January through May
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January 1--bright, cloudless day; ground bare, no snow, and no real early prospect of snow--40 ° --back boundary in A.M. 2--clear, cool, 30°, no snow 3--more of same --M. to Houston 4--ditto --C. to Acton 5--more of same; 8° last night 6--Sunday--cloudless, 25° high today 7--20° last night, overcast and windy; about 1/2 inch of snow at noon, warming up in P.M to 35° at 5p.m. 8--another gorgeous day: 20° last night and 30° today, sunny --most of yesterday's snow melted away in the sun --dogs to Vets in A.M., for rabies and distemper shots; Benji has ear trouble --marked boundary beyond BearTop in P.M. 9--beautiful day again, 10° at night, and 30° during day; clear --BT and LBT today --C. home in P.M. 10--a touch warmer, clear --BT in P.M. --M. home from Houston in evening 11--warming, overcast, rainy, cloudy--bad day; 25° at 6a.m. and 50° at 7p.m. --a real nothing day! 12--rain last night and 35° in morning; cooling during day, and 20° at dark; very windy --power out for almost 2 hours in P.M. 13--Sunday--20° in morning and 30° in afternoon; clear, but clouds --Bear Top and Little Bear Top in P.M. 14--overcast, misty, drizzly; 30-35° all day; dreary day --LBT in P.M. with dogs 15--40-45° today; sunny in P.M. --cut blown over oak tree at end of Upper Mowing in P.M. 16--40-45° again today, cloudless day --cut tree at edge of mowing in A.M. --B.T. in P.M. 17--35-40° today, sunny with clouds --split and brought down some wood in A.M. --sold some silver coins in Keene in P.M. 18--warm today: 35-50°, sunny and overcast in turns --finished bringing wood from Upper Mowing --BT and LBT in P.M. 19--overcast, 45°, very damp, but warm --cut some wood in barn --LBT in P.M. 20--Sunday--30-40° today, with snow flurries and windy in A.M. --BT in P.M. --woodwork in barn in A.M. 21--20° last night and 35° today, sunny and windy --started moving wood into garage from barn for next winter 22--25° last night and 30-35° today; started snowing about noon, with 3-4 inches by 7p.m. --wood from barn to garage in morning (finished second row in garage) 23--20° last night and 35° today; 3-4 inches total snow --trip to Hanscomb Field (for groceries at base store), record high bill 24--10° at 7:30a.m. and high about 18°, very windy and sunny --moved more wood to the garage --gave blood in P.M. --M. worked all day organizing wool for a new rug 25--10° last night and 20° bright and sunny today, with a little wind --continued to move wood from barn to garage 26--20-30°, clear and not windy; beautiful day --finished moving wood to garage --moved wood from water room in basement to furnace room 27--Sunday--another beautiful day, duplicate of yesterday --moved wood into water room in basement --all wood gone from end-of-barn bay --moved canned goods to furnace room --to Bear Top in P.M. 28--10° last night and 30° today, bright and sunny, but some snow flurries --S., C., M. & S. to BT and LBT --swing put up on Bear Top 29--10° last night, and bright and clear today with 30° high --S. & C. left at 7:30a.m. --re-stacked wood in barn 30--5° last night and 18° today, bright, sunny, breezy, cold! --stacked wood in end bay in barn --citrus from Agway in P.M. 31--8° last night and 18° today; clear, sunny, breezy --cut wood for dining room stove --moved smaller sticks to Sugar House stack Back to Top February 1--0° last night and 18° today; sunny, cloudless, but windy --brought first wood into barn from pile up the hill 2--10° last night, and 18° during the day; bright and clear, windy --more wood into barn from hill 3--Sunday--10° last night and 20° today, windy --more wood into barn from up the hill --wind baffles on Sugar House in P.M. 4--0° last night; bright and sunny today--again! --wood from hill to barn in A.M. --roof on Sugar House in p.m. --M. to San