Finding my first seed did not grow, which I easily imagined was by the drought, I sought for a moister piece of ground to make another trial in, and I dug up a piece of ground near my new bower, and sowed the rest of my seed in February, a little before the vernal equinox; and this having the rainy months of March and April to water it, sprung up very pleasantly, and yielded a very good crop; but having part of the seed left only, and not daring to sow all that I had, I had but a small quantity at last, my whole crop not amounting to above half a peck of each kind.
Miután könnyen rájöttem, hogy a növényeim a szárazság miatt nem szökkentek szárba, nedvesebb talajt kerestem nekik. A völgybéli kunyhóm közelében találtam ilyet, és februárban, a tavaszi napéjegyenlőség előtt ültettem el a fennmaradó szemeket.