Welcome to A Victorian Year in Ontario

Greetings Ladies and Gentlemen, the year is 1865, Her Majesty Queen Victoria has reigned since 1837 and we are in the midst of a prosperous era. The purpose of this blog is to record the daily round of chores, tasks, trials and triumphs of our household in rural Upper Canada (now known as Ontario). We have embarked on an experiment to live a year as close to the way it was done in 1865 as we possibly can. We will post our remarks and await your comments, suggestions and critiques. So join us as we travel back in time.

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Catching up

Catching up 
Wanted to give you a quick update on what we have been doing lately..
We have been very very busy , but good busy. Gardens are mostly all planted with the exception of the larger garden at home , it is a fantastic opportunity to have planting space here at the store and at home. We can use . the space at the store to have a community garden plus teach So I am going to take full advantage for sure. The gardens here are now full of a variety of squashes, peas, onions ,broccoli, cauliflower,peppers, watermelon,cantelope,tomatoes,beans,eggplant and cabbages...haha,,,sheep wont get them at the store ,
At the house we have even a larger variety planted and are excited to show all of you who are attending our event in July what we are growing this year. We will be working on the reading room soon and will keep you updated on how that is coming along. We will also keep you updated on our upcoming cider making weekend ...finally will get a chance to use the cider presses . Should be a ood year. Our fruit trees are looking wonderful this year , so we should get a good yeald of everything from apples to nectarines,plums pears cherries peaches ,,, keep your fingers crossed
See you soon
Margaret and Ken