July 21, 1771

Posted by sydney on Jul 21st, 1771

Considerable rain in the night.  Frogs continue to migrate from the ponds.

July 19, 1771

Posted by sydney on Jul 19th, 1771

Tabanus bovinus.  Trenched out celeri.  Wind tears the hedges & flowers.

July 17, 1771

Posted by sydney on Jul 17th, 1771

Sun sultry, seet even. Good dew. Stopp’d the vines.  White cucumbers begin to bear: the green are still barren.  Clouds threaten.

July 16, 1771

Posted by sydney on Jul 16th, 1771

Sultry, sunny day.  Good dew.  Gardens suffer from want of moisture.  Dark clouds round the horizon.

July 15, 1771

Posted by sydney on Jul 15th, 1771

Lovely weather for the blowing of wheat.

July 14, 1771

Posted by sydney on Jul 14th, 1771

Young martins & swallows begin to congregate.  Young swifts are fledged.

July 12, 1771

Posted by sydney on Jul 12th, 1771

Vine-bloom smells sweetly.

July 10, 1771

Posted by sydney on Jul 10th, 1771

Vine begins to blow.  Very late again!  it blowed last year on July 17:  usually blows the last week in June.

July 8, 1771

Posted by sydney on Jul 8th, 1771

Ricked the two jobs of hay, and finish’d my rick in delicate order.

July 7, 1771

Posted by sydney on Jul 7th, 1771

Myriads of frogs, a second brood, migrate from J. Knight’s ponds.

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