Archive for the ‘harvest’ Category
Strolling through the Fall Festival at Pricketts Fort
Posted in Aaron Bosnick, applebutter, autumn, bear fat, blacksmithing, civilian militia, Cordelia Spencer, domestic life, Fall Festival, frontier forts, frontier women, Greg Bray, harvest, Judy Wilson, Lee Miller, living history, Okey Simmons, powderhorn, re-enacting, Shawnee, Tom Carson, Virginia frontier, wigwam on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bringing in the corn . . .
Posted in cat, corn, frontier farming, harvest, sheep on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I began bringing in the corn a few days ago. We had planned to leave it on the stalks to dry completely, until the end of the season if necessary, but then we found two large gourds lying on the grass some distance from the field, where someone had evidently thrown them. When I went [...]
The harvest begins . . .
Posted in Aaron Bosnick, corn, frontier farming, Greg Bray, harvest, Judy Wilson, Mary Rose Mustachio, pumpkins on August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It is now mid-August, but these so-called dog-days have been the pleasantest I can remember: more like seasonable late September than sultry mid-August. I’m sure the heat will hit us yet, but for now it has been exceptionally nice. In the garden everything is coming rapidly into its own. Many ears of corn are ripe [...]













































