Tales from the Green Valley follows the five as they labour for a full agricultural year, getting to grips with period tools, skills, and technology from the age of the Stuarts, the reign of James I. Everything must be done by hand, from ploughing with a team of oxen using a replica period plough and thatching a cowshed using only authentic materials, to making their own washing liquid for laundry and harvesting the hay and wheat with scythes and sickles.
VIDEO HERE (29:34 minutes)
yeh, that was one way to do it.
ReplyDeleteNot sure what thread to post this on, so move or delete it as you prefer, Kenny, and I'm fairly certain you already know of this, but here's a good observation for local legislation. https://publiushuldah.wordpress.com/2022/10/23/comments-on-the-proposed-amendments-to-the-tennessee-constitution/
ReplyDeleteWe only have a clue today. I sometimes tell people that 125 years ago, every rural town had someone you could hire, who would evaluate your pantry and tell you if you had enough food stored to last the winter. Imagine the looks I get.
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You should check out the one they did on the Wartime farm. Ruth and the guys are the best.
ReplyDeleteIt's solid labor from can see to can't see. Ani't no time to run and play. Guess if you don't know any different you'd be OK. Sure would make a lot of folks skinny today. Nice to play with but really don't want to go back to it.
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