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...
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- Jul 1
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...
- Jun 15
Beehive Art in Slovenia - an unexpected insight in 19th century agricultural practice
To conclude our coverage of wheat sowing, we would like to present a very special exhibit from the Slovene Ethnographic Museum (SEM) that...
- Apr 17
Thoughts from the field: Ed Schultz on the pleasures of working the land
The Year On The Field project is more than a simple collaboration and research project. It is also about experiences, impressions and...
- Apr 8
Wheat sowing at Carter Historic Farm (Ohio, USA)
The Carter Historic Farm is a Great Depression-era living history farm in Bowling Green, Ohio. They raise livestock and heirloom grains...
- Mar 31
Wheat cultivation in the Panna district of Madhya Pradesh: presentation of an indigenous plough type
Malyaj Shrivastava, Contributor for the A Year On the Field project, travelled to the Panna district of Madhya Pradesh (India) last...
- Mar 30
Soil preparation at Luisenhof (Germany)
To conclude our insights into soil preparation, today we would like to take a closer look at the work carried out at Luisenhof (Linden &...
- Mar 25
Soil preparation at “La petite ferme de Chanon” (Denis Adam), France
Denis Adam and his family from “La petite ferme de Chanon” are yet another grower from the project. We are therefore happy to give you...
- Mar 17
Of Ponies, a historic castle and a small wheat field. Some personal thoughts from Carol Streefkerk
My name is Carol Streefkerk and I was born in the Netherlands. As a child always busy with my pony, the logical consequence was an...
- Mar 9
Soil Preparation at Howell Living History Farm, Mercer County Park Commission (USA)
The 3-acre field is located within the farm's 45 tillable acres.The 130-acre historic farm and surrounding Pleasant Valley Rural Historic...
- Feb 16
Soil preparation at the Wendell Berry Farming Program, Kentucky (USA)
In Henry County, Kentucky, the Wendell Berry Farming Program of Sterling College offers a farming curriculum focused on ecological...
- Feb 9
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...
- Jan 31
Soil Preparation at Barrington Plantation State Historic Site (Texas, USA)
Focusing on mid 19th century Texas (USA), Barrington Plantation is a living history farm complete with period costumed interpreters using...
- Jan 28
"Zoom-in" – January on the wheat field at the Open-Air Laboratory Lauresham (Germany)
In the overview recently published on this website, the aim was to illustrate the different weather conditions in January in the growing...
- Jan 19
Soil preparation at the Karl Bauer Organic Farm (Germany)
After looking at an early medieval context in relation to soil preparation last week, today's coverage is about jumping into the 21st...
- Jan 12
Soil preparation at the Open-Air Laboratory Lauresham (Germany)
After dealing with wheat in general and seeds in particular, we would like to present to you for the next six weeks in our blog...
- Dec 23, 2021
Seeds and Soil documentation
The first months of the project are now behind us and we have the opportunity to provide a short interim report. One focus of the project...
- 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...
