Our destination for today was off the beaten path. It is the re-creation of an 1830 New England farm village – Old Sturbridge. Almost all of the forty buildings on the site are original homes, churches, barns, and shops that have been moved here from all over New England.
In addition to the historic buildings, flowers and plants grown from “heritage” seeds of this area have been planted in kitchen gardens and formal flower gardens around many of the old buildings. Many herbs were grown to be used in the kitchen as well as medicinally. A big variety of vegetables and fruits were grown for cooking, making cider, and drying to use over the winter.
We saw demonstrations of cheese making, blacksmithing, spinning and weaving, and printing.
Horses and oxen provided transportation by wagon. A working water mill ground grain, powered a saw mill, and powered a machine to card wool.
We spent a long day walking through the beautiful setting – perfect sunshine, light breeze rippling the river and the turning leaves. The surrounding town is also very pretty with many well preserved houses and barns. It was a perfect New England day.
In addition to the historic buildings, flowers and plants grown from “heritage” seeds of this area have been planted in kitchen gardens and formal flower gardens around many of the old buildings. Many herbs were grown to be used in the kitchen as well as medicinally. A big variety of vegetables and fruits were grown for cooking, making cider, and drying to use over the winter.
We saw demonstrations of cheese making, blacksmithing, spinning and weaving, and printing.
Horses and oxen provided transportation by wagon. A working water mill ground grain, powered a saw mill, and powered a machine to card wool.
We spent a long day walking through the beautiful setting – perfect sunshine, light breeze rippling the river and the turning leaves. The surrounding town is also very pretty with many well preserved houses and barns. It was a perfect New England day.
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