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Strolling through the Fall Festival at Pricketts Fort

Posted in Aaron Bosnick, Cordelia Spencer, Fall Festival, Greg Bray, Judy Wilson, Lee Miller, Okey Simmons, Shawnee, Tom Carson, Virginia frontier, applebutter, autumn, bear fat, blacksmithing, civilian militia, domestic life, frontier forts, frontier women, harvest, living history, powderhorn, re-enacting, wigwam on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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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 [...]

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The harvest begins . . .

Posted in Aaron Bosnick, Greg Bray, Judy Wilson, Mary Rose Mustachio, corn, frontier farming, harvest, 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 and [...]

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