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Countdown Hay year - only 10 days to go!
Send in your pics, vids and stories now! On April 15th, we will officially start with our hay year. On a weekly basis, you will get a...
6 days ago


Hay Year - Call for contributions!
Have you been involved in haymaking in the past? Will you be harvesting hay this year? Do you have experience in hay management with...
Feb 18

Flax cultivation at the Estonian Agricultural Museum
The Museum The Estonian Agricultural Museum is located in the historic Ãœlenurme Manor estate near Tartu. The museum, founded in 1968,...
Jun 23, 2023


Flax to Linen in Vancouver, Canada - Kwantlen Polytechnic University and EartHand Gleaners
The "A Year On The Field" project welcomes a new grower - the partnership of the Kwantlen Polytechnic University and EartHand Gleaners...
May 19, 2023

Looking back at the last Flax Year - Experiences from the Lauresham Open-Air Laboratory (Germany)
The Open-Air Laboratory Lauresham is an archaeological open-air museum which, among other things, deals with the education and research...
May 12, 2023

Flax to linen at the Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation
Background The Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation (CPP) is a living history museum interpreting the lives of English colonists living in...
Feb 17, 2023

Wheat processing at Carter Historic Farm (USA)
We are happy to share Corinne Gordons report on wheat processing at Carter Historic Farm as part of our last posting regarding our wheat...
Dec 19, 2022


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...
Sep 28, 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


Insights from our grower Denis Adam from his "La petite ferme de chanon" (France)
We have already reported in one of our previous blogposts about the wheat cultivation of Denis Adam and his family and today we want to...
Jun 22, 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


Let's plant the seeds early!
"A Thought From The Field" on the question of introducing children to the topics of food production and textiles When a few weeks ago the...
May 4, 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

Wheat breeding - a contested practice
Growing grain and breeding grain were for a long time inseparable activities. Until the end of the 19th century, grain producers were...
Mar 23, 2022


Wheat in early medieval England: an archaeological view
Abstract What can we learn about cereal farming in early medieval England? While the subject benefits from the emergence a rich written...
Feb 23, 2022


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...
Dec 23, 2021


A 1940 wheat seed box
A Year On The Field is not just about the big picture, but also about little anecdotes and wheat-stories. We were particularly pleased...
Dec 8, 2021


A Year on the field in Irish and Welsh medieval testimony
Part 1: Seed, Sowing and a Dash of Soil, in a Food Systems Context Abstract Medieval testimony can show us agricultural cycles for grains...
Nov 27, 2021


A wheat seed story - introducing 'A Year On The Field'
The two pictures above could not be more opposite: On the left is a charred wheat grain. It comes from the Neolithic East Mound (7th...
Nov 17, 2021
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