The specifics are a little different in 2022, but on the whole, things haven’t changed a lot in the past 100+ years. We still prefer lighter, fresher meals cooked outside in hot weather, there’s an abundance of produce that needs preserving, end-of-summer sales are a good time to stock up, and in spite of air…
Category: garden
My Summer in a Garden, 1870–Week 2
This summer I’m comparing Charles Dudley Warner’s gardening journal, My Summer in a Garden, to my own garden. I’m finding that I can relate to many of his perspectives, and as he describes the second week of his garden’s progress, his thoughts are centered on weeds. Hardly is the garden planted, when he must begin…
The Gardening Season, the Annual Test of Character
The last frost date is upon us here in southern Wisconsin, and I have officially begun another garden season. Every spring I can’t wait to get out in the garden and by August, I’m wondering what I did with all that spare time I had all winter. A few months ago, I discovered a free…
Seek to Know Ways of Cooking
…the wise farm housekeeper will seek to know ways of cooking beans, cabbage, turnips, asparagus, the precious Irish potato and other vegetables and the fruits that grow on the farm in abundance. -1905 Choosing to be a homemaker is often a choice to have less income, so strategy is essential when it comes to grocery…