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Your source for authentic 1800’s recipes, homemaking tips, and gardening advice. Dive in for real, tried-and-tested 19th century recipes that you can make easily, right in your modern kitchen.

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If you love gardening as much as I do, try these 1800’s tips for growing vegetables, berries, and fruit in your own yard!

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About the 1800’s Housewife

Florence Nelson is a bookish wife & mother who loves sharing useful 1800’s tips for the modern homemaker.

She lives with her husband and children on their New England farm, along with too many chickens and not nearly enough bookshelves.

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> 1800’s Homemaking Tips


Learn interesting and helpful homemaking tips, gathered from some of the best homemaking guides of the 1800’s.

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