Living as close to the year 1865 as we possibly can. Learning as we go and growing as we learn...
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.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Thanks everyone
We will make the treck to Arva Mill tomorrow because it is so close . See what we can find .Thanks for the advise. We have ton's of Christmas baking to do and a long winter ahead...M
I really like the Arva Mill. We got our flour there when we lived in London, along with steel-cut oats and other dry goods. And their maple-sugar candies are always really fresh :)
Margaret and Ken Cook live in rural Elgin County on a small two acre farm. We keep Rhode Island Reds and Plymouth Barred Rock chickens for eggs and entertainment. We also have many gardens for vegetables and many fruit trees. We will be adding quails, Chantecler's, pheasants, a couple of pigs, some sheep and a goat for grass control, expanding the gardens and putting in more fruit trees. Margaret & Ken are living as close to 1865 as we possibly can in our modern world. In doing this we learn how better to be sustainable and what life was truly like during the Victorian era here in Upper Canada. We hope to encourage others to live perhaps at least some of the time in the quiet gentle world without artificial sound and light. And enjoy the peace of self entertainment and reliance...so please join us in our travels as we work to best emulate this time period and learn what has been so forgotten in our modern world. Ask us questions and visit us when you are able...
I really like the Arva Mill. We got our flour there when we lived in London, along with steel-cut oats and other dry goods. And their maple-sugar candies are always really fresh :)
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