top of page
A Year on the Field
A Year on the Field

A Year On The Field
Project Blog
Search


"Share the harvest" Program at Howell Living History Farm (Mercer County, NJ, USA)
As reported in detail in one of the previous blog-posts, the wheat at Howell Living History Farm was harvested using both historic and...
Dec 10, 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 7, 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...
Nov 3, 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 28, 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...
Aug 17, 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...
Jul 1, 2022


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...
Jun 15, 2022


Equipment in focus: the Bickford & Huffman Grain Drill (ca. 1890), The Henry Ford (USA)
As an official grower with the “A Year on the Field” project, staff at the Firestone Farm in Greenfield Village (The Henry Ford, Dearborn...
Jun 8, 2022


Wheat sowing at Barrington Plantation State Historic Site (Texas, USA)
On a cloudy Oct 10th 2021, the staff at Barrington Plantation State Historic Site (focusing on the American South in the 1840-50s; see...
May 18, 2022


Sowing wheat in the surroundings of the Open-Air Laboratory Lauresham, Germany (#WirinLorsch)
In October 2021, a field was sown with the baking wheat variety ´Avian´ in the area surrounding the Lauresham Open-Air Laboratory as part...
May 11, 2022


Wheat sowing at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Kentucky (USA)
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, is a landmark destination that shares 3,000 acres (1214 hectares) of discovery...
Apr 20, 2022


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 17, 2022


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 31, 2022


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 30, 2022


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 25, 2022


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 17, 2022


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...
Mar 9, 2022


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 16, 2022


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 31, 2022
bottom of page