Brockwell Bake harvest at Hophurst Farm 21/8/11 > page 1
farmer Michael Duveen at our wheat patch the evening before harvest day, scythe cradle trials for wheat reaping, BBA harvest on Hophurst Farm (Jacobs Ladder Farms) 21/8/11
scythe cradle trials for wheat reaping, BBA harvest on Hophurst Farm (Jacobs Ladder Farms) 21/8/11
scythe cradle trials for wheat reaping, BBA harvest on Hophurst Farm (Jacobs Ladder Farms) 21/8/11
looking at resulting mess without cradle, scythe cradle trials for wheat reaping, BBA harvest on Hophurst Farm (Jacobs Ladder Farms) 21/8/11
second cradle experiment with traditional bow, scythe cradle trials for wheat reaping, BBA harvest on Hophurst Farm (Jacobs Ladder Farms) 21/8/11
bow with pricker, scythe cradle trials for wheat reaping, BBA harvest on Hophurst Farm (Jacobs Ladder Farms) 21/8/11
Michael tries out bow cradle, scythe cradle trials for wheat reaping, BBA harvest on Hophurst Farm (Jacobs Ladder Farms) 21/8/11
third cradle experiment, two stick Slovakian version, scythe cradle trials for wheat reaping, BBA harvest on Hophurst Farm (Jacobs Ladder Farms) 21/8/11
first evenings experiments, better than without cradle but still not great, scythe cradle trials for wheat reaping, BBA harvest on Hophurst Farm (Jacobs Ladder Farms) 21/8/11
second day with fourth cradle experiment, scythe cradle trials for wheat reaping, BBA harvest on Hophurst Farm (Jacobs Ladder Farms) 21/8/11
the fourth model with blade drilled and two bolts holding finger to blade, scythe cradle trials for wheat reaping, BBA harvest on Hophurst Farm (Jacobs Ladder Farms) 21/8/11
swath with final model cradle with two fingers, scythe cradle trials for wheat reaping, BBA harvest on Hophurst Farm (Jacobs Ladder Farms) 21/8/11
final model cradle with two fingers scythe cradle trials for wheat reaping, BBA harvest on Hophurst Farm (Jacobs Ladder Farms) 21/8/11
final model swath cut, scythe cradle trials for wheat reaping, BBA harvest on Hophurst Farm (Jacobs Ladder Farms) 21/8/11
chain holding top sticks to snath, scythe cradle trials for wheat reaping, BBA harvest on Hophurst Farm (Jacobs Ladder Farms) 21/8/11