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...

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...

Have you been involved in haymaking in the past? Will you be harvesting hay this year? Do you have experience in hay management with...

The Museum The Estonian Agricultural Museum is located in the historic Ülenurme Manor estate near Tartu. The museum, founded in 1968,...

The "A Year On The Field" project welcomes a new grower - the partnership of the Kwantlen Polytechnic University and EartHand Gleaners...

The Open-Air Laboratory Lauresham is an archaeological open-air museum which, among other things, deals with the education and research...

Background The Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation (CPP) is a living history museum interpreting the lives of English colonists living in...

We are happy to share Corinne Gordons report on wheat processing at Carter Historic Farm as part of our last posting regarding our wheat...

The Lauresham Open-Air Laboratory is focusing on educating the public about the Early Middle Ages and is at the same time a research...

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...

We have already reported in one of our previous blogposts about the wheat cultivation of Denis Adam and his family and today we want to...

On a cloudy Oct 10th 2021, the staff at Barrington Plantation State Historic Site (focusing on the American South in the 1840-50s; see...

In October 2021, a field was sown with the baking wheat variety ´Avian´ in the area surrounding the Lauresham Open-Air Laboratory as part...

"A Thought From The Field" on the question of introducing children to the topics of food production and textiles When a few weeks ago the...

Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, is a landmark destination that shares 3,000 acres (1214 hectares) of discovery...

Growing grain and breeding grain were for a long time inseparable activities. Until the end of the 19th century, grain producers were...

Abstract What can we learn about cereal farming in early medieval England? While the subject benefits from the emergence a rich written...

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...

A Year On The Field is not just about the big picture, but also about little anecdotes and wheat-stories. We were particularly pleased...

Part 1: Seed, Sowing and a Dash of Soil, in a Food Systems Context Abstract Medieval testimony can show us agricultural cycles for grains...