Diego tomorrow 5--10° last night, 25° today; sunny, bright, another beautiful day --M. to San Diego --cleaned out furnace--new filter, etc., after I got back from Bradley 6--10° last night, 25° today; same clear, sunny weather --finished cutting wood for the north bay in the barn --dentist in P.M. 7--20° last night; overcast, then sunny later; 33° --first stack of wood for next winter in basement --fixed barn window in P.M. 8--20° last night and 35° today, bright sun --finished filling wood bin in furnace room in A.M. --BearTop and LBT in P.M. 9--20° last night, 35° today, bright, sunny --more wood into basement --BT and LBT in P.M. with C. 10--Sunday--repeat yesterday; same last 2 weeks! --more wood into basement --walked back road in P.M. 11--repeat, 10° last night, 35° today --finished putting wood into basement from barn --group from Amherst for lunch 12--repeat --cut wood for barn stove --M. back from San Diego today 13--repeat --started Warm Room today 14--repeat --took dogs to Vets in A.M. --sold silver in P.M. --M. to dentist --bought new jacket 15--repeat --planted tomatoes, zinnias, asters, cantaloupe, and celery seeds today --dentist in P.M. --walked logging road in A.M. --snow predicted for tonight 16--20-25°, snow starting late last night and ending at 5p.m. today--about 6 inches 17--Sunday--0° last night and 20° today; bright sun --did nothing 18--10° last night and 35-40° today; bright & sunny --to R.R. Salvage in P.M for radio and wool socks 19--10° last night; 45-50° this afternoon; sunny in P.M. 20--20° last night and 50-60° today; bright & sunny --planted tomatoes, cabbage, pansies, cantaloupe, and cauliflower in barn Warm Room 21--20° last night; snow today in P.M. --put up plastic on Sugar House and tapped 2 trees; got some sap before temperature dropped at night --some tomatoes have sprouted, also a few zinnias and one cantaloupe 22--1 to 2 inches of snow, with sleet and rain; 20° to 30° today; overcast and dripping all day--dreary! 23--30° last night and 40° today --cleared up snow from yesterday and last night --put out 30 sap buckets; got some run in P.M. 24--Sunday--dusting last night; 25°-35° today, overcast --replanted cantaloupe, tomato, zinnia, aster, and celery seeds --planted cantaloupe from VT Bean Seed Co. --planted cress --everything else planted is cropping up, except pansies 25--20° last night, 40° today; sunny, nice day --trimmed trees across road --replanted pansies --picked up 30 gallons of sap in P.M. 26--10° last night and 20° high today; sunny, windy --to Bear Top in A.M. --everything up except pansies, asters, zinnias; even cress planted on Saturday is coming up 27--10° last night and 20° today; light snow all day --to BT in A.M. --waxed New Room in P.M. 28--wet today; 20° high after 10° last night --did nothing 29--0° last night and 15° today; with wind --another nothing day --haircut in A.M. Back to Top March 1--minus 5° last night and 15° today, bright sun --Harvey Creran's funeral in A.M. 2--Sunday--10° last night and 20° today, bright and sunny --BT and LBT in P.M. 3--5° last night and 35° today; bright & sunny --replanted zinnias and asters this A.M. --walked back road in P.M. 4--45° today and 20° last night --sap dripped in P.M. --put 2 tractor-loads of wood from hill into basement corridor 5--20° last night and 30° today, with snow, sleet, etc.; miserable day, but clearing in P.M. --zinnias and asters planted, again 6--20° last night and 30-35° today, sunny, with some sap running --finished putting wood into basement for next year --note: 7 tractor-loads for corridor stack --picked up maple sap in P.M. and prepared Sugar House; will boil tomorrow 7--very windy and 35° today --started boiling this morning early; not much sap or good sap --while busy making improvements in sugar House, I burned the sap! --picked up paper products at