Thursday October 19th 1978 temperature 55 impatiens frostbitten top.
Howard helped me make bed for ferns in front of brick wall of house [sic]. Also planted variegated vinca from pots. Went to our back woods across river to get more dirt and picked up walnuts. Weeded cotoneaster on front bank and pruned it. Read old histories to get references to prairie. Area in Scott Township was known as the “green sea”.