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               <b>1850</b>                                         -24-
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               June
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               4th (cont.)      Farmers planting corn.   The aseason last month has been entirely unprecedented,
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                                cold & rainy.
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               5th              3rd lot north of the North  Garden,  next  to the cucumbers was dragged, and part
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                                sowed with Washington Peas.     Staking & tying up Cabbages.     In the hog lot
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                                east of the Drumhead,   planted  10 rows Flat Dutch Cabbage, then    raked over a
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                                small strip east and sowed 2 drills Green Savoy and 2 drills Early (large) York.
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                                On the wes end of   the old asparagus bed,  raked for and sowed 4 rows    Pepper-
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                                grass.  Farmers finished planting corn and pumpkins.     Ploughed behind the
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                                woodshed for  carrots; drawing manure   at the Price for sweet corn lot.   Hottest
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                                day yet.   Horses begin to be turned out to pasture.
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                6th             Staking and tying up cabbages;    shuffling small plants; weeding   & thinning
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                                lettuce.  In the NO rth  Garden  west side set out 3 rows of tomatoes averaging
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                                80 plants to a row.   Thermometer 90    in the shade.
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                7th             Cultivated  in the 1stgarden, onions, beets,   parsnips, parsley, hoed   onions;
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                                shuffling small plants & weeding & thinning../ In the North   Garden,   shuffled
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                                the small radishes.
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                8th              Hoeing  in the 1stGarden   south side; weeding and thinning radishes.    In the
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                                 North  Garden, began to make preparation     for setting out peppers,  but were
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                                 disturbed by the rain.   Sharp thunder  & lightning & very heavy   rain.
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                9th              SABBATH   DAY.    Meeting at Meeting house and home.       Fine  day.
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                                 Drizzled  in the evening.
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                 10th           (N.B.   Saturday the 8th,  82 rows of carrots were sowed south of   the Brick Shop.)
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                                 Today,  setting out peppers; west of the walk  Bell, and ontfie east  part ofthe
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                                 garden,  Squash.   Very rainy, worked   in the shop.
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                 11th            Rainy:  planted  in the South Garden, north   of the onions, 2 rows Windsor   beans;
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                                 south of the onions, 2 rows sugar peas in drills;  staked & tied up cabbages.
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                 12th            Cultivating & hoeing   turnips & beets,  1st Garden;  weeded & hoed vegetable     oyster
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                                 parsley & young sage;   fixing peddling  wagon.
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                 13th            Hoed the  carrots (North  Garden)  & planted Royal  White beans among them;      hoed
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                                 & wed the radishes (Scarlet Turnip),    do, do. the cabbage head lettuce:   fine  day.
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                 14th            Hoed & thinned   & wedded all   the small plants in the North  Garden:   planted  Early
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                                 White  beans among the beets west of   the walk:   hoeing potatoes & cabbages
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                                 east side:  planted China beans among the    rutabagas, ease zide.
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                 15th            Finished planting  beans among the beets.    3 gardeners help  Samuel  at the
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                                 Perry place to hoe corn.
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                 16th             SABBATH DAY.      The Society on the   Holy Mount:   beautiful day.
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                 17th             Hoed  & wed the little onions  & other  etc.
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