Episode 77

On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 9 "Grasshopper Weather"

Join us this week as we discuss wanting candy for a good wheat crop, prunes vs. plums, what a "bole" is, different types of plums, what frost plums are, and what "grasshopper weather" really is.

Episode 76

On the Banks of Plum Creek, ch. 8 - "Straw Stack"

Join us this week as we discuss scythes, threshing machines, chaff, straw vs. hay, what wheat kernels taste like, and why Pa's back quivered.

Episode 75

On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 7 "Ox on the Roof"

Join us this week as we discuss what makes bulls angry.

Episode 74

On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 6, "Wreath of Roses"

Join us this week as we discuss butterfly wings, Eleck Nelson, cud, milking cows, the definition of "milch", and the name "Reet".

Episode 73

"On the Banks of Plum Creek" ch 5 - "The Strange Animal"

Join us this week as we discuss black-eyed Susans, goldenrod, badgers, and muslin.

Episode 72

"On the Banks of Plums Creek" chapter 4 "Deep Water"

Join us this week as we discuss thrift with clothing, plum thickets, and Laura's love of danger.

Episode 71

Chapter 3 On the Banks of Plum Creek "Flags and Rushes"

Join us this week as we discuss rushes, blue flags (irises), bumble bees, dragonflys, and water striders.

Episode 70

On the Banks of Plum Creek, ch. 2 "The House in the Ground"

Join us this week as we discuss the Ingalls' family self-sufficiency, willows, morning glories, the dimensions of the dugout, Ma's insistence on domesticity, and sod houses.

Join us this week as we discuss the world in 1937 (the date of publication), the Ingalls' journey to Minnesota, and preemption claims.

Join us for a discussion of the Ingalls family and the "Bloody Benders" of Kansas.