Polly, I look forward to hearing more stories and details from you about what you've been growing. Have you taken millet from field to table, for instance?...
86
cousinlucius
May 23, 2011 11:22 am
Hi, Can anyone advise me on what type of millet to grow for grain? Eating quality is, of course, one concern, but that may need to be trumped by...
87
L F
brokenoakfarm83
May 23, 2011 4:31 pm
I'd like this info, too. Thanks....
91
Theresa W
herblady0280...
Jun 21, 2011 1:54 pm
Hi, I live in Northern Calif. and this year my hull less barley is ripening very slowly. All planted at the same time; a few heads are ripe the rest are still...
92
L F
brokenoakfarm83
Jun 21, 2011 3:46 pm
Theresa, I wonder if you've had a different weather pattern this year, like a later spring warm-up or less sun. Â And perhaps if the plants that are ripening...
93
ed
allisb48
Aug 4, 2011 1:22 pm
Hello to all. I am a small scale hobby vegetable farmer. I've been growing rye and oats for cover crops and as green manure. I did however decide to grow some...
94
L F
brokenoakfarm83
Aug 4, 2011 2:55 pm
Hi, and welcome. Â According to what I can find in my books, if you are truly harvesting BY HAND, your choices are a scythe, preferably with a grain cradle;...
95
ed
allisb48
Aug 4, 2011 3:17 pm
I've been looking at one of the Australian scythes that have the straight snath. I think it better that the American curved one. I have had use the privilege...
96
cousinlucius
Aug 6, 2011 1:27 pm
Hello Ed, Thanks for posting the group. I hope you'll continue to share. I'm especially interested in ideas for threshing machines/tools. I grew a section of...
97
furtherthanb4
Aug 10, 2011 4:12 pm
Hello all, I am looking at trying a test plot of buckwheat for grain but am unsure of the best way to dehull it. I know it can be tricky to have proper seed...
98
Dena Tippetts
blessedchicky
Sep 26, 2011 5:58 pm
Hello, I just stumbled across this group and feel blessed to find you. I am 36 and a housewife. My husband works for a copper mine and I homeschool our...
99
L F
brokenoakfarm83
Sep 27, 2011 2:01 am
Hello, and welcome to the group. I'm a Christian homeschooler, too.  I have 2 grain books. One is Small-Scale Grain Raising by Gene Logsdon, and is...
100
Dena Tippetts
blessedchicky
Sep 27, 2011 2:05 pm
Laurie, So nice to meet you. I love homeschooling don't you? I will look for the book Homegrown Whole grains. Thank you for the suggestions. I love the...
101
a
furtherthanb4
Sep 27, 2011 4:08 pm
Hello all, Â I am located in central North Carolina and currently manage the Piedmont Biofarm. I want to experiment with some grains/ cover crops. What has...
102
cousinlucius
Sep 28, 2011 4:02 pm
Hi Adam, First, sorry I didn't get back to you about the buckwheat questions. I didn't really have any answers for you, but you might find something of...
103
L F
brokenoakfarm83
Sep 28, 2011 4:28 pm
Could Adam use fava beans as a cool-weather cover crop? Â Laurie ... Could Adam use fava beans as a cool-weather cover crop? Laurie From: cousinlucius...
104
cousinlucius
Oct 1, 2011 1:22 pm
... Laurie, I wanted to ask you (and any others that are familiar with it) about that book. I've been wanting to buy it for a couple years now, but I've...
105
cousinlucius
Oct 1, 2011 1:34 pm
Does anyone on this list dehull any kind of grain with a hull? If so, I'd love to hear about what you do and how you do it! My only attempt at getting grain...
106
L F
brokenoakfarm83
Oct 1, 2011 4:39 pm
Eric,  Sara Pitzer's book does have some recipes for each featured grain, but it's not just a cookbook. Each grain is given time for descriptions, growing,...
107
L F
brokenoakfarm83
Oct 1, 2011 4:42 pm
CousinL,  Try growing naked oats. No hull. Just what I've read. No experience. See my other post on the book.  Laurie CousinL, Try growing naked...
108
John H. Carver Jr.
forther2
Oct 1, 2011 5:22 pm
All I can tell you is that oats are one of the hardest grains to dehull. I would never try it on my own. Have always grown hull less oats here. On the Golden...
109
John H. Carver Jr.
forther2
Oct 1, 2011 5:27 pm
Sara Pitzer's first book on small grains, published back in the late seventies or early eighties and long out of print had much more information on threshing...
110
John H. Carver Jr.
forther2
Oct 1, 2011 5:28 pm
I believe the hull less oats are called aveena nuda....
111
John H. Carver Jr.
forther2
Oct 1, 2011 5:43 pm
Also do a web search on I Tech. There is a site, that keeps moving for some reason, that has several actual plans for building farm equipment including grain...
112
joshuamcnichols
Oct 3, 2011 6:08 am
Rub hulled grains such as emmer farro, spelt farro and einkorn farro in a Mexican molcajete (like an oversized mortar and pestle made from rough volcanic...
113
L F
brokenoakfarm83
Oct 12, 2011 9:58 pm
Please read and consider signing this. Thank you very much.  Laurie Flynn  ... Please read and consider signing this. Thank you very much. Laurie Flynn ...
116
ambrosia farms
ambrosiafarmsny
Apr 22, 2012 11:11 am
Hi We are looking for non gmo buckwheat seeds to plant this year on a small scale. Does anyone have a good price on seeds? - So far, we know about FedCo and...
117
cousinlucius
Apr 25, 2012 1:41 pm
There's no such thing as GMO buckwheat, and there's really very little (if any) difference between "ancient" buckwheat and conventional buckwheat. It's a very...
118
Chris
bobcat4850
Jun 24, 2012 12:23 am
i posted this link for a home built threshing machine. link is for make this link is for viewing it run http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ3aVJKvhX8...
119
Charlie
macyespcno
Jun 24, 2012 4:45 pm
I conducted experiments and found often wheats could be sowed to the surface without covering....
