About me: In retirement and without a garden - a completely new experience - I began in Berlin about 15 years ago to take a closer look...

The flax industry has a rich history and traditions that date back to ancient times. Part of these traditions are the historical sowing...

Before a glance at present-day grunge fashion, let’s take a quick look at some tidbits of information on flax and linen from Ireland ...

In the Middle Ages, textile plants such as flax and hemp provided not only comestibles for humans and animals, most especially in the...

For over two thousand years, Finns have been familiar with flax cultivation. Many traditions throughout the year were closely related to...

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

The picture shows an uncharred flax seed found under waterlogged conditions in Ploča Mičov Grad at Lake Ohrid in North Macedonia.

February marks the month in which the Year On The Field Project will start its regular reports and blogposts on Flax (Linum...

The Year On The Field project looks back on a successful first crop year from preparation to processing. We learned about diverse...

Museum collections contain material culture documenting grain harvesting tools and equipment. The Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan, USA,...

Today we are happy to post yet another final wheat-report, in this case from our grower Luisenhof in Germany. Here comes the personal...

During the Christmas time, we all like to bake and try out new recipes to share with family and friends. In my home country Italy, we...

Although wheat was not grown this year at Colonial Williamsburg, this series of captioned photos over the previous years can show you the...

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

As reported in detail in one of the previous blog-posts, the wheat at Howell Living History Farm was harvested using both historic and...

In addition to medieval cultivation methods, the Lauresham Open-Air Laboratory (Germany) also explored agricultural technologies and...

WHAT IS IT? Sourdough is a natural fermented leavening agent made of only two ingredients: flour and water. During the process of...

Lazy days of summer start for some farmers only after they finish the most stressful time of their year – grain harvest. Wheat ripeness...

Benjamin Ulmann. Entering sheep in the mobile pen for manuring the land. Photo: Georges Carantino The harvest, a moment of strong...

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...