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Free.Since wheat was adopted as a valued crop here in the 18th Century, it has been harvested on Saint Isidore's Day. This day was an opportunity to remember San Ysidro—the patron of laborers and farmers—and to harvest the wheat.
The day will begin with a traditional procession featuring San Ysidro, starting at the garden’s front gate. Arriving at the threshing ground there will be blessings blessings before the wheat harvest begins.
Our wheat field--this year containing Pima club wheat--will be harvested and the wheat threshed, winnowed and milled into flour. Our volunteers will do this all with traditional tools and techniques-- sickles, baskets, our tahona (mill), and others. And there will be a horse helping with the threshing! This is all consistent with our mission, to recreate, and teach about, traditional agriculture of many eras of our 4,100-year agricultural and culinary history.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Mission Garden: Friends of Tucson's Birthplace, 459 S Melwood Ave, Tucson, AZ 85745-3065, United States,Tucson, Arizona
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