Henry David Thoreau 1845 · Walden Pond
Hoe the bean-field (in season)
05:00–12:00 · in season
“When they were growing, I used to hoe from five o’clock in the morning till noon, and commonly spent the rest of the day about other affairs.”
Verbatim excerpt · Henry David Thoreau
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Walden
1854
Walden
Passage: “The Bean-Field” · paragraph on planting, hoeing, harvesting, and selling beans
Timing & context
The source describes hoeing from five until noon when the beans were growing. This is a seasonal pattern, not a year-round routine.
Weekday in the source
Sunday afternoons, in Walden
“Or on a Sunday afternoon, if I chanced to be at home”
‘Former Inhabitants; and Winter Visitors,’ paragraph about a visiting farmer View passage ↗
This passage describes winter visitors. The displayed calendar combines seasonal routine passages, including summer bean-growing, and is not a dated Sunday. Walden is a literary memoir, not a diary entry.
Walden combines memories across two years. The bean-field block is seasonal; these habits are not a record of today’s date.
1845 is a representative display year selected by Typical Tuesday. The source covers his Walden years, 1845–1847, including the bean-growing season.