Frozen Food: Foraging in Winter
We don’t often think of winter as a prime time to harvest. It’s cold, the ground might be frozen, and nothing is really growing. Almost everything is dead or dormant… or so they would have you believe. Winter is a great time to forage if you know what you are looking for and you’re willing to brave the snow and…
Life Beyond The Longships: Viking Culture
They came from the land of ice and snow. They raided, they traded, they explored. They hailed from the Scandinavian region of Northern Europe, which included Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, and sometimes Iceland and Finland. They were ferocious pillagers and looters, known far and wide for their pillaging prowess. They could also farm and hunt, but most of all, they…
Wintertime on the Homestead
Snow, ice, sleet, and wind. Darkness at 4 p.m., rock-hard ground, frozen water-troughs, frostbitten ears on calves, milk frozen in buckets, salt feeders buried under snow... wintertime on the homestead is not for the faint of heart. While farming is an enjoyable diversion on temperate spring days, wintertime is what separates real farmers from those who just are pretending. Of…
Frozen Food: Foraging in Winter
We don’t often think of winter as a prime time to harvest. It’s cold, the ground might be frozen, and nothing is really growing. Almost everything is dead or dormant… or so they would have you believe. Winter is a great time to forage if you know what you are looking for and you’re willing to brave the snow and…
Life Beyond The Longships: Viking Culture
They came from the land of ice and snow. They raided, they traded, they explored. They hailed from the Scandinavian region of Northern Europe, which included Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, and sometimes Iceland and Finland. They were ferocious pillagers and looters, known far and wide for their pillaging prowess. They could also farm and hunt, but most of all, they…
Wintertime on the Homestead
Snow, ice, sleet, and wind. Darkness at 4 p.m., rock-hard ground, frozen water-troughs, frostbitten ears on calves, milk frozen in buckets, salt feeders buried under snow... wintertime on the homestead is not for the faint of heart. While farming is an enjoyable diversion on temperate spring days, wintertime is what separates real farmers from those who just are pretending. Of…
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