Farming

Farming is the process of planting domesticated crops and raising them for food, materials, or substances. It was the primary activity of ≥90% of humanity for about 10,000 years.
==Crops==
For individual crops grown, see List of Crops
Crops were grown in a three-field rotation system.
==Tools==
List of Items
==Calendar==
 	Activities 	Ideal Weather 	
January 	Making and repairing tools, repairing fences, gathering firewood 	Rain 	
February	Carting manure, carting marl 	Rain 	
March 	Ploughing, spreading manure 	Dry, No Frost 	Month of Fasting (preparation for spring): all milk cheese, butter, buttermilk; fert. eggs hatch & unfert. keep for >monthhttp://www.backyardchickens.com/t/702936/unfertilized-chicken-eggs-how-long-can-they-be-kept-before-they-spoil-unrefrigerated-eggshttp://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=25330http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/2010/february/how-fast-of-lent-gave-us-easter-eggs.html
April 	Sowing seeds, harrowing 	Rain and Sun 	
May 	Digging ditches [furrows? irrigation?], Fisrt ploughing fallow field	Rain and Sun 	
June 	Hay making, sheep shearing, Second ploughing of fallow field 	Dry 	
July 	Hay making, sheep shearing, weeding 	Dry then Rainy	
August 	Harvest 	
Dry 	
September	Threshing, ploughing, pruning fruit trees 	Rain 	
October 	Last ploughing 	Dry, No Frost 	
November	Collecting acorns for pigs 	Rain and Sun 	
December	Making and repairing tools, slaughtering or selling livestock 	Rain and Sun 	
==Practices==
*Hedges
*Coppicing
*Pannage
*Crop Rotation
*Beekeeping
*Camping (tag ~ capture the flag, prison capture game, churned up soil)
*Adorning children w/ bells and noisemakers and send them to chase crows (crowing?)
==Sources==
http://www.thefinertimes.com/Middle-Ages/farming-in-the-middle-ages.html
http://historylink101.com/lessons/farm-city/middle-ages.htm
http://spartacus-educational.com/MEDfarming.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-field_system
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics_of_English_agriculture_in_the_Middle_Ages
http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/articles/the-medieval-agricultural-year/
==References==
Category:Agriculture
Category:Food
Category:Economy
Category:Work
Category:Plant
Category:Earth