1st Sat |
Fair cool day I went to Carmel Bro Harris & Wheeler spoke I pd J Luck $5.00 that he advanced for me I put down $5.00 on the little book working on the garden halled a load of poles to put on the top of stakes planted peas weeding the peas in garden |
2nd Sun |
Rain a shower or two I went to Carmel Bro Harris preached Thomasia & I went to Mamas & suped with Bro Harris - |
3rd M |
Fair ploughing or ploughed the garden for potatoes halling manure etc Mr Tate came to work on the barn we put up the rafters |
4th Tus |
Fair finished putting up the rafters on the Barn sheds commenced sheeting I went to S Gouldins to see Martin promised to come tomorrow putting manure in the garden in the drills etc halling etc Jack laid up planting potatoes in the garden 1 bu red planted |
5th W |
Fair mild sheeting. shingling the barn – Henry Martin helping to shingle - - - - - finished planting potatoes 2 bu ploughing or coltering the sweet potatoe patch |
6th Th |
Fair a large frost – working on the barn shingleing 2 sides the end & side with Martin & Tate & Boy ploughed the sweet potatoe patch getting pea sticks putting falks in the garden for beans etc ploughed the pea patch by the barn ground peas |
7th Fr |
Fair mild a frosty morning nearly done shingling. Tate went home – to night finished sticking the Buter beens & halling manure to the pea patch ploughed it planted ground peas - |
8th Sat |
Fair a cdy evening thundered & lightened We went to Bro Saml stoped at Lins Mr Martin & I finished shingleing the barn to day about 12 ock halling – manure to the pea patch planted peas halled manure to corn field & peach ["patch" lined through] orchard put it around the trees |
9th Sun |
Rain a pretty shower We came home in the evening I went to Bever Dam Bro Phillips preached - |
10th M |
Rain showery. I finished setting out greens & stuck the peas & butter beens halled a lode of manure to the garden for tomatoes patch. halled 2 to the corn field commenced weeding corn by the shop or Anna, Jack came by Jef laid up caught a musk rat in fish trap |
12th W |
Rain a good one showery weeding corn Archy helping malling rails replanting – corn putting manure around the corn by the seder tree had my mare shod before Anna dined hear came over to quilt – set out tomatoes in the garden |
13th Th |
Rainy day had a good rain malling rails halled a load of wood etc set out 30 tomatoe plants in the orchard & some – potatoe plants Irish - |
14th Fr |
Cdy day cool a north win I went to T. Castle for my cattle brought them home left the bull in the road I had my horse shod in frunt - - malling rails halling by Canfields to put on the fence replanting corn etc etc. . . planted 4 rows corn in the cotton patch. . |
15th Sat |
Fair cool Mama & Thomasia & self went to the Boling Green to muster & from there to Dr. Gouldins - & stayed till tuesday We came back home patched the fence by Canfie[ld] on the road reeplanting – corn etc |
16th Sun |
Fair I spent the day at Dr Gouldins We came out to old Mr Gouldins saw the river etc etc etc |
17th M |
Fair I spent the day at Dr Gs We went crow hunting killed 6 crows weeding corn etc |
18th Tus |
Fair cool We came home from Dr Gouldins & brought a dog Troubadore – weeding corn etc |
19th W |
Fair mild cool morning I shered my sheep 6 ewes & one ram rams wool weighed 5 1/2 lbs growse [gross] finished reeplanting corn weding etc wed some peach trees in the corners of the fence Dr Anderson came by this evening |
20th Th |
Fair mild I went to the mill carryed 2 hows to beet out Thomasia & I went to Mt Airy to the quilting brought 2 bushes & set it out Washington bower the name [i.e., jasmine] ploughing corn finished – ploughing the meadow weeding etc |
21st [Fr] |
Fair warm Thomasia – went to Mt Airy this morning & dined at Anna, - Betty gave me a shel - conk [conch] weeding corn by the sedar tree in the meadow - - - - - sent to mill for rafters & meal |
22nd Sat |
Rained a light shower – I made a horn out of a conk shel and handled a goard finished weeding – the meadow rakeing the fallowed land etc reeplanted peas etc gave the negroes holly day – wed corn cymblains etc set out some expecting rain |
23rd Sun |
Rainy day a very good rain Tom came & spent the day. . . |
24th M |
Fair warm day we went to Bro Sams Mr Gouldin was there – Bob ploughed the lot at the stack for potatoes Jessey commenced halling the logs for Marias house set out some tomatoe plants in the garden & planted some potatoe seed irish. . . . . . |
25th Tus |
Fair warm day I planted nearly 1 bushel of potatoes planted at the stack of shelter planted 1/2 bu in the corn field – by the shop weeding potatoes peas etc etc in the garden rakeing the corn – field - - . . |
26th W |
Rain this evening a hard shower I finished setting out greens set out the nursery with apple trees etc ree planted cotton commenced reeplanting corn again rakeing the corn – sent a load of ashes & plaster around the corn, watering the cymblings with cow manure Robert ploughing a potatoe patch on the meadow moved the cow pen etc |
27th Th |
Cdy a few drops rain, cool patching up the pasture fences halled a load of rails reeplanting corn etc a dog caught one of my sheep a ewe badly hurt last night Robert rakeing potatoe patch in the meadow |
28th Fr |
Fair warm day reeplanting corn rakeing etc - - - planted 2 bushels potatoes in the meadow Llewellyn broke out with measles – S Gouldin dined hear to day |
29th Sat |
Fair warm day put on summer pants planted peas & ree planted the patch planted water mellon seed in cotton patch finished rakeing the corn coaltering the garden on greens weeding the greens shot at a dog put tar on the sheep that the dog bit. [tar helped with healing and kept flies off] Jef went after the Dr to see Llewellyn |
30th Sun |
Fair warm spent the day at home. Dr Anderson came up to see Llewellyn & staid 2 or 3 Hours – H by the barn |
31st M |
Rain light one coaltered the potatoes etc in the new garden weeding the greens ploughing the corn by – the barn throwing the dirt from the corn & throwing it back again Annas cow had a calf (to day) |