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June 1--Sunday--threatening in a.m., but no rain; beautiful in p.m., 75° & breezy --finished paint on asparagus bed gate --put up netting on garden blueberries --to R.R. Salvage in a.m. 2--overcast & muggy all day, with brief shower in p.m., 75° --put up gate for asparagus bed --visit to Dr. For bursitis; haircut day --beans and squash are up; blossoms on peas 3--rained today --finished aluminum lining in sugar house --made "carry bin" for new tractor 4--sunny and then overcast today, 75° --took out rocks and stumps in Upper Mowing --fertilized peas; thinned raspberries; planted final tomatoes across road --everything up! --M. cleaned new room today, all day 5--50° last night; 65-70°, breezy, sunny, beautiful --cut wood up back in a.m.; BT in afternoon --black cap blossoms appearing 6-- bright, sunny day: 70-75° --cut wood in a.m.; planted beets, chard, broccoli & cauliflower (extra) in p.m. --black cap blossoms aplenty --raspberry blossoms forming, not blooming --cut asparagus--70 spears--last cutting? 7--rain all day, 1/2 inch plus 8--Sunday--rain in a.m., mist, with total for the 2 days of 6/10 inch --sunny, windy, 65° in p.m. 9--frost last night; some beans and cucumbers across the road burned slightly --cool today, 55° tops; sunny, windy, with rain drops in p.m. --cut Upper Mowing in a.m.; around house in p.m. --last cutting of asparagus! --fence around woodpile under the barn woodshed in a.m. 10--35° last night; sunny, overcast, some rain, then sunny, with top of 60° --planted last cantaloupe seedlings --fertilized asparagus --cut grass across road --noted that some walnut trees, beans, cucumbers & tomatoes touched by frost the past 2 (?) nights 11--light frost last night; white at 6 a.m. (on lawn and gardens across road), but no serious damage evident --shopping in a.m.; BT and LBT in p.m. 12--40° last night; no freeze damage in gardens; sunny and 75° today --got VW set for sale and Jeep fixed up to pick up N., etc. --fertilized last row of peas, picked off sees on M.'s onions, weed-whacked, etc. 13--sunny, warm day, about 80°, breezy, humid --worked in woods in a.m.; hammock, badminton set up in p.m. 14--sunny, 45° last night and 90° today, muggy --get ready for N. Visit --worked in woods in a.m. --first strawberries today --picked up N. In p.m. 15--Sunday--warm, muggy, with brief shower in p.m. --pea pods forming 16-- 1 1/2 inches rain last night; 75° today, sunny --group walked boundaries beyond B.T. In a.m. --picked raspberries in p.m. --garden looks good; could have cut more asparagus, but it is closed for season! 17--45° last night; 75° today, bright, sunny, light breeze, few bugs --worked in woods with B. In a.m. --started bridge across gully on road to maple grove --brought down 5 Jeep-loads of wood in p.m. --new car due Thursday 18--45° last night; beautiful day --worked in woods in a.m. & p.m. --walked back boundary 19--a weather repeat of yesterday --finished bridge --got new car in p.m. 20--rained all day --tried bridge in a.m. and got Jeep into Maple Grove over "8th Wonder" --but ruined new bridge over gully getting back down 21--65-70°, overcast, breezy today --N. and group back to Houston 22-- Sunday--beautiful, sunny day brought down wood from back, including broken bridge, in a.m. picked spinach crop 23--85° today, sunny --woods up back in a.m. --fertilized cauliflower, cabbage, etc. in p.m. --broke crust in both gardens 24--hot today and humid --in woods up back in a.m. --fertilized large tomatoes and M.'s onions in p.m. --fertilized (spray) cantaloupe in evening --picked first lettuce --B.'s strawberries are done, with 20 qts in 2nd year 25--very hot and humid --cut grass around house & across road today (6 hours) --some peas about up; garden looks good 26--hot & humid again today --in woods in a.m.; weed-whacked between trees across road in p.m. --M. weeded flower gardens around house, cut off lilac blossoms 27--hot and humid again --up in woods in a.m. --M. and C. picked