Garden Kalendar for the Year 1764 



This year begins as the former concluded with continual 

 heavy rains, & vast floods. There has indeed been little else 

 but wet weather (a few short intervals excepted) ever since 

 the 29 th of June. 



Jan : 5. Made a seedling Cucumber-bed with dung that 

 had been very much wash'd. 



9. Finding the bed come to a pretty good heat I sowed 

 about 20 seeds. 



13. A most violent storm all night, that must have in 

 all appearance done great damage : vast rains at the same 

 time. 



The Cucumbers are come-up and look well. 



The wind blew-down the hot-bed screen. 



23. The second sowing of Cucumbers are come-up 

 very well. 



28. Very stormy weather still, with great showers. 



The Crocuss begin to blow. 



31. Vast rains, & storms of wind. Prodigious inun- 

 dations all over England, Holland, & Germany. Lined the 

 Cucumber-bed with many barrows of hot dung. 



Feb : 7. Brewed 45 Gallons of strong-beer with eight 



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