It’s been a great summer for our garden here at Pennsbury Manor! Because of all the rain, our summer harvest is growing quickly and will need to be harvested in the Read More
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The Country Life: It’s Harvest Time… Right?
When many people think of the harvest, they think of autumn. But another important time for gathering crops, not to be forgotten, takes place in the heat of the summer! Read More
The Country Life: Growing our Clothes
As the summer heat drags on, we turn our focus to an important crop we’ve been growing in the Kitchen Garden: flax. This reed-like plant has been used for thousands Read More
The Country Life: Beating the Winter Cold
Although the Penn family did not reside at Pennsbury in the dead of winter, the estate was certainly not dead; the staff worked to ensure the smooth running of Penn’s Read More
