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.

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Victoria's Holiday weekend

What  a beautiful weekend this will be, well at least according to the weather forecasters. And the excitement that seems to be in the air. 1st long weekend of the summer season. Cottages will be opened , gardens will be planted with the assurance that frost will not be visiting until the fall.. 
We here have been busy planting and planning.
We have news to tell you. We have bought(almost) 2 lovely cutters. I say almost because we still have to pay for them. 
The small cutter is done in black material and has a child's seat that folds down. The larger cutter is beautifully decorated with trilliums , this one even has boot scrapers on each side. 
We have almost finished putting in all of our vegetables. We seem to have been planting for a while now ,but we have spinach,lettuce,peas,carrots,peppers,turnip,potatoes,onions,garlic,sweet potato squash, butter nut squash, hubbards and other squashes,cauliflower,broccoli,brussel sprouts, water melon, cantelope , zucchini, pumpkins, leeks,egg plant. So not too bad this far.
So now we watch, water and hope for good growth. 
We wish all of you a wonderful long weekend , in celebration of Queen Victoria's birth. 
Until next time
Margaret & Ken 

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