[Sca-cooks] Harvest times

[Terry Decker]

Huh?  The earliest century for the "Little Ice Age" is the 14th and a number 
of historians place it as 1550 thruough 1850.  From the 10th through the 
13th Centuries, Europe was in the Medieval Climate Optimum, a warm period, 
which in some cases allowed for two crops per year.

The "Year Without Summer" was 1816 and probrably brought on by the eruption 
of Mt. Tambora.

If memory serves, 1881 was a relatively mild winter.  The really nasty one 
was "The Big Die of '86, that essentially killed the free range cattle 
industry.  Some of the Worst blizzards on record are those of 1885-86 and 
1886-87.

Bear

> Remember that the 13th century was starting to see the beginnings of the 
> 'little ice age' which was ultimately responsible for 1881, "the year 
> without a summer" that those of us who read the Little House books may or 
> may not remember. It had an effect on the length of the growing season.
>
>>From whence comes this particular month cycle? What book did you find it
> in?
>
> Margaret FitzWilliam, cook and scribe