What is the Medieval Agricultural revolution? During the supposed Dark Ages, the population of England grew explosively to rates unseen...

Hackles and other flax processing equipment remind us of the constant labor needed to turn an agricultural crop – flax – into raw...

The medieval County of Flanders owes its wealth and reputation to the weaving and processing of woolen fabrics or cloth, as we have all...

Since the time of the pyramids, Linum usitatissimum L. provided the essential textile fibers for weaving and making clothing. However ...

In this text I present Swedish dialectal terminology on flax and linen. Only words describing the material are presented, not the...

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...

At the Gut Ogrosen we started with the flax cultivation during the year 2021 with the brown shell oil-flax variety "Lirina". Since we...

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...

Hessenpark is an open-air museum located in Neu-Anspach, Hesse, Germany. It is a cultural heritage site that showcases the rural...

The Museum The Estonian Agricultural Museum is located in the historic Ülenurme Manor estate near Tartu. The museum, founded in 1968,...

Flax is cultivated by our growers in very different climates and regions this year. It is therefore not surprising that the flax is not...

In March, we ploughed a meadow into a field of arable land with a tractor on our estate management Fridau, Obergrafendorf/Lower Austria....

The "A Year On The Field" project welcomes a new grower - the partnership of the Kwantlen Polytechnic University and EartHand Gleaners...

The Open-Air Laboratory Lauresham is an archaeological open-air museum which, among other things, deals with the education and research...

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...

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...