September 8, 1775
Posted by sydney on Sep 8th, 1775
Wasps abound, & mangle the graps: we have, I should think, destroyed 50000.
September 7, 1775
Posted by sydney on Sep 7th, 1775
In the dusk of the evening when beetles begin to buz, partridges begin to call; these two circumstances are exactly coincident.
September 6, 1775
Posted by sydney on Sep 6th, 1775
Wasps abound not only in neighbourhoods, but in lone fields, & woods; how satisfied there?
September 5, 1775
Posted by sydney on Sep 5th, 1775
Grey, spitting, bright & sultry, distant lightening. Wasps swarm.
September 4, 1775
Posted by sydney on Sep 4th, 1775
Linnets congregate. Wasps swarm about the Grapes, tho’ so many nests have been destroyed.
September 3, 1775
Posted by sydney on Sep 3rd, 1775
Great rain. Hops sadly washed. Destroyed the 26th wasps-nest, a vast colony.
September 2, 1775
Posted by sydney on Sep 2nd, 1775
Gathered first grapes: they look well; & are large; but not highly flavoured yet. Sad hop-picking: a large crop in this district. Barley in the suds.
September 1, 1775
Posted by sydney on Sep 1st, 1775
Barley begins to be injured. Many fields of barley, green & not mowed.
August 27, 1775
Posted by sydney on Aug 27th, 1775
8 more wasps nests; in all 25 have been destroyed round the village.
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