In general, I prefer not to directly address issues but I feel so strongly about this recent panic caused by a shortage of baby formula that I feel that I must do so. It’s unthinkable to me that one company’s failure should cause so much distress. How did we allow ourselves to become so dependent on a fragile supply chain that… Continue Reading…
One of the things that kept coming up during my research this week was the (apparently) erroneous belief that everyone in the Middle Ages drank beer and never touched water as the water supply was contaminated. It made me start thinking about the demand for water in Medieval days. How did they get it? What did they use it for? I… Continue Reading…
The medieval rectangular bed layout is attractive and easy to design. It’s fairly flexible and can be adapted to many growing situations. Medieval gardens were generally surrounded by a fence and the beds inside were made square or rectangular with wide paths between them.
It is believed that the start of fired pottery began when someone who needed to boil water covered their willow basket with clay and put it over the fire. The fire got hot enough to burn away the willow and fire the clay. This site has a good description of the progression of the early art of pottery, as does this… Continue Reading…
