Fast & Free Shipping
Get FREE delivery in the Republic of Ireland when you spend over €10
Currently Out Of Stock
The garden cottage diaries
Paperback
€20.34
Collect 61 Reward Points
- Currently Out Of Stock
- Book Synopsis
- 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.
- About The Author
- 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.
- Product Details
-
- ISBN
- 9781887354776
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Saraband, (22 September 2010)
- Number of Pages
- 224
- Weight
- 800 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 224 x 178 x 19 mm
- Categories: