In June, we posted about a SpongeBob Woodrick, which is a traditional way to stack and season firewood. It spawned a great discussion. Among the questions that arose from the topic were: How does one get the firewood down from the top of the rick of wood?
Well, we might have hired nuns from a convent in Estonia…
But the resourceful goodwives of New Plimoth vowed to have “nun” of that…
Cultural exchange at its finest.
Tags: firewood, Plimoth Plantation
Pilgrim woman are hot!
Indeed. The fire they make from this wood is very warming.
Vaguely related topic – I recently came across someone selling french ax heads that would probably fit your period, also some hoes and some other farm tools. I have an address if that would be of interest to someone portraying early french.
John, if you would, could you send along a link/address to our work email? artisans@plimoth.org It’d be cool to see what he’s selling. Thanks.
What a great pile of wood! Yay for mundane tasks being done as historically as possible.
Alena
Right Alena? Our co-workers have a particular knack for bringing out the fun in the prosaic. You might call it, “FUNdane” !