Richard de Florennes

no, unfortunately not and the farmer was friendly but did not stop for any chat, so no way for asking him ... All I can say is that there is a six row-cultivator integrated and that this might be a Eichner tractor? But the general appearance looks a little bit like Porsche design

not canning, but deep-freezing factory!

France, region Reims/Champagne, 2010-06-03:

France, region Reims/Champagne, 2010-06-03:

France, region Reims/Champagne, 2010-06-03 (pictures taken "en passant" as co-driver in a car on a highway at 100 miles/per hour):

Allemagne/Germany, region Viersen, 2010-06-03: recolte d'epinard/harvesting spinach ...

Allemagne/Germany, region Jülich, 2010-05-21: semis de carottes/seeding carrots ...

Allemagne/Germany, region Neuss, 2010-05-21 ...

thanks for your comments. Found some time for posting pics again now after a while ... Germany/Allemagne, region Neuss, 2010-05-21:

same day, same field: breaking up the tops of carrot beds which have become too dry and firm like concrete after heavy rain last week, followed by very sunny and weather. A desparate trial on order to avoid breaking down this parts of the field and beginning again ...

Germany/Allemagne, region Jülich, 2010-05-21: seeding carrots/semis de carottes ...

some John Deeres passing by while taking pictures of a very nice carrot seeding session ...

Germany/Allemagne, region Jülich, 2010-05-21: (row)cultivating sugar beets/biner les betteraves ...

Hello, here are my answers, sorry for the delay but I have not been visiting this topic for quite a while now ... Unharvested maize plants were available some years ago at www.witomo.de, made of flexible plastic from a manufacturer called NEW RAY Iceland moos does indeed find its use a potato haulm (brown variant), carrot tops (light green) oder beet tops (dark green) in my dioramas. They are available at a dedicated train modellist shop not far from my home ... The tubes and wires I use on some mashines ar either wire for bicycle lighting systems or dedicated 1/32 scale crafting wires available at www.witomo.de for instance (Warning) stickers are available at www.witomo.de or at www.agrartoy.de, these are at least my sources and they are absolutely trustworthy and reliable. Dont know if transfer might be too expensive to the UK though ... Regards, sascha

a small update: while the last diorama showed planting potatos I have made use of the same field now for a cereal seeding/fertilizing scene:

Germany/Allemagne, region Mönchengladbach, 2010-04-24: shaping potato beds/butter les pommes de terre ...

Germany/Allemagne, region Neuss, 2010-04-24: preparing land for and seeding maize/preparation du sol pour la et semis du mais ...