two jobs of hay, and finish’d my rick in delicate order.
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