From Planting to Hilling. Field Report from the "WIR in Lorsch" Project (Lauresham Open-Air Laboratory)
Three years ago, we – the Lauresham Open-Air Laboratory (part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Lorsch Abbey and the State Palaces and...
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May 10
From Field Preparation to Planting – Insights at Hedge Rose Farm (OR, USA)
Hedge Rose Farm is located in the intermountain west, high desert area of Oregon. They're a small, primarily horse-powered market farm...
May 7
Introducing our growers: Hessenpark Open-Air Museum
Hessenpark is a long-standing partner of the ‘A Year On The Field’ project and has participated in every growing year (wheat, flax and...
May 3
From farm to fork: about the history of potatoes in Sweden
The potato has played a very important role in Sweden over the last two centuries. Initially, they were used as an emergency food and for...
Apr 30
Introducing our growers: Kaltbluthof Peter Wolf
The Kaltbluthof Peter Wolf is a small farm in North Hesse, Germany. They farm 1 ha of arable land of which about 500 square metres are potat
Apr 26
Soil Preparation at Howell Farm (Mercer County Park Commission, NJ, USA)
As soon as the weather conditions permitted, tillage work began on the potato field at our grower Howell Farm
Apr 23
And… BEFORE the potato came to Europe…
In his book The Fascinating World of the Nightshades, Charles Heiser devotes a whole chapter to “How to Spend a Quiet Evening with a Potato”
Apr 19
Introducing our growers: Domäne Dahlem
Aerial view of the Domäne Dahlem. Photo: D. Laubner The “Domäne Dahlem” is an open-air museum for agricultural and food culture with an...
Apr 9
Start of the potato year!
The A Year On The Field project kicks off this week with the start of reporting on the big potato year. Over the next few months...
Nov 13, 2023
FeedSax, an essential resource exploring Flax’s role during the Medieval Agricultural Revolution
What is the Medieval Agricultural revolution? During the supposed Dark Ages, the population of England grew explosively to rates unseen...
Oct 27, 2023
Hackles and other Flax Processing equipment in The Henry Ford Collections
Hackles and other flax processing equipment remind us of the constant labor needed to turn an agricultural crop – flax – into raw...
Sep 29, 2023
Potato is the crop of the year 2024
After careful consideration, an international jury[1] of ten has chosen the potato (Solanum tuberosum) as the new field crop for the next...
Sep 15, 2023
The Story of the Golden River (1850-1950)
The medieval County of Flanders owes its wealth and reputation to the weaving and processing of woolen fabrics or cloth, as we have all...
Aug 18, 2023
FLAX IN ANCIENT EGYPT
Since the time of the pyramids, Linum usitatissimum L. provided the essential textile fibers for weaving and making clothing. However ...
Aug 4, 2023
Hör, to, dån, stry and other terms for flax in Swedish dialects
In this text I present Swedish dialectal terminology on flax and linen. Only words describing the material are presented, not the...
Jul 28, 2023
In search of flax – how popular traditions in Brittany can enlighten about flax-processing operation
Here is a fine expression about flax, typical of the rich imagery of Breton: Hennezh zo mad da frikañ bolc’h (that chap is only good for...
Jul 21, 2023
Our Flax Year at the Gut Ogrosen (Germany)
At the Gut Ogrosen we started with the flax cultivation during the year 2021 with the brown shell oil-flax variety "Lirina". Since we...
Jul 14, 2023
Insights into the ongoing Flax Year at the Israeli Forum for Experimental Archaeology
The Forum for Experimental Archeology in Israel is taking part in the flax growing project "A Year On The Field" for the first time this...
Jul 5, 2023
Flax cultivation at Hessenpark (Germany)
Hessenpark is an open-air museum located in Neu-Anspach, Hesse, Germany. It is a cultural heritage site that showcases the rural...
Jun 23, 2023
Flax cultivation at the Estonian Agricultural Museum
The Museum The Estonian Agricultural Museum is located in the historic Ülenurme Manor estate near Tartu. The museum, founded in 1968,...
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