"How you model 28mm Northern European crops?" Topic

Specifically for Normandy and the Breakout. What was grown in Normandy and northern France at that time period? I am talking June – August of 1944. I assume cabbages, lettuces, beets, potatoes and such. Would there be vineyards or any tall growing crops such as wheat? How have you created such crops for your 28 mm games or what manufactures do you recommend. This should be an interesting discussion. I am looking for that extra bit of detail to make my 28 mm WW II games set during and after D-Day to be that much more interesting.

I have a number of fields that come in 3 basic varieties. Low rows of ridges flocked green to be any kind of small green crop. Teddy fur areas that look like wheat or tall grass in various colors. PLowed fields lying fallow. I use these for any game set anywhere in the world.

No vineyards, but LOTS of apple and pear orchards. Lots of wheat fields and lots of grazing for dairy cattle. This is cidre, calvados, pommeau and camembert country.

The iconic image is of troops advancing through corn fields.

Not modern knee high corn though but pre-Borlaug corn, chest or even shoulder high.

That and as others have said pasture and orchards – and a fair bit of it under water in many places.

Kitchen gardens would be cabbage and other table crops, including greenhouses to parachute into.

Lots of wheat when the troops broke out of the blockage, wheat is green in June slowly turning to yellow by September, the harvest starts a few weeks earlier nowadays than it did then.