March 26, 1769
Posted by sydney on Mar 26th, 1770
Sowed carrots, parsneps, onions, coss-lettuce, leeks, lark-spurs.
March 23, 1770
Posted by sydney on Mar 23rd, 1770
Thermometer abroad sunk to 29. Plows are frozen out. Great Northern aurora.
March 22, 1770
Posted by sydney on Mar 22nd, 1770
Ice very thick: ground growing dusty. Blossom-buds of the pear-trees seem to be injured by the frost.
March 20, 1770
Posted by sydney on Mar 20th, 1770
Swan-goose, anser cygeus guineensis, sits. The peacock, pavo, asserts his gallantry when the hens appear: “… whose gay train/Adorns him color’d with the florid hue/Of rainbows, & starry eyes. — Milton
March 18, 1770
Posted by sydney on Mar 18th, 1770
Milk frozen in the pantry. Vast rock-like clouds in the horizon.
March 16, 1770
Posted by sydney on Mar 16th, 1770
Tussilago farfara. Thick ice. Ground as hard as a stone.
March 6, 1770
Posted by sydney on Mar 6th, 1770
Taxus baccata. Marsh titmouse, parus palustirs, chirps. This species is not so common as the great ox-eye or the blue nun. It frequents hedges & bushes.
March 4, 1770
Posted by sydney on Mar 4th, 1770
Chrysopenium oppsitifolium. Rooks seem to have finished new nests. Crocuss make a gay appearance.
March 1, 1770
Posted by sydney on Mar 1st, 1770
Calculus aegagropila was found in the stomach of a fat ox. It was black, shining, & round, & about the size of a large Sevil-orange. See Syst:Nat: vol: 4: p:176: n: 5 . Pheasant crows.
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