Agway 8--in 40's; snow, rain, slush last night and rain off and on today; awash in melted snow --sap running in some taps --end of wood furnace for winter 9--Sunday--25° last night; overcast, snow flurries in A.M.; bright & sunny in P.M., up to 45° --not much sap flowed --M. started round braided rug 10--20° last night and 45° today --sap running in P.M. --brought wood down to barn in A.M. until it got too muddy 11--30° last night and today; very windy, and with snow flurries --boiled today and got 1 gallon of syrup 12--5° last night and 30° today; sunny, very windy --to Hanscomb today --sap did not run 13--10° last night and 30° today; overcast in P.M. --sap still not running --finished bringing wood from hill to barn --to Bear Top in P.M. 14--snow last night and today: 8 to 10 inches --cleaned furnace and shoveled snow 15--20° last night and 32° today, sunny and windy --did nothing 16--Sunday--20° last night and 40°plus today; bright, sunny, clear --sap running --to B.T. in A.M 17--overcast and drizzle; 50° high today --cut wood in barn --to Keene in P.M. 18--rained last night; overcast in A.M.; sunny and very windy in P.M. --picked up sap and boiled today; yield: 1 gallon & 3 pints 19--25° last night and 50° today --sap running --M. to Boston for flower show --stacked wood in barn 20--60° today; sunny and no wind --boiled; total so far: 3-plus gallons of maple syrup 21--rain all day; 40° --sap flowing, only slowly --transplanted some cantaloupe and cauliflower 22--snow flurries last night; clearing today and 45° in P.M. --sap didn't run --replanted seedlings in barn --ice off patio in P.M. 23--Sunday--bright, sunny and 60° high today --to B.T. In A.M., very muddy --no real sap run 24--60° today, sunny --cleared out garden in front and on side of house --tulip tops are up --chimneys cleaned in P.M. 25--30° last night and 40° today; miserable day--snow, rain --sap did not run --transplanted tomatoes into one-gallon cans 26--30° last night and 50° today --boiled today, but sap did not run 27--30° last night and 55° today; overcast --no sap; got 3 quarts from sap in pan after 7 hours boiling on stove --made 5 gallons this year so far; may be all we do! 28--30° last night and 60° today; sunny, but overcast in P.M. --cleaned leaves from asparagus and grapes --sap dripped a bit only 29--rained all day --boycotted 30--Sunday--40-45° today, overcast and drizzle --no sap --replanted some cantaloupe --to R.R. Salvage in P.M. 31--30° last night and 45° today, overcast, watery sun --no real sap flow --to B.T. In A.M. Back to Top April 1--28° last night and 60°plus today --sap ran, but not enough to boil --lubricated machines 2--dreary day, misty and rainy: 35-45° --nothing accomplished 3--beautiful day, 60°plus, sunny --boiled today for last time --season syrup total: about 7 1/2 gallons; poor quality 4--cold, rainy, 40° --went to Hampshire Mall in A.M. --gave D.T. the 'go-ahead' on woodshed and Sugar House 5--45-55°, sunny, windy --took down Sugar House --re-arranged lumber in barn 6--Sunday--beautiful day, and 65° in P.M. --to B.T. In A.M. --took out dead Balsams in Upper Mowing in P.M. 7--60-65°, sunny --took down maple sugar firebox today --took out sod from sugar house area, trimmed and rototilled the area 8--wet day --transplanted some tomatoes --cleared up lumber from Sugar House; all materials put away 9--wet day --banjo clock to Keene in P.M. --planted more cantaloupe seeds 10--rain, heavy last night --washed windows downstairs in A.M. 11--sunny today, 60°plus --put in side lawn --cabbages into cold frames 12--40° in A.M. and 65° in P.M.; overcast, with sprinkles in P.M. --limed, rototilled asparagus bed --put down plastic on edges for cantaloupe --cleared up blueberry bed, fertilized and put down sawdust 13--Sunday--B.T. in morning --fertilized walnuts, grapes, fruit trees --trimmed walnuts