May 2, 1791
Posted by sydney on May 2nd, 1791
Swifts, & house-martins over the Thames at Pangbourne.
May 1, 1791
Posted by sydney on May 1st, 1791
A prodigious bloom of apple trees along the road.
April 26, 1791
Posted by sydney on Apr 26th, 1791
Some of the oaks, planted on the commons between Odiham & Reading about the time that I first knew that road, begin to be felled. Swallows. Goslings. Cherries, apples, & pears in beautiful bloom along the road: grass forward, & corn looks well.
April 25, 1791
Posted by sydney on Apr 25th, 1791
Mowed some coarse grass in the orchard for the horses.
April 22, 1791
Posted by sydney on Apr 22nd, 1791
The merise, or wild cherries in vast bloom. Grass grows, & clover looks very fine. Mr & Mrs B. White, & Hannah left us & went to Newton.
April 20, 1791
Posted by sydney on Apr 20th, 1791
Finished weeding, & dressing all the flower-borders. Several nightingales between the village, & comb-wood pond. Comb-wood coppice was cut last winter.
April 19, 1791
Posted by sydney on Apr 19th, 1791
Mr Chandler & son went away on a visit. Began to use the winter lettuce. Tho’ a swallow or two were seen in the village as long ago as the 7th yet have they absconded for some time past! The house-martin is also withdrawn; no Swift has yet appeared at Selborne; what was seen was at Bentley.
April 15, 1791
Posted by sydney on Apr 15th, 1791
A nightingale sings in my outlet. Sowed sweet peas, candy-tuft, sweet alyssum, &c. A man brought me half a dozen good mushrooms from a pasture field! a great rarity at this season of the year!
April 12, 1791
Posted by sydney on Apr 12th, 1791
Mountain snow-drops blow. Black thorns blossom. Hannah White walks up to the alcove before breakfast.
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