August 2, 1774
Posted by sydney on Aug 2nd, 1774
Sun, sweet day. A chilly autumnal feel in the mornings and evenings.
August 1, 1774
Posted by sydney on Aug 1st, 1774
Wheat cutting near Whorwel: much lodged. Swifts flie up to the tower, & cling against the walls: qu: are not those young ones that do so?
July 29, 1774
Posted by sydney on Jul 29th, 1774
Sowed turnep, & Wrench’s radishes. Young swallows continue to come out. Harvest begun on the downs: wheat not ripe. Destroyed a wasps-nest full of young vermiculi in their several gradations towards a perfect state. Thermomr 64 on the stair-case: 59 in the wine-vault. Wrench’s radishes come from France, & are said to be a new sort: are called the Nismes radish. Sowed a crop of spinage to stand the winter.
July 27, 1774
Posted by sydney on Jul 27th, 1774
Turned out the worst of my St foin for thatch for my rick.
July 26, 1774
Posted by sydney on Jul 26th, 1774
Finished my meadow-hay in good order: St foin spoiled.
July 25, 1774
Posted by sydney on Jul 25th, 1774
Grapes very small & backward for want of sun. qu: if they will ripen.
*They did in Octr.
July 24, 1774
Posted by sydney on Jul 24th, 1774
Young swallows & martins begin to congregate on roofs. These are the first flight.
July 22, 1774
Posted by sydney on Jul 22nd, 1774
Hay well made at last. Swifts pursue & drive away an hawk: but do not dart down & strike him with that fury that swallows express on the same occasion. In these attacks they make some noise with their mouths, squeaking a little.
July 19, 1774
Posted by sydney on Jul 19th, 1774
Put part of my meadow-hay in large cock.
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