Rural Heritage Magazine

10/09/2026

Donn Hewes needed to build a scoot to can carry a couple of tons of weight to test out at the Draft Animal Powered Network’s Field Days in Shelburne, VT. In this first episode, Donn harnesses his young gelding Duke and talks about why he chose Duke for the job of pulling logs out of the woods and how this kind of work continues his training.
https://youtu.be/YYh5uyfkvks

10/08/2026

… an Ale Muller, circa late 1800s. This one is called a “donkey’s ear” design, mullers were used to warm up ale in the hot coals of the fire. … Because fall temperatures remind us of sipping warm drinks by the fire

10/08/2026

In this final episode of Horsetail Herb Farm, Becky Frye shows us how the herb leaves are separated from the stems and rendered into a fine tea through garbling. She also makes an arrangement of cut flowers she grows.
https://youtu.be/waPaS7CilZk

10/07/2026

10/07/2026

Becky Frye of Horsetail Herb Farm in Marathon, N.Y., harvests more herbs and puts them in drying racks so they can be later sold to wholesale customers.
https://youtu.be/C-e_OP0k8c4

10/06/2026

In this episode of Horsetail Herb Farm, Becky Frye shows how some transplants are put into the garden and how she has begun harvesting some herbs and started to dry them.
https://youtu.be/bC68UAaIa4A

10/04/2026

Get to know Becky Frye and the herb farm she operates in New York state in this four-part series. Becky became a full-time farmer in 2024. This first installment gives an overview of her operation and the herbs she grows.
https://youtu.be/JFcTGCUkyLU

10/01/2026

… A Hooke Microscope, designed for British scientist Robert Hooke in the late 1600s. He passed light generated from an oil lamp through a water-filled glass flask (a scotoscope) to diffuse the light and provide a more even and intense illumination for the samples.
Here’s where we found it: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17915/robert-hooke-microscope/
And here’s a more detailed explanation of how it worked: https://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/museum/hooke.html

10/01/2026

Community comes together in this 2nd annual event featuring horse drawn vehicles, wagon rides, farming demonstrations, chuckwagon cooking, history presentations and more!
https://youtu.be/fUN5IorvdGw

09/30/2026

Yes. These pieces go together. See if you can shed some light on this object!