and fruit trees --got bushes and onions from Hickings in P.M. 14--rain and drizzle all day, 50° --put up blueberry frame and planted shrubs on side lawn 15--beautiful day, 70° and sunny --planted 2 pears and 2 peach trees and transplanted 4 walnut trees to make room --rinsed sap buckets and evaporator pan (which broke) 16--55° in A.M. and 30° in P.M.; rain and sleet in P.M. --removed sod from blueberries behind the house; fertilized, pruned, covered area with peat moss --three new blueberry bushes in garden --D.T. started on milkhouse 17--30° last night and 55° today, breezy --trimmed lawn --downstairs curtains finished --raked rocks from lawn by road --pruned raspberries --some progress (slow) on milkhouse --raked leaves from bushes in front of wall --fertilizer and lime on those lilacs; daffodills blooming 18--overcast, 40-55° --moved wood up for Bob --new battery for VW today --helped with construction project in P.M. 19--beautiful day --set up park --did "dibs and dabs" in morning 20--Sunday--40° last night and 75° today, sunny, with sprinkles in P.M. --put in peas in A.M. 21--beautiful day, 70°plus, cloudless --planted sweet peas --weedwacked the back hill; fussed with new construction 22--40°-50°, windy and cold worked with D.T. on barn project all day, nearly completed 23--35°-40° last night and 60° today --trip to Hanscomb for grocery shopping --put platform ouside barn door in p.m. --first asparagus spears show up! 24--beautiful day, 40°-65°. and sunny in p.m. --limed and rototilled the garden across the road in the a.m. --traded in old rototiller and bought small chainsaw, plus cash --donated blood 25--overcast today, about 60° --rototilled garden below house in a.m. --put first wood under barn woodshed in p.m. 26--mixed sunny and overcast --cut wood for stove in barn for next year --tractor problems (battery probably) --lots of daffodils blooming 27--Sunday--overcast and sprinkly --stacked wood in a.m. --peas are starting in garden --first tulips 28--40°-50°, rain off and on all day --stacked wood in barn woodshed all day, with a bit more to do 29--same weather as yesterday --finished moving wood into barn woodshed --cut wood for barn stove --cleaned and re-arranged barn --peas barely up --tulips look ready, but no blooms yet 30--cold and overcast in a.m., sunny in p.m. --further cleanup in barn --got big saw sharpened --got new bearing on tractor Back to Top May 1--50°-60°, overcast today, with drizzle in a.m. --cut off top of larger tomato plants in a.m. --primed wood in sugar house --put snowblower away for the year --out, with the tractor, using space behind barn for logs from the woods 2--50°-75° today, sunny --painted sugarhouse in a.m. --planted caulifower, red and white cabbage, broccoli, and brussel sprouts seedlings in p.m. 3--75°, sunny and warm, with thunderstorm at 5p.m. --stacked first wood by sugarhouse --cut grass in walnut grove and outside in p.m. --M. planted celery in cutting garden --lots of asparagus 4--Sunday--70°, sunny and very windy --painted sugarhouse woodshed in a.m. and cut grass on house side of road --asparagus in good supply for dinner and freezer --cabbages, etc. look good; peas and celery look good --BT walk in p.m --movies out tonight 5--40° or so, but cooler last night, and sunny & warm today --put finishing coat on sugarhouse woodshed and finished moving all available wood to this woodshed --gardens look good --another apsaragus picking --pruned raspberries --to Washington tomorrow 6,7,8--in D.C. 9--home from D.C. --things look great: peas, onions, grapes budding, tulips still look good, and asparagus still coming --work on barn and sugarhouse finished --corn crib and sugarhouse roofs are now painted 10--40° last night and 60° today, beautiful and windy --cleaned up sugarhouse and around corn crib --buckets, etc. in sugarhouse for next