Garden-Kalendar for the Year 1761 



Jan: i. Transplanted a polyanth-Narcissus, many of 

 whose Cups were in bloom, into a large pot to set within 

 doors. 



2. Finsh'd a new wicker melon-screen, & lin'd it well 

 with straw, & made a border about four feet broad under 

 it, & dosed the earth well with sand, & some ashes, & 

 dung ; intending to make it a border for early Crops, & 

 to plant some Espalier pears along it, & to run a narrow 

 brick-walk by the side of it. 



3. Brought-in two loads of hot dung for the seedling- 

 Cucumber-bed ; & many loads of stones for the Haha. 

 The ground treads sadly for want of frost. 



Sowed a long row of persicaria-seed under y e dining- 

 room window. The wall-flowers begin to blow. Put some 

 Cucumber-seeds in a pot by the parlour fire. 



Jan : 5. Made the seedling Cucumber-bed. 



Warm foggy weather, with a very high Barometer. 



6. Tunn'd the wine : l there did not run-out sufficient to 

 fill the barrel by one bucket full ; which was squees'd out 

 of the Chaff. 



8. Earth'd the Cucumber bed with mellow, sanded 

 mould. The bed in fine moderate order. 



10. Sowed about 40 Cucumber - seeds. The bed 

 promises well. 



1 Or as some would say, "racked it off." It was a very common way, if the 

 wine was not enough to fill the barrel, to run some more water through the 

 chaff (i.e. the raisin-husks) in order to increase the quantity, as the wine would 

 not keep if the barrel were not filled. [H. M.] 



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