Wilder on the Prairie

Chapter 10 "The Turn of the Year"

Today we discuss Scottish proverbs, winterberries, sugaring off, how big a bushel is, the railroad in Malone, how much $500 of 1866 dollars is in 2022, straw on the floors, and whitewashing.

Chapter 9 "Breaking in the Calves"

Join us as we discuss moosewood, gee and haw, oxen vs. cattle, Rocky Mountain oysters, augers, lynchpins, and sacré bleu!

Chapter 8 "Sunday"

Join us this week as we discuss currycombs, fullcloth, broadcloth, stock ties, merino wool, Uncle Wesley and Cousin Frank, how to make potato starch, the word "harrow", and apple pies with a slice of cheese.

Join us this week for chapter 7 of Farmer Boy entitled "Saturday Nights".

We discuss donuts, the Comanche, soft soap, shirts, and underwaists.

Chapter 6 "Filling the Ice House"

Join us this week as we discuss the Trout River, the French-Canadian population of Franklin County in 1860, crosscut saws, ice tongs, sawdust as insulation, apples and onions, and bird's nest pudding.

Join us this week as we discuss Almanzo's true year of birth, yokes, barn jumpers, weaving, hanks of yarn, stanchions, and freezing your tongue to a flagpole.

This week's episode covers primers, schoolhouse entries, and whips.

Chapter 3 "Winter Night"

In this week's episode, we discuss tallow, pannikins, hossocks, popcorn, and the Wilder "dialect".

Join us this week as we talk about threshing floors, fanning mils, sheep folds, haymows, James Wilder, hoop skirts, Angelina Wilder, and air castles.

Welcome to the first chapter of "Farmer Boy", School Days!

In this chapter we will talk about the Wilder family, fullcloth, and Hardscrabble Hill.