season --transplanted lilacs in front lawn --opened basement --weed-whacked trees across the road 11--Sunday--45° last night and 60° today, overcast with drizzle in p.m. --cut grass across road --planted trumpet vines by sugarhouse --oiled tractor --M. planted cantaloupe and geraniums in starter trays 12--misty in a.m.; sunny, warm and muggy in p.m. --brought down cut wood from up back --cut grass on house side in p.m. --new blade on mower; new filter on tractor --C. to Acton 13--misty, hazy, and 60-70° --cut wood under overhang in a.m. --fussed in barn in p.m. --M. planted flowers in cutting garden & around corn crib --cut more asparagus; M's onions look good 14--overcast, misty, and 60-70° in a.m.; cooler as p.m. moved on --opened up warm room; took down plastic, cleaned, etc. --cantaloupe seedlings (such as they are) out for hardening --cut some wood under woodshed; sanded blocks for C. --rhubarb day; M. put up 10 pints from C.'s patch 15--sunny in a.m., 40° to 60°/65° at noon; overcast in p.m. --cut and brought down 2 Jeep-loads of wood in a.m. --planted a dozen celery seedlings (purchased) in p.m. in tubs in sugar house (enough light); tomato plants (still in cans) are getting blossoms 16--40° last night, 75° today --trip to Stowe today 17--40° last night and 80° today --moved C.'s furniture from Acton --S.F.'s wedding in p.m. --tulips over; another asparagus cutting 18--Sunday--light rain all day; 50° last night and 65° today --finished moving C. from Acton today 19--overcast, muggy & buggy today; 50° last night, 70° today --put tomatoes (about 50) in garden, and chard, beets, lettuce, kohlrabi, carrots & radishes --furnace checked --B.T. in p.m. --cut more asparagus 20--clear, sunny: 75-80° --C. to plane for Houston in early a.m. --cut all grass around house & across road 21--rain in p.m. --started cut in Upper Mowing; tractor broke (drive shaft?) (new tractor?) --got perennials from Whetstone nursery --cut more asparagus --got some cantaloupe & zinnia seedlings 22--50° last night, 85° today; bright, sunny, muggy & buggy --lilacs in bloom, flowering crab-apple coming into bloom --most walnut trees sprouting; 2 peaches trees are still not budded --cut wood under woodshed in a.m.; busted tractor picked up in p.m. 23--hot, 90°, sunny, some mug! --cut wood up back in a.m. --largest asparagus cutting yet 24--not so warm today --wood up back in a.m. --last picking of rhubarb --planted cantaloupe seedling in asparagus bed --B.T. in p.m. 25--Sunday--beautiful day, 75°, bright sun, windy --weed-whacked as fertilized rhubarb --brought wood down from back --things look good 26--40° last night, 70° today, sunny, some wind; beautiful --finished planting garden in a.m., except for peppers 27--45° last night; 70° breezy, beautiful --cut grass with lawn mower in a.m. --trimmed trees in walnut grove and beyond on hill --started weed-whacking spruce below garden --got new tractor in p.m. --M. To Manchester to deliver pictures for C. --good asparagus cutting 28--40° last night, 70° today, a super sunny day --cut grass with new tractor--5 hours; then, 1 1/2 hours weed-whacking the grass between trees below garden --everything looks good, but dry --cantaloupe seedlings into peat pots 29--beautiful day, 75°, breezy, bright sun; very dry now! --finished weed-whacking trees across road, started hand-trimming around trees across road --picked C. Up in p.m. --bought new car in a.m. --stubbed toe going to bed 30--45° last night; 75deg;, sunny, then overcast, muggy; rain threatened but didn't deliver --started putting metal on floor in sugar house in a.m. --finished hand-trimming trees across road in p.m. 31--60°-70° today, overcast, some mug, no rain --made and primed gate for asparagus bed --finished putting metal on floor of sugar house Back to Top |
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