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Crop diversity – dyes

Dyer’s coreopsis Coreopsis tinctoria – one of many dye plants at the Living Field garden and 5000 Years – Plants

Author gsPosted on 15 May 201815 May 2018Format ImageCategories dye plant

Crop diversity – cereals

Bere barley – one of many cereal (grain) crops at the Living Field garden.

Author gsPosted on 15 May 201815 May 2018Format ImageCategories bere, corn

Crop diversity – oils

Sunflower Helianthus annuus – one of many oil plants at the Living Field garden

Author gsPosted on 15 May 201815 May 2018Format ImageCategories oils

Crop diversity – legumes

Sainfoin Onobrychis viciifolia – one of the many legumes at the Living Field garden.

Author gsPosted on 15 May 201828 April 2020Format ImageCategories legume

Lumen print

Lumen print by Kit Martin. See her page on the cyanotype process.

Author gsPosted on 20 February 201826 March 2018Format ImageCategories craftTags clover, legume, photography

Hayrack under a cold moon

 

Hayrack in a cold moonlit landscape, painting by Vida Fakin. More on Vida.

Author gsPosted on 31 December 20174 January 2018Format ImageCategories art, vida fakinTags hayracks, Slovenia, Vida Fakin

Root tips

By Jean Duncan. More on Jean’s work with the Living Field.

Author gsPosted on 5 November 20175 November 2017Format ImageCategories art, jean duncanTags art, jean duncan, root

Sowing corn in 1250

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From mediaeval wall paintings (murals) about 1250 at St Agatha’s, Easby, Yorkshire …. from the Labours of the Months …..

Author gsPosted on 10 July 201718 September 2017Format ImageCategories 1200s, ages, cornTags corn, crow, easby abbey, food, grain, spring, st agatha easby

The Moon in March

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With thanks to Ken Kennedy of the Dundee Astronomical Society … more from Ken on Noctilucent Clouds.

Author gsPosted on 11 April 201722 April 2017Format ImageCategories astronomyTags astronomy, moon

The Beauty of Roots

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Exhibition, Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee, 17-30 March 2017. More images here.

Author gsPosted on 14 March 201722 April 2017Format ImageCategories art, rootTags art, craft paper, jean duncan, maize, microscopic, root, swede

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One of the paintings of Hay-racks in the landscape by Slovenian artist Fida Fakin. Her family have provided examples of her work and some notes on her life at Vida's page.

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Reno the Fox, brought to life by Grissel, herself immolated as a witch in Dundee: painting by Marion Demade, a student visiting Dundee from France. More on Reno.

..... now they're digging ancient summers, bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the fiery sheaves

From Man of Constant Sorrow by John Tams

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      • From a muddy field …..
    • Origins of the Living Field
  • News
    • News 2019 and earlier
  • Climate and Sustainable Food
    • DIARY21
  • The Garden
    • Habitats
      • Meadow
      • Cornfield
      • Pond and ditch
      • Hedge and tree
    • Living exhibits
      • Cereals
      • Legumes
      • Medicinals
      • Dye plants
      • Vegetables
  • The Year
    • Energy and light: no life without the sun
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    • Summer solstice
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      • Anniversary designs and sketches
        • The beauty of roots
    • Vida Fakin
      • Memories of Mojca
    • Tina Scopa
    • Reno by Grissel
    • Scaperiae
    • dundeeastro
  • 5000 – Plants
    • Fibres
    • Dyes
      • Dye plants in the croplands
      • Sources references links contacts – dyes
    • Crop-weeds
      • The Brassica complex
      • Potato
    • Weeds
    • Legumes
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