Photo: Gardening Upper Canada Village Ontario

At the Upper Canada Village in Morrisburg, Ontario you can watch costumed people dating back to the 1860's gardening.

Perfect rows of vegetables growing in a garden at the Upper Canada Village in Morrisburg, Ontario in Canada. Gardening takes a lot of hard work for things to grow properly especially back in the 1860's when gardening tools were much more primitive from what people use nowadays.People that work at the Upper Canada Village, dress in costume and show visitors what life was like in the 1860's. Gardening was definitely a very hard chore, especially when people relied on their gardens so that they could feed their families.In the garden, people would grow vegetables and fruit using only the soil of the land, not adding any extra additives like fertilizers. Hours were spent gardening by the women of the households and all the equipment was hand held, not electric like people of today use.In the Upper Canada Village in Morrisburg, Ontario there are many interesting places to visit and watch people perform demonstrations. ... continue below the picture...

... Homes, farms, churches, mills, factories and schoolhouses are a few of the heritage buildings to see while visiting the Upper Canada Village in Ontario, Canada. To see the whole area at a reasonable pace, expect to spend about three or four hours touring the area.The Upper Canada Village in Morrisburg, Ontario, Canada.