Life on an 1800s Farm in Effingham New Hampshire
Our farm is the typical rambling New England farm house with it's three sections and a large detached barn large enough to hold them all. Each section was built in a different year. The property, which was originally well over 100 acres, was bought in 1790 by Benjamin and Amelia Taylor. We wanted to pay a little tribute to them, so for our new kitchen, we chose the colors … [Read more...]
The redo project started in April. It was originally planned as a three month, three stage project. We are now working on six months, and are up to stage seven....and we still aren't quite done. We wanted to go with all historical colors, so we chose to use California Paints. California Paints carries a line of Historic Colors of America that we just fell in love with. They … [Read more...]
The final house color is going up and as promised, it's historical. After being white for perhaps 100 years, we've returned it to colors that would have been used in the past history of our home and business. The main house is California Paint's Muted Mulberry with Port0bello trim. Being an herb business, it's terrific that both are plant names. While the main home is 1822, the … [Read more...]
A Brief History of Western Herbal Medicine Medicinal Practices In Primitive Societies Herbal medicine is one of the oldest forms of healing. Our most primitive forbears made abundant use of available plants to treat illness and injury. The choice of plants and information was consistently passed down from one generation to the next. Knowledge grew as early populations … [Read more...]
I do classes and workshops on why people should grow organic and why they should grow heirloom veggies. People are always intrigued on what an heirloom vegetable is. At one workshop I did, someone asked me how I got into farming. I quickly responded ,"Genetics!" While working in the gardens one day, I actually had thought of this. "Why would one chose to farm", when in … [Read more...]
The kind and gentle Juliette de Bairacli Levy was born November 11, 1912 in London to a Turkish father, and a Egyptian mother. Although she was born into a somewhat wealthy family, and could have any future she wanted, she chose to leave college and live amongst the Gypsies. Juliette knew she would learn far more from them, than she would have in any college or … [Read more...]
Great Loss of Life The Titanic Sinks 4 Hours After Hitting Iceberg With 1500 Souls Lost At Sea; Mostly Woman And Children Known To Be Rescued Carpathia Rescues Passengers Of The Titanic Monday, April 15, 1912 The world is in shock, over the tragedy that has struck at sea. Upon it's maiden voyage, the "unsinkable" Titanic struck an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, April 14. … [Read more...]
