Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Olden Ways, Olden Days

We went to Old Sturbridge Village this weekend for their agricultural fair, and the night before we camped out at Wells State Park nearby. Dante made dinner -- built and started the fire with his milkweed fuzz and flint, chopped the veggies, opened the can of beans and tended the chili.


Mmmm, smoky black bean chili.


All snuggled up in the tent. Poor daddy ended up with an nice rock jutting up into his spot.


Next day at OSV, Dante and Lucia churned butter. We stayed in this kitchen for about a half hour so they could finish it.

Next up, they put an apple in the mini-mill and ground it up to make cider.

These buckets are heavy even without water.


Dante plows the field behind the ox.

Next, he threshs the rye they harvested in July.

Separating the rye from the chaff.


Time for play!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Loved your post and the photos at Old Sturbridge Village. How did you hear about the Agricultural Fair? I'd love to get copies of the churning, plowing, cider pressing, water buckets, threshing and hoops for use in future publicity of Old Sturbridge Village. Your thoughts? Contact me via e-mail or phone: Ann Lindblad, alindblad@rdwgroup.com, 508-795-0535.