Wilder on the Prairie

Episode 82

Chapter 14 of On the Banks of Plum Creek "Spring Freshet"

Join us this week as we discuss the definition of "freshet", the origin of "jiminey crickets", and "it's raining fishhooks and hammer handles".

Episode 81

On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 13 "Merry Christmas"

Please join us this week as we discuss "Millbank", button strings, and the word "flutterbudget".

Episode 80

On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 12 "The Christmas Horses"

Join us this week as we discuss three (or five) grains of parched corn at Thanksgiving, the origin of Santa coming down the chimney, and Carrie's first words in the book.

Episode 79

On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 11 "Runaway"

Join us this week and we discuss chapter continuity, chapter illustrations, Ma's face turning grey, and horehound candy.

Episode 78

On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 10 "Cattle in the Hay"

Join us this week as we discuss Laura and Mary's ages in the prairieverse, using paper curlers in hair, challis fabric, ox goads, corn dodgers, and Johnnie Johnson in the TV show.

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.