Jefferson taught his grandchildren how to play chess.at night,Monticello was lit by candels and lamps that burned whale oil.Mulberry Row was the main “street” of the Monticello plantation.Many slaves lived and worked here.the work room under the houseare called “dependencies” because Jefferson and his family depended upon what was done in these rooms especially the kitchen.Ice and packed snow were stored in the ice rooms.The main meal of the day was served about 3′clock in the afternoon.Ice cream was a family favourate at monticello.Monticello waa a large plantation of 5000 acres.Tobacco was grown as a cash crop at Monticello.It was hard on the soil so Jefferson later swiched to wheat farming.He grew 23 kinds of peas.They were his favorite vegeterble.over 330 different varieties of vegetables were grown at monticello.The vegetable garden is 1000 feet long, as long as three football fields.he sent the Lewis & clark Expedition to explore the West.
