Garden- Kalendar for the Year 1767 



Jan. i. Hard frost begins to set in. 



10. Intense frost. 



ii. Very deep snow. 



14. Very hard rain on the snow for many hours. 



17, & 1 8. Most severe frost, & the Country covered 

 with ice. 



19. Made an hot-bed. 



21. 22. Regular thaw. 



Feb. 6. Cucum r - plants shew a rough leaf. 



14. A very wet season. 



House-pidgeons begin to lay. 



Cast dung in the farm yards. 



25. Made half an Hogsh : of raisin wine with one 

 hund : of Malagas, & half an hund : of Smyrnas. The 

 former cost 253. p r - hund : & the latter the same. Put to 

 the raisins ten buckets, & an half of water. 



Vast rains still, with wind & lightening. 



March 4. Great rains. 



March 5. Sowed some Succade-seeds. 



Stopped-down the Cucum r - plants that have got several 

 joints. 



A fine spring day. 



10. Sowed a crop of pease, the first. Sowed a small 

 crop of Carrots, lettuce, & radishes. 



Began planting the bank by the stable. 



12. Made the Cucumber-bed with 8 loads of dung. 

 Some plants in the seed-bed show male-bloom. Beautiful 

 sunny weather. 



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