Posted by sydney on Oct 15th, 2007
- 1791: October 15, 1791 – Bro. Ben, & wife Hannah came. Woodcock, & red wings return, & are seen.
- 1790: October 15, 1790 – Gathered in the royal russets, & the nonpareils, a few of each. Gathered the berberries.
- 1789: October 15, 1789 – Mackerel sky. A wheat-ear seen on the down.
- 1788: October 15, 1788 – Vast quntities of gossamer: the fields are covered with it: “slow thro’ the air/The gossamer-floats; or stretch’d from blade to blade/ The wavy net-work whitens all the fields.”
- 1786: October 15, 1786 – Prodigious damage appears to be done by the late tempests, all over the kingdom; & in many places abroad.
- 1785: October 15, 1785 – Hay lies about in Berkshire & Oxforshire.
- 1783: October 15, 1783 – Nep. Harry Woods left me, & went to Funtington.
- 1780: October 15, 1780 – The cause, occasion, call it what you will, of fairy-rings, subsists in the turf, & is conveyable with it: for the turf of my garden-walks, brought from the down above, abounds with those appearances, which vary their shape, & shift situation now in segments, & sometimes in irregular patches, the seeds of which were doubtless also brought in the turf. Hunter’s moon. Much lightening, & thunder. This storm did much damage at Hammersmith, Putney, Wandsworth, &c. in the Isle of Wight, & at Plymouth, &c. &c. This stomr did great damage in the isl of Wight, Lancashire, & at Torbay where our fleet of observation lay, & over on the coast of France near Brest: & was part of the hurricane which occasioned such horrible devastations in the W. Indies.
- 1776: October 15, 1776 – My largest wall-nut tree produced four bushels & a half of nuts many bunches contained 8, 9, & on to 15 wallnuts each.
- 1775: October 15, 1775 – Mr Barker writes word that in Sep. last there fell in the county of Rutland near six inch. & 1/2 of rain. The beeches on the hanger, & the maples in my fields are now beautifully tinged, & afford a lovely picturesque scape, very engaging to the imagination.
- 1769: October 15, 1769 – Hedge sparrow whistles. Sprinkling rain. Three martins appear, & settle under the eaves of the stable.
Posted by sydney on Oct 14th, 2007
- 1790: October 14, 1790 – Gathered in more dearlings: the fruit is small, but the crop on that single tree amounts to nine bushels, & upwards.
- 1788: October 14, 1788 – Women & children go a-acorning, & sell their acorns at one shilling pr bushel.
- 1786: October 14, 1786 – Men sow wheat in good order at Temple & Wick-hill. The hop-planters of this parish returned from Wey-hill fair with chearful faces, & full purses; having sold a large crop of hops for a good rice. The hops of Kent were blown away by the storms, after the crop of this country was gathered in.
- 1785: October 14, 1785 – Grey & mild.
- 1784: October 14, 1784 – Finished gathering-in the apples. Apples are in such plenty, that they are sold for 8d per bushel.
- 1783: October 14, 1783 – The potatoes in the meadow small, & the ground very stiff. Low creeping frogs.
- 1782: October 14, 1782 – Sister Barker & her two daughters left Selborne.
- 1781: October 14, 1781 – The greens of turnips wither, & look rusty. The distress in these parts for want of water is very uncommon. The well at the Grange-farm is dry; & so are many in the villages round: & even the well at Old-place in the parish of E. Tisted, tho’ 270 feet, or 45 fathoms deep, will not afford water for a brewing. All the while the little pond on Selborne down still has some water, th’ it is very low; & the little pond just over the hedge in Newton great farm abates but little. The ponds in the vales are now dry a third time, Most of the wells in Selborne-street are empty; & mine has only three feet of water. The people at Medsted, Bentworth, & those upland parts are in great want. Well-head sends-out a considerable stream still, not apparently abated since we measured it last. The last wet month was Decmr 1779, during which fell 6 inch. 28 hund. of rain: since which the quantity of water has been very little.
