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They got up to 1/2 the year off, sure. But my guess is they had to work more than 2000 hours the other half. They just compressed the hours worked into the gro
by sparrish 9y ago
They got up to 1/2 the year off, sure. But my guess is they had to work more than 2000 hours the other half. They just compressed the hours worked into the growing season. Modern farmers do the same thing (from a rural farming community).
- watwut 9y agoIn winter you still need to care about animals, repair stuff, sew, chop wood, cook, etc. Peasants had to create a lot of things that we buy nowdays. They did not slacked whole winter.
- sparrish 9y agoI agree, they worked in the winter, as modern farmer do as well, but not nearly as hard as the spring, summer, fall. I was just going with the "up to 1/2 the year vacation" from the article.
- watwut 9y agoFrom what I read, it really was no slacking. For instance, all sewing was done by hand - that includes stuff to put on bed and cover your self with. That is huge amount of time consuming work. If you had daughter you had to prepare things she will need after marriage - so even if you are fixed, you are preparing things for that. Anything from wood is done by hand too. And insulation is not nearly as good as today, so you need to sleep more for the cold.