A Year On The Field
Project Blog

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...

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...

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...

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 &...

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...

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 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...

"Zoom-in" – January on the wheat field at the Open-Air Laboratory Lauresham (Germany)

In the overview recently published on this website, the aim was to illustrate the different weather conditions in January in the growing...

Soil preparation at the Karl Bauer Organic Farm (Germany)

After looking at an early medieval context in relation to soil preparation last week, today's coverage is about jumping into the 21st...

A Year on the Field