๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ-๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ โ˜˜๏ธ
10.7K subscribers
18.4K photos
10K videos
1.17K files
30.1K links
Download Telegram
From the ever-essential Medieval Demographics Made Easy, I find that:

A square mile of settled land (including requisite roads, villages and towns, as well as crops and pastureland) will support 180 people. This takes into account normal blights, rats, drought, and theft, all of which are common in most worlds.

From Medieval Manors I learn that a single peasant farmer worked 20-40 acres of land, so let's settle on 30 acres.
From Google, I learn that 1 square mile is 640 acres, so that square mile that could support 180 people means about 21 peasant farmers worth of land in a square mile.
Now, it has to be understood that these farmers weren't just lone bachelors, tirelessly working the land. So let's say that each peasant farmer is assisted by and supports a family of what...4? 5? So that means that this square mile of land is supporting 84-105 people just to get its production out. That leaves roughly 80 - 100 other people this land was capable of supporting.
So to answer your question in round terms:

In the 14th century, 21 farmers could work 640 acres of land, growing enough I dunno, let's say barley for themselves and their families, with enough left over for about 80 other people.

Join @OffgridiIreland โ˜˜
๐Ÿ‘2
Forwarded from The Constant Gardener
๐ŸŒผ Calendula officinalis - Marigold Tincture ๐ŸŒผ

As we have so many in the tunnel its time to make a tincture.

Gather some flowers, fresh or dried, fill a glass jar to around two-thirds with flower heads and cover them with quality Poitรญn.

Let them steep around 2-6 weeks and give them a shake daily.
Then filter them with a paper coffee filter into a dark glass bottle.

Its uses are endless and should be in everyone's medicine cabinet.

Enjoy your week! โค๏ธ
โค3๐Ÿ‘2
When the media resemble the hunger games Caesar Flickerman..๐Ÿคก๐ŸŒ...join @offgridireland
๐Ÿ˜4