The Garden Cottage Diaries
My Year in the Eighteenth Century
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2010
Saraband, Inc (Verlag)
978-1-887354-77-6 (ISBN)
Saraband, Inc (Verlag)
978-1-887354-77-6 (ISBN)
Presents the story of the author's year re-creating the lifestyle of her 1790s ancestor in a basic one-roomed cottage, eating home-grown produce and surviving on her own resources - making household items herself and dressing in period clothing. This illustrated title includes gardening info, menus, recipes and nature notes.
Challenged to prove her claim that an 18th-century diet was better than today's, for a full year Fiona J Houston recreated the lifestyle of her 1790s rural Scottish ancestors in a basic one-roomed cottage, cooking from her garden and the wild, often entertaining family and friends, and surviving on her own resources. She learned lost crafts and skills, making nettle string, quill pens and ink as well as cheese and ale, lighting her fire from flints, and dressing in hand-sewn period clothing, with nothing but an old range stove and candles for warmth and light. This beautiful, quirky, illustrated title tells her extraordinary story and is packed with historical anecdotes, folklore, practical gardening info, seasonal menus, recipes, wildlife notes and more. Includes linocuts, photos and historic engravings.
Challenged to prove her claim that an 18th-century diet was better than today's, for a full year Fiona J Houston recreated the lifestyle of her 1790s rural Scottish ancestors in a basic one-roomed cottage, cooking from her garden and the wild, often entertaining family and friends, and surviving on her own resources. She learned lost crafts and skills, making nettle string, quill pens and ink as well as cheese and ale, lighting her fire from flints, and dressing in hand-sewn period clothing, with nothing but an old range stove and candles for warmth and light. This beautiful, quirky, illustrated title tells her extraordinary story and is packed with historical anecdotes, folklore, practical gardening info, seasonal menus, recipes, wildlife notes and more. Includes linocuts, photos and historic engravings.
Fiona J Houston is a journalist, museum researcher, grandmother and campaigner for a greener world. A former schoolteacher, avid historian,and an experienced gardener and cook, her year in the past brought together these skills and passions in a remarkable living-history project.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.9.2010 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | photographs, woodcuts, engravings, illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Glasgow |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 224 mm |
| Gewicht | 800 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-887354-77-8 / 1887354778 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-887354-77-6 / 9781887354776 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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