October 11
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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