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Tag Archives: wheat
Ancient cereals corn dolly
An ancient craft bringing some of my favourite people together to achieve a lifetime’s ambition. Continue reading
Harvest scythe team & ancient wheats
More scythes on tv with a programme about ancient wheats with the crop being harvested by hand. Watch it now on iPlayer. Continue reading
Woman mowing wheat
It’s unusual to see old pictures of women mowing so this great photo merits it’s own post. Note that she’s holding the snath by the shaft it’s made for someone taller than her and there’s no cradle or bow on … Continue reading
FAO Scythe Cradle photos
As promised, here are the photos of the FAO cradle from their ‘Small Farm Implements’ publication of 1953. In the introduction, the authors (our Mr Hopfen again along with Dr E. Biesalski) make an insightful point which, for me, is … Continue reading
Willow bow for harvesting cereals
To follow up from Chris’ post here’s a couple of photos I took last autumn which really show the benefits of using a bow when cutting cereals. These were taken during our demonstration at Old Hall Farm in Cumbria. My bow, … Continue reading
Film of reaping demonstration
Memories are perhaps fading of the wonderful weekend at Bouth in Cumbria (see Ian’s entry below of 21st September). So here’s a short video of part of it – the Sunday afternoon at Old Hall Farm open day. It features … Continue reading
Sheaf Fork
I would deny being a tool geek but I do like old tools, know a bit about them and am constantly amazed by the ingenuity of folk who worked by hand in designing efficient tools for specific jobs. This is … Continue reading
FAO cradle in action
One thing with mowing is that it’s really difficult to take a photo of yourself so more thanks to the Webster family for the pictures they took during their vintage weekend in August. Here’s the FAO cradle in action, showing how it … Continue reading
Cradle trials for harvesting wheat
Clear blue skies, old tractors and a field full of wheat greeted me for my mowing demonstration over the bank holiday weekend. Margaret & Andrew Webster, with their family and David White had done a fantastic job of putting together … Continue reading
Mowing wheat at vintage weekend
This week I’m getting ready to mow wheat in Lancashire as part of Whitey’s Working Weekend. The hosts, Margaret & Andrew Webster, came to the Cumbria Scythe Festival with their family to see if they could find someone with a … Continue reading
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