- 1780: October 14, 1780 – On these two days many house-martins were feeding & flying along the hanger as usual, ’til a quarter past five in the afternoon, when they all scudded away in great haste to the S.E. and darted down among the low beechen oaken shrubs above the cottages at the end of the hill. After making this observation I waited ’til it was quite dusk, but saw them no more; & returned home well pleased with this incident, hoping that at this late season it might lead to some useful discover, & point out their winter retreat. since that, I have only seen two on Oct. 22 in the morning. These circumstances put together make it look very suspicious that this late flock at least will not withdraw into warmer climes, but that they will lie dormant within 300 yards of the village.
- 1778: October 14, 1778 – The hanger & my hedges are faintly tinged with a variety of shades & colours. Ravens play over the hanger.
- 1777: October 14, 1777 – Vast shower.
- 1775: October 14, 1775 – Many people sow wheat: the ground works well.
- 1773: October 14, 1773 – Hay sold at Weyhill fair much cheaper than people expected: from £6-10-0 to £7-10-0.
- 1771: October 14, 1771 – Some swallows. Grapes large & black, but not high-flavoured yet. Several martins.
- 1768: October 14, 1768 – Meadows flooded.
Posted by sydney on Oct 13th, 2007
- 1791: October 13, 1791 – My beeches in the field shed ripe mast. Some of the Bantams sicken.
- 1790: October 13, 1790 – Gathered in a bushel more of dearlings. Mrs Chandler returns home from the Harteley inoculation.
- 1787: October 13, 1787 – We saw several Red-wings among the bushes on the N. side of the common. There were swallows about the village at the same time: so that summer & winter birds of passage were seen on the same day. The aurora was very red & aweful.
- 1785: October 13, 1785 – Barley abroad at Faringdon.
- 1783: October 13, 1783 – Mr John Mulso left me.
- 1782: October 13, 1782 – The great farmer at Newton has 105 acres of barley abroad. Mr Pink still has 40 acres of barley abroad.
- 1781: October 13, 1781 – On frequented roads the dust is very troublesome.
- 1780: October 13, 1780 – The tortoise scarcely moves.
- 1779: October 13, 1779 – Small showers, sun.
- 1778: October 13, 1778 – Near 40 ravens have been playing about over the hanger all day.
- 1777: October 13, 1777 – Red-wings appear.
- 1775: October 13, 1775 – Hops were a drug at Wey-hill-fair: unusual quantities of were exposed for sale.
- 1771: October 13, 1771 – Stormy winds, & gluts of rain. Floods.
- 1769: October 13, 1769 – The dry fit has lasted a fortnight, sprinklings excepted.
- 1768: October 13, 1768 – Swallows and martins at Streatley.
Posted by sydney on Oct 12th, 2007
- 1792: October 12, 1792 – Gathered in the dearling apples: fruit small, & stunted.
- 1791: October 12, 1791 – Gathered cucumbers for picklers. One of my Apricot-trees withers, & looks as if it would die. Hunter’s moon rises early. Mrs Ben White left us, & took Tome with her, leaving Ben behind.
- 1790: October 12, 1790 – Gathered in near 4 bushels of dearling apples from the meadow tree: the crop is great, but the fruit is small.
- 1787: October 12, 1787 – Partridges, & pheasants are very shy, & wild. Bror Ben & wife left us & went to Newton.
- 1785: October 12, 1784 – The grass cut the last week in Septr. all lies rotting. My well begins to raise. It has been so low all this autumn as not to afford water sufficient for the occasions of the family. Had it not been for the frequent rains, we should have been at a loss, when we wanted to wash or brew.
- 1783: October 12, 1783 – The crop of acorns is so prodigious that the trees look quite white with them; & the poor make, as it were a second harvest of them, by gathering them at one shilling pr. bushel. At the same time not one beech-mast is to be seen. This plenty of acorns has raised store-pigs to an extravagant price.
