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Hay Makers Journal, Donn Hewes, Part I
We are happy to share the first part of Donn Hewes`s (Northland Sheep Farm, USA) Hay Makers Journal that he started for A Year On The...
2 days ago


Hay Stories #4 (Steffi Schaffler, Scotland)
Making hay is, with ploughing the land, in my opinion one of them most essential parts of farming. When we bought our land six years ago...
Jun 24


Hay Stories #3 (Lukáš Balhar, Czech Republic)
Today we are happy to dive into our first hay story from Eastern Europe. Lukáš Balhar, a young farmer from the Czech Republic is not only...
Jun 11


Hay Stories #2 (Sarah Mary Wallace-Johnson, UK)
Its time for our second hay story! Today, Sarah Mary Wallace-Johnson will share her special childhood memories with us: I grew up in...
May 27


How to use a scythe
The Historic Farming Trade at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Virginia, USA) has provided the Year On A Field Project with a brief...
May 20


Grower Intro "Koch Family Farm" (GER)
Its time to start introducing the growers of this years "Hay Year". The Koch family from Eberbach, natural and traditional farming with...
May 13


Hay Stories #1 (Quentin Shaw, UK)
We are happy to share our first Audio Episode from our series " Haystories ", a new element of A Year on The Field. Todays episode was...
May 6


Traditional Haymaking by hand in the early United States (1800-1900). An Overview
Mixed grasses on a meadow: brome and fescue. Copyright: Lauren Muney. Imagine yourself as a farmer before the invention of tractors and...
Apr 29


The meadow rattle and the beginning of mowing
When is the right time to start mowing? When is the grass ready to be mown? How do people know all these details, in order to start...
Apr 22


Official Start of the Hay Year
Its April 15th and as promised, this marks the official start of the Hay Year. From now on, we will publish blogposts on a weekly basis,...
Apr 15


Countdown Hay year - only 10 days to go!
Send in your pics, vids and stories now! On April 15th, we will officially start with our hay year. On a weekly basis, you will get a...
Apr 5


Hay Year - Call for contributions!
Have you been involved in haymaking in the past? Will you be harvesting hay this year? Do you have experience in hay management with...
Feb 18


Logo release!
We have a new logo for the upcoming Hay Year! The new Logo of A Year On The Field - focusing on hay. We are happy to announce that a new...
Feb 17


Retrospective of the potato year and a glimpse into the future of the "A Year On The Field" project - welcome HAY year!
The ‘A Year On The Field’ project looks back on a successful potato year 2024! Even though the conditions for potato cultivation were...
Feb 13


Potato report by Howell Living History Farm (Mercer County, NJ, USA)
First, a bit of background on the farm's potato production, now entering its 40th year: Â "Our first crop was in 1985 just a year after...
Feb 12


The Potato year at Luisenhof (Germany)
Frank Kelleners, one of the owners of Luisenhof, was able to provide the Year on the Field Project a full potato report: "In the autumn...
Feb 11


The potato harvest of the ‘WIR in Lorsch’ project
This year's potato harvest was characterised by mixed feelings for the ‘WIR in Lorsch’ project (for more info regarding the project see...
Dec 19, 2024


The potato harvest at the LANG organic farm
For over 33 years, the LANG organic farm in Obereisesheim, Germany, has focused on sustainable agriculture. Starting with traditional...
Nov 28, 2024


The Potato Year at Firestone Farm, Michigan, USA
At the 1885 Firestone Farm, two varieties of heirloom potatoes are grown each year. They are Early Ohio, an all-purpose potato, and...
Nov 15, 2024


ESTONIANS – A POTATO NATION?
When the expression "potato – our second bread" became an idiom in a language of people who had valued rye bread for a thousand years –...
Oct 8, 2024
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