|
Month
|
Work
that needed to be done
|
Weather
the farmers wanted
|
| |
|
|
|
January
|
mending
and making tools, repairing fences
|
showers
|
|
February
|
carting
manure and marl
|
showers
|
|
March
|
ploughing,
manure and marl spreading
|
dry,
no severe frosts
|
|
April
|
spring
sowing of seed, harrowing
|
showers
and sunshine
|
|
May
|
digging
ditches, first ploughing of fallow fields
|
showers
and sunshine
|
|
June
|
haymaking,
second ploughing of fallow field, sheep
|
dry
weather
|
|
July
|
haymaking,
sheep-shearing, weeding of crops
|
dry
early, showers later
|
|
August
|
harvesting
|
war,
dry weather
|
|
September
|
threshing,
ploughing, pruning fruit trees
|
showers
|
|
October
|
last
ploughing of the year, autumn sowing of seed
|
dry,
no severe frosts
|
|
November
|
collecting
acorns for pigs
|
showers
and sunshine
|
|
December
|
mending
and making tools, killing animals
|
showers
and sunshine
|
Average
rainfall per month in Britain (in inches)
|
month
|
inches
|
month
|
inches
|
month
|
inches
|
month
|
inches
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January
|
2.3
|
April
|
1.9
|
July
|
2.5
|
October
|
6.5
|
|
February
|
3.5
|
May
|
1.9
|
August
|
3.0
|
November
|
3.0
|
|
March
|
2.1
|
June
|
1.9
|
September
|
3.8
|
December
|
3.1
|
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