Garden-Kalendar for the Year 1758 



Jan. i, 2. Fierce black frost ; went-off with an heavy 

 rain. 



9. Wheeled into the Cucumber-ground 17 barrows of 

 very hot dung for seedling Cucumb rs - 



Earth'd two rows of Celeri. 



Very mild, spring-like weather. 



10. Sowed a box of Polyanth-seed of my own saving, 

 & set it under an Hedge where it could only have the 

 morning-sun. Hoed the beans, which are very prosperous, 

 the second time. 



13. --Made a deep one- light Cucumber-bed for my 

 smallest frame. 



16. Laid on the earth three Inches thick : it was cold, 

 & lumpish tho' mix'd-up with a good Quantity of rotten 

 dung, & two spade's full of wood-ashes. Matted down the 

 frame very close. 



Jan. 17. Finished an earth-house in the melon-ground. 

 It is worked in a circular shape with rods & coped over 

 with the same, & then well thatched : is nine feet over & 

 eight feet high ; & has room to hold a good Quantity of 

 mould, & a man at work without any inconvenience. 



1 8. Sowed about 40 early Cucumber-seeds of the Year 

 1752 in the hot-bed. Bed comes to its heat very regularly. 

 Hard frost, & great rime ; & no sun for some days. The 

 bed matted down a nights with three mats. 



19. Carryed out three moderate dung-carts of ashes 

 from the ash-house, & sowed on Baker's- Hill, which is 

 now laid for natural Grass ; & has been Clover for two 

 Years past : spread also the upper part of it with the dung 



