Fall on the old Virginia frontier was, above all, a season of preparation against the coming Winter. The foundation of the cabin would be banked against the cold wind with a thick matting of cornstalks and pumpkin vines, or straw if they had it, or even banked with earth. And naturally a substantial stockpile of [...]
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Fall comes to the old frontier
Posted in Indian Summer, Shawnee, autumn, beans, corn, pumpkins, squash on October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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