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Wheat - a photo series of Colonial Williamsburg (USA)

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Launch of our official project promo clip

With this official promo clip, we want to give you a first impression of what you can expect from the project group in the upcoming year....

A Year on the Field