Flax to linen at the Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation
Background The Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation (CPP) is a living history museum interpreting the lives of English colonists living in...
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A Year on the Field
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- Jan 20
Grain Harvesting Technology at The Henry Ford, Dearborn, Michigan, USA
Museum collections contain material culture documenting grain harvesting tools and equipment. The Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan, USA,...
- Dec 21, 2022
Wheat - a photo series of Colonial Williamsburg (USA)
Although wheat was not grown this year at Colonial Williamsburg, this series of captioned photos over the previous years can show you the...
- Nov 10, 2022
Wheat Harvest and Reaper Technology at Firestone Farm in Greenfield Village at The Henry Ford (USA)
Lazy days of summer start for some farmers only after they finish the most stressful time of their year – grain harvest. Wheat ripeness...
- Nov 7, 2022
The harvest by painters
Benjamin Ulmann. Entering sheep in the mobile pen for manuring the land. Photo: Georges Carantino The harvest, a moment of strong...
- Nov 3, 2022
Wheat harvest at Howell Living History Farm (USA)
The harvest of the 2022 wheat crop at Howell Living History Farm began on June 25th as part of a Saturday event. Normally, three horses...
- Oct 28, 2022
Wheat harvest at the Luisenhof (Germany)
We are happy to post a short report about the wheat harvest at Luisenhof: During the wheat harvest, our friend Markus supported us with...
- Oct 11, 2022
Wheat harvest at the Hessenpark Open-Air Museum (Germany)
In the second week of August the team of the Hessenpark Open-Air Museum harvested their grain. Due to extremely dry weather, it could...
- Sep 28, 2022
The wheat cultivation cycle at the Lauresham Open-Air Lab (Germany) - a "video diary"
The Lauresham Open-Air Laboratory is focusing on educating the public about the Early Middle Ages and is at the same time a research...
- Sep 8, 2022
Wheat harvesting, a popular tradition and a how-to chart
The wheat has been harvested, so time to check out a few of the ways that might have been done, but first, a taste of a wheat product not...
- Aug 17, 2022
Wheat harvest at Genesee Country Village and Museums (NY, USA)
Genesee Country Village and Museum in New York State is a 19th century living history farm and one of our growers within the Year On The...
- Jul 13, 2022
Equipment in focus: A 1930s McCormick Deering Type E-M-4 grain binder at Carter Historic Farm (USA)
In 2020, the Carter Historic Farm planted our first field crops, buckwheat and corn. That summer, just in time for our first harvest, we...
- Jul 1, 2022
Looking back - a wheat cultivation cycle at Sterling College (Wendell Berry Farming Program, USA)
As our wheat crop ripens through to the flint stage, it is time to sharpen our sickles and prepare for the harvest. Most (nearly all) of...
- Feb 9, 2022
WHEAT: A Miscellany of Memories
I am writing from the Highlands of Scotland, where, unlike oats and barley, owing to the environment, climate, and local farming...
- Dec 1, 2021
WHEAT, A 1990s PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY
INTRODUCTION From 1990 to the end of 1996, I had the honour to be Curator at the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, West Sussex...
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