- 1782: October 12, 1782 – The paths are dry & crisp. Men house barley ’till between ten & eleven at night. Pleasant starlight.
- 1781: October 12, 1781 – Farmer Parsons fetches a waggon-load of water from Dorton for brewing! Wells fail.
- 1780: October 12, 1780 – Spinage grown very large: a vast crop.
- 1779: October 12, 1779 – Bad fevers near Chichester.
- 1776: October 12, 1776 – The hanging beech-woods begin to be beautifully tinged, & to afford most lovely scapes, very engaging to the eye, & imagination. They afford sweet lights & shades. Maples are also finely tinged. These scenes are worthy the pencil of a Reubens.
- 1774: October 12, 1774 – Hops sold at Wey-hill fair from 2:16:0 to 4:4:0: & 5:0:0 to 5:10:0.
Posted by sydney on Oct 11th, 2007
- 1792: October 11, 1792 – Dr Chandler mows the church-litton closes for hay. Farmer Parsons houses pease, which have been hacked for weeks. Barley abroad.
- 1790: October 11, 1790 – Gathered the Cardillac pears, a bushel; the knobbed russets 2 bushels; the kitchen, ruddy apple at the end of the fruit-wall, near a bushel.
- 1789: October 11, 1789 – A trufle-hunter called on us, having in his pocket several large trufles found in this neighbourhood. He says these roots are not to be found in deep woods, but in narrow hedge rows & the skirts of coppices. Some trufles, he informed us, lie two feet within the earth; & some quite on the surface: the latter, he added, have little or no smell, & are not so easily discovered by the dogs as those that lie deeper. Half a crown a pound was the price which he asked for this commodity. Some few bunches of grapes just eatable. Some of the latter nectarines well-flavoured. On this day, Dr Chandler saw several swallows, flying as usual, near Cologne: he had observed none at Rolle since the beginning of September, nor none on his way to Cologne. On the 12, in his way to Brussels, he saw more.
- 1786: October 11, 1786 – The news papers mention vast floods about the country; & that much damage has been done by high tides, & tempestuous winds.
- 1784: October 11, 1784 – Men draw & stack turnips.
- 1783: October 11, 1783 – Mr John Mulso came. Hunter’s moon rises soon after sunset. Muscae domesticae abound in the kitchen & enjoy the warmth of the fire. Where they lay their eggs does not appear. The business of propagation continues among them.
- 1782: October 11, 1782 – Lord Howe arrived in the straits of Gibraltar.
- 1781: October 11, 1781 – A brood of swallows over Oakhanger-pond!
- 1780: October 11, 1780 – A tremendous storm in the Leeward islands, which occasioned vast damage among the shipping, & c. Vast halo round the moon.
- 1778: October 11, 1778 – Redwings begin to appear on their winter visit. Some ring-ouzels still about. When redwings come, woodcocks are near at hand.
- 1777: October 11, 1777 – Found the Sphinx atropos, or death’s-head moth, a noble insect, of vast size: it lays it’s eggs on the Jasmine. When handled, it makes a little, stridulous noise. A squirrel in my hedges. Insects retreat into the roof of my new building.
- 1776: October 11, 1776 – The red-breast entertains us with his autumnal song.
- 1775: October 11, 1775 – Lowered the flower-bank in the garden, & laid it on a gentle slope, & filled it with flowers of various sorts.
- 1774: October 11, 1774 – Began gathering apples, a large crop of some sorts. Mr Yalden says he saw a woodcock today.
- 1773: October 11, 1773 – Fine day, clouds & wind at night.
- 1769: October 11, 1769 – Grapes begin to be very good. Ground white & dirt a little crisped.
- 1768: October 12, 1768 – Lapwings begin to congregate in the uplands. Fields of barley abroad.
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