The Farming Year These pictures from the Luttrell Psalter (written about 1340) show work on the manor of Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, an English knight.

A. Harrowing, to break up the clods of earth and kill the weeds.

B. Plowing with oxen

C. Sowing the seed

D. Reaping, using a blade called a sickle.

E. Threshing the grain

F. A harvest cart G. Villagers had to grind their wheat at the lord's mill