first peas; shelled in p.m. --M. picked first white onions; shallots not ready 28--beautiful day, 70°+ --drove to Great Barrington --did nothing around place 29--Sunday--60° all day and last night; overcast, rain began about 5 p.m. --second picking of peas today 30--2 1/2 inches of rain last night; overcast, partly rainy today --did nothing of note Back to Top July 1--overcast/sunny today, 75° or so --cut wood in back in a.m., a big ash --cut grass in Upper Mowing in p.m. --M. transplanted zinnias, cut grass on rock pile 2--overcast and then rainy --worked in woods in a.m. --stripped first peas in p.m. 3--warm & muggy --split wood up back in a.m. --stripped 2nd row of peas in p.m. 4--beautiful, warm day --weeded asparagus bed and fertilized in AM --took stoves out of barn --stripped 3d row of peas in PM 5--warm and muggy today; a nothing sort of day; rain & drizzle at dusk --brought down wood from up back --C. froze first chard --first sign of cauliflower blossoms 6--Sunday--beautiful day --split wood up back in AM --cut with lawnmower across road in PM --to B.T after dinner, picked red and black raspberries and a few blueberries --garden looks great 7--beautiful day --cut lawn; planted cress in garden in PM 8--rained off and on, about 3/4 inch total --worked in woods in AM --picked last peas in PM 9--sunny and warm --C. to hospital in AM --brought down wood from in back in AM --took down pea fences in PM; pruned some raspberries 10--beautiful day, somewhat muggy --rototilled where peas had been --C. back home in PM 11--warm & muggy --rototilled old stawberry bed in AM --first of Japanese beetles on grapes 12--cool and clear today, 70°-75° --in woods in AM --to LBT in PM; picked berries --broccoli picked 13--Sunday--beautiful day --picked first cabbage --picked and froze 7 beautiful white cauliflower 14--beautiful day --worked in woods in AM --trimmed Xmas trees in PM --transplanted gloriosas to front of house --took bird netting off raspberries 15--hot and muggy --brought down wood; trimmed Xmas trees --froze 2d batch of cauliflower --picked first beets for dinner 16--thunderstorm last night and at 11 am today; hot & muggy --cut grass around house and across road today --picked and froze last cauliflower (about) 17--ditto 18--cut grass in upper mowing; weed-wacked pine trees across road --to BT and picked red and black raspberries in PM; not many blueberries --froze swiss chard 19--steamy summer day --limed and rototilled old strawberry bed --M. made sauerkraut, about 7 1/2 gallons --froze onions and shallots 20--Sunday--hot & muggy --picked black raspberries in maple grove --made 10 jars of jam and enough for a pie 21--hot & humid --truck wouldn't start! --picked black raspberries in maple grove, about the last of these berries --pruned and thinned raspberries across road --got first tomato 22--still hot & humid today; overcast, with rain due --split wood under barn woodshed in AM --cultivated in garden and trimmed grass from spruce across road in PM 23--rain overnight, about 1/3 inch; muggy in PM, but cooler and drying by dinnertime --Hanscomb shopping today --some fiddling in garden in PM 24--beautiful day: 80°, bright and clear --in woods in AM --froze broccoli; cauliflower for dinner; celery picked 25--beautiful day --froze corn (first of season), I beans, wax beans, and beets 26--warm, muggy --picked blueberries at Harlow's 27--Sunday--warm, muggy --34th anniversary --cut grass across road --lunch on BT 28--weather same --cut grass this side in AM --picked green, yellow, and flat beans, and froze 25 qts! 29--75-80° plus rain 30--1/2 inch rain yeasterday, but nice day today; muggy in PM --picked chard; 3d picking in garden below house and 2d picking across road --picked more celery 31--beautiful day --froze last of swiss chard and last I beans --tomatoes not red; only tomatoes, beets, onion and lima beans due for freezer Back to Top August 1--warm & humid --worked in woods in AM --first large, ripe tomato --several large peppers 2--warm & muggy --to Keene in AM --froze corn --to BT in PM --black caps are rare this year 3--Sunday--another muggy day, overcast --put up tire swing in AM --to BT in PM 4--hot & muggy --worked in woods in AM --picked broccoli in PM 5--hot and muggy --in woods in AM --took cover off blueberries, weeded and fertilized too --fertilized and cut down blueberries behind house --thunderstorm at dusk bringing 6/10 inch rain in about 15 minutes 6--hot & humid again --in woods in AM 7--hot but less humid; with bright sun --cleaned garage in A.M.; cut up back in P.M. --also trimmed and cut in walnut grove in P.M. 8--hot & very humid --cut grass all day and weed-whacked --froze beets, white onions & shallots 9--beautiful day but hot --did nothing 10--Sunday--beautiful day, 75° tops --BT in A.M., and to Marlboro concert in P.M. 11--quite warm --M. made 11 qts. of cucumber pickles; lots of cucumbers in garden 12--rain, with clearing in P.M. 13--clear, sunny, and warm in P.M. --J., C., P. arrived today --tomatoes still have not turned red! 14--overcast, 80°, with rain at dusk --in woods in A.M and P.M. 15--clearing in A.M.; 3/4 inch rain yesterday and last night --cut grass up back in P.M., also trimmed across road and in walnut grove 16--50° last night and 65° high today, overcast and threatening --cut grass all morning --to LBT in jeep in P.M. 17--Sunday--48° last night; 71° today, beautiful --picked last gherkins --weeded garden --picked green tomato drops for ripening under burlap --to BT for lunch 18--48° last night, sunny today 70-75° --in woods in A.M. --tomatoes getting some color 19--overcast, drizzly --nothing day, and so did nothing 20--overcast, muggy --in woods in A.M., cut down big ash --J. returned to S.D. in P.M. 21--overcast & cool today --worked in woods in A.M. & P.M. on the ash 22--rain at dawn; overcast and cool --picked tomatoes, making 2 gallons of juice --worked in woods in A.M. 23--beautiful day, 60° last night and 75° today --in woods in A.M. and to BT in P.M. 24--Sunday--another beautiful day --in woods in A.M. --picked dry beans (stripped plants) in P.M. 25--nice day, a bit humid, 8-° --cleared up in garden across road most of the day 26--beautiful day, but humid --took bean vines from lower garden --froze some celery --Bob got a lot of tomatoes --F. to dentist in P.M. 27--overcast, very humid again --in woods in A.M. --cut grass with lawnmower in P.M., as tractor is still out of commission 28--overcast, cooler and not so humid --froze corn and some apples for pie --in woods in A.M. --took a drive in P.M. 29--overcast, and 70° tops today --picked tomatoes for juice, about 2 gallons worth,br>--cut grass across road and house all day 30--overcast and warm today --trimmed and weed-wacked trees across road, this took all day --lots of tomatoes 31--Sunday--overcast, warm, muggy, with sprinkles of rain --weed-wacked in A.M. --to RR Salvage in P.M. --lots of tomatoes Back to Top September 1--hot, muggy, overcast, with thunderstorm in P.M. --to Lawton's auction in A.M. --got peaches from Art in P.M. 2--ditto of yesterday, but worse, with big thunderstorm at dark and 1 1/4inches of rain, over 1 hour --more tomatoes --first cantaloupe --to Hampshire Mall in P.M. 3--nice day, bright and sunny --put new top on table in barn warm room --trimmed grass across road and cut grass in walnut grove --more tomato juice --first ripe cantaloupe for breakfast 4--beautiful day --cut grass around house, across road and in upper mowing--all day! --anouther cantaloupe from cutting garden 5--rainy today --greased and oiled tractor in A.M. --cleared paths in upper mosing --some work digging out stream in P.M. 6--beautiful day and not mggy --worked in woods in A.M. --more tomatoes in P.M. 7--Sunday--beautiful day --stripped lima beans and cleaned up that part of the garden in A.M. --BT for lunch 8--to be continued... 9--- 10-- 11-- 12-- 13-- 14-- 15-- 16-- 17-- 18-- 19-- 20-- 21-- 22-- 23-- 24-- 25-- 26-- 27-- 28-- 29-- 30-- |
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