SC - lost country life

ND Wederstrandt nweders at mail.utexas.edu
Tue May 27 16:12:38 PDT 1997


With all the discussion about chickens, cows, bees and I'm sure pigs,
sheep and goats will shortly crop up, I thought of a book I really enjoy
reading that talks alot about medieval agriculture and practical stuff.
It's by Dorothy Hartley and it's called Lost Country Life.  I don't have
it at work but I can bring in the publisher and such from home.  It's
very loosely based on Tusser's poem which it includes but it explains a
great many agricultural and farming practises from the middle ages.  I
know it talks about types of animals and bees and how to cook in a large
cauldron.  I don't know what everyone else thinks about it but I find it
really fascinating.

Clare St. John




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