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The potato harvest of the ‘WIR in Lorsch’ project
This year's potato harvest was characterised by mixed feelings for the ‘WIR in Lorsch’ project (for more info regarding the project see...
Dec 19, 2024


Our grower Auenhof Pabstthum and their start into the potato year
The Auenhof Pabstthum is a certified organic farm according to the EU directive and is located about 70 kilometres northwest of Berlin...
May 21, 2024


Start of the potato year!
The A Year On The Field project kicks off this week with the start of reporting on the big potato year. Over the next few months...
Apr 9, 2024

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

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...
Dec 21, 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


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


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 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 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
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